The story of the black silk female knight

Amidst her anxiety and anger, Tia gradually fell into despair.

Just then, the feeling of her foot being gently pinched sent a shiver through Tia, instantly reviving her from the brink of despair.

She quickly looked down and saw that it was indeed Valencia secretly pinching her white-stockinged little feet. Her beautiful azure eyes showed no hesitation, only complete trust.

We can't give up yet!

Tia felt as if Valensa's hands possessed magical power. Although her foot was only lightly pinched, a warm current swept through her entire body, rekindling her fighting spirit as she was on the verge of icy despair.

I'm sure I can figure out Valensa's intentions and then cooperate with her to complete the plan!

Tia took a deep breath, then suddenly smiled meaningfully at the beast assassin:

"I admire your willpower and determination, but have you ever considered... whether your prophet might be deceiving you?"

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"Your attempts to sow discord are futile."

The Beast Slayer seemed quite dismissive of Tia's question:

"The Prophet risked his life for the future of our people, how could he possibly lie to us?"

"Is that really the case? How do you know he overexerted himself? Did he say it himself? Could it be that someone just happened to see him vomiting blood or something, and then rumors started circulating behind his back?"

Tia's smile became even more amused:

“Our Bretania family has been an old rival to you wild beasts, and we have some understanding of your social structure.”

The term "wild beasts" is just a general term used by us humans to refer to you. You are actually a union of many half-beast tribes, and the chief of each tribe is usually the strongest one.

This is also the main reason why, despite your high reproductive efficiency, the number of your Radiant-Rank experts is far less than that of us humans.

Because your nature is still that of beasts, many talented individuals who had the potential to reach the Radiant Rank were not killed by us humans but fell in your internal battles for chieftainship, right?

"……what do you want to say in the end?"

This time, the beast killer remained silent for a moment before questioning him, his voice even colder and harder.

"You already know what I'm going to say, don't you?"

Tia shrugs:

"According to your prophet's judgment, your mission this time cannot involve Radiant-Rank experts, that is, those chieftains... Therefore, the beast warriors participating in the mission should all be like you, young and talented individuals from various tribes... and also individuals who may threaten the current chieftain's position..."

"Stop talking nonsense!"

The beast slayer was finally losing his composure:

"Our people have always acted with integrity and honesty! We would never resort to so many tricks like you humans! Even if we were to fight for tribal chieftainship, we would only engage in a fair and square duel!"

"……Is it?"

Tia raised an eyebrow:

"Even if I'm just talking nonsense about this, what about the other thing? Every autumn harvest season, your Wild Beast Clan attacks our northern border to steal food, and this has been going on for hundreds of years."

I don't know if your Wild Beast Clan has the habit of recording history. If not, I can tell you... During your annual autumn offensive, very few Radiant-Rank experts participate. Those who come to steal food and end up being killed by us humans are almost all low-ranking Wild Beasts, right?

Why? If it's just about fighting for food, wouldn't it be more efficient to have stronger individuals involved?

And have you noticed... that after a large number of wild beasts die in the autumn offensive, the extremely scarce resource distribution during your winter is greatly alleviated... why is that?

"You...you are slandering!"

The beast slayer was completely thrown into a panic, even pointing his dragon tooth short sword directly at Tia:

"Chiefs and prophets would never do such things! Don't use your filthy human minds to speculate about our actions!"

"...Did I say anything?"

Tia stared fearlessly at the sword's edge, her eyes filled with mockery:

"I was merely stating some facts that everyone knows. It was you who made assumptions about those chiefs based on these facts, wasn't it? Whose mind is truly corrupt?"

"you……!"

The beast-slaying killer's murderous aura seemed almost tangible for a moment, as if it wanted to tear Tia to pieces on the spot, but in the end it held back and took a deep breath:

"Say whatever you want... It's useless. My resolve cannot be shaken by a few words from you. Your deaths are already inevitable!"

"Perhaps... but you certainly won't leave here alive, will you?"

Tia shrugged:

"I just suddenly feel sorry for you... and your family too. You think you're saving the future of your race with a noble cause, but little do you know that some wild beasts might be laughing at your foolishness right now."

Just like how handsome men and beautiful women are popular among humans, you, as an elite warrior, must have attracted quite a few beastmen girls, right?

Perhaps there's some wild beast girl who's deeply in love with you, completely unaware of your mission, still foolishly waiting for you to come back and get married?

It's a pity you can never go back... and the beast girl who made a lifelong vow with you might soon be in the arms of another beast..."

"do not talk!"

The beast slayer roared, interrupting Tia, his breathing heavy, even his hand holding the sword trembling slightly:

"Even if everything you say is true, so what? I've long been prepared that even if there's only a one in ten thousand chance that this mission can truly save the future of my race, I will have no regrets!"

Is it wrong for me to love my people? Is it wrong for me to be willing to give up my life for my ideals?

You think you know everything just because you've read a few books left by our ancestors? You know nothing!

Humans like you who have never had to worry about food and clothing since childhood probably can't even imagine what it's like to live in a state of constant hunger, or even not being able to eat a full meal once a year!

So what if I take some of your food?

Your resources are so abundant that if you give us just one-tenth of the food that you humans waste every year, it will be enough to feed our entire tribe!

If we didn't have to rob to avoid starvation, who would risk their life to invade you? This land of yours, polluted by the Sun Goddess, only disgusts us!

"Why don't you understand that simply giving up some food could have prevented the war?"

Perhaps it had truly broken down, because the Beast Slayer roared out all its thoughts and long-held doubts.

All she received in return was Tia's even more disdainful mockery:

"We humans don't understand? Ha... It seems you really are just a bunch of foolish beasts, completely ignorant of what history is."

Yes, that's right. Our Fran is rich in resources, and we have more food than we can eat. The food we waste each year is enough to feed several wild beast tribes... So what? We're just supposed to feed you for nothing?

If you can truly coexist peacefully with humans, that's fine too. After all, no intelligent species is born liking meaningless wars.

How do you know that we humans have never shared food with you wild beasts?

Actually, more than 300 years ago, our Kingdom of Fran did reach a friendly agreement with you. Not only did we send you large amounts of food every year, but we also helped you build at least three cities on the border and taught you many craftsmanship techniques.

"Is...is that really true??"

The beast killer's apricot-yellow eyes suddenly widened, as if in utter disbelief.

"Why would I need to lie to you about this?"

Tia scoffed:

"This is a major historical event that almost everyone in our Fran knows about. I guess only those chieftains of your Wild Beast Clan with ulterior motives would restrict ordinary individuals in the clan from studying history."

"You can access parts of the memories of the person whose body you've taken over, right? Then you can try. You should be able to easily find clues about common-sense historical knowledge."

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The beast slayer fell silent, only his eyes twitching slightly, as if he were truly searching for Belloc's memories.

Tia didn't urge it either.

About half a minute later.

"It's actually true..."

The beast killer murmured, his eyes already somewhat dazed and incredulous.

A few seconds later, it jolted awake as if startled, and looked eagerly at Tia:

"Why? Since humans and our race were living in peace 300 years ago, why has the situation turned out like this? It must be because you humans are too cunning and fickle."

"hehe."

The disdain and sneer in Tia's eyes deepened:

"Do you even believe that yourself? We humans do enjoy scheming and plotting, but it's all for our own benefit... What good does it do us to destroy this hard-won peace?"

"...So what exactly is it?"

The beast-slayer was completely baffled.

"That's why I said your chieftains are treacherous; they only teach you fighting and killing, never history or knowledge."

Tia chuckled meaningfully again, then shrugged:

"But I'm a kind-hearted woman, and you seem quite talented... So I'll tell you a little bit of human history that even children know."

In the early years after the peace between the two races, everything was indeed wonderful, but you ignorant and foolish beasts simply did not know how to cherish it.

Although your various tribes of wild beasts differ, on average, their reproductive capacity is far superior to that of us humans.

They can give birth once every six months, with 3-5 offspring per litter. The offspring reach adulthood around the age of 5.

Previously, due to years of war, a large number of wild beasts would be killed by us during our attacks every autumn, so we couldn't tell anything from them.

But once peace was restored and we provided ample food, your numbers began to explode, making things increasingly difficult to control.

You beasts are all lazy and stupid fools who can't even do the most basic farm work. We kindly teach you, but you still resist and think we want to enslave you.

Moreover, many idle wild beasts often disrupt public order after reaching adulthood.

Alcoholism and fighting are commonplace, but some tribes also enjoy harassing young women and young men, and they violently resist law enforcement when confronted by the police...

"Tell me yourself, why should we humans feed and support you useless social cancers like you wild beasts?"

"..."

The beast-slayer was speechless.

"I don't need to say anything more about what happened next, do I?"

Tia shrugs:

"Since that time, we humans have learned a profound lesson and realized that even if we waste excess food, we must never give it to you wild beasts!"

Because after the escalating conflict completely erupted, it took our Kingdom of Fran over a hundred years and the sacrifice of countless excellent soldiers to reduce your wild beast population back to pre-peace levels.

It was after that incident that you, the Wild Beasts, along with the Netherworld Ghosts of the northern ice plains and the Mist Demons of the Four Islands Alliance, became known as the Three Great Calamities, to be annihilated without exception.

"...To destroy them on sight, with absolutely no compromise?"

The beast killer's eyes were very complex.

However, even if it is entrusted with such an important task, it may not have much historical or cultural authenticity, but it has an absolutely formidable spirit of dedication and ideological awareness.

So quickly, the beast slayer's gaze hardened again, and he raised the Dragon Fang short sword once more:

"Even if what you say is true, so what? No matter what happened in the past, I have no regrets for the survival and future of my people!"

Since you humans have completely regarded our race as a natural disaster and rejected all possibilities of peace... then you should be prepared to be killed and plundered by us!

Your sweet talk aimed at swaying me... is useless!!

"Oh, it really didn't work~~"

Despite sensing the even stronger killing intent emanating from the beast assassin, Tia showed no fear whatsoever.

"I never expected to defeat you with words... I was just stalling for time, and now I've achieved that."

Without giving the somewhat bewildered beast hunter time to react, Tia knelt down and helped Valensa, who had been silent the whole time, to her feet, half-hugging her with a face full of concern:

"How are you? Are you confident?"

"Do not worry."

Valensa smiled confidently:

"We can definitely kill this filthy and ignorant beast, save all our classmates and teachers, and leave this place alive together."

After saying that, she struggled out of Tia's arms, raised her sword, and reluctantly assumed a fighting stance: