The story of the black silk female knight

Thousand-Leaf Grass didn't even bother to lift her eyelids; she just twitched the corner of her mouth, looking quite disdainful.

"Of course, I know you can't listen to these words right now, so let me first show you my sincerity."

Valensa then knelt down facing the sun, her face full of piety:

"By the great Sun Goddess, your faithful follower Valensa Bader hereby swears that as long as Chiba Grass does not involve a third party in our personal feud, I will never reveal the contents of that image crystal."

In this world, swearing an oath to the Sun Goddess is more effective than any contract, agreement, or guarantee. Valensa's action immediately eased Thousand Leaf Grass's expression considerably.

"what on earth do you want?"

Chapter 56 The next punishment game will be even more exciting!

"...I think I've made myself very clear."

Valensa devoutly completed the entire prayer ritual before sitting down next to Thousand Leaf again:

"Then let's settle our personal grudges between us... If you're willing to swear an oath to the Sun Goddess for this, I might as well destroy the Image Crystal right now."

"...Hmph, I get it."

The withered, dull emerald eyes of the thousand-leaf clover gradually regained their luster:

"In the end, you're still afraid of my sisters... They might really take the opportunity, as you say, to kick me out of the house, but they'll definitely not let you get away with bullying me, you bastard!"

"You're right. I really can't afford to offend two Star-level experts right now. I'm very afraid of them."

Valensa nodded calmly:

"So? Do you want to reach a deal with me, or are you going to fight to the death?"

"Total destruction? Ha! You hypocritical big-breasted monster think too highly of yourself! Compared to my beautiful jade, you're not even a broken stone! At most, you're just a piece of rotten wood, hmph!"

Thousand-leaf clover gritted her teeth in anger:

"So what do I need to do for you to destroy that image crystal?"

"It's very simple..."

Valensa then took out another piece of paper and handed it over:

"Just swear an oath to Her Majesty the Sun Goddess as required on this paper."

"You bastard, you really did plan this all along..."

Chiba gritted her teeth, but she could only take the paper and read it carefully.

The contents of the paper were devised by Tia and Valensa, which restrained Chiba's behavior in various ways, preventing her from making a big fuss.

At the same time, in order to prevent Chiba from becoming desperate and destroying everything, it is also necessary to give Chiba some hope and the chance to turn the tables and defeat Valensa.

Therefore, the agreement clearly states that the two must resolve their grievances openly and fairly, like the duel on the day Chiba transferred schools, and must not resort to underhanded tactics.

The winner of each duel can, without damaging the loser's public image, conduct a punishment game against the loser.

"Punishment game?"

This indeed piqued the interest of the thousand-leaf grass:

"Are any kind of punishment game acceptable as long as it doesn't damage the public image?"

"of course."

Valensa smiled and nodded:

"As long as there's no one else around, and you can beat me, I'd even be willing to lick your feet and bark like a puppy~~"

Similarly, if I win, I'll give you something even more exciting than today!

"Hmph, I'm not afraid at all!"

Chiba immediately puffed out her small, flat chest and made a face:

"You really think you can beat me every time? Just you wait, you wretched big-breasted monster, next time I'll make you lick my feet and bark like a puppy!"

The agreement was reached.

Afterwards, Chiba Grass earnestly made a vow to the Sun Goddess as required, and Valensa also took out the Dragon Fang Dagger and destroyed the Image Crystal on the spot.

Having the opportunity to rightfully defeat Valensa and then play the punishment game, Chiba readily produced the antidote, waking up everyone else who was supposed to sleep for at least two hours.

Everyone was puzzled by the fact that he suddenly fell asleep while eating, and they all complained that Valensa, the cook, had made a mistake and had not properly removed the venom from the rainbow three-headed snake.

Valensa, of course, pretended to be embarrassed and shy to apologize to everyone, and said she would cook a few more delicious dishes as compensation.

With Chiba's cooperation in the act, and with Tia's cover-up as she had already guessed some of the truth, things were eventually handled fairly smoothly.

The picnic lasted until late at night. With the agreement in place, Qianyecao was relieved and could focus on enjoying the food, her belly bulging as if she were pregnant.

Finally, everyone said goodnight to each other and parted ways, thoroughly enjoying themselves.

. . . . .

After replenishing her strength and energy during sleep, Valensa arrived at the girls' dormitory of the command department early in the morning, preparing to go with Tia to Ms. Dinah's place as planned to buy several more high-quality black pantyhose.

Unexpectedly, Tia wasn't there; only Jacqueline was waiting in the villa's first-floor living room, smiling as she handed Valensa a letter:

"Tia left school suddenly last night. She knew you would be back today, so she gave me this letter to deliver."

"What? Tia suddenly left school last night?"

Valensa immediately became worried and quickly opened the envelope to read it.

She breathed a sigh of relief after only a few glances.

It was a bit sudden, but it wasn't a big deal.

Tia's teacher, who holds the seventh seat in the Sage Council, has just finished a period of secluded research and has issued a summons to all his disciples scattered across the continent, ordering them to return to the Sage Tower for a training test.

Tia had experienced many of these things since she was a child, and Valensa knew it very well... Basically, every few months, Tia would go back to the Sage's Tower for three to five days each time.

It seems I'll have to wait until next day off to buy Ms. Dinah's exquisite black pantyhose.

Valensa was slightly disappointed, but her mind also started to wander.

Since I don't have to accompany Tia on this day off, I can find a way to go to the Dimensional Hardware Store.

The entrance to the capital, Pink Rose, is temporarily unavailable, but within 50 kilometers of the capital, there are several small towns with a permanent population of over 500.

Valensa had already selected several of the most suitable targets.

