Laura Stuart blushed and said, "Oh, shut up. Speak properly. Who exploited you? I just couldn't stand watching you waste talent. We're not even together, so what are you talking about dumping you for?"
"Men can handle all the fighting and killing. There's no need for women to do it."
As Chen Fan and Laura chatted, the Knight Commander ahead frowned. Laura Stuart was being far too intimate with this man. It seemed they really needed to be on guard. Monitoring the Church of England had always been the Knight Faction's duty. This time, Laura Stuart had contacted the Roman Orthodox Church and Academy City on her own without informing the Royal Faction or the Knight Faction. That did not meet protocol, but the Queen could address that herself. He only needed to do his own duty.
The United Kingdom Queen
The Knight Commander led Chen Fan and Laura into the Imperial Palace. After passing through a long corridor, they arrived at the Queen's room. It had a raised platform with steps, the sort commonly seen in RPGs, but there was no throne or anything similar atop it. It was somewhat different from what Chen Fan had imagined.
Instead, it was a large room that looked like a banquet hall. Several rows of circular tables surrounded the platform like the rings of a tree, much like the United Nations assembly hall he occasionally saw on television.
At the center of the platform stood "her." She was the Queen of the United Kingdom, presumably. Around fifty years old, her skin and hair had begun to show signs of age, yet in the most fundamental aspects—her spirit, bones, and so on—she seemed to surpass even youths in their teens.
She wore a long formal dress that covered her feet and held a