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

"Vanessa Floating, the Beast Knight?" Leo swirled the wine glass in his hand, feeling a strange sense of connection.

He squinted and pondered, "There was a water lily plant before, didn't it reveal the flower language related to the mythical beast knight? It seems a mythical beast came to drink water and complained that its owner was a love-struck fool?"

According to the guests, the Kingdom's direct lord, knight, Valet Floating, had his estate to the north.

Swamp Manor is also to the north.

The two places should not be far apart, which is why the magical beast was able to sneak out and come to the pond near the Swamp Manor to drink water.

"So, this love-struck phantom knight is Vanessa Floating?" Leo glanced at his left palm. "I wonder if there will be any further symbolic meanings, like the Countess's?"

The thought of the Countess.

Leo then forgot all about Vanessa; he had tasted the sweetness and now missed the Countess every day.

Midnight.

The ball had long since ended, and the guests were either going back to their guest rooms on the third floor to sleep or gathering in the entertainment room downstairs to play cards all night.

As for the fourth floor and above of the castle, it was quiet and peaceful.

That was the living area of ​​the Glowing Mushroom family members, and on the top floor, the seventh floor, there was a room specifically for the Glowing Mushrooms.

Leo quietly crept up to the seventh floor.

Instead of waiting at the entrance to the insect house, they hid in the shadows at the corner of the stairs and waited quietly.

Sit cross-legged and meditate on the holy light.

He figured Alice probably wouldn't come, but he didn't want to miss the opportunity, so he simply moved here to cultivate.

Twelve o'clock, one o'clock...

After finishing his Holy Light meditation, Leo took out his pocket watch to check the time and figured it would be dawn in a few hours.

"Alice probably isn't coming. I'd better go back to sleep." He was about to get up when he suddenly saw a figure emerge from the stairs. "Hmm? Someone really is coming. It looks like Alice. That woman is really bold!"

A maid was seen sneaking around to the door of the elf insect room.

After looking around for a while, he took out his key, unlocked the door, and then tiptoed inside.

The door was gently closed, but not locked.

Leo lowered his pace and quickly reached the door. Through the crack in the door, he could vaguely see the situation inside the insect room.

After all, the elf insects glow, and there are also quite a few glowing potted plants inside.

Alice had already taken out a long needle, and took out a fairy insect from the jade box. She pricked the fairy insect's skin with the needle, and immediately a small, warm, glowing liquid seeped out.

It only punctured a little bit of skin.

The fairy insect didn't react at all and remained fast asleep in Alice's hand, while Alice stuck out her tongue and licked the drop of fairy insect blood into her mouth.

next moment.

Leo pushed open the door and stepped out, hissing in a low voice, "So it's you, Alice, who's been pricking the fairy insects with needles to steal their blood!"

"Ah!" Alice screamed in surprise, then quickly covered her mouth as if remembering something.

But Leo had already closed in and grabbed her arm: "Come on, let my father see who's plotting against the elf insects!"

"No, no, no..." Alice staggered backward, almost immediately kneeling down. "Young Master Leo, please, please, don't take me away... I'm not trying to harm the spirit insects, I... I just came to check on them..."

"Keep an eye on it? Heh, go tell my father to call the priest and have him check if the spirit insects are damaged!"

Normally, when a spirit insect is injured, the priest will immediately sense it telepathically.

A small injury like a needle prick is not enough to make the fairy worm "sound the alarm," but if the priest investigates carefully, he will know what happened to the fairy worm.

but.

With the Glowing Fungus Castle so heavily guarded, which priest could have imagined that his contracted spirit insect would be subjected to needle pricks?

Therefore, Alice's behavior was based on taking advantage of the darkness under the lamp.

Once caught, there is absolutely no chance to explain; the evidence is locked, and all that awaits is death.

Not only her, but if she has family members, they will also be executed.

"Young Master Leo, I beg you, I beg you, please spare me this time, I... I will never dare to do it again!" Alice pleaded in a low voice.

Leo dragged her to the doorway and suddenly smelled a faint, pungent odor, discovering that Alice's skirt was already soaked.

He was clearly terrified.

He then said in a low voice, "Give me a reason why I should spare you."

Alice, as if grasping at a straw, hurriedly replied, "Young Master Leo, if you spare me this time, I'll do anything you ask, anything I can!"

"Very well, it seems you know what's good for you." Leo released his grip and looked down at Alice, who was slumped on the ground.

Alice crawled to the ground.

Leo said calmly, "Come with me."

He opened the door, glanced down the hallway, and saw no one coming; after all, it was already past one in the morning.

Once outside, seeing that Alice hadn't followed, he turned back and saw Alice still slumped on the ground, her legs too weak to get up.

Leo instructed, "You have ten minutes to take care of your personal hygiene, then come to my room."

After saying that, he left.

Back in my room on the fourth floor, I prepared paper, pen, and inkpad, and waited for about eleven or twelve minutes before the closed door was finally pushed open.

Then Alice walked in and quickly locked the door.

She had changed into a maid's uniform, and the fear on her face was gone. Instead, she gave Leo a flirtatious wink.

Then they started unbuttoning the uniform, revealing only a bright red tube top underneath.

"Stop! What are you doing!" Leo snapped.

Alice paused for a moment, then smiled seductively, "Young Master Leo, this is my own choice. Tonight I am yours, you can do whatever you want with me... I will do whatever you want with me!"

Looking at Alice's round face.

Leo was shocked.

Who does she think she is!

Hunger makes one indiscriminate in their eating?

Or does he have a fetish for the ugly?

"Shut up!" Leo snapped. "Put your clothes back on, or I'll hand you over if you dare act up again!"

Alice was startled, then realized she had misunderstood. Leo had invited her to his room not to possess her.

"Young Master Leo, you...don't you want me?"

"If you act lewdly again, I'll beat you to death."

"Yes." Alice shrank back.

Leo pointed to the paper, pen, and inkpad on the table: "I'll tell you to write it down, then put your fingerprint on it, and write down everything you've done."

"I...I can't write, Master Leo."

"Who are you trying to fool? You spend all day managing the affairs of the territory with Lady Sandra, and you're telling me you can't write?" Leo laughed angrily. "Alice, you can leave now. It seems I have no reason to forgive you."

Alice quickly slumped onto the table: "I'll write, I'll write, Master Leo!"

After writing her confession and pressing her fingerprint on it, Alice looked expectantly at Leo, waiting for his instructions.

Leo put away the confession: "This is just a precaution. After all, if I expose you and have the priest communicate with the spirit insects, your crimes will be impossible to deny. So, don't think about how to clear your name. Doing what I say is the only way for you and your family to survive."