The story of the black silk female knight

Logically speaking, when two people are patrolling at night, they should be in a male-male or female-female pair to avoid sparks flying between them and them getting distracted by romance.

But Valensa and Tia are engaged, and it's no secret that Gina is the princess's current girlfriend. Wouldn't it be easier for the two of them to spark a romance if they were to patrol together at night?

Considering that Bob the Red Beard seemed somewhat dissatisfied with Valensa and Tia, the task of patrolling with Valensa at night fell to the pretty boy Cole.

With memories and beliefs from her past life, Valensa is quite outgoing in social situations. Back in Sergin Town, she often chatted and boasted with adventurers, and quickly became acquainted with Cole, who was clearly of noble birth as well.

Perhaps it was because of his noble birth that Cole, as a man, did not hide his amazement at Valensa, but he was also very clear that Valensa was not someone he could reach. He behaved in a very gentlemanly manner, just having a casual chat.

As we chatted, we inevitably started talking about Bob the big red-bearded guy.

Before Valensa arrived, Bob was Cole's partner on night patrol, so Cole and Bob were clearly closer than Gina and Bob, and Cole knew Bob better.

"Bob has had a tough time too."

When asked about Bob's less-than-friendly attitude towards Valensa and Tia, Cole sighed:

"With his natural strength and outstanding martial arts talent, he was the hope of the whole village from a young age. He lived up to expectations, was admitted to the War Academy, and graduated successfully to become a top soldier."

Perhaps the villagers had too high expectations of Bob. Most elite soldiers at this age would choose to retire or transfer to the rear, but Bob stayed on the front lines to fight, even though his body had many old injuries.

He desperately wanted to earn a title through military merit... but Valencia, you probably know very well how difficult it is to obtain a title these days... The royal family is never stingy with rewards of wealth, but it's incredibly difficult for commoners to get a title without connections.

Only those major achievements are possible; trying to accumulate merit through various small deeds is almost impossible... Perhaps Bob has also realized this, which is why he is a bit angry with us who are born to inherit family businesses and become nobles.

But Bob is a really good guy, you'll see after spending a few days with him... Although he can be quite sharp-tongued at times, he's absolutely reliable as a comrade-in-arms.

“Yes, I understand,” Valensa nodded and smiled.

The two then discussed cultivation-related topics. Cole also wields a sword and possesses considerable magical skill, making him a magic swordsman.

The Spellsword and Paladin classes have quite a few similarities, and some training and combat techniques can be used interchangeably.

The two men gained some insights from their conversation during their night patrol.

The first night passed quickly without incident. After having breakfast at the restaurant and saying hello to Tia, who had just gotten up and finished washing up, Valensa went back to her room to rest.

She shared a cabin with four other soldiers: Gina, Bob, and Cole. The cabin had two separate rooms with bathrooms; one room was for Valensa and Gina, and the other was for Bob and Cole.

When Valensa returned to her room, her first feeling was cold... Compared to the room, the outdoor temperature of around 5 degrees Celsius felt like the middle of summer.

Valensa was no stranger to this situation. She quickly looked toward the source of the cold and, sure enough, Gina was sitting cross-legged, floating above the bed in meditation, her whole body surrounded by a chilling aura.

Gina must have sensed Valensa's arrival, because she quickly withdrew the chill from her body, and the temperature in the room noticeably rose again.

"Starting meditation so early? Senior, you're really working hard."

When Gina opened her eyes, Valensa greeted her with a smile.

"No, I actually meditated all night."

Gina gave Valensa a strange look:

"Don't you know? For spellcasters, meditation is a better form of rest than deep sleep. That's common sense."

Chapter 51 Dispute

I'm so sorry I'm ignorant about the law!

After being given a strange look of disdain by Gina, Valensa huddled on her bed without saying a word.

She planned to go to Tia to teach her magic again when she had some free time in a couple of days.

Now that my comprehension has improved, surely I can learn it? Even if I still can't learn magic, with my enhanced intelligence and comprehension, I should at least memorize all the basic theories!

After the brief incident, Gina quickly left the room to team up with Bob for daytime patrols.

Valensa, on the other hand, was resting in bed.

She really wanted to go to Tia's place to take a shower before going to sleep, but remembering Drake's warning yesterday, she forced herself to resist and used a cleansing scroll on herself.

The scroll works very well; the body becomes clean in seconds, removing sweat residue, dead skin left over from metabolism, and any dirt that accidentally got on the skin.

But without the feeling of water rinsing over the skin, it still feels quite awkward.

Valensa was a little unaccustomed to it, but after all, this was a military camp, and she could only adapt slowly.

The first three days of my military service passed by in a flash.

Valensa's experiences over the past three days have been similar to the first day, and she's had a pretty relaxed time.

I patrol with Cole at night, and have free time during the day.

Given Valensa's physical abilities, it's impossible for her to spend the entire day sleeping. She also hunted several times near the camp in the afternoon, catching a few monsters and beasts that looked delicious and trying to cook them.

She has a good talent for cooking, but she is still not up to par with a real professional chef. Her current reputation mostly comes from copying the cuisine of her previous life in China.

When researching and experimenting with local ingredients, failures are inevitable.

Those completely inedible dishes were destroyed on the spot, while the ones that were still reasonably tasty were given to Gina, Cole, and Bob.

Valensa usually saved the really good, successful dishes for Tia, and only when Tia couldn't finish them would she send a portion to Drake as well.

Valensa was so free that she could hunt and research cooking during her rest time, but Tia was not. She was so busy that she barely had time to rest, and even her rest time was greatly reduced.

Due to its unique geographical location, Bizk Town is indeed not easy to be attacked, but as the logistics center for eight nearby fortresses, the work of coordinating and allocating supplies is extremely heavy.

When Valensa and Tia first arrived in Bizk, the dozen or so civilian officers who welcomed them were all in charge of these tasks, and now Tia has become one of them.

It seems the strategist wants Tia to start by coordinating and allocating logistical supplies, gradually becoming familiar with the Britannia family's command role in the military.

Tia did not disappoint her father's expectations. She had been working hard for the past three days. Valensa tried several times to meet her secretly for a romantic rendezvous, but she did not have the chance.

Seeing Tia lying down and falling asleep after a long day of work, Valensa, no matter how unsatisfied she was, couldn't bear to wake her up.

She could only channel her excess energy into hunting for ingredients and developing recipes, using various delicious and nutritious foods to nourish Tia.

That afternoon, Valensa was in the small kitchen Drake had prepared for her, trying to figure out how to stew a cow skull that was harder than steel but nutritious and delicious, when she suddenly heard a commotion, as if people were arguing.

What happened? Could it be that Bizk town has been attacked?

Valensa immediately put down the bull skull, took off her apron, put on her armor, took out her sword and shield, and rushed towards the source of the commotion.

The commotion occurred at the gate of the military camp in Bizk.

Apart from Cole, who was still resting in his room, Tia, Drake, Gina, and Bob, whom Valensa knew, were all there, as well as two civilian officers who looked familiar but whose names she couldn't recall.

The two people arguing loudly and expressing their own opinions were Tia and Bob.

Drake stood by with a forced smile, while Bob, completely unconcerned about Tia's status, argued vehemently and logically with every word he uttered.

Seeing Bob and Tia arguing, Valensa really wanted to rush over and pluck out a handful of Bob's beard to vent Tia's anger.

But she wasn't an impulsive person after all, and she could tell that Tia and Bob's argument was just a difference of opinion and there was no personal grudge between them.

If you blindly stand up for Tia without distinguishing right from wrong, you'll just seem like a big-breasted woman with no brains.

So Valensa didn't act impulsively. She patiently listened to the argument between the two for a while, then pulled Gina, who was watching from the sidelines, aside and asked her a few questions in a low voice. She then roughly understood what had happened.

Five minutes ago, the camp received a magical communication requesting assistance.

About 8 kilometers from the camp, a supply convoy was attacked by wild beasts.

The team only had one elite soldier at the Lighthouse level responsible for protecting the supplies; the rest were ordinary soldiers with strength around Firefly level.

The beasts that attacked them were three Lighthouse-level warriors... Although all three beasts were wounded, they were all fearless and the grain transport team would most likely not be able to withstand them.

Upon hearing the news, Bob immediately wanted to take Gina to provide support, but was stopped by Tia and Drake just as they were about to leave.

Tia was worried that this was a diversionary tactic by the Wild Beasts. If another Wild Beast squad attacked Bizk Town after Bob and Gina left, the situation would be dangerous.

We don't need many; just about five more Lighthouse-level Wild Beasts will likely be enough to steal some food from the warehouse in Bizk Town.

The grain transport team's grain could be destroyed on the spot, since Fran had plenty of grain and didn't care, but could all the grain in Bizk town also be destroyed?

Even if Fran is extremely rich in natural resources, it doesn't matter if so much grain is burned. It would take time to transfer the same amount of grain from the rear to the front line, and the soldiers resisting the invasion of wild beasts in the front-line fortresses might go hungry.

This is the worst thing, and it must be avoided at all costs.

Therefore, Tia's opinion was to let Bob and Gina stay at the camp. With four Lighthouse-level scouts there, there would be no need to fear small-scale attacks from wild beasts.

Because the elite beast warriors who broke into Fran territory had to break into smaller groups, with each team having no more than five beast warriors, otherwise they would easily expose themselves and be surrounded or attacked by powerful warriors of the Radiant Rank.

As for the grain transport team that was attacked, Tia thought that as long as the grain was destroyed on the spot, the scouts accompanying the team could make a strategic retreat. At most, some ordinary soldiers would be sacrificed, but that was unavoidable... How can there be no death in war?

From a commander's perspective and from the standpoint of war theory, Tia's idea was not wrong.

But even Valensa felt that Tia's decision was a bit too cold-blooded this time... Ordinary soldiers at the bottom should not just be cannon fodder and statistics in the commander's strategy.

Chapter 52 Tia Also Visits Versailles

From an emotional perspective, Tia was indeed a bit cold-hearted this time.

But what is the relationship between Valensa and Tia? Let alone the fact that Tia's ideas are not wrong from an objective and overall point of view, even if Tia is really wrong, Valensa will not go against Tia.

In the current situation, if Valensa were to join Tia in arguing with Bob, it would only exacerbate the conflict between the two noble ladies and the commoner veteran, and also waste rescue time.

Fortunately, Valensa had a solution that satisfied both sides.

"Never mind, I'll go."

Valensa ignored Bob, thought for a moment, then pulled out Moonkiss and handed it to Tia:

"You know the power of this sword. If the Wild Beast Clan is really playing a diversionary tactic, I can come back to support them at any time. Is that alright?"

"……Um."

Tia trusted Valensa's abilities and readily accepted the Moon Kiss, nodding gently.

"Then be careful, and come back quickly."

"it is good."

Valensa had already asked Gina about the exact location of the attack on the transport team. After getting Tia's consent, she didn't wait for anyone else to react before disappearing from her spot in a flash. With her long legs clad in black stockings, she sprinted towards the target location on the flat official road.

"!"

"Are you all crazy?"

Bob, with his big red beard, then realized what was happening and became even angrier:

"There are three Lighthouse-level Wild Beast Warriors attacking, and only one scout from the transport team. Even if we add a rookie who just came out of school... oh, I mean, hasn't graduated yet, there's absolutely no chance of winning!"

You actually agreed to send only her to provide support? You're sending her to her death!

"Is it?"

Seeing that Bob immediately began to care about Valensa's safety, Tia suddenly felt that this stubborn red-bearded man wasn't so bad after all.

She chuckled and said:

"Logically speaking, your analysis is correct, but in reality... hmph."

Valensa and Tia have a good relationship, and Bob can tell that too.

Seeing that Tia wasn't worried at all, and that Gina was lazily yawning, he had a guess in his mind:

"Could it be... that student is not only good at cooking, but also a good fighter?"

"He's just average, I guess."

Tia's smile deepened, and she spoke in a very humble tone, yet with a hint of boasting:

“Mr. Bob, you’ve been fighting on the front lines, so you probably don’t know, but just two months ago, Valencia received a personal honor from His Majesty the King and became the Sunflower Duchess.”

"She's a noble lady too, isn't she? And she doesn't even have a title... Wait a minute!"

Bob didn't seem to care at first, but then he suddenly realized what was happening, and his eyes widened:

"You mean, her title wasn't inherited from her ancestors, but was newly bestowed by His Majesty?"

“That’s right.” Tia no longer concealed her pride and smugness.

"Why should she? What achievements could a student like her have?"

Bob suddenly felt resentful again.

He fought on the front lines for over twenty years. He didn't achieve any great feats, but he did achieve many small ones, yet he never received a title... Why should a female student who hasn't even graduated from school be eligible?

Just because of her big breasts, long legs, and perky butt?

"I haven't accomplished anything special."

Tia chuckled softly: