Things about the female knight in black stockings

"Sister Melina, please praise me more... I want to hear it."

In order to recover the consumed spiritual power as soon as possible, Valencia started acting coquettishly again.

"...Yes, Miss, your black stockings are so beautiful..."

With an expression that said, "There's really nothing I can do about you," Melina complied with Valencia's request.

Unfortunately, there may be some attenuation mechanism. Valencia could clearly feel that the effect of Melina's praise became weaker and weaker each time, and it was almost completely ineffective around the tenth time.

...I hope this decay mechanism has a cooling time, rather than being permanent... I'll try it again tomorrow morning.

With this thought in her mind, Valencia finally ended her coquettishness tonight and went to sleep with Melina.

Early the next morning.

"Sister Melina~~Sister Melina~~Does my black stocking look good?"

As soon as Melina opened her eyes, she saw her eldest lady's black silk legs lying in front of her.

... again?

Melina is very helpless and a little worried... The eldest lady has been acting strange since last night. Could it be that there was an accident during the treasure hunt?

"You are worrying too much, Sister Melina."

Valencia keenly caught Melina's worried eyes and quickly explained:

"This is actually related to my newly acquired ability... Your sincere praise can make me gradually stronger and speed up my recovery."

Although this kind of completely idealistic power would probably have no effect if spoken directly, Valensa didn't want to worry Melina.

"So that's how it is..."

Melina was relieved, but she was also a very smart woman, and she immediately thought of the reason why Valencia didn't say this last night:

"Miss, if you say it directly now, will it have no effect?"

"I don't know. This is just my own guess... I won't know until I try it."

Valencia shook her head and shook her legs twice again, with a hint of charm in her voice:

"So Sister Melina...does my black stocking look good?"

"It looks good. The eldest lady's black stockings are the prettiest."

Melina's face immediately became serious, even as pious as a praying believer:

"Even the most magnificent treasures and the most outstanding works of art are not as attractive as the eldest lady's black silk stockings in my eyes!"

"Huh~~"

This was so exaggerated that Valensa herself couldn't help but blush a little.

But the effect was also obvious. Her inner pool, which was still a little short of being able to be fully charged with power, became visibly fuller in an instant.

Obviously, Melina's compliment last night was not particularly sincere, but more of a compliment. This morning's compliment was truly sincere.

"Huh...how are you doing, miss? Is it effective?"

After the compliment, Melina took a few deep breaths before returning to normal:

"Just now I was in the same state as when I was praying to the goddess in church."

"Of course it works, and the effect is great!"

Valencia smiled happily, and then she retracted her legs with satisfaction, and extended her hand to Melina:

"Let's go, Sister Melina... We still have two things to do in Krall City today, and then we can return to Serkin Town."

"Ah."

Melina smiled and held Valencia's hand, using her strength to sit up from the bed and start getting dressed.

"and many more."

Seeing that Melina naturally went to get the work uniform of the Adventurer's Guild, Valensa quickly stopped her and personally took out the maid uniform of the Bader family:

"I'll ask Sister Melina to wear this today... I can't help it. Who told me, a down-and-out young lady, that I only have you, Sister Melina? There are some things that I can only do with you to help me hold up the scene."

"...This is my responsibility and my honor."

Melina's smile grew even brighter.

After the two of them got dressed and washed, they went to the Nora Chamber of Commerce together.

This time Valencia is not visiting as an adventurer, but as a noble.

She only made a verbal agreement with the owner of this store last night, and the specific procedures have not been completed yet.

Valencia was a noble. She usually made decisions on matters like this by herself, leaving the specific details and execution to her subordinates. Doing it herself would be a loss of status.

Although Valencia even often bought and cooked food herself when she lived in Serkin Town, the people around her at that time were also civilians and they didn't care at all.

It's not okay to deal with people like the manager of the Kraal City branch of the Nola Chamber of Commerce... The more distinguished a person like this is, the more he cares about etiquette.

That's why Valencia didn't rush to claim the reward last night, just to bring Melina back today.

Although she only has Melina as a maid, Melina is a maid of a noble in the royal capital. Her etiquette and ability are impeccable, and her aura is even more powerful than ordinary chamber of commerce employees.

The ability of a maid often reflects the strength of the owner. The branch manager who already admired Valencia became more friendly after meeting Melina.

All the processes were given the green light, Valencia finally got the beautiful blue dress, and preparations for the banquet to be held in Serkin Town two days later have begun.

Chapter 51 Rumors about mother

"Hey, sister Melina, you are so awesome!"

After leaving the Nola Chamber of Commerce and walking to a less noticeable path, Valencia immediately stopped maintaining her image of a noble lady and hugged her maid's arm like a coquettish sister:

"The staff of the Chamber of Commerce have all been suppressed by you... I'm afraid they have no chance to leave this small border town in their lives. They have never seen a maid as powerful as you, Sister Melina, right?"

"It would be great if I could help the eldest lady."

Melina was also smiling and seemed to be in a good mood:

"This does not mean that my previous training has been buried... Unlike ordinary maids, I have been receiving training as the head's assistant."

"Huh? Assistant to the family leader? This is the first time you say this, Sister Melina."

Valencia blinked, a little surprised:

"You are my personal maid, and you have been trained as the assistant of the head of the family... Is it possible that my father has thought about letting me succeed the head of the family? But isn't he planning to give me a younger brother with my mother..."

"But when it comes to giving birth to a child, how can it be that if you want a boy, you will have a boy?"

Melina laughed and said:

"If this is the case, you should be the eldest young master instead of the eldest lady... Therefore, the earl made two preparations. If the third child is a daughter, eldest daughter, you, as the eldest daughter, must be responsible for the heir. Responsibility."

"Actually, I really hope that the third child is a younger brother, so that the family fortune and other things will have nothing to do with me. As long as I find a way to escape from the marriage, I can be free for the rest of my life."

Valencia shrugged:

"And I think... the probability that the third child is the younger brother should be quite high... After all, my mother has given birth to two daughters in succession. According to the probability, it is time to give birth to a son, right?"

"Logically speaking, this is correct, but..."

Melina stopped suddenly. She looked at Valencia up and down for a long time before sighing:

"Before that incident, the eldest lady knew how to play with the second lady carelessly all day long. After that, eldest lady, you have been running for survival, so there is something I haven't said... now should be the time."

"What's so mysterious?"

Valencia became more and more curious:

"Is it possible that Sister Melina, like those so-called ministers who care about life, have accepted some secret entrustment from your father?"

"That's not..."

Melina chuckled and shook her head:

"It's just a groundless rumor... I didn't believe it at all until that incident happened... Maybe there is some connection between the two."

"It's actually related to the incident where father died?"

Valencia frowned:

"What are these rumors, Sister Valencia?"

"In the beginning, it was related to the fact that my wife gave birth to two daughters, you and Miss Elena, in succession. I always thought that it was spread secretly by the rivals of the family."

Melina sighed:

"It is rumored that... Madam, she has a cursed bloodline and cannot give birth to a son... No matter how many children she gives birth to, they will only be daughters."

"Mom, does she have cursed blood?"

Valencia's heart moved.

She thought of the previous behavior of the owner of the Dimension Hardware Store.

After learning that Valencia's new power was psychic power, the owner of the Dimensional Hardware Store was obviously surprised and said that he thought it would be negative energy or the power of holy light.

After three years of dealing with him many times, Valencia understood that everything the owner of the Dimension Hardware Store said was absolutely groundless.

It would say that, it is likely that Valencia has the talent of negative energy or the power of holy light.

The power of the Holy Light is easy to understand. After all, the ancestors of the Badr family are radiant swordsmen, and the family heads of the past generations are also very close to the Church of the Sun.

That negative energy...could it be the so-called cursed bloodline in my mother?

Could the cultist attack that changed his destiny have something to do with this?

Valencia's brain was running rapidly, and she began to recall the details about her mother's origin.

As a result, she thought for a while and realized that she really didn't know much.

Unlike the Badr family, which has a large family and a large number of relatives, Valencia's mother seems to be on her own. Valencia has never seen her mother's natal relatives or old friends since she was a child.

Even if Valencia occasionally asked enthusiastically about the love experiences of her mother and father when they were young, she always got similar answers.

To put it simply, Valencia's father once heroically saved Valencia's mother, and then the two of them fell in love and got married, just like many romantic love stories.

As for what kind of hero saves the beauty, Valensa was of course curious about it.

It's a pity that her mother always said that she was too scared to remember it at the time, while her father always said, "I'll tell you later when you're too young" and started to change the subject.

...emmm

Valencia stood there for a long time, unable to think of a reason... Even if she suddenly heard some information from Melina, the current information was still too little.

But I finally have a general direction of investigation... If I have a chance in the future, I can first investigate my mother's origins and the hero's rescue incident.

But these will definitely have to wait until we return to the royal capital, so there is no point worrying about it now.

huh~~

Valencia quickly took a deep breath to adjust her mentality, showed a sweet smile again, ran to Melina in three steps and hugged her arms:

"Thank you, Sister Melina, for telling me this... I will make good use of this information, but now let's go to the next thing."

"Miss, you just have to know what's going on."

Melina smiled fondly, but also felt a little confused:

"But our affairs in Kraer City should have been settled, right? Where else are we going? Miss, do you have any new plans?"

"Well, it was something I just thought of yesterday, but it won't delay the original plan, don't worry."

Valencia smiled, then took the initiative to hold Melina's arm and walked towards the destination:

"It still has something to do with my newly acquired abilities. I want to conduct an experiment...but the place where the experiment will take place is the same as the Nola Chamber of Commerce. I need you, Sister Melina, to support me."

"A test of new abilities? Do you still need me to support the scene?"

Melina was a little curious and a little expectant.

It wasn't until she turned out of the alley and onto the main road with more traffic that Valencia let go of Melina. She walked half a step ahead, her posture elegant and courteous, and she transformed into the mode of a noble lady.

Melina also immediately entered the state, maintaining almost the same pace as Valencia, but always half a step behind her, like her shadow.

The two of them attracted the attention of many passers-by, but this was a wealthy area, and various beautiful young ladies with maids often appeared there. Everyone had long been accustomed to it and quickly looked away.

After walking for about 20 minutes, Valencia finally stopped. Melina, who knew she had arrived at her destination, also looked up at the building in front of her.

Jiyunfang.