The story of the black silk female knight

Valensa's eyes lit up. Having grown up playing with Tia, she quickly understood the meaning behind Tia's words:

"You've mastered that secret technique?"

"Hmm, what do you think?"

Tia puffed out her chest:

"If we're going to take the sea route, I'll definitely charter a large ship, the kind with multiple layers of magic to reinforce the hull so it can withstand any storm."

Therefore, the only danger one might encounter when traveling by sea is the powerful sea monsters that are impossible to resist.

"And I can use my secret technique to find out right here whether we'll encounter that sea monster... I don't need to tell you what to do next, do I?"

If you encounter sea monsters, head north through the wilderness; if you don't encounter sea monsters, go to the southern port to take a boat.

Everyone naturally understood Tia's meaning and had no objections.

"All right."

Seeing this, Tia clapped her hands and began to issue commands:

"Everyone in the Gourmet Association, please prepare to change the route. Giru, continue to guard the perimeter for any possible monster attacks. Harry... Harry, you should stay away from me for now. The elemental magic on you might interfere with me."

"Valenza, Melody, and Asashi, please come into the carriage. I'll need your help with my next spell."

"Yes."xN

No one objected to Tia's order, and everyone quickly sprang into action.

Luca was the only one standing there dumbfounded. He seemed to have been considered useless, as not only did Tia not give him any orders, but no one else seemed inclined to ask him for help.

"...As expected, no one in this world needs me except Asaki."

Fortunately, Luca seemed to have gotten used to this treatment. He just gave a self-deprecating bitter laugh and silently found a corner to sit and stare blankly.

Inside the arcane carriage.

Please make yourselves at home.

After giving these instructions, Tia began rummaging through her storage magic pouch, preparing for the spell she was about to cast.

"Hey Hey hey……"

Melody's curiosity was finally whetted, and she quickly moved closer to Valensa:

"What kind of secret technique is our captain going to use next? Is it some kind of divination to predict the future? You're so close to her, you should know something, right?"

Although Asashi didn't ask a question, her eyes were full of curiosity.

Even in this world with magic, magical artifacts, and various secret arts, the ability to foresee the future is an extremely rare and wondrous power.

"Tia's secret technique..."

Valensa looked at Tia.

Tia also turned around at this moment and smiled gently at the three women:

"It's alright, we're all teammates. You can give them a brief introduction first... Anyway, there are quite a few people who know about the secret techniques passed down through our Britannia family."

"Ok."

Valensa then agreed, but instead of immediately explaining, she first asked a question:

"And you? Have you heard of the secret techniques passed down through generations of the Britannia family?"

Asahi, who came from a small town, immediately shook her head. The Church of the Sun certainly had relevant information, but given her status, she had no right to access it.

Melody frowned and thought for a while before saying uncertainly:

“I’ve heard Harry mention it before… something about linking magic? It can link the spaces of two places together to open a large portal. It’s also the Chief Strategist’s signature spell.”

“That’s right, the Britannia family’s secret technique is Link Magic.”

Valensa smiled and nodded, then shook her head gently:

“But opening a portal to the link space will have to wait until Tia advances to the Star Glory level. She’s going to link to a more mysterious existence later… She was cultivating this when we parted ways a few years ago, and it seems she has already made some progress.”

"An existence even more mysterious than space? Could it be time? Captain, can you temporarily link to the future to perform divination? That's amazing!" Melody's eyes widened.

"How could that be... Even her father couldn't do that."

Valensa waved her hand again, then stopped keeping her in suspense and revealed the answer:

"It's fate... Tia can establish a connection with fate to know what kind of encounters we will have on our next journey. The name of this technique is 'Fate of Encounter'."

"A chance encounter..."

Melody pondered the name of the technique several times, exchanged a glance with Asaki, and then nodded:

"I think I understand... Simply put, this is still a kind of divination spell, but it doesn't predict specific fates or events; rather, it predicts what we might encounter, right?"

"Actually, it's a little different... Oh well, it's not wrong to understand it this way."

Valensa found it difficult to accurately describe the mysterious existence of fate, and could only let Melody interpret it that way, since the outcome was indeed quite similar.

Just then, Tia, who was also ready, walked over carrying several expensive-looking magical items and four purple cards:

"Take off your clothes, like this."

Chapter 102 Everyone was so scared they went limp.

"Take off...take off your clothes?"

Melody and Asashi were both surprised, and even Valensa was a little curious.

What kind of secret technique requires taking off clothes?

Is your secret technique legitimate?

"That's why."

Tia was quite unfazed. She even took off her shirt and placed a purple card close to her chest. She then distributed the remaining three cards to the three women, indicating that they should follow suit.

"This is... [Lian]?"

Valensa looked at the purple card. She recognized the words on it, but she didn't know what spell the character "连" represented.

Melody and Asashi also cast questioning glances at Tia.

"This is a spell that allows multiple people to share the pressure and damage, which is why I need your help to use the arcane technique next."

Tia explained earnestly:

"If I do manage to connect with some kind of deep-sea monster through our chance encounter, it might become aware of it and retaliate with its mental power... I probably can't handle it alone, I'll need you guys to help me share the burden."

"Is this...very dangerous?"

Valensa asked with some concern.

She didn't know much about magic and mental power, but she was aware of the concept from some works in her past life that could drive people mad by looking directly at higher beings.

"Is it dangerous...? Of course, it can't be completely eliminated, but it's not a big problem."

Tia hesitated for a moment before waving her hand:

"After all, it's just a mental pressure from a distance. With the four of us sharing the burden, even if the opponent is a Moon-level being, they'll at most scare us until our legs go weak."

"That is not bad……"

Valensa, Melody, and Asashi all breathed a sigh of relief.

Luna-class is already the ceiling in common knowledge in this world, while Sun-class only exists in legends, like hidden bosses in a game, which are not worth considering in most cases.

So the three girls quickly followed Tia's example, taking off their tops and placing the purple cards against their chests.

Valensa and Melody were both quite open and unashamed, showing no shyness whatsoever, and even seeming to deliberately flaunt their figures.

Asashi, on the other hand, blushed the whole time. It took her several minutes to successfully take off the priestess uniform that she usually put on and took off so easily.

Fortunately, all the purple cards were successfully placed in the end, and the [Chain] spell was successfully activated.

Valensa was also curious and tried it out. She reached under Tia's armpit and scratched her, only to find that Melody and Asashi reacted, and even she herself felt itchy.

"This spell is quite interesting..."

Valensa's mind immediately raced with ideas, and many ingenious uses came to mind... but those uses could only be unlocked after her relationship with Tia progressed further.

"Be serious!"

Tia, who knew Valensa well, clearly noticed that she was daydreaming. She scolded her playfully before her expression became serious.

"I'm about to use my secret technique, everyone be prepared."

Valensa then stopped her wild thoughts and knelt down with Melody and Asashi in an equilateral triangle, surrounding Tia in the middle.

Tia also made a move. She first opened a bottle containing a bluish-white liquid, drank the liquid into her mouth, held it in her mouth without swallowing, and sat with her eyes closed as if meditating.

About six or seven minutes later, Tia opened her beautiful red eyes again. She picked up a small basin with a water-type magic crystal embedded in the bottom and spat the liquid in her mouth into the basin.

The liquid quickly reacted with the water-based magic crystal, producing a large amount of new, colorless, and transparent liquid that filled half of the small basin, and it also carried a floral fragrance.

Then Tia took off her shoes and put her feet in the basin of water while still wearing white stockings, just like adding ice cream to a cold drink on a summer day.

After soaking her feet in the water and meditating for about ten minutes, Tia finally took the last step, carefully placing a mirror into the water.

Valensa, Melody, and Asashi also tensed up, knowing that a terrifying figure might appear on the mirror next.

Soon after the mirror was submerged in water, ripples appeared on its surface, just like the monitor in Valensa's previous life, and a scene appeared.

A scene of a ship sailing on a calm and sunny sea.

The ship was a five-story-high ironclad vessel, entirely powered by arcane magic, and protected by two layers of magical barriers—water and wind—making it look like a sea fortress and incredibly safe.

This seems to be... an active warship of the Kingdom of Fran's navy, right?

Valensa glanced at her best friend.

If she didn't conceal her identity, it would seem reasonable for her to borrow such a warship.

The scene in the mirror remained unchanged for a full seven or eight minutes.

Melody even gave Valensa a triumphant look, feeling that the trip to Kilo Port to catch a boat was now a sure thing.

"Then...what is that?"

Just then, Asashi couldn't help but scream, and Valensa and Melody, who had been somewhat distracted, quickly turned their attention back to the basin of water.

The scene in the mirror looks similar to before, but upon closer inspection, you'll notice that the color beneath the water seems much darker... something enormous is approaching.

"……coming."

Tia had already bitten her lip tightly, and her face had turned a little pale.

The underwater scene in the mirror was getting darker and darker, and the shadowy figure was getting closer and closer to the surface. At this moment, the people on the boat seemed to have noticed it as well, and not only did they increase their speed, but their magic shield also began to operate at overload.

But it's totally useless.

Valensa and Tia didn't see what actually happened. The mirror went black for two seconds, like a computer malfunction, and when the image reappeared, the large ship had completely disappeared, leaving nothing behind.

The four women in the arcane carriage looked at each other in dismay, still feeling lingering fear.

Melody, in particular, was the one who most supported taking the boat to Kilo Port. She never expected to actually encounter that rare accident, and at this moment she felt like she had escaped by sheer luck.

"I……"

She was about to say something when she suddenly realized that she could only open her mouth but could not make a sound. Her whole body was filled with a trembling sensation that prevented her from moving, like a frog being stalked by a venomous snake.

With all her might, Melody rolled her eyes and found that the other three girls were in the same state, with the most vulnerable, Asaki, having already fainted.

what happened?

She saw Valensa and Tia holding hands, panting heavily. Both women were covered in cold sweat, and she could even clearly see beads of sweat seeping through Valensa's black stockings.

What seemed to put the two women on high alert was that mirror.

Don't look! Don't look! Don't look!

Melody screamed inwardly, but she couldn't control her body and still looked at the mirror.

Then she saw an incredibly terrifying eye, a gaze so tangible that it tore through her mental defenses like a spear, relentlessly penetrating and piercing until it finally struck the depths of her heart.

"Uh……"

In just a moment, Melody's eyes rolled back, and she lost consciousness, crashing into Asaki.