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

Leo felt that time flew by when he was with the Countess, and before he knew it, it was already evening.

The solar mark has been fully charged, but it failed to trigger the flower's symbolism.

The Radiant Plants outside the castle, probably drenched by a heavy rain, greedily absorbed the moisture and forgot to make their remarks. The Radiant Plants inside the castle, perhaps feeling the current atmosphere required no further explanation.

Under normal circumstances, Leo might have become anxious.

But at this moment, he was quite calm.

In his heart, nothing could compare to every moment he spent with the Countess.

The dinner was very lively.

Instead of dining alone with the Countess, Leo hosted a feast for all the knights of Taro Castle.

"Lord Leo, I raise a toast to you. Although you live in a country castle, your demeanor is truly captivating!" The knight commander of Taro Castle was a second-rank grand knight with a full beard, named Zack.

"You're too kind, Mr. Zack. Let's have a drink together," Leo said with a smile.

Franken frequently raised his glass, inviting the knights of Taro Castle to drink, and occasionally telling a dirty joke.

According to aristocratic etiquette, the Countess was not present.

So the knights at the banquet were very relaxed, drinking heavily and talking loudly. Occasionally, a few witty and slightly crude remarks would make the knights burst into laughter.

Dirk, the butler, stood behind Leo's seat, unaffected by the banquet atmosphere, and continued to serve Leo the meal meticulously.

His somewhat cloudy eyes silently observed everything.

He thought to himself with emotion, "Young Master has really grown up. In the past, at the Glowing Fungus Castle, he would always try to avoid these social gatherings, and if he couldn't escape, he would just eat and drink silently... But now he can drink and have fun with the knights."

Looking at Leo, who sat in the main seat, his every move still maintained the aristocratic composure.

Butler Dirk even felt a sudden urge to cry.

This is the touching feeling of "My son has grown up."

……

"Zack is the knight commander I promoted. He is loyal to me, but there are too many people from the Long Taro family mixed in with the knights."

Nighttime, on the large bed in the master bedroom.

After a fierce battle, the Countess, resting her head on Leo's arm, recounted the situation at Taro Castle: "I've become a bit too capricious these past few years, always thinking that Taro Castle would be inherited by Evan sooner or later, so why bother with every little detail?"

"From what you're saying, Evan was chosen by a distant elder of the Long Taro family. Then, was there no successor arrangement made during Earl Eric's lifetime?"

"He was a good man, but also an oddball. Besides disliking women, he was particularly resistant to his family," the Countess recalled. "His lineage was the direct line, and he only had one cousin who died before him."

Earl Eric had a bad relationship with his cousin, and an even worse relationship with his nephews, who wanted to take his place as heir.

Eric then declared before his death that he would never pass the title to his two cousins.

He also refused to grant titles to his nephews.

As a result, after his death, his two cousins ​​not only could not inherit the title, but were also only commoners and did not even have the right to enter Taro Castle.

The King respected Earl Eric's wishes.

However, not wanting the Earl of Long Taro to die out, he selected, through a selection process, the son of one of his cousins, namely his grand-nephew Evan, to become the legal heir of the Earl of Long Taro and inherit the title.

"Actually, we should have chosen the older grandnephew, but my father did some planning and chose Evan, who was born not long ago."

Baron Rushwick did this in the hope that his daughter could hold power in Taro Castle for a few more years.

"I also thought that in a dozen years, we should be able to make up for the deficit in the family territory, which is what Earl Eric promised." The Countess yawned. "I will leave Taro Castle when Evan turns sixteen."

Upon hearing this, Leo said gently, "Then, you can come to my Sunflower Castle and be the mistress of this place."

"Back then, Sunflower Castle must have had a mistress."

"I can wait for you."

"No, Leo, I understand your heart, that's enough." The Countess chuckled. "Continue with your normal life, don't let me, a woman who has blasphemed the Holy Light, ruin your life."

Leo said solemnly, "Mariliana, please don't have such thoughts. You have never blasphemed the Holy Light, and you are pure and spotless in my heart."

"Leo..."

"What's wrong?"

"I want you!"

"hiss!"

……

The next morning, the Countess's body heat and a faint orchid-like fragrance still lingered in Leo's bed.

The sun mark on the palm is shining, but the meaning of the flower still hasn't been activated.

"Young Master, you look a little tired. Would you like to sleep a little longer?" Doris said as she helped Leo wash up.

"What?"

Leo didn't believe it. Looking in the mirror, he saw the obvious dark circles under his eyes and realized that he had indeed been too indulgent these past two nights.

It wasn't that my body was completely drained, but rather that I was severely sleep-deprived: "It's okay, Doris, I'll take a nap later. A little sleep will clear up my dark circles. With Holy Light Aura and Holy Light Elements blessing me, I'm perfectly healthy."

Doris chuckled, "Young Master, you should just hold on to it."

"Wrapped."

After having breakfast with the Countess downstairs, Leo continued to invite her to the Magic Crystal Field greenhouse.

The Countess was pleased.

The sunflower field has been sprinkled with magic crystal powder again, and the seedlings, or rather, the plants that are about to mature, are topped with flower buds.

Adela flew through the air, now holding a small, glowing magic wand. This was a luminous weapon, a luminous magic wand specially crafted for flower fairies, which could speed up spellcasting.

"Abba aba?" For some reason, Adela landed on Leo's head and stepped on his hair.

Upon seeing this, the Countess burst into laughter: "How adorable, Lé...Adèle."

"This little guy is really too kind," Leo laughed.

Adela then stood on top of Leo's head and cast a holy light spell on the sunflower plant, showering down a large amount of holy light.

The flower buds at the top of the sunflower plants are opening one after another.

Large flower heads were revealed, accompanied by a bright white light, ten times brighter than the previous sunflower plants.

"Wow!" Old Bob exclaimed, his mouth agape. "Holy light!"

He counted on his fingers, "One, two, three... eleven, twelve, thirteen... seventeen!"

There are probably one or two hundred sunflower plants in this area.

Seventeen of the sunflowers emitted a bright light, representing a ratio of approximately ten to one, or about one-tenth.

Not high.

However, considering that this is a newly cultivated second-generation light strain that has not undergone long-term improvement and selection, the ratio is already quite good.

Only seeds from superior light-producing plants selected over a long period of time can achieve a light extraction rate of 20% to 30%.

"The light output is excellent, but what's even better is that the light from the sunflower plant is very bright, almost as bright as that of the woody plant." The Countess was an expert in the field of plant growth and immediately recognized the advantages of the sunflower plant.

She gently touched one of the large, glowing flower heads and exclaimed, "The light output of the herbaceous plants, the brightness of the woody ones, Leo, it seems we've discovered an amazing light-producing variety."

Leo wholeheartedly agreed.

Compared to other herbaceous and mushroom plants, sunflower plants are incredibly bright, like rows of LED lights.

With these seventeen LED lights stacked together, the entire Magic Crystal Field greenhouse is now as bright as day.

He laughed smugly, "Madam, it's the Holy Light—your Holy Light and my Holy Light—that bestows a wonderful blessing upon the sunflowers. And don't you think these sunflowers look like little suns? They are true sunflowers!"