The story of the black silk female knight

"So worried about Dr. Karen... Senior, are you her girlfriend? Were you two just doing something special as a couple here?"

"No...no, junior, you've misunderstood."

The girl blushed slightly, then looked somewhat dejected.

"Dr. Karen already has someone she loves, I have no chance."

"So you really do have a crush on that guy?"

Valensa was speechless:

"So what? You were the one who deliberately seduced him, and he was the victim?"

"No...no, uh."

The girl shook her head again and spat out another mouthful of blood... It seemed that the spell that Valensa had forcibly broken earlier had brought a great backlash to the girl.

"Hey."

Seeing this, Valensa could only sigh and untie the restraints binding the girl:

"I can treat you, but you're not allowed to do anything reckless again."

"Well, this...this was just a misunderstanding. It's all good once we talk it out."

The girl nodded obediently, squinting as she received Valensa's holy light healing, while stammering out her explanation:

"I... I'm called LeFrei, a third-year logistics major, majoring in auxiliary magic... You just saw my magic, junior, it's called Word Magic, a very rare spell."

I can imbue words with magic, achieving the most intuitive effect with the simplest language... but it consumes a lot of magic, and being forcibly dispelled will harm me.

So most of the time, I use Word of Power to strengthen my companions, and rarely to bind enemies... After all, I'm just a support character.

Chapter 100: Did they catch a big fish?

"A spell that can generate various magical effects with just one word... That's amazing."

Valensa first praised Leffre's skills, then asked:

"So? How did you meet Dr. Karen?"

"...That happened more than ten days ago on a day off."

Leffre slowly began to speak:

"Unlike you, junior, who looks like an aristocrat, my family's conditions are quite ordinary. I don't have much pocket money that I can freely spend. Whenever I want something, I have to find a way to earn it myself... So on my days off, I often go to the Adventurers' Guild to take on some quests."

That day, as usual, my two friends from the Vanguard class and I accepted a quest at the Adventurers' Guild to hunt down a Pearl-class monster.

Unexpectedly, that monster was a mutant with strange curse abilities... In the end, although we successfully completed the mission, I was also cursed and lost my ability to speak.

"And then you came here seeking treatment?"

Valensa raised an eyebrow:

"If you're under a curse, wouldn't it be more reliable to go to a church and ask a priest for help?"

"Of course I've been to the church and received divine healing."

Leffe smiled wryly:

"According to the priestess, the curse in my body has been completely removed, but I still can't make a sound, and I can't activate the Word Magic either."

I was able to get into the War Academy entirely because of my Word Magic... If I lose my voice, I might be expelled from the academy, which would be too tragic for me, as I'm graduating this year.

With a try-it-and-see attitude, I went to the infirmary... I had heard that Dr. Karen of the infirmary, although eccentric, was highly skilled in medicine and particularly adept at handling various difficult and complicated diseases that could not be solved by low- to mid-level divine magic.

After examining me, he said I was perfectly healthy... My inability to speak was likely psychological and required some stimulation therapy.

"Stimulation therapy?"

Valensa then realized:

"So Dr. Karen wasn't really trying to assault you before, but was just pretending to scare you?"

"more or less."

Leffre nodded, her wry smile deepening.

"Unfortunately, I saw through his plan and knew that he wouldn't really violate me... so no matter how he tried to scare me, it wasn't very effective."

On the contrary, when you suddenly barged in and started fighting with Dr. Karen, I was incredibly anxious, and my language skills miraculously returned.

"So that's it..."

Valensa sighed:

"So you stopped me from chasing after Dr. Karen just now to clear up the misunderstanding?"

"Ah."

Leffre nodded again, her expression serious:

“Junior, you really misunderstood Dr. Karen... I hope you can apologize to him properly, after all, you hit him quite hard before.”

Of course, I know you're angry because of me... so I'll help. Although I don't have the money to compensate you for the infirmary's damage, I can take care of the injured Dr. Karen in your place.”

"Thank you so much, senior... Was that really helping you? I think you were just trying to use this opportunity to pursue Dr. Karen, weren't you?" Valensa retorted irritably.

"hey-hey."

Leffle blushed and did not refute:

"Anyway, the injured always need to be taken care of, right? How about you do me another favor, junior... put in a good word for the priest in charge of treatment and ask her to go easy on Dr. Karen during the treatment, so she doesn't recover too quickly?"

"...If Dr. Karen is really alright, I'd be happy to help you, senior, but I think you'd better be mentally prepared for the possibility of heartbreak..."

Valensa was silent for a moment before giving a wry smile.

"Hey? Why?"

Leffre was somewhat bewildered:

"Hasn't the misunderstanding been cleared up? Dr. Karen, do you have any other questions?"

"It was indeed a misunderstanding caused by my impulsiveness that he tried to assault you before, but you saw the necromancy he used when he fought me, right?"

Valensa sighed:

"In fact, I've been investigating someone in the academy who's been secretly researching necromancy, and it seems that Dr. Karen is most likely my target."

"This……"

Leffleck's complexion, which had improved considerably under the Holy Light healing, turned pale again:

"Could it be a misunderstanding? Dr. Karen is really not a bad person."

"I also hope it's a misunderstanding, but the truth is neither for you nor me to decide."

Valensa shrugged:

"In short, I have already reported this matter to my fellow church members, and it will definitely be investigated thoroughly in the end... No matter what the truth is, I believe Her Majesty the Sun Goddess will give Dr. Karen a fair conclusion."

"...That's all we can do...I hope it's all just a misunderstanding."

Leffre prayed silently for Karen for a moment with a devout posture before asking:

"Is there anything I can do to help?"

"Have."

Valensa didn't hold back either:

"This isn't your first time seeing Dr. Karen, is it? You should be quite familiar with him. Help me think where he might be hiding after he escaped. You can also look around this office for any clues, or go to the girls' dormitory in the command department to ask for help."

"Then... I'll go find someone for you."

Leffle thought for a moment and said:

"Who are you looking for?"

“Tia Britannia… just tell Valensa that she needs help, and she will definitely come.”

"Okay, I see."

Lefred quickly left the infirmary and jogged toward Tia's dormitory.

Valensa continued searching for clues in Karen's office, focusing on Karen's desk and any hidden compartments that might be concealed.

There were some gains... Valensa found Karen's research notes.

However, like the doctors in Karen and Valensa's previous lives, Karen's handwriting was extremely messy, and it was full of professional magical jargon that Valensa couldn't understand at all.

She could only ask Fran to look at it from the little bat's perspective, but even the little bat got dizzy and could only barely make out that it was indeed a research note on necromancy, and that was all it could do.

Fortunately, Leffre proved to be quite helpful, as she quickly brought in a strong ally—the well-read Tia.

Tia also frowned at Karen's research notes, and could only try to understand the contents of the notes little by little by comparing repeated words in the text, just like cracking a code.

But it was precisely these fragments of information that Tia slowly deciphered that made her very uneasy:

"This...this...if I understand correctly...Dr. Karen seems to be planning to use a rather forbidden necromancy spell to summon some kind of being from a very dangerous place..."

"Summoning some kind of being from a very dangerous place? Could it be that he also wants to summon an evil god?"

Valensa, drawing on her own background, immediately made a deduction:

"Could Dr. Karen be a member of a cult? Remember Beddock Town? The mastermind behind that incident was a necromancer, and he's still at large... I've caught a big fish!"

What happens if resurrection fails in Chapter 101?

"I don't think Dr. Karen is the person from Beddock Town."

Tia immediately offered a different perspective:

"First, if Dr. Karen truly possesses the ability to create Lord-level undead, then she would at least be a Star-level necromancer, and you should already be dead by now. Second..."

As Tia spoke, she picked up her research notes again:

"These are just my guesses based on fragments of information, and they may be taken out of context... You should calm down and wait and see."

"Uh... well."

Valensa snapped out of her daydream of having accomplished something great, but she still told Fran and asked the church to send people to help as soon as possible.

Seeking help from the academy immediately is certainly an option, but for Valensa, this is, after all, a mission from the church, and seeking outside assistance too early might lower her evaluation... Anyway, Karen has already been injured and shouldn't be able to cause any trouble.

Tia continued to decipher the research notes, while Valensa and Lovely once again rummaged through Karen's office looking for clues.

"...Come and take a look at this."

This time, a new discovery has been made about leucourt.

It was a piece of paper rolled up and stuffed into the medicine bottle. Valensa overlooked it during her first search, but Lovely, who was determined to find evidence to prove Karen's innocence, was more meticulous.

But her thoughtfulness not only failed to clear Karen of suspicion, but instead made him seem more like a cult member.

Because there was a sketch on the paper, depicting a girl lying in a magic circle... it looked exactly like a cult performing a sacrificial ritual.

"He really is a big fish!"

Valensa became even more certain of her guess, while Lovely turned completely pale.

"...If he really is a cult member, then we must find him as soon as possible."

Tia's expression also changed slightly:

“Because he has already been discovered by you, Valensa, and is injured, he might take a desperate risk! If he really has imprisoned a young girl intending to use her as a sacrifice…”

"That girl is in great danger now!"

Valensa continued, then looked at Lefrey, who was already in tears:

"Please, senior! Think carefully about whether Dr. Karen did anything else suspicious while you were receiving treatment at the infirmary these past few days?"

"I……"

Leffle opened her mouth, then hesitated for a long while:

"If Dr. Karen really is... does he still have a chance?"

"some."

Valensa calmly offered a pie in the sky for the soufflé: