Well, unless the story somehow will pick up and continue in "Cuntswell Academy" the dev's next project, I don't think it really matters, but I went with the defiant path because, I'm not one to submit, even it would mean that I would gain incredible powers in doing so, I rather harness all the power to myself and make Alessia submit to me instead, haha
Unfortunately you don't get to do that, which ever path you take, the path isn't fully realized until the end of this story, and that's kind of when things would really start to go down and forward.
Can only hope that you pick up from there in the next project