Starting with the defeated female knight

The situation was already better than in the capital, and the rumors kept exaggerating it.

In the end, when some enthusiasts compiled those stories into a book called "The Tale of Dawn City," they discovered that the Dawn City depicted in the book was simply an ideal city.

It's not that no one questioned it, no one doubted it, and no one accidentally let slip what happened to Green.

But the problem is, the capital city is too oppressive right now.

When something new finally happens, something that can make people happy and hopeful, even if it feels a little fake, who would take it seriously?

Not to mention, those things from Dawn City have now spread among the nobles and high-ranking officials of other forces, and have even become a trend.

Those wonderful pieces of evidence are now on their lips, on their bodies, and even when they go out, they deliberately show them off to others and ordinary people, thus garnering many envious glances.

However, at the same time, some rumors also began to circulate.

"This is the currency of Dawn City, not a pure gold coin, but look at the craftsmanship, it's so exquisite it's like a work of art, isn't it?"

"I'm not bragging, but I made a friend in Dawn City, and a really hardcore one at that. Apparently, he took a huge risk to tell me a secret about Dawn City..."

"That's the meaning behind the design on the back of this gold coin."

Of course, the ancient god element was omitted, and it was only described as tentacles that bring good luck.

Even so, the pairing of tentacles and a little girl quickly spread through rumors.

If only one person said it, it might not have spread so quickly.

However, after multiple sources corroborated the evidence, people gradually discovered that many of those who had visited Dawn City seemed to have heard or been hinted at similar things.

Then......

What does it mean that 'Dawn City became a miracle'?

What does it mean that 'my lucky power has been strengthened, resulting in a new miracle that will be enhanced when I'm with a little girl'?

【What do you mean by 'My reputation as a daisy lover is spreading again, and my early childhood tactile guidance has been upgraded, now it can help me find little girls even better'?】

What the hell do you mean, "The next shipment list will include a little girl?!"

[Holy shit, are you guys never going to stop?!]

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P.S.: Finally finished before midnight! 12 words today. Goodnight.

Volume 1: Chapter 90: The New Year in Dawn City

With the emergence and spread of "The Chronicles of Dawn City" and the spinning of the top, the matter of the great caravan came to a temporary end.

The big caravan's gains are self-evident, and as for Green, in addition to the previously expected trade gains, his faith in the company was unexpectedly strengthened.

The "Graceful Eyes" ability has been enhanced, further increasing the luck boost when the little girl is being cast a spell while the tentacles are wrapped around her, or when the little girl is being cast a spell while being wrapped around tentacles.

The young touch guide has been comprehensively improved, with a wider scope and higher accuracy. It even adds a custom search function, which can roughly determine an age range, making it easier for others to help the touch guide capture little girls of different age groups more accurately.

But neither of these is the most important.

Most importantly, it spread throughout the empire because of the circulation of "The Chronicles of Dawn City" and even because of the large caravans trading everywhere.

The 'City of Dawn' that Green and the people of Dawn built together has even become a miracle.

As for the effect, in gaming terminology...

A ground-based spell that provides continuous healing, increases all resistances, grants mental healing, and enhances the effects of tentacle-type spells.

Moreover, according to Edith's prediction, this is not even the full effect of the miracle called 'City of Dawn'.

As mentioned before, the accumulation of miracles requires time and the accumulation of dew, and although Dawn City has a great influence, it is still a relatively new city.

If this momentum continues, barring unforeseen circumstances, the 'City of Dawn' could eventually grow into a great wonder similar to the 'Holy Wall'.

Apart from one person being unhappy because of the spread of certain news, it can be said that everything has been strengthened, and the degree of strengthening is not small.

But someone's unhappiness didn't last long.

It's not just the stress relief from spinning the top, but also the gradual approach of a certain point in time, as the cold increases and time passes, until the finish line is reached.

Yes, it's Chinese New Year.

There is also a New Year in this world.

Moreover, the reason why large caravans came and went in such a hurry was largely to bring their goods back before the New Year.

Furthermore, due to the goods from the large caravans and the spread of "The Chronicles of Dawn City," various items from Dawn City have become the most sought-after New Year's goods in the capital this year.

But that has nothing to do with Dawn City.

On the day before the Lunar New Year, Dawn City was completely shut down. Not to mention humans, apart from a few places that needed to be kept running, even the tentacles were limp and paralyzed on the ground.

In fact, winter is not a good season for tentacles that prefer warm and humid environments.

However, thanks to a peculiar substance called 'Warm Stone', which was researched by mages, priests, and people from all walks of life, even the monitor tentacles that protruded outside like charging poles did not suffer from any inconvenience due to the cold.

The warm stone is made of ordinary marble, but after being consecrated and undergoing a magical reaction, it can continuously radiate heat by being infused with holy power.

It doesn't generate much heat and can't really keep out the winter winds, but it's good because it's long-lasting and covers a wide area.

In addition to residents being able to buy two and put them in their rooms, there are also reserves at various nodes in Dawn City, with priests and an increasing number of Holy Power tentacles to replenish the energy regularly.

Hmm? You're asking where the Holy Power tentacles came from?

Then you'll have to ask a certain tentacle enthusiast.

