The story of the black silk female knight

Who is framing Cao Cao in Chapters 67-69?

Did Chiba really go to see the deceased last night? And quite a few people know that?

Valensa frowned... her gut feeling was that this might be a big deal.

What exactly happened last night?

she asked:

“I asked a few people before, but they didn’t know much detail.”

"What happened last night... Hmm, thinking about it now, it is indeed a bit strange."

Elseris hesitated for a moment and said:

"You should know that since I arrived in Arland, I've been attending banquets every night... Ostensibly, they're matchmaking events for me alone, but in reality, they're large-scale social events between the Francan nobility and the America family. Many of the noble ladies who came with me under the guise of officials have already hooked up with members of the America family and are negotiating various collaborations."

Of course, besides those with ulterior motives, there were also many people who came to the banquet simply to join in the fun. For example, Chiba Grass was probably one of them... Almost every night, she would boast about her experience as a demon ninja to a group of young ladies at the banquet, and she seemed to be having a lot of fun.

Last night was similar, except that Chiba seemed to have been encouraged by a few curious noble ladies, and she used her ninja agility to instantly change clothes at the banquet, putting on her anti-demon ninja uniform that looked like a silk bodysuit, which attracted a lot of attention.

Perhaps it was because Qianyecao was too high-profile, because soon someone came looking for trouble for her... It was the victim from last night, a member of a collateral branch of the large family.

I didn't hear exactly what the deceased said at the scene, so I'm not sure... but it was probably something like mocking Chiba's clothes as shameless, and saying that the Demon Ninjas don't kill enemies with strength at all, and are no different from those second-rate assassins who only rely on their looks.

It was something like trash talk. Anyway, Chiba was furious, saying she absolutely couldn't forgive the deceased for insulting the Demon Ninja and wanted to teach him a lesson... She was supposed to play cards with us last night, but she stood us up and secretly went to cause trouble for the deceased.

"So that's how it is... Hmm, thinking about it carefully, something does seem a bit off."

Valensa nodded slightly, then exchanged a glance with Tia:

“Elseth, you are, after all, a princess. The people who can attend your banquet must have been screened by America. There shouldn’t be such a fool who would insult someone’s profession to their face.”

"Yeah... Even if that guy was jealous of Cao Cao stealing the spotlight and acted impulsively for a moment, he could have just made a few sarcastic remarks at most. He shouldn't have said things that could have completely enraged Cao Cao."

Tia also expressed her approval:

"If it weren't for last night's incident, this might have been just a minor social issue, at most letting people know that there's a mute idiot in America's upper echelons. But now... it's very likely a meticulously planned conspiracy."

"So you guys had the same concerns..."

Elsers sighed:

"Yashilo and Qianye Cao thought the same thing, which is why Qianye Cao was taken away by the law enforcement team without any resistance this morning. She is very sensible and knows that the more she resists and makes a fuss in this situation, the more she will fall into the enemy's trap."

Yashiro, meanwhile, went to discuss the matter with the deceased's family. The Nora Trading Company and that family already had business dealings. Yashiro's plan was to offer some benefits to the direct descendants of that family, and then use them to pressure the deceased's family to quell the situation and prevent it from escalating.

"Yes, Cao Cao is very sensible, and Ya Xiluo is also remarkable... As a businesswoman, she is willing to give up her profits to help her friends, which is truly remarkable."

Valensa sighed, then took a deep breath, her gaze hardening.

"So I, who am called 'Big Sister' by Cao Cao every day, can't let Cao Cao down. I'll leave the diplomatic matters with the Chamber of Commerce to Your Highness. Tia and I will find a way to clear Cao Cao's name and catch the real culprit."

"it is good."

Elserse nodded, then thought for a moment and said:

"Chiba Grass should still be in the law enforcement team's detention room. After all, she is a member of the Chiba family. Even if she committed a crime, there is no need to worry about the law enforcement team bullying her. But it would be best to rescue her as soon as possible, because the real culprit may do something else... I am not in a position to force the law enforcement team to release her first, but you can."

"Yeah, I understand."

Valensa smiled.

This is the benefit of having a strong backer... Valencia herself certainly doesn't have that much influence, but the Church of the Sun behind her can.

Even if Chiba didn't kill anyone, the Church of the Sun has various ways to exempt her from America's legal punishment.

Of course, the Church of the Sun generally does not intentionally protect evildoers. If such a thing really happens, even if Chiba Grass is not punished by law, she will have to do voluntary labor and diligently cultivate in the Church of the Sun for a long time to atone for the sin of murder.

In short, as long as Valensa seeks help from the Church of the Sun, she can easily get Thousand-Leaf Grass temporarily released from the enforcement team.

Indeed, America's mysterious inner sanctum, the Moon Cluster, had instructed his subordinates beforehand to cooperate with Valensa. Therefore, after Valensa visited the cathedral in Arland and revealed her identity, she quickly gained support.

