The Knight of Light plants the sun in the eternal night.

After the Knights' morning class, Leo took another shower, as he wasn't used to not showering when he was covered in sweat, but Bruto and the other Knights didn't get that treatment.

Taking a bath is a strenuous and troublesome task for them.

So little Camille couldn't take a bath and could only let her linen clothes dry in the wind, emitting a strong smell of sweat.

"This is not good." When Leo finished showering, he happened to smell the sweaty odor emanating from Camille.

As was customary, he summoned Franken.

He voiced his thoughts: "The manor has almost no public facilities; how do the knights bathe?"

"Just fill a bucket with cool water and take a quick shower around the corner behind the house," Franken said, shrugging dismissively. "Summer's almost here, the temperature's rising every day, taking a shower will be easy."

When he said this...

Leo could also smell the stench emanating from Franken, though not as strong as the smell of sweat, it was still very foul.

"No, we must build a bathhouse."

"Well, there are no vacant serfs for the time being, Leo. The bathhouse is just a small matter, there's no need to rush."

"No, this is a big deal." Leo emphasized, "Hygiene must be a key decision in the development of the territory. Professor Franken, you must realize this. Public bathhouses and toilets must be mandatory buildings."

After a pause, Leo, knowing the priorities, said, "Of course, we don't have enough manpower right now, so we can put that on hold and just build a temporary bathhouse. I don't want to smell the stench of sweat anymore, understand?"

"Okay, I understand." As Franken spoke, he raised his arm and sniffed his armpit.

Then he gagged: "It really...smells awful."

The teacher and student then inspected the construction site. In just two days, the basic structure of the house was almost completed. All that was left was to cut down some trees to add a roof and windows.

"Young Master Leo!"

"Praise be to Young Master Rio!"

"The dark bread was big and filling; thank you to the generous young master Leo."

"The Holy Light favors the Glowing Mushroom family!"

"May the Holy Light always be with you, Your Excellency, Young Master Leo." The serf who built the house flattered Leo with great enthusiasm upon seeing him.

Leo was probably the first lord to be willing to conscript them into service and even provide them with black bread.

"Professor Franken, do the serfs have a lot of free time throughout the year besides farming?" Leo stood on a rock, watching the serfs work diligently; no one dared to slack off.

"Yes, there's nothing else to do besides farming and serving in the army," Franken said. "The serfs in the small town can at least go to the market, but in the country manor, they can only lie at home to save their energy."

"Then, I plan to formulate a policy to conscript serfs for long-term, paid service during the off-season, what do you think?"

"Of course, but what would we need to do?"

"Building roads, houses, digging irrigation ditches... there are many things we can do." Leo has been thinking about how to plan and develop his territory for the past few days. He has a general idea, but it still needs to be optimized and demonstrated.

"What's the point of building houses? What's the point of digging irrigation ditches, Leo? The estate has 6,000 acres, and the serfs are almost unable to cultivate them all."

Franken's thinking was still in its early stages.

I couldn't keep up with Leo's ideas.

"If you don't have serfs, just buy them. Serfs are cheap in Lancashire, aren't they? More serfs mean more land to cultivate..."

"But, but, Leo," Franken shook his head, "our Lightplant production can't keep up. Without the protection of Lightplant, we can't let the serfs farm with peace of mind. Most importantly, there are too few trainee priests."

The cultivation of the light plant is closely related to the novice pastors.

Without the novice priest diligently casting Holy Light spells every day, the light output rate of the Light Plant will be far lower than expected.

"There will be a way, Professor Franken, but we need to change our thinking." Leo pointed to the area of ​​the manor. "The farmland inside the fence is far from reaching its production limit. We need to learn intensive farming."

"Uh..." Franken didn't understand.

Leo didn't expect to teach the other person immediately: "I will gradually teach you to follow my train of thought in the specific tasks that follow in the future."

Although he didn't think Leo knew better than him how to manage a manor, Franken still adopted an expectant tone: "Of course, you are of the Glowing Mushroom family bloodline, and no one is better at managing territory than the Glowing Mushroom family."

After touring the estate, it was lunchtime.

3:30 p.m.

Leo, who was sitting on the sofa reading a knight novel to pass the time, immediately raised his left hand, saw the sun mark on his palm, and completed recharging.

Select to activate immediately.

This time, the sun's mark responded quickly, its warm breath spreading from the palm and pointing out of the castle.

"Hmm." Leo felt that the direction the warmth was pointing in seemed to be quite far away, so he called out, "To... Ramos, come with me, let's go for a walk outside."

He intended to call Thomas the servant, but seeing that the deputy butler Ramos was doing nothing in the castle, he decided to find him some work to do.

To prevent Ramos from becoming depressed from having nothing to do—for a servant, not being able to find his place in the castle is a terrible situation.

"Yes, young master." Ramos was pleasantly surprised. He immediately found Doris, gathered all the items Leo needed to take on his trip, and then followed Leo's footsteps, walking all the way to the edge of the fence.

Leo frowned; the warm guidance was still extending outwards.

Ramos immediately stepped forward: "Young master, I'll go and fetch Knight Commander Pluto to escort you."

"Okay." Leo didn't refuse.

After the Shadow Beast attack, he now feels unsafe outside and needs knights to protect him if he wants to go out.

A moment later, Ramos arrived with Pluto and four guards, including Oden.

Even Camille came along.

"It's just a stroll, Knight Commander Pluto will accompany me." Leo didn't want to make a big fuss.

But Bruto said, "My lord, the attack on the Road of Glimmer has not yet been investigated. If you go out, we will all escort you... Camille can come along and learn knightly skills."

Leo readily agreed: "Okay."

He then led his knights, carrying torches, and walked forward along the dimly lit path. After walking for a short while, they felt that they had arrived at the source of the warm guidance.

It's a cluster of dandelion plants by the roadside, a common sight along dimly lit roads.

He crouched down and touched the small white fluffy balls of the dandelion seed head. These were its seeds, not yet mature, and couldn't fly away for the time being.

The instant your fingertips touch it.

The flower language derived from the dandelion's stalk is as clear and crisp as a child's: "The ants have carried so much of the stalk's food into the anthill; the ant nest under that large square rock is almost overflowing."

The language of flowers has faded.

Leo looked around intently and quickly found the large square stone that Dandelion had mentioned.

"Did you see that?" Leo said mysteriously. "Ants have secretly carried the seeds of the Light Plant to their anthill, right under that rock over there... Knights, move the rock and dig!"