The story of the black silk female knight

"Sister Friggia should be able to solve this problem."

Valensa hesitated for a moment, then said it directly:

"I always felt that she didn't mention this by accident."

"..."

"I know."

Tia was silent for a while, then her voice became even more muffled:

"But I can see even more clearly that this is definitely not without cost... She has been lusting after you, and the only person who can stop her from succeeding is me."

"Ah this..."

Valensa suddenly felt a little guilty and chuckled awkwardly:

"I...I'm not that pathetic, am I? I'm a paladin, after all. Faced with the mere physical temptation of a witch, I'm completely..."

"You absolutely cannot withstand it!"

Tia immediately rolled her eyes, interrupting Valensa:

"Think about it carefully! How many times has this happened! If I hadn't stopped you at the last minute, you would have been completely taken advantage of by Sister Friedeja long ago!"

"Woo!"

Valensa shrank back, looking somewhat aggrieved:

"That's a witch's temptation, it's normal that I couldn't resist, right?"

"...Actually, I didn't expect you to be able to hold on at all. I could also foresee that you would eventually be taken advantage of by Sister Friedia."

Tia sighed again:

"How could I not know you? You may not be the most romantic person, but you're definitely quite horny. I've never worried that you'd fall for someone else, but I've also never believed that you could remain chaste."

Even without your sister Frieda, you would still have physical relations with other women... and it has happened many times already, right?

"You don't actually think I'm unaware of the legend of the female knight in Klar City's social circles, do you? And those times you used the excuse of training with Fran to go drinking and carousing—you didn't really think you could hide it from me, did you?"

"Uh...uh."

Valensa suddenly realized she was sweating. Not only was her face covered in sweat, but beads of sweat were also constantly oozing out of her legs, only to be immediately absorbed by her black stockings.

"So, I don't actually mind you occasionally sneaking a bite. The reason I don't want to easily ask Sister Freya for help isn't because she's after you."

Tia gave Valensa a reproachful look as she spoke, and continued to sigh:

"The real reason... is that Sister Friggia is a witch. If I accept her teachings, I will most likely walk the path of a witch."

Everyone knows I'm a disciple of the Sage's Tower, and every head of my family has been a sage. My teacher always hoped I would fully inherit her legacy... but I've become a witch? How am I supposed to explain this to my teacher?

"So that's what you're worried about, my darling Tia."

Valensa breathed a sigh of relief. As long as Tia didn't pursue her pursuit of physical pleasure, all other issues were minor.

Valensa thought for a moment and then said:

“Actually, I think you’re getting a little stuck on this, or rather, you’re too concerned about the differences between the sage and witch paths.”

"...What do you mean?" Tia asked, frowning.

"Although I have learned a few spells, I am still not as knowledgeable about magic as you, Tia, so I can only analyze it from the perspective of things outside of magical theory."

Valensa smiled and kissed Tia's eyebrows, smoothing out the furrowed brows.

"Didn't Sister Friggia say that the first witches and sages on this continent were born after obtaining her knowledge? In other words, the difference between these two paths may not be that great, and in the end, they may lead to the same destination."

You see, before the Radiant Rank, spellcasters weren't divided into witches and sages, right?

Perhaps when advancing to the Luminous rank, the spellcaster must choose a path, but apart from Sister Friggia, it seems that none of the sages and witches have anything above the Luminous rank.

Is the pinnacle of spellcasting simply the peak of the Moonlit Realm? That's clearly unlikely, so why is it that no spellcaster on the continent has ever broken through to the Moonlit Realm? Could it be that their path is too pure?

"...So you want me to become a witch?"

Tia completely understood Valensa's meaning:

"Because before I reached the Radiant Rank, I had been strictly cultivating according to the standards of a Sage, so the end of my path was fixed long ago... If I want to have a new future, I must open up a new path?"

"But if a spellcaster wants to surpass the Moon's Radiance and go further, simply following the path of the Sage or the path of the Witch is not enough; must they walk both paths?"

"Yes, that's my opinion."

Valensa nodded seriously, her deep blue eyes meeting Valensa's crimson ones.

"Before I truly learned magic from Sister Friggia, magic in my mind was always the crystallization of knowledge and technology, and at the same time, a miracle of the heart and magical power. They are not contradictory; they are both magic."

After Valensa's words of comfort and encouragement, Tia's mood improved considerably.

Although she's still quite conflicted, she's stopped dwelling on it and perhaps some other opportunity will help her make a decision.

This was clearly not a decision that could be made hastily on a whim, and Valensa didn't rush Tia. After offering some words of comfort, the two resumed their usual manner of traveling by carriage.

On the long, soft bench of the carriage, one person can lean against one side and enjoy the scenery on both sides of the road, or take off their shoes and put their feet on the other person's body to play a game of hooking and teasing feet.

At this moment, Valensa held Tia's white-stockinged feet in her hands, occasionally touching her ankles or gently tickling her soles, and teasing Tia's hands with her own black-stockinged feet.

However, Tia seemed to be still immersed in her thoughts about her spiritual path, and was not paying attention to Valensa's teasing, only responding to her body's instincts.

Seeing that Tia didn't seem very interested, Valensa could only sigh, rub the white-stockinged little feet in her hands a couple more times, and then open the Dimensional Hardware Store's membership terminal to check the community updates.

Since returning from the world of Mai Asakura, Valensa has been busy with various things and hasn't had time to properly check her social media feed. As soon as she opened the community interface, she was bombarded with unread posts.

Since it would take some time to get to Arant, and Tia was still pondering things, Valensa started reading from the first unread post.

In the first dozen or so unread posts, Valensa was the main character.

Asakura Mai must have used some kind of magic to spy from a distance, broadcasting the entire process of Valensa borrowing a nuclear bomb at the US military base live. The comments below the post were full of Asakura Mai and Vi watching the drama unfold.

[The serious female knight: You made me look pretty and handsome in the photos, not bad.]

Valensa wasn't particularly curious about these things she had personally participated in; she glanced at them, left a comment, and moved on.

What she was really interested in was what happened in Mai Asakura's world after she left.

Wei was clearly also very curious, and in the comments of the previous posts, she repeatedly reminded Asakura Mai not to forget to update.

Asakura Mai did not disappoint them.

The US military cannot hide the fact that a naval base was attacked, two Ohio-class nuclear submarines were sunk, and more than 400 nuclear warheads were lost.

On the first day, they could barely manage to wrap fire in paper, but by the second day, the news had spread across the internet, and everyone was laughing at the US military.

But as they laughed, some people could continue laughing, while others could no longer laugh.

When Valencia was raiding those two nuclear submarines, she didn't cover her face at all, generously displaying her image as a female knight with brown hair, blue eyes, and fair skin.

This distinctly European appearance led the United States to have no doubt about their Asian adversary and focus entirely on Europe.

Almost overnight, the U.S. military in Europe mobilized, launching operations across Europe under the pretext of counterterrorism, and forcibly breaking into secret facilities in many European countries, which dared not speak out against it.

The result, of course, was nothing; not a single one of the more than 400 missing nuclear warheads was found.

Rumors spread like wildfire online, with many saying that the 400-plus nuclear warheads would be used for terrorist attacks against major cities around the world, creating an atmosphere of impending doom.

The atmosphere of panic was particularly strong in the United States, which has been a frequent target of terrorist attacks for many years. Protests and free shopping frenzies swept the country, creating a very lively scene.

The U.S. military's public image has plummeted to an all-time low, the Secretary of Defense has resigned, and it has been revealed that a general was killed in the attack on the Hawaiian naval base.

According to the news report that Asakura Mai saw, the general died suddenly from cardiac arrest after witnessing the loss of the nuclear warhead, overwhelmed by shock and anger.

But Valencia guessed that it was that last glance she gave the camera before leaving that scared the unfortunate general to death.

So fear spells really can scare people to death... (Learning +1)

Valensa mentally grumbled as she continued scrolling through her feed, only to find that Asakura Mai had been posting pictures of the chaotic scenes on the streets of the United States for the past two days.

In some areas where the security situation was completely chaotic, even the National Guard was deployed, driving armored vehicles and using machine guns to sweep through various black slums, creating the feeling of war in peacetime.

The only saving grace is that no one has released detailed video footage of Valencia raiding the US military base. Extraordinary powers remain a top secret among the people of that world, and the basic order still exists.

The loss of more than 400 nuclear warheads is indeed alarming, but these 400-plus nuclear warheads are no longer in that world and are definitely more harmless than if they were in the hands of the US military.

The panic among the public is only temporary. After a while, when the storm passes, everyone will go back to work or sleep as usual.

Just when Valensa thought the matter would be over, Mai Asakura's two latest posts took a sharp turn for the worse.

Mai Asakura is under suspicion! And she's been cornered by the red-haired witcher beauty, Echost!

Mai Asakura went to Hawaii under the pretext of vacationing with friends, and judging by the time, it's time for her vacation to end and return to the island.

Just as Mai Asakura was about to board the plane, she was cornered in the women's restroom at the airport by the red-haired witcher beauty Echost and was even pinned against the wall!

The latest animated image shows a red-haired witcher in a long trench coat and tight leather pants pinning an innocent-looking little witch against a wall and interrogating her.

Below the image, there is also text that appears to be written by Mai Asakura in a state of panic:

[Invincible high school girl: Help, Sasha! The woman you teased is coming to bully me now! Waaah!]

Valensa glanced at the post's time again; it had been posted just a few minutes ago.

Mai Asakura has already used up her friend summon for this month, so even if Valensa wanted to help Mai fight Echoesty, she couldn't. She could only offer her consolation:

[Serious Female Knight: Sister Wu, don't panic... Since it was only her who secretly came to find you instead of a large group of American soldiers surrounding you, it means their suspicion of you is very low, or perhaps only she is suspicious... Calm down, try to get some information out of her and find out why they suspect you.]

Even though Asakura Mai was being pinned against the wall by Ekosti, she replied to messages very quickly.

[The invincible high school girl: I've already gotten all this information out of him... I don't know what that red-haired witcher was thinking, he actually went to ask the US soldiers who participated in the Battle of Tokyo.]

[The Invincible High School Girl: Although the US soldiers who had been controlled by evil magic had irreversibly turned into madmen, a single insane utterance from one of them caught the attention of the red-haired girl.]

[The Invincible High School Girl: The Flash.]

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Upon hearing Asakura Mai's words, Valensa immediately understood.

The US military's intelligence agencies are not fools. Although they initially focused their investigation on Europe because of Valensa's appearance, after several days of fruitless searching in Europe, they would inevitably begin to suspect other places.

The island nation that recently caused the US military to lose a fleet is naturally the primary target.

Fortunately, the US military personnel who were controlled by Savat Langdon's evil magic were irreversibly driven insane. Even those who survived the battle knew nothing and could only shout insane things like "The enemy has Gundam" and "The enemy is the Flash."

Regarding Gundam, some information can be found in the wreckage of the sunken US fleet, proving that the island nation's civilians most likely do possess Gundams, and even the kind of Gundams capable of easily taking on an entire aircraft carrier fleet single-handedly.

The US military initially didn't pay much attention to The Flash... because if such a person really existed, it's impossible that he wouldn't have left any trace or clue on Earth beforehand.

But this time was different. Valensa's appearance after activating the [Ceremony Armor. Dark Lightning Armor] really resembled the Flash, and it was seen by many US military personnel through cameras.

So after several days of fruitless searching in Europe, some in the US military remembered the ravings of the survivors of the annihilated fleet and decided to launch an investigation into the island nation.

Thinking of this, Valensa replied in the update:

[Serious Female Knight: How far have the US military gotten in their investigation? And how did you end up being targeted by that red-haired beauty, Mai? Didn't you remain undetected during the Tokyo battle?]

[The Invincible High School Girl: I heard they arrested and interrogated a lot of politicians, and even raided the secret warehouses and research facilities of several large corporations. As for me… I wasn't suspected. It's just that this red-haired girl only knows me, the only superhuman from that island nation, and I happened to be on vacation in Hawaii, so she came here, cornered me in the bathroom, and pinned me against the wall to bully me.]

[The serious female knight: I see... So she was pinning you against the wall and bullying you to get your help against me?]

[The Invincible High School Girl: Well, she thinks you're hiding in Japan, Sasha, and wants me to help find you. I had no choice but to agree... What can I do when I can't beat her? So next month I'll have to ask you to come here and act out another scene with me.]

[The Serious Female Knight: That's easy... Don't worry, Sister Wu, I'll deliberately leave some evidence to help you completely clear your name.]

[The invincible high school girl: Okay, then I'll leave it to Sasha-neechan.]

According to the updates posted by Mai Asakura, although the red-haired witcher beauty Ekosty cornered Mai Asakura in the women's restroom and pinned her against the wall, she didn't bully Mai too much. She only asked for information for a few minutes before letting Mai Asakura go to board the plane.

Valensa breathed a sigh of relief, closed her eyes, and gently tickled Tia's soles.

The carriage continued its journey along the official road along America's western coastline, finally arriving in Arant in the evening.

As America's administrative center and largest city, Arant is visibly larger in area, population, and prosperity than Gangdia. Even its so-called second largest port is not much worse than Gangdia's first port. However, due to its geographical location, Arant's port has significantly less ship traffic than Gangdia's.

After checking into the hotel that Yashiro had booked in advance, Valensa planned to go find Thousand Leaf Grass to return the pair of daggers she had borrowed and also get some delicious leaves from her to make tea.

As it turned out, Chiba wasn't at the hotel. After asking around, I found out that Chiba had gone to Elser's place with Yashiro to freeload a meal... or rather, to watch Elser go on a blind date.

Since arriving in Arant, a large banquet has been held every night to introduce Elsers to the young men of the prominent family.

At each banquet, there was never just one young man from the large family; often, several would team up to launch an offensive against Elserse, leaving her feeling overwhelmed.

So Elseris could only rely on her sisters to share the burden, and she complained to Valensa and Tia several times that they were heartless.

Valensa had absolutely no interest in dealing with men at banquets, so she politely declined, even if it meant enduring complaints. Tia was a little soft-hearted and wanted to agree, but Valensa stopped her from going.