Things about the female knight in black stockings

Ereshkigal was severely injured in the final blow; she is still coughing up blood and has great difficulty speaking.

"Stop...stop torturing him! You've scared him to death...We finally managed to capture this bastard alive, how can we not make him go through the whole process and face trial?"

"Ugh...you're right."

Valensa withdrew her foot with great regret.

At this moment, many daring people from the slums gathered around, curiously watching the two paladins who had just fought a fierce battle and Anether, who was bound to the ground by divine magic.

Valensa didn't stand on ceremony and directly conscripted two young men who looked physically strong, ordering them to go to the Church of the Sun to deliver the message.

Ereshkigal urgently needs treatment, and neither of them wants to waste their precious Holy Light on divine communication anymore.

About seven or eight minutes later, another high priest of the outer rank of Mosantina City arrived in person with more than ten priests and paladins.

The High Priest and his priests immediately took over the treatment of Ereshkigal, while Valensa and several paladins carried Anethel out of the slums and back to the cathedral.

Ereshkigal had been wielding the Sunfire Divine Sword at high intensity within the domain, and in the end, she even risked being hit by two powerful enemies to unleash her ultimate move, sustaining severe injuries. Even with the personal healing of the Radiant High Priest, she fell into a coma shortly after returning to the cathedral, and it is estimated that she will need to soak in the Sun Dew Holy Water for at least two days to regain consciousness.

Because Valensa played a crucial role in the capture of Anether, and her own paladin rank was no lower than Ereshkigal's, some paladins suggested that Valensa preside over Anether's interrogation first.

However, Valensa refused, insisting on waiting for Alyssa to wake up.

After all, Irene was the main person in charge of the case of the psychopathic killer, and Valensa was just helping out.

If Valensa interrogates Anesse while Alyssa is unconscious, she will inevitably leave the impression that she is trying to steal the credit, which is not good.

So Anesse was temporarily imprisoned in the dungeon of the Church of the Sun, while Ereshkigal recuperated in the holy waters of the Sun and Dew. Valensa also took this opportunity to go to another city about 400 kilometers south of Mosantina to participate in her fifth dueling tournament.

After winning three games in a row, Valensa finally met a formidable opponent.

This time, her opponent is a tall, leggy, mature woman who is over 1.9 meters tall and was one of the top four in last year's dueling competition. She is very strong and has a cautious personality.

The fake god's trick was indeed countered. The long-legged mature woman wore a set of low-temperature resistant, non-slip clothing and shoes, rendering the [slippery feet] effect almost useless. She also wore a flesh-colored bodysuit under her dress, so even if she was hit by [updrafts] and [dress rips], it wouldn't affect her combat ability.

On the contrary, Valensa herself was dazzled for about two seconds by the long-legged woman's body wearing flesh-colored stockings when she ripped off the long-legged woman's clothes.

The long-legged, mature woman seized the opportunity and, without hesitation, delivered a quick kick that sent Valensa flying out of the ring, adding one more point to Valensa's losing streak.

"A spectacular duel."

Valensa accepted the defeat gracefully and even greeted the tall, mature woman after the match, inviting her to dinner.

The long-legged, mature woman readily agreed.

"Congratulations, Sister Delorige, for adding one point."

At the dinner table, Valensa raised her glass to congratulate the long-legged, mature woman.

"Haha... Actually, Valencia, you're quite excellent too. I can see that it's the rules of the dueling competition that limit you. In a real fight, I wouldn't be your match."

The tall, mature woman raised her glass and lightly clinked it against Valensa's, immediately becoming very familiar with her and chatting with Valensa like sisters.

Valensa invited the long-legged, mature woman to dinner, not because she wanted to have a romantic encounter—although she really liked the woman's long legs, she had no such intentions.

She took the initiative to get close to the tall, mature woman, but she had another purpose.

After several rounds of food and drinks at the dinner table, Valensa felt the atmosphere was about right, so while taking small bites of her steak, she asked, seemingly casually:

"Sister Dolores, it seems you've faced off against the champion, Miss Maisie, several times in the previous two dueling tournaments... Do you have any tips you could share with me?"

“…Macy, that girl is not easy to deal with.”

The tall, mature woman had already drunk several glasses of wine, her eyes slightly glazed with intoxication, and her face flushed, adding to her allure. She was in high spirits as she spoke.

"I'm telling you..."

Under Valensa's deliberate flattery, encouragement to drink, and subtle probing, the long-legged, mature woman rattled off a lot of her combat experiences with Maisie, all of which Valensa seemingly casually but diligently noted down.

Valensa only booked a hotel room after the long-legged, mature woman was completely drunk. She helped the woman into the room and then said goodbye and left.

Eresh woke up the night Valensa returned to Mosantina.

Upon hearing the news, Valensa immediately took off her clothes and jumped into the Sun Dew Holy Water. She chatted with Ellie and insisted that Ellie rest for another night.

It wasn't until the next morning, when Ereshkigal appeared to be alright, that Valensa went with her to interrogate Anesse.

The interrogation went quite smoothly. Anesse was surprisingly in a good mood. Apart from trembling with fear when he saw Valensa, he was generally cooperative, answering all the questions and confessing to all his crimes over the years.

Anesse was indeed the legendary psychopathic killer, and his motive was basically the same as Valensa's speculation—Anesse was madly in love with Ms. Dina, but he couldn't satisfy the physical needs arising from love like a normal human male. The brain-eating monster bloodline in his body made him have to eat the brains of intelligent beings to release that impulse.

The only thing that surprised Valensa and Arele was that Anesse's initial crime was not because he was obsessed with Ms. Dina and needed to find a substitute, but because he was imitating her.

In the period immediately following his escape, Anathel forced himself to suppress his physical needs, preferring to use magic to knock himself unconscious rather than attack humans indiscriminately.

The moral values ​​he received from childhood still influence Anatheus, but more importantly, Anatheus is terrified of being discovered and taken back by Vincent.

Vincent used some extremely cruel methods to correct Anese's brain-eating tendencies, so cruel that Anese would rather suppress his physical needs than risk revealing any weakness – his purpose of consuming brains was too obvious, and even if he destroyed the body and made the victim disappear completely, it would still likely attract Vincent's attention.

It wasn't until another serial murder case at the time gave Anatheus inspiration.

That was also a serial murder case committed by a psychopath, but that psychopath did not have the ability and caution of Anesse. He was caught on the spot by the Commercial Union law enforcement team after committing the crime only 3 times, and was beaten to death on the spot while resisting arrest.

The psychopath's favorite targets were married women. He would rape and kill his victims, then destroy most of their bodies, leaving only the hand with the wedding ring as a trophy and a personal mark.

This act greatly inspired Anesse, leading him to devise a plan to conceal his true identity as a psychopathic killer, which later gave rise to the legend that young girls throughout Mosantina dared not wear short skirts and stockings.

Now, this legend has finally come to an end... There may be similar psychopaths committing crimes in the future, but they probably won't be as rampant as Anesse.

Eresh seems to have been inspired by Valensa's experience in finding Anatheus, believing that the reason she hasn't been able to find Anatheus all these years is because she's not twisted enough and can't understand twisted thoughts and reason accordingly.

We must use perversion to deal with perversion!

Aileen came to this conclusion and made a bold decision.

She recruited a group of deranged criminals from the Commercial Union's law enforcement team and the Church of the Sun's dungeon, rewarding them with improved living conditions while incarcerated. She also gave these deranged criminals a new job, encouraging them to think from a deranged perspective to help the law enforcement team and the paladins solve cases.

Valensa only paid attention to these things and didn't get involved much.

Because on the very night after the Anesse case was settled, Tia returned from the Sage's Tower, bringing back both good news and strange news.

Chapters 118-120: Couldn't you guys keep it down a bit?

"Good news and strange news?... Ugh."

In the Sun Church in Mosantina, in Valensa's guest room, Valensa lay on Tia's lap like a cat being petted, while Tia gently scratched her chin.

Valensa rubbed her cheek against Tia's exposed area twice, then inhaled the familiar scent of the white stockings. With a drunken expression, she hummed twice:

"Let's start with the strange news, I'm a pretty curious person."

"Hmph, I knew it."

Tia pursed her lips, not surprised at all.

Leaning against the headboard, she stretched with one arm raised, and the hand that had been stroking Valensa's chin naturally moved down to gently pinch Valensa's cheek, yawning as she said:

"It's that old guy Vincent... I was trying to find out about the barrier for the dueling arena for you in the Sage's Tower, and that's when I ran into him again."

"Did that guy make things difficult for you again?"

Valensa abruptly clamped Tia's hand between her chins, her brows furrowing slightly, a hint of annoyance flashing across her face, and a deep, dark light flickering in the depths of her azure eyes:

"I'll tear him apart one day! Humph!"

"No, if that guy keeps bothering me with inquiries about you like he has before, and even asks me to deliver letters to you trying to lure you to join him, that's actually quite normal... after all, he's already done that twice before."

Tia shook her head, her expression slightly confused:

"The reason I say this is strange news is that Vincent really only exchanged a few simple pleasantries with me this time, without asking a single question about you, as if he had completely lost interest in you. This is very strange."

"Huh? That old guy has lost interest in me?"

Valensa also looked surprised, and after thinking carefully, she said:

"Could it be that he's set his sights on a new research target? Many researchers are actually quite like scumbags; they abandon old projects when they find a new one that interests them. That's probably a normal phenomenon, isn't it?"

"If you were just an ordinary research subject, perhaps that would be true, but you are an extremely rare demigod! To Vincent's research project, you should be priceless, right?"

Tia expressed a different opinion:

"Don't forget our previous speculation. Vincent should know your bloodline, which can be seen from the letter he used to lure you. He may even have some connection to the attack on Uncle Wilson back then! Otherwise, it's hard to say how he knew your identity."

"Yes, that's definitely true... Once I'm stronger, I'll definitely ask him about these things! If my father's attack back then was really related to that old guy, even if he's a sage in the top 20 of the Sage Tower, I'll make him experience what it means to be under divine might!"

Valensa's eyes flashed with a dark light again, and she pondered:

"But thinking about it this way, it's really strange that he would suddenly lose interest in me... Could it be that he's deliberately acting to lower our guard? But there's no need for that..."

Although I've had some impressive victories and made a name for myself in Frankfurt, to that old guy we're still just greenhorns. Why would he need to be afraid of us?

"No, he probably wasn't acting; he's genuinely lost interest in you... We members of the Britannia family are quite perceptive and can easily tell if someone is lying."

Tia shook her head again, thought for a moment, and then asked Valensa:

"Think carefully, have you met him in the past year?"

"What? I ran into that old guy Vincent?"

Valensa blinked in surprise, tried her best to recall, but still shook her head:

"No, absolutely not."

Vincent, as the 11th sage of the Council of Sages, and with many properties in America, frequently appeared in various public places, leaving behind many portraits and video crystals.

Back in Fran, Valensa had seen Vincent's face through the image crystal, and she was confident that she had never seen the old man before.

"I've never seen this before...that's really strange."

Tia frowned, her two small white-stockinged feet dangling gently:

"Although it was just a brief exchange of pleasantries, I could roughly sense that... Vincent seemed to have already seen you, which is why he lost interest in you."

"He's seen me before? That... is impossible, isn't it?"

Valensa was also confused, and she and Tia looked at each other in bewilderment.

"...Never mind, I hope I'm just overthinking it."

The two stared at each other for a moment, one above the other, before Tia finally sighed:

"Whatever the reason, Vincent has temporarily lost interest in you, which is probably a good thing, right? After all, we are still very weak, and it's best to avoid direct conflict with him."

"Right."

Valensa nodded, then rubbed against Tia's white stockings a few more times, before smiling and changing the subject:

"Vincent's change of attitude is strange news, so what's the good news?"

"Of course, it's because the thing I asked for you has yielded results."

At this point, Tia couldn't help but puff out her chest proudly:

"The organizers of the dueling arena must have spent a lot of money. I contacted several sage apprentices who participated in the construction of the dueling barrier, but none of them would give me any information... There was even an old lecher who took the opportunity to blackmail me and try to take advantage of me."

"what?"

Valensa immediately became enraged, lifting her head off Tia's lap and sitting up, her eyes flashing with a chilling light as she placed her hands on Tia's shoulders:

"Which old pervert was it? He didn't succeed, did he? I think people like him should be captured by cultists and used as sacrifices."

"Don't worry, I'm not one of those stupid female protagonists in games."

Tia rolled her eyes at Valensa.

Among the game consoles Valensa brought back from the cyberpunk world were many strange games where the heroines were coerced, and Tia had played a few of them.

Tia reached out and pulled Valensa's face to the left and right, forcing a smile on her face before continuing:

"I definitely won't agree to that old lecher's conditions, and I've already found a way to teach him a lesson. There's no need for you to stand up for me against such a small fry. I'm not so easy to bully."

"That's good...hehe."

Valensa then gave Tia a quick kiss on the cheek:

"Baby, you're so beautiful, you should protect yourself like this and make sure all those who have ill intentions towards you suffer the most."

"Then you, you idiot, should be the first one to get killed, huh! Don't think I didn't understand anything when I was a kid. You already had ill intentions towards me back then, didn't you?"

Tia rolled her eyes at Valensa again and pinched her.

"How can you blame me for this?"

Valensa didn't seem to care at all, and even pressed her face against Tia's, rubbing their soft cheeks together into various shapes: