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The Crystal Chandelier cast fragmented light spots across the Dome, as Luna curled up in the Lustrous Cradle, gazing at the Celestial Star Map.
Last night, she had used her Soul Power to activate the Communication Crystal, imprinting the Secret Script exchanged between Leonard and Leonard's Concubine into Qin Si's poetry collection—specifically, the third stanza of "The Nightingale and the Rose," which conveniently concealed traces of Phosphor Dust from the Wings of the Blood Curse Butterfly.
"Madam!" Qin Si burst through the Golden Oak Door, holding the poetry collection. Parchment slipped from the Gold Foil Yellowed Pages. "I found this in the library this morning..."
Aelia's fingertip brushed against the edge of the Secret Script, and a wave of Dark Rose Scent mingled with the unique humus aroma of the Southern Region's marshes.
Suddenly, she recalled last month's celebration banquet, where Leonard had a stain of dark green Scale Powder on his formal attire. He had claimed it was residue from dealing with border magical beasts.
"An Urgent Report from the Stargazing Observatory!" The Chief Guard rushed in, wrapped in Wind and Snow, ice crystals forming strange patterns on his Silver Armor. "The shadow concentration in Black Mist Canyon has surged threefold since yesterday."
Luna's cradle suddenly rippled with a faint Golden Ripple, and the Silk embroidered with Guardian Charms stirred without wind.
As Aelia turned, the Crystal Hourglass beside the Cradle began to flow backward. The fine grains of time suspended in the air formed a map of the Southern Region—a manor surrounded by Crimson Maple Forest flickered with Bloodlight.
"Prepare the Dragon Carriage." Aelia tore apart her Pearl Necklace, the round beads bouncing on the Ground to form a detection array. "Notify the Three Young Masters..."
"Mother." The eldest brother's Wheelchair rolled over a sea of pearls, his incomplete left hand clutching half of a Prophecy Tablet. "Father took a group of Frostwolf Guards to the Northern Territory Training Ground this morning."
As Luna calculated the time in her Mind Sea, she realized that at this hour, Leonard should be at Outer Chamber Villa according to Original timelines.
She deliberately let out a Loud Cry, her Soul Power shattering the ice that had formed by the window. The scattering shards reflected images from a Magic Mirror—Leonard was stuffing documents stained with lip prints into a Dark Compartment during Leonard's Last Night.
Suddenly, Qin Si collapsed to her knees, shaking out a wilted Mo Butterfly Wing from her Skirt's folds. "While organizing the study this morning..."
Aelia's Emerald Earrings erupted with Strong Light as pearls in the detection array simultaneously exploded.
She touched the newly appeared crack on the back of her Moonstone Earrings—a gift from Leonard on their wedding anniversary last year—now seeping dark red mist.
"Go to the Northern Territory." Aelia ripped off her cloak and tossed it to Qin Si. The positioning gem embedded in its collar suddenly revealed an interwoven blood-colored Track. "Use the Two-Headed Night Owl to send word; have Second Young Master bring along the Boundary Compass."
As the Dragon Carriage broke through the violent Wind and Snow and landed on the Training Ground, Luna peered through the swaddling Gap and saw Leonard polishing Leonard's Sword.
The silver threads wrapped around the hilt suddenly snapped; they were the Jian Sui that Aelia had woven for him last year using Moonlight Spider Silk.
"Explain." Aelia slammed a Secret Letter dusted with Magic Butterfly Scale Powder onto the table crafted by Xuan Bing. The Frost Magic Seal in the corner of the Magic Letter suddenly transformed into a Blood Rose. "Last year during Midsummer Night, you said you were working overtime at Parliament Hall, but you were actually at Red Maple Manor, weren't you?"
Leonard's Pupil contracted slightly as his Fingertip grazed the blade, cutting into his skin. "The Border Monster's movements require..."
"Require nurturing a Blood Curse Butterfly?" Aelia waved her wand, and the Defensive Barrier of the Training Ground suddenly warped into a transparent screen, revealing Leonard's Last Night where Leonard's Concubine was caressing her Pregnant Belly. "Or do we still need to prepare inheritance rights for the illegitimate child?"
Seizing the opportunity, Luna used her Soul Power to activate Aelia's Communication Talisman. The Celestial Chart of the Training Ground Dome suddenly projected into Castle Great Hall.
Brother San, who was adjusting a Magic Potion, knocked over a Crystal Bottle, spilling Purple Red Potion onto the sheepskin map and outlining Coordinates that overlapped with Outer Chamber Villa.
"Listen to me!" Leonard pressed down on Leonard's Sword, which was vibrating violently from Zhen Chan. The Family Crest on Jian Qiao began to peel away. "Red Maple Manor is a trap set by the Dark Magic Cult; that child..."
Aelia's Emerald Earrings suddenly floated in mid-air, and Blood Mist poured from the cracks, coalescing into a Magic Contract.
Upon seeing Leonard's Soul Mark at the end, she drew out Chief Guard's Leonard's Sword and severed the Table Corner. "Swearing on your soul to protect an illegitimate child?"
The Ground of the Training Ground suddenly cracked open, revealing the Ancient Demon Script Array sealed underground as it emerged.
Her elder brother's Wheelchair was jolted back half a meter, and the Prophecy Tablet he pressed with his incomplete left hand displayed an Infant Swaddling pattern—the very Guardian Runes that Luna was wrapped in at that moment.
"Mother!
The Best Location Coordinates of Black Mist Canyon are shifting!" Second Brother's voice came from the Transmission Mirror, his In Hand Compass Needle spinning wildly. "Something is interfering with the Space Rift..."
Luna suddenly coughed violently, bloodied Magic Butterfly Scale Powder drifting from her swaddling.
These particles tainted with Leonard's Concubine's essence fell onto the Ground of the Training Ground and surprisingly resonated with the Ancient Demon Script Array. The Formation Center slowly raised a Blood Crystal Coffin—inside lay a woman resembling Leonard's Concubine.
Leonard's Sword finally shattered completely. He staggered and leaned against the ice pillar. "Aelia, this is the Dark Magic Cult's Revival Ritual..."
"How does it feel to use your own flesh and blood as a sacrifice?" Aelia's wand tip burst into Ice Flame, and the walls of the Training Ground were instantly covered in Frost Flowers. "Three years ago, when Lucius fell ill, did you switch his healing potion?"
Luna's spirit sighed in the Mind Sea; at this point in the Original, her elder brother should have discovered the truth.
She quietly released her Soul Power, causing the Magic Potion Bottle hidden in Leonard's sleeve to fall to the ground—a Deep Purple Liquid corroded the Ice Surface, emerging with a Curse identical to Lucius's ailment.
As Aelia's Ice Flame was about to engulf Leonard, a deafening explosion suddenly echoed from the direction of the castle.
Brother San's Transmission Mirror projected a horrifying scene of Leonard's Last Night: the Crimson Maple Forest of Outer Chamber Villa was transforming into Flesh Tentacles, wildly spreading towards the Stargazing Observatory.
"Mother!
The Coordinate of Black Mist Canyon..." Second Brother's shout was interrupted by the sound of a space Tear. The Boundary Compass fell out from the Transmission Mirror. "The Lunar Eclipse has come early!"
Luna's swaddling suddenly floated up, and those Guardian Runes detached from the Silk, hovering in mid-air.
Elder Brother's mangled left hand oozed golden blood, dripping onto the Prophecy Tablet, revealing the final scene of Leonard's Last Night—under the Blood Moon Eclipse, Aelia stood at the cliff's edge holding a baby, with Black Mist Canyon's Abyssal Maw yawning behind her.
The starlight in the Training Ground Dome suddenly extinguished, and Elder Brother tightened his grip on the Wheelchair Armrest, his knuckles cracking.
He stared at Father’s flickering Leonard's Soul Mark on the Prophecy Tablet. His damaged left hand quietly pressed down on the Forbidden Spell Scroll hidden beneath the blanket—the scroll made from his own Spine was emitting a hungry tremor.
Ice crystals formed Frost Flowers on Aelia's eyelashes, and the Ice Flame at her wand tip cast flickering shadows across Leonard's face.
Elder Brother’s Wheelchair made a clicking sound as its gears engaged. His mangled left hand suddenly grasped the edge of the Prophecy Tablet, fine Golden Cracks spreading along Shi Wen.
"Mother, look at this." He flipped over the stone tablet; those originally blurry swaddling patterns began to ooze Dark Green Slime. "The Guardian Runes have been tainted—cursed with Blood of Kin."
Luna’s swaddling cracked open with a fine seam, fragments of Silk dusted with Magic Butterfly Scale Powder floated towards the Blood Crystal Coffin.
The Boundary Compass of Second Brother suddenly flew out from the Transmission Mirror, and twelve Star Stones clinked as they embedded into the Ancient Demon Script Array of the Training Ground.
He gasped as he stumbled out from the Space Rift, remnants of the Black Mist Canyon's humus clinging to his silver hair.
"Father!" Second Brother pressed down on the frantically spinning compass, the gears biting into his palm. "Do you know that the Dark Magic Cult has buried a Bloodline Rebirth Array in the Crimson Maple Forest?" He tore open his blood-stained sleeve, revealing the black Meridian from a Magic Backlash. "The coordinates I've been calibrating for the barrier have all been tampered with, and every spatial positioning passes through your Study Room Secret Compartment!"
Fragments of Leonard's sword hilt suddenly floated in mid-air, piecing together to form a Miniature Astrolabe.
Brother San staggered out from the still-open Transmission Mirror, cradling a Crimson Potion that resonated with the Flesh Tentacles formed by the Outer Court's red maple.
He accidentally knocked over a Crystal Bottle, spilling the potion onto the Prophecy Tablet and burning a charred hole into it.
"Last month you said that the purity of the Awakening Potion I brewed wasn't sufficient." Brother San suddenly tore open his collar, revealing a rotting Magic Pattern beneath his collarbone. "But these Magic Potion Formulas were all based on Volume Three of your 'Magic Plant Compendium' from your bookshelf..."
Luna's Soul Power suddenly stirred up a fierce wind, causing an ancient tome with a Gold Foil cover to fall from thin air.
The yellowed pages automatically flipped to the chapter documenting the Blood Curse Butterfly, where blank spaces were densely filled with Leonard's Tiny Inscriptions—notes on how to nurture the Dark Demon Sect Sacred Egg with Parental Bloodline.
A painful Tear echoed through the Training Ground Dome as Eldest Brother abruptly threw off the wool blanket draped over his knees.
The dark red Blood Vessel pulsed on his mangled Left Leg, and a Spine-shaped Forbidden Spell Scroll had already consumed half of the blanket. "Mother," he turned his wheelchair over shards of ice scattered on the ground, "please allow me to activate 'Xing Yun.'"
Aelia's Emerald Earrings suddenly buzzed, and blood mist seeping from their cracks coalesced into an image of Lucius as an infant.
Her magic Zhang Jian extinguished the Ice Flame abruptly; turning around, she saw Brother San corroding his own arm with Magic Potion—those rotting Magic Patterns met with Crimson Liquid and transformed into Tadpole-Shaped Ancient Demon Script swimming toward the Blood Crystal Coffin.
"Stop it!" Second Brother's Boundary Compass suddenly burst forth with Strong Light, and chains of Twelve Star Tracks bound the writhing Flesh Tentacles.
The black Meridian at his neck spread toward Luna, yet his voice was remarkably clear: "Father, you have three Soul Contracts hidden in your Study Room Secret Compartment—besides Red Maple Manor, there are two other Dark Magic Cult strongholds, aren't there?"
Luna's Loud Cry abruptly shifted to a piercing sound wave as a Bronze Mirror Stand rose from the Gap that had opened in the Training Ground's ground.
The mirror reflected a scene from five years ago, the Family Portrait, where Leonard had his hand, adorned with the Obsidian Ring, resting on Aelia's shoulder. Inside the ring, the Blood-Red Rose Emblem was engraved, identical to that of the Outer Chamber Villa.
Suddenly, my elder brother's Wheelchair collided with an ice pillar, causing the Prophecy Ball hidden in the armrest to roll out.
Inside the sphere floated Stardust, forming a vivid image of Leonard's Last Night: last year during Dong Lian, Leonard had "accidentally" fallen off a cliff, but in truth, he had buried the Secret Box containing the Holy Egg into a crevice in Black Mist Canyon.
"So my astrological backlash..." My brother's mangled left hand abruptly plunged into the Prophecy Ball, grasping at a writhing shadow. "Did you deliberately allow me to glimpse the Error in the Celestial Trajectory?" The shadow transformed in his palm into barbed chains that resonated with the Forbidden Spell Scroll on his spine.
Aelia's cloak fluttered without wind, and the gem at her collar suddenly projected a three-dimensional map.
Seven Crimson Light Spots flickered throughout the castle, each corresponding to a Time Node where misfortune befell the Children.
With a light tap of her wand, three of the Light Spots revealed a medicine bottle used by Lucius during his illness, an Invitation Card from the day Second Brother was deceived by a close friend, and the Starry Sky Totem that appeared on the night of Brother San Magic Pattern’s emergence.
"Mother!” Brother San suddenly screamed in agony as his right hand melted in a pool of Crimson Potion. “The tentacles from the Crimson Maple Forest are devouring the Defensive Barrier!"
Luna's Soul Power erupted suddenly, fragments of swaddling wrapping around her as they surged toward the Bronze Mirror Stand, carrying with them the essence of Magic Butterfly Scale Powder.
The mirror rippled, revealing Lucius's current location—he was ensnared by blood-red vines around a Carved Pillar, with his family crest necklace oozing black mist from his chest.
This vision of Leonard's Last Night was fleeting but was momentarily frozen in mid-air by Aelia’s magic and remnants of ice flame from her spell, known as Zhang Jian.
In a desperate move, Second Brother abruptly severed the pointer of the Boundary Compass, allowing shards of the Star Stone to slice through his palm.
The bloodied gem formed an Inverse Pentagram Formation in mid-air, temporarily freezing the flesh tentacles crawling out from the transmission mirror. "Father," he wiped blood from his face as black veins crawled toward his eye corner. "As long as you reveal the locations of the other two strongholds..."
Suddenly, fragments of Leonard's Sword pierced his own throat, dark purple blood splattering onto the table where Xuan Bing sat.
The woman inside the Blood Crystal Coffin abruptly opened her eyes; her features began to melt into those of Leonard's Concubine.
A deep roar echoed from the training ground underground, reverberating with the heartbeat of some ancient behemoth that sent everyone reeling.
"It’s too late." The elder brother suddenly tore open the seal of the Forbidden Spell Scroll. His Spine-shaped Magic Vessel emitted a Screech. "Mother, take Luna to the Stargazing Observatory, here..."
Aelia's Emerald Earrings exploded in response, and the Blood Mist coalesced into Lucius Xu Ying, who suddenly raised his hand to Jie Yin.
The basic Purification Spell, typically used by a five-year-old child, surprisingly delayed the Flesh Tentacles lunging at Luna for half a second.
In that instant, Brother San splashed an entire bottle of Magic Potion onto the Bronze Mirror Stand with his melting right hand.
The mirror shattered explosively, and the flying shards severed the vines entangling Lucius Xu Ying.
Just before dissipating, the Young Phantom suddenly spoke, its clear voice creating a bizarre contrast with the horrific scene: "Mother, the third brick of the West Tower..."
Luna's Soul Power abruptly grasped the Sound Wave that was about to vanish, condensing it into a Crystal Sound Wave Stone.
Aelia caught the falling Crystal, but an Emerald Fragment slipped through her fingers, spelling out on the Ice Surface the date when Lucius first cast magic as a baby—on that day, the Dark Demon Sect Sacred Egg was buried in Black Mist Canyon.
The Training Ground Dome completely collapsed, and a violent Wind and Snow poured down with Flesh Tentacles.
The elder brother's Forbidden Spell Scroll had unfurled half a meter, Dark Red Patterns crawling across his exposed Spine.
Second Brother's Star Trail Chains broke apart inch by inch, black Meridian weaving into a Spider Web across his face.
Brother San slumped in the blood pool formed by his melting body, as Crimson Potion transformed his decaying Magic Pattern into a Teleportation Circle.
Aelia pressed the Voiceprint Stone against Luna Mei Xin, and suddenly a Dark Golden Family Crest emerged on the baby's forehead.
She took one last look at Leonard, engulfed by blood. The Space Rift opened by her wand echoed with the bells of the Stargazing Observatory.
As the rift closed behind Shan Na, a splintered Lens flashed with real-time images of Leonard's Last Night at Lucius' Residence—where the boy tore away the vines wrapped around his Wrist, bloodied fingers reaching for the Oak Bookshelf engraved with their Family Motto.
In the shadows of the wall behind him, half of a Zhuan Shi bearing a Blood-Red Rose Emblem trembled uneasily, as if hiding an answer desperate to break free.
As Lucius tore the last vine apart, the Family Crest Necklace suddenly burst forth with a blinding white light.
The boy's blood-stained fingers pressed against the inscription of the Family Motto on the Oak Bookshelf, and the Blood-Red Rose Emblem seeping from the Wall Tile Gap resonated with the necklace.
He staggered into Zhen Chan's Zhuan Shi, and the Lens that fell from his arms suddenly reflected the Training Ground of Leonard's Last Night—where a sword wound at Father’s throat was gushing dark purple Blood Mist.
“Mother!” The boy's hoarse cry pierced through the Space Barrier.
Fragments of the Bronze Mirror Stand in the center of the Training Ground suddenly levitated, projecting the scene of Lucius' Residence above the Blood Crystal Coffin.
His bloodied palm pressed down on half of the Blood Rose Zhuan Shi, and to his astonishment, the Family Crest Necklace began to imprint the patterns from Zhuan Shi into Guang Wen, shooting straight towards Aelia's Voiceprint Stone in Hand.
Luna's Dark Gold Family Crest suddenly heated up, and where the Voiceprint Stone connected with Guang Wen, Aelia's Emerald Earrings fragments unexpectedly reassembled.
The Emerald Fragments in the air formed a complete Soul Contract—three Blood Pacts between Leonard and Leonard's Concubine were prominently displayed, with Lucius' infant palm print attached at the end.
“Father...” Lucius' Light and Shadow passed through the mirror fragments, his neck marked by bloodstains from vines radiating dark energy. “On that night when I fell ill at five years old, you said you fed me Sanctuary’s blessed water.” The boy tore open his collar to reveal a Demonic Mark at his Heart that perfectly matched the palm print of the Blood Pact. “But for these Twenty Years, every full moon night, this Demonic Mark burns my soul.”
Aelia's wand suddenly slipped from her grip and plunged into the Ice Surface, its body Emerging from a Production Scene from Twenty Years Ago.
In the Memory Illusion, Leonard held a Newborn’s fingertip flashing with a Dark Red Glimmer—it was precisely at that moment when he pressed the infant’s palm print onto the Blood Pact.
Brother San suddenly vomited Purple-Black Blood; his decaying Magic Pattern reflected an architectural layout identical to that of Outer Chamber Villa on the Ice Surface.
“Leonard!” Aelia's voice was wrapped in violent Wind and Snow as it struck against Xuan Bing’s table. “Back then you said you would use half your cultivation to shield me from the backlash of Magic Aura during childbirth...” She tore open her Left Arm Armor, revealing three deep Curse Scars visible to the bone. “But these Scars burn when they encounter Blood Curse Butterfly Scale Powder because they are merely your mark of ownership over tamed magical beasts!”
Eldest Brother’s Forbidden Spell Scroll suddenly emitted a Screech; his mangled Left Leg Blood Vessel burst, and Dark Red Blood painted a Star Map of Dark Magic Cult Altar on the Ice Surface. “Father, do you know why I suffer from astrological backlash?” He lifted his blood-stained Prophecy Tablet, revealing an engraving on its underside identical to that of Outer Chamber Villa’s Cellar Sealing Array. “That year you gifted me an Astrolabe for my Rite of Passage, claiming it bore our ancestors’ Blessing…”
Luna’s Soul Power suddenly swept up all around her, gathering Magic Butterfly Scale Powder scattered on the ground. They coalesced above the Voiceprint Stone into an image of Leonard and Leonard's Concubine meeting in secret.
In Leonard's Last Night, Leonard's Concubine gently caressed her Pregnant Belly; the Curse flowing from her Fingertip mirrored Second Brother’s black Meridian at his tiger mouth.
Suddenly, Second Brother tore open his shirt, revealing the complete Bloodline Rebirth Array Diagram on his chest. "No wonder my magic has been drawn to the Study Room Secret Compartment all these years!"
Leonard's throat wound suddenly healed, and dark purple Blood Mist coalesced into the Dark Magic Cult's Holy Emblem. "Aelia, the marriage back then was meant for..."
His voice was abruptly interrupted by Lucius's Ailya's Roar.
The youth Guang Wen, transformed into Xu Ying, managed to tear open a Space Rift with his bare hands. The bloodied Family Crest Necklace morphed into a key shape. "Mother, when you broke through the Nine-Tiered Demon Tower to save me, you were celebrating the illegitimate child’s birthday at Red Maple Manor!"
Twelve Blood Pillars suddenly rose from the Training Ground, each emerging with memories of Aelia sacrificing Leonard's Last Night—Lucius, battling through violent Wind and Snow with a High Fever, extracting Heart's Blood to suppress backlash for his elder brother, and rescuing Second Brother from a toxic swamp for three months... Brother San suddenly lunged toward a Blood Pillar, his decaying right hand pressing against the scene of Mother extracting her heart and blood. "No wonder my Awakening Potion always carries a Bloody Smell!"
"Enough!" Leonard's Leonard's Sword fragments suddenly twisted back and pierced his own Heart, spewing forth Blood Mist that formed three complete Blood Pacts in midair. "Red Maple Manor is part of the Dark Magic Cult..." His defense was cut off by the sudden materialization of Lucius.
The true form of the youth fell from the still-open Space Rift, and his Palm's Blood-Red Rose Emblem resonated with the Voiceprint Stone.
Luna's Loud Cry transformed into sound waves that shattered the illusion of the Blood Pact. The fragments revealed a suffocating truth—on each day the Blood Pact took effect, it coincided with Aelia sustaining fatal injuries for some child.
Elder Brother’s Wheelchair suddenly crashed into Leonard, and the Forbidden Spell Scroll brushed past Father’s ear. "On the day I became disabled, Mother fainted for half a month after blocking a deadly curse for you, while you were busy planting life-protecting charms for the illegitimate child!"
Aelia’s wand suddenly flew out from the Ice Surface, its body emerging with all the potion bottles and Letters that Leonard had swapped over twenty years.
When she saw Leonard’s Last Night on the day Lucius fell ill at five years old, where her husband personally swapped out treatment potions, her emerald-like pupils finally glimmered with tears. "So every time I brought back Children from the gates of hell, you were busy handing knives to the Dark Magic Cult..."
The Training Ground fell into silence, with only the woman in the Blood Crystal Coffin letting out a light laugh.
Leonard suddenly raised his hand and shattered the Blood Mist around his Heart. The Dark Magic Cult's Holy Emblem overlapped with Lucius's Palm Emblem. "You don’t understand at all; the Dark Magic Cult promised that as long as..."
"Father!" Lucius suddenly slashed his Wrist, and a Blood Pearl burned Qing Yan onto the Family Crest Necklace. "Do you remember what I said on the day I awakened magic at eight?" The youth’s bloodied fingers traced out the Family Crest in midair, perfectly merging with Aelia’s Guardian Spell. "I said I would become someone who makes Mother proud..."
An explosion suddenly erupted from the direction of the castle as red maple Tentacles from Outer Chamber Villa broke through barriers and pierced into the Training Ground.
Elder Brother’s Forbidden Spell Scroll automatically unfurled, dark red patterns crawling up his neck along his Bloodline. "Mother, please allow me..."
"Who dares?!" Leonard suddenly tore off the necklace from his chest. Hundreds of Blood Curse Butterflies flew out from the Dark Purple Crystal. "All of you retreat!" However, Mo Butterfly suddenly changed direction and lunged toward Leonard's Concubine's phantom, burning “traitor” in Ancient Demon Script onto the Blood Crystal Coffin.
Luna's Soul Power enveloped all the Mo Butterflies, scattering their Scale Powder onto the Prophecy Tablet.
The once-blurred swaddling pattern suddenly became clear—Aelia stood at the center of the altar, cradling a baby-like Luna, while Leonard's sword lunged from behind...
As the Blood Moon Eclipse climbed the Dome, the twelve Blood Pillars in the Training Ground converged into a throne shape.
Aelia's wand carved cracks in the void, revealing Light Threads emerging from each Child, connected to the Blood Pact.
Lucius suddenly pressed down on his Heart, a grim smile on his face as he remarked, "So we... are all sacrifices?" Before he could finish, a baby's Loud Cry echoed from the direction of the Outer Chamber Villa, causing the Sound Wave to shake the Castle Defense Array and create fissures.
The Star Moon Stone of the Magic Castle Dome flickered with an eerie Purple Light, while Luna’s Fingertip trembled gently as she clutched her Embroidered Golden Swaddling.
Peering through the Crystal Window of the nursery, she saw Cercis Petals falling in the courtyard, swirling in mid-air—this was a Magical Resonance of Great Mage level.
"Madam, Young Miss is stargazing again." Qin Si entered with a Silver Tray just as Aelia was caressing her Neck adorned with a Sapphire Necklace in front of the Dressing Mirror.
The mirror reflected Luna’s suddenly brightened Pupil, resembling a prophet who could pierce through time and space.
As Aelia turned around, Luna emitted a timely Yiya Sound.
The chubby little hand pointed precisely at the Family Crest embedded in her Mother’s necklace, a hint of Eerie Blue Glow seeping from her Fingertip into the gem's interior.
This was her Tracking Magic that she had quietly modified over three months; now it was finally completing its last rune.
"Tomorrow is Luna's First Birthday Celebration." Aelia lifted her daughter without noticing that the necklace had suddenly grown hot. "Your Father said he would publicly announce your Heir status." Luna buried her face in her Mother’s fragrant garment, filled with Lily of the Valley scent, and chuckled coldly within.
In the Original timeline, this banquet was supposed to be Leonard's Recognition Ceremony for his illegitimate child with Leonard's Concubine.
As night fell, Luna used her accumulated magic to trigger the Early Warning Barrier in her brothers' rooms.
Her eldest brother's Wheelchair knocked over a Corrosive Potion on the Alchemy Table, while Second Brother’s Contract Scroll suddenly revealed a Blood Curse at his friend’s Signature. Meanwhile, Brother San’s magic Testing Crystal shattered into Rainbow Light.
The entire castle resonated with the piercing sound of the magical bell.
"What’s happening?" Aelia rushed into the banquet hall, just as Leonard hurriedly handed a carved Silver Box to a servant.
Luna's pupils suddenly turned Lustrous Gold as the invisible Silver Box exploded, rolling out a Silk Handkerchief embroidered with Redbud—a pattern unique to the Noble Lady of the southeastern border.
"Is Father going to give us a little brother?" Lucius suddenly emerged from behind a Pillar, his fingertips still stained with Yin Sha from his astrological work.
As he bent down to pick up the Handkerchief, the scar that slipped from his cuff made Aelia's pupils constrict—that was the mark of a dark Magic Backlash.
Luna giggled in her Mother’s arms, secretly activating the memory Projection within her necklace.
In the void, Leonard and a woman in purple were entangled by the Moonlight Fountain during Leonard's Last Night; the woman's abdomen was slightly rounded, and her Wrist adorned with a Serpent Bracelet glowed ominously red.
"This is... an artifact of the Blood Pact from the Southern Boundary Witch Clan!" Second Brother suddenly clutched his chest; the Blood Curse on his Contract Scroll was burning hot.
The creaking of Eldest Brother's Wheelchair rolled over the Handkerchief as his Mechanical Prosthetic pointed towards the East Wing. "There’s a Magical Fluctuation from an intruder."
The air in the banquet hall felt as if it had been sucked away.
Aelia's Sapphire necklace erupted into a pillar of light, projecting dense Mama's communication records onto the Dome.
Each beam of light represented love letters Leonard had sent to Leonard's Concubine via family carrier pigeons, sealed at the end with a Griffin and Huo Qi, symbols of Lordly authority.
"Can Father explain this?" Brother San suddenly raised a shattered crystal; within its Rainbow Light reflected his true Elemental Affinity. "So all these years you’ve led me in the wrong direction..." His voice cut off abruptly as the Castle Defense Barrier emitted a roaring sound from being struck.
Luna quietly withdrew her magical tendrils controlling the barrier. Under everyone’s terrified gaze, they saw flames erupting from the East Tower.
Dozens of Burning Ravens shattered through the Colored Window, each carrying bloody fragments of Infant Swaddling—foreboding signs that had appeared at the birth of an illegitimate child in the Original tale.
Aelia’s silver silk robe shimmered with Leng Guang under the moonlight. As her fingertip brushed across the mirror surface, the Crystal Frame suddenly erupted with spiderweb-like cracks.
She turned to look at Luna in the cradle and found the chubby baby's palm grasping the faded family crest, the emerald pupils swirling with an otherworldly light not typical of an infant.
"Madam!"
"The dome mural..." Qin Si stumbled into the chamber, fragments of colored glass clinging to her hair bun.
When they arrived at the Starry Hall, the twelve-meter-high dome was dripping scarlet paint. In the newly revealed mural, Leonard's silhouette was imprinting a magical castle secret pattern on a woman's collarbone—just as he always did when he was aroused.
Luna let out a faint sob from her swaddling, unnoticed by anyone as her fingertip glowed with a faint purple hue, indicating a depletion of magical energy.
As a reincarnated archmage, she cleverly utilized the unique magical fluctuations of infants to mask the blood's magical traces, but now she began to feel faint from exhaustion.
"Father should explain this." Lucius's voice emerged from the shadows, his fingertip spinning the family crest ring, fluorescent light dancing among his silver hair as he prepared for transfiguration.
The long-ignored Third Young Master Lucius finally found an opportunity to tear through the facade of hypocritical patriarchy; his left hand, hidden in his sleeve, had already crushed three magic-storing crystals.
When Leonard stepped into the hall, his magic pattern boots triggered a defensive formation's blue light upon contact with the ground, but he froze at the sight of the dome and Leonard's Last Night.
This subtle flaw was caught by his elder brother in the wheelchair; his pale fingers gripped the moonstone armrest tightly, and suddenly the air in the hall became thick—this was the spatial confinement unique to elemental mages.
"Mother has fainted!" Second Brother suddenly shouted, while secretly forming a seal for summoning contract beasts in hand.
The mage who had been betrayed by a close friend excelled at creating chaos; beneath his black robe, his shadow hound had already severed the weight-bearing magic pattern of the west corridor pillar.
Before Luna's awareness faded, she saw Aelia raise her ice crystal sword, its tip pressed against Leonard's throat. Yet, as she held it, the frost flower on the hilt gently brushed against her husband's neck.
This contradictory action made the baby smile in her sleep—just as described in the original tale, the Lady of the Fortress would always leave room for love.
"Are you planning to rebel against the head of the family?" Leonard erupted with a golden shield that shattered his brother's sealing magic.
Amidst the swirling crystal fragments, Luna used her last bit of consciousness to activate the prophecy mural. The woman in Leonard's Last Night suddenly turned around, revealing a bulging belly adorned with a dragon scale pattern unique to heirs of the magical castle.
Aelia's Screech and the sound of the Ice Sword slicing through the air echoed simultaneously. As Leonard dodged, Jian Feng grazed his left ring finger—the ring engraved with the wedding vow Curse shattered with a resounding crack.
The fragments of the fallen ring suddenly transformed into Blood Mist, weaving together two entwined figures in midair. The woman's waist bore the Emerald Forbidden Step, which was Aelia's lost Dowry from last year.
"Father's lover is nurturing the fetus with Mother's magic," Lucius interjected sharply, casting the illusion of a baby created by Transfiguration into the Blood Mist.
The features of half-elf heritage were clearly visible, with pointed ears adorned by the unique silver moon mark of the Leonard Family.
The sound of the Wheelchair rolling over Shattered Crystal abruptly halted as his elder brother raised his hand to summon the Elemental Mirror. The woman casting spells within Leonard's Last Night had her collarbone glowing with red Magic Patterns. "Three Months Ago you said you would seal the Dark Abyss Rift, yet you carved the family's Secret Pattern onto a prostitute?" His disabled Twin Legs suddenly oozed Hei Xue, a warning triggered by sensing Bloodline contamination.
In her unconscious state, Luna glimpsed fragments of the future: Qin Si secretly buried the blood-stained Swaddling Cloth beneath the third brick in the Cellar, while Second Brother's Shadow Hound barked furiously at the West Tower, and Brother San's Transfiguration quietly altered the family Family Ledger.
The infant girl's eyelashes fluttered gently as a hidden door in the Castle Cellar opened unnoticed. Moonlight flowed down the Stone Steps, illuminating the faintly visible Dragon Scale Birthmark beneath Leonard's Concubine's Skirt.
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