Salute To The General

Laura reached Nathan's home a while later and brought a few of her best subordinates with her, leaving the rest to wait in the courtyard. Nathan sat on the couch sipping coffee next to Penny and Queenie while Colin and Ava stood guard by the side with their hands clasped.

Laura was expecting Nathan to stand up and greet her, but he calmly remained seated on the couch, like a king receiving an audience with another country's emissary.

She had no choice but to tamp down her annoyance and stepped forward with her subordinates. "Hello, Mr. Cross, Mrs. Cross, and Ms. Smith," she said formally to Nathan and his family. Penny nodded with a smile, and Queenie replied in a clear voice, "Hello."

Laura noticed that despite Queenie's young age, she was well-mannered, and her face was starting to lose her childlike features, becoming more mature.

She couldn't help but feel satisfied with the Curia's decision to choose her as the future Holy Maiden.

While she was studying Queenie, Nathan was doing the same to Laura.

He didn't miss the way Laura looked at Queenie and sensed something was amiss. His brows furrowed in response.

He asked placidly, "And you are Laura, one of the cardinals of the Curia?"

slight bow. "Yes,

in a neutral tone, "Why did the Curia send you here again when the Holy

today to talk about strengthening our alliance," she answered

Nathan's voice was indifferent.

clear to the Holy Maiden that we all play different roles in this world? My job is to protect Eurasia's prosperity and safeguard the interests of its people; the Curia's job

vampires who have been giving you trouble lately. We can join forces to defeat the

cut her off. "The vampires aren't significant enough to constitute a problem

Cross, wouldn't you say you're being a little irresponsible toward humans and the world by refusing to fight against them?" Penny,

her a chilling

have an ulterior motive, and an alliance is only a

were like a slap in Nathan's face, and he returned the courtesy by bluntly exposing the Curia's

the king of Adrune but the Dragon of the East, and he was not someone she