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Moonlight flowed through the Crystal Window onto Aelia's Pearl Robe, and the Star Stone bracelet on Luna's wrist emitted a faint hum.
The infant suddenly grasped the silver-embroidered cuff of her Foster Mother, her pupils glimmering with an otherworldly Golden Radiance not typical of a child.
"By the stars as witness, Leonard has kept a Canary at Emerald Manor for seven years." The Lullaby Voice wrapped around an ancient Spell, crashing into Aelia's mind, as the Black Rose window suddenly reflected an illusion of Emerald Manor—a Blonde Woman kissing a man's neck, marked by a Crescent Moon Birthmark.
Aelia's fingertips dug into the Velvet Chair's back; just last night, Luna had nestled against her neck, whispering Love Words.
The crystal chandelier suddenly shattered, extinguishing seventeen candleholders, yet the Wedding Ring on her ring finger still burned in the darkness. It was the Oath Ring forged from the meteor that fell when they first met.
"Five years ago at the Aurora celebration, he said he would go to the Northern Territory to reinforce the barrier..." The Noblewoman trembled as she snapped the Star Stone bracelet, beads rolling away to reveal a new vision of Leonard's Last Night: beneath a sky filled with Aurora, Leonard placed an ice crystal crown atop Leonard's Concubine's head.
Luna suddenly coughed violently, staining her swaddling cloth embroidered with Guardian Spell.
Aelia instinctively reached to hold her but was pierced by the shattered Jin Mang in the infant's eyes—a sign of the Great Mage's Burning primal power.
"Mother, look closely." Luna bit her tongue and flicked a Blood Pearl toward the illusion, causing Leonard's Last Night to abruptly shift to an Underground Altar.
The Ming Xing of three sons hovered above the Curse Array, while Leonard was embedding an Illegitimate Child's Ming Xing into its core.
Aelia knocked over the Liujin tea set, Assam Black Tea spreading across the Cashmere Carpet like a Bloodstain.
She suddenly recalled the Astrologer's hesitant expression from half a month ago, remembered her husband's insistence on sending Third Young Master Lucius to Shadow Forest for "training," and recalled the bloody Dark Rose Scent wafting from the study on the night Eldest Son had his accident—that was a specialty of Emerald Manor.
Outside, a Night Owl let out a Loud Cry, and Luna's wrist Star Stone suddenly cracked with fine lines.
The infant tugged at Aelia's Pearl Necklace urgently: "We must leave the city before Midnight Bell Tolls; Brother San's wand is..."
"Madam!" At that moment, Qin Si burst through the door, and a sharp sound of shattering ice crystals echoed down the corridor.
Black mist suddenly seeped from Eldest Son's room's Guardian Barrier; Second Young Master's treasured Dragon Scale Sword let out a mournful cry, while Third Young Master Lucius' beloved Iris Garden visibly withered into ash at an alarming rate.
As Aelia grasped the Magic Pattern Cloak, the Dressing Mirror shattered with a deafening crash.
Countless fragments reflected different moments in time of Leonard's Last Night: the magic he cast to ignite the starry river for her during his Ten-Year Birthday, the Twinning Vines that entwined their Wrists when their Eldest Son was born, and the glimmering Pupil when her husband whispered "Eternal Love" on a snowy night last year.
"Prepare the carriage!" The pearls she tore apart bounced on the carpet, each one reflecting Leonard's Family Crest from the Illegitimate Child within Emerald Manor.
As the Horse-drawn Carriage rolled over the Moat's reflection, the Purple Flame that erupted from the tower top illuminated her left hand's Wedding Ring—the Star Stone embedded within was fading, much like the starlight in Leonard's eyes fifteen years ago.
Aelia's Pearl Robe rippled under the moonlight, and seventeen Dong Zhu trembled at her collar.
She gazed at the rolling Star Stones scattered across the ground and suddenly realized that each bead reflected different periods of Leonard—putting the Wedding Ring on her under the Starry Night, kissing their Eldest Son, and last year's Winter Night when he spoke of reinforcing the barrier.
The pain from the Crystal Chandelier Remains piercing her foot suddenly seemed laughable; it was clear that fifteen years of marriage had truly embedded a Poison Spike into her bones.
"He said my eyes resemble the Eternal Night Sea..." The Noblewoman tore apart her Pearl Necklace around her Neck, and the round pearls collided with the Gilded Candelabra, bursting forth Azure Blue Flame.
