The story of the black silk female knight

Valensa swiftly fired several more arrows, capturing several pieces of poultry.

"Since these pigeons just took off from the tree, there might still be pigeon nests up there..."

Valensa, having collected the pigeons, nimbly leaped onto a tree branch and carefully searched the spot where the pigeons had taken off. Sure enough, she found three pigeon nests with pigeon eggs inside.

"Phew, now we have eggs too."

Valensa unceremoniously emptied all the pigeon eggs and placed them together with the pigeon meat:

"I'm such a kind chef when it comes to ingredients, and I even made sure you were all together... Don't worry, I'm someone who respects life, and I'll definitely make you all look delicious."

With this in mind, Valensa smiled very gently, but showed no mercy as she turned many passing beasts and birds into food.

Valensa didn't end the hunt until the haul was enough for everyone in the caravan to have a hearty meal, and then she started making a spicy hot pot.

After cleaning and preparing the poultry wings, legs, and pork belly from other animals, make incisions on the surface and marinate them in sauce.

Then, simultaneously operate two large pots, add an appropriate amount of water to the pots and bring them to a boil to blanch various wild mushrooms and wild vegetables.

Once all the vegetarian ingredients have been blanched, the meat should be almost fully marinated.

Finally, heat cooking oil in a pot, add spices such as garlic, ginger, cinnamon, and star anise, stir-fry with the main ingredients, and season with salt and pepper and sauce.

The spicy hot pot, which smelled so appetizing, was finally ready. Everyone in the convoy lined up like elementary school students waiting for their meals in the cafeteria, each holding their utensils and waiting to enjoy the delicious food.

Getting food is hard work, so Valensa quickly handed the large ladle to Giroud and promised that if he wasn't full, she could make him another pot later, since there would still be ingredients left.

Meanwhile, Valensa herself sat with her teammates, holding a plate of spicy hot pot, quietly discussing the day's events and their next steps.

"Bonus questions... there shouldn't be any more, right?"

After a few casual words, Harry got down to business first.

"No... I think there will likely be another tough battle tomorrow."

Tia immediately shook her head, her expression serious.

Chapter 122 Be prepared to get beaten up? No way!

"No way...there's more?"

Melody immediately showed her displeasure:

"Wasn't that big fat dragon enough today? It was an adult sub-dragon... If other teams had encountered it, they would have been eliminated long ago, right?"

In fact, it would have been very dangerous if we hadn't had our team leader... With these bonus questions already, aren't the teachers satisfied?

"Yes, we owe it all to Tia this time."

Valensa nodded in agreement; this time, she shared the same view as Melody.

"If Tia hadn't combined her two inherited secret techniques and enhanced the linking magic with card magic, connecting the internal space of the golden card with the heart of the oil dragon, we would have had a really hard time winning."

For a college entrance exam, deliberately assigning an enemy like a fat dragon is definitely beyond the scope of the curriculum. If there's an additional question tomorrow, that's really going too far.

“What you’re saying makes sense, but you’ve overlooked one issue…”

Tia smiled as Valensa praised her, but her tone held a hint of helplessness:

"That's human vanity... The teachers at the War Academy are also human, and they have vanity too, so they certainly won't give up so easily."

"Tia, you mean..."

Valensa frowned:

"We shouldn't have won before?"

"That's not necessarily the case... but the person who set the question probably doesn't want us to win."

Tia shrugged:

"That way he can show up and save the day at crucial moments, first putting on a cool act, then calling us out one by one for a lecture, so as to fully demonstrate his identity as a teacher."

"I see……"

Valensa nodded, then asked:

"What if we win the bonus question again tomorrow? He probably won't give up easily because of his vanity, right? Wouldn't this go on forever?"

"Well... don't worry. If I'm not mistaken, tomorrow should be the final battle of the bonus questions, and most likely that teacher will personally take the stage... Mmm, delicious."

Tia ate a piece of pigeon meat while talking and laughing:

"After all, the ingredients we transported were purchased by the War Academy. That teacher certainly wouldn't dare to let us deliver the goods late, otherwise he would also be reprimanded by his superiors."

But we solved two of his bonus questions in a row, so he had to save face. He had no choice but to personally beat us up and teach us a lesson before we reached the main road tomorrow.

They'll probably just say it's to discourage young people from being too arrogant.

"Ugh~~ I can already picture that awful scene."

Melody gritted her teeth in annoyance and brutally crushed a stick-shaped wild mushroom:

"Let's get a good rest tonight to recover our strength, and try to beat up the teacher tomorrow... He shouldn't be petty and not let us pass just because he lost to us, right?"

"You can rest assured about that. If we can really beat him, even if he tries to cheat, the other teachers won't let him succeed... Have you forgotten the function of the scroll? The teachers can know everything we're going through right now."

Tia smiled and swallowed another pigeon egg in a small bite:

"Hehe... But it's best not to think too much about winning."

Most of the teachers who can guide the elite soldiers in the War Academy are at the peak of the Lighthouse level, and there are several Radiant level experts as well. Do you think we can do it?

Be prepared to get beaten up and lectured, just do your best to perform well.

"Oh, it's probably just you elite troops who will get beaten up. The logistics troops will definitely be fine, and my special status means I'll be even less of a problem."

"what about me?"

Valensa quickly grabbed Tia's arm, her eyes sparkling:

"Don't forget I'm your girlfriend, honey, can't I have one too..."

"Impossible, no chance. You'll most likely be targeted by special attention."

Tia didn't push Valensa away, who was now playing lovers again; she was just somewhat gloating.

"Me and I have played all our cards today, so that teacher should already know what's going on."

But Valencia, you're different... Think about it yourself, since the second test, how many times have you actually fought any monsters? You haven't really shown your strength at all!

So prepare yourself mentally; you'll most likely be targeted and beaten up tomorrow.

“Ummmmmm…”

Valensa bit her lip immediately; even before she was hit, her buttocks were already going numb.

"Tia, you were the one who told me to hide my strength, and I did, so why am I still getting beaten up?"

"Well..."

Tia, reluctant to admit her miscalculation, looked away.

"I didn't expect Luca to be a complete waste. Our team was targeted because we're much stronger than the other teams... Well, we have Asaki, she'll treat you properly."

"Ugh! Tia, how could you do this!"

Valensa complained:

"Was my getting beaten up already predetermined in your plan?"

"...Hmph, you idiot, you idiot, you idiot!"

Knowing she was somewhat in the wrong, Tia could only resort to dishonest means:

"You're a female knight! Do you even know what a knight is? Your role is to tank damage in the team. So what if you get beaten up a little?"

If you really don't want to get beaten up, then why don't you just win tomorrow?

But do you think that's possible? A human cultivator at the Beacon level is completely different from a Beacon-level monster... Winning against them would be too difficult; you'd be better off preparing to get beaten up beforehand.

"Giving up just because it's too difficult? Tia, you're getting more and more timid the more you train..."

Valensa, clearly unconvinced, put her hands on her hips:

"Then you'll just have to watch how I win tomorrow, hmph!"

"I'm a coward? It's clearly your ignorance that's the problem! You have no idea how big the gap is between a peak Lighthouse-level expert and us!"

Tia, not to be outdone, stood up and puffed out her chest:

"Since you're so confident, then I'll wait and see how you struggle tomorrow... Don't come crying to me if you get beaten up too badly!"

"Hmph, I'll show you how to win, hehehe..."

Valensa made a few more funny faces:

"Hmph~~"

While the two childhood best friends were bickering, Melody, Giru, and Harry were also exchanging glances.

They didn't say it, but they actually agreed with Valensa.

So what if it's at the peak of the Lighthouse level?

They're deliberately making things difficult for us...

Even if I can't win, I'll still find a way to give you a good punch!

After enjoying a delicious spicy hot pot meal, the night grew deeper, and it was time to rest.

The three musketeers still took on the night watch.

Luca also offered to help, but he looked listless and said he wasn't sleepy. However, it was obvious to anyone that he was afraid of something.

Asaki, of course, wouldn't give him a chance. She grabbed him and pulled him into the tent. With a pure and shy expression, she said goodnight to everyone, then turned around and went into the tent as well, activating the mute card.

Chapter 123 Help someone out, Tia

The night deepened.

Most of the people in the convoy were already asleep peacefully in their tents, or perhaps they weren't sleeping peacefully but were silenced by a sound-absorbing spell.

Inside the arcane carriage, Valensa once again clung to Tia's leg:

"Tia, you're the best~~ Please help me~~ I really want to win~~"

"If you want to win, you have to work hard yourself! What kind of skill is it to cling to someone's leg like this?"

Tia pouted coquettishly, desperately trying to escape Valensa's grasp by pulling off her white-stockinged legs, but unfortunately, the spellcaster's strength was no match for the female knight's.

"Weren't you so confident and high-spirited in front of everyone just now, even mocking me for being timid? What makes you look like this now?"

"Hehe~~ Tia, you said it yourself, that was in front of other people~~"

Valensa flashed an even more ingratiating smile and rubbed the white stockings against her face.

"We're all nobles, who wouldn't put on an act in front of outsiders? But she's really just a silly, pretty-boy knight... the kind who can't do anything without Tia~~"

So please help her out, Tia~~ Love you love you love you~~ Mwah~~

"Let go! You shameless idiot!"

Tia, embarrassed and annoyed, kicked Valensa, finally managing to free her foot.

"Every time you need help, you spout a bunch of nauseatingly sweet nonsense... How are you any different from those scumbags who play with young girls' hearts?"

"Um... well... is it because of gender?"

Valensa tilted her head.

"So you admit you're a scumbag? Have some shame, you idiot!"

Tia angrily raised her white-stockinged foot to kick Valensa, but she ended up walking right into Valensa's trap. Her white-stockinged foot, which had finally managed to escape, fell into Valensa's hands again.

"If I had any sense of shame, would Tia have agreed to help me?"

Valensa laughed and tickled Tia's foot with her finger, but before Tia could cry out in ticklishness, she suddenly changed her expression.

She became very serious and solemn, like a female knight before a real battle.

"Beautiful maiden, I will fight with all my might to win victory for you, hoping only to bring a smile to your face, and I hereby request your blessed kiss..."

After saying that, she deliberately brought her face close to Tia's.