The story of the black silk female knight

Fine beads of sweat constantly appeared on her jade-like skin, her cheeks were slightly flushed, her breathing was noticeably rapid, and her slightly parted lips couldn't help but let out a soft moan:

"This...how can this be...how can it feel so comfortable?"

At that moment, Valensa was quite shocked.

It's unclear what kind of advanced technology this spaceship uses... The solar energy it absorbs through its four wings is not converted into electricity and stored in capacitors, but is stored in the energy center in the most primitive form of stellar thermal radiation energy.

As the energy center was covered by Valensa's domain, that enormous and pure energy was swallowed up by the abyssal vortex.

Afterwards, this pure stellar energy entered Valensa's body through the domain, flowing joyfully throughout her entire body and deeply integrating with every cell of hers.

Yes, jubilation… Valensa could vaguely sense the emotions emanating from these solar energies.

They were like poor working people who were forced to work overtime every day by a heartless boss who didn't pay them wages, and they were so eager to finally meet a rich and beautiful young lady who was willing to take care of them... They were overjoyed and merged with Valensa like parched land receiving rain.

As every cell in her body continuously absorbed this pure solar energy, Valensa could clearly feel herself becoming much stronger.

It felt just like being strengthened in the enhancement machine at the Dimensional Hardware Store before, only this time it was much more intense than when I devoured the Radiant Beast.

If we calculate it like a card-collecting game, that Radiant Beast only slightly affected Valensa's experience bar, but the pure solar energy she absorbed this time allowed her to level up several times.

Valensa hadn't felt this way in a long time.

However... just like how she had to lean against the wall to walk slowly after each enhancement, the intense feeling of pure solar energy fusing with her body cells was coming in waves, quickly overwhelming Valensa.

She lay sprawled on the surface of the sea in her own territory, sitting like a duck, her breathing becoming increasingly labored, her tongue involuntarily sticking out, her eyes rolling back, her mind blank.

Fortunately, all the Cyborg soldiers who were caught up in the field were already dead, otherwise they would have seen the female knight, who was originally as invincible as a demon, now unable to move like a heroine who had crashed in a strange comic.

"It feels so...so good...so amazing!"

Just as Valencia's breathing became increasingly rapid, and judging from the rhythm she was about to reach a critical point, the world around her suddenly became bizarre and surreal. A stronger force forcibly pushed her domain back into her body, causing her to let out another muffled groan.

The duration of the friend summoning ended just in time... Valensa was kicked out of Vie's world and returned to her room in the capital of Fran.

Chapter 37 Good Night

Just as Valensa was enjoying the pleasure of her cells absorbing energy more and more intensely, she was forcibly interrupted, and she suddenly felt very uncomfortable, like she was experiencing withdrawal symptoms.

This made her deep, azure eyes almost turn pink. She twisted the blanket into a long strip, then rolled around on the bed with her black-stockinged legs between it.

Melina, hearing the commotion, came in to check on the situation with some concern, only to be tackled to the ground by Valensa, whose actions were noticeably more aggressive than usual.

……

More than an hour later.

"Oh, I'm sorry, Melina, I was just a little too excited."

Valensa kissed Melina's eyelids, which were already drooping, and used holy light to restore Melina's somewhat exhausted state before jumping out of bed.

Melina smiled indulgently, and without trying to be strong, she continued to lie on Valensa's bed, intending to take a nap and rest.

It is considered a serious breach of duty for a maid to sleep alone in her master's bed.

However, Melina was no longer a maid to Valensa. The other maids in the mansion did not dare to treat Melina as an ordinary head maid, but rather as the mistress.

Although Valensa's public beating and humiliation of her cousin for Melina's sake was just an act, others didn't know it was an act... Especially now that Valensa has become a Radiant Rank, many nobles treat Melina with equal courtesy when dealing with her.

Unlike Melina, who was exhausted and just wanted to sleep even after being slightly restored by the Holy Light, Valensa looked very energetic... Even though she had already drunk two cups of milk tea in the afternoon, fought a space battleship, and exhausted Melina, she was still full of energy and could fight for several more days.

Female knights are known for their endurance, and Valensa's own evil god bloodline and repeated strengthening and tempering from divine power have made her physical attributes quite exaggerated.

In gaming terms, her stamina bar is not only very long, but it also recovers very quickly... Unless she encounters an extraordinary being like a great witch, she is not afraid of attrition warfare at all. Many times, her stamina consumption is not even as fast as her automatic recovery.

Melina was resting in bed when Valensa had the other maids prepare a dinner for her with plenty of meat. As she ate, she opened the membership terminal interface of the Dimensional Hardware Store.

She was forcibly kicked back from the previous battle because her time was up, and she doesn't know the outcome yet.

Although Valensa was quite confident... after all, she had swallowed up the energy center of that space battleship with her domain, it would be best to ask her anyway.

The community feature on the Dimensional Hardware Store terminal doesn't send notifications when friends post new updates. To get notifications, you need to reply to their previous posts.

Valensa quickly scrolled through the posts and found an old one where Vi was discussing clothing coordination with Asakura Mai a couple of days ago. She then replied to Vi in the comments.

[Serious Female Knight: How's it going, sis? That spaceship should be done for, right? Although I was forcibly kicked back because time was up, I still managed to take its power center.]

Wei replied in less than 30 seconds.

[Company Boss's Wife: You really nailed it, sis! Although I don't know the exact situation of that spaceship now, it stopped moving completely shortly after you went in, and the other company surrendered about half an hour ago.]

[The serious female knight: Well then, I congratulate you in advance on your great harvest, sister.]

[Company Boss's Wife: It's all thanks to your help, sister! I should be the one saying thank you~]

The two chatted politely for a few minutes before Valensa changed the subject.

[Serious Female Knight: By the way, ladies, does your Arasaka Corporation have the technology to store solar energy for that space battleship?]

This wasn't a whim of Valensa's; it was an idea she had before contacting Vivi.

The energy center of that space battleship was an excellent learning opportunity for Valensa.

If Arasaka Corporation also had this technology, it could create a giant solar energy absorption device to store solar energy for Valensa to absorb periodically, then Valensa could become stronger even faster!

For this reason, Valensa is willing to provide Vi with more and better magical items, and even consider letting Vi play with them once or twice herself!

Anyway, we're all beautiful women, so we're not at a disadvantage.

[Company Boss's Wife: That technology... I know. It's practically the core technology for their company's aerospace project. It requires a very rare crystal ore resource. Previously, almost all the veins of this crystal ore were controlled by this company, and my evolution also requires this crystal ore, which is why I launched a war against them... Girl, you're not after that crystal ore too, are you?]

This……

Valensa hesitated for a moment, but still told Vivi the truth:

[The serious female knight: To be precise, I'm after the solar energy that can be stored without being converted into electricity... I'm the paladin of the Sun Goddess, after all. Directly absorbing this energy will make me stronger quickly, just like a game character using experience books.]

[The company boss's wife: This...]

Wei remained silent for over a minute before replying to the message again.

[Company Boss's Wife: How about this? Since that company has already surrendered, I'll get my hands on the technology and have our research institute study it thoroughly to see if we can find another way to store solar energy using those crystals. If that doesn't work... I'll prioritize using it for my own evolution, and the extra crystals can be used to build solar energy absorption and storage devices for you, okay?]

[The serious female knight: Of course... Let's make sure your evolution is successful first. It doesn't matter if I level up a little later, I'm already very strong anyway.]

[Company Boss's Wife: Hehe... I knew you were as magnanimous as you seem! Don't worry, sis, once I successfully evolve, the remaining crystal ore will all be yours... Anyway, the mainstream energy storage method here is still capacitors. That solar energy storage technology is amazing, but it's not very meaningful without developing long-distance space travel technology.]

[The serious female knight: Okay, then I'll wait for your good news.]

After swallowing a large beef leg bone, meat and all, in a few bites, Valensa thought for a moment and then added a sentence.

[The Serious Female Knight: By the way, is there anything else you need, sister? You can tell me first.]

[Company Boss's Wife: Let me think... umm...]

About half a minute later, Wei replied again.

[Company Boss: By the way... if you could, could you perhaps upgrade those undead? Those undead employees who can work tirelessly are certainly very useful, but we've also discovered a problem... if you could solve that, they would be even more useful.]

[The Serious Female Knight: What's the problem?]

[Company Boss's Wife: We've discovered that while the spirits retain memories and knowledge from their past lives, they simply can't learn any new skills... We're a technologically advanced civilization here; researchers who can't learn new knowledge will likely return to their slumber in a few years... Miyuki thinks this is a real waste. Could you perhaps find a way to allow the spirits to learn new knowledge and work for the company tirelessly forever?]

[The Serious Female Knight: Well… I don’t know much about necromancy either. I can ask a skilled expert later… but I think it should be fine. The magical item I gave you that can resurrect the undead was originally made by a necromancer for a wealthy merchant who wanted to see his family again, so the resurrected undead aren’t very high-level… High-level undead can become stronger through training and should be able to learn new knowledge.]

[Company Boss's Wife: Great! ...If it can work out, that would be wonderful...Miyuki is a very sentimental person, and she really doesn't want to be separated from those excellent employees by death. She hopes that those excellent employees can work for her forever...I also want to make her happy.]

[The serious female knight: ...Well, whatever makes you happy, sis.]

Those unscrupulous capitalists should all be hung up like streetlights!

Even hanging streetlights is too lenient; it would be better to pierce them and then stand them up as a warning!

After mentally grumbling a few times, Valensa quickly resumed eating the fish head as if nothing had happened.

She is no longer the exploited worker she was in her previous life, and since it's not this world that's being ravaged by capitalists, it doesn't matter anymore.

Hopefully, Vivi and her beautiful boss won't mess things up... If their tyrannical rule is ever overthrown, their fate might be worse than Valensa imagined... I wonder if the Dimensional Hardware Store's friend system has any refuge mechanism?

. . . . .

The afternoon after helping Wei win the company war, Valensa went to have a cup of milk tea and then returned to the underground ruins. As the only Radiant-rank combatant that the expeditionary force could deploy, she maintained a standoff with the powerful beast warriors.

The new trade route plan also passed smoothly in America; the merchants of the Trade Union were much more shrewd than the nobles.

They knew from the beginning that Valencia would not give up the right to operate the trade route itself, and that forcibly demanding it would only leave a bad impression on Valencia and cause them to become enemies.

Therefore, the major families of the Merchant Alliance shared similar ideas with Yashiro, focusing their attention on various supporting businesses along the new trade route. They even planned to build another large town in the southwest corner of America, making it a new economic center together with Gangia, America's largest port, which was already located in the southwest.

After a period of intense competition and discussion, the major families of the Merchant Alliance finally selected the Morgan family, whose headquarters were in Gangdia City and who had a good personal relationship with Valensa, as their representatives to cooperate with Valensa on various new trade routes.

So, after only a few days back in the underground ruins, Valensa traveled to Gundia, America, via the Holy Path of the Church of the Sun.

She is here to sign a formal cooperation agreement with the Morgan family.

The Morgan family had already sent someone to Fran to show Valensa the agreement, and Valensa then asked Yashiro and his team to take a look... Overall, there were no problems, only a few minor linguistic pitfalls, but none of them were serious, and the Morgan family agreed to make the necessary modifications.

Since the agreement had been agreed upon in advance, the formal signing ceremony proceeded very smoothly.

On a bright and sunny midday, witnessed by Elana, the chief priestess of the Church of the Sun in Gandia—who was also Valensa's father's old flame—Valensa and Morgan Sr. completed the signing of their agreement.

That evening, the Morgan family hosted a grand banquet at their estate, treating Valensa to countless delicacies and wines purchased at exorbitant prices from France.

At the party, the Morgan siblings kept trying to woo Valensa... seemingly hoping to take advantage of the night and have something happen between them and the drunk Valensa.

For the Morgan family, it doesn't matter whether Valensa takes a liking to her brother or sister, as long as it can further deepen their relationship... even if it's just a romantic relationship, it doesn't matter.

Unfortunately, ever since the awakening of the evil god's bloodline, Valensa has been completely deprived of the right to get drunk. The Morgan siblings and more than a dozen young people from the merchant families who took turns urging her to drink all ended up getting drunk, but Valensa still showed no signs of intoxication.

Somewhat surprisingly, High Priestess Ilana, who also attended the banquet, had drunk quite a bit of wine and was now quite drunk.

However, Valensa can probably understand that feeling.

Ilana and Valensa's father, Wilson, were childhood sweethearts. If the evil goddess Teresa hadn't succeeded in descending from the heavens, Ilana would have been the Countess of Badr.

Even though she didn't become a countess, Ilana maintained a relationship with Wilson and doted on Valensa from a young age, treating her almost like her own daughter.

Seeing Valensa become a highly decorated Holy Knight at such a young age, and accomplishing feats that are unimaginable to ordinary people, it's understandable that Ilana drank a few more cups in her excitement.

Valensa will have to work a little harder tonight... The High Priest's body is not something ordinary people dare to touch casually, otherwise they might be accused of blasphemy against the goddess and be thrown into the holy flames to be burned to death.

So, Elana, who was completely drunk, had to be taken back to the Church of the Sun by Valensa.

Valensa herself didn't care... She already had guest rooms at both the Gondia Cathedral and the Morgan family estate, so she could stay wherever she wanted.

Although Valensa was somewhat interested in the nighttime service offered by the manor maids that Morgan's sister had mentioned, since Elana was already so drunk, she decided to stay at the cathedral that night instead.

The process of sending Ilana back to the cathedral went smoothly... Valensa used a little trick to minimize her presence while carrying Ilana, and no one noticed her along the way, so there was no need to worry about any comments.

After taking Ilana back to her room, Valensa was about to leave when she was suddenly stopped by the drunk Ilana.

"No...don't go...don't leave me! Wilson..."

Ilana clutched Valensa's clothes tightly, calling out Valensa's father's name, her drunken eyes completely glazed over.

Valensa tried several times, but couldn't get Ilana to let go without hurting her or damaging her clothes.

Shaking her head helplessly, Valensa could only sit down beside Ilana's bed. First, she helped Ilana sit a little higher against the headboard, then took out a fruit with hangover-relieving effects from her storage space and fed it to Ilana bit by bit.

During this time, Ilana kept talking nonsense like she was drunk, and she also talked about many of her memories with Wilson in fits and starts... most of them were pink memories.

Valensa then realized that some of her flaws were not her own fault, but rather a result of her family's genetics.

It's not hard to tell from Elana's intermittent ramblings that Wilson and Elana had their share of mischief in their youth... In fact, their first taste of forbidden fruit was in a small prayer room of the Sun Church in the capital of Fran... Afterwards, they were terrified and honestly repented for several days.

But the Sun Goddess did not punish them. The sense of immorality of secretly doing bad things under the goddess's nose was even more stimulating... So even when Valensa was quite old, Wilson would often go to the Sun Church to pray with Elana in a small room, each time for one to two hours.

Ilana still has deep feelings for Wilson; otherwise, after Wilson's accident, she wouldn't have neglected Valensa and instead hunted down the cultists of the Abyss Spirit Society all over the continent.

Now, if you count the time, it's been almost 6 years since Valensa's father had the accident... For these 6 years, Ilana has been all alone, which must have been very lonely.

This loneliness and longing for Valencia's father all erupted during my drunkenness tonight.

However, Elana is a Radiant-rank expert after all, and if she wanted to, she could completely eliminate the various effects of alcohol on her body.

After being fed a fruit that could help with hangovers, Ilana seemed to sober up considerably... She stopped rambling about her past affairs with Wilson and just sat there leaning against the headboard, staring intently at Valensa.

Ilana had already let go of Valensa's hand, but Valensa didn't rush to leave. Instead, she took Ilana's hand and gently comforted her:

“My father is gone, Aunt Ilana… If his soul is truly watching over us from the Kingdom of God, he would surely be heartbroken to see you like this, wouldn’t he?”

"...Of course I understand the reasoning."

Ilana's eyes glazed over again, and she smiled bitterly: