Things about the female knight in black stockings

Tia and Valensa exchanged a glance, thinking to themselves, "As expected," and then tentatively asked:

"That traitor in your pursuit team, could he be...?"

"It's the Lily you're looking for."

Carlos's voice was even more bitter:

“It was Lily who killed me by piercing my heart with the Demon-Slaying Dagger, and then sealed my body in the pit with that metal door panel, almost trapping me to death here... Thank goodness you came.”

"Did Lily really kill you?"

Tia wasn't too surprised, but she still frowned slightly, somewhat puzzled:

"Keli is just a Lighthouse-level Ranger Knight. Even if she has a lot of magical items specially made by Mord, she shouldn't be able to kill you, Mr. Carlos, the 31st seat of the Sage Council and a Battle Sage, so easily, right?"

"This one……"

Carlos's voice suddenly became even more bitter, and filled with shame.

Valensa and Tia, who had already guessed what was going on from the wet marks on the ground, didn't urge Carlos and patiently waited for him to adjust his mindset.

Anyway, it was Carlos, not them, who was in a hurry to return to the Sage's Tower for undead transformation.

"Sigh... never mind."

After about ten minutes of silence, Carlos spoke again, his tone carrying a sense of resignation and despair:

"Anyway, this matter can't be kept secret sooner or later, so I might as well tell you now... The sooner we catch that traitor Lily, we might be able to reduce some losses and salvage some of my reputation."

Valensa and Tia both showed expressions of patient listening.

“Since you two are from the Sage’s Tower and the Church of the Sun, you should know that we have been hunting down that necromancer named Savat Landon recently. I am the captain of one of the five hunting teams sent by the Sage’s Tower. According to the order of dispatch, we should be the fourth team.”

Carlos sighed deeply and began to speak:

"I won't go into what happened before... Anyway, seven days ago, our team found a clue that this place was likely a former stronghold of Savat Langdon, so we came here to investigate."

You probably noticed when you came in, right? There used to be quite a few undead creatures hiding here, but Savat Langdon himself wasn't here, and our team cleared them out without much trouble.

After confirming that there was no danger here, we started to split up and investigate... There are four areas here, and my team has five people.

I was in charge of investigating this cave at the time. Lily was supposed to be on the other side, but she suddenly found me here, and...and...and..."

Carlos suddenly started stammering at this point, and he couldn't finish the sentence even after trying to say "again" several times.

"She even suddenly seduced you, didn't she?"

Valensa took over the conversation expressionlessly:

"You couldn't resist her seduction and had some contact with her. Then she took advantage of your moment of vulnerability and killed you, which is why she killed you so easily, right?"

"Ah this..."

Carlos's voice was even more ashamed. After stammering for a while, he finally responded softly:

"It's like this... It's all my fault... If I had been more careful back then... No, I should have firmly rejected her... Sigh."

"Hmph, in the end it's all your fault for being too horny!"

Tia snorted in annoyance and took the opportunity to roll her eyes at Valensa:

"If a beautiful woman suddenly throws herself at you, she's probably up to no good. If you can't resist the temptation, you'll end up with a heart attack! Besides, as your teammate, Lily, you should know she has a very loving boyfriend, right? When she suddenly tries to seduce you, don't you realize something's wrong?"

"This one……"

Carlos's voice was even more ashamed, lacking any of the imposing aura of a Radiant-rank expert. It was as if someone with a conscience had inadvertently done something wrong and was being condemned by everyone.

"I... I did sense something was off, but Lily is a half-elf, with a great figure and looks. She's usually very cold to other men, and suddenly she's seducing me with that hot and alluring look. I really couldn't resist... After all, I've focused on studying combat magic since I was little, and I've never been in a relationship with a woman before, only been to brothels a few times..."

"Oh?"

Tia raised an eyebrow, her expression becoming even more disdainful:

"So, you've had improper thoughts about Miss Lily all along?"

"No...that's not true!"

Carlos, his voice slightly flustered, hurriedly explained:

"I admit that Lily's figure and appearance are very attractive to me, and I have had some fantasies about her... but it's just a fantasy, and I've never actually done anything with her. When we were on search missions together in the pursuit team, we always handled things strictly by the book."

If she hadn't deliberately seduced me... well, okay, I admit I lacked willpower, but the main responsibility shouldn't lie with me, right?

“This is not a matter of assigning blame, Mr. Carlos.”

Valensa smiled. She was more understanding of single older men like Tia, and unlike Tia, she didn't show any disdain for Carlos, maintaining a friendly and approachable demeanor.

"We just want to know more about the truth and the details, to find out exactly what happened to Miss Lily."

After offering Carlos a few words of gentle comfort, Valensa asked directly:

"I would like you to carefully recall what exactly happened at that time. For example, did you have a relationship with Miss Lily? Also, has Miss Lily been acting strangely these past few days? For example, has she been spending long periods of time alone?"

"What was the situation at that time?"

Carlos hesitated noticeably, seemingly reluctant to recount the details.

However, considering that he was already going to die anyway, dying a little more didn't seem to matter... After hesitating for about 10 seconds, Carlos finally stammered out:

"Lily is a half-elf ranger knight who likes to wear those tight-fitting, thin leather clothes, which really accentuate her figure, and she has a great figure. Coupled with her rather aloof demeanor towards unfamiliar men, she's quite charming... At least the other two men in my team must have had some fantasies about her."

Of course, this is just fantasy. We humans are intelligent beings with morality and order, and we will not so easily succumb to our desires, otherwise we would be no different from wild beasts and monsters.

So we've never crossed any lines with Lily, not even flirting with her, because everyone knows she has a loving boyfriend. Even if we might have some fantasies about her beauty and body, we wouldn't actually do anything! I'm sure of it!

"Yes, I can understand all of that."

Valensa smiled and nodded:

"Actually, I also really like all kinds of beautiful women. When I see those hot and beautiful women on the street, I can't help but feel excited and want to be with them... *sob*."

Valensa twisted her waist to avoid Tia's sudden pinching hand, and continued to laugh:

"It is perfectly reasonable for a human being with normal bodily needs to fantasize about beautiful women with high looks and good figures, so Mr. Carlos, you don't need to feel any psychological burden."

Let me take myself as an example... I not only like all kinds of beautiful women, but I am also a great beauty myself. I am often stared at by all kinds of people on the street. Many of them inevitably have all sorts of fantasies about me. I can feel it and I feel disgusted, but I can't just beat up all the people who fantasize about me, can I?

If that were the case, at least half the world's population would probably be beaten up, and I, who was originally the victim, would end up becoming the world's public enemy.

So, fantasizing is something you really don't need to worry about... Fantasizing about your female friends is a bit immoral, but it's not illegal.

"Ha...you really are an interesting girl, Miss Paladin."

Carlos was immediately amused by Valensa, and his tone became noticeably more relaxed:

"I admit you're a very charming lady, but isn't it a bit too arrogant of you to think that at least half the world's population fantasizes about you?"

"Hmph, this is the confidence that beauty gives me!"

Valensa, with one hand on her hip, flipped her hair with an air of arrogance before continuing:

"In short, Mr. Carlos, you don't need to worry too much. Compared to something as trivial as having fantasies about your female companion, finding clues about the enemy is obviously more important, isn't it?"

"you're right."

Carlos was clearly persuaded by Valensa, and his tone returned to calm as he began to recall:

"I was searching for clues in this room when I first arrived... There were quite a few souls here that were sealed and imprisoned by magic... Well, probably twenty or thirty."

I tried to communicate with those souls, but they didn't seem to understand my language. They must be the otherworldly souls mentioned in the intelligence, tricked here by Savat Langdon from another world.

Regarding the handling of these souls, our Sage Tower has long had a decision. I also strictly followed the Sage Tower's plan, removing the magical seals and temporarily storing the souls of those victims from other worlds in the Sage Tower's specially made soul storage box. The plan is to send all the rescued victim souls back to their original worlds after defeating Savat Landon.

Well... it was only two or three minutes after I finished dealing with those otherworldly souls when Lily suddenly came over and immediately threw herself into my arms.

Her face was flushed and her body was burning hot. She claimed that while inspecting the cave next door, she was accidentally scratched by a special plant and poisoned with aphrodisiac. She said she had to have sex with someone immediately, otherwise her volcanic desire would burn her brain.

I was tempted, but I didn't act immediately. Instead, I tried several spells to help her remove or alleviate the effects of the Spring Poison, but they were all ineffective.

While I was casting my spell, she became increasingly aroused and kept seducing me... She kept saying that she couldn't hold back anymore, but she didn't want to have a relationship with the other two male companions who were around the same age, because she was worried that those male companions would pester her afterward and affect her relationship with her lover.

She said I was a highly respected sage, and that I would surely understand the nature of the matter and wouldn't judge her as a promiscuous woman because of this incident. She also said she would keep my secret and that she trusted me...

In short, she said a lot of things that sounded very reasonable, and she was indeed very tempting at the time. Even though I vaguely sensed that something was wrong, I ultimately succumbed to desire... sigh.

"Having been poisoned by a potent aphrodisiac, and with her brain nearly destroyed by desire, Miss Lily was still able to calmly analyze the pros and cons... Heh, her acting was superb. And Mr. Carlos, well..."

Tia's lips moved, but she ultimately gave the sage some face, though she gave Valensa a veiled glare:

"People who are naturally amorous become idiots when they actually try to be amorous! They're all the same! Humph!"

"I'll always be a fool in front of my darling Tia."

Valensa casually showed off her affection for Tia before looking at Carlos seriously again:

"Then... Mr. Carlos, did you actually have a relationship with Miss Lily? You should understand what I mean."

"This...this...this...huh?"

Carlos hesitated again, seemingly trying to recall, but after a while, his voice suddenly became confused:

"I...I can't remember...I only remember doing a lot of things to her, almost taking off all her clothes, and taking off my own clothes too, but after that...sob."

The bewildered voice then turned somewhat painful:

"No... I really can't remember... I only remember feeling extremely satisfied for a moment, and it was in that moment of great satisfaction that Lily suddenly killed me. But why I was satisfied... I really can't remember at all."

Chapters 127-129: Things Bad Women Have Done

"Can't remember?"

Valensa raised an eyebrow and pursed her lips:

"Really? This is a beautiful woman actively throwing herself at you and seducing you... As a normal man, shouldn't you memorize every detail so you can recall and savor it when you have nothing else to do?"

"I...I really can't remember."

Carlos's voice was completely blank, and the pale white magical light in the corpse's eyes flickered violently, like a light bulb about to burn out due to unstable voltage:

"As you said, I remember every detail very clearly at the beginning... I clearly remember how I touched her inappropriately, and I also clearly remember how I took off her clothes."

But what happened after that... uh, no, I can't remember at all... I have absolutely no vague recollection of it.

In my memory, it was as if I had just taken off her clothes and hadn't done anything yet when my body suddenly felt extremely satisfied, and then she stabbed me through the heart.

But how could that be? I've definitely been single all this time and never had a girlfriend, but I still go to sex shops several times a year. It's definitely not that easy to get physical satisfaction there!

Carlos cared deeply about this matter of male dignity, especially in front of the two beautiful girls, Valensa and Tia.

He seemed willing to drive himself to the brink of madness just to prove he was a normal man, not the kind of ultimate quick-draw man who finishes before he's even done anything.

Therefore, the already dwindling necromantic energy on Carlos's corpse fluctuated even more violently, like a flickering candle in the wind that could be extinguished at any moment, startling Valensa and Tia.

Carlos absolutely cannot die now. If he dies, it will be extremely troublesome to investigate many things later.

Therefore, Valensa and Tia had no choice but to give up on asking Carlos about the details of that night and quickly had Tia use teleportation to send Carlos back to the Sage's Tower.

"I don't think he was lying. What do you think?"

After seeing Carlos off, Tia looked at Valensa and asked.

"Well, I don't think he's lying either."

Valensa nodded and pondered:

"As I just said, a normal man would definitely try to remember every detail of such a romantic encounter. But Carlos's memory went blank at the crucial moment, which is definitely suspicious. I suspect that Lily not only seduced Carlos with her body, but also used some kind of drug or charm spell to put Carlos in a state of vulnerability that would trigger memory loss, which is why she was able to kill him with one blow."

Carlos could only recall the moment he was stabbed; the pain of that instant of death must have brought him back to his senses… After all, he was a battle sage; even if he was under the influence of drugs or charm, he should have regained consciousness upon suffering a fatal injury.

"Yeah, I think so too."

Tia nodded, then sighed:

"It's a pity he's in such poor condition right now, otherwise we might be able to use some magic to forcibly obtain his bodily memories from when he was unconscious. For now... we can only wait until he completes his Lich class change before asking him, but that will take at least a month."

"It's alright, we can continue searching for other clues here."

Valensa is quite optimistic:

"Now that we know Lily is indeed a traitor and even killed Carlos, the rest of the pursuit team will probably not escape Lily's clutches either."

In this kind of place, with several people investigating separately, it should be the best opportunity for Lily to make her move. I think the other members of this pursuit team are probably also in grave danger now.

However, those who can join the Sage's Tower pursuit team, even if they haven't broken through to the Radiant Rank, should at least have some trump cards to protect themselves, or be able to leave behind some information.