The story of the black silk female knight

"There's no bathroom? How are we supposed to take a shower?"

Valensa immediately frowned.

She didn't mind sharing a room with Gina, but she was uncomfortable because the room didn't have a bathroom.

Bob and Cole reacted differently to her strong reaction.

Cole was alright, he just shrugged with a rather helpless expression.

Bob was much less polite, muttering under his breath with obvious disdain:

"Tch... They're making a fuss just because they can't take a bath. These pampered aristocratic young ladies are really unreliable."

Valensa ignored Bob's complaints and continued to look at Gina, waiting for an answer.

"Well..."

Gina seemed a little shy, deliberately keeping a few steps away from Bob and Cole before whispering to Valensa:

"The logistics department issues cleaning scrolls, so you can keep your body clean even if you don't take a bath. If you really can't resist the urge to bathe, you'll have to find a way yourself... I always use magic to build an igloo and bathe in it with water-based magic crystals... If you want, I can help you with that too."

"Well, thank you very much, Senior Gina."

Valensa quickly expressed her gratitude.

While she was chatting with the three scouts, Tia finished greeting the officers, and Drake dismissed the others to return to their posts. He then led Tia and Valensa to continue exploring the camp.

Valencia's earlier worries about taking a bath were quickly resolved.

The first place Drake took them to visit was Tia's residence, which would be her home for the next month.

This is a small wooden cabin located in the center of the camp. It looks very new and was probably just built in the last couple of days.

The entire wooden house is Tia's residence; it's not large, but it's fully functional.

The room has everything: a soft bed, an elegant dressing mirror, a red-lacquered wooden bookshelf, and a dining table where two people can sit facing each other.

It also has a separate kitchenette, a clean toilet, and a bathroom.

"I'm so sorry, Miss."

After giving Tia and Valensa a brief tour of the cabin, Drake started apologizing again:

"I received the news that Miss was coming three days ago. The time was a bit rushed, and the accommodations prepared for you are too simple. I hope Miss will forgive me."

"But don't worry, I've already placed an order in the nearest city. The high-end carpet and some custom-made furniture will be delivered in a couple of days. Please bear with me for the next couple of days, Miss... I'm so sorry."

"It's alright, this place is already quite nice, there's no need to be too luxurious."

Tia smiled faintly:

"I'm here to support the front lines, not for a vacation. It wouldn't be good if I made things worse for the camp... Let's return all that furniture and carpets. We can use the money saved to buy supplies that everyone needs."

"Yes, Miss."

Drake did not hesitate for a moment:

"Don't worry, I will make sure to tell the soldiers clearly that it was you, Miss, who returned your furniture and exchanged it for military supplies, so that everyone will remember your kindness!"

"Well, Uncle Drake, you can handle these things yourself."

Tia nodded slightly and prepared to go to the next place to continue her exploration.

As she was about to leave, she noticed Valencia carefully examining the cabin's bathroom, and couldn't help but pinch her playfully.

"It's just a bathroom, what's so interesting about it?"

"It's nothing, nothing... I just think Commander Drake is very dedicated."

Valensa chuckled:

"This bathroom is quite big; even if the two of us shower together, it won't feel crowded at all."

Chapter 49 Granary

Valensa's demeanor clearly indicated that she intended to live with Tia, and Tia did not object.

"This... I'm so sorry, Miss, Miss Bader."

Drake, however, interjected helplessly at this moment, wiping the sweat from his brow:

"I'm afraid the two of you can't live together... Moreover, for the next month, it's best if you two refrain from any overly intimate behavior, at least not in public."

"why?"

Valensa asked a question with some dissatisfaction, but reacted quickly, saying before Drake could answer:

"Oh, I see. It's the military rule that forbids romantic relationships and dating, right? Can't you be a little more flexible?"

"I'm really sorry."

Drake gave another wry smile before patiently explaining:

“Other rules can indeed be more flexible, but this rule has always been strictly enforced, with many eyes watching it, and it is the easiest for people to use it to attack.”