She thanked Jacqueline for delivering the letter, then immediately returned to her dormitory, retrieved the map she had marked with circles and dots, and made her final decision.

"Hmm... this will do."

In fact, the towns that Valensa chose were all quite similar in terms of conditions. Being somewhat indecisive, she could only take a gold coin and toss it randomly, choosing whichever town landed closest to her.

In the end, the town of Bedek was chosen.

"A small town famous for its grapes and wine? That'll do..."

Valensa shrugged and began to take off her casual clothes and change into her knight's attire:

"Although I don't like drinking, it would be nice to buy some good grapes to make juice or desserts."

After reverting from her shopping-ready young lady attire to her knightly outfit from Sergintown, Valensa rented a batch of fast horses from the academy's horse rental shop and galloped towards Bedek Town.

With the horse galloping at full speed, the distance of about 45 kilometers was covered in less than two hours.

"Let me see where the entrance to this town is... hopefully it's not some weird place."

Upon entering the town, Valensa couldn't wait to open the membership terminal interface of the Dimensional Hardware Store.

"what?"

Then she frowned, her expression becoming very serious.

The terminal interface showed that there was no entrance to the Dimensional Hardware Store in the vicinity.

But how is this possible?

As a famous wine and grape producing area near the capital, Bodek Town is much larger than Sergin Town. Even Sergin Town has an entrance to the Dimensional Hardware Store, so how could Bodek Town not have one?

Chapter 57 The Strange Town

The manager of the Dimensional Hardware Store, who has a square monitor-like head, once said that every human settlement with a permanent population of over 500 people will have an entrance to the Dimensional Hardware Store.

Valensa has been a customer of the Dimensional Hardware Store for over three years and has never seen the store manager lie. Besides, there's no need to lie about such a thing.

So the problem shouldn't be with Dimensional Hardware Store, but with the town of Beddeck.

Since the condition for having an entrance to the Dimensional Hardware Store is a permanent population of over 500, then conversely, the fact that there is currently no entrance here means that the population is less than 500.

But how is this possible?

The town of Bedek is larger than the town of Sergin, and its permanent population is certainly more than 500.

The area also occasionally hosts events such as wine festivals, which attract many tourists and merchants, sometimes exceeding ten thousand people.

Even on the street where Valensa was standing right now... well, she roughly estimated that there were at least dozens of people nearby.

A town like this could not possibly have a population of less than 500.

unless……

A terrifying thought flashed through Valensa's mind.

She immediately became alert, entering a state of readiness to fight at any moment, and activated her mental powers to enhance her senses, carefully observing everything in the town.

Then we discovered a number of problems.

There were clearly many people wandering the street, but no one was talking to each other... This is almost impossible in a small town where most residents know each other.

Valensa, who had only lived in Serkin for three years, knew the names of many people in town and would greet acquaintances along the way when she went out to buy groceries.

Secondly, Valencia's discerning eye as a cook allowed her to see that the fruit sold at several roadside stalls on this street wasn't very fresh.

While it's true that some unscrupulous merchants like to pass off stale fruit as high-quality fruit, they are a minority. It would be highly unusual for an entire street to be full of unscrupulous merchants.

This further convinced Valencia of her terrible suspicion, and she became even more cautious, taking out her sword and shield to continue observing.

Finally, she saw the decisive evidence that confirmed her suspicions.

It was a ragged homeless man on the street. There was nothing unusual about him at first, but as he turned over, Valensa clearly saw a hideous wound on his back, with worms wriggling inside.

This is definitely not a phenomenon that should occur in a living person, yet the homeless man himself can still move!

This town is very problematic! Extremely dangerous! We can't stay here long!

Without further hesitation, Valensa mounted her horse and galloped back the way she had come.

She dismounted at the entrance of the town and led the horse for about ten minutes. Now she is hurrying back, and should be able to leave the town soon.

However, Valensa rode her horse at full speed for almost twenty minutes without seeing the exit of the town. Instead, she ended up back on the same street as before, as if she had encountered a maze.

Not only that, her attempt to escape on horseback seemed to have alerted the town, and now many figures were staggering toward her.

Those people looked much like ordinary people, except that their movements were a bit stiff, and the way they stared at Valensa was strange.

As a beautiful young woman with a great figure and high looks, Valensa was used to being looked at, whether those gazes were of lust or jealousy.

Now all those people staring at her were looking at her with lustful eyes... not the kind of lust that men have for her black stockings and short skirt, but the kind of lust that hungry beasts have for fresh meat.

"Tsk... I just randomly chose a small town, how did I end up running into something like this... My luck is just too bad!"

Now that things have come to this, Valensa has no choice but to prepare for the challenge and see what secrets this town holds.

Before the figures could get close, she rushed to the nearest mother and daughter and slashed them with her sword without any mercy.

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Valensa didn't actually use much force, but the blade sliced ​​through the flesh of the mother and daughter as if it hadn't encountered any resistance, severing the daughter's head and cutting the mother in half at the waist.

But it couldn't stop them... or rather, their movements.

Not a drop of blood flowed from either the mother or daughter. The daughter even kicked her own head away and reached out with both hands to grab Valensa.

The mother's upper and lower body moved simultaneously, attacking Valensa's legs.

Valensa used her shield to block her daughter's lunge, while simultaneously kicking her mother's upper body away and using the recoil to jump backward.

"So it really is an undead creature? This is troublesome... What is the Church of the Sun doing? How could they allow such a large undead lair to exist near the capital?"

After shaking off the mother and daughter, Valensa stomped her foot in annoyance, and after a brief observation, chose the direction with the fewest enemies to begin her breakout.