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墨書 Inktalez
The refracted moonlight dyed Ailya's silver hair with a frost-like hue as she cradled Luna's trembling fingertip.
Suddenly, the baby let out a Yiya sound, and a pink palm emerged, flowing with golden runes—an unmistakable sign of the awakening of the Northern Royal Family bloodline.
"Mother... it hurts..." Luna deliberately whispered in a chaotic baby language, her chubby ankle suddenly glowing with a dark red curse mark.
This was the Blood Pact Mark that Leonard had placed on his illegitimate child in the Original, now replicated on her skin's surface through Illusion Magic.
Aelia's breath caught in the cold wind of December.
She recognized this curse mark; seven years ago, when Leonard returned from his expedition to the Southern Region, he bore a similar burn on his neck.
At that time, he claimed it was an accidental brush with a demon thorn, yet now it reappeared on his daughter.
"Blood Rose Manor..." Luna seized the opportunity to grasp her mother's dangling chain pendant. The ice crystal rose suddenly reflected Leonard's last night in the Eastern Suburb Dense Forest.
Moonlight pierced through the Illusion Magic barrier, illuminating the estate overrun with blood roses, where a red-haired woman was kissing Leonard's ring while holding a boy of about five years old.
A cracking sound echoed from beneath the throne as Aelia's pearl earrings suddenly exploded into powder. Twenty years ago, during his proposal under the Aurora, Leonard had used magic to engrave his vows within the layers of those pearls—now those love words overlapped with the illusion of his illegitimate child, Mei Yan.
"It’s impossible..." The noblewoman’s silver spoon emblem and magic robe rippled as she staggered to steady herself against the ice crystal armrest. The guardian spell chain that slipped from her sleeve suddenly snapped.
Seventeen magic pearls containing the extreme cold power of the Northern Territory rolled across the ice surface, each reflecting different moments of affection from Leonard's last night.
Luna timely let out a sob, using her remaining mage soul power to pull at the broken pearl chain.
The moment the seventeenth bead collided with the baby carriage, it reflected Leonard carrying the Red-Haired Woman as they passed through the Blood Rose Wall—clearly made from the Frosted Roses offered annually by the Northern Territory.
"Mother!" Luna suddenly articulated the complete word, her small hand grasping Aelia's trembling fingertip and pressing it against her heart.
The Light Gold bloodline of the Northern Royal Family reacted abruptly, and the baby's heart emerged, resembling Aelia's Frost Snow Totem.
A sudden sound of a wheelchair crushing ice crystals came from outside the Gilded Portico.
Eldest Brother Pale's fingers gripped the armrest tightly, as the frost formation diagram beneath him spread uncontrollably—this was the backlash that had taken his Twin Legs three years ago when he shielded Father from the Black Sorcerer's curse.
"Father said last week he would inspect the border outposts..." He tore away his Velvet Scarf, and a sinister curse scar beneath his collarbone suddenly oozed Hei Xue. "But he allowed me to use his private Magic Circle to heal my wounds—turns out those energy fluctuations from the Magic Crystal Stone are from Blood Rose Manor's Protective Barrier!"
Aelia suddenly tightened her grip on the Ice Crystal Armrest, the unique Eternal Frost Crystal of the Northern Territory piercing her palm.
As blood dripped onto Luna's swaddling, the totem on the baby's chest surged, enveloping the entire Rose Hall in a Blizzard Illusion.
Within the illusion, Leonard's voice clearly echoed: "Once that Sickly Eldest Son is dead, let Isaac inherit..."
Before his words could finish, the wheelchair armrest was suddenly crushed into shape.
Eldest Brother's crimson eye sockets fixed on the Emerging Second Son suspended in mid-air—clearly, the Fire Emblem on that child's forehead was forged from what should have belonged to his Inheritance Contract.
"Mother, look!" Luna suddenly pointed out of the window.
A strange purplish-red mist rose from the direction of the East Tower, and Second Brother's Sapphire Sword, tucked at his waist, suddenly emitted a buzzing sound.
The Family Crest embedded in the hilt began to crack; it was a token of honor bestowed by Leonard when he quelled Father’s Rebellion on the West Coast last year.
Ailya's silver hair floated gracefully in the stillness, as shattered Magic Pearls hovered around her.
When the seventeenth pearl revealed the illegitimate son Leonard's Flame Amulet once more, she finally recognized it as having been forged from the Frost Core taken during Eldest Son's first birthday.
"Please summon the Three Young Masters to the Stargazing Platform," the Lady of the Fortress said softly, brushing an Ice Shard from Luna's eyelashes. In the depths of baby Lan Tong's eyes reflected the moment she crushed the Eternal Flower within her Pearl Socks—Leonard's Last Night—a wisp of Dark Purple Mist seeped into Geomancy, and suddenly, the Blood Rose on the Outer Wall of the East Tower began to wither.
As her elder brother's Wheelchair rolled through the corridor, frost condensed on its armrests, quietly reshaping into the Northern War Pattern.
He remained unaware that behind his Wheelchair, Second Brother's Sapphire Sword was restlessly shifting in its sheath. The Curse Pattern emerging from the Sword Body bore a striking resemblance to the Beloved Friend Emblem he had seen three years ago in Misty Marsh.
Under the shifting moonlight, Shan Na, Luna clutched Aelia's Chain Pendant and fell into a deep sleep.
In her dreams, the last vision of Leonard's Last Night was of Second Brother standing at the edge of the Stargazing Platform, his fingers absentmindedly tracing the cracks on the Sapphire—within which lay imprisoned the Curse of Shadows, baring its fangs at the withering Blood Rose of East Tower.
Second Brother's Sapphire Sword emitted a faint lament in the Cold Wind.
He paused outside the Stargazing Platform in Wisteria Corridor, his fingertip brushing over spiderweb-like cracks on the hilt.
As moonlight streamed through the Sapphire, it suddenly reflected three overlapping Bronze Emblems—identical to his friend's badge that had saved his life three years ago in Misty Marsh.
"So this is where the seed of the curse was sown," he said, tugging at his collar to reveal a dark purple Thorn Pattern beneath his Collarbone.
His friend had once claimed it was a talisman against Poison Fog; now it revealed a Magic Pattern structure identical to that of Blood Rose Manor under the moonlight.
Leonard's Sword suddenly trembled violently, Jian Qiao clashing against a Pillar and sparking, startling an Ice Crystal Butterfly resting among the Wisteria flowers.
A sudden crackling sound of ice crystals erupted from Brother San's Cultivation Room.
He stared blankly at the "Northern Elements Treatise" hovering before him, its yellowed parchment automatically flipping to page 137—the very page where, ten years ago, when he awakened his Frost Talent, Leonard had pointed with his Scepter and warned, "The Dualborn Magic Core is destined to never break through the seventh tier; it would be better to focus on studying magical theory."
Shards of ice formed into sharp Prisms in his Palm, a combat spell that had been sealed since he turned fifteen.
In the reflection of the Ice Spike, memories of Leonard's Last Night emerged, where Father guided the illegitimate child in his training. The child’s Fingertip was clearly dancing with a purer form of Shuang Sheng Ice Flame.
"What are we?" Brother San suddenly clenched the Ice Spike, blood dripping through his fingers onto the Family Crest embossed on the ancient tome's cover.
The dormant magical power surged through his Meridian, shattering all the Warning scrolls on the wall that prohibited the use of attack magic.
Qin Si burst into Rose Hall, carrying medicinal tea, nearly toppled by the swirling Blizzard Illusion.
She looked at the rolling Magic Pearls scattered across the floor and suddenly slammed her Silver Tray against the Tapestry emblazoned with Leonard's Emblem.
Thirty-two moonlight stones used to nourish Aelia's Heart Vein flew from her sleeve, forming an ancient Guardian Array of the Northern Territory around her.
"He used Frosted Rose to create a flower wall for Leonard's Concubine?" The maid tore off a silver chain adorned with a Servant Emblem from her Neck, allowing Ice Shard to cut through Luna. "Back then, the lady knelt in the Ice Cave for three days to cultivate an anti-curse Frost Rose for him!"
Aelia silently scattered shards of Eternal Flower toward the Stargazing Platform. As Dark Purple Mist seeped into the Geomancy, a mournful wail echoed from the entire Glorious Demon Fortress's Defensive Formation.
Qin Si suddenly dashed to the throne and held up her mistress's hand, realizing that from the wounds pierced by ice crystals oozed Blood Pearls that were condensing into a miniature Northern Territory Map.
"Madam!" She hurriedly reached for Ailya, who was embroidered with Healing Rune, but was gently restrained by Aelia.
The Lady of the Fortress pressed her bloodied Fingertip against Luna Mei Xin. The frost on the infant's eyelashes suddenly transformed into a Star Map swirling around—this was the "Eternal Frost Prophecy," which could only be activated by those of the Northern Royal Family Bloodline.
The wheelchair of the elder brother suddenly halted at the entrance of the Stargazing Platform.
He gazed at the fragments of the Inheritance Contract floating above the Astrolabe and suddenly unfastened Leonard's Cloak, which was embroidered with the Frost Dragon.
The dark red Backlash Curse spread from his heart to his neck, but when it reached his chin, it was repelled by a sudden surge of Ice Blue Magic Pattern—this was the first time in three years he had successfully mobilized the sealed magic.
"Father always says my Magic Source is damaged." He sneered as he tore open his shirt, revealing skin eroded by the curse around his heart. "Turns out you melted the Frost Core into a Flame Amulet for your illegitimate child." Ice Spikes crystallized on the wheelchair armrest, suddenly surging forth and carving the Inheritance Battle Mark of the Northern Royal Family into the ground.
The Second Brother's Leonard's Sword suddenly flew out of its sheath, embedding itself in the Bronze Star Track of the Stargazing Platform.
The Sword Body reflected the Curse of Shadows, emitting a screech that resonated with the Blood Rose wilting in the direction of the East Tower.
He staggered against a stone pillar as the Thorn Pattern on his neck crawled up to his cheek, blooming into an eerie blood Rose Pattern at the corner of his eye.
Brother San kicked open the door to the Cultivation Room with a loud crash, startling a raven.
The Ice Spike in his palm had grown into a Knight Lance over two meters long, its tip piercing through a copy of Elemental Theory that was burning in the cold wind.
Parchment ashes floated toward the top of the Stargazing Platform's Inheritance Crystal, etching dense ancient magic scripts from Mama's teachings on its surface—secrets from the First Generation Fortress Master regarding "breaking limits with Dualborn Magic Core."
Luna's cries suddenly pierced through the raging wind and snow.
Aelia and Huo Ran rose, and pearl powder flew from their sleeves, coalescing into a Northern Ice Phoenix beneath the starry sky.
The Divine Bird spread its wings as Shan Na did, causing all young lords to feel their Magic Brands heat up simultaneously—this was an urgent signal summoned by the Royal Family for their blood relatives to guard.
Lucius's Family Crest suddenly rolled to the ground from his arms.
He bent down to pick it up and discovered that the Golden Iris, a symbol of glory, was fading under the moonlight, replaced by the Blood Rose that flickered beneath the Ice Layer.
The boy stared in shock at his Palm, where the Frost Totem was Emerging—this was clearly the Heir's Mark bestowed upon him at the birth of Eldest Brother.
Suddenly, Ice Crystal Butterflies exploded from the Wisteria Corridor, causing Lucius to stagger back a step.
The boy's trembling Fingertip brushed against the faded Iris Flower Emblem, and the blood Dark Night Rose Pattern creeping up his Wrist from beneath the Ice Layer collided with his Palm and Frost Totem, igniting a faint Blue Fire spark.
"Third Young Master Lucius, be careful!" Qin Si's shout came from the direction of Rose Hall.
Lucius hurriedly looked up, only to collide with Father Leonard, who burst in, his Dark Cloak stained with petals of Blood Rose.
"Aelia, let me explain—" Lord reached out to grasp the Ice Crystal Rose on the Ice Crystal Armrest but was suddenly cut by the surging Ice Spikes that pierced his Palm.
As blood dripped down, the entire Stargazing Platform's Ground began to Emerge with dense Mama's Contract Magic Patterns. The runes that should have belonged to Eldest Son's Inheritance Right were now all entwined with the Blood Rose.
Aelia slowly rose while holding Luna; the faint Golden Radiance seeping from the swaddling formed a Frosted Path beneath her feet.
Eldest Brother's Wheelchair crushed through the Ice Surface as he rushed forward, forming a Prism Barrier with Ice Blue Magic Patterns around him. "Father said just last week that the Eastern Suburb Dense Forest is a Dark Elf nest and needs increased patrols?"
"That child... is an Orphan from the Southern Campaign..." Leonard's burn mark on his neck suddenly glowed, and the Blood Pact Mark writhed beneath his skin like a living thing.
He raised his hand to conjure a Memory Illusion; in Leonard's Last Night, a Red-Haired Woman knelt in the pouring rain holding a baby. "Back then, her Father shielded me from a deadly curse..."
Luna suddenly giggled, her tiny finger precisely pointing at a corner of the illusion.
The crowd finally discerned the backdrop amidst the torrential rain—it was unmistakably the iconic Obsidian Fountain of Blood Rose Manor, with the fountain's base intricately carved with the Frost Rose pattern designed by Aelia to celebrate their wedding anniversary seven years ago.
"Does the orphan need to graft Blood Roses with Frosted Roses every year to sustain life?" Brother San's Ice Spear struck heavily against the ground, the spear tip's burning parchment ashes forming a magic formula in the air. "In the Elemental Balance Theory my father taught me, this grafting technique would consume all Ice Magic sources within a ten-mile radius!"
Leonard's Scepter suddenly erupted with Crimson Flame, but it extinguished abruptly upon touching the Magic Pearl swirling around Aelia.
The seventeenth bead within Leonard's Last Night expanded suddenly, clearly revealing the Flame Amulet around the neck of the illegitimate child Isaac—its pulsating Ice Blue core perfectly aligned with the curse that marred his brother's collarbone.
"You took away my brother's Frost Core..." Lucius suddenly raised a faded badge, and to his astonishment, the Blood Rose beneath the Ice Layer quivered in unison with the petals on his father's cloak. "Then what is my Heir's Mark?"
Atop the Stargazing Platform, the Inheritance Crystal emitted a roar, projecting an image of Leonard holding newborn Lucius before the crystal fifteen years ago.
At that time, Lord Fingertip was channeling Frost Magic, quietly injecting some Blood Rose into an Infant Swaddling—precisely what had awakened in his palm as a Frost Totem.
Ailya's silver hair stirred without wind, and Luna in her arms emitted a dazzling Jin Mang.
Within the Blizzard Illusion emerged more Memory Fragments: when Lucius was five, a Magic Surge had frozen the entire East Tower, yet Leonard forbade any medical examination; last year, Brother San's Cultivation Room had exploded unexpectedly, and Lord sealed all offensive magic at first notice...
"So every child is your experiment." Aelia's voice was colder than the winds of an eternal Ice Field.
Her bloodied fingertip lightly tapped, causing the suspended Magic Pearl to suddenly connect into a Northern Star Map, illuminating each young man's altered Fate Trajectory.
Leonard erupted in fury, his Scepter's tip coalescing into a black-red intertwined Magic Flame. "You don't understand at all! The Glorious Demon Fortress requires Absolute Power to dominate all realms..." Before he could finish his sentence, Second Brother's Leonard's Sword broke free from the Star Trail, piercing through the Ice Layer at his feet while entwined with the Curse of Shadows.
"Just like you taught me that 'it is permissible to sacrifice companions when necessary'?" The blood from Second Brother's eye, marked with a Dark Night Rose Pattern, began to fade, revealing beneath it a Bronze Emblem's brand. "The dear friend who shielded me from curses in Misty Marsh three years ago was actually your arranged Dead Warrior, wasn't he?"
Luna's Loud Cry suddenly transformed into a clear melody, as ancient Northern Prayer emerged around the baby.
The Frosted Path beneath Aelia abruptly expanded, enveloping the entire Stargazing Platform under the Ice Crystal Dome.
In the beam of light cast by the Inheritance Crystal, the First Generation Lord's Phantom slowly raised a hand, with a Fingertip pointing towards Leonard Heart's writhing Blood Pact Mark.
"Be careful, Father!" Lucius instinctively lunged forward, but the Palm of his Frost Totem suddenly erupted.
Pure Royal Bloodline Power formed a Magic Corridor between him and Aelia, reflecting all of Leonard's attacking spells.
The Ice Crystal Dome began to shower down snowflakes like Xing Hui, fully revealing the Frost Snow Totem on Aelia's forehead.
She gently placed Luna into the floating Ice Crystal Cradle, and as she turned, her trailing Silver Robe etched the Judgment Emblem of the Northern Royal Family into the Ground.
"In the name of the Eternal Frozen Royal Bloodline." The voice of the Lady of the Fortress echoed through every corner of the Magic Castle, as the Blood Rose in the east and west towers instantly transformed into an Ice Sculpture. "From this moment forth, suspend all powers of the Lord."
The gems on Leonard's Staff exploded one after another, and he realized in anger and shock that the Defensive Formation was stripping away his control.
As the last trace of crimson faded from Lucius's emblem, the young man's Palm sent forth his Frost Totem, intertwining with his elder brother's (Wheelchair) Battle Mark, his second brother's sword hilt bearing the Family Crest, and his third brother's (Brother San Ice Spear) tip inscribed with ancient demon scripts, forming a net that ensnared Leonard beneath the First Generation Lord's Phantom.
Luna's Cradle suddenly descended to the center of the Judgment Emblem, with the golden light of her baby’s heart shining in harmony with Ailya's Silver Hair.
The Inheritance Crystal projected a massive Ice Crystal Hourglass, signaling that the Royal Judgment had entered its final phase.
Kneeling on the Frosted Path, Qin Si held a reformed moonstone, followed by knights and servants pouring in from every corner of the Magic Castle.
The Ice Crystal Butterflies converged within the dome to form the shape of a Northern Ice Phoenix, each shimmering wing reflecting the breathless faces of those waiting.
Aelia's fingertip hovered above the hourglass, her gaze sweeping over the gradually awakening royal mark on the Children.
As she looked toward the eastern horizon, where the sky was tinged with the first light of dawn, a beam of ice blue morning light pierced through the Ice Crystal Dome, casting a brilliant golden hue on her eyelashes adorned with frost flowers.
Aelia's fingertip brushed over the surface of the crystal ball, where the defensive inscription glowed with an ethereal blue light as the ice crystal-carved black rose blossomed beneath her touch.
In the nursery dome, the celestial chart slowly rotated, while Luna lay wrapped in a silver silk swaddle, watching the floating magic runes swim past the crystal chandelier like playful fish.
"Madam, Third Young Master Lucius has broken another puppet in the training ground." Qin Si entered with a magic potion in hand just as the zi yue rose to the top of the spire outside.
Luna caught a whiff of the bitter scent of snowdrop, the potion meant to heal her elder brother from his magic backlash, which should have lost its efficacy three months after its original creation.
Suddenly, Aelia's emerald earrings emitted a buzzing sound, signaling that the castle defense array had been triggered.
Seizing this moment, Luna bit her tongue with her still-developing milk teeth.
The bloody smell mixed with memories from her past surged up her throat as she spat out a blood mist tinged with jin mang towards the crystal ball.
"Leonard is at Emerald Manor..." The baby's incoherent murmurs caused the bowl of magic potion to shatter explosively.
On the surface of the crystal ball, within Leonard's Last Night emerging scene, a blond man was gently caressing a pregnant woman's belly, where a silver rune unique to a legitimate bloodline shimmered upon its rounded curve.
Qin Si's silver plate slipped from his hand and fell to the ground, sending twelve astrology stones rolling into the fireplace and sparking flames.
Aelia's Ailya's white nails dug into the base of the crystal ball as she violently snapped off the nightingale carved from magic crystal.
From deep within the castle's foundation came a mournful cry of giant dragon bones, causing all candle flames to flicker into an eerie azure.
"Mother!
The Defensive Formation of the West Tower is collapsing!" Brother San burst through the door, the sound of the Wheelchair grinding against the Ground following closely behind.
Eldest Brother Pale's face was illuminated by the blood-red Aurora outside, his mangled right hand tracing silent runes in the air—yet Second Brother's Ailya's Roar had already shattered the Stained Glass: "What gives that bastard the right to have a Legitimate Lineage and a Curse Mark?"
Luna's Pupil suddenly transformed into the Serpent's Shu Tong, and she saw countless threads of Destiny and Dark Purple Thread snapping in the air.
The moment Leonard teleported in, Aelia's Pearl Crown unleashed a barrage of ice shards, pinning her husband against the Rose Window etched with their wedding vows.
Blood trickled down the Stained Glass depiction of the Holy Mother, winding its way like a serpent, blooming into a string of crimson Black Roses under the moonlight.
"The basement of Emerald Manor," Luna whispered in Baby Language, watching as a storm gathered at the tip of Aelia's wand, "the third Long Head statue's Left Eye..." The Lady of the Fortress suddenly turned her head; she finally became aware that her daughter's anomaly was more than just Prophetic Talent.
From deep within the castle came an ancient incantation in Dragon Language, and all mirrors simultaneously reflected the terrified face of the Outsider Woman.
Luna curled her lips in a smile from within the trembling Cradle; she heard the sound of Fate's Gear turning, and a Track entirely different from the Original was tearing through time and space.
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