The baby's fingertip touched the Frost Rose Seal on Shan Na, and suddenly, the ice crystals of the Wheelchair Armrest shattered and began to swirl in a vortex.
At the moment Lucius's pupil contracted, the howling blizzard outside the Shadow Barrier abruptly halted, and countless snowflakes froze into a translucent Diamond Barrier.
"Magic Rune Resonance!" Elder Brother Pale pressed his fingertip against the Starry Patterns on the Wheelchair Armrest. To his surprise, warm blood seeped from the joints long eroded by frost. "This seal... is it consuming my life source?"
As Luna emitted a Yiya Sound, the suspended ice crystals transformed into a Star River Flow.
The baby's pupil reflected the intertwined Magic Patterns at the bottom of the Wheelchair, where the cursed Thorn Patterns were gently dismantled by Xing Hui.
From the direction of the castle's West Side Competition arena came the Twelve Bell Chimes, and suddenly, after three years of being sealed, the Frost Staff burst forth from the ground.
"Be careful!" Lucius's Shadow Threads had just ensnared the spinning Scepter when the Magic Pattern on the Wheelchair Armrest erupted with a blinding Strong Light.
A black Obsidian-like Curse Mark emerged on Elder Brother's forehead, but at that moment, as Luna waved her small hand to grasp the floating ice crystals, she was struck by Xing Xu falling from the tip of the Scepter.
When the Frost Staff landed on Elder Brother's knee, the members of the Magical Family watching from the stands rose simultaneously.
At the Sealing Eye of the Wheelchair Armrest, the Ice Crystal Rose seal transformed into Powder that scattered away, while Luna's Palm left behind a trace of Xing Hui that slowly outlined the Great Mage's Heritage Mark.
"It’s been three years..." Elder Brother tightened his grip on Shan Na of the Scepter as a storm whipped up by Frost Magic swept across the entire Competition arena.
As he maneuvered his Suspended Wheelchair across the finish line, cheers erupted from the audience, shaking even the Crystal Chandelier.
Luna laughed in Lucius's arms, her Little Feet kicking away falling Ice Crystal Petals.
At that moment, while the ice crystal fireworks in the Banquet Hall Dome had yet to dissipate, Aelia stood trembling in the shadow of the terrace.
She gazed at the Transmitting Crystal wrapped in holly leaves. The Magical Fluctuation left behind when the baby touched the seal projected an illusion of Leonard embracing a Blonde Woman on its surface.
"Madam!" Qin Si burst in just as Aelia plunged a holly leaf dagger into the Transmitting Crystal.
The splintering shards of magic pierced through Luna's pale skin, yet the pain of Heart Tear was far greater. "Go check the Snow Ferret Fur that the Northern Merchants sent three years ago, that cloak... the Amethyst Button on the collar..."
Luna's sudden loud cry pierced through the walls.
From the Baby Basket, a glimmer of Xing Hui seeped into the cracks of the wall, reassembling the Crystal Fragment at Aelia's feet into a Memory Frame—Leonard could be seen pinning a matching Amethyst Button into Leonard's Concubine's hair.
"The Young Miss's Magic Resonance is too dangerous." Qin Si hurriedly wrapped the Crystal Shard in a Silk Handkerchief. "Perhaps this is just some kind of illusion..."
"Illusion?" Aelia's fingertip brushed against the icy, ornate Railings of the terrace, and beneath the Ice Layer, a multitude of Mama's Amethyst Shards suddenly emerged.
As she used Holly Magic to melt the Ice Layer, those Amethysts, which should have been stored in "In the name of the Moon Goddess, seal your treasure," flickered with the unique Evening Primrose glow of Outer Chamber Manor.
The mournful howl of an Icefield Wolf echoed from beneath the castle, creating a bizarre symphony with the cheers from the banquet hall.
When her elder brother returned holding the Champion Trophy from the Magic Arena, Luna was gnawing on Aelia's Pearl Necklace.
The drool from the baby dampened the Family Crest at the end of the necklace, and suddenly, the previously dull gem reflected the Wisteria Arbor outside Second Brother's study—where petals were falling from a Magic Letter Remnant Page bearing her dear friend's Emblem.
"Tonight’s celebration banquet is canceled." Aelia suddenly picked up Luna and walked toward the secret chamber, leaving marks on her neck from the Pearl Necklace. "Qin Si, go prepare Evening Primrose Aromatherapy from Northern Border Specialty, just tell them... I want to make a Celebratory Wreath for the Champion." Second Brother’s Feather Quill Tip hovered above the Magic Letter Remnant Page, ink droplets swirling into an eerie vortex on an envelope marked with an Iris Emblem.
The Wisteria Petals falling outside suddenly froze in mid-air. As Luna was carried into the study by Qin Si, a piece of Xing Hui from her tiny fingers landed perfectly on a tear in the Magic Letter.
"This is impossible..." Second Brother trembled as he picked up the Letter completed by Xing Hui. The previously missing signature area emerged with a Secret Pattern from Beloved Friend Family.
When Luna grasped his Pocket Watch Chain at his chest, his Watch Case suddenly popped open, projecting a Magic Image from three years ago at the Northern Territory border—his dear friend, who was said to have been attacked by dark creatures, was personally stabbing an arrow tainted with Demon Dragon Blood into Second Brother's Magic Shield.
A heavy object suddenly crashed to the ground in the library.
Brother San collapsed beside the dusty Star Trail Magic Theory book. The gilded candelabra kicked over by Luna illuminated a hidden Star Map among its yellowed pages.
The baby Yi Ya grasped at his disheveled silver hair. His long-worn Anti-Magic Collar suddenly cracked open, and a long-dormant Magic Tome on the bookshelf began to flip its pages automatically, revealing Starry Patterns similar to those in Luna’s pupils.
"Finally, this is the true arrangement of the Star Trail." Brother San's fingertip traced the flowing starlight on the yellowed pages, as the ancient script that had been misread reassembled under Luna's magic resonance.
As he unconsciously drew the correct track in the air, the entire library's astrolabe began to operate simultaneously, projecting the star map of his destiny that he had missed at the age of four.
Lucius stood in the shadows watching this scene, the shadow threads entwined around his fingertip gently brushing against Luna's swaddling.
When the baby grabbed the dark purple thread and tried to put it in her mouth, a rare smile curved at the corners of his usually gloomy lips. "Do you want this?" The shadow coalesced in his palm into a small bell adorned with ice crystals, which he gently tied to Luna's wrist. "When danger approaches, it will sing like the Feng Ling on a winter night."
As moonlight crept up the East Tower, Leonard stood on the stargazing platform polishing Leonard's sword.
The sword body reflected his furrowed brow—tonight, the banquet hall that should have been lively was overly quiet, while sounds of long-lost magical explosions echoed from the training ground.
As he leaned down to examine the energy fluctuations of the castle displayed in the crystal ball, he suddenly noticed that the amethyst emblem representing his family bloodline was blooming with a golden magic radiance unseen for twenty years in an unnoticed corner.
Leonard's sword struck against the surface of the crystal ball with a crisp sound, and the swirling purple-gold magic radiance highlighted the wrinkles on his Mei Xin.
He reached out to brush over the northern wolf fang embedded in the hilt; suddenly, a painful memory from three years ago on a moonlit night filled with blue snowgrass pierced his fingertip—inside Outer Chamber Manor’s attic, he recalled how a blonde woman had applied evening primrose juice onto this wolf fang, and that scene overlapped with the current magic radiance.
"Sir, the traces of explosions in the training ground have been cleared." The butler appeared at the spiral staircase entrance holding icefield wolf skin gloves, frost particles clinging to his cuffs. "The craftsman said it was Third Young Master Lucius experimenting with a new magic circle..."
"Replace the seventh floating brick in the west corridor with anti-magic material." Leonard suddenly interrupted, his sword tip precisely pointing at the flickering northern territory emblem within the crystal ball. "Also send someone to inspect all amethyst products in the name of the Moon Goddess; especially those carved with evening primrose patterns." As he turned, his cloak swept across the astrolabe, causing ice crystals to fall; those fragments evaporated into lavender smoke unique to Outer Chamber Manor upon touching the carpet.
The butler nodded respectfully, Shan Na, a piece of ice crystal petal stuck to his nape.
Leonard's pupil shrank; that was Aelia's Holly Magic unique six-sided Bing Hua, currently refracting an eerie purple light through the crystal ball.
In the secret chamber, evening primrose aromatherapy released azure mist as Aelia immersed a pearl necklace into holy water melted from frost.
Luna lay on her lap, her small hands patting at the amethyst shards emerging from the water's surface; with each pat, starlight seeped into the cracks of the necklace’s gems.
"Madam, the incense has been mixed with black market Memory Dust." Qin Si stared at the golden particles settled at the bottom of the Crystal Bottle. "Should we awaken Young Master's Frost Staff to purify it?"
Aelia's Fingertip brushed against the Ice Pearl formed at the tips of Luna's hair, and suddenly, the infant tilted his head back and expelled a bubble shimmering with starlight.
The bubble encased the Memory Dust and floated up to the Dome, bursting to reveal a conversation between Leonard and the butler, Lucius.
As the Bing Hua on the butler's neck appeared, Aelia tightened her grip on the Pearl Necklace. "Fetch the Guest List from three years ago's Spring Banquet, especially those who attended with the Northern Merchants' Bard."
Luna suddenly tilted her head towards the East Wall of the secret chamber, where a Magic Bow was oozing dark red droplets.
The moment the infant's waving Xing Hui touched the bowstring, a suppressed howl from Second Brother pierced through the stone wall—an anguished cry from a Magic Shield corroded by Demon Dragon Blood.
Lucius stood in the shadows of the Library of Hidden Books, watching as Brother San's Fingertip trailed a glowing Star Trail into the spine of the book titled "Ancient Forbidden Techniques Origins."
Suddenly, without any wind, the Shadow Bell on Luna's wrist chimed, awakening the slumbering Curse Atlas nestled among the Yellowed Pages.
As Brother San hurriedly closed his Grimoire, a strand of Xing Hui darted out from the Title Page, quietly wrapping around a fallen Wisteria Letter belonging to Second Brother in the corridor.
The remaining ice crystals in the banquet hall began to ascend against gravity, piecing together an outline of the Northern Territory Map on the Dome.
Leonard halted abruptly as he wiped his sword blade; its surface reflected flickering light spots of evening primrose on the map—each mark precisely corresponding to his secret meetings with Leonard's Concubine at the hidden location known as Ice Crack Valley Station.
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