The story of the black silk female knight

Valensa smiled, her eyes narrowed:

"Fran, your clone stays here and keeps watch. I'll go directly to Senior Ursula and, as an honorary knight, ask her to assist with the investigation."

"Positive investigation?"

Fran hesitated for a moment:

"Is this a good idea? If she's not the target, it shouldn't be a big problem, but if she really is the person we're looking for, she'll definitely activate the magical traps here remotely to destroy the evidence, right?"

Once she destroys the evidence, it will be very difficult for us to investigate her again... after all, she is a necromancer with research projects.

That's why I had you stay here and keep an eye on things.

Valensa smiled:

“If she really did activate the magical traps here to destroy the evidence after I came to her door, then that action itself should be enough to serve as evidence, right? In that case, Fran, you will be a witness.”

"Oh yeah, you can do that too!"

Fran suddenly realized, and the little bat, somewhat excited, took flight, circling Valensa twice:

"Then there's no time to lose, you should go find her now, I'll keep an eye on things here."

"Ah."

After leaving the little bat near Ursula's laboratory courtyard to keep watch, Valensa went to the first girls' dormitory in the logistics department.

As the department with the largest number of students among the three departments of the War Academy, the Logistics Department had nearly 100 female students at its peak. One dormitory building with only 60 rooms was not enough to accommodate them all, so the Logistics Department had two dormitory buildings for female students.

Valensa had already found out Ursula's room number from Luca yesterday, so she went straight to the door and gently knocked.

"Who?"

There was a quick response from inside the house, a somewhat cold and hoarse female voice.

"I'm Valensa, a first-year student in the Vanguard Department. I'd like to visit you, senior."

"……come in."

The door opened, and there stood the slender beauty who had just scattered the little bats with Shadow Arrow. She seemed to have just taken a shower in the dormitory, wearing only a bathrobe, which still smelled strongly of shower gel.

"I've heard of you. You're the top student, right? Is there something you need?"

Ursula spoke quite politely, but her eyes were strange, just as Luca said, as if she wanted to dissect someone with a knife at any moment.

Valensa, feeling a little uncomfortable under the gaze, rubbed her legs together slightly before speaking seriously:

"It's like this... In the Church of the Sun's recent crackdown on illegal transactions, it was discovered that someone within the academy was anonymously purchasing prohibited materials."

I've heard that you're a genius in necromancy, Senior Ursula, and even have your own laboratory, so I've come to ask you some questions.

"The Church of the Sun combats illegal transactions?"

Ursula raised an eyebrow:

"What does this have to do with you? Valencia, you haven't even graduated yet, and you're already fulfilling your duties as a vanguard, cooperating with the church's actions?"

"No, this has nothing to do with the vanguard."

Valensa pulled out her Knight of Honor badge and showed it off:

"I'm just doing the work of a paladin."

"……I see."

Ursula was silent for a moment before nodding, her voice even colder:

"It seems that the one who tested me with a familiar in the laboratory was you... or rather, one of your companions, right?"

I thought it was that same group of people again... Hmph, it's the church... Fine.

Ursula then took off her bathrobe and began dressing in front of Valensa without any concern.

"You want to search my lab, huh? I'll take you there... Next time something like this happens, junior, you can be more direct, there's no need to beat around the bush."

"Uh... well, thank you in advance for supporting my work."

Valensa was somewhat surprised; she hadn't expected Ursula to be so cooperative, acting as if she had nothing to hide and was open to any investigation.

Perhaps it really is a misunderstanding?

About an hour later, this guess was confirmed.

Every spellcasting material in Ursula's laboratory was obtained through legitimate channels and is recorded in the academy's supply office; there are no problems whatsoever.

The anonymous purchase of prohibited materials should indeed be unrelated to Ursula, but Valensa has a gut feeling that this senior student probably has other secrets.

"that……"

So before saying goodbye, Valensa couldn't help but ask:

"Senior, were you so vigilant while you were doing your research? Were you wary of someone?"

"...This shouldn't be related to your job duties, right?"

Ursula was clearly annoyed, but she quickly snorted again:

"But it's no big deal to tell you, so you won't become suspicious and cause trouble secretly... I'm conducting a study for the military, and this study involves the interests of quite a few people."

Some people wanted to steal my research results, and others didn't want my research to succeed... I've even survived more than one assassination attempt because of this... Do you understand now?

"...I understand. Sorry to bother you, senior."

Valensa immediately sensed that there was more to this than met the eye, but it had nothing to do with her, and there seemed to be no need to investigate further at the moment.

After finishing the investigation on Ursula, it was already late, and it was not appropriate to visit anyone else.

Valensa had no choice but to return to her dormitory, but as she was about to go upstairs, she was pleasantly surprised to find someone she hadn't seen for several days waiting for her in the rest area.

"Tia? You're back?"

Chapter 85 was about to ignite but was then doused with cold water.

Valensa immediately hugged Tia, and Tia did not refuse.

After pressing her cheek against Tia's cheek a few times, Valensa was still not satisfied and wanted to kiss Tia's cheek as well.

This time, Tia shyly dodged and even pushed Valensa away.

"Idiot! This is a public place, what are you doing?"

"Hey, I haven't seen you for days, I've missed you so much, Tia~~"

Valensa nimbly spun around and then circled to the other side to hug Tia.

"...Do you really miss me?"

Tia glared at Valensa with annoyance and gave her a light pinch on the waist:

"You clearly selected three beauties in Pink Rose at once?"

"I had something important to do."

Valensa remained completely calm:

"You can ask them if you don't believe me... I didn't do anything except get them drunk."

"Hmph, idiot."

Tia rolled her eyes coquettishly again, and was about to say something when she saw three other girls walking down the stairs together.

She quickly regained her composure, only subtly nudging Valensa's waist:

"What are you still standing here for? Let's go to your room... I'm the one who took the day off today, so it's okay if you don't go back tonight."

"Really?"

Valensa's eyes lit up immediately:

"In other words, tonight we can... hehehehe."

"Hey, you head!"

Tia, embarrassed and annoyed, stomped on Valensa's foot:

"Didn't I tell you? Those things are off-limits before my coming-of-age ceremony! I just want to have a proper chat with you. If you have any other bad intentions, I'm leaving!"

"No, no, no... I'm a paladin, how could I have bad intentions? Tia, you've misunderstood me!"

Valensa quickly grabbed Tia's arm and dragged her upstairs:

"I just wanted to have a good chat with you, Tia~~"

"Nobody would believe you... Humph."

Tia blushed and muttered a complaint under her breath, but barely struggled. Valensa pulled her into the room, half-pushing her.

"Let's start with... Mmm!"

Once the door completely separated the inside and outside of the room, Tia was about to ask Valensa about what had happened these past few days when she was pinned against the wall, her words cut off.

At first, she stared wide-eyed and even tried to push Valensa away in embarrassment and anger.

Unfortunately, with Valensa's relentless offensive, Tia's body quickly went limp, her eyes became glazed as if she were drunk, and she even became unsteady on her feet.

Tia's body slowly slid down, but was caught... by Valensa's long, black-stockinged leg, which had somehow braced its knee against the wall, perfectly supporting Tia's weight as her body softened.

Waaaaah... I'm so sorry, ancestors.

I probably won't be able to follow the family rules and save my chastity for after my coming-of-age ceremony...

Tia's resistance weakened under Valensa's onslaught, and she soon gave up, even wanting to actively cater to her and launch a counterattack.

However, at that moment, Valensa stepped back and smiled contentedly:

"Alright, that's enough for today's energy replenishment, Tia... We'll continue with the rest after your coming-of-age ceremony, Tia~~"

Tia "..."

The feeling of being doused with cold water just before it was about to burn out was extremely uncomfortable for her, and it made her grit her teeth and fly into a rage.

"Aww!"

She pounced on Valensa and bit her hard.

"Ouch...it hurts!"

Valensa pretended to struggle, loudly crying out in pain with a sound of great pleasure:

"Don't do that, Tia... You've gotten my clothes all wet! Why did you suddenly bite me? Did you not eat enough tonight? Should I feed you some more...?"

"No way, you idiot!"

Tia angrily bit Valensa again before standing up and walking towards the bathroom while taking off her school uniform top and skirt:

"Stop lying there pretending to be dead, come in and help me scrub my back and wash my hair."

"Yes!"

Valensa immediately sprang to her feet, quickly removed her armor and dress, and followed Tia into the bathroom.

In the bathroom, they didn't do anything inappropriate. They simply helped each other shower, enjoying this warm moment with little verbal communication.

After flushing away the day's fatigue and sweat down the drain, Valensa and Tia changed into two identical nightgowns, one blue and one red, and sat back-to-back on the bed.

How did your assessment go? Did you pass?

After a moment of silence, Valensa spoke first with a smile:

"No one bullied you at the Sage's Tower, right?"

"Aren't you the one who bullies me the most?"

Tia gave a disgruntled snort before replying with a hint of smugness:

"As for the assessment... Hmph, have I ever failed? Although my teacher has many disciples, I am one of the most outstanding ones."

"Yeah, I knew you were so great, Tia, you'd definitely be fine!"

Valencia quickly echoed the compliment.

"Hum..."

Tia was smug for a moment, then her voice became hesitant again:

"Valenza, do you remember... Lord Vincent, whom I mentioned to you before? He's one of the sages like my teacher, ranked eleventh."