The story of the black silk female knight

Now, the giant bird that the Mist Demon Girl was riding has also been killed by Valensa. Because her abilities have been sealed, she has lost her ability to fly and can only fall into the air under the influence of gravity—completely defenseless.

The Demon Ninja, who had been lurking in the shadows, looking for an opportunity, certainly wouldn't miss this chance.

While the fact that high-level Mist Demons can arbitrarily change the location of their core is very troublesome, the Chiba Clan's anti-demon ninjas are the most skilled humans at dealing with Mist Demons, so they naturally have a way to solve it.

"Spiritual Communication Technique, Mist-Eating Flower, Contract!"

As the girl murmured softly, a giant pink six-petaled flower emerged from the ground and swallowed the Mist Demon Girl who was descending from the sky with a single, forceful bite, engulfing her from the chest down into the flower, leaving only her head and two hands struggling outside.

"Uh-huh."

The mist maiden quickly showed signs of pain, her face turning an eerie red, as if her body was being subjected to various attacks inside the flower.

She frantically patted the flowers with her hands, but to no avail.

She tried to turn her body into mist to escape from the flower, but failed.

"Don't...don't struggle...ha."

Summoning this pink flower seemed to have taken a heavy toll on Thousand-Leaf Grass as well; she couldn't even maintain her Leaf Concealment Technique, and was panting heavily after revealing herself.

"This is a breed specially cultivated by our Chiba clan to deal with you high-level mist demons. It can lock your mist state transformation and automatically invade your body to track and destroy your core! You're doomed!"

"……hateful!"

After struggling a few more times and finding that the situation was indeed as Chiba had said, the Mist Demon Girl finally showed a look of despair on her face.

She stared intently at Valensa, Tia, and Thousand Leaf Grass, as if trying to etch their images into her soul, then decisively closed her eyes and let out her final roar:

"You've won this time! But don't be complacent. Neither paladins, mages, nor demon ninjas can stop us! One day, we will reclaim this land eroded by the sun!"

After speaking, the Mist Demon Girl completely gave up resisting and was swallowed whole by the giant pink flower, disappearing without a sound amidst the crunching chewing.

"..."

Valensa frowned upon seeing this:

"Should we try to capture her alive? I have a feeling she's different from the usual Mist Demons; she might know a lot of crucial information—the origins and purposes of the Mist Demons are still a mystery."

"Those that cannot be caught... or rather, those that are caught but are useless, are actually huge security risks."

Thousand-leaf grass immediately shook its head:

"The best way to deal with this kind of high-level fog demon is to kill it on the spot."

"……Why do you say that?"

Valensa was quite curious:

"If we can find some key information from her, we might be able to find a way to completely solve the Fog Demon calamity once and for all."

"Impossible... Even if it were possible, it would be extremely difficult, almost impossible."

Thousand-leaf grass sighed:

"These high-level fog demons all possess an unstoppable self-destructive ability; if you try to forcefully crack their secrets, they will simply commit suicide."

As for sealing them away and studying them slowly... that would be even more dangerous. Our Four Islands Alliance once had a large family, roughly the size of our Chiba family, which was destroyed in the same way.”

"A large family similar in size to your Chiba family, but which has already been wiped out?"

Tia must have figured out the answer, and she interjects into the conversation at the opportune moment:

"You're talking about the Tsuchimikado family, right? I've read about them in books... It says that the Tsuchimikado family is skilled in a special secret technique that allows them to capture all sorts of powerful monsters and use them for their own purposes, and even pass it down to their descendants."

"That secret technique is called Yin-Yang Technique, and the demons they subdue are called Shikigami... The Tsuchimikado family became a super family by constantly accumulating powerful Shikigami as their inheritance."

Thousand-leaf grass added:

"At its peak, the Tsuchimikado family was even more powerful than our Chiba family. They were also Her Majesty's right-hand men. It's just a pity... sigh."

"It's a pity that the clan was later wiped out. Queen Himika personally killed most of the experts, and your Chiba clan's ninjas also contributed a lot."

Tia squinted her eyes:

"The book says that the Tsuchimikado family was destroyed because they were purged after failing in an internal power struggle... But now it seems that the truth is not like that?"

"Of course not... that's just something your French diplomats are speculating about."

Thousand-leaf grass immediately shook its head:

"Her Majesty Himika is the absolute ruler of our Four Islands Alliance. No matter how powerful the Tsuchimikado family becomes, they will never harbor any disloyal intentions... And if it is just competing with our Chiba family for favor, Her Majesty the Queen will not care at all."

The Tsuchimikado family was destroyed because they thoroughly studied the Mist Demon.

"In-depth research on the Fog Demon?"

Valensa frowned:

"You mean...they want to subdue the Mist Demon as a shikigami as well?"

"Yes."

Thousand-leaf grass nodded:

"The Tsuchimikado family has successfully developed a secret technique to subdue mist demons, and has even succeeded in subduing many low- to mid-level mist demons."

I heard that there are rooms in the academy's trial dungeon where the Mist Demon is used as a trial subject, right? The information on those Mist Demons should come from the research conducted by the Tsuchimikado family back then.

In fact, there is no problem at all in recruiting low- to mid-level Mist Demons as shikigami. In fact, the Tsuchimikado clan relied on this during its most prosperous period, which even caused many anti-demon ninjas to lose their jobs.

Unfortunately, they failed when facing the high-level Mist Demons, at the cost of the annihilation of their entire race and over a decade of economic stagnation for our entire Four Islands Alliance.

Chapter 177 The female knight is truly shameless.

"The Tsuchimikado family has good intentions. Like you, elder sister, they want to solve the natural disaster of the Mist Demon once and for all."

Chiba sighed and continued:

"So the Tsuchimikados devised a plan to capture a high-level Mist Demon and, using their family's secret techniques, attempted to turn that high-level Mist Demon into a shikigami, making her reveal various secrets about the Mist Demon."

I don't know exactly what happened after that. All I know is that the Tsuchimikados failed. Not only did they fail to turn the high-ranking Mist Demons into shikigami, but almost their entire clan became the Mist Demons' lackeys, and they were preparing to betray the entire Four Islands Alliance from within and without.

Fortunately, our Chiba clan's ninjas discovered some clues, and Her Majesty the Queen acted decisively and swiftly, taking the initiative to wipe out the Tsuchimikado clan, thus averting the crisis of the Four Islands Alliance's annihilation.

However, the Tsuchimikado family was so powerful that its demise severely damaged the Shishima Alliance, and it took them more than ten years to recover.

From that time on, Her Majesty the Queen decreed that communication with high-ranking mist demons was forbidden, as was all research into them; the only way to deal with high-ranking mist demons was to kill them completely.

"So this kind of thing actually happened..."

Valensa nodded thoughtfully:

"Okay, I understand. If I encounter a high-level fog demon again in the future, I will definitely take your words to heart."

"It's good that you understand, dear sister."

Thousand-leaf clover seemed to breathe a sigh of relief:

"Big sister, you always like to thoroughly investigate your enemies, but that won't work with the Mist Demons. Studying them too deeply will only get you caught up in it. I was quite worried about you before."

So, it's great that you listened to what I said, big sister... Well then, that's all for now. I'll be going now, so I won't disturb your date with Tia... Haha, bye-bye."

After saying that, Qianyecao tried to run away, but there was no way she could escape.

If she hadn't summoned that large pink flower earlier, and still had the energy to activate the Leaf Concealment Technique, she might have had a real chance to escape, but now that's impossible.

Tia had already completed the construction of the magic barrier. When Thousand Leaf Grass turned and ran, she bumped into the magic barrier and bounced back, sitting on the ground clutching her head.

"Tia...Tia-san? Tia-neechan?"

Looking at Tia's seemingly gentle smile, Chiba felt incredibly guilty and quickly adopted a proper sitting posture and an obedient expression:

"Is there...is there anything else? I've already told you everything about the Mist Demon!"

