The story of the black silk female knight

“Miss, do you remember your cousin? Mr. Bill, he came to visit us two days ago.”

"Bill's cousin?"

Valensa's eyes sharpened, and she quickly grabbed Melina's hand:

"He didn't have any designs on you again, did he, Melina?"

"Of course not, he actually came here to ask you for help."

Melina sighed:

"Because you, Miss, have never paid attention to the situation back home, I haven't told you about those things for fear of upsetting you... The struggle there is already quite fierce."

Not only were outstanding talents from outside the family business subjected to various forms of exclusion and suppression, forcing them to leave, but even family elders like Su Li were purged.

They became victims of the power struggles within their hometown and were driven out of the family.

In fact, with their abilities, they could easily find jobs with other noble families, but they almost all grew up in the Badr family and were unwilling to serve a second master.

So after they learned that you, Miss, own property in the capital, they asked Mr. Bill to find me and hire them… and I agreed.”

"I see... Well, then it's fine to leave them here with me."

Valensa nodded, but her brows remained tightly furrowed.

"Is the situation back in my hometown really that bad right now?"

"Very bad."

Melina nodded:

“A few old guys seem to be worried that you will come back to take over the family, so they are no longer fighting for the position of family head. Instead, they are dividing up the family’s assets and wealth, trying to get as much benefit as possible for themselves.”

"These short-sighted idiots!"

Valensa finally couldn't hold back and blurted out:

“Even someone like me who doesn’t know much about politics knows that it’s impossible for me to inherit the position of head of the Badr family… Just the fact that I’m with Tia is enough to make His Majesty the King and His Highness the Crown Prince try every means to win us over. If I were to integrate the Badr family as well, it would definitely make the royal family sleepless and suspicious of us every day!”

Chapter 11 The Weak Female Knight

"Hey."

After giving a good scolding to the senile old folks back home, Valensa sighed again.

Thinking about it carefully, this is actually not unexpected.

Although the Badr family was a prominent noble family before, they were different from other prominent noble families.

The heads of the Baldr family throughout history have all been inner paladins, and the Church of the Sun is the direct direction of the head of the family's efforts. Their noble status and businesses are just a cover.

This has led to the Badr family never paying much attention to the education of those who have branched out, and even among the direct descendants, only the heirs know the truth about the family.

For example, if Valensa's father hadn't met with misfortune and had chosen Valensa as his heir, Elena wouldn't have known about the Inner Temple Knights and would have lived her whole life believing she was just an ordinary noblewoman.

This kind of inheritance method undoubtedly makes it easy to produce stupid and arrogant spoiled brats.

If the line of the head of the family is still in place, it's not a big deal. The foolishness and arrogance of most of the collateral members of the family actually reassure the royal family and other nobles.

After all, the Church of the Sun is simply too powerful. If it were to actually build up a family comparable to the Britannias, even if the church claims it will not interfere in internal affairs, it would inevitably arouse suspicion.

That's why, despite having an equally long history, the Baldr family has always been considered the weakest among all the great noble families.

The sudden mishap of Valensa's parents dealt a fatal blow to the Badr family—without their foundation, the remaining members naturally acted like headless flies, displaying all sorts of chaotic behavior.

It is obvious that a group of ambitious but incompetent and ignorant people fighting for power would cause the Badr family to fall apart.

"Hey."

Thinking about all this, Valensa couldn't help but sigh again.

After all, the Bader family is her hometown, so it's impossible for her to say she doesn't care at all.

The reason Valensa fled to the countryside overnight was because she was too weak at the time and couldn't even protect herself. If she had stayed in the family, she would almost certainly have become a victim of the struggle.

Now they are barely capable of stepping in to clean up the mess, but it's not appropriate for them to do so.

The royal family and other noble families would never allow the heads of two noble families to marry. Once Valensa takes back the Badr family, she will have to break up with Tia.

That's even more unlikely.

So Valensa could only sigh, and instructed Melina that if she encountered someone like Suri who needed help back home, she should offer assistance as appropriate.

After learning about her hometown and being fed a bowl of nourishing meat soup by Melina, Valensa's complexion improved considerably.

Next, it's time to go to the cathedral to get Fran's blood.

Since Valensa was already quite familiar with Fran, she didn't give any advance notice and went straight to Fran's room when she arrived at the cathedral.

When Valensa pushed open the door, she found Fran changing clothes—changing her usual gothic dress for a soft armor, which Fran only wore when on combat missions.

"Huh? Why are you here?"

Fran blushed slightly at the fact that Valensa had suddenly barged into her room while she was changing clothes, but she didn't really care. She just asked a question out of curiosity.

"Of course I came to see Fran about something... But Fran, why are you in combat gear? Are you going on a mission?" Valensa asked with a smile after returning.

"Yes, there's a group of bandits who seem to be connected to a cult. I need to take some men to deal with them."

Fran nodded and then explained:

“Don’t worry, the intelligence is already very clear. That band of bandits is very weak… I will personally go out to extract information and search for information about the cult behind them. You know, as a vampire, I have a natural advantage in extracting information.”

"That's it..."

Valensa said she understood.

