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

In the darkness, Leo stood on the roof of Sunflower Castle, overlooking the surrounding fortified construction site.

Linden trees and ash trees provide illumination.

The serfs, who had worked hard all night, had already gone to sleep, but the construction site was operating on a two-shift system, and another group of serfs had taken over the work.

Some were digging, some were carrying water, some were mixing mud, and some were pressing mud blocks.

There were also carpenters and stonemasons who nailed wooden stakes, mixed lime mortar, and laid stone bricks, as well as carpenters and stonemasons who stood with their hands behind their backs and were only responsible for instructing how to build houses, and apprentice knights who had leather whips hanging from their waists as foremen.

The fortified village is square.

The area has four sides, each one kilometer long. A standard house has a span of a little over four meters. More than 220 rooms can be built on each side, so there are nearly 900 rooms in total.

Serfs bought and sold were usually from families of four.

The fortified village could house at least 3,500 serfs, while the current swamp estate only has a little over 1,300 serfs.

"Once the fortress is completed, we can relocate another two thousand serfs," Leo silently calculated.

Basically, the 3,000-plus serfs were the limit that the arable land of the swamp estate could accommodate.

Even though Leo can expand his territory by horsemanship, it is obviously not worthwhile if the farmland is too far from the fortress. The serfs will waste too much time on the journey back and forth, and they will also have to spend too much energy to repair the roads.

"Then we'll have to build a second manor." Leo shook his head. "However, I'm currently only a lord knight, and the land my title can grant is only one manor. To build a second manor, I'll need a higher noble title."

There must be a way to the front of the mountain.

Leo just wants to focus on development right now.

The next morning, the knights escorted Priest Kamal back home, and Leo triggered the Flower Language event again at eight o'clock.

The warm source led him outside the manor to a familiar pool.

The final image focuses on a bare water lily by the pond.

"Huh?" Leo was slightly surprised. "This water lily triggered its flower language once before, but I didn't expect it to trigger it a second time."

He stood by the water and touched the large leaves of the water lily.

The next moment, a sleepy voice rang out: "Miss Vanessa's phantom beast is about to come and steal some of the dew from the sapling again. Don't chase it away; it's just greedy."

"Um?"

Leo was even more surprised.

If the flower language is correct, it means that a mythical beast will soon descend upon this small pond.

Mythical Beasts!

A rare and wondrous creature, even rarer than the Fairy Insect.

Leo had met him a few times. His father, Baron Linard, was a Tier 3 Phantom Beast Knight, and the family also had several Phantom Beast Knights who were granted the title of manor lords, Sanchez Candlemoss being one of them.

"Lord Rhodes, Camille, silence," Leo immediately ordered. "We'll wait quietly for a while."

Although it was strange, Rhodes did not investigate, but simply stayed silent with Leo.

As for Camille, she did whatever Leo told her to do without thinking at all. Being slow-witted has its advantages.

A quarter of an hour.

Two quarters of an hour.

Just as Leo was getting impatient, a bright figure suddenly emerged from the small pond, lay on the water's surface, and licked the dewdrops from the water lily leaves. On its head was a small green leaf.

"Young Master Leo..." Rhodes said softly, "It's a phantom beast!"

"I know."

"Follow it, it might be an unclaimed phantom beast. If we can find its phantom beast light source, we can subdue it and wait for a contract!" Rhodes' eyes shone, and his breathing became rapid. The allure of phantom beasts to knights was too great.

Leo shook his head and replied softly, "This is a mythical beast that already has an owner."

"Taken?"

"Yes, it's a mythical beast from a noble knight's family in a kingdom to the north. It often comes here to drink the dew." Leo already knew that the owner of the mythical beast was Vanessa Floating, whom he had heard others mention at the ball.

A 24-year-old genius female Beast Knight.

However, according to the flower language, this Miss Vanessa is actually a love-struck fool, and it's unknown who she's fallen for.

"The north?" Rhodes quickly guessed the identity of the phantom beast's master. "Oh, it's that genius female knight Vanessa... What a pity."

The mythical beast has an owner.

Catching it won't help. Unless the master is killed and a priest intervenes to break the contract, the phantom beast cannot be contracted a second time.

Leo waited quietly.

This is a mythical beast resembling an otter. It is not very large and is obviously not suitable for riding. However, the main function of the mythical beast is not riding, but transformation. It can transform into armor or into a warhorse of light and shadow.

After a while.

After drinking its fill of dew, the otter-like beast seemed to glance in the direction of Leo and the others before diving into the pool and disappearing without a trace.

"Young Master Leo, this phantom beast is here to steal the dew from the lily plants, which means that the lily plants in the pool can produce dew. Perhaps we can also collect dew from the lily plants. Phantom beasts love to drink it, and it will definitely benefit the knights as well."

"Let's leave this little bit for this phantom beast," Leo smiled.

If it weren't for the hint of the flower language, he would definitely have collected the dew from the plant and drunk it himself, but since the flower language was triggered...

Moreover, the fact that it was symbolized by flowers twice indicates that he is destined to be with this mythical beast.

Leo will continue feeding it for now; who knows, one day it might trigger the third flower language and lead to a romantic encounter with... Vanessa Floating Duckweed.

"Love-obsessed?"

"I haven't heard that Vanessa got married, so why is her pet complaining that she's love-struck? Who is she in love with?"

"Could it be that I can win over her boyfriend and then indirectly win her over?"

Leo was still confused, but he was already looking forward to it. He wished he could subdue a Beast Knight.

You can walk sideways on your territory.

No need to worry about any shadow monsters or shadow targets anymore. Even when facing that old bastard Sanchez, there's no need to guard against his schemes. Just go straight to his door and expose the old man's true colors.

"Let's go back." Leo mounted his horse.

They returned to the Swamp Manor with Rhodes and Camille. As soon as they arrived back at Sunflower Castle, they saw a long line of carriages parked at the gate.

There were more than twenty vehicles.

Moreover, there was a group of people with their families, carrying large and small bundles, standing around the carriage, seemingly waiting for something.

"Young Master, you're finally back!" Butler Dirk greeted him. "Countess Long Fragrance Taro sent a gift to thank you for your two hospitality visits. Oh, and she also sent Grand Knight Zack with a message."

Zach the Great Knight is an acquaintance.

He was the one who escorted the Countess's caravan to Lancashire to listen to the Archbishop's lecture.

"Lord Zack, welcome to Sunflower Castle." Leo greeted Grand Knight Zack, suppressing his excitement.

Grand Knight Zach gave a knightly salute and said respectfully, "The lady sent me to thank you for your hospitality and to give you three hundred serfs to help you cultivate the wasteland outside the manor. Please accept them."