A few words decided Sherlock's decision, and the two of them didn't think there was anything wrong with it.
Soon, the two arrived at the Queen's study.
Not long after the Queen sat down, there was a knock on the door.
The butler who had received the order had arrived outside the door with Nok and Allen.
"Her Majesty the Queen, Viscount Covert and Father Lane have been ordered to come to see you."
After receiving the Queen's instructions, the head maid Yulia said from inside: "Let Viscount Covert come to the audience first. Father Ryan please wait next door."
"As ordered." The housekeeper gently opened the study door, opened the door a crack, then held the doorknob with one hand and made an invitation gesture to Allen with the other.
"Viscount Cowart, please come in."
Allen proudly showed a playful smile to Nok next to him, then walked into the study room with his head held high at the invitation of the housekeeper.
Bang~
The door was closed gently by the butler, not giving Nok a chance to peek inside.
"Father Ryan, please come with me."
Nok was not surprised that Kvothe was summoned first.
As a noble, he naturally has priority, not to mention that he is the Commissioner of the British Police Department.
It is also appropriate to be valued by the Queen.
However, Sherlock Holmes did not come with them. Instead, he was left in the audience hall, kneeling there stupidly in front of the empty throne.
When he thought of this, Nok felt so happy.
Her Majesty the Queen chose to summon Alan Covert in the study and arranged for him to wait next door.
This suggests that after meeting Kvothe, the Queen will summon Nok.
Therefore, Nok is not in a hurry.
Instead, it was Sherlock Holmes. The Queen had made it clear that she would not go to the audience hall, so Sherlock must have waited in vain.
After all, he was just the son of a small baron, and he was not a foreign envoy or fiefdom lord. How could the queen meet him in the audience hall.
I'm afraid that the queen knows about today's farce and will deal with this boy specially.
"Father Ryan, please come in. Please sit down casually and don't be restrained. I will ask the maid to bring refreshments to the priest. If you are bored, there are some books on the bookshelf here to pass the time. The priest can look through them. I will excuse myself. If you have anything, you can ask the maids around you, they will meet your needs."
The housekeeper briefly greeted Nok, and then ordered the maid in the room: "Take good care of Father Ryan, don't neglect the Queen's guests, you understand!"
The two maids in the room replied in unison: "Yes, Mr. Butler."
The housekeeper smiled with satisfaction, bowed to Nok, and backed away from the door before standing up and leaving.
Soon, a maid came in from the door, served tea for Nok, poured a cup of tea for Nok, stood up, saluted, and quickly left the room.
Only then did Nok have time to look at the arrangement of this room.
The room is not very big, but it seems very spacious.
There are two small round tables placed under the two windows on the right wall of the entrance, with two armchairs beside each round table.
Sitting on the chairs, people resting can see the scenery of the courtyard through the window, and can also smell the fragrance of the earth in the courtyard.
On the wall opposite the window are two decorative bookshelves, with some casual storybooks or poetry books scattered on them.
There was no furniture placed between the two walls, only a gypsy-style wool rug on the floor.
This makes the room look empty.
On the wall opposite the door hangs a huge bust of Queen Elizabeth on her accession to the throne.
The queen in the portrait is very young, and the thick oil paint proves her brilliance.
Under the portrait is a small standing cabinet, with two pots of carefully trimmed roses placed on the cabinet, adding a touch of coziness to the room.
The two maids stood quietly in the corner, smiling, waiting for the guests' orders.
Nok looked at the black tea at his hand and had no intention of touching it.
Although he was summoned together with Elu Cover and Sherlock Holmes.
But he really couldn't figure out why Her Majesty the Queen, who had been in office for almost twenty years, suddenly summoned such a translucent person like him.
As the excluded priest of the Holy Church, apart from his identity as a priest, Nok is just an orphan who has just grown up. The only bright spot is that he became a professional at a young age.
But there are countless professionals in the kingdom, and even geniuses among the nobles and common people are emerging in an endless stream.
Binock is younger and stronger than Nock. In the British city alone, Nock has encountered many professionals.
The Queen couldn't summon him just because of that.
Could it be that the Queen wants to beat herself up?
Yes, as a church priest who was suppressed by the kingdom, Knock actually dared to defeat the British Police Department today.
Perhaps this is what angered Her Majesty.
After all, the British Police Service is also a new institution advocated by Her Majesty the Queen.
Offending the police station is equivalent to indirectly offending the Queen!
Just when Nok was thinking wildly.
In the study next door, Alan Covert was already trembling with fear and sweating profusely.
At this time, Allen was kneeling on the ground with his head lowered and was being scolded by the Queen.
"Look what good things you have done in the past six months!"
The Queen threw the report from the spies on the table in front of Allen and scolded him loudly.
“It’s okay if the people’s requests cannot be resolved. After all, they are used to looking to various professional unions to complete their requests.”
"But you have also failed so badly in public security management!"
"You said you wanted to equip the patrolmen with guns, but I didn't give them to you! If you wanted to give them swords, I gave you the standard swords of the Knights!"
"In terms of funding, I have never lacked you. But for a mere serial murder case, you actually went unsolved for two months and made it known to everyone and made people panic!"
"Even the sole survivor married hastily out of fear!"
"This is the result you gave me? The answer you handed over to me? How do you want me to take this report to the parliament and show it to those old stubborns!"
"What's even more disgusting is that even if you can't catch the culprit, you actually want to frame someone else as the murderer in a big way!"
"What, you can't catch the murderer and you plan to make one up to fool me and the council?"
"Or do you think that the power in your hands can cover the sky with one hand, and you can do whatever you say, so you dare to make nonsense in public and personally frame a clergyman!"
The queen became more and more angry as she spoke. She slapped the table with her hand and stood up.
The old lady walked out from behind the table, shook off the hand of the head maid who wanted to help her, and strode to the front of Alan Covert.
"Kvothe, raise your head and look at me. Tell me what you think! I trust you so much and entrust the new organization to you. This is how you treat my trust!"
The queen's words made Allen feel ashamed.
He wanted to defend himself, but when he saw the Queen's heartbroken gaze, he felt guilty and lost the courage to refute.
"I'm sorry, Your Majesty, I have failed to live up to your expectations."
The Queen waved her hands and returned to her seat in disappointment.
She tapped the table with the index finger of her right hand and looked at Kvothe, whose face was full of guilt. In the end, she couldn't bear to give up on him like this.
"Viscount Covert, your father used to be my supporter. I have always been grateful for his support. For this reason, I did not hesitate to promote you to become the commander of the Knights."
"Originally, I could continue to appoint you as one of the reserved army commanders. But I would rather you become the person in charge of my new organization and become my trustworthy assistant."
"But your performance makes me very disappointed. I can't see the knight who has made great contributions to the kingdom. What I see is just a timid coward."
"Since you can't solve the serial murder case, then do what you are good at. This is also the last chance I give you."
"You should also have heard the news that the village of Korede was wiped out. I order you, take your people, to find out this matter for me! Why was a village outside the British city wiped out? My army, police No one in the department, not even the officials, heard about it.”
"Instead, we had to learn the news from a down-and-out priest!"
"I need you to thoroughly investigate what went wrong, and why the marketing department, which needs to purchase goods from Korede every day, has never reported Korede's anomalies!"
"In one week, I want to know who joined forces to hide the truth! One week later, you have to put the list of these people on my table! Can you do it?"
How else could Allen answer? He could only bite the bullet and answer: "Promise to complete the mission."
Allen hesitated for a moment, then asked: "What about the situation in Korede Village..."
The Queen waved her hand and said: "I will find someone to investigate again. Of course, if you are interested, you can also investigate privately. It should be helpful to you to find out the rats in the British city. I want these people to deceive the superiors and conceal the secrets. The guy will pay a heavy price!"
The aura exuded by the queen made Allen feel suffocated when he saw the blood.
This is the spirit of a superior, an innate ability in the royal bloodline!
Allen looked at the queen enthusiastically, excited that he could gain the queen's trust, and proud that he had the opportunity to continue to follow such a monarch.
"Okay, please step back." The queen ignored the fanaticism in Allen's eyes. She had seen this kind of look many times over the years.
"By the way, when you leave, remember to take the Holmes boy away. Remember to tell him to study hard and don't make trouble for adults. Baron Holmes is a man who can be my sword, and you, I hope you can be my shield. Kvothe, don't let me down!"
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid!" Alan Covert didn't expect that the Queen would value him so much. Even though he was overjoyed, he was also frightened.
Under the guidance of the head maid, he walked out of the queen's study.
The housekeeper, who had been waiting outside the door for a long time, very considerately called a maid and asked her to escort Allen out of the palace.
As for Sherlock, someone had already brought him from the audience hall to the entrance of the palace, waiting to meet Alan and leave together.
