The story of the black silk female knight

"You, you, you... Humph!"

Tia seemed noticeably less adept at this topic than Valensa, who had already experienced the surprise of real combat. She couldn't help but blush slightly before putting her hands on her hips and playfully scolding:

"Valenza, Valenza, it's been three years, and you're still as shameless as ever! I really want to know what the expressions of those people who were fooled by your pretense will be when they find out your true colors!"

"You've finally called me by my name, Tia."

Valensa finally breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that tonight's events had gone smoothly as expected.

"Quickly... let me go."

She then spoke again, as if she couldn't wait:

"Let me hug you... I've missed you so much in three years, Tia."

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As a result, Tia seemed even more annoyed, and the black lines on her forehead were faintly visible.

"Since you still remember me as your good friend, why did you leave without saying a word three years ago?"

Even if you were in a tough situation and feeling down at the time... okay, I can understand, but why didn't you contact me after you settled down in Sergintown? Hmm?

Are you illiterate and can't write? Is it so hard to write me a letter and send it to me? Or even just have someone pass on a message to let me know you're safe!

And you kept saying I was your best friend, your best confidante, your best sister… Is that all you're good to me? You big liar! You idiot, you idiot, you idiot! You might as well just stay in the countryside and be a stupid country bumpkin for the rest of your life! I can't care about you, hmph!

Tia finally stopped hiding her true feelings and loudly reprimanded Valensa.

Valensa didn't dare to argue at all, only smiling obsequiously, until Tia finished scolding her in one breath before she seemed very ashamed and apologized:

"Yes, Tia, you're right. I, Valensa, am a hopeless idiot... That's why I'm here to apologize to you, otherwise..."

Valensa then slightly amplified her power with her mental energy, and with a powerful struggle, broke free from the gravity trap. She then removed the card from the center of the bed and handed it to Tia.

"You don't really think this kind of pearl-level gravity trap can catch me, do you? I passed the first test on my own merits, after all."

"I knew you were just pretending!"

Tia seemed completely unsurprised, waving her hand to take her card and rolling her eyes.

"You call this an apology? You're still acting and lying to me at a time like this... You idiot, do you even know what sincerity is?! You have to sincerely apologize to me!"

"I've really been sincere, Tia, look me in the eyes!"

Valensa leaned close to Tia, wanting to make a sincere eye contact with her, but only received a look of disgust in return.

"Ugh."

She could only feign a dejected expression again:

"Natia, what do you want from me to forgive me? What kind of apology is considered sincere? I don't know, please teach me~~"

"...Hmph, you really don't understand? You were the one who told me in the first place."

Suddenly, Tia grinned mischievously, a sly glint in her eyes:

"To show sincerity when apologizing, you have to kneel or lie down, wear a low neckline, and stick your butt out... You said all of this yourself, didn't you?"

"Tia, you tricked me!"

Valensa quickly let out a sound of shame and indignation, but inwardly she breathed a huge sigh of relief.

If she had been asked to do this before, she might have felt really ashamed... but she had already made up her mind to abandon her morals.

It's just a sincere apology, right? If you want to see it, then go ahead and watch!

"Goo~~"

While thinking this in her heart, Valensa outwardly portrayed the resentment of a noble female knight forced to suffer humiliation.

She slowly and deliberately took off the armor protecting her vital parts from the upper body, and while doing so, she would occasionally look up and glare at Tia through gritted teeth.

Next came the shirt under the armor. Valensa unbuttoned the top three buttons, lifted her skirt a little higher, and then knelt down and lay prone again.

"I'm sorry, Tia, please forgive me~~"

"...Idiot, idiot, idiot!"

Valensa had clearly shown sincerity as requested, but Tia became even more annoyed.

This time, she didn't hold back at all, jumping onto the bed and grabbing Valensa's ear:

"You actually did this so casually? Did you waste all those years of learning aristocratic etiquette? Hmm!"

"hey-hey."

Suddenly, Valensa sat up and hugged Tia tightly.

Tia immediately began to struggle, but Valensa held her tightly, bringing her mouth close to Tia's ear, her voice filled with genuine sincerity:

"I'm sorry, Tia, please forgive this idiot, okay?"

Tia's body gradually softened and she stopped moving around.

Chapter 81 The female knight was kicked off the bed by her best friend.

After Valensa offered a truly sincere apology, the room fell silent for a moment.

Only the distinct thumping of the two girls' heartbeats remained, gradually slowing down in the quiet night before finally merging into a single melody.

It is the joy of reunion, the emotion of meeting again.

No matter how many lies a woman's mouth may tell, her body will always tell the truth.

"Hey hey hey~~"

In the end, it was Valensa who broke the silence with a smile:

"It seems you've forgiven me, Tia... That's great! To make up for the longing we've felt for each other during these three years, let me hold you while we sleep tonight... just like when I used to visit your house and you used to visit mine."

"I don't want to sleep with you!"

Tia immediately struggled to escape from Valensa's arms, circled behind Valensa, raised her small foot encased in white stockings, and kicked Valensa off the bed with her upturned buttocks:

"You must have been traveling all day, right? You smell terrible... Maybe some perverted men like this smell, but I can't stand it!"

Go take a shower! Everything else can wait until you've made yourself smell nice before we talk!

"Okay, okay, I'll go right away."

After hearing what Tia said, Valensa also felt a little uncomfortable all over.

Although the weather was starting to cool down in early autumn, you would still sweat during exercise. The long journey of 500 kilometers a day had already soaked Valensa's lining and black stockings.

The taste is definitely not comparable to that time I chased the Leviathan in the dense forest for three days without taking a bath, but if I wanted to get into the bed of a noble lady, I would definitely be rejected.

Valensa quickly filled the large tub in the bathroom and started soaking. While bathing, she heard someone knocking on the door outside the room; it was the female scout from Tia's team.

She and the other two scouts seemed to have heard unusual noises coming from Tia's room, which is why they came to knock on the door to inquire about the situation.

From this perspective, Tia's teammates must have known her true gender, otherwise it would have been a male team member knocking on the door instead of a female team member.

"It's nothing, I just arranged for an old friend to come see me... By the way, I'll introduce a new teammate to everyone tomorrow morning, you can tell Giru and Harry first."

Tia's reply to the female scouts made Valensa breathe a sigh of relief.

She knew her plan to have the big shot carry her had succeeded; all she needed to do next was keep her best friend Tia happy.

Shortly after the female scout who came to question her left, Valensa also finished showering and left the bathroom. She first put on a clean pair of black pantyhose, and then wore the disposable bathrobe provided by the hotel room over it.

"I think I won't have any smell this time, right, Tia?"

As she spoke, she hugged her best friend again:

"Or should I call you Captain now?"

"Tch, you're actually eavesdropping on other people's conversations... Your manners are getting worse and worse."

Tia snorted, but didn't push Valensa away again:

"A useless, pretty but worthless female knight like you, if I didn't have the heart to take you in, you'd only end up hanging out with those men who lust after your body, hmph."

"I'm not some stupid, pretty but useless female knight!"

Valensa was very dissatisfied:

"I passed the first level on my own merits, okay? Besides, I killed two Pearl-level monsters at the same time!"

"Oh? So you're pretty tough now? Just three years ago you were completely helpless, and when we sneaked out to play together, you got harassed by some thugs and I had to protect you?"

Tia raised an eyebrow, a half-smile playing on her lips:

"Since you're so powerful, Miss Knight, why didn't anyone recruit you earlier? You probably didn't know I was here, right?"

"I...who said no one was recruiting me?"

Valensa gritted her teeth:

"A Captain named Jacqueline extended an invitation to me, and even after I declined, she still said I could come to her anytime. That's my power, hmph!"

"Jacqueline... I know, you chose the dancer who boosts morale and is the official choice, right?"

Tia's expression became even more amused:

"What does her being interested in you have to do with your abilities? She's obviously attracted to your looks and just needs you to seduce men with short skirts and black stockings."

"I……"

Valensa opened her mouth, but then remained silent.

She did feel a little wronged and confused.

In the tavern just now, almost all the scouts were actively recruited, so why didn't any captain come to find Jacqueline?

"That's actually partly because you're so beautiful~~"

Seeing that Valensa was really upset, Tia quickly comforted her and analyzed the reasons for Valensa from the captain's perspective.

The principles behind these things are actually very simple; it's just that Valencia had a different perspective on the issues, which is why she hadn't understood them until now.

"So they didn't recruit me because they were worried that my beauty would cause jealousy and rivalry within the team?"

Valensa sighed, utterly speechless.

"I never thought that being too beautiful could be a mistake sometimes."

"Alright, stop being so vain. You've been a narcissist since you were a child."

Tia rolled her eyes:

"Although I've already forgiven you, I still need to get some questions out of you... Tell me! Why did you leave without saying goodbye? And why haven't you contacted me since?"

"..."

This time, Valensa remained silent for a long while before giving a wry smile:

"Tia, you're so smart, you must have guessed the reason long ago, right?"

"Don't you want to get involved with my family's affairs? You idiot, hmph!"

Tia pouted angrily:

"But do you think you can just stay out of this kind of thing if you don't want to? After hearing about what happened to your family, I've been running around trying to help you!"

I know you, and I know you definitely don't want to obediently be a puppet heir, so I contacted my teacher first and asked her for help, hoping she could take you to the Council of Sages.

Unfortunately, the teacher refused to speak to me, citing my complicated situation at the time.

I went to my father again, asking him to propose marriage to your Badr family, so that I could simply marry you as a man... Anyway, I often use the identity of Young Master Yulian, and all the information about this identity is true.

As a result, my father also rejected me and gave me a good scolding, saying I was being ridiculous... Humph.

"Tia..."

Valencia's eyes felt a little moist, and this time it wasn't acting.

"Don't get too emotional yet, I haven't finished speaking!"

Tia took a breath and continued:

"Just when I was extremely anxious and didn't know how I could help you, another member of the Sage Council actually contacted me."

He said he was very interested in you and that if you were willing to cooperate with him in some experiments, he could take you in as an apprentice and provide you with protection.

I was just about to tell you the good news... when I heard that you'd run off with your personal maid.