After Karlstadt left, Fiel and Viktor seemed quite curious, but I couldn't tell them the whole truth, so I left out the part about the queen entirely. And not one of us could pin down a specific suspect.
In the end, the only way might be to meet the queen directly, gauge her disposition, draw her out, and verify with the Scouter. The problem was that the queen was harder to meet than the king himself. I'd have to play the crown prince card after all.
"It's been a while, Lord of Feuzen. Or should I call you 'my lord' now?"
"I don't want formal speech from you, sir. Even if we're nominally equals, aren't you my senior?"
"That's only in rank. In substance, isn't your status higher?"
"Sir Eisenach, I'm here too."
"Hahaha, Steinhof! Have you been well?"
