The story of the black silk female knight

Without further hesitation, Valensa entered the word "stockings" into the online store's precise search bar and confirmed the search.

"Oh wow~~"

Valensa raised an eyebrow; the search results were surprisingly plentiful.

It seems that quite a few time travelers like wearing stockings... or perhaps the great beings behind the scenes of the dimensional hardware store really enjoy watching time travelers wear stockings.

The stockings in the store are all gold legendary items, with a variety of functions and styles, and prices ranging from the cheapest 30 Dimensional Coins to 999 Dimensional Coins.

Valensa first looked at the cheapest stockings, the ones priced at 30 dimensional coins.

These stockings are all over-the-knee styles, and there are many colors available, including black, white, red, purple, high-quality, oily, and shiny stockings. However, many of the styles are probably quite difficult to pull off.

In terms of performance, they seem to be similar to Ms. Dana's handmade products. Each pair of stockings has functions such as anti-friction and tear resistance, automatic cleaning, and automatic sweat absorption. Some stockings can also block pain or improve skin sensitivity.

The specific price of these stockings is obviously related to the amount of material used. For example, over-the-knee stockings cost only 30 dimensional coins, garter stockings cost 40 dimensional coins, pantyhose cost 50 dimensional coins, and the most expensive full-body stockings cost 70 to 80 dimensional coins.

The price is acceptable; you could easily buy several different styles to wear in rotation, provided the performance meets your needs.

So Valensa pointed to the stockings and asked the shop owner:

"What level of abrasion and tear resistance does this feature have? Can it withstand the high-intensity combat I'm at now?"

"That's definitely not possible."

The shop owner shook his head without the slightest hesitation:

"Although these stockings are classified as gold legendary items, they are only of the lowest quality. They can defend against ordinary swords and bullets without much problem, but they absolutely cannot withstand battles of the Radiant level."

If you're looking for stockings that can withstand combat at the highest rank (likely a high-level rank), I recommend looking at products priced above 500 Dimensional Coins.

"Products costing 500 Dimensional Coins or more? That's way too expensive!"

Despite the complaints, Valencia adjusted the store's sorting rules, changing the order of prices from ascending to descending.

The first thing that catches the eye is a pair of stockings worth 999 Dimensional Coins, which is also the only stocking product in the entire store that costs 999 Dimensional Coins. The next item is only 850 Dimensional Coins.

The bodysuit, priced at 999 Dimensional Coins, was bright red with a gold "S" on the chest and an English name: "SuperGirl".

Valensa pressed her finger lightly to check the details with great curiosity. She saw in the description that this bodysuit could give the wearer a Kryptonian physique, and that they could become stronger by sunbathing.

To be honest, Valensa was quite tempted by this feature... She was a paladin of the Sun Goddess, and if she could also gain a physique that could absorb sunlight and continuously grow stronger, it would be like adding wings to a tiger.

However, this physique only works when wearing these bright red bodysuits. Once the bodysuits are removed, the physique and strength will be lost, and no other clothes can be worn over the bodysuits to cover them.

This level of embarrassment is a bit too much... Valensa felt that she wasn't thick-skinned enough, and finally overcame her desire for power, flipping directly past this page of the shop.

After looking through several pages of prices from high to low, Valensa had to admit that the saying "you get what you pay for" was very true.

These high-priced legendary gold stockings are expensive, but their performance is also superb. Being able to withstand battles of the Radiant Rank is just a basic function, and they also have all sorts of special effects, making them practically divine artifacts.

It was impossible for Valensa not to be tempted, but after careful consideration, she still felt that spending hundreds of dimensional coins on stockings was a bit of a rip-off.

After all, her current requirement for stockings is that they are not easily damaged; the various enchantment effects can be completely replaced by other armor, which are much more cost-effective.

So Valencia continued clicking the page-turning option at the bottom of the store, trying to find products that better suited her needs.

Persistence pays off. After flipping through about fifty-six pages, Valensa finally found a product that met her expectations in terms of both performance and price.

Although this item can be found by searching for the keyword "stockings", it is not actually stockings, but a pair of teardrop-shaped sapphire earrings. A single earring costs 200 Dimensional Coins, while a pair costs only 300 Dimensional Coins.

The earrings are called "Heart of Stockings," created by a deity known as the Goddess of Beauty. They can consume the wearer's bio-energy to materialize various stockings... Any style the wearer can imagine, this earring can materialize.

The stockings that the earrings resemble also have functions such as self-cleaning and super sweat absorption. More importantly, they can be repaired at any time using bio-energy. As long as the wearer still has bio-energy in their body, these stockings are equivalent to never wearing out.

Furthermore, in daily life, the wearer can choose to store a large amount of bio-energy in the stockings manifested by the earrings, and use it as backup energy in battle... which is similar to the effect of a sub-core.

The two earrings were exactly the same, and they were quite pretty. After a little thought, Valensa bought them and decided to have one each with Tia as couple's jewelry.

Valensa herself has abundant bio-energy and a secondary core, so in most cases she can use the earrings as a pair of never-wearing stockings.

Tia, on the other hand, is the opposite... Although Tia knows many powerful secret arts, her own magical reserves are still at a human level, and she often needs to ask Valensa to replenish her mana after casting a few powerful spells.

With this earring, Tia's endurance will increase by at least 100%... When needed, she can completely rip off her white stockings to gain double or even more magic power.

After buying two [Stocking Hearts], Valensa had 717 Dimensional Coins left, leaving her with a purchase budget of about 200 Dimensional Coins to reach her emergency minimum of around 500 Dimensional Coins.

Valensa paced back and forth in the Dimensional Hardware Store several times with a conflicted expression. In the end, she couldn't resist the gacha addiction she had developed in her past life and bought four legendary blind boxes, intending to try her luck.

Since there wasn't anything she particularly wanted at the moment, Valensa didn't use her mental powers to target the prize pool this time, but instead drew a bunch of random prizes.

As it turned out, she wasn't a sucker for looks after all.

The items from the first two blind boxes were completely useless... They were two high-level enchanted equipment pieces that would be quite good for most warriors, but they were still not as good as the set Valensa was wearing. They could only be used as spare weapons or sold for gold... and their prices in the store were no more than 80 Dimensional Coins.

The third blind box yielded a decent piece of equipment: a beautiful short sword with a cherry blossom pink hilt.

The dagger is about as sharp as the Dragon Fang Dagger, and can easily penetrate most armor below the Noble Phantasm level.

Besides being quite sharp, this short sword also has two constant enchantments: [Poisoning Record].

In simple terms, this enchantment allows the blade to record the properties of a poison, poisoning the target even without pre-treating it. The effect is constant and does not consume the poison.

Two such enchantments mean that this dagger can record the effects of two poisons simultaneously, permanently adding both poison damage with every strike.

This short sword doesn't seem to fit Valensa's fighting style very well, but it's perfect for Chiba. In the game, it would at least be a pseudo-exclusive weapon in terms of synergy.

So from the moment she got the dagger, Valensa's mind raced, and she devised many plans to toy with Chiba, intending to use the dagger as bait to trick Chiba into cooperating with her and having a good time.

Although Valensa usually prefers hot women, it's nice to change things up once in a while.

More importantly, Chiba is very good at playing the role of a little devil. Every time they play, she can accurately ignite the flames in Valensa's heart, allowing her to vent all her less desirable desires.

Some of the more drastic methods that I wouldn't use on Tia can be used on Chiba... Anyway, the Demon Ninja's body is tough enough, and Chiba always enjoys it.

Thinking of Thousand Leaf Grass, Valensa suddenly felt how fast time had passed... Before she knew it, Thousand Leaf Grass had been studying in France for two years, and in another year she would be going back.

The female ninjas of the Chiba family have always been the private favorites of Queen Himika... Chiba Kusa will probably not escape this fate either.

Thinking about this, Valensa felt a little sad... Although she often told herself that she and Chiba were just playing around, what if Chiba really became Queen Himika's possession like the other female ninjas of the Chiba family...

Valensa unconsciously clenched her fist as she thought about it, but then relaxed it again shortly afterward.

She felt she was overthinking things... Maybe Chiba was just playing around with her? Let's talk about next year next year.

After putting away the dagger, Valensa looked at the four legendary blind boxes that had already been opened, and her expression became slightly conflicted.

This is yet another prop that I don't know how to evaluate.

The item is called the "Anti-Gravity Skirt". It looks like the pleated skirt worn by Japanese high school girls, but even shorter. It barely covers the buttocks, and if you take a slightly larger step, you will expose yourself.

The skirt is very effective; wearing it allows you to break free from the constraints of gravity and fly through the air.

If it were just about being able to fly, that would be one thing. After learning magic from Friggia, Valensa had already mastered levitation as a means of flight... However, she was not a professional mage after all, and the effect of her flight magic was just to be able to fly, but at a very slow speed, so she never used it in battle.

The flight speed of this "anti-gravity skirt" is related to the wearer's own speed. The faster the wearer moves on the ground, the faster the flight speed will be after wearing the "anti-gravity skirt".

Valensa consulted the shop owner, who said that with her current ground movement speed, wearing this dress would allow her to fly at least three times the speed of sound, which would be a significant boost to her mobility.

But just like that red S-shaped bodysuit that gets stronger with sun exposure, this dress also has limitations – when the wearer is using flight abilities, they can only wear thongs underneath the dress, not even pantyhose, let alone safety shorts.

This left Valensa in a huge dilemma... She really wanted the dress's mobility, but she didn't want to become a flying camisole.

After hesitating for a while, Valensa gave up the idea of ​​selling or giving the dress away and decided to keep it for herself and use it at certain crucial moments.

With that, Valensa's shopping trip to the Dimensional Hardware Store came to an end. She chatted casually with the shop owner for a few more minutes before saying goodbye and leaving.

After returning to room 305 of Pink Rose, Valensa didn't rush off. Instead, she asked a waitress to bring her a pot of iced tea. While drinking it, she opened the Dimensional Hardware Store terminal interface and posted an update to tell Wei and Asakura Mai about the comprehensive upgrade of her Dimensional Hardware Store system.

The first person to see and reply to the post was still Asakura Mai, who seems to enjoy intensive internet use, while Wei is probably busy bullying those company rebels or being dominated by her beautiful boss.

Mai Asakura was very interested in Valensa's latest post. She first congratulated her, and then chattered on, asking a lot of questions.

Valensa wasn't in a hurry. She slumped into the sofa, sipping her iced tea, and patiently answered Asakura Mai's questions.

Although they often chatted before, it was mostly casual conversation. This was the first time they had seriously discussed their respective cultivation systems like this.

In Asakura Mai's spiritual cultivation system, there is also a realm of complete evolution of life level, but it is not called advancing to the Radiant Rank, but rather ascension to immortality.

Unfortunately, that was a world primarily based on technology. Even though Asakura Mai was already one of the top shrine maidens there, she was still some distance from the so-called realm of immortals. Moreover, no immortals had appeared in that world for hundreds of years.

According to the records of the Asakura family and Asakura Mai's own speculation, the spiritual energy in her world was probably insufficient for anyone to cultivate to the level of an immortal.

Although Mai Asakura didn't say it explicitly, Valensa could sense a growing sense of frustration in every word she sent afterward, and she could almost see Mai's teary eyes as she tried her best to hold back her tears.

Valensa has always felt a bit like Mai Asakura is a substitute for her younger sister... Even though she knows it's wrong, she just can't help it.

So even though Valensa met Mai Asakura more than a year later than Vivian, she doted on Mai Asakura even more than Vivian did. Mai Asakura was also good at acting cute, so the two hit it off immediately.

Feeling Mai Asakura's frustration, Valensa felt a sudden pang of heartache. Her mind raced, and she quickly came up with two ways that might help Mai Asakura advance further in her training.

The first method is quite simple and direct. Since Asakura Mai's cultivation cannot progress further because her world lacks spiritual energy, let her break through in Valensa's world... Valensa can call people over for three and a half days every month now, which should be enough if planned properly.

The second approach is to pursue a technological route... For example, Exusiai can be considered a culmination of American biotechnology. Asakura Mai could also try this approach, using technological means to further her training.

Mai Asakura immediately perked up and began to discuss the possibilities of the two options in detail with Valensa in the community feed.

They discussed for almost two hours, but Wei still didn't show up... Instead, Tia pushed open the door to the private room with an angry expression.

Chapter 28 You really do smell like her. *censored*

"what?"

Seeing the three young women in sheer halter dresses still lying on the floor in an equilateral triangle formation, while Valensa was simply sitting on the sofa drinking tea and hadn't done anything shameless, Tia was quite surprised.

"You didn't come here to drink and carouse? I could sense you came back from that strange place, but you lingered at Pink Rose Garden. I thought you were going stir-crazy after those two months of training at the church, and you were just about to let loose and have some fun~"

"Hehe~~ Actually, Tia, you're absolutely right. I've been really pent up and want to indulge myself here."

Valensa chuckled, reached out and pulled Tia into her arms, letting Tia sit on her lap through the black stockings, and then kissed the snow-white skin on the back of Tia's neck.

"But...hehe, I'm going to have the owner of this place drink and have fun with me, slurp~~"

The pink tongue, like a snake's forked tongue, swiftly struck and returned, leaving Valensa's deep, azure eyes filled with ecstasy.

"Tia's baby food tastes the best, really!"

"You're going to die! You idiot! You pervert! You shameless bastard!"

Tia suddenly lost all her strength. She seemed to be angrily shouting loudly, but her body quickly became soft and hot again.

She glanced at the three unconscious hostesses still lying on the floor, and squirmed a few times in Valensa's arms, looking slightly uneasy.

"No...no, what if they suddenly wake up?"

"They won't wake up... These three have been the keys many times before, and each time they wisely drink strong liquor laced with sleeping potions. They won't wake up for at least ten hours."

Valensa, however, didn't care at all. She hugged Tia even tighter, resting her chin on Tia's shoulder, radiating an aura of eager anticipation to merge with Tia.

"Besides, they're all our employees, and they're all well-behaved and obedient... So what if they wake up in the middle and see something? And you must have felt it too, right, Tia? This tension of being seen by others at any moment... Isn't that even more exciting?"

"You...you're getting more and more...humph, you idiot~~"

Tia could clearly hold back too, and her voice grew softer and softer.

……

About two hours later, the staff at Pink Rose Restaurant received orders to clean up room 305.

(This part has been censored again, sadly)

Harmony ...

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The two people who were in the room had already used Tia's teleportation spell to arrive at their residence in Jilan Town, where they were soaking in the hot spring to wash themselves.

Having just had an in-depth conversation, neither of them was in the mood to talk much for the time being.

Tia leaned against the edge of the hot spring pool with her eyes slightly narrowed, seemingly meditating, her magical energy rising and falling rhythmically like the tides.

Seeing this, Valensa didn't disturb Tia. She asked the maid for another large glass of iced juice, leaned against the other side of the hot spring pool, and slowly drank it while reactivating the community function of the Dimensional Hardware Store terminal.

Valensa and Mai Asakura's chat was abruptly interrupted because of Tia, but shortly afterward, Vi appeared and exchanged hundreds of messages with Mai Asakura, the topic still being the all-round evolution of life levels.

Surprisingly, Wei, who lives in a purely technological civilization, had already planned her own evolutionary path.

The evolution of life in a cyberpunk civilization is, of course, inseparable from mechanical ascension.

However, Wei's mechanical ascension plan is different from traditional mechanical ascension. She does not intend to replace her entire body with prosthetics, but plans to use a kind of nanorobot to replace her own cells and turn herself into a nanocluster life form.

This is undoubtedly a kind of cutting-edge technology that surpasses many of the technologies in Wei's world, but Wei has already obtained a lot of key technologies through the Dimensional Hardware Store, and the progress is already quite high. As long as she obtains some rare mineral resources, she can start experimenting.

Unfortunately, most of those mineral resources are controlled by Arasaka Group's competitors, so Vi has been very busy lately... busy waging corporate wars and seizing her rivals' assets.