When the Seventh Pearl rolled into the fireplace, it suddenly leaked Scarlet Liquid, winding across the stone slab to form an ancient Blood Oath Rune of the Northern Territory—that was the Eternal Pact they exchanged on their wedding night.
Luna's Cough Sound turned sharp, and the Guardian Spell over the swaddled infant began to peel away.
From the newly cracked Gap in the baby’s Wrist where a Star Stone lay, fine golden light dust seeped out, these Light Spots spelling out a Coordinate map of Emerald Manor in midair.
Aelia staggered toward the Crystal Cradle but found that when her tears fell upon the infant’s forehead, they scorched a charred Inverse Cross mark into its skin.
"Madam!" Qin Si burst through the Carved Wooden Door, and a dangerous glint flashed from her Amethyst Hairpin nestled in her Hair Bun.
This usually demure Maid now had Pupils narrowed into serpent-like slits; as she dropped a Crystal Plate from her Hand, twelve Silver Spoons automatically arranged themselves into a Defensive Formation.
Upon seeing Aelia’s torn Handkerchief releasing Golden Dust, she suddenly knelt on one knee: "Please allow me to summon the Shadow Guard."
The Night Owl outside let out its third Loud Cry, and Luna suddenly reached out her small hand, covered in Star Patterns, to grab Aelia's Wedding Ring.
The surface of the faded Star Stone cracked open with a snap, revealing a writhing mass of black filaments inside—an unexpected Soul Insect Egg of the Soul Devouring Gu.
Aelia instinctively pulled her hand back as if shocked, recalling how Leonard always kissed this ring after they shared a bed.
"Do you know how the people of the Northern Territory deal with traitors?" Qin Si suddenly slashed his palm with a dagger, causing Blood Pearls to float in the air and form an Ice Field and Wolf Totem. "Last year, while delivering to Frostbite Canyon, I witnessed them using ice spikes..." Before he could finish, the sound of shattering glass echoed from Third Young Master Lucius's room, as all the Moonlight Irises he had carefully nurtured turned blood red.
Aelia, with her Dan Kou-stained Ailya's White Nails, dug deeply into Qin Si's arm, carving crescent-shaped blood marks into the maid's fair skin.
As she reached out to touch Luna's forehead marked with an Inverse Cross, the infant suddenly emanated Emerging Thirty-Six Constellations, with a constellation resembling a Poison Scorpion gnawing at the fulcrum of Libra.
"Prepare the carriage." As those words left her lips, the Malachite-inlaid mirror on the Grooming table exploded.
Yet Aelia was fixated on the Silver Blue liquid seeping from the crack in the Gold Frame—this was Memory Storage Magic Crystal Liquid, which would only reveal itself upon contact with specific Spells.
When her Blood Pearl rolled into the crack, a scene suddenly flashed in the mirror: Leonard conversing with an Illegitimate Child at an altar: "...waiting for those three nuisances to disappear..."
Luna let out a sigh that did not belong to an infant, her Chubby little hand pressing against Aelia's Heart.
Liujin's radiance spread along the Noblewoman's Pearl Robe, coalescing into a Thorned Crown shape at her Collarbone.
Seeing this, Qin Si immediately bit his Tongue and used his blood to draw a triple Sealing Array in the void, but suddenly, the Purple Flame outside surged violently, incinerating the array into Ashes.
"The Midnight Bell Tolls..." Luna's Lullaby Voice echoed with reverberation as her Wrist Star Stone finally shattered completely.
Countless golden light particles assembled in mid-air to form a Three-Dimensional Map of the Magic Fortress Underground Passage, with a marked red location trembling beneath the Moat.
In that moment when Aelia tore off her Wedding Ring and hurled it toward the fireplace, Ankeli suddenly produced a scroll—an illustration of a Magic Castle and Energy Node she had quietly drawn during her pregnancy.
As the last glimmer of starlight faded from Luna's eyes, the cries of the infant mingled with the distant tolling of a bell from the tower.
Aelia tucked the swaddled baby into Qin Si's arms, her skirt stained with red tea sweeping across the floor scattered with pearls.
As she crushed the seventh pearl, Midnight, a teleportation circle beneath the carpet suddenly lit up, while outside the window, Purple Flame illuminated Leonard's figure arriving with the Frostwolf Guard.
Aelia's Pearl Robe trailed an ice blue Liuguang down the corridor, and Luna, nestled in Qin Si's arms, suddenly opened her golden eyes.
The infant's chubby fingers traced through the air, and twelve wall lamps exploded into Xing Xu, casting a veil of light and shadow over the fleeing group.
The coachman eavesdropping around the Turn Corner was splashed by Xing Xu and instantly turned to stone; the sound of the Silver Wine Pot falling startled everyone in the East Wing Corridor.
"Madam has gone insane!" The cook dropped her iron tray of muffins with a clatter, hot cream sizzling on the gilded Peacock Stone Tiles.
Behind her, a Magic Recipe floated and began flipping pages on its own; parchment detailing desserts oozed Hei Xue, and tiny inscriptions twisted into an Ancient Incantation known as "Slayer of Husbands."
By the railings on the second floor, three maids exchanged glances. Suddenly, one of their emerald earrings exploded, releasing barbed vines that coiled around her neck—this was the activation of a surveillance restriction on Madam.
Luna let out a kitten-like sob, blood as lustrous as gold trickling from her mouth.
Qin Si immediately bit his fingertip and smeared Blood Pearl onto the infant Mei Xin. Three blood-red star patterns blossomed in the air, shattering all portraits lining the corridor.
The roars of past Lords were sealed within the shattered glass; in one painting depicting Leonard’s knighthood ceremony, his medal suddenly fractured, revealing a Curse Doll hidden behind it.
"To the cellar!" Aelia tore apart three strands of Pearl Necklace and tossed them into the air; the round beads transformed into Ice Crystal Sparrows darting in different directions.
When the eighteenth Goldfinch crashed through the West Side Stained Glass, an entire panel of Rose Glass began to flow with Silver Liquid, forming a constantly shifting maze on the ground—exactly like the secret passage route Luna had shown earlier.
The sound of Leonard overturning a Crystal Cup echoed from the tower as Centennial Brew spread across the silk carpet like a pool of blood.
He trembled as his left hand pressed against the Communication Crystal, and the black Obsidian embedded in the Family Ring suddenly cracked with fine lines, reflecting the scene of the Illegitimate Child vomiting blood on the altar during Leonard's Last Night.
Outside, the patrolling Griffin beasts collectively let out a mournful cry, and one of the cubs had its tail feathers spontaneously ignite, revealing the Frost Pattern emblem of the Aelia Family where it was scorched.
"Activate all Defensive Barriers!" The Lord's Ailya's Roar shook the ice crystals hanging from the chandelier, unaware that this command automatically activated the Counterspell Embroidered Shoes cradled in Aelia's arms.
Before the Noblewoman, the entire Magic Castle's Magical Veins suddenly materialized. She saw Ming Xing, representing her three sons, being pulled toward the Underground by Blood-Red Chains, while Leonard's Ming Xing was crawling with writhing Dark Patterns—the eternal Spell he had vowed during their wedding night.
Qin Si suddenly thrust Luna into Aelia's arms and drew an Amethyst Hairpin from her hair to slash at her Wrist.
Blood sprayed forth, rising into a hexagonal ice pillar that pinned the pursuing Chief Guard against the wall.
The usually docile maid's eyes transformed into Serpent Vertical Pupils, and from her torn dress emerged a Left Arm wrapped in Spellbinding Bandage. "Please, my lady, take the left side secret door; my shadow guard is..."
Before she could finish, the entire corridor's carpet suddenly rolled up into a spiked Thorn.
Aelia's Pearl Hairpin disassembled on its own, forming a Rotating Star Map above everyone's heads.
As the Seventh Pearl embedded itself into the wall Groove, a hidden passage that had been sealed for seven hundred years burst open with a roar. The Moldy Smell mingled with the Cedar Fragrance of Ice Crystal Orchids—this was a refuge prepared for her Children during her pregnancy.
Luna suddenly convulsed violently, and the Jin Mang in her Pupil began to flicker erratically.
The infant girl's fingers touched a faded spot on Aelia's Wedding Ring, pulling strands of silver from a black Soul Insect Egg.
These Dark Purple Threads wove together in midair to form a miniature altar, clearly depicting the Illegitimate Child burying her three brothers' hair into a cursed urn.
The Noblewoman tore off an entire pearl collar and hurled it at the illusion. The exploding pearl dust released twenty-three silver butterflies that crashed against the suddenly closing stone door of the hidden passage.
"Mother... Energy Node..." Luna's Lullaby Voice echoed as her small hand pressed against a certain spot on Aelia's drawn scroll.
The diagram of the Magic Castle suddenly took on a three-dimensional form, and a specific point marked as Frost Rose began to pulse violently—this was the Stargazing Platform that Leonard had built for her years ago.
The entire castle tilted fifteen degrees, and the creamy Cedar Fragrance wafting from the kitchen instantly transformed into the stench of decay.
The well-trained servants finally fell into chaos, as attendants carrying Silverware collided with one another, spilling Blood Wine that splattered against the walls, forming grotesque faces.
As the butler attempted to calm everyone down, his Pocket Watch suddenly sprang open, revealing a Miniature Astrolabe that showed Libra collapsing.
When Leonard burst through the hidden door of the library, he caught a glimpse of Aelia's skirt disappearing into the depths of the secret passage.
A trickle of Hei Xue seeped from the Crescent Moon Birthmark on his neck, while the Defensive Magic Pattern on Leonard's Cloak writhed like maggots.
As he recalled the Teleportation Spell, a silver thread suddenly emerged from the faded Wedding Ring and wrapped around his finger—this was the very Nerve he had used to place the ring on Aelia's hand twenty years ago.
"Stop them!" The Lord's Roar shattered three layers of Crystal Chandeliers, unaware that the falling light fixtures struck precisely at the ventilation shaft of the secret altar.
A muffled sound echoed from below ground as the entire passageway became overrun with glowing Moss, illuminating Aelia's scroll in hand—those Energy Nodes flickered at a specific frequency, reminiscent of the Star Map arrangement on the night Luna was born.
Qin Si suddenly knelt and vomited ice crystals; the six shadow guards she had summoned were spontaneously igniting throughout the castle.
The bloodied Fingertip of a maid traced an incomplete magic circle on the ground, prompting Luna to immediately expel Golden Light Spots to complete the pattern.
At the moment the magic circle was finished, all wilting Irises exploded, and Pollen coalesced in the air above the castle into Aelia Family's Guardian Beast, Xu Ying.
"Madam!" Qin Si shouted as she grabbed Aelia's Skirt. The maid's attire shattered completely, revealing a back covered in Shadow Spells. "East Side Stable..." Before she could finish her sentence, an invisible force tightened around her throat and lifted her off the ground; her feet kicked out in a specific rhythm—the distress signal they had agreed upon in their childhood.
Luna suddenly let out a Screech as her Milk Tooth pierced Aelia's finger.
A liquid mixed with their blood dripped into the water pool of the passageway, instantly rising in a mist filled with starlight.
In the mist, at Emerald Manor, Leonard's Last Night unfolds: Leonard's Concubine is burying the personal belongings of three young masters into the Curse Core, when suddenly, the Slave Brand on her ankle transforms into the Aelia Family Crest—revealing her to be the daughter of a death row inmate who escaped twenty years ago.
The entire Magic Castle falls into a terrifying silence, with all Magic Clocks frozen seven minutes before Midnight.
Aelia hands Luna over to Qin Si, tearing apart all Pearl Buttons and tossing them into the air.
As the seventh Button embeds itself into the Groove at the top of the secret passage, a construction blueprint from Three Hundred Years Ago hidden within the stone bricks suddenly unfurls, revealing a room that had been erased, positioned at the convergence of all Energy Nodes.
"Take the young lady away." Aelia's Wedding Ring suddenly melts and reshapes, forming an Ice Crystal Dagger in her palm.
As the blade slices through her wrist, the gushing blood does not fall to the ground but instead forms the outlines of her three sons in midair.
The Noblewoman presses the blood-stained blueprint against the wall, causing the entire secret passage to flip, revealing an abyss below filled with flowing magical Lava.
From all corners of the castle, echoes of Qian Jiao resonate; weapons displayed in the Training Ground turn to face a new direction, while carnivorous plants cultivated in the flower room gnaw at Knight's Boot Heels.
As Leonard crushes the seventh Communication Crystal, the Ancestors in the Family Portrait suddenly turn collectively, using their Frame and Thorn to stab at his back—this is Aelia's quietly imposed punishment for betrayal from fifteen years ago.
When the Midnight Bell Tolls at the edge of the abyss, Luna uses her last strength to brand a Star Map onto Qin Si's back.
Before the infant's Pupil completely dims, she sees Aelia inserting the Ice Crystal Dagger into her own heart, with the liquid from her melted Wedding Ring seeping into the Energy Node diagram, while Blood-Red Chains belonging to her three sons emit cracking sounds from a certain room.
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