As a high-quality mother organism that Green had previously described as 'capable of housing a small tentacle park', although after certain 'experiments' she no longer went to the seedbed room to incubate tentacles almost every day as before.

Even if she actively wants to go, she will be blocked by the tentacles until she reaches a certain 'desire state' before being allowed in, in order to improve the quality of the tentacles produced.

But thanks to her previous efforts, continuous optimization and improvement, and her own growth and development during this period.

The number of tentacles with the ability to guide holy power is constantly increasing, and their quality is also getting higher and higher.

In fact, the reason Green was able to study and unleash miracles was largely due to the tentacles she helped cultivate.

On New Year's Day, Edith also put on a new winter robe.

After checking his outfit in the mirror and confirming that it looked good and even beautiful, he happily went out the door, took Cecilia's hand, who had been waiting outside for a while, and the two of them walked out of the cathedral and strolled around the streets.

It was a harmonious scene, like sisters going on an outing; it looked peaceful and beautiful.

What others wouldn't know was that, due to his sensitivity to the cold, someone had stuffed a full twelve tentacles inside that large white robe to keep warm.

With each step, a faint, squelching sound was heard only inside the clothes.

As for the village girl knight who had also changed into pretty, ordinary clothes, although she didn't have tentacles inserted, the inner lining of her dress was literally alive...

Everything is normal.

At least, on the surface, it looks normal.

So normal that even when a pale blue butterfly landed on a village girl's shoulder while she was walking down the street, no one noticed.

"She's not coming back to spend the New Year with me."

The senior nun grumbled slightly.

Tentacles shrugged.

Given the environment in Beijing, would you want her to come back?

"Do not want to."

That settles it.

Ignoring the melancholy of the old butterfly in its empty nest, let's turn our attention back to Dawn City.

Besides the church sisters, everyone else was also busy.

It was a rare holiday, and almost everyone was enjoying themselves.

Tanya was selecting clothes and linings in the living area, and with each new outfit, she would have the accompanying tentacles watch and give their opinions.

This female warrior, who has been an adventurer for over a decade, is quite skilled in combat, but she doesn't have much to offer in terms of aesthetics. Moreover, she has a little hobby that doesn't match her usual serious and powerful demeanor: she actually likes cute and feminine things in private.

While picking out clothes, I noticed that her gaze would unconsciously wander to certain places. After a moment's thought, I leaned over and gently nuzzled her cheek.

[You're too embarrassed to go buy those things yourself, right?]

It's okay, I'll go buy them for you. Just say they're for the children at the cathedral.

Still trying to deny it? How about we talk about playing with the little ducks while you were in the tentacle pool?

The powerful female warrior succumbed to the threat of the tentacles.

Not only was she forced to accept those shameful gifts, but she also whispered to him not to tell anyone about her playing with the little duck.

This is so damaging to her usual strong and dignified image.

Meanwhile, on the other side.

While the tentacles were brutally torturing the female warrior.

On the other side of the street, tentacles tightly coiled around Ella, who was trying to shrink into the shadows, dragging her out like a large dog that didn't want to go out.

【Come out! Come out here!】

I told you we were going out shopping today so you could get used to crowds, and you agreed. Why are you changing your mind now?

Although quite some time has passed, Ella's body has not only fully recovered, but has also developed considerably under the nourishment and nurturing of the tentacles.

But I just don't like people's mental state, and I haven't improved it much.

So even now, she still lives in the Tentacle Cave, and spends her days eating, drinking, sleeping, and playing with tentacles.

Occasionally, she would be led out for a stroll by tentacles, avoiding crowded places. With tentacles by her side, she could still have a lot of fun, and the situation gradually improved.

Even now, she still doesn't feel comfortable in crowded places, and in the end, the tentacles had no choice but to sigh and drape a black robe over her.

Only after completely covering her with shadows did she become willing to move around in crowded places.

But in private, he still can't be without the tentacle beside him, and he only moves when the tentacle leads him.

In contrast to Ella.

On the other hand, Morphia, who is also a half-orc, is very easy to care for, even a little too easy.

Even during the Lunar New Year, she would still spend all her time alone in the laboratory, reading the magic textbook that Uri had given her and doing all sorts of tests.

She knew it was a holiday, and Green had given her the day off.

The problem is that this is just her personality; she doesn't particularly like holidays and doesn't find studying or experiments particularly boring.

Her expression finally changed slightly when the familiar touch came from her leg.

"grown ups......"

But unexpectedly, this time the tentacle didn't immediately start tormenting her.

Instead, after climbing up, he handed her a jar of ointment.

It was a very strange ointment; Morphia had never seen it before. Its color and smell were both strange and unfamiliar.

Moreover, after opening the jar and looking at it for a while, one will feel dizzy—not from the taste or smell, but from the sight.

"This is......"

Try it on your hands.

The tentacles were slightly bent.

Morphia obediently did as she was told.

Then, under the joint gaze of one person and one touch, hair began to grow on Morphia's human palms at a speed visible to the naked eye.

As the nails grew longer, the palms swelled up slightly, turning into soft, pinkish pads.

About thirty seconds later, her human hand completely transformed into an orc claw, identical to the rest of her body.

Mofia stood there, stunned.