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Amid the sound of ice crystals shattering, Aelia's pupil reflected the shimmering scales of Maggie's ear.
The ice blue phosphorescence that should have belonged to the Deep Sea Merman flickered in sync with the jade pendant, a pearl from her husband that she had hung around his neck—an item Leonard had claimed from the spoils during the hunt for the Jiao Ren tribe twenty years ago.
"Madam, watch out!" Qin Si suddenly threw himself onto the dazed Aelia.
The Violet Curse Seal of the Head Maid's heart erupted, and poisonous vines surged forth, wrapping around Maggie Xu Ying's ankles.
Seizing the opportunity, Luna pressed a key made of ice mist into the crack of a bronze box. The unique chaotic magic of an infant, enveloped in the fragrance of milk, caused a dying wail from within the box that echoed like a Jiao Ren's lament.
"Sister, you are still so soft-hearted." The illusion of Maggie transformed into stardust under the constricting poison vines, the last glimmer of light slipping into Luna's swaddling. "I remember when you bled heavily during childbirth, crying and begging me to cut open your womb..."
"Shut up!" Aelia swung her ice blade to sever the ornate carvings on the bronze box, only to find that what seeped from the bottom was not blood but a secret silver solution, matching the color of Leonard's wedding ring.
Suddenly, Luna giggled, her saliva-coated fingertip tracing a distorted inverse pentagram on the surface of the solution—an emblem of the forbidden technique used to nullify a magic contract.
The jolt of the horse-drawn carriage interrupted Aelia's trembling.
Outside, Third Young Master Lucius feigned innocence as he asked, "Mother, why are we switching to an ordinary horse-drawn carriage? The ice crystal phoenix bestowed by Father is worthy of you..."
"Because we need to lure out the snake hidden in the fog." Luna suddenly poked at Aelia Mei Xin with her sugar-coated finger.
The infant's magical tentacles burrowed into Aelia's mind sea, forcefully recreating scenes from three days ago—Maggie, who should have been resting in bed, braved the torrential rain to deliver An Tai Yao. Yet her sleeves revealed not the calluses of a healer but scorch marks unique to those who wielded a contract scroll made of mithril.
Aelia suddenly ripped apart the carriage curtain.
A heavy thud sounded outside as an old woman draped in a cloak was dragged through the mud by guards. Her withered hands clung desperately to a wheel. "Let me see Young Miss! That bowl of maple syrup contained eggs from soul-eating moths!"
"It's Ya Po!" Second Brother suddenly overturned a medicine chest.
His mangled right hand burst forth with an eerie green light, transferring the curse mark that had rotted away at the old woman's neck onto his own arm.
As the Curse Mark peeled away, the Old Woman's throat erupted not only with blood but also with large segments of sealed Memory Frame.
Luna's Pupil reflected the delivery room from Twenty Years Ago.
The Old Woman, covered in talismans, knelt in a pool of blood, cradling a bruised infant. Maggie's silver needle pierced her Crown of Heaven: "From this day forth, you shall be the guilty slave for poisoning Aelia's Eldest Son."
A gust of wind swept Ice Shard into the carriage.
Aelia finally saw the Crescent Moon Birthmark on the Old Woman's Collarbone—it was the only daughter of her lost Nursemaid from childhood, who was meant to inherit the glory of the Moon Temple's candle bearer...
"Stop the carriage!" Aelia wrapped herself in Frost Snow and leaped from the Horse-drawn Carriage, but as she touched the Old Woman, she was violently repelled by a backlash curse.
Second Brother swiftly poured Magic Potion into the Old Woman's mouth. As the potion made contact with the Curse Mark on Shan Na, everyone could see that the whip marks crisscrossing her Back formed the reversed characters for "slay master."
Brother San suddenly restrained the raging Magical Talent, his Fingertip oozing a unique indigo from the disguise technique: "No wonder Father always locks that painting in his study; it turns out Aunt Maggie's Ear Bone..."
"Hush—" Luna suddenly expelled a Magic Bubble.
With a clear pop, they were already close to the Magic Castle Tower.
Twelve Rays and Gilded Chains hung down from the clouds, and the barrier shook Second Brother's Leonard's Sword, which suddenly emitted a hum.
He irritably tugged at his collar embroidered with Healing Rune, revealing a remnant Curse Mark at his Heart that shared its origin with the Old Woman: "Even entering my own home requires climbing three thousand steps; this rule is more foolish than the dragon clan's courtship dance!"
In the Twilight, Lucius's exaggerated gasp echoed.
The Young Master was directing servants to move an entire Holy Beast carved from Moonlight Crystal to the altar, while a ceremonial carriage embedded with Magic Crystal cracked the Stone Steps beneath its weight.
Second Brother sneered as he reached for his Waist and Beast Skin Bag, which contained fireworks made from remnants of Contract Scroll—capable of burning through all hypocritical oaths...
The edges of Moonlight Crystal and Holy Beast scraped against the bluestone steps, sending sparks flying that trailed Dark Red Tracks in the Twilight.
Second Brother lightly tapped his bandaged finger against his Waist and Beast Skin Bag; those Contract remnants glimmered with a bluish-gray sheen in the shadows: "The ceremonial carriage has damaged the thirty-seventh Boundary Stone, Third Brother."
Lucius stood on tiptoe to wipe the embedded Crimson Magic Crystal in the Holy Beast's eye socket, raising his delicate chin as he remarked, "The acidity from Second Brother is enough to corrode the Moonstone."
