@Rozzak ,
Logic is simple - he swore to himself that he will bet everything and do anything if he sees potential in her and if not - he will kill her with his own hands. That is what exactly the title says - this is his pride as an assassin. That is not his problem that others don't see her...
Em... and how does she want to choke him from that position? With that shitty armlock and body triangle? Without controlling his hips? Nah, if she was as big as Nanako-chan, then maybe it would have worked, but without a huge difference in size and strength, that is nearly impossible to do like...
@Siikalahna, All of them came there only recently and the battle occurred a week ago. It is a medieval-like time so the news are spread slowly and you cannot locate something as easy as it can be done in our times - you literally need to search for an enemy with your own two eyes on a huge...