Pride and Prejudice

Seeing Saililefu's attitude, Gogert looked at Keldorn speechlessly, as if asking, What was going on?

Keldorn shrugged helplessly. Saililefu was just like that—too subjective. Once she made up her mind, she never turned back. Of course, that was not necessarily wrong. How could a paladin lack conviction?

But being too stubborn was a problem. A paladin's duty was to uphold justice and punish evil. The foremost issue in fulfilling that duty was determining what was evil and what was just—simply put, what was right and what was wrong.

If one was too subjective, misjudgments could happen at any time, harming others and oneself alike. And that was precisely Saililefu's greatest problem.

"Sister Saililefu, what basis do you have for judging that Solam was in the wrong?"

Gogert suddenly understood. His old friend wanted him to help teach this young paladin a lesson. So he asked patiently.

"Wasn't he? Even after knowing it was a misunderstanding, Solam still beat up those knights. Wasn't that wrong?" Saililefu simply could not stand Solam's behavior. He could clearly have spared those knights, so why did he still have to hit them?

"...Then don't you think it was wrong for them to suddenly attack Solam in the first place?" Gogert felt that Saililefu's prejudice against Marquis Solam ran incredibly deep. She had actually placed all the blame on Marquis Solam without considering the causes and consequences. Even though Gogert was, strictly speaking, on Bruce's side, he still felt that this was a little too... much.

"Wasn't it a misunderstanding? Since it was a misunderstanding, how could it count as wrong?" Saililefu felt that since Solam was perfectly fine, there was naturally no need to pursue anyone's responsibility.

"A misunderstanding? Is that what you think?"

Saililefu nodded. That really was what she thought. Seeing her nod,