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In the Rose Corridor, where the morning mist had yet to dissipate, Aelia hurriedly cradled Luna in her arms.
The Peacock Blue Hem brushed against the frost-covered Thorn flowers, casting a delicate veil over the Inverse Pentagram Brand on the nape of the infant's neck.
The Warning from the Prophecy Poem Fragment still burned in her mind — "When the Morning Star falls upon the tip of the Rose Thorn, the child with Heterochromatic will rewrite the Lunar Phase."
Luna curled up in her swaddling, letting out a quiet sigh. The scent of Milk Fragrance stirred the Magic Vine entwined around the Pillar.
She gazed towards the study of the Eldest Son, where a whirlwind of decaying leaves rose, her grape-like dark eyes reflecting a seriousness that was not typical for an infant.
The Frost Rose Door Ring, corroded by Black Magic, was supposed to shatter completely in Three Months, taking with it the last chance for the Eldest Son to repair the Magic Circuit.
"Yi Ya—" Luna suddenly tugged at Aelia's flowing silver hair, her tiny fingers pointing towards the blooming Moonlight Rose in the garden.
As Aelia followed her gaze, a Light Spot resembling Xing Hui suddenly seeped from the baby's palm, landing precisely on the cluster of flowers tainted by Chen Lu.
Aelia Pupil constricted.
The moment the Light Spot touched the Black Rose, its vibrant color faded instantly, revealing a chilling array of white bones beneath — these were the Magic Patterns of the century-old Defense Array Base from the Glorious Demon Fortress Inheritance, now crawling with Asphalt Slime, sharing a source with the decaying leaf whirlwind.
"Madam!
The Eldest Son's Wheelchair..." Qin Si, holding onto Yao Xia, rushed over but collided with an unforgettable scene at the corner — it was forever etched as Leonard's Last Night.
The infant, wrapped in a Pearl-colored Swaddling, floated mid-air, surrounded by a milky white halo that was fiercely entangled with the black mist pouring from the study.
Luna's chubby little hand pressed against the Frost Rose Door Ring, and from the Honeycomb Abyssal Serpent Parasite Holes, countless Ice Crystal Threads suddenly emerged, freezing the escaping black mist into falling Ashes.
The Eldest Son's wheelchair crashed through the remnants of frost on the ground, his usually pale face overshadowed by a look of shock.
He watched as his atrophied twin legs began to lose their Azure Purple hue, and those Nerve Endings gnawed by Backlash Magic sparked with a long-forgotten sting amidst the cries of an infant.
"Laurel Leaf... ground with Dragon Blood Crystal..." Luna seized the moment before the Magic Residue dissipated, channeling all her mental power to inscribe this recipe from the original text into the Eldest Son's awareness.
As the young man in the wheelchair trembled and recited the ancient Healing Spell, a crystalline rose suddenly bloomed on the windowsill, where frost had accumulated for years.
Aelia bit her lips to stifle a gasp, watching as the Bing Hua crystallized on the armrest of the Eldest Son's wheelchair began to grow in reverse.
Those spikes that should have devoured magical energy slowly closed into a bud, reminiscent of how, thirteen years ago, when her eldest son was still a Genius Mage, he would often tuck an Ice Rose behind her ear.
As twilight stained the Castle Spire red, Luna lay nestled among stacks of Magic Tomes belonging to Third Young Master Lucius, pretending to sleep.
She listened to her Second Brother pacing anxiously in the next room, her chubby little face scrunching up like a bun.
This Noble Young Master, tricked by his close friend into signing a Soul Contract, now had a Dark Pattern creeping down from his neck to his jaw—according to the Original Plot, he was supposed to transform into a half-human, half-snake monster during Ming Ri Yue Shi.
"Laughter!" Luna suddenly hurled her Crystal Baby Bottle at the Peeping Magic Mirror in the corner.
When her Second Brother rushed in at the sound and bent down to pick it up, his fingers brushed against his inner pocket unintentionally.
The Contract Scroll hidden in the Dark Bag suddenly ignited, the scorched Parchment revealing the true demonic mark of a friend.
"It turns out that the Serpent Scale on Cecil's neck is not a curse..." Second Brother staggered as he leaned against the Gilded Candelabra, the intense pain from the Contract Backlash transforming into a soothing balm.
He stared in shock at Luna, who was clutching his fallen Sapphire Brooch. The gem's core, which should have been tainted black by the Contract, now reflected the Starry Sky Totem swirling in the baby's Pupil.
As Second Brother rushed towards the Astrology Platform with the ancient tome in his arms, Luna was being blown apart into a little calico cat by Brother San's misfired Alchemy spell.
This Noble Young Master, obsessed with Transfiguration yet always miscalculating elemental ratios, stood there bewildered, holding a smoking Amethyst.
The baby, wrapped in a smoldering Swaddling Cloth, suddenly grabbed his fallen Feather Pen and drew a Toad that devoured moonlight on the Experiment Record.
"The ratio of Mercury to Moonlight Grass..." Brother San suddenly paused, recalling the Dark Night Toad totem he had seen three years ago in the Ancient Magic Compendium.
The ancient runes he had overlooked as mere decorative patterns now perfectly matched Luna's Luna's Doodle.
As he trembled while adjusting the Alchemical Array's lines, the boiling Silver White liquid suddenly solidified into a perfect Moonlight Gem.
As night deepened, Aelia gently pushed open the Nursery door.
Moonlight streamed through the Colored Stained Glass Window onto Luna's Cradle, where the Inverse Pentagram Brand on the back of the baby's neck slowly oozed Blood Pearl.
The lady wrapped her trembling fingers in a Peacock Blue Shawl, about to touch that eerie mark when a crisp sound of Frost Rose blooming suddenly came from outside—the Eldest Son stood in the courtyard, propped up by his Gilded Staff, for the first time in thirteen years letting go of his Wheelchair to stand alone.
Luna felt the warm tears of Aelia fall upon her as she pretended to sleep, her small body growing colder from the excessive consumption of magic.
She listened to the sounds of surprise and excitement echoing throughout the castle, her awareness gradually fading. With her last ounce of strength, she formed a half piece of Ice Crystal Rose on the windowsill—exactly the missing petal from the site of the Eldest Son's backlash years ago.
In the gap of the nursery door, a silver plate held by Qin Si suddenly fell to the ground.
The maid watched as the half piece of Ice Crystal Rose automatically fused together, spinning in the lady's palm. It finally reminded her of that snowy night fifteen years ago when the Old Lord had buried a newborn girl, marked with an Inverse Pentagram brand, in an Ice Coffin.
Moonlight condensed into frost on Luna's eyelashes, while Aelia's fingers hovered above the Inverse Pentagram brand on the back of the baby's neck.
Suddenly, those dark red patterns glowed with a red light, refracting the Ice Crystal Rose on the windowsill into countless fragments.
The lady gasped—each ice crystal reflected Leonard's face.
"Madam, it's a miracle that the Eldest Son can stand again..." Qin Si entered with a tray of hot tea, her words abruptly cut off.
She saw Aelia trembling before the floating Ice Crystal Shards. In those prism-like reflections of Leonard's Last Night, Lord was pinning a Moonlight Rose in the hair of a blonde woman.
Luna's swaddling suddenly seeped with Xing Hui, and the Ice Crystal Shards began to automatically reassemble.
Aelia watched helplessly as Leonard from Leonard's Last Night unfastened his cloak, revealing a lining embroidered with dark patterns—it was the winter outfit she had sewn by hand last year.
At that moment, the garment was draped over a strange woman's shoulders, and around her protruding belly coiled a serpent armlet.
"Smack!"
Aelia accidentally knocked over the silver teapot that Qin Si had brought, and the scalding tea steamed on the carpet, enveloping Bai Wu.
She clutched the Star Moon Necklace tightly against her chest. It was a Token of Love carved from a whole Moonlight Gem by Leonard twenty years ago.
At that moment, the necklace suddenly became hot, and the vow sealed within the Jade Pendant began to seep out black Blue Blood Fern Juice.
"Look at this!" Qin Si suddenly pointed at the melting ice crystal, Leonard's Last Night.
The collar around the Blonde Woman's neck glimmered with an eerie Blue Light under the moonlight, and the Gem Fragment set in its center perfectly matched the crescent-shaped gap missing from Aelia's necklace.
Luna let out a faint sob, her small hand clutching Aelia's sleeve, which was soaked with Tears.
The stars swirling in the baby's Pupil suddenly projected onto the wall, revealing Leonard carrying the Blonde Woman into a Secret Manor during Leonard's Last Night.
On the Cypress plaque in front of the manor, the words "Morning Twilight Pavilion" were seeping blood—this was indeed part of Aelia's Mother’s Dowry.
"He actually used my deceased mother's inheritance..." Aelia's Ailya's White Nails dug into her Palm, blood trickling down along the Gold Thread of her Peacock Blue Shawl.
The illusion on the wall continued: Leonard placed his hand on the Blonde Woman's abdomen, and a familiar Healing Magic light shone brightly—it was precisely what he had claimed to be "lost," the An Tai Secret Technique.
Qin Si suddenly covered her mouth.
He looked towards the end of the corridor at the Astrology Platform and noticed that the room, which should have been empty, was illuminated by an eerie Green Light—exactly the color of the jade candlestick he had given to Leonard's Concubine last week.
A dull sound echoed from the Castle Cellar as an Oak Barrel shattered. Third Young Master Lucius kicked aside an empty Wine Bottle at his feet, staring at the yellowed land deed in his hand with a bitter smile.
The edge of the Parchment was heating up, its Serpent-Shaped Wax Seal resonating with the remnants of the Contract Scroll burned by his Second Brother.
The boy pressed a shard of Ice Rose against Mei Xin and suddenly heard Luna's Loud Cry piercing through three layers of stone walls, coalescing into a bloody fragment of a Prophecy Poem in his Awareness.
In the stale Alcohol Fume of the Cellar, Lucius focused on the heating Serpent-Shaped Wax Seal on the Parchment.
The Coldness from the Fingertip of the Ice Rose shard seeped into his bones. Suddenly, he grabbed a crystal measuring cup and splashed Mercury Liquid onto the Family Crest Shield hanging on the wall.
"Just as I thought..." He watched as the silvery liquid traced out his Father's silhouette on the surface of the shield.
The watchful eye on Leonard's Staff opened in the center of the shield, creating a strange Resonance with the Fire Seal's Snake Eye.
The Mercury Liquid suddenly boiled and coalesced into a Three-Dimensional Map of a certain manor, revealing dozens of infants curled up in an iron cage in the basement, each marked with an Inverse Pentagram Brand.
Luna's faint Loud Cry penetrated through the stone walls, and Lucius felt Ailina's Burn on his Hand Back suddenly light up with starlight.
As he pressed the Ice Rose shard against Ailina's Burn, a Milk Fragrance from one of the infants enveloped him, flooding his mind with a Memory Frame—he recalled being five years old, unconscious from a High Fever, while his Father used a Serpent Dagger to take three drops of his Heart's Blood.
"It turns out that was never a fever-reducing ritual." The boy slammed his fist into an oak Oak Barrel, startling the bat Centaurea Specimen hanging above him.
The hollow eye sockets suddenly wept Blood Tears, pooling on the Ground to form an Ancient Warning Rune.
This reminded him of Luna's doodles on his Alchemical Notes from Three Days Ago, where the seemingly chaotic lines perfectly overlapped with the blood rune at that moment.
The illusion of Mercury Liquid suddenly burst, causing Lucius to stagger and lean against the workbench.
When he looked up, he found Aelia standing at the Spiral Staircase Entrance, her Peacock Blue Shawl stained with petals from Frost Rose.
"Mother..." The boy hurriedly used his foot to block the still-visible Mercury Liquid, but saw Aelia raise her hand to lightly touch the ice crystals forming in the air.
Those shards refracted Leonard's Last Night from every corner of the Cellar, ultimately coalescing into a dynamic image of Father and Leonard's Concubine in secret rendezvous on the surface of an Oak Barrel.
Luna's swaddling peeked out from Aelia's arms, and the unique cooing of the baby made Lucius's Eye Socket ache.
He suddenly knelt on one knee, holding the Morninglight Manor Deed above his head: "Father transferred my Alchemy tutor last week. Now that I think about it, that gentleman who always had me concoct the Soul Stabilizer..."
Aelia's Fingertip ice crystals suddenly formed a blade, severing a lock of the boy's hair.
As the Hair fell into the Mercury Liquid, it transformed into the serpent ornament at the tip of Leonard's Staff.
Luna suddenly coughed violently, spraying Milk Foam that crystallized in mid-air into an Ice Shard bearing an Inverse Pentagram, precisely embedding itself into a gap in the Cellar's Dome Defensive Formation.
"Good child." The lady's cold Palm first brushed against Third Son Mei Xin's Alchemy mark, and Lucius felt a magical force like a clear spring flow into Ailina's Burn.
As he looked at Luna, the baby was playfully batting at the swaddling tie, which had been embroidered by Mother with an ice rose, now mysteriously transformed into the shape of an inverse pentagram.
The cellar suddenly shook violently, and Lucius instinctively lunged towards Aelia.
In the moment the boy's back collided with the workbench, dozens of bottles of magic potion flew up automatically, forming a protective barrier.
He stared in shock at the transfiguration magic he had released without awareness—those potions that should have exploded instead transformed into ice crystal butterflies, freezing the falling Zhuan Shi into powder.
"When did you discover this?" Lucius asked hoarsely.
He saw Mother bringing Luna's swaddling close to her chest, the brand on the back of the baby's neck slowly rotating under the reflection of Mother's necklace.
Aelia did not answer; she simply stuffed the Morninglight Manor deed into his mercury-stained collar.
As the lady turned around, Luna suddenly reached out her small hand to grasp Lucius's alchemist's badge. The warm tears of the baby dripped onto the serpent emblem, causing the entire cellar's defense array base to emit an alarm-like hum.
Moonlight streamed in through the ventilation shaft, illuminating the bloodstains hidden in Aelia's sleeves.
Under the effect of Luna's tears, those bloodstains were beginning to coalesce into new remnants of a prophecy poem at the edge of the deed.
Lucius suddenly understood why Mother wore this particularly wide-sleeved dress—hidden beneath it was an ice blade capable of cutting through the protective barrier.
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