Father once said that the Magic Castle Millennium Festival should be paved with Thousand Year Cold Jade." He deliberately stepped on the Jade Steps that glimmered with Blue Light, and frost immediately crept up his Deerskin Boots adorned with Gold Thread Embroidery.
"Using Han Yu obtained by draining the Northern Mine Vein with a Forbidden Spell?" Second Brother suddenly tugged at his collar, revealing the winding Dark Red Curse Mark beneath his collarbone.
Those patterns resonated with the whip scars on the Old Woman's back, glowing with Blood Light in the Twilight: "I believe the most appropriate item on the gift list should be the Miner Slave Bones burned through by the Contract."
The Bronze Box in Qin Si's arms suddenly shook violently, and Luna's swaddling emitted a Light Golden Halo.
The Maid quickly pressed down on the intricately carved Box Lid depicting a Jiao Ren totem: "Second Young Master, the Resonance Barrier of the altar has been activated."
Thirty feet away, the Circular Altar rose with thirty-six Ice Mirrors, each edge embedded with totem Bone Fragments from different tribes.
Aelia's skirt brushed against the outermost mirror, which was covered in cracks. Frost Flowers immediately formed Ancient Demon Script reading "Gift" on its surface.
Lucius proudly gestured for his attendant to lift the Crystal Beast: "Do you see? Only offerings blessed by the Moon Temple can..."
A loud crack interrupted his boasting.
Second Brother's Beast Skin Bag had somehow developed a hole, and an Ashes-formed Goldfinch was clutching a Boundary Stone Shard, accurately dropping it into the Groove at the center of the altar.
The ground suddenly emerged with vine-like Guang Wen, and that shattered stone transformed into an Emerald Crystal Cluster within the Groove, colliding fiercely with the Silver Light erupting from the Crystal Beast.
"Second Young Master!" Qin Si exclaimed as he rushed to shield himself from flying shards, only to see those Ashen Sparrows deftly weaving through the explosion of light, replacing each Crimson Magic Crystal in the Holy Beast's eye socket with Boundary Stone Shards.
Lucius furiously lifted the scroll adorned with Jin Bian: "Here is Father’s personally approved gift list!"
Second Brother’s bandages were shattered by magic, revealing his right hand covered in burn marks.
He flicked his fingers against the Beast Skin Bag, causing more Ashes to surge forth and form a blurry Sword Wielder: "The eighth line of the scroll reads—if encountering a Boundary Stone warning, one must purify the altar using Zhenhun Yanhuo." The Ashen Figure suddenly swung its sword to slice through the scroll, igniting Blood-red Runes hidden within that burst into flames at the touch of wind, exploding into a phoenix-shaped firework in the twilight sky.
Simultaneously, all Ice Mirrors around the altar turned toward the fireworks, refracting the phoenix's Light and Shadow into a Chain Pattern.
Luna suddenly reached out her chubby little hand towards the nearest Ice Mirror. The infant's Chaotic Magic caused a scene to emerge in the mirror—Maggie's Bedroom, specifically the Grooming Table where lay a pair of Secret Silver Earrings made of the same material as Leonard's Wedding Ring.
"What is this... Soul Prism?" Aelia's Aelia's Gauntlets brushed against the edge of the Ice Mirror, where the Bone Fragment Groove should have housed Snow Wolf Fangs that had mysteriously vanished.
Qin Si hurriedly flipped through the Magic Castle Ritual Record he carried: "Madam, the altar's Resonance Barrier should have revealed Ancestral Glory, but these Jing Ying..."
Brother San suddenly covered his Right Eye and took a step back. The Indigo he used to disguise his Magical Talent was seeping through his fingers. "The mirror reflects the deepest Obsession of the Gifter's heart." His tattered sleeve was lifted by the wind, revealing whip marks on his Wrist that resembled those of an Old Woman. "Second Brother's fireworks revealed the truth of the Contract, Luna's touch unveiled secrets, and mine..."
From the Twilight came Twelve Rays of Zhong Ming, and Gilded Chains began to retract from the clouds.
Aelia lifted Luna to eye level with the Ice Mirror. The swirling Xing Mang in the baby's Pupil unified all reflections—the wedding banquet scene from Twenty Years Ago, with scales on Maggie's Ear glimmering under Xi Zhu's light, and within the Heavenly Wedding Wine she personally handed to Aelia lay an ice crystal shaped like an Inverse Pentagram.
"It's time to go to the hall." Aelia wrapped Zhen Chan's altar in Frost Mist, her Fingertip brushing over the faintly visible Jiao Ren Qi Xue Tu on Luna's Swaddling.
Eldest Brother remained silent as he turned his Wheelchair. Suddenly, he pressed down on the Griffin Relief on the armrest, and from beneath the Wheelchair emerged Ankeli, half of a blood-stained Contract Scroll resonating with Second Brother's Ashes.
Luna suddenly called out towards the Dome of the altar, pointing at the Star Map Yi Ya while her Sugar Coated Palm pressed against Aelia's Wedding Ring.
The Ice Spirit Stone embedded in the Ring Face suddenly grew hot, reflecting ancient runes that had been altered somewhere in the Dome—what should have symbolized Eternal Loyalty in a Twin Lotus Pattern was now twisted into a Two-Headed Serpent devouring the moon.
The night wind swept past like an Ashen Sparrow over three thousand Jade Steps, carrying with it the sobbing sound of chains from deep within the dungeon.
Qin Si's hands trembled slightly as he held the Bronze Box. The Secret Silver Solution seeping from the Bottom of the Box had unknowingly solidified into a key shape, pointing towards the highest level of Magic Castle Tower and its never-before-opened Starry Dome Window.
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