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The Crystal Chandelier shook violently in the Sulfur Smell, and the pupils of the twelve Magic Apostle statues oozed a Black Slime reminiscent of Asphalt.
Qin Si tightly grasped Aelia's Peacock Blue Skirt and suddenly pointed at the arched Colored Window, exclaiming, "My lady, look!"
The Iris Pattern on the Colored Glass, which had not faded for a century, was peeling away like a Shedding Snake, replaced by Ice Cracks resembling a Spider Web.
Aelia concentrated her Fingertip to summon Detection Magic; as the Light Purple Halo touched the Lattice, it was unexpectedly repelled by some dark green Curse that sparked back at her.
"The Castle Shield..." She suddenly turned to grab Qin Si's Lucius' Thin Shoulders. "After the West Tower collapsed, did you say the Lord set up a new Defensive Formation overnight?"
The Evening Primrose entwined in her maid's hair suddenly wilted, its pale petals fluttering down onto her trembling garments. "Yes, it is the Lord himself who used Dragon Blood to draw the Ancient Runes, claiming they can withstand Black Magic..."
Aelia staggered as she leaned against the Gilded Candelabra. The memory of Leonard casting the Starlight Shield for her in Laurel Courtyard during Leonard's Last Night surged back—back then, his cuffs stained with Dragon Blood had been Agate Red, but now the traces of Magic Backlash...
"Everyone retreat behind the Holy Spring Stone!" Lucius suddenly swung his Silver Staff.
His Boot Sole, embedded with Ice Crystal, left a blinding cold light on the Ground. The wall that once displayed the Family Crest crashed down, revealing a gray Holy Stone inscribed with Ancient Incantation.
Almost simultaneously, the black Obsidian door emitted a painful crunching sound.
Those Copper Door Panels that required three strong men to push now felt as if they were being kneaded like clay by an invisible giant hand from outside; the Griffin Totem on the door knocker twisted and revealed its fangs.
"Lady Aelia!" Qin Si suddenly lunged forward to shield her from flying splinters.
The amulet hanging from her Waist suddenly grew hot, and the Silver Bell exploded into Powder in the thick darkness.
A sharp laughter mixed with Rotten Rose pierced through the Door Gap, causing blood to seep from everyone's Cochlea.
Lucius's neck Veins bulged as the Ice Spike forming at the tip of his Silver Staff melted into Scarlet Liquid upon touching the door panel.
He looked in disbelief at the spreading Black Veins: "It's Abyssal Dirge! Father clearly said that this kind of Taboo spell had already..."
"Wow—!" The baby wrapped in the Starry Swaddle suddenly let out a deafening Loud Cry.
Luna's chubby little face turned bright red, and the Mithril-embroidered Star Trail Pattern on her swaddle began to glow.
Her flailing fists accidentally struck the Amber Pendant on Qin Si's chest. The maid winced in pain and loosened her grip, just as the baby's Lacrima-filled Blue Eyes reflected the shadows surging outside the Door Gap.
Aelia hurriedly pressed the child closer, but felt her Palm touch a kind of searing energy.
A mark resembling a Laurel Branch emerged faintly on Luna's forehead, causing the dark Tentacles that had been gnawing at the Holy Spring Stone to shrink back half an inch.
"Madam, watch out!" Qin Si suddenly yanked Aelia's cloak and rolled to the side.
The door burst open with a thunderous crash, and a gale carrying Ice Shards overturned the Long Table, causing Silver Cutlery to corrode into dust upon touching the black mist.
Dozens of swirling winds wrapped in decaying leaves spiraled around the banquet hall, coalescing into vague human shapes.
Luna's Golden Hair was lifted by the gusts, and her grape-like eyes were veiled by Water Mist.
She suddenly tensed up and spat out Milk Foam at a shadow gnawing on the chandelier's chain. The dark figure emitted a scream akin to metal scraping, twisting and dissipating within the Halo of the Holy Spring Stone.
"This child..." Lucius supported his swaying body with his Silver Staff and suddenly noticed Luna slapping her small hands against the swaddle—each swing left behind a thread as fine as Silk in the void. Those Dark Purple Threads silently wrapped around everyone's ankles, forming an almost imperceptible Guardian Barrier.
The Frost Wolf's Roar outside grew increasingly mournful, but the dark Tide lingered just three feet away from the Holy Spring Stone.
Aelia pressed the baby against her violently rising chest, suddenly feeling a warm sensation on her neck—Luna was using her Milk Stain-covered fingers to draw a crooked Hexagram on her Collarbone.
Luna suddenly broke free from Qin Si's embrace, her chubby fingers tightly gripping Aelia's Pearl Necklace.
The infant's pink gums glimmered in the fluorescent light, letting out a distorted cry that echoed against the warped Gilded Door Frame.
