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

An additional guest was added to the dinner party: Mrs. Sandra's father, Sanchez Candlemoor, one of the baron's knights.

He is also one of only four Tier 3 Phantom Beast Knights in the territory.

"It's been a long time since I've been to the Glowing Fungus Castle. I'm so happy to see you in such good health, Madam, thanks to the Holy Light." Sanchez was an elderly knight who had a daughter late in life, and he was now almost seventy years old.

However, as a Beast Knight, even at seventy years old, he is still strong and vigorous.

"Young Master Leo, hello." Sanchez greeted Leo again, but Leo couldn't quite remember him.

As far as I can remember, Sanchez did not want his daughter to marry the Baron.

He hoped to recruit a knight to become his son-in-law, and then pass on his lordly knighthood to his grandson.

This is a common tactic for a knight who has only daughters and no sons.

However, it's not bad for him that his daughter marries the baron. At least his grandson Lipton will become a nobleman in the future, whether he inherits his title or the baron is granted a title. It's just a pity that he won't be able to take his surname.

The surname "Candlemoss," which took generations of hard work to obtain, is destined to be eliminated.

"Hello, Mr. Sanchez," Leo replied politely.

Sanchez rarely visits Glowing Fungus, preferring to focus on developing his own Candle Manor, which is said to be rapidly becoming the second Glowing Town.

This is also why Sanchez was unwilling for his daughter to marry the Baron.

The baron had worked so hard to build this business, only to have it all gone to waste, leaving him feeling like he'd wasted his time. He'd been trying to create miniatures on the manor, but alas, he was too old, and hadn't managed to create any yet.

Alas!

At the dinner table, Leo was very low-key, and Sanchez was equally low-key, like two invisible people.

This gave Leo a slightly different feeling.

"I'm keeping a low profile because I don't fit in, and besides, my past self was naturally aloof; I have to act well. You, Sanchez, with your thick eyebrows and big eyes, are a phantom beast knight, and the baron's father-in-law—why are you being so low-key?"

If it were someone else, Leo probably wouldn't care.

But Sanchez was different; he was Mrs. Sandra's father, and Leo was 100% certain that Sanchez had been involved in the conspiracy against him.

No matter how low you try to keep a low profile, it's useless.

His father-daughter relationship with Mrs. Sandra is irrefutable proof.

……

The next day, the Glowing Fungus Castle opened its doors to welcome guests, and Leo, as the second son of the family, also had to stand at the gate to greet the guests who came to the banquet.

Madam Cecilia requested a simple celebration, only informing relatives, but many guests still attended.

The nobles of Lancashire, the priests of the glowing town, and the pioneer knights of the country estates all came to celebrate the old lady's birthday.

Many nobles, though not coming in person, sent their stewards and knights with gifts.

The gifts were plentiful and varied.

The most common item was the Light Plant, which was the most popular gift among nobles. All kinds of Light Plants filled the entire hall.

The castle gardeners busily carried the saplings to plant in every corner of the castle.

Leo also presented his gift: "Grandmother, this is a sunflower seedling that I personally cultivated on the estate. Although it is a herbaceous seedling, its brightness is comparable to that of a woody seedling, just like a large lamp."

The sunflower, grown in a pot with bare branches, is being well cared for.

The enormous flowerpot, radiating an alluring white light, is truly captivating.

"Good, good, good! My handsome young man knows how to cultivate sunflowers now." Grandma Cecilia was very pleased and satisfied with the sunflower potted plant. "Grandma will put it in her bedroom."

The old lady really liked sunflowers.

However, among the many gifts, this luminous plant was not eye-catching, and no one noticed why it was brighter than the average luminous plant.

It was simply due to the pastor's long-term blessing with holy light.

Just before noon, just before the banquet was about to begin, Leo saw the sun mark on his palm recharged.

This time, the warmth pointed to the castle's back garden.

"I'll be right back." Leo went to the back garden and found the source of the warm guidance: an evening primrose.

Reach out and touch.

The flower's language is delicate and fragile, like someone whispering in your ear: "Lady Sandra's personal maid has once again pierced the skin of the fairy insect with a needle and stolen its blood. It's said that this can beautify the skin."

"hiss!"

Leo was astonished.

Use a needle to prick the fairy insect, then steal its blood.

Regardless of whether it's actually useful or not, the mere act of pricking the spirit insects with needles is a crime punishable by hanging.

"Lady Sandra's personal maid is Alice. I didn't expect her to be so bold." Leo certainly recognized Alice; she was a maid who came with Lady Sandra when she married into the family.

He's not young anymore, probably around thirty-five or thirty-six years old.

They are not married.

"And she's not even pretty... She's willing to die for beauty." Leo's furrowed brows relaxed.

The evening primrose's foliage provided him with a very good handle.

By seizing this leverage, it would be tantamount to turning Alice against her and placing a spy next to Mrs. Sandra.

"To catch a thief red-handed, I'll lie in wait near the Elf Insect Chamber tonight, waiting to catch her red-handed!" Leo thought. "After the banquet ends tonight, there will be too many guests, and Alice might not make a move."

If one night isn't enough, then two nights will do.

If two nights aren't enough, then three nights will do.

Leo wasn't in a hurry to return to the swamp manor; he had plenty of time to catch Alice red-handed about her crimes.

……

The luncheon was a lively affair, and the dinner was equally lively.

After the banquet, there was a ball where nobles of all ages and genders danced gracefully on the dance floor.

Leo received many invitations from noble ladies.

But he politely declined them all.

"You should go dance." Lisa, the older sister, sat down, taking a large gulp of champagne. She'd already danced several times in a row. "Leo, you're the Knight of Light, how come you're still as timid and cowardly as before?"

Leo didn't answer, but instead said, "Brother-in-law is sitting here too, sister, why don't you dance with him?"

"With him?" Lisa scoffed. "He has absolutely no romance. Dancing with him is worse than dancing with a block of wood."

Just then, a handsome guest approached and said, "Miss Lisa, would you please dance with me?"

Lisa immediately put down her champagne, smiled broadly, took the other person's hand, and went to dance with them.

Leo glanced at his brother-in-law Phoenix, who was sitting alone not far away.

Phoenix drank alone, his gaze following Lisa as she danced gracefully on the dance floor, but his face remained expressionless.

Leo sighed.

Lacking a mother's guidance, the older sister Lisa was somewhat rebellious, which made things difficult for her honest brother-in-law.

"Have you heard? Lord Vert Fuping of the Kingdom in the north, her daughter Vanessa has been promoted to a Phantom Beast Knight." Two guests from Lancashire chatted casually in the back row.

Leo's heart skipped a beat, and he listened intently.

Another person added, "Really? I've met Lord Verte once; he's only in his early forties. How old can his daughter be to have already become a Phantom Beast Knight?"

"She seems to be twenty-four years old. Tsk tsk, a twenty-four-year-old Beast Knight is already a genius among geniuses, let alone a female Beast Knight," a previous guest remarked. "I wonder which knight will be lucky enough to get her!"