StarCraft: Everyone wants the Queen

"Lord Gatana!"

Upon hearing this, Gatana, who was walking ahead, paused in his tracks.

He then flashed a standard smile: "What, does Bishop Ryan have any other questions? I remember you didn't have any objections to my remarks at the meeting just now."

“No, there’s no problem.” Ryan quickly stepped forward and bowed to the person in charge of Wang Xing.

"But does the Queen Insect know that we're doing this?"

Ryan felt uneasy, sensing that their actions would disgust the Queen. After all, they had just so easily and simply decided the life or death of the newborn Queen.

"If we were to decide the life of the insect queen, it would be too... unfair to her."

Gatana wasn't surprised by Ryan's statement. After all, as a Zerg bishop, he possessed church privileges independent of the Zerg, so his actions weren't without reason. However...

“Bishop Ryan.” Gatana moved closer, his fingers twirling Ryan’s long, silver-gray hair that fell across his chest.

This distance is within the bounds of propriety.

Ryan wished he hadn't said anything, but Gatana's next words plunged him into an icy abyss.

He said, "If we can't even control the life of the Queen, how can we control the entire Zerg?"

He patted him on the shoulder and said earnestly, "Having spent so much time in the council chamber, Bishop Ryan seems to have forgotten that there is no such thing as fairness in the universe."

"..."

Ryan fell silent, watching Gatana walk away and softly said, "Take care, my lord."

Come to think of it, the Zerg haven't seen the Zerg Queen in a long time.

Even he, a Zerg who had been in the council hall for nearly three hundred years, had never seen the Zerg Queen's face again, except for a brief glimpse when the previous Zerg Queen perished.

A bishop should stay obediently in the council chamber and step out of the temple gates when the Zerg lose hope, spreading hope to the devout believers.

"Your Excellency, we..."

Ryan's dull eyes held no light, a result of not having received the soothing pheromones of the queen insect for too long.

“It’s alright, just do as Lord Gatana says, but…” He changed the subject, a glimmer of light appearing in his dull, lifeless eyes, “If you discover the Queen Insect, report to me immediately. No one is to be allowed to know about this.”

"Yes."

……

Saenster and Michelle stood on either side of Shen Qingqing, like two large dogs protecting her.

She wasn't actually tired, just a little fatigued. After two hours of rest, she had almost recovered, but Saenster said he was worried.

The walls on the first floor are covered with many portraits, each with a detailed account of the life and deeds of the queen insect. The flowing calligraphy covers the entire wall, almost filling every available blank space.

Apart from the exquisitely carved French windows and reliefs, everything is written in Zerg script.

Shen Qingqing wasn't too surprised that she could understand the Zerg script; instead, she felt a little curious.

"These fonts look exactly the same. Were they written by the same person?"

From the beginning, Saenster noticed that Shen Qingqing's gaze lingered on the mural for a long time, so he spoke up: "Yes, Queen Insect, these..."

Looking in the direction of the finger, there were countless foreign characters.

Beautiful, dignified, and solemn.

"These were all written by the Commander-in-Chief himself."

"Commander-in-Chief?" Shen Qingqing became even more curious about this commander-in-chief she had never met.

Saenster dutifully introduced her to the situation, but Michelle looked on with disdain.

"Tch, they're just Zerg abandoned by Wang Xing, so what..."

Before she could finish speaking, Michelle clutched her cheek in pain, her golden eyes filled with mockery: "What, did someone hit a nerve?"

“Watch your words, Michel,” Saenster said apologetically to the frightened Shen Qingqing after regaining his composure. “I’m sorry, Your Highness, I’m sorry to have startled you.”

Then he turned around and said sternly, "It was not Wang Xing who abandoned us, but you who abandoned Wang Xing."

"Wherever the insect queen is, that's where we will be."

It seems that the conflicts among the Zerg are far more acute than imagined.

Shen Qingqing sighed helplessly. The most urgent thing was to contact the commander-in-chief first, and then they would just have to take it one step at a time.

"Don't argue." With a helpless sigh, Shen Qingqing now understood why being the Insect Queen was so difficult.

He turned to Saenster: "Do you have a way to contact the Commander-in-Chief?"

Upon hearing this, Michelle raised an eyebrow, seemingly displeased, and said, "I didn't expect that the Queen would want to go to the Commander-in-Chief so soon. Has she decided to join the side?"

Then, with a self-deprecating smile, he said, "It seems I haven't gained your trust yet, which is why you're in such a hurry to escape."

Shen Qingqing had grown accustomed to Michelle's occasional lapses in judgment, and her dark eyes remained unusually calm.

Ignoring Michel's unreasonable nagging, he said to Saenster, "Is there any communicator or anything like that here? I want to get in touch with the Commander-in-Chief as soon as possible."

For no reason at all, she always felt that her current position was very conspicuous.

The later she made contact with the commander-in-chief, the more dangerous her situation became.

Whatever the reason, she didn't want to disappear so quickly and mysteriously.

"I want to take back everything that is rightfully ours."

“Heh,” Michelle said dismissively, but she did not stop them from doing so.

Although this would be detrimental to his mission.

"And what about you, Michelle?" Unexpectedly, Michelle, whose name was mentioned, turned around in confusion.

"what?"

Shen Qingqing said seriously, "Are you going to stop us, or join us?"

He chuckled softly after hearing this, a strange light shining in his golden pupils: "You already knew my attitude, so why bother?"

Finally, he waved goodbye, his dashing figure leaving behind a single sentence.

"I am not interested in the conflict between you."

It looks like it's done.

With a slight smile, she knew that if they were to contact the Commander-in-Chief, at least Michelle wouldn't interfere.

Neither friend nor foe?

Suddenly, as if remembering something, he turned around and asked, "Where are we now?"

Sarnster, who was fiddling with the mechanical circuits, looked up: "Judging from the palace's decorations, this should be the Rose Palace where the previous generation of the Insect Queen resided. This should be the edge of the fourth star system, where there are currently no Insects stationed here."

Then, tentatively, she asked, "Queen Insect, are you... really determined to contact the Commander-in-Chief?"

However, his orders were to protect the insect queen and keep her alive, and to carefully consider any event that might threaten her life.

Do you really want to go?

Meeting Saenster's uncertain gaze, Shen Qingqing chuckled.

Saenster was bewildered, not understanding why the insect queen was laughing.

Just as I was feeling lost, I heard a clear, bell-like laugh.

She said, "Because I am the insect mother."