Those baby sounds, infused with the smell of sulfur, exploded within the Dome, coalescing into translucent Ancient Elven Script that pinned the shadow peering through the Door Gap against the Carved Door's lintel.
"Miss, be careful not to hurt your teeth!" Qin Si hurriedly tried to pry open the baby's clenched fist, only to see three crescent-shaped runes suddenly emerge on Luna's wrist.
The maid's fingertip armor cracked and fell away, revealing a long-hidden Curse Mark beneath—one that Leonard had gifted her last year as a Birthday Gift.
The dark Tide emitted a sound like shattering glass, and all twelve Crystal Chandeliers in the banquet hall erupted in blinding white light.
Aelia's Peacock Blue Hem fluttered without wind as the infant pressed her forehead against the Gilded Candelabra, devouring the dissipating dark energy into the Star Trail Pattern on her swaddling.
Outside, the rising Screeches transformed into Sobbing, countless tentacles wrapped in decaying leaves hurriedly retreated against the Colored Window, curling into trembling inkblots before the Holy Spring Stone steps.
"Let... them... go!" Luna suddenly articulated a complete sentence with slurred speech, her grape-like eyes shimmering with Liujin Halo.
Startled, Qin Si knocked over the silver Silver Tea Tray, scalding Yue Gui tea splashing onto Lucius's frost-covered Silver Staff, producing a mist of Rainbow hues.
The entire castle fell into an eerie silence.
The Ice Cracks resembling Spider Webs that had been gnawing at the edges of the Colored Window began to grow in reverse, and the fallen Iris glass reassembled into a complete totem.
Aelia's trembling fingertip brushed against Luna's feverish forehead; the Laurel Branch mark on the infant’s brow was burning through the Asphalt Slime seeping into the floor, transforming it into Qing Yan.
"The Defensive Formation set by Father..." Lucius suddenly knelt on one knee, his silver cufflinks now covered in spiderweb-like cracks. "The runes drawn with Dragon Blood are located in the Southeast Corner of the garden..."
Aelia abruptly tore off her Pearl Necklace.
A round bead rolled across the gilded floor, automatically arranging itself into a fragmented Hexagram Formation.
When she discerned the missing agate stone's position at the center of the formation, a sharp pain shot through her shoulder blade beneath the Peacock Blue Silk—this was precisely where Leonard's study was located in the North Tower.
"Madam!" Qin Si suddenly covered her mouth.
The newly wilted Evening Primrose in the maid's hair crumbled to dust, revealing a half Obsidian Fragment hidden within the flower stem—this was an item that had fallen from the Lord's Dark Bag when she had helped him change clothes three days ago.
Luna suddenly yawned, infused with a Milk Fragrance, her chubby little hand patting the Amber Pendant on Qin Si's chest.
The maid's neck immediately emerged with dark purple marks, which perfectly matched the shape of the dark tentacles dissipating outside the door.
The baby curled up in Aelia's arms fell into a deep sleep, and the Star Trail on the swaddling blanket flickered with each breath, drawing in the last wisps of black mist into the folds of lace trim.
As Lucius pried open the deformed Bronze Door with his Silver Staff, only frost flowers remained in the night wind, which carried Ice Shards.
Aelia's Pearl Necklace suddenly reassembled itself, with three missing pearls corresponding to the positions of three Defensive Nexus in the castle.
As she stepped over the threshold while holding her skirt, the Peacock Blue Silk brushed against the Griffin Totem on the door knocker, and the fangs corroded by darkness were unexpectedly re-coated with a layer of Jin Bian.
"The Dragon Blood from the ruins of the West Tower..." Qin Si suddenly halted her steps.
The maid's pale fingertip pointed toward the corner of the Emerald Corridor, where walls that should have flowed with Agate Red Rune were now seeping dark green Black Slime.
Aelia's silver-heeled shoes crushed the Black Slime, splattering Blue Blood Fern Juice that shimmered with an eerie Pearl Luster under the moonlight—identical to Leonard's brooch from that morning.
As they passed through the Rose Arch, the Magic Wall Lamps along their path lit up one by one.
Aelia's cloak swept across the East Gallery, where every gem on past Lords' Scepters was shrouded in haze, except for Leonard's image—atop his Scepter, an Ice Crystal resonated with a crack in Lucius's Silver Staff as if producing a Zhen Chan.
The Griffin Sculpture at the castle's main entrance had a crack running through half of its head. As Aelia bent down to pick up the debris, she discovered a fragment of Black Dragon Scale Armor embedded within the fissure.
This was a trophy that Leonard claimed to have obtained from an Abyssal Creature during last year's Dong Lian.
Suddenly, Qin Si tugged at her cloak, and the trembling fingertip of her maid pointed toward the opposite bank of the moat—those Night Owls that were supposed to hoot all night were now frozen like stone statues on the barren branches.
Aelia stowed the Black Dragon Scale Armor into her Dark Bag, her Peacock Blue Cloak sweeping across the icy surface of the moat.
As she leaned down to observe her reflection on the River Surface, she noticed that beneath the Ice Layer, which should have mirrored the starry sky, lay a dense cluster of Mama's Crimson Light Spots.
Just as Qin Si was about to speak, Aelia suddenly covered her mouth—vines from the Castle Outer Wall were growing in reverse under the moonlight, and from deep within the forest, the hooting of owls had inexplicably transformed into the intermittent sobs of a baby.
Aelia pulled Qin Si behind a stone lion, her Peacock Blue Hem brushing against the frozen steps.
The dead trees across the moat were terrifyingly silent; even the Ravens that usually circled around the tower had vanished.
The maid's ears perked up, and she suddenly grasped Aelia's wrist. "Listen! It's the Elemental Sprite reassembling the barrier!"
A tinkling sound came from underground as those Iris Vines corroded by darkness began to unfurl their leaves once more.
Aelia's fingertip brushed against an Obsidian Pillar in the porch, and she watched as the previously flaking gold paint regenerated at a visible speed.
She sighed while gazing at the sky turning pale with dawn. "Perhaps it was the Great Mage stationed at Dongjiao who intervened."
"Lady, look at the Ice Surface!" Qin Si exclaimed, holding up her Liuli Lantern. The frozen Crimson Light Spots within its glow began to transform into swirling mist.
The evening primrose newly inserted into the maid's hair trembled as it opened its Aelia Pearl White petals, touched by Chen Lu.
As the first rays of sunlight pierced through the clouds, a cheer erupted from the distant market, startling the cold birds huddled at the edge of the city wall.
Lucius's silver-bottomed riding boots crushed the Ice Shard as Aelia leaned against the Griffin Sculpture, counting pearls.
The Third Young Master Lucius's Silver Gray Cloak was splattered with Frost Flower, while the Ice Crystal atop his Scepter strangely glowed with a warm orange halo.
"Mother shouldn't stand in the wind for too long." He removed the Snow Weasel Fur draped over his arm to cover Aelia, but she grasped his wrist bone in response.
The Black Veins that had emerged last night had faded to a light gray, resembling withered vines in the morning light.
When the main castle's fireplace reignited, Qin Si brought over Elderflower Tea, releasing an emerald mist.
Aelia caressed her teacup relief and casually asked, "Where did you position Father last night?"
"From the West Clock Tower to the South Wing Granary." Lucius unfastened his silver Xuanbing Bracers, revealing Ailina's Burn on the inside of his forearm. "We faced three waves of corpse vultures. When Father used Frost Nova to clear the area, those monsters seemed to recognize him..."
The tea spoon clinked against the cup rim, and Aelia lowered her gaze to hide her pupils from Zhen Chan. "It's only natural for monsters to retreat from a strong opponent."
"But when Father pursued the fleeing army alone," Lucius suddenly tightened his grip on the Scepter, the Ice Crystal reflecting his furrowed brow, "those dark creatures dared to charge at his protective barrier—just like... as if they were completely unafraid of Holy Rank Pressure."
A spark flew from the fireplace, causing Qin Si to spill half a pot of hot tea in a shaky hand.
As the maid hurriedly wiped down the table, an Obsidian Fragment slipped from her sleeve and rolled right to Lucius's feet.
In that moment when Third Young Master Lucius bent down to pick it up, dark red patterns suddenly emerged on its surface, resonating with the Family Crest Mark inside his Xuanbing Bracers.
"This isn't from Father's Study's Dark Compartment..." Before Lucius could finish his sentence, Aelia suddenly broke into a violent cough.
The edge of Madam's scarf faintly revealed a piece of Black Dragon Scale Armor, glimmering with an eerie light under the glow of the furnace.
From the Castle Exterior came the sound of guards changing shifts, while the morning light coated the ground with Frost Flowers, giving it a golden sheen.
Aelia gazed out at the reunited Magic Larks, her fingertips absentmindedly tracing the spot where her Pearl Necklace was missing.
The maids entered in a line, carrying Silver Trays, and soon the warm scent of Maple Syrup and Cedar Fragrance filled the hall, yet it could not disperse certain lurking Sulfur Smells hidden in the shadows.
Suddenly, the flames in the fireplace flickered low, and Emerald Color tea mist crystallized into tiny ice shards on Aelia's eyelashes.
She released Lucius's wrist, her Peacock Blue sleeve brushing against the teacup as she concealed the Black Dragon Scale Armor deep within its folds. "Perhaps the monsters are being controlled..."
