The story of the black silk female knight

Girl, remember to bring some good wine next time to thank me... I've gotten you another great job.

For half a month, you'll be living and eating with dozens of beautiful aristocratic ladies around your age, and you'll even be able to command them to do whatever you say... How about that? Pretty great job, right? Hahahaha..."

Valensa: "?"

Chapter 271 Going to a Girls' School as a Military Training Instructor

Valensa knew very well that things wouldn't be as wonderful as the bald-headed principal made them out to be, but she had to admit that she was still tempted.

It seems that even the principal knows about my fondness for cuddling with pretty girls.

Sigh o(￣▽￣)d

"I understand what you mean, Senior Leffre."

After sighing inwardly, Valensa became serious under the amused gazes of Lily of the Valley and Leffre:

"Our War Academy is essentially a military organization, so I am not only a student, but also a soldier. The principal is not only the principal, but also our superior and officer."

Obeying orders is a soldier's duty. Although I'd love to continue my leave until school starts, my responsibilities and obligations won't allow me to do so... I'll head back to the capital to see the headmaster now.

"Go ahead, go ahead... enjoy your wonderful job."

Leffre waved her hand as if she had expected this, and then hugged Lily of the Valley again:

"But you have to leave her with me! It's a promise, before school starts, you're not allowed to assign her any tasks so she can spend time with me!"

"Hmm... Alright then, you can stay in Sergintown with the fairy. The fairy is quite interested in Teacher Dream's potions anyway."

Valensa hesitated for a moment, then nodded in agreement:

"Then I won't stay any longer, I'll head back to the capital now."

Valensa paid a formal visit to Lambert's house to inform him, and then called out Kiri and Lulu, who were working, for a hug and a kiss. Valensa then went to the cathedral in Klara again and returned to the capital of Fran via the Holy Way.

Before entering the academy, Valensa rummaged through the storage space of her artifact cloak and found that there were only two bottles of the Cyberpunk World Wine she had gotten from Via, and they were the flavors she liked to drink.

I'm a little reluctant, but that bald-headed principal is a scoundrel. He won't do anything serious without alcohol. How can I go to him for a good job without bringing alcohol as a bribe?

However, as one of the world's top experts, the bald man had already tasted all the fine wines available to him.

In terms of quality, Valensa's homemade Maotai liquor cannot compare to the top-tier liquors in the cyberpunk world, but it has the advantage of a novel taste and flavor. Since the bald guy has no other way to obtain it, it is a very good gift.

After hesitating for a few seconds, Valensa took out the two bottles of wine, intending to give them as gifts.

I just hope that the bald guy's "wonderful job" really is a wonderful job.

. . . . .

"What... You described it so well, I thought it was some great mission. Turns out it's just that I have to go to a prestigious girls' school to give a bunch of young ladies military training."

In the principal's office, after Valensa served the wine, she had barely heard the bald principal begin speaking when she pouted and complained.

"Huh? Is there something wrong with my description?"

The bald man sipped his drink, a sly smile on his face.

"In closed military training, you will indeed eat and live with a group of noble ladies, and you can order them around as an instructor, making them pose in various ways as needed. I'm not wrong, am I?"

Could it be that you've got dirty thoughts, little girl? Are you thinking about some shameless things? Then it seems it's time to pay more attention to your moral education...

"You, the principal, who's always drunk and bald, aren't much better!"

Valensa huffed and complained, but was also a little curious:

"Is it really necessary to call me back from Sergin Town for such a simple military training mission? And why was I chosen for this mission? I've never heard of those aristocratic girls' schools having closed-off military training before."

"...Because during the time you went to the Misty Mountains, something happened in the capital."

The bald man paused for a moment, his face devoid of any smile:

"Within just two or three days, several noble girls were attacked. One of them died on the spot from her injuries, two are still recuperating in the church, and another was not seriously injured but had her clothes stolen on the street and is currently receiving psychological counseling."

"what?"

Valensa was stunned:

"This is outrageous! Don't those noble ladies go out without guards? Even if they don't, shouldn't they at least have a couple of protective magical items? Or are the attackers all highly skilled? Have they caught them?"

“The victims were indeed not with any guards, because they were all students at Iris Girls’ Academy. They didn’t need guards during regular school hours, and they were out of school for summer vacation when they were attacked.”

The bald man sighed:

"As for the attackers, they were not experts at all. On the contrary, they were all ordinary people with no talent for cultivation."

They were so weak that they didn't emit any energy fluctuations, rendering the protective magic items on those noble ladies completely ineffective...

You probably know this too, right? Most protective magical items are triggered by external energy reactions… but these attackers turned that upside down, using attacks too weak to trigger protective items, and they succeeded.

"Ah this..."

Valensa was speechless again:

"The attackers all use this tactic? Then this is clearly an organized conspiracy, right? Have all the attackers been caught yet? Are there any leads on the mastermind behind it?"

"Of course we know about this."

The bald man shrugged:

"Two of the attackers were shot dead on the spot by the security team members who arrived later, and the other two confessed under grueling interrogation."

They were indeed misled, but they were also fools who knew nothing about the identity and motives of the mastermind.

Currently, active-duty elite soldiers and paladins have begun a formal investigation into this matter… Girl, don’t you have connections within the church? You could also try to find out more details about the case through the church.”

"...I understand. I'll ask my friends at church later."

Valensa nodded, then remained silent for a moment before sighing with a hint of helplessness:

"So? It's because of this case that Iris Girls' Academy wants to find someone to give those young ladies some basic military training?"

"Yes."

The bald man nodded and took another sip of his drink:

"As you know, nobles are all descendants of powerful cultivators. Even the young ladies who enter the Iris Girls' Academy are not particularly talented, but their bloodline advantage gives them naturally superior physical abilities compared to ordinary people."

In other words, if those young ladies had struggled and resisted even slightly instead of just crying and screaming, when faced with attackers who were too weak to even trigger protective magic items, the tragedy would most likely have been avoided.

Therefore, after several emergency meetings, Iris Girls' Academy made this decision—every year during the last half-month of summer vacation, they would hire someone to give the students some basic military training, so that the students would have the most basic self-defense capabilities.

Chapter 272 Iris Girls' Academy

"There's nothing wrong with the decision to provide military training for students during the summer vacation..."

Valensa nodded slightly, but still seemed somewhat puzzled:

"But why am I the instructor? I'm just a student, Principal."

"Because that's Iris Girls' Academy."

The bald man shrugged.

"You yourself come from a prominent noble family in the capital, so you should know what kind of students will enter Iris Girls' Academy, right?"

"...Of course I know."

Valensa was silent for a moment:

"The Iris Girls' Academy, to put it nicely, trains noble girls without cultivation talent into outstanding social women, but in reality, it's just a packaging factory for marriage tools."

Strict school rules and elaborate etiquette are used to stifle the individuality of aristocratic girls, turning them all into well-mannered ladies who are obedient to men.

To be honest... I really didn't like that place.

If Valensa hadn't run away to the countryside with Melina four years ago, she would most likely have been sent to the Iris Girls' Academy for rote learning in etiquette and social skills, and packaged as a tool for arranged marriage.

After finally gaining power, Valensa thought she was destined to be separated from that place, but she never expected to go there in this way.

“I know what you young people think. You generally think that places like Iris Girls' Academy are somewhat cruel, but…”

The bald man drank his wine and, unusually earnestly, said:

"Everything in this world comes at a price. Most nobles are born into a life of wealth and seem to be happier than commoners, but are they really happier? Not necessarily."

Because nobles also have their responsibilities, obligations, and troubles... Let's take the Baldr and Britannia families, which you are most familiar with, as examples... Whether it's you or Tia, from the moment your talents awakened, it was destined that you would go to the battlefield to fight for Fran in the future, because that is your responsibility and obligation.

Young nobles with a talent for cultivation will fight for Fran, while those with a talent for civil administration will become administrators of a region, dealing with matters that are sometimes trivial, sometimes urgent, and sometimes heavy every day.

What about nobles who have neither literary nor spiritual talent? They can't just spend their lives indulging in a life of luxury and debauchery, can they? If such a person were to appear, his family would soon be doomed.

The social arena was the last refuge for these talentless nobles… They needed to use their marriages to connect the various families and make the Franco people more united.

So places like Iris Girls' Academy... may seem cruel to you young people, but they are necessary.

"...I understand all the principles you've explained, Principal, but..."

Valensa pressed her chest:

"The thought of going there and becoming a tool for political marriage makes me feel suffocated... because I almost went there myself, luckily I ran away quickly back then."

"Hahaha... Your actions back then certainly shocked many people in the royal capital's aristocratic circles."

The bald man smiled:

"But now it seems that your decisiveness back then was incredibly clever."

"Hmph, of course... I'd rather be a country girl my whole life than be a tool for arranged marriage!"

After being praised for her wit by the bald man, Valensa's low spirits visibly lifted.

"So? Headmaster, you still haven't said why this matter fell to me?"

"It's very simple."

The bald man shrugged and took another sip of his drink:

"Since you know what Iris Girls' Academy is like, you should be able to imagine what requirements they would have for the selection of instructors, right?"

First of all, the instructors definitely cannot be men, which eliminates nearly 70% of the elite soldiers.

Secondly, the instructor should be an elegant woman, familiar with various etiquettes, and preferably from a noble family... This further eliminates many people.

Finally, the instructors must also be of good character, have no bad habits, and have a certain track record of achievements... This means there are very few people who meet the requirements.

At other times, perhaps a suitable instructor would be selected from the active-duty elite soldiers, but now it is late summer, autumn is just around the corner, and the beasts' offensive is about to begin... The active-duty elite soldiers are busiest during this period, so how could they have time to be instructors for a group of noble ladies?

So the task of arranging the selection fell to me, the principal of the War Academy... and among the teachers in our school, only Edvina barely met the requirements, and I originally wanted to send her.

But as soon as her vacation started, she said she was going to meet up with some old flames, and now I have no idea where she's gone off to, I can't contact her at all.

Just as I was struggling to figure out who to hand this over to, that girl named... um, Leffre? The one who uses Word Magic, suddenly came to me, asking about your whereabouts, saying that you had run off with her girlfriend.

My eyes lit up immediately... Girl, you perfectly meet all the criteria for instructors proposed by Iris Girls' Academy!

You come from a noble family, and your manners are impeccable and elegant.

He was a paladin favored by the goddess, and his character was impeccable.

More importantly, you have a track record that is in no way inferior to that of active-duty elite soldiers, as well as three years of adventurer experience, making you the perfect fit.

So I gave your information to Iris Girls' Academy, and they were very satisfied. They immediately urged me to call you back to take up your post.

So if there's nothing else, you can just pack up and go.

That's a top-tier women's academy, so you don't need to worry about living conditions at all.

"...Okay, I understand."

Having said all that, Valensa certainly couldn't refuse the task of becoming a military training instructor.

If it's just teaching some basic self-defense techniques, there shouldn't be any major problems.

Of course, what the bald headmaster told Leffre to say wasn't entirely a lie. Valensa would indeed be able to live with many beautiful aristocratic girls of her age and order them around, in whatever positions they wanted.

Thinking about it carefully, it seems quite worth looking forward to?

Valensa had already stuffed all her daily necessities into the storage space of her magical cloak, so she didn't have much to pack. However, she still went back to her dormitory for a quick look.

The already quiet dormitory building became even quieter because of the summer vacation. None of Valensa's close friends were there; they had either gone back to their hometowns, gone on training trips, or gone on vacation.

Seeing this, Valensa didn't linger and left the War Academy.

However, she did not go directly to Iris Girls' Academy to report for her post, but instead went to the Church of the Sun first.