A captain of the Radiant Rank Paladin led a team of Paladins to the Merchant Alliance Enforcement Team. Amidst the reluctance of the team members, they granted Thousand Leaf Grass bail.

"Phew, I knew my big sister would come to save me, hehe."

Inside the cathedral in Arante, Chiba held her cup in both hands, gulping down her milk tea. Her little feet, clad in fishnet stockings, gently rubbed against Valensa's leg under the table, as she said coquettishly:

"Big sister, you have no idea... The stools in the detention cell of the law enforcement team are cold and hard, and the tea in the law enforcement team is also very unpalatable."

"You're a murderer now, you should be grateful that we're still giving you a chair to sit on and tea to drink... Normally, when a murderer is caught, he's tied up and whipped first."

Valensa rolled her eyes in annoyance, then reached down and grabbed Thousand Leaf Grass's playful little feet in fishnet stockings, giving them a couple of tickles without any politeness.

"Ugh, it itches~~"

Thousand-leaf grass let out a soft murmur, its little feet twitching rapidly in Valensa's palm, but it did not break free.

After enjoying Valensa's teasing for a while with her eyes half-closed, Chiba Grass finally said:

"You can't say that... Cao Cao, I didn't kill anyone. Although the law enforcement team has a lot of so-called solid evidence, there hasn't been a formal trial yet! So at most, I'm a suspect in murder, not a murderer."

"Cao Cao, whether you killed someone last night or not, neither of our opinions matters. Only the truth and evidence can convince people."

Valensa tickled Thousand Leaf Grass's soles again, looking into Thousand Leaf Grass's eyes:

"What exactly happened last night? If you don't want to be sent home because of this, Cao Cao, you'd better not hide anything and tell me everything."

"Hmm... I know, I never intended to hide it from you, my older sister."

Thousand-leaf clover nodded obediently, then asked a question:

"You must have already heard about my conflict with that bastard at the banquet last night from Her Highness the Princess or Yashiro, right, Sister?"

“Yes, I know he insulted the profession of Demon Ninja, and you were furious and wanted to teach him a lesson, so you took action that very night, right?” Valensa said.

"That's right, that bastard was really rude... If it weren't for my good temper, I would have stabbed him on the spot."

Seemingly recalling what happened last night, Chiba pouted and puffed out her cheeks in a huff.

"Although I was persuaded by Yashiro at the time, I got angrier and angrier as I thought about it, and I just couldn't stand it... So I decided to teach that bastard a lesson and sneaked into his residence."

"And then you killed him?" Valensa asked with a laugh.

"Cao Cao didn't kill anyone! Cao Cao is a good child, she wouldn't kill someone easily!"

Thousand-leaf clover pouted at Valensa:

"Cao Cao originally only planned to lock that bastard up with a few ewes and feed them some spring poison."

"You might as well just kill him... For someone of his status, social death is far more terrifying than physical death."

Valensa rolled her eyes, then pressed her index finger against the sole of Chiba's fishnet stocking and gently rotated it left and right like a drill, quickly eliciting a sweet sound from Chiba.

"Big sister, you really are... um, you know how to bully people, but Cao Cao likes it so much."

Completely unconcerned that Tia was watching from a short distance away, Thousand-Leaf Grass gave Valensa a flirtatious wink, took a few light breaths, and then continued:

"That guy's residence is quite a distance from the princess's manor. To avoid attracting attention, I used the Leaf Concealment Technique the whole way, so I didn't travel very fast. It took me about an hour to get there. Along the way, I also used ninjutsu to steal a few ewes from a farmer's house... But I also left some gold coins for the farmer."

Once we got to that bastard's place, infiltrating it was a piece of cake.

That bastard looks impressive, but his actual status in the family is probably not high. Besides two pretty maids, he only has one Pearl-level swordsman guard by his side.

I easily took down his maid and guards with paralyzing and sleeping poison. I even stripped them naked, piled the three of them together, and faked their incestuous behavior, thinking I might be able to further provoke that bastard... Quite a few people consider their personal maids their exclusive possessions.

When I finished all that and excitedly went to that bastard's bedroom, intending to teach him a lesson, I found that he was already dead.

There were no fatal wounds on his body, no signs of poisoning, and no lingering aura of curse... It must have been some kind of very sophisticated method of killing.

I immediately realized that something was wrong and I was likely to be blamed... I even tried to revive him with a rather expensive herb, but of course it was all in vain.

After failing to save the person, I wanted to erase the traces of my presence, but before I could do so, I sensed many people approaching the area, so I had to quickly use the Leaf Concealment Technique to escape.

Then, just as dawn broke this morning, the Business Federation's enforcement team came to my door, presented various pieces of evidence, and arrested me.

I have a hard time explaining those pieces of evidence, such as the poison on the maids and guards, the ewes that were poisoned by the spring poison, and the French gold coins that mysteriously appeared in the farmer's house where the sheep went missing... I can't explain any of these things, because it was indeed me who did it.

