The nursery was filled with the lingering scent of Violet Fragrance, as Luna's chubby little hand tugged at Aelia's Pearl Necklace. Suddenly, a silver Magic Bubble burst near the lady's ear.
Aelia stumbled back in shock, her gaze falling upon her husband Leonard kissing the Gold-haired Witch—an image from the book where he kept Leonard's Concubine through Transfiguration in the Emerald Forest.
"This is impossible!" Aelia gasped, knocking over a crystal rattle. The silverware clattered to the ground, reflecting her pale face.
She trembled as she touched the Redbud on her neck that had dispelled the Curse Mark, a token of their vow that Leonard had placed around her neck ten years ago, now seeping with chilling magic.
Urgent footsteps echoed down the corridor, and Lucius's Astrolabe emitted a blinding Silver Light as Shan Na burst through the door.
In the mirror, Leonard's Star Trail intertwined with unfamiliar stars. Third Young Master Lucius looked at the baby in his stepmother's arms, laughing, and suddenly realized that the bubbles Luna had blown were not ordinary; they were infused with Light Magic that revealed Memory Fragments.
"Madam, let me explain!" Leonard rushed in, swept by Wind and Snow, his black cloak still dusted with Glowing Moss from the Emerald Forest.
When he saw Leonard's Concubine replaying in mid-air alongside Leonard's Last Night, magic surged as Zhang Jian unleashed thirteen Defensive Barriers. "It must be the Northern Lich's Divisive Spell..."
Luna suddenly let out a loud cry, and Aelia's Redbud transformed into Thorny Vines.
The vines pierced Lord’s hand, greedily sucking his blood which coalesced into a Blood Contract in the void—this was the Soul Sharing Contract between Leonard and his Concubine, each vein pulsating with the Coordinates of the Emerald Forest.
"You dare to share our family's Original Magic Power with outsiders?" Aelia's irises turned crimson as all crystal objects in the nursery shattered in response.
Taking advantage of the chaos, the baby in her arms seized the flying shards and used saliva to bond them into a miniature Magic Fortress Sand Table.
As the Golden Doll representing Leonard's Concubine appeared in the sand table's Southwest Corner, the entire castle trembled violently.
Leonard waved his wand, but as the spell took shape, it was caught by Lucius's Astrolabe, locking around his throat.
The Third Young Master Lucius's pupils contracted like needle tips. "Father, the filth on the Star Trail has been accumulating since five years ago." No sooner had he spoken than a frost-dyed nightingale swept past the window, and the ice crystals unique to the Northern Territory formed the word "Traitor" in Ancient Demon Script on the windowsill.
"Mother, look here!" Luna suddenly formed bubbles that spoke in Baby Voice Dragon Language, and three orbs of light rose from the sand table.
The first orb contained the Mechanical Prosthetic of her elder brother, with intricate gears entwined in a scarlet backlash curse. The second orb reflected the Laurel Blossom on her Second Brother's chest, each petal wrapped around a Parasitic Demon Seed planted by a dear friend. The third orb enveloped Brother San's crystal ball, where fragments concealed a tampered Divination prophecy.
Aelia's tears suddenly solidified into an Ice Crystal Necklace, and the witch's power burst forth with astonishing brilliance amid despair.
She bit her fingertip and drew the Dawn Curse Mark on Luna's forehead, causing baby Luna to project a Starry Sky Totem—a key formation for lifting the curses on her three sons.
"Elder brother needs Moonlight Silver to reforge his Mechanical Prosthetic's meridians." Luna's thoughts exploded like soap bubbles in everyone's minds. Outside, the nightingale suddenly spat out Yin Hui. "Second Brother must personally break the Laurel Branch to draw the Magic Potion." The sound of the Centennial Brew automatically uncorking echoed from the Castle Cellar. "Brother San's crystal ball must be bonded with my tears."
Seizing the opportunity, Leonard cast a teleportation spell but was pinned by a dining knife thrown by Qin Si when he touched the door frame.
The maid, with new Redbud sprouting from her hair, exhaled toxic mist. "My Lord, are you aware?"
Every seventh day of the month you claim to patrol the Northern Fortress—" she unfurled a blood-stained ledger, "but in reality, it has all been allocated to the gentle embrace of Emerald Forest!"
Suddenly, glowing moss crawled across the Castle Outer Wall; this was a sign that the Glorious Demon Fortress was about to change hands.
Taking advantage of this moment, Luna stuffed her saliva-soaked fist into Aelia's palm. The pure magic of the infant flowed through Madam's meridian and coalesced into a brand new Guardian Spell at her heart.
All mirrors in the Nursery simultaneously reflected scenes of Leonard meeting with Leonard's Concubine, and even the ancestral portraits on the wall tapestry let out an angry roar.
"Before Dawn Tomorrow," Aelia's voice wrapped around the Northern Territory's Cold Wind. "I want to see the deed to the Emerald Forest at the Court of Judgment." She removed her Pearl Necklace and ground it into powder. As Stardust fell upon Luna, the magical core of the Magic Castle emitted a Resonance of Zhen Chan.
Suddenly, a sharp sound of shattering crystal echoed through the corridor as Brother San crashed into the Door Frame, clutching the Divination Sphere that had mysteriously restored itself.
The Young Mage stared in shock at the swirling Star Map within the sand table, his Crystal Pendant resonating with the starry river reflected in Luna's eyes.
Deep within the castle, the Mechanical Prosthetic of the eldest brother suddenly opened a Dark Compartment, revealing the Family Heritage Scroll sealed for fifteen years.
As the first rays of dawn pierced through the Blood Mist Barrier, a frostbitten nightingale left crystalline tail feathers on the windowsill.
Luna contentedly sucked her fingers in her Mother's embrace, unnoticed as she quietly grasped a feather—an Invitation from the Northern Ice Coffin Guardian, a token that was supposed to appear three years later in the Original Plot, now melting in the warmth of her tiny Palm.
When morning light penetrated the Magic Castle Spire, ice crystals refracted eerie rainbows on the Colored Window.
Aelia carried Luna through a long corridor draped with Spellbound Curtains, while Pearl Powder on her Infant Swaddling was slowly absorbed by Luna, coalescing into flowing Xing Sha beneath her snow-white skin.
"The young lady's Cradle has suddenly bloomed with Moonlight Roses!" A Servant's exclamation came from the West Tower.
The eldest brother, who was adjusting his Mechanical Prosthetic, suddenly looked up as a backlash curse that had accumulated for fifteen years within the gear Gap transformed into Hong Wu vapor—yesterday’s Ye Lu designated Moonlight Silver now flickered on his desk's Northern Star Map.
Second Brother rushed into the Pharmacy clutching a broken Laurel Branch, his chest infected by Parasitic Demon Seed suddenly oozing Emerald Liquid.
As a Hua Zhi tainted with Luna's saliva fell into the Silver Cauldron, Centennial Brew boiled over and unexpectedly emerged with a complete Memory Frame of his dear friend’s spell from five years ago.
The Young Mage trembled as he reached out toward Yao Wu, where truth was Emerging, but at that moment he was blocked by Brother San's crystal ball.
"Don't touch!" Brother San, clutching the Restoration Divination Sphere, burst through the wooden door. The prophetic fragments sealed within the crystal core were in conflict with Luna. "That mist will feed on feelings of regret..." Before he could finish, all the copper mirrors in the Pharmacy suddenly reflected the coordinates of the Emerald Forest, where a golden-haired figure was burning a Contract Scroll within the barrier.
A dull sound echoed from the Cellar as an Oak Barrel exploded, its century-old brew flowing like a stream over the Stone Steps.
The servants were horrified to see that the flowing Wine Liquid was spelling out the maxims of the Magic Castle's guardians on the Ground—when the words "Bloodline Dust" emerged, all the Tiny Inscriptions suddenly turned towards the Nursery, transforming into a silver Blood Arrow pointing in Luna's direction.
A thunderstorm suddenly descended upon Leonard's tower, casting shadows shaped like spider webs from eighteen magical binding chains against the walls.
The Lord clutched at the bloodstained curtains and roared, "That baby is a Disaster Star sent from the Northern Territory!" The bite mark left by Leonard's Concubine on his neck suddenly burst forth with Green Light, only to be shattered by an Ice Crystal Nightingale that flew past outside just as the curse was forming.
Aelia stood at the edge of the Stargazing Platform, her hair adorned with new Redbuds that were consuming the dawn light.
She gazed at Luna in her arms, who was babbling her first words. The baby's palm revealed an Ice Crystal Pattern that perfectly overlapped with the distribution map of the Magic Fortress Leyline.
As the witch attempted to touch that pattern, Luna suddenly grasped her Fingertip, and within Luna's essence, a Star Map projected the outline of a frozen throne.
"Madam!" Qin Si rushed forward with a bloodied Dining Knife, its tip still smeared with Glowing Moss from the Emerald Forest. "The Guardian Stone at the Geomancy center seems... to have all turned towards the Nursery." The maid's report was abruptly torn apart by a sudden gust of northern wind, and everyone realized that the glowing Moss on the Castle Outer Wall had spread into a pattern resembling a Baby Palm.
Amidst the commotion, Luna quietly blinked her eyes, unnoticed by anyone as her left hand hidden in swaddling clutched a half-melted ice crystal feather.
As morning light fully enveloped the Magic Castle Spire, a Silver Mist spilled from the baby's lips, quietly seeping into a Gap in a stone coffin that had been sealed for three hundred years in the Cellar—this was indeed the place where it was recorded in ancient texts that "the thing that should never awaken" lay sealed.
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