Such combat missions are routine for paladins, and now that the intelligence is clear, there's really nothing to worry about.

After a moment's thought, Valensa stated her request directly:

"It's like this... I need Fran's help with something... I heard that your vampires have a kind of blood rich in magical essence, the kind of blood used to create offspring during the Embrace. Could you give me a few drops?"

"Hey?"

Fran was clearly stunned.

Her eyes blinked and blinked, gradually becoming swollen like mosquito coils, and her pale face suddenly turned bright red.

"You... how could you have thought of this? You... are you finally going to make your move on me too? Have you thought of a name for the child yet?"

"what??"

Valensa was even more baffled.

He only wanted a few drops of blood, so how did it become that he was going to harm Fran? And what does this have to do with the child's name?

"Hey?"

Valensa's unexpected turn of events surprised Fran even more.

Fran's body trembled slightly with nervousness as she cautiously asked:

"You don't know about this kind of blood? Then what do you need my blood for?"

"Is such that……"

Valensa guessed that there might be some misunderstanding, and in order to avoid the misunderstanding from escalating, she quickly explained the whole story to Fran.

"So that's it..."

Fran seemed relieved, but also somewhat disappointed. Her face turned even redder, and steam even rose from her head, clearly indicating that she was extremely embarrassed.

Valensa didn't dare to provoke Fran any further, and simply smiled, waiting for Fran to adjust her mindset on her own.

But this was still too much for Fran. Even just being stared at by Valensa with a smile made Fran increasingly shy, and she finally couldn't take it anymore.

Whoosh! Snapped!

Fran brought the vampire's agility to its limit. In an instant, she fled from her spot, crawled into a large coffin in the room where she slept, closed the lid, and locked herself inside with a magical seal.

? ?

Valensa was still completely baffled, not knowing what the problem was.

"Flan?"

dong dong dong...

"Fran, come out here... What happened?"

Valensa knocked on the coffin lid like a door, gently trying to persuade Fran, but even after talking until she was thirsty, she still couldn't get a response.

Left with no other option, Valensa had to leave Fran's room temporarily to find Rika and ask her what was going on.

Lika was in her office, acting as a Templar Knight, handling intelligence related to cults throughout Fran.

"You stupid!"

After Valensa finished recounting what had happened, Lika immediately flicked Valensa's forehead with her finger, clearly annoyed.

"The fact that Fran is hiding in the coffin and not seeing you means she's really good to you... If it were a vampire girl you don't know well who encountered this situation, beating you up would be the least of her worries... If she were more fierce, she might even fight you to the death."

"what?"

Valensa covered her forehead, even more puzzled.

"Hey."

Seeing this, Lika sighed helplessly, then thought for a moment and asked:

"I'm asking you... how do the new generation of vampires reproduce? Don't you dare say that male and female vampires give birth like humans do... If you dare answer like that, you'll have to retake all the theoretical knowledge of paladins!"

"Uh……"

Valensa couldn't help but shrink back.

Since obtaining the golden rod that allows her to access the Sun Church's database at any time, she hasn't really paid much attention to studying non-combat-related theoretical knowledge, so she genuinely didn't know the correct answer to Rika's question.

We can only guess based on some clues:

"The...the initial embrace ceremony?"

"You idiot, you really didn't study the theory properly!"

Lika flicked Valensa's forehead again without hesitation, and said helplessly:

"The Embrace ritual is a method used by ancient vampires. It's like using dark magic to corrupt a normal human and turn them into a dark creature... Doing such a thing will result in being purified by holy light! The new generation of vampires are all believers of Her Majesty the Goddess, how could they possibly do such a thing?"

"Hmm~"

Valensa, feigning a pitiful expression, covered her head with one hand while grabbing Rika's sleeve with the other, swaying it from side to side and pouting:

"So what exactly happened? Lika, could you tell me about it?"

"...Tsk, I just can't do anything with you...Alright, alright."

Lika pinched Valensa's cheek again before saying:

"The new generation of vampires reproduces through blood rich in magical essence. After submitting to Her Majesty the Goddess, they also received Her Majesty's special blessing. Now, their blood, rich in magical essence, can enable women to become pregnant, both vampire women and human women."

So for the new generation of vampires, demanding blood rich in magical essence is tantamount to a marriage proposal—the kind where I want to have your child immediately… Now you know how much of a scumbag you were to Fran, right?

"Ah this..."

Valensa was stunned:

"But I really don't know."

"Fran probably knew that you didn't know these things, which is why she just hid in her coffin, too shy to see you, instead of beating you up or fighting you."

Lika shrugged:

"I'm sorry, I really can't help with this. You'll have to figure it out yourself... Use your skills in charming girls to coax Fran properly."

"……It can only be the."

Valensa gave a wry smile.

Without disturbing Rika's work any further, Valensa returned to Fran's room.

The room was still the same as before. Even the gothic dress that Fran had taken off when she changed clothes was still on the back of the chair and hadn't been put away yet, which meant that Fran probably hadn't left and was still hiding shyly in that coffin.

Valensa thought for a moment, then sat down facing the opening of the coffin lid.