"Wah!" A loud cry from the second floor interrupted her thoughts.
Luna tumbled down the spiral staircase wrapped in her Starry Moon Swaddle, her chubby little hands expertly grasping the silver chain of the Crystal Chandelier.
The baby hung in mid-air, kicking her Oujie-like legs, while milk foam that escaped her mouth formed swirling runes in the void.
"Miss!" Qin Si exclaimed as she lifted her skirt to catch Luna, but Lucius swiftly swung his Silver Staff first.
A burst of Ice Crystal Light Web grazed the swaddle just as Luna's Laurel Branch mark on her forehead suddenly blazed bright, staining the entire Light Web a bloody Crimson.
Aelia's Pearl Earrings shattered in response, and the rolling beads on the ground spelled out a fragmented Prophecy Poem: "When Griffin bites the moonlight, frost will become a breeding ground for lies..." She staggered to steady herself against the intricately carved chair back, suddenly recalling last year's Midsummer Night's Banquet—when Leonard had cut into an Ice Crystal Cake, accidentally slicing Eldest Son's fingertip with the blade.
Luna abruptly ceased her loud cries, her grape-like eyes fixated intently on Lucius's Xuanbing Bracers.
The baby’s milk-stained fingertip pointed through the air, and to everyone's astonishment, black slime resembling asphalt seeped from Ailina's Burn on Third Young Master Lucius's forearm.
The black slime slithered across the carpet, forming a serpent pattern that ultimately converged into Leonard's family crest.
"Father's Blood pulse brand..." Lucius suddenly tore open the silver Xuanbing bracers.
Beneath what should have glimmered with an icy blue light, dark red patterns resembling spider webs floated, resonating eerily with the obsidian fragment he had just picked up.
Qin Si suddenly clutched her throat and stepped back, the amber pendant around the neck of her maid splitting in two.
The hidden black dragon scale shards pierced her palm, but instead of blood, a dark green liquid with a sulfurous scent oozed from the wound—Blue Blood Fern Juice.
The Blue Blood Fern Juice boiled on the ground, gradually revealing the scene from the night of the West Tower's collapse—Leonard, who should have been in his study discussing matters, had his cloak hem stained with decayed leaves identical to those of an Abyssal Creature.
Luna's swaddling cloth stirred without wind, and the star trail pattern suddenly detached from the fabric, hovering in mid-air.
The baby, sucking on her thumb, giggled as twelve mithril stars resonated with Aelia's broken pearl necklace.
The positions of the three missing pearls corresponded exactly to three defensive nexuses in the castle—at that moment, faint cracking sounds came from those positions as the ice layer began to fracture.
"Mother!" Lucius suddenly knelt on one knee.
The ice crystal at the tip of his scepter vibrated wildly, reflecting the writhing shadows beneath the moat's ice surface.
Those crimson light spots flowed toward the castle along geomantic lines, causing all ivy in their path to wither into ashes.
Aelia's peacock blue cloak suddenly shimmered with yin hui as she lifted Luna to a height level with the crystal chandelier.
The baby's flailing feet accidentally kicked the ice crystal prism at the center of the chandelier, refracting colorful light spots that formed an image on the wall depicting Leonard's last night—a scene where he exchanged a Dragon Blood Talisman for bone powder from an Abyssal Creature. At that moment, the black pearl on his brooch echoed with the crimson reflection in the moat below.
"My lady!"
The Defensive Formation of the West Tower... The Chief Guard crashed through the Golden Gate, and the warning crystal in his arms shattered into powder.
A whirlwind of decayed leaves emerged from the gap in his armor, surprisingly originating from the same source as the Black Magic that had attacked the banquet hall last night.
Luna suddenly coughed violently, a milky white halo bursting forth around her.
Bubbles of rainbow hue expelled by the infant enveloped the decayed leaves, transforming before everyone's eyes into the door knocker of the Eldest Son's study—a silver ring intricately carved with Frost Roses, now being corroded by Asphalt Slime, creating honeycomb-like Abyssal Serpent Parasite Holes.
Aelia suddenly held the infant tightly, peacock blue silk draping over Luna's suddenly pale form.
As the lady's trembling fingertip brushed against the back of the child's neck, it encountered a peculiar uneven texture—an Inverse Pentagram brand that had not been present last night, now glimmering with a sickly pearl luster in the morning light.
The fireplace suddenly erupted with sparks, incinerating the last line of the Prophecy Poem into scorch marks.
As Qin Si crouched down to clean up the remnants, he unexpectedly discovered half a crystal rose petal hidden among the ashes—identical to those scattered at the scene of the Magic Backlash on the day of the Eldest Son's disability.
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