"Yes, I believe your information about the Mist Demon... but what about your own situation?"

Tia's smile became even gentler:

"Don't you have anything to say? Confess and you'll be treated leniently; resist and you'll be punished severely."

"Woo~~"

Thousand-leaf grass swallowed hard.

"Me... Cao Cao, what problem could I possibly have? He's just a passing-by anti-demon ninja."

"Just passing by? Heh... Cao Cao, you're not being honest."

With a cold laugh, a purple magic card was slid out from Tia's sleeve and landed on the ground.

puff.

Thousand-Leaf Grass suddenly felt her body become many times heavier, she couldn't even lift her head, her whole face was firmly stuck to the ground, only her buttocks were sticking up high.

"Passing by?"

Tia snapped her fingers, conjuring an invisible whip with her magic, which lashed out at Thousand Leaf Grass, tearing the seams of her pantyhose.

"You must have been passing by us since this morning, right?"

Snapped!

Thinking about how many embarrassing things had been seen before, Tia was furious, and another crisp sound landed on Thousand-Leaf Grass's bottom:

"I've had a feeling something's off today... Valencia keeps spacing out, and she keeps making random winks at the air. Plus, there's been a lot less food at lunchtime for no apparent reason."

Of course, most importantly, Valensa simply didn't have the ability to see at a glance that the girl was actually a mist demon in disguise. You must have secretly reminded her, right?

Otherwise, given her tendency to lose her mind when she sees a beautiful young woman, she would have immediately jumped over to play the kind and reliable older sister upon discovering the victims. How could she possibly be so clever... knowing to lure the enemy ashore before making her move?

"Woo~~"

Thousand-leaf grass was speechless, and seemed somewhat excited by being whipped on the buttocks by the whip-like magic. It had completely given up on arguing and could only twist its body and make various incomprehensible sounds.

Tia didn't hit her anymore. She even removed the gravity trap, squatted down, gently touched Thousand Leaf Grass's face, and helped her up.

"Do you know where you went wrong, Cao Cao?"

"I know, I know."

Thousand-leaf grass didn't dare to be naughty anymore, and obediently nodded repeatedly:

"I shouldn't have forced my older sister to agree to accompany me on my special training, ruining your date... I'm so sorry!"

"...Special training?"

Tia narrowed her eyes:

"What kind of special training?"

"It's just special training in the Leaf Concealment Technique..."

Thousand-leaf grass timidly put her two thumbs together and explained:

"Isn't my older sister very perceptive? So I asked her to give me special training as a reward for my outstanding performance at the Thanksgiving Festival, but I didn't expect you guys to be like this today... uh."

Chiba wasn't lying about that; her initial thoughts were indeed quite naive.

She assumed that Valensa and Tia's day off date would involve holding hands, strolling around, and having a drink at a romantic restaurant.

Unexpectedly, the two started messing around right from the carriage, which aroused Chiba's curiosity, leading her to do many shameful and daring things... Of course, it was also very comfortable, especially the way Valensa looked with dazed eyes and unable to move after being conquered by Jia Ji, which made Chiba particularly satisfied.

But I obviously can't tell Tia what comes next, so for now I should just play innocent and obedient.

"……Is it?"

Tia's mind raced, and she understood a lot in an instant.

Qianyecao certainly deserved those few lashes, but she probably didn't really think too much about it at first; at most, she was just playing some funny pranks.

What truly makes me feel ashamed...

Tia glared angrily at Valensa, who hadn't dared to say a word.

It was that shameless female knight again! She actually did those things with me even though she knew there were other people around!

It seems the book was right: most female knights appear dignified on the surface, but actually they love the thrill of fighting in the wild or being watched... Tsk, how shameless!

Tia grew increasingly furious, her anger towards Valensa reaching its peak.

Just then, a carriage approached from afar; it was Enochie arriving in a carriage to pick them up.

"Let's go."

Tia then retrieved the portable magic circle composed of magic cards and walked towards the carriage first: