Solam's request left Eluvia rooted to the spot, staring straight at him.
Gab Newell, who had been burying his head in his meal, also stopped eating. He raised his blood-smeared face to look at Solam, his expression utterly baffled.
"Don't look at me like that. There's no need for me to lie to you. My name is Solam now. I'm completely different from the old Kardum, so it's only natural that some things have changed." Solam paid no attention to their astonished expressions and stated it plainly.
He was telling the truth, though only part of it. Solam truly was not Kardum, even though everyone firmly believed that Kardum was Solam. After all, what Solam had experienced was simply too bizarre. Even in the Abyss, where anything could happen, Solam's circumstances were far too strange. So he could not be bothered to tell the truth and merely glossed over it.
"Honestly, being enemies with Malcanthet does me no good. I want to reconcile with her now. Isn't that perfectly normal?" Solam's words were logical, but unfortunately, demons were creatures fundamentally unrelated to the phrase "perfectly normal." They were not beings who put profit first. Many feuds between demons began over reasons that mortals would find utterly laughable.
For example, the Lord of Wrath's hostility toward Graz'zt and Malcanthet—especially his hostility toward Malcanthet—was even more ridiculous. After all, Malcanthet had done absolutely nothing in this incident. She was one of the victims as well, but demons did not care about that. The Lord of Wrath simply hated Malcanthet.
Thus, Eluvia still regarded Solam's declaration with suspicion. Gab Newell, on the other hand, was greatly invigorated! If Solam was telling the truth, then at the very least, he could keep his life!
To be honest, although Gab Newell had appeared calm from