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

The following day, May 24th.

The guests took their leave, and Leo also planned to head back, but his grandmother refused.

"Stay one more day, spend more time with your grandmother." Madam Cecilia held Leo's hand, forcing him to stay at the Glowing Fungus Castle for another day. "You can only leave tomorrow when your grandmother is also returning to Lancashire."

Upon hearing this, the Baron advised, "Mother, didn't you say you would stay at the Glowing Fungus Castle for a while longer?"

"No, there's a new play at the theater." Old Mrs. Cecilia shook her head. "You'll all complain if I stay another day. I'd rather go back and watch the play."

No one dislikes you.

"Who knows? Anyway, every time I come back, there are always people giving me a fake smile," said Madam Cecilia, glancing at Madame Sandra standing next to the Baron.

It goes without saying who they're referring to.

Mrs. Sandra, who had been forcing a smile, finally couldn't hold back any longer: "Mother, if someone is faking a smile at you, you can just point it out. There's no need to be so cautious and make Lenard feel more troubled."

Grandma Cecilia, leaning on her cane, still spoke in a sarcastic tone: "I don't want to cause trouble. When you get old, the thing you hate most is causing trouble for others. What else can I do but bear with it?"

"You!" Mrs. Sandra was furious.

The baron quickly pulled her back: "Alright, alright, let's all rest!"

Then she looked at Leo: "Leo, you stay here and have a good talk with Grandma. Lisa, Neander, you two don't run around either. Stay with Grandma and make her happy."

"Yes," the three siblings replied in unison.

As for Lipton, who was only nine years old, he always followed behind Mrs. Sandra and was not very close to the three siblings or the old lady.

After the Baron and his family of three left.

Grandma Cecilia sat on the sofa with her three children, then whispered to Lisa, "Grandma is old. Your father won't listen to me anymore. See? That's how married men are. They forget their mothers after they marry a wife."

Lisa sighed, "If my mother were still alive, everything would be alright."

Old Lady Cecilia didn't say anything, but she rolled her eyes, clearly not getting along well with her former daughter-in-law, Mrs. Heisel.

Before we knew it, it was evening again.

The sun mark on Leo's palm completed its charge and immediately triggered a warm guidance. This time, it was a cluster of glowing mushrooms on the castle wall, near the castle gate, and very inconspicuous.

But its flower language is what Leo most hoped for: "That Sanchez is gone, that's great. He had the smell of shadow about him, so awful, so awful!"

The Scent of Shadows!

Leo's heart skipped a beat: "The gaps in the Path of Glimmer, the gaps in the Glowing Fungus, were caused by the power of Dark Attraction. Now it's 100% certain that this is a conspiracy by Mrs. Sandra in conjunction with Sanchez."

"shadow……"

Leo returned to the castle and sat on the sofa in the living room, lost in thought.

Holy light and shadow are two sides of the same coin of extraordinary power on the Eternal Night Continent, opposing yet unified.

They can be converted into each other.

Shadow monsters, including Warcraft, enjoy eating people, especially knights and priests who have cultivated the Holy Light. Warcraft particularly love to eat them.

Similarly, the crystal cores condensed within monsters and the shadow stones condensed within shadow beasts can be used to fertilize fields, cultivate light plants, or feed warhorses to cultivate light and shadow warhorses. Monster meat and shadow beast meat can also be used to fertilize fields.

Therefore, Holy Light and Shadow are opposites, but not absolutely opposites; there is a great deal of room for maneuver between them.

Shadow is the product of the fusion of shadow power and holy light power.

"Those who practice the Shadow arts include evil professions such as assassins, wizards, necromancers, and death knights, but they are rarely seen." Leo retrieved relevant knowledge from his memories. "Could it be that Sanchez has fallen into the Shadows?"

The fluorescent fungus had already sensed the shadows emanating from Sanchez.

This is the key to a breakthrough.

Once Leo finds evidence, the Baron will absolutely not tolerate a fallen phantom beast knight continuing to desecrate his territory.

"However... we need to think this through carefully and try to eliminate it completely." There are always exceptions. According to Leo's speculation, the noble lords are not absolutely loyal to the Holy Light, and quite a few of them keep shadow assassins.

After all, there are some things that the Holy Light can't easily handle by going out, so we have to use the Shadow.

Leo needs to find out whether the Baron knew about Sanchez's fall into the shadows, or even whether it was authorized by the Baron.

"Fortunately, I've already planted Alice as a pawn by Mrs. Sandra's side; sooner or later, she'll find out everything!"

That evening, he called Alice over.

She specifically instructed Alice to investigate whether Sanchez had fallen into the shadows—Mrs. Sandra must know about her father's situation, after all, she was Sanchez's only daughter, and everything Sanchez did was for her and Lipton.

Everything is settled.

Leo felt he had gained a lot from this trip to the Glowing Mushroom Castle.

The next morning, the castle was bustling with activity as Lady Cecilia was returning to Lancashire.

My uncle's family also went back with Madam Cecilia.

"Take care, Grandmother. I'll visit you in Lancashire when I have time." Leo hugged the old lady.

"Work hard, Leo." The old lady raised her head, cupped Leo's face in her hands, and seemed to want to look at him for a long time. "You are truly the most handsome young man in our family. Your mother... put aside everything else, she gave you such a beautiful face."

Leo smiled.

Grandma Cecilia said softly, "When you were little, your brother and sister were most jealous of you because you were beautiful, and we all liked you more... Even now, Lisa is always nagging me about how jealous she is of your looks."

"Actually, I don't care about these things. A knight's strength is what matters," Leo said with a smile.

"There are countless knights, but handsome knights are few and far between," old lady Cecilia teased. "You will find a good match. When you come back to Lancashire, your grandmother will introduce you to ladies from noble families."

A moment later, Lady Cecilia got into the carriage.

The baron and his family rode to see them off, escorting them all the way to the glowing town at the foot of the mountain before turning back.

Leo also turned back.

But now it was his turn to leave. Thirty carriages, loaded with supplies, had already gathered at the castle gate.

One of the open carriages had a small, bare tree tied to it.

It was a linden tree given to me by the Baron.

The linden tree, which was originally 20 meters tall, now looks only 4 or 5 meters tall, shrinking by more than five times.

"Young Master Leo." A male priest, trained by the Glowing Fungus family, sat in the carriage. "I have already cast the Reverse Light spell, but it can only last for twelve hours. We must get to the Swamp Manor as soon as possible to plant it."

Reverse Light is a holy light spell that shrinks the light plant, making it easier to transplant.

"Thank you, Lord Lamar." Leo nodded. "We'll be on our way now."

She then bowed slightly to the Baron and said, "Father, Lady Sandra, I'm going back now. Take care."