Things about the female knight in black stockings

"They are all my favorite clothes anyway~~"

"correct."

Seeing that Fran seemed to want to continue to rant about herself, Valensa was not going to give her a chance. She looked directly at Lika and changed the topic:

"Can I ask you one more thing? Sister Lika? It's something related to the development of the church."

"Something to do with the development of the church?"

Rika raised her eyebrows in surprise.

Seeing that Valencia looked serious and not joking, she also became serious:

"Then it depends on what it is... After all, I am just a Holy Knight captain. There are many things that I have no right to interfere with in terms of operations. I can only make suggestions to the high priests."

"Of course, if you want to carry out this matter as a knight of the inner temple, the high priest will probably agree to you as long as it is not too much."

Rika added:

"After all, the power of the Knights of the Inner Temple is greater than that of me and the high priests."

"Well, I understand that too."

Valencia nodded:

"But I don't want to use my status as a Knight of the Inner Temple to suppress others right away, so I want to discuss it with Sister Rika and Fran... I plan to set up a new department within the church to recruit those Iris who have lost their campus. Women’s College Students.”

Chapter 12: Are your thoughts serious?

Valencia didn't like it from the bottom of her heart, a place like Iris Women's Academy that trained aristocratic girls to be marriage tools.

She chose to plant a bomb in the school when she heard Sofia's speculation and became suspicious of the school. This was one of the reasons why she didn't like it.

If it were a nice place like Pink Rose, she might not be able to let it go.

Valencia really wanted to help those girls whose fates were forcibly determined by their families because they had no talent. There was no need for them to defect from the family one by one, but she could give them a chance to choose their own fates.

Valencia had this idea when she was a military training instructor at Iris Women's College. She would think of it and improve it almost every night before going to bed.

How to help those noble girls?

Looking for an opportunity to blow up Iris Women's College?

It's useless.

Even if one Iris Women's College is blown up, more Iris Women's Colleges will be established, because too many nobles need such a place to train and package their own marriage tools.

The root of the problem still lies in the tradition among the French nobles and the girls' own lack of talent.

To solve the problem, one has to change the existing order and aristocratic tradition in France, but this is impossible for Valencia, who is a big noble herself. Firstly, it is not in her own interests, and secondly, it is too troublesome. , you can directly PASS this option.

So the best way is to attack the girls directly.

The most direct way to get rid of being a marriage tool in a noble family is to prove your own worth.

As long as the girls can make more contributions to the family in other ways than becoming a marriage tool, and this method conflicts with becoming a marriage tool, they can naturally escape the fate of becoming a marriage tool.

Once there are fewer and fewer girls who want to be marriage tools, places like Iris Women's Academy will naturally disappear due to lack of market demand.

To this end, Valencia's idea was to add a new department within the Church of the Sun, recruit those noble girls as clergy with formal establishment, and make some relevant regulations - for example, clergy in this position can only It is held by women and must remain chaste.

The Church of the Sun is the most powerful organization in the entire human civilization. Being a formally established clergy of the Church of the Sun is definitely more useful than being a marriage tool.

At least this is true for most nobles, and in some small noble families, the status of the official clergy of the Church of the Sun may be higher than that of the heirs of the family head.

Valencia is very confident about this idea, but it is still difficult to implement it.

She originally planned to recruit a few well-connected people internally, but the actual large-scale implementation could only wait until she officially became a Knight of the Inner Temple.

Unexpectedly, the reward given by the church headquarters was so generous this time, and it actually gave Valencia the treatment of an Inner Temple knight that she would have received a few years later.

This naturally gave Valencia more bold ideas, such as moving the plan forward and starting to create the new department from now on.

It just so happened that Iris Women's College was bombed, and those girls probably had no way to go to school now. This was the best opportunity to recruit them.

After telling Lika and Fran her thoughts in the most sincere manner, Valensa found that the two women looked at her very strangely.

Like that kind of... well, watching a kid try to make up as many excuses as possible for doing bad things.

This look undoubtedly annoyed Valencia.

How old is it?

"What do you mean by your looks!"

Valencia expressed her dissatisfaction with a puffed face:

"I really intend to do good things! Don't look at me like a bad person, okay?"

"Is it really a good thing?"

Fran pouted:

"Why do I think you are trying to find an excuse to keep all the noble girls you like so that you can satisfy your own desires? Judging from your crazy behavior in the past few days in Krall City, I would It’s reasonable to be suspicious, right?”

"Uh-huh."

Rika also nodded, this time she was clearly on Fran's side:

"I know that a great noble like you, Valencia, will have some shortcomings...but you still have to have a certain degree of control in everything? You are already the majority of Inner Temple knights who have passed the review, so you'd better pay attention. Think about your own life style.

It is true that Your Majesty the Goddess loves you very much, but this kind of pampering is definitely not unlimited... If you damage the reputation of Your Majesty the Goddess by being too messy, you might really be sealed under the mountain with your butt facing out. "

"No way!"

Valencia retorted loudly and angrily:

"I admit that I'm a little bit astringent... But I'm not a fool! I won't do so many things just for my own desires... If you really want to have a good time, why don't I go and have a crush on Qiangwei? ?”

"Emmm... Indeed, you are quite lazy when you say you are lazy. You don't look like someone who goes to war just to satisfy your temporary desires."

Lika pondered for a moment and seemed to think that Valencia's explanation made some sense. Thinking about Valensa's own experience a few years ago, it was understandable that Valensa would have such thoughts.

"……All right."

Rika and Fran looked at each other again before shrugging to Valencia:

"Tell me about your specific thoughts... Don't blame me for not reminding you? Adding a new type of official clergy to the church is not easy to implement even if you are an Inner Temple knight... You must also ask The application from the headquarters must be approved.

If you can't even convince me and Fran, it's best to give up on this idea.

Of course, if you can get us to recognize you, I wouldn't mind returning to the Divine Continent to help you with the relevant application procedures. "

"……I understand."

Valencia nodded and took a deep breath.

She suddenly had the illusion of going back to her previous life as a salesperson. If she wants customers to accept her sales pitch, the first entry point when introducing a product is often very important.

Different people have different experiences and opinions on this, and in Valencia's view, the most important thing is to grasp the needs of the other party.

Rika and Fran are currently performing the duties of the Knights of the Inner Temple of Valencia. Their main job is to deal with various cultists and the nobles who collude with the cultists.

So……

"For an excellent paladin like you, Sister Lika, cultists are often easy to deal with, but the ones that are more difficult to deal with are the nobles who protect the cultists, right?"

Valencia smiled confidently at Lika:

"Our Church of the Sun has strict rules and does not allow arbitrary interference in secular political power... So in the absence of conclusive evidence, some of the nobles' social methods are even more troublesome than the attacks of cultists... Is this the truth?"

Chapter 13: Using nobles against nobles

"Do nobles use social means to provide shelter for cults... Indeed."

Rika thought for a moment with a reminiscence look on her face, then nodded gently:

"I have encountered many similar things - I know that the person who protects the cult is a certain noble, but I can't forcefully search because of the lack of evidence. Sometimes I even have to endure the cynicism of those bastards. The kind of person who wants to shoot the other person. It feels very uncomfortable to stab someone to death but not be able to do it.”

"Really? Actually, there's nothing we can do about it."

Valencia shrugged:

“Because Her Majesty the Goddess strictly prohibits the church from interfering in the country’s internal affairs, we must act in accordance with the laws and rules when it comes to issues involving nobles.

And the vast majority of paladins, including Sister Rika and Fran, spend their time either practicing or praying. It is actually normal for them to be able to say no to the nobles who have been intrigued and intrigued since childhood in social situations. "

"Well... that makes sense, and we can't let the Paladins do training in intrigues and intrigues just because of this. That would be putting the cart before the horse."

Lika nodded:

"So Valensa, you want to recruit those noble girls because of their social skills?"

"Yes."

Valencia smiled and said:

"This is my idea... to use nobles to defeat nobles, we can recruit noble girls who specialize in social interaction to form a new department specifically to deal with this situation.

Find and seize each other's loopholes in verbal confrontations, and provide strong legal and public support for the Paladins' search operations.

Even when there are no investigation operations, they can still attend various social occasions to consolidate the nobles' belief in the goddess, deter people with evil intentions, and obtain information that may be useful. "

To put it simply, it is the fusion of the Public Relations Department and the Legal Department of the Church of the Sun.

After Valencia finished speaking, she secretly said something in her heart, while looking at Lika and Fran expectantly, waiting for their judgment on this matter.

"...I can see that your idea was completely selfish at the beginning. You just didn't like the practice of most nobles forcing their daughters without talent to marry. You wanted to help those girls, so you came up with it. This method is correct, right?”

After being silent for a period of time, Lika first rolled her eyes at Valencia angrily, and then nodded gently with a smiling expression:

"But... what you said makes some sense... Even if you are barely qualified, I will discuss these with the great priests of Fran and then apply to the headquarters.

Considering your identity and the fact that you have just made a great achievement, I think the passing rate is quite high... at least it won't reject you directly, and at least it will give you a chance to try.

So you don’t have to wait for me to do some preliminary work, you can do it first...for example, have a good talk with the noble girls you like and see if they are willing? "

"Well, I understand, thank you sister Lika! I love you~~"

Valencia was already very satisfied with this result. She nodded excitedly, jumped on Lika and gave her a kiss.

Lika's expression did not change at all:

"Okay, your skills in coaxing girls should be reserved for others... Although I have been a good man for hundreds of years, I was once a succubus lord after all, and these are all tricks I am tired of.

If you really want to thank me, you should practice hard and strive to break through to Xingyao as soon as possible and take over the work of the Knights of the Inner Temple from me... I have had enough of working overtime every day. "

"Yeah, yeah, I will definitely work hard to practice. Don't worry, Sister Lika."

Valencia nodded quickly.

The three women all have decisive personalities. Once things are agreed upon, they will act immediately.

Lika went to discuss Valencia's proposal with the local high priests in Fran, while Fran took over Lika's responsibilities and took charge of the daily work of the paladins in their team.

Valensa followed what Lika said and went to talk to those noble girls first.

Three days have passed since the Iris Women's Academy was bombed. Now most of the noble girls in the royal capital have returned to their homes, but many girls who live outside the royal capital have not yet left.

Some of them went to stay at a friend's house temporarily, some got rooms in a hotel, and some of them stayed in the church to recuperate because of their serious injuries.

For example, Lian was hit by two air cannons. Even if she miraculously awakened her Noble Phantasm, her body was still full of injuries inside and out, even more serious than Valencia's injuries.

However, with the church's magical healing ability, as long as he doesn't die on the spot, it actually doesn't make much difference.

When Valencia found Lian, Lian could no longer see any injuries on her appearance, but her face was still slightly pale and listless, and her energy and physical strength had not yet fully recovered.

But even in this state where she should be recuperating in bed, Lian refused to stay calm. She actually secretly ran to a place where the holy knights were training. With extremely longing eyes, she looked at those who were wielding swords and cultivating gods wantonly. The holy knights of magic.

"What? You also want to learn?"

Valencia couldn't help but smile when she saw this, approached Lian from behind, and touched Lian's head.

"Teach...instructor?"

Lian was obviously startled. When she saw it was Valencia, she let out a long sigh of relief, which turned into joy again:

"Instructor, are you okay?"

"Well, thanks to the grace of the goddess, I'm fine."

Valencia smiled and nodded, then pointed at the Paladins who were training:

"Want to learn their swordsmanship and divine skills? Lian?"