She thought it was a flashy place. Even a few times a week to meet with her subordinates, she just paced up and down in front of the large, embarrassing chair, and almost never sat on it—she tried to avoid using the room. For her, the council chamber was like a place where she used to study. There were also messy scrolls piled up here and there in the teacher's study, and no one had ever cleaned the table. Prodmore felt that it was like a home.

There is another thing that the throne room does not have but the council chamber has, and that is a window with a view. Prodmore knew that if she could see the whole of Lamour from the window at all times in the council chamber, she would be unable to accomplish anything—for she would be distracted from time to time, amazed by the buildings that had risen from the ground of Lamour, and worried about her responsibilities.

The Star Field Dou Rotation Technique is a high-intensity prohibition that is very laborious. While Prodmore was trained to put her into combat immediately after casting, she was reluctant to do so. She rested for a while before she called out to her butler: "Defey! ”

An elderly woman walked in through the door. There are three doors in the chamber. Two of them are known to all: the door that Delphi had just walked in and the door that led to the hall and the queen's bedroom. The third door is a secret passage and is only used in the event of an emergency evacuation. And only six people know the location of this door, and five of them are the craftsmen who built it.

Deffy looked at Prodmore through her glasses: "Don't shout, I'll just sit outside the door, as usual." How's the meeting with the protozot going? ”

Prodmore sighed, this is not the first time: "His name is Chen Feng. ”

Delphi waved his arm, a movement that nearly knocked the fragile woman off balance. Her glasses also fell off the bridge of her nose and swung along with the lanyard around her neck.

"I know. But his name is also too stupid. I mean, aren't all protozo bodies called War Rebirth, Killing Blades? It's pretty much the same anyway. But he took such a name, Chen Feng? He really thinks of himself as quite noble. ”

Prodmore doesn't want to explain this. Because she's tried it hundreds of times. She said, "Huh. ”

Defei put his eyes back on the bridge of his nose, "These are the names that should be called by the protozoa, not Chen Feng." Don't talk about that. How's it going? ”

"We're in trouble. Go and get Kerry, and then send someone to inform Colonel Lorena that she should take a team to the North Sentinel to investigate, and then report back to me. Proudmoore sat down at the table, trying to find the shipping information she needed from the stacked scrolls.

"Lorena again? Why don't you call Lothar or Pierce? Anyone else can do it - I can't tell. Send a woman to go? Those guys at Fort North are not easy to deal with. ”

Prodmore wondered if Delphi had to say that every time Lorena's name was mentioned. "Lorena is tougher than Lothar and Pierce combined. She'll be fine. ”

Defei pursed his lips, it was not good for an elderly woman to do such an action. "You're not right, women shouldn't be wielding knives and guns."

Proudmore finally gave up looking for shipping information. She looked at her butler and said, "Nor should I run the country." ”

"Huh. These are two different things. Defe said timidly.

"How is it different?"

"It's just different."

Prodmore shook his head. It's been three years, and Defi has never thought of a better answer. "Call Kerry before I turn you into a salamander, and send a letter to Lorena."

"If you turn me into a salamander, you won't find anything after that."

Prodmore spread his hands in despair: "I can't find anything right now." Where's the damn shipping stuff? ”

Delphi said proudly; "At Kerry's. Do you want me to go and tell him to bring it? ”

"Thank you."

Delphi bowed, his eyes falling from the bridge of his nose again. She turned and walked out of the council chamber. Proudmore wanted to throw a fireball at Delphi, but she gave up. Deffy was right - without her, Prodmore would find nothing.

After a while, Kerry walked in with a couple of scrolls. "Ma'am. Deffy says you want to see me. Do you want to see that? He handed the scroll to the Queen.

"I want to see them all. Thank you. She replied, taking the scroll in one hand.

Kerry was Prodmore's Home Secretary. During the reign of Ramour, he was always doing everything for Prodmoor. He has an exceptional knack for dealing with irritating chores, making him the perfect person for the job.

It is precisely because of him. Prodmore didn't get angry enough to kill because he was so overwhelmed. Before the war, Kerry was a clerk to Generalissimo Garissus, but later rose to prominence because of his organizational prowess.

Of course, because he didn't make any military achievements. He has not progressed much in the ranks. Kerry was tall, but he was as thin as a bamboo pole, and he didn't look like even an elderly Delphi. His hair was black and straight. Just over the shoulder, like a black frame, framed by a bony face, a hooked nose and a always sad expression.

Proudmore repeated Chen Feng's words: how the Ogatt was in distress, how a nearby cruiser did not help anything.

Kerry raised his thin eyebrows and said, "That story doesn't sound very believable. You say it's about a mile from Thorn City? ”

Prodmore nodded,

"But we didn't send a cruiser to that area, ma'am."

"It was foggy - maybe the ship Captain Bolick saw had deviated from course."

Kerry nodded, reluctantly agreeing, "But madam, it's also possible that Captain Bolick is mistaken. ”

"Unlikely." Proudmore walked around behind the table and sat down in his chair. She placed the shipping record on the table where there was still room for something, "Protozoans have much better eyesight than we do. And don't forget, the eyesight of being chosen as a lookout is even more extraordinary. ”

"But we have to consider another possibility, which is that the protozoan is lying." Before Prodmore could argue against it, though she would have liked to, Kerry held out a long finger and said, "I'm not talking about Chen Feng himself, ma'am. The chief of the protozo is an admirable hero, and that's right. He can be trusted, but I think he only acts as a sounding board in this matter. ”

"And what do you mean?" Prodmore knew the answer, but she wanted to hear it from Kerry herself.

"I'm saying that I've told you hundreds of times, ma'am—we can't trust the protozoa 100 percent! There are a few protozoans to be trusted, that's true, but what about the others? If we believe they mean something to us, we're fools! And they can't all be as sensible as Chen Feng. Chen Feng is our most powerful ally against the Demon Worm Legion. I have great admiration for what he has done - but what he has done is only temporary. Christophe put his bony hands on the table, leaned over and said to Proudmoore, "Now the only one who can control the protozous is Chen Feng." If he is gone, I promise you that the protoworm will soon be revealed in its original form and will do everything in its power to destroy us. ”

Prodmore burst out laughing. She didn't mean to, and Kerry's words were a copy of the old style - though they shouldn't have come out of the mouth of the Home Secretary.

Kerry became serious: "Isn't that funny? Madam. ”

"Oh, no. I just think you're taking the problem too seriously. ”

"It's you who oversimplify. Now, except for this city-state, everything in the Origin World is in the hands of the protozoa. Kerry hesitated. It's so unusual. The reason why the Home Secretary was able to occupy a high position was because of his straightforward personality. He always did.

"What do you want to say, Christophe?"

"Our allies... I care a lot about that. Protozoan bodies control entire continents... A lot of people are bothered by this. Although they are still standing still for other reasons, but—" (To be continued......