The story of the black silk female knight

Chapter 103 What are you looking at? Look again and I'll stew you!

Valensa actually wanted to faint like Melody and Asashi, but she didn't dare.

She worried that if everyone fainted, some truly unpredictable danger might occur.

She and Tia could only go from holding hands to hugging, like two little flowers that were constantly battered by the storm but were resilient and refused to fall.

But this tenacity seemed to have angered the owner of that terrifying eye, or perhaps it had piqued his interest.

Valensa could feel the pressure emanating from the mirror growing stronger, even giving her the illusion once again that her soul was about to leave this world.

...I can't possibly be scared to death, can I?

Valensa bit her lip tightly and looked down at Tia.

Both of them were unable to speak, but they were childhood best friends, and communicating with just their eyes was enough.

Can't this secret technique be forcibly stopped?

It was possible before, but now control has been completely taken away.

...Then leave it to me, you should get some rest first.

With her last ounce of strength, Valensa moved her body, shielding Tia behind her, and alone endured the terrifying gaze from the mirror.

The already immense pressure instantly nearly doubled, and for a moment, Valensa even saw her father, who had died in battle three years ago.

Her father looked at her with anger, as if he wished he could kick her back.

...Yes, it's not time to see you yet, Father.

Valensa gritted her teeth, and a new power seemed to emerge from her nearly collapsed spirit, feeling much like the holy light of the Church of the Sun, warm and inexhaustible.

However, under the oppressive power of the mirror's terrifying giant eye, this new power seems to be just a drop in the ocean, and could be exhausted at any time.

This is the last chance!

Valensa was surprisingly clear-headed at this moment, her brain running at high speed like an overclocked CPU.

She thought of the winged falcon again, and of the drunken Ganges man who dared to trespass into the tiger enclosure in her past life.

When facing top predators, humans must first have courage... even if it's just reckless courage, it's the foundation for survival and even fighting back.

Come on then!

Without further hesitation, Valensa used up all the reserves in her Heart Pool in one go, and overdrafted as much as possible.

The power of the mind strengthens courage.

"What are you looking at!?"

Fueled by an explosive surge of courage, Valensa not only thought this way, but also broke free from the oppression of fear and shouted out:

"So what if you're big? No matter how big you are, you're still just a fish! Give me a big enough pot and I'll stew you up! Don't believe me? Try me! Do you want to become a braised fish head or a pickled pepper fish head? Hmm?"

The terrifying giant eye in the mirror froze, seemingly unable to understand why the previously weak ant had such an aura of wanting to devour it.

Those who can become top predators are indeed very cautious.

The owner of the giant eye quickly abandoned his plan to annihilate the entire area with his power and disappeared from the mirror.

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Almost the instant the giant eye disappeared, the mirror and basin that Tia used to cast the spell shattered, turning from expensive magical props into a pile of trash.

The terrifying feeling that could crush one's spirit finally disappeared, but Valensa had no chance to be happy, because the price of her severely overdrawn mental energy had already taken effect, and now her head was both dizzy and throbbing with pain.

Only Tia, who was protected by Valensa at the last moment, was in relatively good condition. At this moment, she was holding Valensa's body, crying and shouting, seemingly mistakenly believing that Valensa was about to die.

"Don't...don't shout, I'm fine."

With her last strength, Valensa offered Tia a word of comfort and even slightly raised one leg:

"If you compliment my black stockings more, I'll recover faster... uh."

Then she couldn't hold on any longer and fainted from a headache.

. . . . .

It is unknown how much time passed before Valensa regained consciousness.

My head is still foggy and throbbing, but it's much better than before I fainted.

"Your black stockings are so beautiful... Your black stockings are the most beautiful... I love your black stockings the most..."

In a daze, she heard someone praising her black stockings, but her heart remained unmoved... It must have been praised for too long, triggering a decay and cooling effect.

Valensa quickly took a deep breath and opened her eyes.

She saw herself lying on the sofa in the arcane carriage, with Tia hugging her black-stockinged legs and chanting incessantly as if in prayer.

Melody and Asaki have disappeared; they must have recovered and left.

They were the first two to faint, but their injuries should have been the least severe.

However, this experience may leave them with psychological trauma, causing them to encounter greater obstacles when they reach a certain stage of their development.

But that's a long time from now, and Asashi is a priestess... Maybe a little prayer will make everything alright.

After all, the Sun Goddess is the true strongest being in this world. That big fish that almost scared itself to death might have been stewed if it had encountered the Sun Goddess.

But my luck is really outrageous... I even won the grand prize and encountered a hidden boss.

The giant fish that appeared in the mirror was definitely more than just Moon-level!

"We...we shouldn't be on our way to Kilo Port right now, right?"

Lost in thought, Valensa fully woke up and greeted Tia with a smile.

"...Oh my god, you're finally awake!"

Tia then gently removed Valensa's legs from her arms and rushed to her side.

"Do you know how long you were unconscious? A full five hours... Asashi used healing magic on you so many times, but it didn't work... I was so worried."

"Because I overdid it myself, not because I was injured, treatment is useless; I need to recover."

Valensa smiled:

"For example, your constant compliments on my black stockings have worked really well... Without you, I might have been in a coma for even longer... Remember to compliment me more often in the future~~"

"You want a future?"

Tia immediately blushed and glared at Valensa, then sighed:

"Actually, maybe if we had given up resisting sooner, we would have been fine... Melody and Asaki both woke up not long afterward and weren't seriously injured."

"...Perhaps, but who knows?"

Valensa twitched the corner of her mouth:

"Anyway, my gut feeling at the time was that I absolutely couldn't back down, and I don't regret it now... By the way, you still haven't answered my initial question. Aren't we on our way to Kilo Port?"

"...After what's happened, who would dare to travel by sea?"

Tia rolled her eyes, giving me a knowing look:

“Especially Melody, she has completely turned to the Northern School... and judging from her appearance, she may not dare to take a boat for a long time, or even go to the beach.”

"Yes... that giant fish, which was suspected to be of the Sun-level, was truly terrifying."

Valensa also sighed.

"...Fish? What kind of fish?"

But Tia suddenly looked surprised:

"Could it be that you... just saw the full appearance of the owner of that eye?"

Chapter 104 Bloodline Awakening?

"Huh? Tia, didn't you see the whole fish... uh."

Valensa couldn't continue speaking.

Yeah... when did I realize it was actually a big fish?

Upon closer reflection, I realized that initially, only the ship and the sea appeared in the mirror.

Later, the ship disappeared, and Tia's magic completely went out of control. A terrifying giant eye in the mirror scared everyone so much that they went limp.

Throughout the entire process, the owner of that eye only ever showed his eye... so why did I assume it was a fish?

Valensa squinted, continuing to recall how she felt at the time.

It seems that it was after all the Heart Pool reserves were used to strengthen Courage?

At that moment... my sudden outburst in front of the mirror wasn't just reckless courage, but a genuine feeling of hunger, a hunger that completely overwhelmed my fear...

That's strange. That's a fish that's suspected to be a Sun-level fish. Why do I have that feeling?

"Hey, snap out of it!"

Valensa thought about it for a long time but still couldn't figure it out, and Tia even waved her hand in front of her eyes.

"I am fine."

Valensa shook her head to bring her thoughts back, and, in the spirit of pooling wisdom, she briefly recounted her previous experiences to Tia.

"The more apex the predator, the more cautious they are. When faced with an entity that shows no fear, no matter how weak that entity may appear, they will not attack easily..."

Tia gently rubbed her chin with her left hand and nodded:

"Although this is the first time I've heard this explanation, it does make some sense... So that's why you used a special skill to overdraw your courage, and afterwards you not only successfully overcame your fear, but also saw through the other party's true form, and felt a little hungry?"

"Is such that."

Valensa nodded, then blushed slightly, a little embarrassed.

"Actually, I was really scared to death at the time... I even saw my dad."

"……real?"

Tia raised an eyebrow, her red eyes flashing brightly for a moment:

"If you were so scared, why did you try to be a hero and protect me behind you back then?"

"do not know."

Valensa shook her head decisively:

"I was so scared at that time, I didn't have time to think about these things... My body suddenly started moving on its own."

“…What an idiot.”

Tia blushed slightly and muttered something, then changed the subject, turning serious and focusing on her research.

"Regarding your state at the time, I have an idea... You were really almost scared to death by that eye, and you even had a near-death hallucination."

But it was precisely this near-death experience that unleashed some kind of potential within you… Perhaps there is some powerful bloodline within you, just as a cat is born knowing that a mouse is food, your bloodline instinct craves to devour that big fish…”

"Bloodline instinct... genetic memory?"

Valensa nodded thoughtfully.

This speculation, though somewhat far-fetched, is currently the only reasonable explanation.

But... are the Baldr family's genes really that strong? Strong enough to prey on a fish that's suspected to be at the Sun level? It seems the Baldr family's ancestor was only at the Moon level, right?

Or perhaps... this genetic memory actually comes from the mother, from that mysterious, cursed bloodline?

Valensa was increasingly eager for the truth, wishing she could beat up all the people in the know right now and force them to tell her everything they knew.

Unfortunately, she can only dream about it now, because her strength is still far from sufficient.

And speaking of strength...

"Oh, Tia, look at this!"

Valensa suddenly extended a finger toward Tia and began to exert force through gritted teeth.

Tia was initially a little confused, but as Valensa's fingers began to glow faintly with gold, she couldn't help but let out a joyful sound:

"This is... the power of light passed down through generations of your Baldr family? You even awakened this during the crisis just now?"

"It should be said that they have finally awakened."