“Yes, I understand what you mean, Uncle Drake.”

While Valensa was still somewhat confused, Tia had already understood.

She gestured for Drake to walk a few steps away before whispering to Valensa, "..."

"Among the nobles, there are quite a few children like us who come to the front lines to find a safe place to rack up merits. Although most of them are capable and responsible, there are also those who are just complete good-for-nothings."

It's not uncommon for young noblemen to bring women they're close to into military camps under the guise of bodyguards for illicit affairs; such incidents have even led to the destruction of fortresses by wild beasts.

From then on, the military became particularly strict about such matters... Nobles with whom they had conflicts often used the other party's children's misconduct in the military to attack the other party.

Our family naturally has rivals among the nobles. It's true that the soldiers in the Bizk Town camp are all my father's confidants, but there are bound to be a few spies from rival families among them.

Our relationship has been an open secret since my coming-of-age ceremony, and now that we're in the same military camp, the rival family will definitely try to find ways to bring up our disciplinary violations.

So we'd better listen to Uncle Drake and keep our distance in public. Don't be too intimate in front of outsiders, and be more serious.

"Oh I see."

Valensa immediately understood what Tia meant:

"It's out of the question for us to live together openly and show off our love, but sneaking around for secret rendezvous is still fine, as long as no one finds out, right?"

"...Idiot! You're utterly shameless!"

Tia neither admitted nor denied it. With a blush, she lightly stepped on Valensa's foot before leaving the cabin.

After seeing Tia's place, Drake took the two girls to see the camp's restaurant and kitchen.

It's obvious they did their homework beforehand. In addition to the large kitchen that's in normal use, there's also a small kitchen that's clearly been built recently. The small kitchen is fully equipped with all kinds of kitchen utensils, and they're all high-end products.

"I heard that Miss Bader enjoys studying cooking in her spare time, so I specially ordered the soldiers to build this place overnight. I hope Miss Bader will like it."

"Yes, I really like this. Thank you, Lord Drake."

Valensa, after all, hadn't officially married Tia yet, and had only just met Drake, who was still her nominal superior, so she used a respectful title:

"When I create new delicacies here, I would be sure to come and try them with you, Lord Drake."

"Hahaha... I'll definitely be looking forward to it."

Drake laughed heartily and then said:

"As a granary supplying food to several nearby fortresses, our town of Bizk not only has fertile land that can produce a variety of staple foods, but also many delicious wild beasts and monsters."

"If Miss Bader is interested, she can ask the chefs and ingredient hunters in the logistics department; they all know the distribution of ingredients in this area quite well."

"Yes, I will definitely go."

Valensa smiled and nodded.

After showing the restaurant and kitchen, Drake took the two girls to see the training grounds and other places for daily life in the camp.

After giving Valensa and Tia a general idea of ​​what life in the military would be like for the next month, Drake finally took them to the most important place in Bizk town—the granary.

There are more than thirty granaries in total. Except for the five granaries in the very center, the rest of the granaries look very new and were obviously built this year.

Each granary is over 100 meters long and wide, and over 30 meters high, with grain piled high.

There are common ingredients such as vegetables, meat, wheat flour, and corn flour, as well as special military rations such as crunchy fruit.

According to Drake, even if Bizk Town doesn't receive reinforcements from the rear, the existing food supplies are enough to sustain the five fortresses for a month.

The sight of so much grain piled up together was undoubtedly spectacular. Even Tia, who had been very calm, couldn't help but show a look of amazement when she saw the granary.

While Valensa was amazed, she also had a hint of doubt:

"Speaking of which... why don't we use spatial storage devices to store our food? Spatial storage devices are not only very convenient, but they can also prevent food from spoiling. Aren't they much better than these large warehouses?"

“Miss Bader is right, spatial storage items are indeed very convenient… In fact, until early autumn this year, we were still using a lot of spatial storage items to store food, but…”

Drake sighed helplessly as he spoke:

"The spatial storage items are not only convenient for us to use, but also for wild beasts to plunder... Those damned bastards have suddenly become smarter in the last two years, and they've gone from only attacking fortresses to forming elite teams to break through and infiltrate."

Since the start of the war this autumn, despite the various countermeasures formulated by the command, several grain transport teams have been attacked by wild beasts, and a large number of storage items containing grain have been stolen by the wild beasts.

For every bag of grain stolen by the wild beasts, several wild beast cubs will survive the winter and grow into wild beast warriors to attack us the following year.

To minimize the risk of the grain being stolen by wild beasts, the command decided that no grain should be stored using spatial storage items. Furthermore, if a grain transport team is attacked, regardless of whether the enemy can be repelled, the grain must be burned on the spot; not a single grain should fall into the hands of the wild beasts.

Anyway, with Her Majesty the Sun Goddess protecting us, our grain production is almost ten times our demand; we can afford to waste it.

"I see... Indeed, even if we burn our grain, we can't feed it to the wild beasts!"

Valensa nodded, then asked:

"Then...don't the Wild Beast Clan have their own spatial storage items?"

"Of course they have it too, so we still have this in our food supply."

Drake smiled, walked into a granary first, and pointed to a bag of grain.

Chapter 50 Night Patrol

Valensa and Tia followed Drake's finger and saw a round sticker on the outside of a burlap sack that looked like wheat flour.

The sticker was about the size of a serving plate, with magical patterns drawn on its surface. In the middle of the patterns were some shiny, granular objects, which were probably fragments of magic crystals without any attributes.

This was clearly related to magic and alchemy. Although Valensa's comprehension had improved, she still couldn't understand it due to a lack of basic knowledge, so she had to look to Tia for help.

Tia stared at the sticker in thought for about 20 seconds, then clapped her hands lightly with a sigh:

"What an ingenious design! The magic circle on this sticker, though simple in principle, is very practical! It not only creates spatial interference, preventing the bag of grain from being stored in a spatial storage item, but also enhances the flames, allowing the bag of grain to burn faster! However..."

Tia frowned again as she spoke.

"What's wrong? Is there something wrong with this magic circle?"

Valensa quickly asked, but Drake seemed to know the answer and smiled without saying a word.

"Why does the design of this magic circle seem so familiar?"

Tia seemed somewhat puzzled:

"It's very similar to my own thinking... but I have absolutely no recollection of designing this magic circle?"

"Because this magic circle is indeed closely related to you, young lady."

Drake then smiled and said:

"It was a plan that the command center urgently purchased from the Sage's Tower at a high price, and the sage who provided this plan is none other than your teacher, Miss."

"Oh, so it was designed by the teacher. No wonder."

Tia then realized:

“When I was training with my teacher during the summer vacation, I asked him a lot of questions about the magic circle knowledge I absorbed from the gray rat soul crystal. My teacher also used it when designing this magic circle... That’s why I think this magic circle looks very familiar.”

“Yes, I heard from an acquaintance at command that when the Sage delivered the magic circle, he joked that we lost money on this deal… You, Miss, could have designed this magic circle yourself; there was absolutely no need to spend a high price to buy it from the Sage’s Tower.” Drake took the opportunity to flatter Tia a few more times.

After visiting the spectacular granaries in Bizk, Valensa and Tia had a general understanding of the camp. The next step was to gradually integrate into the community and complete their month-long frontline support mission.

Tia was assigned the position of staff officer. After familiarizing herself with the general situation of the camp, she immediately started working with Drake, becoming familiar with the logistics coordination and food allocation between the fortresses.

Valensa didn't slack off either, offering to take Gina's night watch so Gina could get some rest.

There are currently four scouts stationed in the camp, and there will naturally be more than one person on night watch. In addition to Valensa, who is replacing Gina, there is also Cole, the pretty boy who is only 26 years old but is called "uncle" by Gina.