The traces I didn't have time to clean up in that bastard's bedroom, and the ninja herbs I poured into that bastard's body to try and save his life, all became irrefutable evidence that I was the murderer.

Not to mention the necromancer summons that brings back the souls of the dead to personally identify the individuals… If I were in the Merchant Alliance's enforcement team, I would definitely arrest me.”

"...Cao Cao, you're such an idiot! You can't even do a bad thing properly! How are you going to be a ninja like this?"

After listening, Valensa remained silent for several seconds before vigorously tickling Thousand Leaf Grass's soles and saying:

"How did you manage to leave so many traces?"

"Woo..."

Thousand-leaf Grass shrugged its head pitifully, offering no excuses, but instead staring at Valensa with a very pitiful, helpless, and somewhat flirtatious look.

"You... well, never mind."

Valensa sighed again and said nothing more.

Because she remembered the first time she did something bad not long ago, which was also pretty stupid. She beat someone up and threw them into a slum, actually thinking that if she covered her head with black stockings, the other person wouldn't recognize her.

Furthermore, unlike traditional ninjas, the vast majority of the enemies of the anti-demonic ninjas are not human, so it is normal that they are not good at doing bad things.

"So, how are you going to help me clear my name, my dear sister?"

Seeing that Valensa remained silent for a long time, Thousand Leaf Grass couldn't help but say:

"Anyway, I have a hard time figuring out what to do. There were too many traces I left at the scene last night, and the real killer's method of killing without leaving a trace was very clever... Even if the protagonists in those detective novels jumped out of the book, I don't think I could clear my name."

"That's right, Cao Cao, you can't clear your name... Using conventional investigation methods, the more we investigate, the more evidence we'll find to prove your guilt."

Valensa nodded, her brow furrowed slightly, but her eyes were full of confidence:

"So I don't plan to go to the site to explore or conduct any interviews or investigations."

"Hey?"

Thousand-leaf grass blinked, somewhat puzzled:

"Without visiting the scene or conducting any investigations... how are you going to find out the truth, dear sister?"

"It's very simple, just analyze it from the motive of the real culprit."

Valensa chuckled softly and then recounted her earlier deductions with Elserse regarding the strange behavior of the deceased at the banquet the previous night:

"That's it... Although there is no conclusive evidence yet, we strongly suspect that the deceased was not the killer's target at all, and may even have been an accomplice."

Their real purpose is to frame you, Cao Cao.

"You framed me?"

Thousand-leaf grass was even more puzzled:

"Why? I'm neither an expert nor a celebrity, and this is my first time in America. I don't have any enemies here. Who would go to such lengths to frame me?"

"No, Cao Cao, you underestimate your own worth."

Valensa chuckled and wagged her finger:

“Unlike Fran, in America, under certain circumstances, you, Cao Cao, are more important than me, a paladin, and Tia, a sage apprentice… because you are likely the only mid-to-high-level anti-magic ninja in Arant right now!”

As a unique profession of the Four Islands Alliance, Exorcists rarely leave their own countries. Even merchant ships of the Four Islands Alliance find it difficult to hire Exorcists as guards.

This is a force directly under the Queen Himika of the Demons, whose duty is to slay the Mist Demons and protect the people of the Four Islands Alliance. They are always short-handed and have no spare capacity to stay abroad.

Let alone America, a distant country more than 4000 kilometers away from the Four Islands Alliance, even in the capital of Fran, which is only a few hundred kilometers away from the Four Islands Alliance, it is difficult to see any anti-demon ninjas.

Chiba Kusa is not only a Taiman ninja, but also a direct descendant of the Chiba clan, and a Taiman ninja who has already reached the level of a beacon.

Don't think that only those at the Shining Rank are valued. In fact, the Lighthouse Rank is the ultimate goal for many cultivators who have worked their whole lives. They are the absolute elite and have the ability to turn the tide of a battle.

Especially for special professions like Demon Ninja, the only difference between those at the Pearl level and above is combat power and combat experience. Their functions and contributions in team support are not that different.

For example, one of the most powerful abilities of the Demon Ninja is the ability to see through high-ranking Mist Demons disguised as humans.

Chiba seemed to have thought of this as well, her expression changing several times in succession, and she even lost interest in playing with the fishnet stockings that Valensa was still holding in her hand.

She pondered for a moment and said:

"Sister, do you mean... the real culprit who framed me this time is very likely the Mist Demon?"

"Well, although I don't have any evidence, I think that's how it is."

Valensa spoke with confidence.

She's not the kind of famous detective in detective novels who needs to convince everyone with evidence; she only needs reasonable logic and reasoning... Evidence can wait until she beats the suspect down first.

"Cao Cao, do you remember last year when Tia and I went on a date at the beach, and you secretly followed us and caused trouble?"

Valensa continued: