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

Chapter 90 Mother

"I'm not saying I'm unwilling to serve the family. I'm just asking you to wait a moment. I'm only sixteen, aren't I? There's no need to rush."

Leo said calmly.

Rights and obligations are equal. He enjoyed the power brought by the Glowing Mushroom family, so he naturally had to fulfill his obligations.

This is perfectly understandable.

Leo has a bright future ahead of him, and he has his own plans. He doesn't want to be entangled in the interests of his family and have his future tied down.

"it is good."

Looking at his composed second son, the Baron seemed quite understanding.

There was no coercion: "I'll wait until you're twenty—but you can't back down on Vanessa either. If you wait another four years, she'll only be twenty-eight, and she'll still be a youthful Beast Knight, a good choice for a wife."

The father and son had a fairly pleasant conversation.

Leo could clearly sense that the Baron was paying more and more attention to him, especially after learning about his relationship with Vanessa.

Phantom Beast Knight!

The Glowing Mushroom family only has four Phantom Beast Knights in total.

Baron Linard is one, Sanchez is one, Lord Knight Herbert Humulus of Lantern Manor is one, and Lord Knight Louis of Glowing Fungus is also one.

Once the fifth mythical beast arrives, it's highly likely that Neander will also be able to advance to a mythical beast knight.

If Leo marries Vanessa, he will definitely become the sixth Phantom Beast Knight for the Glowing Fungus family.

Even though we live in a time of peace, there are no war achievements to be found.

With six Phantom Beast Knights, they can sweep across the wilderness, slaying Shadow Monsters to accumulate small merits. Little by little, they can eventually win the King's favor, allowing the Glowing Mushroom Family to advance further and join the ranks of Earls.

In the White Rose Kingdom, one of the criteria for military merit is to kill a Tier 3 Void Beast.

The Void Beasts can transform from real to ethereal, breaching the Light Tree's defenses and unleashing demonic tides, posing the greatest threat to humanity. The kingdom's nobles have a duty to defend their lands, and their most important daily responsibility is to patrol their territories and detect any signs of the Void Beasts' presence.

Then they assembled the Knights and annihilated the Void Beasts.

At the dinner party, the eldest brother Neanderthal also returned, but Leo remained focused on eating and drinking, barely uttering a word.

Later that night, I left a door open in my bedroom.

Around eleven o'clock, the door was quietly pushed open, and a figure quickly flashed in. It was Alice, Mrs. Sandra's personal maid. Her round face was covered with small red bumps, like acne.

Leo glanced at her and immediately understood why she wanted to drink the blood of the fairy insect.

It's probably to suppress the acne on her face.

"sit."

"Young Master Leo—" Alice said shyly, "Don't stare at my face, I'm shy."

"Pfft!" Leo was really exasperated. "Stop talking nonsense. How's the thing I asked you to do going?"

Alice spread her hands, looking aggrieved, and said, "It's not that I'm not trying, it's just that the lady has been acting normally all this time, and Lord Sanchez hasn't written a letter either—so, I haven't found any evidence at all."

Leo didn't believe that at all.

He asked, "Did Mrs. Sandra go to the convent for worship?"

"Yes, I go at least once a week."

"Did you follow along?"

"They followed."

"Then tell me, didn't you see her having secret conversations with certain priests, discussing some shady dealings?" Leo narrowed his eyes. Ever since the meaning of the jasmine flower revealed Beatrice's existence, he knew how to proceed with the investigation.

as predicted.

With Leo's guidance, Alice's eyes widened immediately, and she exclaimed softly, "Young Master Leo, you are truly incredibly knowledgeable! You even know this!"

"Speak quickly!" Leo urged.

Alice stammered, "The lady and the priest Gwyn of the monastery are good sisters. They often whisper to each other about... about things that are so vulgar they make one blush."

"Pastor Gwyn?" Leo vaguely remembered her; she was a female pastor in her thirties, clearly another person suspected of falling into the shadows. He quickly pressed, "What exactly were those obscene contents?"

"It's those things that nuns in a convent do, the things men and women do." As she spoke, Alice winked at Leo. "Pastor Gwyn especially liked doing that kind of thing."

That one flirtatious glance gave Leo goosebumps.

Alice's words left Leo speechless for a moment, and after a while, he asked, almost as if possessed, "Did the lady and Pastor Gwyn also do such things?"

"I've done it."

"————" Leo silently mourned for Baron Lenard in his heart, wondering if this counted as being cuckolded.

However, Alice's next words silenced Leo again: "The master also came, with Pastor Gwyn—and I feel that the master seems to have tacitly approved of the lady and Pastor Gwyn doing that kind of thing."

"Stop! Stop!"

Leo called a halt; he needed some time to process this explosive news.

After a moment, he decided to banish these thoughts from his mind and asked coldly, "I'm not asking about these gossips. I'm asking you whether Lady Sandra colluded with the Shadows while she was in the convent!"

"I really don't know that, Young Master Leo. It's not that I'm hiding it from you, it's just that I'm not interested in prayer, and I'm even a little afraid of praying to the Holy Light—" Alice replied coyly. She often pricked the elf insects with needles and drank their blood.

The Fairy Insect is hailed as the embodiment of holy light.

To pray to the Holy Light is tantamount to surrendering oneself to God.

"So you didn't find any evidence at all?" Leo stared into the other's eyes, seeing no sign of evasion.

It's likely that Alice genuinely didn't know.

He had to ask, "Pastor Beatrice, is there anything unusual between her and Mrs. Sandra?"

"You mean Reverend Beatrice? The lady and she are very close, almost like mother and daughter. The lady often calls Reverend Beatrice 'Mama' in private, and we call her Madam Beatrice when we see her."

"Call me 'Mom'?" Leo's eyes lit up.

In the White Rose Kingdom, the term "mother" does not refer to the mother; it is generally used to refer to a stepmother.

After his wife passed away, Sanchez was already old and never remarried.

But now it seems...

Since Mrs. Sandra calls Beatrice "Mama," Beatrice might be Sanchez's lover, but they were never formally married or made public, and their relationship was kept secret.

"Besides intimacy, are there any other points worth noting?"

"That's all." Alice thought for a moment, then shook her head. "Young Master Leo, Madam Bea is a priest, so how could she possibly collude with the Shadows?"

"Mrs. Sandra is also a priest; she's no different from colluding with the shadows."

"No, that's Lord Sanchez colluding with the Shadows—" Alice instinctively defended her mistress.

Leo wasn't going to waste time arguing about this and directly ordered, "Besides continuing to find evidence of Sanchez and Madame Sandra's collusion with the Shadows, keep a close eye on Beatrice every time you accompany Madame Sandra to prayer, and find evidence of her collusion with the Shadows!"

He threatened Alice.

While Alice was feeling uneasy, she took out a small bottle of potion from her pocket: "This is a beauty potion. Take it. Don't touch the fairy insects again, otherwise, if they find out in the future, I won't be able to save you even if I want to."

"Ah, young master Leo—" Alice choked up.

He accepted the beauty potion with both hands and replied solemnly, "Young Master Leo, just wait for my good news."

After saying that, she left Leo's room with red eyes.

Seeing this, Leo's lips curled up: "A beating followed by a carrot, this kind of PUA tactic is really effective."

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