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In the Magic Castle Square, where the morning mist had yet to fully dissipate, the Ice Crystal Rose refracted a Rainbow on the Gilded Railing.
Aelia pinned the last Pearl Hairpin into her hair, her reflection in the mirror showing Qin Si tying Golden Silk Swaddling around Luna. "Madam, the Magic Vine at the Southwest Tower..." Before the maid could finish her sentence, Aelia lightly tapped her Hand Back with Yin Shu: "The Celebration Bell is about to ring."
The long-unused Magic Lighthouse, which had not been activated for Twenty Years, cast a rotating Light Spot across the Sky Dome, while Brother San's Astrolabe buzzed on the terrace.
As Aelia stepped onto the banquet hall's Red Carpet holding Luna, she saw her elder brother's Mechanical Tentacles entwined around the Ice Crystal Wine Tower, with a Dragon Scale Pattern shimmering in the morning light like liquid gold.
Second Brother's Dragon Flame Magic lifted a Crystal Plate into a floating array, each piece of Blueberry Pie maintaining the arc from their wedding banquet of Twenty Years Ago.
"Mother." Lucius approached, supporting the awakening Silver-Haired Woman from the Ice Coffin. The woman's fingertips formed a Frost Flower, colliding with Aelia Moonstone Earrings, producing a clear sound reminiscent of a Feng Ling.
This was a sign of the Magic Bloodline Resonance. As Aelia gazed at the newly formed family Guardian Totem in the dome, her eye sockets warmed as she accepted the Star Moon Staff handed to her by her Eldest Daughter.
Suddenly, an eerie silence fell over the banquet hall.
Leonard entered the foyer with a woman clad in a Dark Red Velvet Dress. The woman had a Mojie entwined in her hair, hissing as it licked at the freshly arranged Ice Crystal Rose that Aelia had set up.
With a heavy thud, Aelia's Scepter struck the Marble Floor, startling Luna and causing her to grip her Pearl Necklace, which suddenly burst with magical energy, shattering the nearest Crystal Chandelier into dust.
"You all," said the Lord, stroking the waist of Leonard's concubine adorned with a Shadow Crystal, "this is Miss Sevia. She will showcase the secret magic of the Nightmare Clan at the banquet." Before he could finish speaking, Sevia's skirt transformed into flowing shadows, corroding all of the ice roses at Aelia's feet into black ash.
Elder brother's mechanical tentacles suddenly surged forward but were repelled by Father’s thunderous spell just as they were about to reach Sevia.
Leonard sneered as he stepped on shards of crystal scattered across the floor: "The cripple should stay in a nursing home." Just as Second Brother began to gather his energy in his palm, Sevia's neck-bound Mojie suddenly expanded into a giant python, swallowing all of the floating crystal plates.
Luna suddenly giggled, her little hands covered in blueberry jam clapping atop the scepter.
The crowd stared in shock as the Star Moon Emblem burst forth with golden light, and the corrupted Ice Rose surprisingly drew out new silver-white sprouts from the blackened gray.
Sevia took a step back, and the moment the shadow of her skirt touched the new sprouts, it suddenly ignited with Azure Flame.
"It seems it's time for a change in the Magic Castle's Heir," Leonard remarked as he lifted Sevia's Shadow Crystal, which was floating in her palm. From the swirling black mist emerged six rotating Magic Runes. "After all, some worthless individuals have practiced for twenty years and still can't even manage Elemental Resonance..."
His mockery was interrupted by Luna's loud cry.
The golden silk soft shoes that had fallen from the infant rolled to Sevia's feet, and the ice crystals embedded in the shoe tips suddenly exploded into thorny vines, wrapping around Leonard's concubine Ailya and leaving fine trails of blood on her carefully maintained skin.
As Leonard furiously raised his Thunder Staff, the long-silent Magic Lighthouse suddenly roared to life, its beam piercing through the dome and directly striking Sevia's Magic Crystal in hand.
The Shadow Crystal emerged with spiderweb-like cracks under the strong light, and Leonard's pupils constricted—those ice cracks were strikingly similar to the Marriage Oath Contract he had personally destroyed twenty years ago.
Aelia held down Luna’s fluttering skirt hem against the strong wind and saw Luna pointing towards the Magic Crystal while clutching Lucius's silver hair. The depths of the infant's pupils shimmered with a unique halo characteristic of a Great Mage.
"Is Father going to publicly punish the infant?" Lucius asked as he shielded Luna with his shoulder, while the awakening silver-haired woman formed an Ice Shield with her fingertips.
Leonard glanced at the whispering nobles around him and suddenly broke into a sinister smile. "Tomorrow's Magic Talent Assessment ceremony will be just right for you all to witness the true Heir of the Glorious Demon Fortress."
His scepter struck heavily against Sevia’s Magic Crystal, which had begun to heal in her hand. The six Shadow Runes suddenly split into twelve, forming a twisted Crown Totem above the banquet hall.
Aelia felt Luna in her arms tense up suddenly; the infant’s milk tooth bit through her neck’s pearl—the very pearl that had been stained with blood during their wedding twenty years ago—now oozing ice blue Blue Blood Fern Juice.
Leonard’s scepter emitted a sharp buzzing sound beneath the Crown Totem as twelve Shadow Runes enveloped Brother San’s Astrolabe.
The metallic wheel sparked amidst a shrill grinding noise, as those Star Trails symbolizing Magical Talent were being devoured by shadows. "Father!" Lucius cried out as he steadied the staggering Brother San, his wrist revealing an Ailina's Burn mark that resonated with the Astrolabe.
"The Heir of the Glorious Demon Fortress needs true power." Lord casually flicked the Ice Crystal Fragments off his Scepter, while Sevia's Mojie greedily gnawed at the joints of his brother's Mechanical Tentacles. "Look at you all—" he kicked away a gear that had rolled to his feet, "the cursed Eldest Son, trapped in the Heart Demon is the Second Son, and this waste who is obsessed with astrology."
The Silver-Haired Woman awakened from the Ice Coffin and suddenly coughed violently, her Palm-conjured Ice Shield melting away under the encroaching shadows.
Aelia hurriedly caught the melting ice water with her Skirt. The Ice Crystal Crown that had been shattered by lightning at her wedding twenty years ago now shimmered with a Red Glow in its watery form on her lap.
"Show me some decent magic, will you?" Sevia stepped over Ailya, who was entangled in bloodstains, as she approached the dining table. The Mojie spat out a half-eaten Blueberry Pie that splattered against the Second Brother's face. "I heard that the Second Young Master has been studying the Dragon Flame Baking Technique for twenty years?" Her Fingertip transformed into a Golden Fork, prodding the smoking Blueberry Pie toward the Second Brother's tightly closed Lips.
Luna suddenly squirmed in her swaddling, her small hands stained with Ice Blue Blue Blood Fern Juice grasping Aelia's Pearl Necklace.
The bitten Wedding Ceremony pearl began to ooze more liquid, trickling down the silver Chain Pendant into the crystalline Ground of the banquet hall.
The crowd gasped and recoiled—those crystalline shards tainted with Blue Blood Fern Juice were rapidly growing, creating a frosty path across the Red Carpet that resembled a galaxy.
"Enough!" Leonard swung his Scepter towards the frosty galaxy, but lightning rebounded upon touching the Ground.
He stared in astonishment as his released lightning danced along the icy path, ultimately wrapping around Sevia's Shadow Crystal.
Blood suddenly seeped from the Spider Web Ice Cracks on the surface of the Magic Crystal, revealing glimpses of the Residual Shadow of the Twenty Years Ago Marriage Oath Contract within the Blood Light.
Luna made a muffled Yiya Sound, her fingers covered in blueberry jam pointing toward the Dome Family Totem.
The Guardian Totem, previously eroded by shadows, suddenly opened its six yellow Jin Tong eyes, casting beams of light that precisely enveloped the Three Brothers.
The Eldest Brother's withered Left Leg was suddenly covered in mechanical Scale Armor. The Second Brother's Palm formed a blue-gold Longyan, while Brother San's Ailina's Burn Wrist revealed a complete Star Chart—briefly reviving their cursed and weakened Magical Talent within the light beams!
"Father, look!" Lucius exclaimed joyfully as he lifted Luna high; her tiny shoes tumbled to Sevia's feet.
The wound that had been pierced by Thorn suddenly erupted with ice crystals, rapidly spreading along the path of the Mechanical Tentacles that Mojie had been gnawing at.
My brother's Mechanical Tentacles were reborn within the icy embrace, the sound of gears meshing echoing through the hall like Zhong Ming.
Leonard furiously tore apart the hem of his cloak, which had been fixed in place by the ice crystals. "A mere parlor trick!" He gathered dark Thunderballs in his palm, which suddenly split into twelve, corresponding to each sharp angle of the Dome and Crown Totem. "Tomorrow's Detection Device will employ the oldest Forbidden Technique—an innate Sacrificial Array!"
The taboo word sent Aelia into a chilling Ice Cave.
She recalled an illustration she had seen in her family's ancient texts twenty years ago, depicting how a Sacrificer’s Magical Talent could be transferred to a designated Heir through the Thorned Crown.
Luna in her arms suddenly squirmed restlessly, and within the baby's pupils, a Liujin Halo reflected the shadow of Thorn beneath the Crown Totem.
"Father intends to use us as sacrifices?" The Mechanical Tentacles emitted a mournful metallic tremor, while Brother San's Star Chart flickered uncertainly in the shadows.
Suddenly, Second Brother pressed Longyan against his Heart, flames emerging to reveal the Contract Rune used by his dear friend when he deceived him. "So it was Shadow Magic that led me to sign the Soul Contract back then..."
Leonard's laughter shattered crystal chandelier fragments. "It's too late to understand now." He took Sevia's hand and walked toward the Magic Lighthouse within the rotating Light Spot. "The Glorious Demon Fortress only needs a true..."
His words abruptly cut off.
Luna had unknowingly grasped Aelia's Pearl Earrings, her small hands stained with blood and blueberry jam pulling down the Moonstone Earrings onto the frosty galaxy below.
The pearls soaked in blood from twenty years of Wedding Ceremony suddenly burst forth with a Strong Light, and a ten-meter diameter Magic Circle emerged from the banquet hall ground—exactly the Guardian Array Aelia had drawn during her wedding!
"Impossible!" Leonard staggered backward; the Marriage Oath Contract he had personally destroyed was somehow preserved within the pearls' Core Formation Array.
At that moment, Luna floated at the center of the magic array, surrounded by an Ice Blue Halo, her unaware little arms guiding the array to consume the Shadow Rune.
Sevia let out a scream as her Mojie suddenly turned and bit her wrist.
The Shadow Crystal began to vaporize under the illumination of the magic circle, six rotating runes plummeting into the frost-laden galaxy like moths drawn to a flame.
Leonard frantically swung his Scepter in an attempt to destroy the magic circle, only to realize that his Thunder Magic was being absorbed by the array, channeling instead into the awakened talents of the Three Young Masters.
As the last trace of shadow dissolved in the pearl light, Luna fell back into Aelia's arms, drifting into a deep sleep.
The banquet hall fell into silence, with only the gentle glow of the Magic Lighthouse's Light Spot enveloping Aelia's trembling fingertip—there, it was stained with the Ice Blue Magic that overflowed from Luna's dreams, resonating with the Guardian Power deep within her Bloodline.
As the Evening Breeze stirred up shattered crystal flakes brushing against the Window Lattice, Aelia infused the last wisp of magic into Luna's swaddling cloth.
The fading golden thread of the infant's neck reminded her of twenty years ago when she inscribed the Guardian Spell on a pearl during her Wedding Ceremony—at that time, Leonard had said it was a blessing for their future Eldest Daughter.
"Mother, look!" Lucius burst into the room holding a restored Astrolabe. The Ice Blue Light Spot floating between the Brass Star Track mirrored the newly formed Star Map Pattern on Brother San's wrist.
The eldest brother, who was adjusting Mechanical Tentacles by the window, suddenly froze; instead of black mist seeping from his gear joints, delicate snowflakes of Jing Chen began to emerge.
Aelia's fingertip brushed over Luna's head, where lingering magic resonated with the Ice Rose on her Moonstone Earrings.
When Second Brother entered with a blue and gold Dragon Flame Pudding, everyone saw flames transform in his palm into a phoenix taking flight—this was the long-lost Guardian Beast form of the Aelia Family.
"Madam, the Magic Vine has bloomed," Qin Si's voice trembled with emotion.
On the withered vines of the Southwest Tower's Outer Wall, for the first time in twenty years, an Ice Crystal Rose blossomed; its shimmering luster under moonlight resembled the Gilded Fragment in Luna's pupil.
At the moment Aelia touched the flower's stamen, the vine suddenly coiled around her wrist like a thorn bracelet, piercing her skin and causing Blood Pearls to drip onto Luna's slightly parted lips.
The baby suddenly opened its eyes, revealing ancient runes that Aelia had never seen before deep within the pupils.
Those symbols flickered and vanished in an instant, extinguishing all the lights of the Magic Lantern hanging on the terrace.
Brother San's Astrolabe emitted a sharp buzzing sound, and the Star Trail projected onto the wall formed the outline of a Thorned Crown.
"It is a prophecy." The elder brother's Mechanical Tentacles suddenly pointed out the window, where the beam of light from the Magic Lighthouse had inexplicably taken on a faint golden hue.
Amidst the swirling Light Spots, everyone clearly saw a miniature version of Luna Xu Ying hovering in mid-air, standing atop a shattered Shadow Crystal, with two crowns tugging at each other floating above her head.
Aelia hurriedly covered Luna's eyes, but Xu Ying turned and smiled at that moment.
The baby's small hand, carrying the scent of milk, suddenly grasped Mother’s bloodied fingertip and drew a thorny circle on her palm.
When Lucius lit the candlestick, Qin Si was horrified to discover that the pattern formed by the Crystal Candle Tears perfectly overlapped with the Magic Crystal Rift that Luna was standing on within the Thorned Crown.
As Shan Na shifted under the moonlight, all phenomena dissipated like morning mist.
Only Aelia's palm bore a Thorned Ring glowing with a red hue, overlapping with her Luna's Doodle hastily sketched two decades ago in a corner of an ancient book—beneath that tea-stained pattern were scrawled the words "Twinborn Crown, proof by thorn."
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