"Enough! Lord Sokya! He was given a chance. Since he refuses to accept our goodwill, there's no need for us to keep indulging him!" One of the knights could no longer tolerate Solam's unreasonable behavior. He felt they might as well seize him outright. Even if they could not obtain any useful information, teaching him a lesson would still be worthwhile.
Just listen to what Solam had said—he had called the pastors who served the Lord of Radiance "charlatans"! That already constituted an insult to the Church!
"Enough! I'm still here!!!" Sokya roared in fury.
Then Sokya turned to look at Solam with a complicated expression. "Solam, they're monsters! They can't be your friends! Wake up, I..." Sokya wanted to tell Solam that humans and monsters could never be friends. They were natural enemies.
But Solam interrupted him. "What about my father, then?"
"What?" Sokya did not understand why Solam had brought up his own father.
"My father is an orc! By most people's standards, he's a monster too! Why did you become friends with him?" In the common understanding of the continent, orcs were monsters as well. Although they were indeed intelligent beings, because orcs generally engaged in banditry and the destruction of civilization, many people regarded them as monsters.
The moment Solam said that, everyone froze. Although Solam was tall and powerfully built, no one had ever doubted that he was human. Yet today, he had suddenly revealed that his father was an orc. This was undoubtedly huge news!
"That's different! Krum is an upright and kind... orc. But his conduct and character are enough to earn anyone's respect! He is my closest friend! Solam, do you realize that by saying this, you are insulting your own father?!!!"
By the end, Sokya was practically shouting. Solam's father had