The story of the black silk female knight

Tia was able to distinguish between the real and the fake, after all, she and Valensa had a mysterious magical link that was intertwined.

But Tia was one of the people in the know about the plan, so naturally she wouldn't expose it. Instead, she chatted and laughed intimately with the fake Valensa like a real couple, which made no one doubt the authenticity of Valensa.

After exchanging a few diplomatic pleasantries at the Chuyun City dock, the people from the Kingdom of Fran boarded the ninja ship one by one and headed to Jade Island under the escort of the ninja troops.

Meanwhile, Valensa, disguised as an ordinary ninja and following Chiba Rui, also successfully met America's representative team.

There are clearly more people here than in Fran, after all, America's internal situation is more complex.

Although there are many nobles in France, they basically belong to the three major factions. So, apart from the royal family, it is enough for each faction to send one representative. For example, Tia represents the border army faction.

America's business alliance consists of hundreds of business families... Although some of these business families share common interests, they can still be divided into at least 20 factions.

This made America's team look even more bloated, but the overall guard strength was also much stronger than expected.

Because many of the people who came to the summit to try their luck representing their families were themselves Radiant-rank powerhouses.

The number of Star-level experts in the entire America team is definitely in the double digits.

However, Valensa did not relax because of this; on the contrary, she became even more nervous and vigilant.

Among these dozen or so Star Glory level experts, who knows how many are traitors and how many are slacking off?

After all, the position of president of the Chamber of Commerce is highly coveted. If other families in the Chamber of Commerce know that someone wants to assassinate the president... they wouldn't necessarily help, but it would be quite normal for them to take the initiative and passively resist.

Therefore, Valensa felt that the only person she could truly trust was herself... well, perhaps the Moon Radiance expert beside the Chamber of Commerce president could also be trusted.

This was the first time Valencia had ever met the president of a contemporary business association in person.

Unlike the stereotypical image of a traditional, conservative old gentleman, this chairman looks quite young, definitely a handsome young man, and has brown hair the same color as Valencia's... If the two of them stood together and claimed to be relatives, probably not many people would doubt it.

The Moonlit Warrior responsible for protecting this guild master was none other than his wife—a beautiful woman with blue eyes and white hair who appeared very gentle.

But Valensa dared not underestimate this blue-eyed, white-haired beauty... after all, she was now a dragon knight and was very sensitive to the aura of dragons.

Valensa recognized at a glance that the blue-eyed, white-haired president's wife was actually a dragon, and a white dragon, the most suitable dragon to be a human wife.

However, what's strange is that the Chamber of Commerce President and this white dragon beauty are clearly married, and their affectionate demeanor doesn't seem fake, yet they haven't signed a Dragon Knight Contract.

This is also the main reason why Valensa cannot completely trust the White Dragon Beauty... Unfortunately, she is currently just an ordinary ninja and has no way to ask.

We can only be on high alert and fully prepared to prevent any possible attack.

However, the anticipated attack did not occur until the ninjas escorted America's team's ship to Jade Island, much to Valensa's surprise.

She quickly went to sense Nana's location and discovered that Fran's team had also arrived successfully, with both sides landing on Jade Island at approximately the same time.

Once inside the Jade Island's grand formation, Valensa no longer needed to be so tense... The formation would monitor everyone's every move in her place, making it much harder for an attack to occur.

While most of the visitors to Jade Island were touring and admiring the island's beautiful scenery and the lovely palace maids, Valensa, disguised as a ninja, secretly broke away from the group and contacted the fake Valensa who was pretending to flirt with Tia, hoping to switch identities back.

After hesitating for a moment, Tia suggested that Valensa not rush into anything.

"What if the enemy actually manages to launch a forced attack on Jade Island? What if the situation becomes worse than we anticipated? In that case... a Valencia in the shadows would be far more useful than a Valencia in the open."

That's what Tia said.

Not only that, she also suggested that Valensa should pretend to be a ninja throughout the entire summit, and let the Phantom Thief Sister do the things that Valensa needs to do on the surface.

Valensa admitted that Tia's suggestion made a lot of sense, but seeing Tia and her other self being so intimate... even though she knew it was just an act, she still felt very uncomfortable.

Tia clearly saw through Valensa's intentions, but instead of restraining herself, she intensified her actions... as if she were retaliating against Valensa for her previous drinking and partying, she deliberately acted very intimately with the fake Valensa in front of Valensa.

Valensa was so angry she was grinding her teeth. She was also really tempted to take her sister right there and then turn her gay.

But business was more important, so Valensa had to suppress her anger and decide to settle things properly after this incident was over.

Now... well, I can only try to avoid seeing it and go back to being a guard ninja.

The advantage of disguising oneself as a ninja is that one can hide and remain unnoticed, then secretly deliver a fatal blow to the enemy when they appear.

The downside is... losing your public identity means you can't get important information as a junior ninja, and you can't easily strike up a conversation with someone you know who knows the information.

You can only rely on your own observation.

Fortunately, things seem to be going smoothly so far.

The people from the Kingdom of Fran and the people from America were all safely taken to their respective resting places by the maids dressed in the Jade Island Palace, and were waiting for the banquet that evening.

The people Valensa had previously suspected and focused on hadn't done anything particularly strange... At most, there was this old nobleman from Fran who was audacious enough to flirt with a maid on Jade Island.

I thought something minor would happen, but to my surprise, the maid didn't refuse and actually followed the lecherous old nobleman into the room.

Valensa, who happened to witness this incident during her patrol and found it rather strange, quickly approached the room of the lewd old nobleman to eavesdrop, wanting to find out which of the two people was acting strangely.

Surprisingly, after listening for a while, I realized that neither of them had any problems.

Valensa, who had been staying on Jade Island for more than 10 days, realized that not all of the beautiful and sexy palace maids on the island were Himiko's concubines.

These maids were divided into two types, distinguished by the patterns on the cuffs of their palace dresses.

The palace maids with cherry blossom patterns are all Himika's personal maids. If you want to flirt with them, be prepared to face a peak Moon-level expert.

However, the palace maids with sunflower patterns on their cuffs were originally part of the Jade Island's service for honored guests... As long as their bodies are not harmed, any guest who can stay overnight on Jade Island can take them back to their room at any time to enjoy them.

That old nobleman from France wasn't just causing trouble for no reason; he had represented France on several diplomatic missions to the Four Islands Alliance and stayed on Jade Island for several nights... The maidservant serving him in his room now was actually his old flame.

While speechless at the situation, Valensa also felt a little regretful.

If she had known that visiting Jade Island would come with this kind of treatment, she would have picked out a few pretty palace maids to bring back to her room to warm her bed a few days ago... It's so lonely sleeping alone.

Just as Valencia was quietly lamenting this small regret, she suddenly heard some commotion coming from the northeast, as if some argument had taken place.

Her heart tightened, and she quickly came to her senses and followed the sound.

As Valensa quietly approached, she discovered that someone was indeed causing trouble... To be precise, a beautiful woman was throwing a tantrum, berating a group of Four Islands Alliance members until they dared not utter a sound, while many guests watched with glee.

Uh... how come it's her?

The beautiful woman, Valensa, was very familiar to her; she was one of the representatives of the Witch Forest at this summit, the Witch of Destruction, Elanfiel.

If they were still using their true identities, Valencia would definitely step forward to persuade them and help resolve the conflict.

But for now, she was just a voluptuous, masked female ninja, and could only listen from the shadows to find out what was going on.

After listening to only a few words, Valencia frowned deeply.

The reason is simple—the three great witches from the Witch Forest were stood up by Himika in Chuyun City; they came to Jade Island on their own.

With the great witches' flying speed, it would only take less than half an hour to travel from Mirror Island to Jade Island, but Elanfeier and her group had only just arrived... They spent most of their time searching for Jade Island, which was hidden by the great formation.

This greatly displeased the witches, who felt that Himika had failed to provide adequate hospitality.

You invited me to your house to discuss something important, and you even said you would come to pick me up in person. But you stood me up and then wouldn't even open the door for me.

Anyway, all three great witches were quite angry... especially Elanfiel, who seemed to have had an unpleasant past with Himiko, and she directly showed her anger.

Faced with the wrath of the Moon-level peak Great Witch, the members of the Four Islands Alliance dared not utter a sound and could only offer bitter smiles.

...That's very strange.

Valensa was also aware of the plan to accommodate the Sage's Tower and the Witch's Forest.

Unlike the two countries, the Sage's Tower and the Witch's Forest don't have many ordinary people's teams. All the people who came were Moon Radiance level experts. They didn't need to take a boat from Chuyun City to Jade Island. They could fly there by themselves, which took about half an hour.

Furthermore, since the two sides had agreed that their arrival times at Chuyun City would differ by about two hours, Himiko decided to personally greet them at Chuyun City.

First, take the three people from the Sage's Tower who arrived first from Chuyun City to Jade Island and settle them in. Then, go back to Chuyun City to pick up the other three people from the Witch's Forest. There is plenty of time.

As a result, the people of the Witch Forest never saw Himika.

How could this be? If that were the case, why would the people on Jade Island be so calm?

Valensa was completely unable to remain calm... Seeing that Tia had hurriedly managed to persuade Elanfiel, who was lashing out at the maids, with the fake Valensa, she quickly found Chiyori and asked what was going on.

Unexpectedly, Chiba Rui was even more surprised:

"Isn't this part of your and His Majesty's plan?"

"What?"

Valensa was startled, sensing that something terrible might be going wrong, and hurriedly asked:

"What do you mean by 'it's my plan with His Majesty'? Where is His Majesty? Shouldn't she have brought the people from the Sage's Tower back by now? Why haven't we seen them?"

"……not at all."

Chiba Rui seemed to realize the seriousness of the situation, gritted her teeth, and said in a deep voice:

"His Majesty went to Chuyun City to welcome the person from the Sage's Tower and has not returned. She has been keeping in touch with us using communication spells."

"What did she say? When did you first contact her? When was the last time you contacted her?" Valensa asked hurriedly.

"It started... in the afternoon, I think."

Chiba Rui recalled carefully:

"At the time, I was still on the ship escorting America's people. It was people from Jade Island who contacted me and asked me to help contact His Majesty... The only people who could contact His Majesty at any time were my sister and me."

The people of Jade Island said that the expected time for the guests of the Sage's Tower to arrive on the island has arrived, but the guests and His Majesty have not yet appeared, and they asked me to inquire about the situation.

I was a little nervous at the time, so I quickly used a communication spell.

I didn't expect Her Majesty to reply so quickly... She said she had received the sages and was currently implementing the real plan she and I had devised. She told me to remain calm and just fulfill my duties as planned... Everything that seemed illogical was simply part of the plan.

"We never actually made any plan! The original plan and the backup plan that you know are our entire plan!"

Valensa stomped her foot in annoyance:

"And then? How many more times did you contact His Majesty?"

"...not many times, I guess."

Chiba Rui thought for a moment and said:

"It's just that His Majesty hasn't shown up on Jade Island for a long time, and they've asked me several times. Every time, I would ask His Majesty again, and His Majesty would reply that he was carrying out the plan and told me not to worry about it."

Just now, when the Witch of Destruction was angry, I also asked His Majesty what to do. His Majesty only replied that we should try our best to appease her, saying that this was also part of the plan, and that there was no need to be afraid of the Witch of Destruction's wrath; she wouldn't really do anything, at most she would just curse a few times.

"That's why what just happened..."

Valensa gritted her teeth and said again:

“Something must have happened… If His Majesty really had any other plans, he would at least have told one of us, either me, his reliable ally, or you, whom he trusts the most… A plan that neither of us knows about could not possibly exist! The person who spoke to you using communication magic might not have been His Majesty… The communication magic you used shouldn’t have the function of synchronizing a person’s image, right?”

"Indeed not."

Chiba Rui nodded:

"This communication ninjutsu can only transmit sound... Even if the sound can be disguised, this is a secret ninjutsu of our Chiba clan... Could it be that Her Majesty has been coerced?"

"Hmm...it's possible...but not very likely."

Valensa initially nodded, but then shook her head halfway through.

"Given Her Majesty's personality, I don't think anyone could coerce her... Even if she were forced to be coerced, she would definitely try to pass on information to you when communicating with you... You should have some kind of agreed-upon emergency communication code, right? Did Her Majesty use it?"

“…No, that’s why I had no doubts before,” Chiba Rui said with a wry smile.

"So there's only one possibility left."

Valensa took a deep breath:

"Your Chiba clan's secret communication ninjutsu has been cracked... Don't forget that your Chiba clan are descendants of the Sacred Gate Wood Sect, and when the Sacred Gate fled, they left behind a large amount of magical data on the Eastern Continent, which all fell into the hands of the Dragon Emperor."

Furthermore, given Tsuchimikado's extensive knowledge of you and his expertise in magical research... it's entirely possible that he could crack your Chiba clan's secret communication ninjutsu and impersonate His Majesty to deceive you.

"This...then Her Majesty...we must go to Her Majesty's rescue immediately!"

Chiba Rui immediately became anxious:

"Your Majesty was severely injured by Xiao Yu and is far from fully recovered... If she had been attacked outside the Jade Island formation, a single Star Glory Star could have threatened her life!"

"Yes, rescue is definitely possible, but don't rush."

Seeing that Chiba Rui seemed ready to immediately assemble the ninja force, Valensa quickly stopped her:

"Look on the bright side... Since the other side is still faking communications to deceive you, it means that their plot to attack His Majesty has most likely not succeeded yet, and we still have a chance... More importantly, Jade Island cannot be allowed to fall into chaos right now."

Chapter 8 Spy Satellites and Steel Behemoths

"……I see."

Chiba Rui hesitated for a long while, her expression complex, before finally nodding gently:

"In fact, His Majesty once instructed me that if some unexpected situation caused her to lose contact, I should temporarily follow your orders until she returns or is confirmed dead... I suppose my elder sister should have received the same order."

"Thank you for your trust, Your Majesty. I will certainly live up to your expectations."