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Luna's bloodstained little hand pressed against the transparent Peacock Stone Tiles, creating ripples of Light Gold. Within the altar, Three Thousand Vengeful Spirits erupted simultaneously, emitting an Eerie Blue Glow.
The City Guard Bell hanging from the Magic Castle Dome suddenly let out a roar like tearing silk, and Ice Crystal material seeped through the cracks of the Hexagram, instantly freezing the entire Grandfather Clock building.
"Do you really believe this freak's lies?" Leonard exclaimed, shaking off the Laurel Branch wrapped around his wrist as the Ice Blue Magic Circle spun wildly beneath his feet.
Shattered fragments of Silver Armor floated in the air, each piece reflecting the winding bloodstains on Aelia's chest. "Twenty years of sharing a bed can't compare to a few murmurs from a bastard?"
Aelia staggered as she leaned against the edge of the altar's Serpent Pattern stone carving, Maggie's gentle whispers meant to deceive the illegitimate daughter still echoing in her ears.
Those words she once thought were Love Words—"Tonight we will patrol the borders"—and those old ailments that always surfaced on full moon nights now pierced her heart like ice shards.
She trembled as she tore off her Sapphire Necklace from her neck—this was Leonard's wedding gift, and the Guardian Spell engraved within was seeping black mist.
"Father, be careful!" Lucius suddenly lunged forward to pull Leonard away.
The Sapphire Aelia crushed erupted in a Dark Purple Thunderstorm, blasting the altar's ground and creating a web-like crack.
The Magic Restriction that had trapped the Wraith began to loosen, and translucent figures emitted a piercing screech.
Luna struggled through the Magic Turbulence, crawling toward Aelia.
The Hexagram Birthmark on her neck resonated with the cracks in the clock tower, and tiny golden lights enveloped Aelia's bleeding wounds. "Mother... look at the clock face..." The baby's indistinct murmurs sent shivers through Aelia's entire being.
The frozen surface of the City Guard Bell emerged with a dynamic scene from Leonard's Last Night: Leonard held a Gold-haired Boy while performing a Flying Technique, and Maggie was stuffing Nightfire Butterfly Scale Powder into the child's swaddling.
"Turns out the meteor from the Starry Festival night..." Aelia suddenly laughed, her bloodied fingertip tracing a path through the air to lift the curse of the Contract.
The twelve Transmission Arrays she had brought in her Dowry activated simultaneously, exposing the mountain of Wraith converters piled in the basement of Maggie's Manor. Each glass jar floated, containing a Soul Fragment marked with the Magic Castle Emblem.
Leonard's pupils dilated sharply.
He tore open Leonard's Cloak, embroidered with the Family Crest, revealing a writhing black sigil at his heart: "Since the secret can no longer be kept—" Ice Crystal Thorns burst forth from the ground, instantly ensnaring Luna's cradle, "let this Disaster Star from the prophecy be the first to be sacrificed!"
"You dare!" Aelia swung her sword to sever the Ice Thorn's Shan Na, while Leonard's Shadow Clone flashed behind Luna.
As the claw wrapped in toxic mist reached for the back of the baby's neck, the entire altar was suddenly enveloped by an Emerald Color barrier—Luna's long-lost elder brother emerged from the Teleportation Circle, leaning on his Dragonbone Staff. The Family Ring embedded in the Staff Tip was dissolving the backlash Curse Mark on his skin.
"Father, do you remember what you told me when teaching me Magic Patterns?" His brother's mangled right hand brushed against the barrier wall, causing those Ice Crystal Thorns to vaporize instantly. "True glory lies not in power but in protection." He lightly tapped the Ground with his Zhang Jian, rearranging Maggie's tampered Heir hierarchy chart within the Dome; Lucius's name was being consumed by blood-red flames.
Leonard laughed madly, summoning the Fated Artifact, the Star Compass.
As the Pointer spun wildly, the entire Magic Castle began to tilt. The Forbidden Book in the Library flipped its pages automatically, and countless Forbidden Spells transformed into tangible Black Snakes slithering toward Luna. "Since you all betray Family Glory..." He sliced his Palm and smeared blood across his eyelids; his pupils morphed into beast-like Shu Tong. "Let the Frost Dragon awaken ahead of time!"
Luna suddenly let out a Loud Cry, and those wandering Black Snakes seemed to crash against an invisible barrier.
From a gap in the altar's Floor Tile emerged a Golden Silk Thread stained with her Bloodstain, winding around her brother's Dragonbone Staff to form a bowstring shape.
Seeing this, Aelia immediately severed her silver hair tied at both ends with a Hairpin, dipping it in Heart blood to stretch it taut: "My dear husband, do you remember which arrow you broke when you proposed?"
Leonard suddenly froze as he was about to activate the castle's self-destruction array.
He saw Aelia's Fingertip forming an Ice Arrow inscribed with Maggie's Manor's Coordinates, the arrow's tail adorned with the Remnant Page of the Marriage Contract he had personally destroyed years ago.
From below came the synchronized chanting of the Wraiths, a prelude to the God-Slaying Curse unique to the Starry Witch clan.
"You think you can threaten me?" Leonard erupted with a wave of black and purple energy, causing the Crystal Chandeliers in the banquet hall to shatter one after another.
However, when he attempted to teleport, he found his Boot Sole inexplicably stuck to Qin Si's blood Prism Shards— the Head Maid was binding seven phantoms into Entity Chains, their ends tethered to the original Love Poem he had written for Maggie thirty years ago.
Taking advantage of this moment, his elder brother thrust the Dragonbone Staff into the center of the altar.
The backlash from the Curse Mark faded completely from his right hand as he quickly performed Jie Yin, revealing a three-dimensional blueprint of the sealed Magic Castle above everyone's heads.
He pointed toward a dark chamber in the West Tower. "Father hid the Frost Dragon's awakening talisman behind Mother’s Image—what a splendid irony."
Luna suddenly struggled and reached out her small hand, her Fingertip stained with Tears poking at the location of the Treasure Vault on the blueprint.
There, medals of Family Glory were oozing Hei Xue, gradually coalescing into Maggie's form.
At that moment, all Transmission Arrays suddenly played new content—a conspiracy accidentally leaked during an illegitimate child's practice of summoning: "Once Father gets his hands on Aelia's Stellar Core..."
"Shut up!"
"Everyone, shut up!" Leonard roared, shattering eight Transmission Arrays, yet the remaining two played even clearer.
Veins bulged on his forehead as he tore open a Space Rift with his bare hands, pulling out half of a Frost Dragon's tailbone. "Since destruction is inevitable, let it begin with you!"
At that moment, Aelia's Ice Arrow was released.
The arrow grazed Luna, absorbing a large amount of golden light, transforming into a meteor that pierced through Leonard's protective aura.
But just as it was about to strike his heart, the arrow suddenly changed direction and shot towards the City Guard Bell. The Ice Layer frozen on its surface shattered in response—emerging was a holographic image of Leonard kneeling at the Star-Moon Altar to propose.
"Did you think I was completely oblivious?" Aelia suddenly revealed a weary smile, tearing open her garment to show the Starry Brand on her heart. "Since your hundredth return from 'patrolling the borders,' this heart has not beaten for you." She handed Luna to her elder brother, and as she turned, dust like Xing Hui floated out from the gap in her Battle Armor. "But children need their father, so I have been waiting..."
Leonard's fury came to an abrupt halt.
He saw Frost Flowers with their unique six-sided petals spreading beneath his feet, while Aelia's scattered Stardust began to form the runes of the Confining Dragon Formation.
Even more terrifying was that when Luna's tears hit the ground, they bloomed into holy lilies that dispelled the dark witch's magic, with a figure identical to him sitting in the flower's center—his conscience sacrificed twenty years ago for power.
Suddenly, his elder brother knelt on one knee and thrust the Dragonbone Staff heavily into the altar's crack. "In the name of the Eldest Son, initiate the ceremony of glory renewal!" All the ancestors in the portraits within the Magic Castle opened their eyes simultaneously, and the heir ranking chart projected by the Lucius Medal erupted with strong light.
Leonard realized his name was fading away while golden light spots representing Luna rapidly ascended.
"You won't get away with this!" He crushed the Fated Artifact, channeling energy into the Space Rift as the entire castle began to tremble.
But what emerged from the crack was not the Frost Dragon, but Maggie, her body entwined with Wraiths—within the swaddling of her illegitimate child, Nightfire Butterfly Scale Powder continuously fell.
Luna suddenly giggled, her small hands reaching out toward the direction of the Treasure Vault, grasping at the air.
The dark chambers marked by her elder brother erupted with a thunderous blast, thirty unopened boxes of Birthday Gifts spilling forth—all top-tier Magic Crystal Stones that Leonard had claimed were "in short supply during wartime," yet the lids bore Maggie's name abbreviation.
Aelia cast one last glance at her husband Xu Ying, twisted among the Holy Light Lilies, before turning to scoop up Luna and head toward the Teleportation Circle. "Notify the Elder Council; the Glorious Demon Fortress is now on standby." Her blood-stained cloak swept across the altar's edge, and the broken magic formations that had trapped the Wraiths suddenly reconfigured, transforming into an Ice Crystal Cage that imprisoned Leonard.
As the twelfth roar echoed from the bell tower, her elder brother finally pulled out the Dragonbone Staff that had been embedded deep in the floor.
His skin, now free from the backlash of curses, began to emerge with Starry Patterns—those were the Head of Family Seal that had lain dormant for a decade after the Rite of Passage.
He bent down to pick up the Star Compass dropped by Father, discovering that its Pointer was forever fixed on "betrayal" at Three Degrees.
In the shadows of the West Tower, Second Brother caressed the hilt of his dear friend's gift; the emerald-edged mirror reflected his cold smile.
The brother who had tricked him into drinking Erosion Wine all those years ago bore an uncanny resemblance to Leonard, who was now trapped in an Ice Prison.
The Ice Crystal Cage on the altar refracted a strange Youguang; Leonard's palm pressed against the inner wall of the barrier as a Frost Flower began to coalesce, suddenly emerging with his adult congratulatory message from his friend Roland.
Second Brother's pupils constricted in the shadows of the West Tower as he saw the emerald mirror embedded in his sword hilt overlap memories of Erosion Wine ripples with present-day Frost Patterns.
"Watch out, Third Young Master!" Qin Si suddenly lunged towards the collapsing Library and the Obsidian Pillar.
Brother San's Protective Barrier shattered into fragments under the impact of the Taboo Black Snake. Those Remnant Pages of the Ancient Demon Script Compendium, which he had once dismissed, now swirled around him, forming a Defensive Formation Diagram—his Magical Talent, misled for ten years, was rapidly deciphering Leonard's spatial Spell.
As Aelia retreated to the edge of the Teleportation Circle with Luna in her arms, she was suddenly grasped by Qin Si's bloodstained cloak.
The Head Maid deftly unfastened the hidden clasps of the cloak, revealing twenty-eight Starry Buttons sewn into the lining. "Do you remember, my lady, when you taught me to use the Star Trajectory Embroidery Method to stitch these?" She bit her fingertip and drew a blood symbol on the third Button, causing the Forbidden Book of the Library to suddenly freeze mid-page.
"Is that... the Star Positioning Array?" Brother San gasped as he leaned against a bookshelf.
The Remnant Page of the Star Chart he had torn apart in his misguided path began to rise from the ruins, each charred fragment precisely fitting into the gaps of Qin Si's Automatic Activation Magic Circle.
Luna suddenly reached out her small hand towards a point in the air. The remnants of Erosion Wine that had tormented Second Brother for ten years emerged from the emerald mirror, transforming into a Detox Rune that infused Brother San's Protective Barrier.
"Now I see!" Second Brother abruptly drew his sword and sliced through his sleeve.
The Jian Sui gifted by his dear friend burned amidst the Magic Turbulence, revealing a miniature copy of the Erosion Demon Brew Recipe Scroll.
He stepped on the Xing Hui Footprint left by his elder brother at the altar, using his Sword Tip to pierce through the Dark Compartment of the Library Dome—five hundred Defensive Magic Crystals replaced by Maggie cascaded down, each engraved with Aelia's Star Emblem.
Leonard's Roar echoed from the Ice Prison: "Do you think these little tricks can..." Before he could finish his sentence, Brother San suddenly pressed his Palm against the Title Page of the Ancient Demon Script Compendium.
Once misled and neglected, his magical perception penetrated the Yellowed Pages, drawing out a complete Backlash Curse in the void.
The chasm split open, devouring half of the wandering Black Snakes.
"Second Brother, catch!" Qin Si threw out the cloak soaked in Xing Hui.
The Second Brother swung his sword, creating a cross-shaped arc of light. The Detox Runes and Erosion Wine toxins collided in the air, coalescing into a purifying rain that shattered the Dark Witch's spells.
As the raindrops fell into the abyss, the Ancient Demon Script deciphered by Brother San suddenly materialized, transforming into chains that ensnared the second dragon tail bone Leonard was attempting to summon.
Luna in Aelia's arms emitted a Yiya Sound, her fingertip stained with Tears tracing the Xingyue symbol on Qin Si's hand.
The Head Maid shuddered, suddenly tearing open her left sleeve—scars from when she had tested poison for Aelia were glowing, resonating with a certain Dark Compartment in the Library.
"It’s the Marriage Contract Copy destroyed by Master!" Qin Si knocked over a teetering bookshelf and pulled out a scorched Iron Box from the Dark Compartment.
As Aelia pried open the seal with her bloodied Hairpin, Leonard and Maggie hovered in the corner of the altar with the Secret Pact Document. Each line of Tiny Inscriptions oozed Wraith's Hei Xue.
The Second Brother's sword suddenly let out a mournful cry, its mirrored hilt reflecting Lucius's shocked face.
This usually composed Third Young Master Lucius was fixated on the end of the Secret Pact Document—there, the date marked by Frost Magic Brand coincided perfectly with the moment he received his dear friend's betrayal Letter.
He unconsciously pressed his hand to his Heart, where lay the Rite of Passage gifted by Father last year: a Family Medal engraved with "Honor Is Loyalty," now burning hot against his skin.
Leonard in the Ice Prison suddenly let out a beast-like roar as his power surged once more, bolstered by the purifying rain.
Brother San immediately bit his finger and quickly wrote in the air the contents of the "Thirty Lectures on Basic Magic Patterns," which he had once mocked.
The immature practice runes touched his elder brother's Dragonbone Staff, awakening the dormant Star Pulse deposits within the Magic Castle Underground.
"Mother, look above!" The warning from his elder brother coincided with Luna's loud cry.
Aelia looked up to see the Family Star Map emerging from the dome, where the star representing Lucius was being eroded by black mist.
Without hesitation, she severed her silver hair and tossed it into the air. Her hair wrapped around Lucius's trembling wrist, channeling Starlight Power into his nearly shattered medal.
"Brother San, Nine O'Clock Direction!" Luna suddenly shouted clearly.
Brother San instinctively unleashed a half-analyzed Forbidden Spell, striking the Wraith that was corroding Lucius's medal with precision.
As the black mist dissipated, everyone saw the words inscribed on the inner side of the medal with microscopic magic—those were indeed Leonard's handwriting spelling out "pawn."
Lucius staggered backward, his back colliding with the Magic Mirror in the Library.
The reflection of Leonard's Last Night made his blood run cold: on the night his father gifted him the medal, Maggie's maid was applying some kind of Purple Potion to an heirloom box.
And that maid's pupil color matched perfectly with that of his "dear friend," who had tricked him into drinking Erosion Wine.
In the shadows of the East Corridor in the Library, Lucius absentmindedly stroked the fading Family Medal.
As his fingertip brushed over the inner side of the "chess piece" inscription, the medal suddenly cracked open, oozing the same Violet Fragrance as the original Love Poem.
In the distance, a crisp sound of ice crystals shattering echoed from the direction of the altar, reminiscent of last year's Winter Night when his dear friend had shattered their token of friendship at his feet.
Lucius's fingers were touched by the Violet Fragrance seeping from the crack in the medal, a scent identical to that which had been sent from Maggie's Manor.
He suddenly recalled last winter's hunt when Father had deliberately pinned a medal inscribed with "Honor Is Loyalty" to his chest, and that evening, Maggie's Horse-drawn Carriage had coincidentally appeared at the edge of the hunting grounds.
"Third Young Master!" Qin Si's exclamation came from behind him.
Instinctively, Lucius sidestepped, narrowly avoiding a fragment of the Ice Crystal Cage that grazed past his ear and shattered the Magic Mirror into countless Light Spots.
Amidst the swirling Lens, each shard reflected different angles of truth—Maggie's Maid applying a potion with her Fingertip marked by a Black Spider totem, perfectly matching his friend's cufflink adorned with a Dark Pattern.
Luna suddenly let out a sharp Loud Cry, her Sound Wave shaking the Library Dome's Star Map device into a frenzied spin.
Brother San seized the opportunity to press the deciphered Ancient Demon Script into the Peacock Stone Tiles, causing the Family Star Chart that Leonard had tampered with to begin resetting.
Second Brother's Jian Feng sliced across his Left Arm, and a drop of Blood Pearl fell into the crack of the medal, oddly forming the shape of an Ice Crystal Key.
"Catch!" Aelia tossed Luna towards her elder brother while swiftly tearing off her blood-stained silver hair and throwing it towards Lucius.
