The story of the black silk female knight

When the stall owner quoted a price of 300 gold coins, even though Valensa had expected it, she still felt a little dizzy—she simply didn't have that much money.

But since I've already made that boast, it would be very embarrassing to refuse or bargain now.

Fortunately, Tia only wanted to give Valensa a reminder and a lesson, not really to embarrass her. So, while leaning into Valensa's arms, she also slipped her wallet into her hands.

Valensa breathed a sigh of relief, paid the bill with Tia's money, and received many encouraging and blessing glances from passersby.

But this incident also made Valensa realize her current status.

She didn't dare to tease Tia in public anymore, obediently letting her be stepped on and pinched, and using sweet words that never repeated themselves to make Tia happy.

"Hey, Tia, look what's that?"

The two strolled around several stalls selling local specialties for a while, and soon their attention was drawn to a stall that looked a bit strange.

That stall was quite popular, and most of the customers were young women.

There were elegantly dressed noble ladies and wives, as well as simple and lovely common girls.

They all sat on the recliners inside the stall, took off their shoes and socks, and put their legs into the wooden basins next to the chairs.

Then several sticky tentacles would emerge from the wooden tub, wrap around the legs, and make the guests make very comfortable sounds.

Chapter 39 Don't misunderstand, this is just a skin whitening treatment.

"What...what a shameless stall!"

Tia blushed instantly. She subconsciously rubbed her white-stockinged legs a few times, then stole a few glances at Valensa's black-stockinged legs, and her face turned even redder.

"Well... it's really nothing, right? It's just taking off your shoes and soaking your feet~~"

Valensa seemed quite eager to try. She even quietly pointed to several female guests in very gorgeous dresses who looked to be of high status, and whispered to Tia:

"Look at them, they're enjoying themselves so openly, right? Then we should be fine too, why don't we go and give it a try together?"

"Then I don't want to go either..."

Despite what she was saying, Tia was actually quite curious about the tentacles in those wooden basins, so she was half-heartedly led to the stall by Valensa, who was holding her arm.

"Would you two like to try the amazing whitening octopus, ladies?"

Immediately, a man dressed as a fisherman came forward to greet them warmly.

"It only takes about 20 minutes to remove all kinds of dirt and grime from your skin, leaving it whiter and smoother!"

"Whitening octopus?"

Valensa pointed to a tentacle in a wooden basin not far away:

"Is this it? Why does it look sticky and gooey...it's kind of disgusting~~"

"It may not be the most visually appealing, but it's guaranteed to be comfortable to use!"

The stall owner, dressed as a fisherman, was very confident.

"At first, many distinguished ladies like you two disliked the white octopus because they thought it was ugly, but after trying it, they all became my regular customers. Some even wanted to invest in me for large-scale breeding."

Unfortunately, the white-skinned octopus is a very picky creature, only able to survive in the waters of a specific area, and is not suitable for farming.

"Is it……"

Valensa responded to the stall owner in a perfunctory manner, but secretly she activated her mental power to enhance her eyesight and carefully observe a girl in a short skirt with beautiful legs.

She could clearly see that the inside of the whitening octopus's tentacles had countless tiny suction cups, each the size of a pen tip, which could indeed deeply clean the girl's skin while wrapping around her legs.

At the same time, the whitening octopus secretes a colorless, sticky liquid from the sides of its tentacles, which has effects similar to beauty oils and can make the skin more hydrated.

In addition, the whitening octopus seemed to have the skills of a massage master, and knew very well how to wrap around a girl to make her feel comfortable. The girl in the short skirt enjoyed it very much throughout the process, and the subtle blush on her face never disappeared.

"If you two ladies are too embarrassed to use it here, you can buy the whitening octopus and enjoy it at home by yourselves."

Seeing that Tia remained shy and unwilling to make a purchase, the stall owner introduced another business:

"Here, people mostly just soak their arms and legs, but at home, you can enjoy the whitening octopus all over your body while taking a bath... My wife and sister love doing this, and they always say it feels incredibly comfortable afterward."

Although white-skinned octopuses require specific seawater areas to survive, they can live for three to five days in ordinary seawater... Ladies, why don't you consider buying a couple to take home and relax?"

"Tia~~"

Valensa was somewhat tempted, but she figured she couldn't afford the whitening octopus, so she grabbed Tia's arm and started shaking it:

“A friend of mine said she’s very interested in whitening octopuses, you see…”

"No, you don't have that kind of friend! Don't try to trick me into buying you this shameless weirdo by making up a friend out of thin air!"

Tia rolled her eyes at Valensa, ignoring the stall owner's somewhat embarrassed look, and pulled the still reluctant Valensa away from the stall.

"...What, you can't bear to part with it?"

Even after walking dozens of meters away, Valensa's eyes were still fixed on the white octopus, so Tia angrily stomped on her foot again:

"Tell me! Are you curious about that shameless octopus, or do you just want an excuse to stay there a little longer and openly look at other people's legs?"

"Of course not! Their legs are nowhere near as pretty as yours, Tia!"

Valensa quickly averted her gaze from those long, white legs:

"I'm just curious about the whitening octopus's tentacle massage technique... I was thinking if I could learn it so that you, Tia, could feel comfortable too."

"I don't care, you idiot!"

Tia stepped on Valensa's foot again, making her face even redder.

Afterwards, they visited several stalls together, bought a lot of seafood to make small ornaments, and also had a meal of sizzling seafood fried rice.

"Actually, this kind of stir-fry on a hot plate is also great for stir-frying noodles... the kind I made with wheat flour when I was in Suri City last time."

After eating the teppanyaki fried rice, Valensa sipped her cold drink while explaining to Tia:

"First, boil the noodles in water and rinse them with cold water. Then stir-fry them on a hot plate with ingredients such as shredded beef, bean sprouts, onion slices, scallops, and shrimp. It's so fragrant."

It's a pity that a suitable cooking griddle is never available in a small town like Sergin, otherwise I would have made this for you, Tia, a long time ago.

"Isn't this simple? It's just a piece of iron plate."

As Tia spoke, she snapped her fingers, and less than 10 seconds later, Enori, who had been hiding in the crowd to protect her, walked over.

"Miss."

The red-haired maid remained as taciturn as ever.

"Wait a minute..."

Tia whispered a few words to Enori, who nodded, glanced at Valensa, and then turned and left.

"Enoli will take care of the teppanyaki grill for you... By tomorrow night at the latest, you will have a brand new set of fine kitchen utensils."

After giving instructions to her maid, Tia winked at Valensa:

"So? When can I try that sizzling noodles?"

"The kitchenware can be used anytime it arrives."

Valensa blew Tia a kiss in return:

"I can cook delicious food for you for the rest of my life, as long as Tia wants it."

"...Tch, all talk and no action..."

Tia's face flushed red again.

After taking a short break at the teppanyaki seafood fried rice stall, the two women continued browsing.

This market, which came with the fleet of ships from the Four Islands Alliance, stretches for over a thousand meters in the harbor, but eventually you will come to the end of it.

At the end of the market, Valensa and Tia saw another rather strange stall.

This stall is somewhat similar to that white octopus stall, yet completely opposite.

The stall owner was a young girl dressed as a fisherman, but the vast majority of her customers were men.

The men sat around the stall, each with a plate in front of them containing freshly boiled tentacles.

The tentacles appeared to be unseasoned, yet the men ate them with relish, chuckling lewdly as they did so.

"Hehehe... This is the one Miss Mary used... Hehehe~~"

"Hmph, this one of mine was also served to Madam Lan, and it still retains Madam Lan's fragrance."

Chapter 40 Don't worry, it won't hurt you.

Valensa and Tia were both dumbfounded.

They recognized that what these men were eating was none other than the tentacles of the white octopus that had served the ladies at the previous stall.

No wonder these men devoured the food without any seasoning at all...

But this... doesn't seem like a good idea, does it?

Valensa only thought about it briefly, but Tia took immediate action.

She angrily confronted the young fisherwoman who sold boiled octopus tentacles:

"That octopus-based skin whitening stall across the street, is that your business? You're actually feeding men women's used products? Don't you think that's shameless? What would those women think if they found out?"

"Oh, Miss, you've already been to my brother's stall. You're so pretty, I was just thinking of recommending it to you."

The fisherwoman remained completely calm and even smiled when faced with Tia's questioning.

"Don't worry, we are an honest shop and of course we will consider the feelings of the ladies... The octopus tentacles sold here are all with the consent of those ladies."

If you don't believe me, you can go and verify it with those ladies yourself. Every octopus I have here is marked with the name of the lady who served it... As a fellow French nobleman, you should know many of them."

"That's it..."

Tia's expression softened considerably, but she was still very puzzled:

"Don't those women feel ashamed to give men their own used food?"

"What's so shameful about that?"

The fisherwoman's smile deepened, and she looked Tia up and down:

"Miss, you're so young, you probably haven't been in a relationship yet, right? Once you have more experience, you'll understand that this is actually a fun interaction between adults."

Mature women not only don't care about such things at all, but they even compete with each other to see who has used the whitening octopus product with the highest sales volume, believing that the one with the highest sales volume is the most charming.

My brother and I have done business with you in Fran several times already, and we've always been very popular.

"Is... like this?"

Tia was speechless. She still found it hard to accept this, and even had an impulse to call someone to shut down these two shameless stalls.

But if it's truly a case of mutual consent, Tia wouldn't do anything to offend anyone.

She swayed back to Valensa's side, then her eyes sharpened, and without a word, she raised her white-stockinged foot and stepped on Valensa's foot first:

"Hey, you idiot... You kept trying to get me to buy that kind of octopus, were you planning to eat it after I used it?"

"Haha...How could that be? Tia, you're overthinking it~~"

Valensa looked away:

"I was thinking of buying it so we could use it together when we take a bath, and then eat it together afterward... These octopus tentacles look delicious; I can think of three or four ways to cook them just by looking at them."

"You really are a shameless idiot!"

Tia angrily stomped on Valensa a few more times.

After we finished exploring the market, it was almost dusk.

The port was still bustling... Although many customers, like Valensa and Tia, had finished browsing the market and were preparing to leave, there were also many more new customers arriving from all over the capital.

One can imagine that the stall owners in the market must have made a lot of money, but they risked their lives to follow the fleet across the sea just to do business here.

After having dinner at a restaurant in the capital that Tia had booked in advance, the two girls returned to school in a carriage driven by Enori.

Now that the Four Islands Alliance's fleet has arrived on time, the black dye that Ms. Dina has been lacking materials for should be ready to be made. Valensa can go and buy more high-quality black pantyhose on her next day off.

They chatted about their shopping plans for the next day off, and the half-hour journey felt like it went by quickly. It seemed like they had only exchanged a few words before Enoli started slowing down the carriage.

"what?"

As Valencia alighted from the carriage and prepared to enter the school gate, she noticed another carriage waiting in front of it.