The story of the black silk female knight

It's like a student who has been bullied for a long time, and after failing to resist again and getting beaten up, he has no choice but to obediently hand over all his pocket money as protection money.

Radiant-rank monsters possess intelligence no less than that of humans, and the Queen Bee is no exception.

Its pitiful, human-like behavior immediately made Valensa find it somewhat adorable.

So Valensa put away her weapons and walked over to the queen bee, stroking her plump, white body a couple of times.

Surprisingly, it didn't have the greasy and disgusting feeling I had imagined. Instead, it was cool, soft, and smooth, like a large block of creamy ice cream or pudding.

Seemingly sensing Valensa's goodwill, the bees stopped attacking. The queen bee even pitifully nuzzled Valensa, vaguely transmitting a signal through pheromones:

Could you please not take it all and leave some for me?

"rest assured."

Valensa smiled:

"I don't need much, I'll save some for you."

Indeed, Valensa did not take all the royal jelly from the hive; she only collected less than a third of it.

At this point, the royal jelly of the Demon-Devouring Bee has been successfully obtained. Only three more special pheromone solvent materials are needed to activate the self-destruction of the Wild Beast's genes.

When Valensa left the hive, Tia and Elanfiel had already finished their discussion. Judging from her thoughtful expression, she must have gained a lot.

The group returned to Elanfiel's residence by the same route. Valensa and Tia stayed there for two more days, asking Elanfiel for all sorts of knowledge about witches.

All good things must come to an end. Counting the time, Valensa and Tia have been in the Witch's Forest for several days now. They have achieved all their main objectives, and it's time for them to leave.

However, Valensa and Tia did not plan to return directly to Fran, because there was another material for the special pheromone solvent that needed to be found in the Witch's Forest.

Ribeye steak from the Qingge Giant Roast Beef.

Elanfiel didn't have any specific information about this material, but she introduced Valensa to a small village deep in the Witch's Forest, saying that there was an expert there who was proficient in all beef ingredients and might be able to help Valensa.

So after leaving Elanfeel's place, Valensa, along with Tia, used the map Elanfeel had given them and the safe route drawn on it to spend most of the day finding the small village where the beef ingredient expert lived.

It's called a small village, but it's not that big at all. There are only three buildings in total, and it looks more like the kind of large inns along the main road that Valensa saw in her previous life's martial arts films.

The largest wooden house was Valensa and Tia's destination.

This wooden house is really similar to an inn... It has a total of 4 floors. The first floor is a restaurant, and the upper three floors are guest rooms, with about 10 rooms on each floor.

According to Ailanfeier, there are six similar places in the Witch Forest, and most people who come to the Witch Forest from outside the forest on business will stay here temporarily.

The beef ingredient expert that Valensa and Tia were looking for lived here and also did business in the lobby on the first floor.

The restaurant on the first floor here is not run by the hotel owner alone. It's more like a food court in Valencia's previous life's shopping mall, with multiple shops operating in the restaurant at the same time, and guests sharing the tables and chairs.

They had spent almost the entire day traveling, and when Valensa and Tia arrived, it was just as the sun was setting and it was dinnertime. The restaurant on the first floor of the hotel was quite lively.

Those who come to stay at the inn in the Witch's Forest are not just ordinary tourists; most of them are adventurers who come here to train or look for opportunities.

Many were alone, but even more were in groups of three or five, and the proportion of those who were at the Radiant Rank was unmatched in the western part of the continent.

Valensa took a quick look around when she entered. There were about 50 people dining in the restaurant on the first floor, of whom at least a third were Radiant-rank experts.

Moreover, since this is the Witch's Forest, almost half of the guests are witches. They all wear alluring witch robes with high slits up to their waists and various openings on their chests, and each of them is beautiful and has a hot figure.

If this were an adventurer's tavern in Fran or America, so many beautiful female spellcasters would definitely be teased and harassed by adventurers... at the very least, they would exchange a few flirtatious remarks. Even in a place as peaceful and honest as Sergin Town, this kind of thing is unavoidable. Valensa was whistled at quite a bit when she first arrived.

But in the inn and restaurant of this Witch Forest, it's completely different... the roles of hunter and prey are completely reversed.

There was a handsome young man who was being attacked from both sides by two hot witches... The two witches were like old scoundrels harassing a young girl, telling very explicit dirty jokes while touching the handsome young man inappropriately.

The handsome young man was already blushing furiously. He tried to say goodbye and leave several times, but failed each time. In the end, the two witches poured him several bowls of wine and carried him upstairs in a princess carry.

Although the two witches were both beautiful and had hot figures, none of the men in the restaurant envied the handsome young man. Instead, they all looked at him with pity, and some groups were even whispering among themselves.

Valensa's ears twitched, and with great curiosity, she enhanced her hearing with her mental power, taking in all the discussions.

Sure enough, those two witches were quite famous here. They were locals from the Witch Forest and often wandered around the inns in the Witch Forest, looking for handsome young men from outside the area to prey on.

The taste of witches is naturally wonderful, let alone two at once... But not everyone can enjoy the beauty of witches... Every handsome young man who encounters those two witches will be captured and locked in a room and bullied for several days, and then have to lie in bed for about a month.

Other witches aren't quite as outrageous, but they're all pretty hot and daring. There are quite a few witches in the restaurant actively seducing or flirting with strangers.

The number of witches involved in seducing men and those who seduce each other is roughly equal, while some witches seem to be indifferent to both men and women.

Even though Tia and Valensa acted like a couple after entering the restaurant, they were still approached by several witches... Surprisingly, most of the witches were targeting Tia, and many of the witches who didn't approach her were quite interested in her.

"...It must be a problem with my identity."

Tia pondered for a moment, and quickly understood the reason:

"I was still wearing the apprentice robes of the Sage's Tower. They must have thought I was the future sage of the Sage's Tower... For a witch, nothing is more satisfying than turning a female mage who should have become a sage into a witch... I became their prey."

"Tsk... If it weren't for you, a paladin of considerable strength, by my side, I feel like they would have forcibly taken me upstairs to a hotel room, taken advantage of me, and corrupted me."

"Don't worry, Tia is mine. I'll beat up anyone who tries to take her away!"

Upon hearing this, Valensa quickly hugged Tia and kissed her to declare her ownership, while glaring fiercely at the witches around her.

The witches weren't afraid at all; instead, they flirted with Valensa even more provocatively. One witch even sat in the lap of a muscular man who looked like her boyfriend or husband, acting coquettishly, while secretly flirting with Valensa.

Faced with these true witches, Valencia had to admit that she was still far from ready.

Fortunately, although quite a few witches still glanced at them and occasionally gave them flirty looks, they were just like the men who used to whistle at Valencia in the adventurer's tavern... that was it, they wouldn't actually do anything.

So Valensa and Tia quickly stopped paying attention to the witches' stares and started looking for their target among the food stalls around the restaurant.

The target wasn't hard to find... A food stall run by an expert who is well-versed in all beef ingredients must be serving beef-related dishes.

In the entire hotel's first-floor restaurant, there is only one stall specializing in beef dishes.

The stall seemed to have been recently renovated; it looked very new and had two signs, one above the other.

Chapter 46 Tia's Fright

The sign above is slightly larger, but it is obviously older, probably an old sign. The main products of the stall are written in very neat handwriting, all of which are beef dishes.

Pan-fried steak, braised beef chunks, beef tripe and mushroom soup, steak burgers, and beef bone marrow rice are all classic ways to enjoy beef.

But the sign below is different. It's new, but much smaller, and the handwriting is quite flamboyant, perfectly expressing the writer's excitement when writing those words.

[New Arrival! Shocking! Absolutely Amazing! You'll Regret Not Trying It! Blooming Flower Beef Ramen!]

Beef noodles?

Isn't this the dish I brought to this world? It's even being sold in the Witch's Forest? And it seems to be quite popular?

After seeing the sign, Valensa became curious and finally turned her attention away from the beautiful, sexy and bold witches, and began to carefully observe the beef dishes at her target stall.

It turned out that the target stall was actually the most popular one in the hotel, with several people still queuing up in front of it, and they all seemed to be ordering the beef noodles.

Valensa glanced at the other tables in the restaurant, and sure enough... nearly a third of the people had a large bowl in front of them, slurping up steaming hot beef noodles with their forks.

...Is this beef noodle soup really that delicious?

As the person who brought beef ramen to the world, Valensa's curiosity and competitive spirit were immediately aroused.

She observed the stall again and found that only one uncle was operating it. He should be the beef ingredient expert that Ailanfeier mentioned, but he was very busy at the moment. Going up to him directly to ask about the Qingge Giant Rump Beef Ribeye Steak might offend him.

With this in mind, Valensa suggested to Tia:

"Shall we try his beef noodles? We can ask about the pork cutlet later when it's lunchtime?"

"it is good."

Tia readily nodded:

"I'm also very interested in this popular beef ramen... I wonder which tastes better, yours or mine?"

"Try it and you'll see."

Valensa immediately pulled Tia to join the queue.

The person standing in front of them happened to be a beautiful and fiery witch, the one who had just flirted with Valensa and Tia.

So Valensa went up to chat her up and, incidentally, asked for information:

"Hey, witch sister, is the food at this shop really that good? Why are you all queuing up? You could have bought food right away from other stalls."

"Huhu~~"

The witch was clearly delighted that Valensa had taken the initiative to speak to her, and even gave her companion a rather smug look before smiling and replying:

“Knight sister, this must be your first time here, right? No wonder you don’t know... This stall is quite famous throughout the Witch Forest. Their beef dishes are especially good, and the owner is known as the most knowledgeable person about beef. He used to be a diamond-level member of the Fran Culinary Association.”

You've found the right person!

Valensa thought to herself, "Yay!" and then asked curiously:

"Why 'before'? Has he fallen out with the Food Association?"

"Hmm, I heard it's because of differing philosophies."

Since she had nothing better to do while waiting in line, the witch became quite talkative:

"Since several rare ingredients became completely extinct hundreds of years ago, the Food Association has adopted a protection strategy for some rare ingredients... Before the quantity of the ingredient reaches a certain level, the association will not only prohibit hunting of the ingredient, but will also send people to protect the ingredient."

The owner of this stall, however, believed that all ingredients were meant to be eaten. He argued that even if some old ingredients were eaten to extinction, new ones would be born and discovered… Therefore, he often ignored the Food Association's prohibitions and secretly hunted for protected ingredients, eventually leading to his expulsion from the association.

"So that's it."

Valensa nodded, then asked curiously:

"Is his beef noodle soup delicious?"

"Of course it's delicious! Nothing feels better than a bowl of steaming hot beef noodles after a day of intense fighting, followed by a bath and a good night's sleep! Of course... it would be even better if a pretty girl or a handsome guy were there to keep you company while you slept... cough cough."

Seemingly realizing that her words were too explicit and would lower the paladin sister's favor, the witch quickly coughed:

"In short, this beef food stall is definitely the best one here, and their best dish right now is the new beef noodles... especially the beef ball in the noodles, which is made from a mixture of 16 different types of beef. The texture and taste are absolutely amazing... It's a pity that the owner won't sell these beef balls separately, and there's only one in a bowl of noodles, otherwise I could eat a whole pot of them in one meal!"

"Really? Then we must try it."

As they were talking, the line suddenly moved forward a lot, and it was almost time for Valensa and her group to get to the front of the line.

Because a single pot of ramen can yield several bowls, each batch can satisfy several groups of customers at once.

By this time, the witch in front of Valensa had become the first customer in line. It was obviously inappropriate to discuss the stall owner from such a close distance, so they stopped chatting.

After waiting for about ten more minutes, a new pot of ramen was finally ready, and Valensa and Tia were able to buy their own ramen.

This ramen is quite expensive, costing 50 gold coins a bowl... Even ordinary nobles couldn't afford to eat it every day at that price.

However, to be honest, 50 gold coins per serving isn't expensive for high-end cuisine... after all, many rare ingredients are quite ridiculously expensive.

The problem is that it's just a bowl of beef noodles... even with the name "Blooming Flower," it's still just a bowl of beef noodles.

The soup was made from the bones of cattle, the vegetables were just ordinary scallions and cilantro, and the noodles were made from ordinary wheat flour... All these costs combined probably didn't even amount to 50 copper coins.

As for the so-called blooming flowers, they are quite eye-catching.

At the very top of the noodles, thinly sliced ​​beef is arranged in the shape of flower petals, with a beef ball in the very center serving as the bud.

Valensa had observed the beef and it was indeed much better than regular beef, but it was still only the meat of Pearl-level or Lighthouse-level bovine monsters. It might be slightly more expensive in Fran, but it shouldn't be worth much in a place like the Witch's Forest... The cost of those few slices of beef was at most 1 gold coin.

The reason why this bowl of beef noodles can sell for 50 gold coins and attract so many customers must be because of that beef ball... There's only one beef ball in a bowl of noodles.

Valensa and Tia were both quite curious about it. After buying the noodles, they immediately found an empty table and sat down, intending to savor this magical beef ball.

Because of their casual conversation and information gathering, Valensa and the witch had become somewhat acquainted, so after sitting down, Valensa greeted her with a smile, which made her a little slower than Tia.

Tia had long been curious about the beef ball, so after sitting down at the table, she couldn't wait to use her fork to poke at it, intending to taste the most essential part of the bowl of noodles first.

Just as Tia was about to touch the beef ball with her fork, she suddenly felt a moment of disorientation... as if she had just woken up from a dream.

The process was quick, taking no more than four or five seconds... Valensa had just finished greeting the witch and was picking up her fork to eat her noodles.

But the beef balls that Tia was ready to enjoy were nowhere to be found!

...Where's my beef ball? Where's my huge beef ball?

Tia was speechless, but not particularly surprised... She assumed that Valensa had greedily stolen her beef balls at lightning speed.

So Tia unceremoniously poked at Valensa's bowl with her fork, intending to snatch Valensa's beef balls and eat them.

when!

However, Tia's fork was immediately blocked by Valensa's fork. Tia angrily looked up to glare at Valensa, only to see Valensa's amused and exasperated expression.