As her Hair entwined with the medal, the Violet Fragrance abruptly transformed into black mist, revealing the hidden Contract Terms folded within space—Leonard had mortgaged San Zi's Soul Mark to the Shadow Council twenty years ago.
Lucius staggered as he leaned against the bookshelf. The crushed Yellowed Pages of the Magic Fortress Chronicles suddenly flew up, forming a dynamic image in the purifying rain: himself at Luna's First Birthday Celebration, where Father held Maggie's hand as they cut the cake, and the Dining Knife bore the Black Spider totem.
"It turns out the Erosion Wine was just an appetizer," he chuckled softly, crushing the Ice Crystal Key, its sharp edge slicing into his palm.
As the Blood Pearl fell into the Groove of the Star Map instrument, the Library's West Wall collapsed with a thunderous crash, revealing a hidden chamber behind the Family Portrait—piles of boxes filled with Nightfire Butterfly Scale Powder, atop which lay eighteen birthday dresses sewn by Maggie for her illegitimate child.
Aelia's Leonard's Boots crushed an Ice Thorn that had emerged from the Floor Tile Gap, while the Sword Tip lifted the lining of one dress.
There, embroidered with Gold Thread, was Ailya's Birthday Rune date, identical to the handwriting on the "Father's handwritten greeting card" Lucius received last year.
Suddenly, she coughed violently, and the Xue Mo she expelled shimmered in the moonlight, revealing Starshine Script—exactly matching the toxin characteristics recorded by Qin Si during his poison testing years ago.
"Madam, watch your head!" Qin Si suddenly threw out his Star Pattern cloak.
Aelia spun to avoid a falling chandelier, but her neck wound reopened painfully.
A drop of Blood Pearl landed on Luna, and a Hexagram projected a three-dimensional image above the infant: Leonard holding the illegitimate child at the Star-Moon Altar, while the altar's Base Ankeli was stuffed with Letters bearing the Magic Castle seal.
Lucius suddenly let out a hoarse laugh as he grabbed one of Maggie's dresses and tossed it into the purifying rain.
Amidst the sizzling sound of melting Fabric, eighteen Buttons containing positioning Spells appeared in midair, each pointing towards the border Fortress he had been tasked to guard over these years.
"No wonder every patrol encounters shadow ambushes," he thought as an emerald mirror on his sword hilt reflected his elder brother's grave face—he was prying open the Dark Compartment of the altar with a Dragonbone Staff, retrieving three Secret Letters sealed in Magic Castle envelopes, each bearing Maggie's personal Emblem marked by a Fire Seal.
A hoarse roar echoed from the direction of the Ice Prison: "Lucius! Don't forget who saved you from the Snow Wolf..." Before the words could finish, Aelia suddenly hurled a blood-stained hairpin toward the source of the sound.
As the hairpin pierced through the Ice Crystal Barrier, Luna's golden light surged, distorting Leonard's voice into the gentle tone of Maggie coaxing her illegitimate child.
"Brother San..." Luna suddenly called out in a baby voice, her small hand reaching for Lucius's shattered medal.
The moment his fingertip touched the infant's palm, countless memory fragments flooded his mind—his father's guiding hand during sword training, the fleeting glimpse of a black spider tattoo on his sleeve, Maggie's maid's compassionate gaze when she brought him the "hangover remedy," and his elder brother's sighs filled with unspoken words as he suffered from the backlash of a curse mark.
Lucius abruptly turned and swung his sword, cleaving through the stone sculpture of the Glory Codex at the center of the Library.
From beneath the Codex's base rolled out seven Starlight Stones, precisely those strategic resources missing from Aelia's Bride Price List.
Each stone was inscribed with vicious curse symbols but disguised using his unique sword technique.
"Father truly makes use of everything." The moment he crushed a Starlight Stone, Qin Si let out a short gasp—within the broken lining of the Head Maid's cloak, twenty-eight Starry Buttons were reassembling into some kind of map, and one coordinate clearly marked Maggie's Manor's Hot Spring Villa.
Aelia bent down to pick up a fragment of a Starlight Stone, moonlight filtering through its cracks cast an eerie light spot on the ground.
Just as Qin Si was about to step forward to assist her, she suddenly froze, staring at a distorted pattern of light and shadow—it was unmistakably a variant of Leonard's family crest from Leonard's cloak lining, but with an added stitch only known to personal maids.
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