The story of the black silk female knight

Valensa, looking embarrassed, smoothed her hair and said ingratiatingly:

"Then, honey, tell me about it?"

"This is one of Her Majesty's most famous policies."

Tia shrugged helplessly:

"Although Her Majesty the Queen has many controversies regarding her private life and personality, she is still an excellent ruler and a wise monarch who can consider the happiness of the people."

However, no matter how wise a king is, there will always be some greedy, corrupt, foolish and incorrigible officials who deceive their superiors and subordinates, even abusing their power to exploit the people and direct their discontent at the king.

Her Majesty the Queen is ruthless when it comes to eliminating such trash, but she also has her own cultivation and private life. She spends most of her time on Jade Island and doesn't leave her home, so it's impossible for her to frequently travel to various places to understand the true conditions of the people.

Therefore, to prevent those local officials from causing trouble, Her Majesty set up a bronze chest here and entrusted it to warriors who were absolutely loyal to her to guard.

Any citizen can drop letters into the copper box to expose corrupt officials. The letters in the copper box will be transported directly to Jade Island via a teleportation spell inside the box... Afterwards, Her Majesty the Queen will use some means to verify the contents of the letters.

Once the contents of the letters from the public are verified to be true, the officials exposed will at best die a dignified death, while many will suffer painful punishments and even have their souls atoned for... After all, Her Majesty the Queen is most proficient in dark magic and necromancy.

Of course, falsely accusing innocent people is also unacceptable. If it is verified that a false accusation was made, the person who placed the letter in the copper box will also be subject to very severe punishment.

"I see...that's a pretty good approach."

Valensa immediately thought of the bronze box set up by the famous empress in her previous life.

In fact, the empress's original intention in setting up the copper box was probably good; she wanted to directly understand the people's conditions and not be deceived by the ministers' sweet talk.

Unfortunately, it was later used by treacherous officials and cruel bureaucrats, becoming a weapon to persecute virtuous ministers.

But Queen Himiko's policy should eliminate this concern... because this world possesses supernatural powers, and Queen Himiko has the ability to ensure that the letters in the bronze box are not switched, and also the ability to ascertain whether the contents of the letters are true or false accusations.

But...

Valensa looked curiously at the dozen or so people queuing up:

"Are the officials in Chuyun City so unpopular now? So many people are coming to file complaints?"

"That's not it."

This time, it was Chiba Grass who answered with a smile:

"Since the copper box was established, very few officials have dared to oppress the people... Even if they want to make money, they usually cooperate with merchants."

So for a long time now, very few people have written complaints about this bronze box... Most of them are thank-you letters from the public to Her Majesty the Queen.

Although many of the people had poor literacy skills, even grammatical errors and numerous spelling mistakes, Her Majesty seemed to appreciate such sincere gratitude… My sisters say that Her Majesty often had her maids read these letters to her while she was having sex with them, and when she was pleased, she would even instruct my sisters to send ninjas directly to the letter writers to deliver rewards.”

...So she's actually a queen with a strong sense of vanity who loves to be flattered.

Valensa thought to herself.

But then she thought about it again, and realized that she also really liked it when people praised her for being beautiful, smart, and strong... Maybe all women are like that?

The landmark tour came to an end, and Valensa and her friends followed Thousand Leaf Grass to their next destination for a unique skin care treatment.

After Valensa and her group left, all the tourists near the statue of Queen Himiko, whether they were taking photos or queuing to drop letters into the bronze box, stopped what they were doing and quickly dispersed like professional soldiers.

More than ten minutes later, actual tourists arrived, admiring Her Majesty's statue and marveling at its grandeur.

"Thankfully, this place has reopened. Who knows when I'll be able to come to Chuyun City again?"

Another extremely agile black-clad warrior quickly entered the Imperial Palace Inn, arrived at Imperial Palace Bu's office, and gently knocked on the door.

"How is it? Is everything alright with the statue?"

Di Tangbu asked with great concern.

"Nothing happened, but it almost did. Young Master Bu is indeed a prophet."

The black-clad warrior first flattered his superior before explaining:

"Fortunately, you ordered us to clear out the tourists around the statue and replace them with our own people, which allowed us to recognize the intruder with ulterior motives at a glance and catch him in advance."

That guy must have been very dissatisfied with Her Majesty's previous decree, and he hid many self-destruct spells on himself, intending to commit suicide in front of the statue and defile it with his blood.

"...I knew she was a jinx! Wherever she goes, trouble follows!"

Di Tangbu wiped non-existent sweat from his forehead, speechless, and quickly asked:

"So, what's next? Is everything arranged?"

"It's all arranged, please rest assured, Young Master Bu."

The black-clad warrior answered confidently:

"The shop where those distinguished guests are going for a specialty skin care treatment is our own shop. I've already instructed the guys to increase security at the shop and replaced all the other customers with our own people."

"Very good, but we can't be careless, understand?"

"Yes, Young Master Bu."

……

"...This is the special skincare treatment you recommended, Cao Cao?"

In a shop that resembled a large spa, Valencia watched other customers receiving specialty skin treatments in the treatment area, utterly speechless.

Valensa had seen this special skincare treatment before, back when Thousand Leaf Grass had just arrived in Fran, when Valensa and Tia were strolling through the Four Islands Alliance Merchant Market in the port of Fran.

A unique type of octopus inhabits only the waters near the Four Islands Alliance. It enjoys using its tentacles to wrap around humans, using small suckers on its tentacles to suck up dead skin cells, dirt accumulated in hair follicles, and other impurities. The special liquid secreted by the octopus's tentacles also has excellent moisturizing and skin-care effects on human skin.

Judging from the results, this octopus does indeed have excellent skin care functions, but wearing a swimsuit with very little fabric and being tightly bound by tentacles is just too arousing and shameful!

More importantly, if it were just about being entangled by octopuses with pretty girls, that would be one thing, but why are there also quite a few men getting special skin treatments on those soft mats soaking in water in the treatment area?

"Don't worry, big sister~"

Seemingly sensing Valensa's displeasure, Thousand Leaf Grass quickly explained:

"The lobby is only for ordinary guests. Distinguished guests like you, Sister, will definitely receive services in private rooms. You don't need to worry about being seen in your revealing swimsuit by strange men."

Furthermore, those octopuses don't have any desire for humans; they only provide services to satisfy their specific dietary needs. So there's no need to worry about the octopus harming sensitive areas. The tentacles will only help clean your skin and make it more moisturized.

"Big sister, why don't you try it? It's very comfortable, I really like it!"

"That's...ok."

After hearing what Thousand Leaf Grass said, Valensa was indeed somewhat tempted.

Since we're already here, and it's just a rather unique biological spa, why not give it a try?

This store was also invested in by the Ditang family. After Valensa took out the blue snowflake badge, she immediately received VIP treatment.

She booked two private rooms for three people... She shared one room with Tia and Chiba, while Melody and Giluhari used the other one.

The private room was quite large, with three large rectangular bathtubs, each with cushions and a white, semi-transparent octopus about the size of a person with more than ten tentacles.

Since everyone in the room was their own family, in order to better enjoy the service, Valensa and the other two simply didn't wear swimsuits. After taking off their clothes and having the waitress apply a layer of special essential oil, they went into the bathtub and lay down on the soft cushions.

Soon, the octopuses, like ants attracted by honey, quickly extended their tentacles and wrapped them around the three girls.

At first, Valensa was a little nervous... After all, she had played too many of those kinds of games and read too many of those kinds of comics in her previous life. The noble female knight would eventually fall into the clutches of tentacles.

However, once she was actually entangled with him, Valensa realized she had been overthinking things... Although she looked like she should be quite aroused, she didn't actually feel aroused at all. Instead, she felt more like she was being scrubbed by a highly skilled masseur in a luxury bathhouse, with her whole body being scrubbed.

...Yes, it is quite comfortable.

Chapter 56 Watching the beauties fight!

Comfortable time always flies by. Valensa felt like she had only dozed off for a short while, and nearly two hours had passed.

The octopus, having eaten its fill, lay limp, released its tentacles, and stopped moving. The special skincare treatment was over.

Although Valensa didn't feel anything other than the comfort of a scrub, massage, or spa treatment, she could tell that this unique skincare treatment was indeed effective.

It may not be of much use to advanced practitioners who can cleanse and strengthen themselves with bio-energy, but ordinary people can indeed use this treatment to cleanse their skin of dirt and dead skin cells, and make their skin whiter, smoother, and more radiant.

This octopus, a specialty of the Shishima Dominion (Four Islands Alliance), is truly a top-tier biological skincare product and beauty tool.

Tia also felt much more comfortable, and Thousand Leaf Grass, who had just been entangled by the octopus tentacles, enjoyed sleeping soundly until the treatment was over.

"This place is really nice."

"Those octopuses are very skilled; it's very comfortable."

"I always thought that only women liked this kind of tentacle play, but it turns out that men can enjoy it too."

After meeting up with Melody and the others, the three of them were equally full of praise for the service. They all decided to come and enjoy it several more times during their trip to Chuyun City.

The group chatted as they walked and soon left the unique skin care shop, preparing to return to their hotel to meet up with Ditangbu so they could watch the evening's performance together.

Just as they were about to leave, they saw several more warriors in black emerge from the shop, each carrying two large black bags, each nearly as tall as a person, containing what appeared to be the corpses of some kind of creature.

It's that special kind of octopus.

Valensa immediately recalled her experience at the market last time and quickly stopped the black-clad warrior:

"Wait! What are you doing? You're not planning to take the octopus that served us and sell it to someone else, are you?"

"what?"

The black-clad warrior was clearly taken aback for a moment before realizing what was happening and said:

“Miss Paladin, you must have seen this kind of situation in Fran, right? Don’t worry, we don’t do this kind of business locally… Fran’s situation is actually a last resort. The seawater and environment there are not suitable for these octopuses to survive. The white octopuses that are brought there will die after a short time, so after serving customers once or twice, they are treated as food.”

But it's different here. Each skilled white octopus works for about 5 years until they die of old age before being disposed of.

We are indeed processing some whitened octopus right now, but not for food preparation. They've encountered some problems, and continuing to work with them could potentially harm our customers, so we have to deal with them.

Before Valensa could ask any more questions, the black-clad warrior opened the bag in his hand and showed her the white octopus.

Indeed, this white octopus was acting strangely, appearing quite bloodthirsty and crazed, almost a completely different creature from the white octopuses that had been providing services in the bathtub of the private room.

"...Sorry to disturb your work."

Realizing she had indeed misunderstood, Valensa politely apologized and walked back to her friends, continuing towards the hotel.

The black-clad warrior who had just been questioned breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the fine sweat from his face.

Meanwhile, Teidou Ayumu, who was already waiting in the lobby of the Teidou Inn, received a report from a Teidou family samurai:

"Young Master Bu is truly a prophet; something really did happen at that shop this afternoon."

"What happened? Are any guests injured?" Di Tangbu asked hurriedly.

"No, Young Master Bu, please rest assured."

The black-clad warrior who reported first gave a self-satisfied smile before continuing:

"Young Master Bu, do you still remember that store launched a new service last year, but it ran into trouble and was forced to be taken off the shelves?"

"Last year's new service... was forced to be taken down..."

Ditang Bu thought back for a moment:

"You mean that special fish spa foot treatment? The one where a customer had a special constitution that caused the little fish, which were supposed to only eat skin flakes and dirt from her feet, to go crazy and devour a lot of her flesh and blood?"

I remember the family already settled that matter, right? The victim received a large sum of compensation and then said they wouldn't pursue it further.

"It was indeed resolved at the time, and the victim's family said they would not pursue the matter further."

The black-clad warrior said helplessly:

"But the victim herself seems to have been harboring resentment and wanting revenge. She has been planning and preparing for this for the past year, and even used the compensation she received to win over two employees in the store to work with her from the inside."

This afternoon, with the help of those two traitors, the victim secretly mixed his alchemically purified blood essence into the white octopus's resting pool, causing more than ten white octopuses to enter a bloodthirsty frenzy.

Fortunately, because VIPs were coming to the shop in the afternoon, the brothers had increased manpower and kept a close watch, which prevented the revenge attempt from succeeding... If those bloodthirsty, frenzied white octopuses had actually been used to serve customers, it could have caused a real disaster.

"..."

The imperial hall was silent.

While the whitening octopus feels comfortable to use, its whitening effect is actually not very meaningful for practitioners.

Therefore, the store's real regular customers are mostly ordinary people who genuinely need skin care, and many of them are ladies from wealthy or aristocratic families.

If these guests were to be attacked by the bloodthirsty, white octopus... the Teido family would not only have to pay a huge sum of money, but they might also completely offend many people.

That was a close call!

Di Tangbu's feelings were quite complicated.