Xianna seemed deeply interested in Solam's "vast knowledge," constantly dragging him around and asking him all sorts of questions. At first, Solam could still handle them, but later on, he began to struggle. No matter how clearly he remembered things from his previous life, he could not possibly answer every one of Xianna's tricky questions without so much as a stumble. This woman was very clever. She could always find bizarre loopholes in Solam's answers and press him on them.
Put simply, she was a nitpicker.
For a time, Solam even began to suspect that this woman still resented him for ruining her grand revenge plan in Toussaint, and was now taking every chance she got to undermine him. In the end, Solam could not take it anymore and simply pulled out his trump card: he was retiring for the night!
And, as punishment for Xianna's troublemaking, Solam decided not to summon her to his bed. Instead, he would spend the night with his "true queen," Loris, and leave that wicked woman Xianna to take care of herself tonight!
Xianna found Solam's petty behavior both irritating and amusing. This man was always so unpredictable. Sometimes he seemed wise and mighty; sometimes he became unbearably crude; and at other times, he was incredibly childish.
Xianna was actually quite satisfied with Solam's answers. Though he had begun to falter toward the end, in Xianna's eyes, Solam was already outstanding enough. He had even far exceeded her expectations. For the first time, she realized that Solam, who had been brutal and domineering in the Abyss, possessed such a farsighted side.
Xianna could even say without exaggeration that Solam was the most forward-thinking person she had ever met. Many of his ways of thinking surpassed the so-called wise monarchs and worthy ministers of the