The story of the black silk female knight

"Hi, Qili, Lulu, how are you... Here, this is a snack I just bought outside, it's still warm, have a taste."

As she spoke, she handed over a paper package, the aroma of fried meat wafting from the half-open paper.

"Thank you, Miss!" x2

Both female tellers' eyes lit up, and they eagerly took the package, pointing upstairs before Valensa could even ask a question:

"Manager Melina is here, you can go up by yourself."

"Thanks."

Valensa then waved her hand and walked briskly into the stairwell, leaving many people to look away only when the alluring black stockings were no longer visible.

The second floor of the guild is not the same as the lobby structure on the first floor. Instead, it has long corridors and offices, much like the office building where Valencia worked in her previous life.

Having already mastered the routine, she didn't even need to look at the door number before pushing open one of the office doors and hugging the only blonde woman inside, completely unconcerned about the strong smell emanating from her.

"I'm back, Melina~~".

"Yes, welcome back, young lady."

The blonde woman gently hugged Valensa, her eyes filled with doting affection and a sense of relief.

"Why did you take so long... I was so worried! That Rega beast is very cunning, what would I do if something happened to you?"

"Have some faith in me, Melina! I'm really amazing!"

Valensa quickly waved her little fist:

"You know how I did in the last test, right? My agility and reaction time are already very close to the Pearl level!"

"But your strength and stamina are only at the passing grade for the Candlelight level, aren't they?"

Melina tapped Valensa's forehead:

"You must not relax or become complacent... You must know that at your age, the Earl was already proficient in mastering the family's inherited treasure and had advanced to the Lighthouse level!"

"How can I compare to my dad... You know he has a family heirloom and has been training hard since he was a child, while I only started using a sword three years ago!"

Valensa muttered a dissatisfied comment, then chuckled:

"However, I also have my own opportunities, which is why I urgently need those 30 gold coins... I should have a powerful special move soon."

"Is it that [Dimensional Hardware Store] you've been talking about, Miss? You can get stronger by spending money, and you're almost at the first pity pull, right?"

Melina smiled:

"To be honest, if I hadn't been watching the changes in you over the past three years, I would have found it hard to believe that such a magical place exists in the world."

"Because only people with special opportunities can go in there~~."

Valensa nuzzled against Melina a couple more times in a coquettish manner before pulling a huge cloth bag from her storage magic pouch at her waist:

"Look, the head of that Regamon is inside. Melina, hurry up and settle the score. I can't wait to go and draw the pity pull."

"That's easy to say."

Melina pushed the bag aside without even glancing at it, and counted out 30 gold coins from her desk drawer, handing them to Valensa.

"I've already prepared all the formalities, and I'm just waiting for you to come back, Miss... By the way, are you going to that place now, Miss?"

"I'd love to go right now..."

Valensa happily pocketed the gold coins, but then lowered her head somewhat embarrassedly, tugging at her clothes and black pantyhose:

"But I probably can't do it without taking a shower and changing my clothes first, the smell is too strong."

"So, Miss, you were aware that you smelled really bad!"

Melina finally puffed out her cheeks in dissatisfaction, then waved her hand dismissively:

"Go quickly, go quickly."

Chapter 3 features a female knight who is also a fallen heiress.

Valensa is called "Miss" by everyone, not just because she is beautiful and has a good figure.

Her full name is Valensa Bader, and she was once a genuine heiress of an earl family, and still retains her noble status.

For the first ten years after being reborn into this world, Valensa, as a noble lady living in the capital, naturally experienced a luxurious upper-class life.

Perhaps because they didn't expect their daughters to inherit the family business, Count and Duchess Badr continued to have children after having Valensa and Elena, hoping to give them a younger brother.

Valensa, who has memories of being a working-class woman in her previous life, is happy to just laze around and spends her days playing wildly with her sister, fully enjoying the wonderful aristocratic life in this other world.

Unfortunately, fate is unpredictable. When Valencia was 13 years old, her family's circumstances changed drastically.

Valensa is still unclear about the specific details of the incident, while the official account is that it was an attack by cult members.

Count Baldr, a Star-level Grand Knight, was killed in the attack, and even the family's heirloom was shattered. Valensa's mother and sister also went missing.

Even with the memories of two lifetimes, Valensa was completely stunned when she heard such devastating news.

But she wasn't a real little girl after all, and she quickly calmed down and seriously considered her situation and future.

Perhaps she had watched too many scheming and backstabbing dramas about wealthy families in her past life, perhaps she had paranoia, or perhaps she was just intuitive... In any case, Valensa always felt that many people had ulterior motives towards her.

Those relatives and elders may seem kind and friendly, but they are probably actually after her right to inherit the title.

Valensa became increasingly frightened as she thought about it. All sorts of strange comics she had seen in her past life kept flashing through her mind, except that the heroines in the comics all turned into herself.

What will become of a 13-year-old girl who has lost her parents' protection but has the right to inherit an earldom?

If you're lucky, you'll likely become a puppet and a tool for marriage, arranged by your elders to marry someone you don't like and live a life of obscurity.

If you're unlucky, you'll probably become a socialite and a toy for the upper class, with your body and wealth completely divided up by the ravenous nobles.

To avoid such a tragic future for time travelers, Valensa, who was only 13 years old at the time, made a decision that is still hard to believe when mentioned by the nobles of the capital.

Through negotiation, she secured promises from the French royal family and other members of the Badr family in exchange for relinquishing her right to inherit the title and a substantial pension, with the church as witness.

She will retain only the most basic aristocratic privileges, and no one may interfere with her choices regarding the future.

This incident caused a great deal of discussion at the time, with many people thinking that Valensa had gone mad.

But as the orphan of a hero who fought against cultists, this choice was indeed Valensa's right.

After that, Valensa left the capital and came to live in Sergin, a town on the border of the kingdom, with only Melina as her personal maid.

Of course, while nominally a personal maid, the two actually grew up together, and Melina was more like an older sister to Valensa.

Moreover, as a maid from an earl's family in the capital, Melina may not have much combat ability, but her paperwork and administrative skills are unmatched in Sergintown. She easily obtained the job of the head of the Adventurers' Guild, and her salary and staff dormitory have been the guarantee of the two girls' livelihood for the past three years.

The salary and benefits of the local adventurers' guild leader were already quite good, enough for Valensa and Melina to live comfortably in the border town. Unfortunately, the Kingdom of Fran had a special law.

Due to the constant war with the beastmen in the northern wastelands, the population problem has always been the biggest issue for the Kingdom of Fran.

In order to boost the population, all the young men and women in the kingdom who cannot prove that they have enough talent before adulthood will be forced into marriage and procreation, and they will not be allowed to refuse.

Melina can defy special laws with her outstanding clerical and administrative skills, but Valensa, who has always been a pretty face, doesn't have that ability.

In the early days after she arrived in Sergintown, she had a lot of headaches about this matter, until she accidentally entered a magical place while chasing a cat one day—the [Dimensional Hardware Store], and things took a turn for the better.

It was a magical little shop located outside the world, somewhat like the mobile game store in her previous life, where you could buy blind boxes by spending real money and get various random items like drawing cards.

For example, the one-handed longsword that Valensa used to kill the Regamon was produced by the Dimensional Hardware Store and was a rare item of the purple level.

Although the longsword has a simple design, it seems more like a product of science fiction than a sword and magic fantasy world.

It doesn't have any special abilities, but the alloy used for forging is quite special, and the craftsmanship is excellent, making the longsword not only very light, but also sturdy and sharp, in no way inferior to those high-quality enchanted weapons.

Of course, the round shield that helped Valensa complete the slide tackle and make the key attack was also a rare purple item produced by the Dimensional Hardware Store.

Except for the lack of a gold five-pointed star on its surface, this round shield is very similar to the shield of a classic superhero in a movie from Valencia's past life, and it also has a similar special ability.

Rebound Recovery: As long as the shield bounces twice after being thrown, it will definitely bounce back into your hand.

Besides the longsword and round shield, Valensa has also drawn many other rare items over the past three years.

Unfortunately, she couldn't use most of those items. In order to convert resources into strength as soon as possible, she had to sell most of the items for gold coins and then spend money at the [Dimensional Hardware Store].

It was through this method that Valensa became a Candlelight-level female knight, no longer relying solely on Melina's salary, and was able to earn gold coins by taking on commissions herself.

Moreover, after three years of hard work, Valensa has already drawn nearly a hundred times, and she will soon trigger the pity system to obtain a golden legendary item.

Valensa was very excited because she desperately needed to improve her strength in order to participate in the War Academy's entrance examination, which was less than two months away.

Only by entering the War Academy can she completely avoid being forced into marriage and childbirth by special laws.

"Da?~~Da da da da?~~Da da?~~"

After taking a comfortable shower in Melina's staff dormitory and changing into a clean set of light armor, a short skirt underneath, and black pantyhose, Valensa hummed softly as she pushed open the door.

Next, she's going to the [Dimensional Hardware Store], a magical place located outside the world, to use the 30 gold coins she just received to do five gacha pulls in order to get her first guaranteed gold-quality item.

"This... emmm..."

The other dirty clothes she had changed out of earlier could be washed directly, but the black pantyhose that she had worn for three days and smelled strongly made her hesitate.

It's impossible to sell them to perverts for money, but these black stockings do have other uses.

Chapter 4 Wow, the Golden Legend!

"Forget it, after I get the guaranteed minimum, I'll go to the lakeside."

After a moment's thought, Valensa decided not to wash the strongly smelling black pantyhose, but instead carefully wrapped it in paper and put it away.

"Although I still can't stand the taste of that stuff, Melina loves it, so let's treat her to it."

After showering and changing, the knight girl quickly ran from the fifth floor of the staff dormitory to the first floor, greeted the adventurers in the lobby with a smile, and then ran out with the scent of shower gel.

People are in high spirits when they have a happy occasion, and many residents of Sergintown received the beautiful girl's smile today.

"Phew, this is it."

Valensa greeted familiar faces in town as she ran briskly, and soon arrived at a large tree in a secluded spot in the northwest corner of the town.

This large tree is said to be over a hundred years old, with lush branches and leaves. Only about three meters from the ground, there is a clear sign of a broken branch.

Three years ago, Valencia was chasing a cat here when she accidentally broke a tree branch and fell into the gap between worlds—a magical place called the "Dimensional Hardware Store".

Now, she will enter from here again.

Following the steps she had done countless times, Valensa first ran three laps counterclockwise around the tree before climbing to the broken branch and jumping out on her bottom.

Amidst the whistling of the air, the surrounding scenery suddenly changed, transforming from a sunny summer town into a strange space dominated by purple. The large tree also turned into a small wooden house with five large characters on the door.

Dimensional Hardware Store.

When she first came, Valensa said it was impossible not to be scared, but now she's a regular.

dong dong dong.

"Boss, I'm coming in."

She knocked lightly on the door a few times, then pushed it open and went inside.

"Welcome, Miss Valensa."

A calm, synthesized electronic voice sounded from behind the door, coming from a rather oddly shaped machine.

Below it is a tracked chassis that can move flexibly forward, backward, left, and right. It has eight tentacle-like mechanical arms on its body, but its head looks like the outdated, large, square monitor that Valencia had in her previous life.

"Boss, I want to spend money on in-game purchases!"

jingle.

Valensa then took out 30 gold coins and placed them on the counter, getting straight to the point.

In the past, she might have chatted with the shop owner, who seemed to be a highly advanced AI, but this time she was clearly impatient because of the huge guaranteed return she was about to receive.

"Okay, thank you for your patronage."

The shop owner quickly used a robotic arm to suck up all the gold coins and then placed five identical small boxes on the table.

"...Let me confirm first."

Valensa swallowed hard as she looked at the five small boxes, but didn't open them immediately. Instead, she looked intently at the shop owner's square, monitor-like head:

"I've accumulated 100 blind boxes already. The pity system you mentioned before should be among these 5 blind boxes, right?"

"Is such that."

The shop owner still used that synthesized voice, but this time there was a clear hint of a smile: