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As the morning light bathed the nursery's Crystal Lattice in a honey hue, Luna stood on her tiptoes, reaching for Aelia's waist, adorned with the Xingyue Liusu.
With a flick of her fingertip, she unleashed a burst of starlight magic that transformed Liu Su into a gradient of violet, conjuring three fluttering Ice Crystal Butterflies on the silver tray held by Qin Si.
"Look, Mama!" Luna exclaimed in her baby voice, twirling around as the hem of her ceremonial robe, edged with silver starlight, rippled like a galaxy.
She intentionally let two pieces of Magic Candy roll from her hidden sleeve, laughing heartily at the sight of Qin Si scrambling to catch them.
Aelia tucked back Luna's silver hair that had fallen over her temple into a moonstone hairpin. As her fingertip brushed against the child's nape, she suddenly froze—there, emerging was a Starry Mark that mirrored the Crown Totem revealed by last night's fountain.
She recalled the magic letter at the bottom of her dressing table, stained with Iris Powder, and felt her fingertip tremble slightly as she tied Luna's belt.
"Madam, news from the Outer Court says the altar has been activated ahead of schedule." Qin Si approached with a gilded bottle filled with Moonlit Grass Dew. She caught sight of Luna secretly stuffing a Blueberry Pie into her magical pocket and continued, "Should we reinforce the Guardian Barrier for the Third Young Lady...?"
Before she could finish, a sound from the fountain square interrupted them.
Seventeen jets of water suddenly shot up to the top of the tower, coalescing in mid-air into an Ice Crystal Staircase.
Luna excitedly clung to the windowsill, her Star Pattern resonating with the Judgment Ice Steps and scattering tiny sparks of light that made Aelia cough as she tried to speak.
"Mother isn't afraid," little Luna said as she turned and leaped into Aelia's embrace, her warm palm resting on Aelia's collarbone where a Frost Rose jade pendant lay.
The Magic Rose that had unexpectedly bloomed last night overflowed with warm currents, melting away Aelia's hidden Poison Curse Ring into a shape resembling a Black Rose made of silver water.
The sound of padded boots echoed down the corridor against the black obsidian floor as Lucius leaned against the doorframe, draped in a celestial cloak studded with star diamonds.
His new Wolf Head Scabbard at his waist bore remnants of dark red bloodstains but transformed into Liu Ying and dissipated when he saw Luna reaching up to touch his Jian Sui.
"Brother San, hold on!" Luna suddenly drew a Teleportation Circle at Lucius's feet, startling the young magic swordsman, who stumbled and shattered the moonstone lamp in the corridor.
Amidst the splattered Jing Chen, Aelia clearly saw the Xing Mang weaving through the veins of Lucius's cursed and eroded right arm, reminiscent of the Track during last night's restoration of the Magic Spring.
As the castle's clock struck seven, the sacrificial procession had already lined up in the courtyard.
Luna leaned on Aelia's shoulder, munching on stolen magical gummies, and suddenly winked at the Southeast Tower.
The Shou Ye lights, which should have been extinguished, flickered strangely three times, forming a Triangle barrier with the Zi Yan drifting from Leonard's study.
"Madam, the Chief Guard said that Master wants you to use the Side Door..." Qin Si's words were abruptly cut off as an Ice Butterfly Hair Ornament in her hair was scorched by some dark Black Magic force.
Seizing the opportunity, Luna pressed her sugar-coated little hand against the maid's wrist. As Xing Hui flashed by, a Magic Letter bearing an Outer Chamber Fire Seal in Qin Si's sleeve suddenly ignited into ashes.
Aelia tightened her hold on her daughter as the Star Moon Embroidery on her Celestial Cloak began to spin counterclockwise.
She gazed at Leonard, who was adjusting the altar crystal on the main path, and suddenly noticed the newly embedded Dark Red Ruby at the tip of her husband's staff—the color identical to that of the Poisoned Blood sample extracted from Lucius's wound three days ago.
"Mother, Tang Tang shares with you." Luna unexpectedly stuffed half a melted Starlight Candy into Aelia's lips. The sweet flavor exploded on her tongue, and to Aelia's eyes, the Magic Pattern on Lord Confidant Knight's armor manifested as a Serpent Seal.
She finally understood why those Frost Roses had formed a Defensive Formation beside her daughter's pillow last night.
As the sacrificial bell tolled again, Luna's Starshine Bracelet on her wrist suddenly burst forth with a Warning red light visible only to Aelia.
Little Luna pretended to reach for an Ice Crystal Petal floating in the air while her fingertip quietly erased the Black Curse Mark that had been emerging silently on her mother's neck.
The Defensive Formation of Castle Dome pulsed with unusual fluctuations in the clouds, reminiscent of the Celestial Phenomenon that heralded the fall of dynasties in prophecies.
As Aelia stepped out of the castle holding Luna, the frosted corridor suddenly crackled with delicate sounds.
She paused to gaze at the Ice Crystal Wall reflecting the light of Xing Mang—once adorned with the Magic Emblem of past Ladies of the Fortress, it now bore cracks resembling a Spider Web in her shadow.
"Madam, please wait." The Silver-armored Captain blocked the icy steps leading to the main altar, his chest armor glowing with the red-eyed Mojie totem. "The Lord has commanded you to proceed to the East Side, East Corridor."
Suddenly, the Gilded Bottle in Qin Si's arms exploded, splattering Moonlit Grass Dew onto the Knight's armor, which began to steam with Purple Poison Fog.
Luna reached out her tiny hand to grasp the dispersing mist, counting in a baby voice, "One, two, three..." The poisonous fog coalesced into a Seven-pointed Star pattern on her palm, only to be devoured by the flowing Star Moon Embroidery on her cloak.
Aelia felt her daughter's breath against her neck grow suddenly warm. Looking down, she saw Luna's silver hair revealing a Starry Mark that resonated with Leonard's Sword held by the Chief Guard.
She recalled the parchment she had discovered last night in the Library of Hidden Books' Dark Compartment; those records about how the Starry Bloodline could break the Dark Serpent Curse suddenly became clear.
"Lead the way." Aelia lifted Luna slightly, her fingertip discreetly tracing along the seam of the Chief Guard's arm armor.
The remnants of the melted Poison Curse Ring trembled in her sleeve, sensing a dark force of Black Magic from the same source.
As they passed through an archway adorned with Frost Roses, Luna suddenly tugged at her mother's flowing silver hair. "Look, Mama!" Following her child's fingertip, Aelia saw that in the center of the altar, a millennium-old ice crystal reflected Twelve Rays and a Projection of Xing Gong. Where the Lady of the Fortress should have stood was instead a graceful figure draped in a Peacock Feather Cloak.
Leonard's voice emanated from the center of the Reverse Pentagram Formation. "Aelia, stand at Kan Position." The Dark Red Ruby atop his staff suddenly burst forth with Blood-red Light, dyeing the suspended Ice Crystal Castle in an eerie crimson hue.
Luna's wrist tightened as her Starshine Bracelet constricted, leaving faint Jin Wen marks on her delicate skin.
"Father is biased!" Lucius suddenly appeared beside Aelia, his Wolf Head Scabbard shattering the flying Ice Shards. "The Kan Position is for..." His words were swallowed by the sudden roar of the altar.
Beneath everyone's feet, the Ice Surface emerged, flowing like a starry river, while Luna took the opportunity to press her finger, coated in Sugar Coating, against Lucius's cursed and eroded right arm.
A gasp rippled through the crowd.
Eldest Brother stepped onto the altar, leaning on his Starfall Wood staff. The Staff Tip, embedded with moonstone, created a marvelous resonance with the Ice Crystal Castle.
Those limbs that had once shriveled from Magic Backlash were now enveloped in a silver-blue Halo, each step blossoming Frost Flowers on the Ice Surface.
"I heard Eldest Son tamed a Snowstorm Dragon in the Northern Icefield?"
"Not just that! Last month in the Magic Arena, his Frost Barrier froze an entire river of the underworld!"
Whispers surged over the altar like a tide.
Leonard's hand trembled slightly as he adjusted the angle of his staff. He had never noticed the Frost Rose embroidered on Eldest Son's robe sleeve—that was the long-lost Guardian Magic Pattern of the Aelia Family.
Suddenly, Luna laughed and opened her arms toward Eldest Brother, her Fingertip's Xing Hui pushing back the light of the Blood Gem by three feet.
Aelia straightened her back against the Cold Wind, and the owner of the Peacock Feather Cloak stumbled as she slipped away from the Kan Position.
The Blood Curse emerged where she had stepped on the Ice Surface but extinguished abruptly upon touching half a Starlight Candy that Luna had dropped.
No one noticed Little Luna secretly sketching a Star Trail on the Ice Surface with melting Maple Syrup, and those tracks perfectly aligned with the Magic Pattern on Eldest Brother's robe.
"Rumor has it that the Second Young Master is in the Emerald Secret Realm..." The whisper of a certain Viscountess was suddenly swept away by a gust of icy wind, causing her Jade Hairpin to shatter. Sui Yu was transformed into a butterfly shape by Luna using Xing Hui before hitting the ground.
Aelia's pupils dilated sharply—within the Light and Shadow refracted by Sui Yu, a Purple Smoke Barrier identical to that in Leonard's study emerged.
As the altar crystal emitted a sharp hum, Luna buried her small face into her mother's neck.
Where her warm breath passed, Aelia felt a strand of golden Xing Mang quietly swim beneath the skin marked by the Black Curse Mark that had emerged the night before.
The flowing starry river above the altar suddenly shifted, casting Light and Shadow that enveloped Second Brother amidst the crowd.
His robe collar was stained with remnants of decayed leaves, a Curse Mark unique to the Emerald Secret Realm.
Several Southern Marchionesses fanned themselves with Peacock Feathers, their golden silk fan tassels clashing in the Cold Wind, producing faint mocking laughter.
"I heard that the Second Young Master was deceived by a close friend into unsealing an ancient stone array?" The Red-Haired Witch twirled her Serpent-Shaped Earrings, her dark green Ailya's White Nails gliding across the Ice Surface. "What lies beneath that stone array is..."
Second Brother suddenly tightened his grip on his waist, where Yu Jue had shattered. An Emerald Fragment cut into his palm, drawing out Azure Bloodstains.
The Blood Pearls that seeped out were enveloped by Luna's emerging Xing Hui before they could touch the ground, forming an Azure Bird with outstretched wings in midair.
Aelia noticed that the patterns on the Azure Bird's tail feathers coincided with the Projection of the shattered Jade Hairpin, recalling the Elemental Spirit Contract she had glimpsed in her son's study three days ago.
"Foolish!" Leonard suddenly struck the edge of the altar with his Scepter. The Blood Light emitted by the Dark Red Ruby shattered the Azure Bird into Stardust.
Second Brother staggered against the Ice Sculpture Railings, but the scattered Stardust quietly seeped into the decayed leaf mark on his chest, forming an imperceptible crescent-shaped Light Spot.
Brother San was huddled beside the ice pine on the altar's West Side, playing with the Thunderstorm Crystal Ball in his hand when it suddenly erupted with tiny Electric Arcs.
The commotion caught the attention of several elder Mages, their staffs' crystals reflecting the Dark Pattern on the inner lining of Brother San's sleeve—remnants of a summoning spell scorched by lightning.
"Thunderborn is obsessed with Illusion Magic..." Elder Silverbeard sighed, his breath mingling with Ice Shards that crashed onto the altar steps.
In a panic, Brother San stuffed the crystal ball into his damaged magical pocket, unaware that Luna had already used Xing Hui to reshape the pocket into a Hexagram.
The Star Pattern was quietly absorbing the chaotic Lightning Element surrounding him, condensing into a miniature storm cloud within the Dark Bag.
The Black Robe Mage presiding over the ritual suddenly raised a Laurel Branch high. At that moment, twelve Ice Roses bloomed simultaneously at its tip, causing the Inverted Castle Projection in the center of the altar to tremble violently.
Seizing the opportunity, Luna slipped down from Aelia's arms. The small Padded Boots, edged with Xing Mang silver, left ripples on the frozen Ancient Magic Script beneath the Ice Layer.
"Mom, come quickly!" The call of a Baby Voice collided with Xing Hui as it struck the Reverse Pentagram Formation. Leonard, adjusting the angle of his crystal, turned abruptly.
The Blood Gem atop his staff reflected the image of his little daughter sprawled at the center of the formation. The magical energy that should have flowed along the Star Trail suddenly began to rotate counterclockwise.
The Black Robe Mage's beard stirred without wind as he pointed the In Hand Laurel Branch at Luna: "Stellar Resonance!" The Ice Roses at its tip instantly glowed with a radiant light, enveloping Little Luna in a Rainbow Pillar.
Aelia's Ice Layer suddenly emerged with a unique Vine Magic Pattern from her Maternal Family. These spiked magical plants grew wildly, quickly forming a Rose Barrier at the edge of the altar.
Gasps echoed through the crowd.
The crystals atop several Old Archmages' staffs rose into the air, piecing together a fragmented Star Map above Luna's head.
The Moonstone Staff suddenly slipped from the hands of the elder brother, perfectly completing the missing North Star position on the Star Map. Beneath the skin that had once been marred by Backlash Magic and Ailina's Burn, the Ice Blue Blood Vessels shimmered with a starlit glow.
"Father..." Lucius suddenly pressed down on the Wolf's Head Sword's hilt, his right arm's Curse Pattern fading to a light gray under the illumination of the Star Map.
The young magic swordsman keenly noticed that a certain window in the Inverted Castle's Projection had suddenly lit up—this was precisely in the direction of Leonard's South Tower, where he kept Leonard's Concubine.
Luna, however, remained blissfully unaware that she had become the center of attention, focused intently on drawing a smiley face on the Ice Surface with Sugar Coating.
The Xing Hui spilling from her sleeves seeped into the altar's Core Formation Array. The Aurora Barrier, which was supposed to activate at midnight, opened three hours early, enveloping the entire Glorious Demon Fortress beneath a flowing starry veil.
The Purple Smoke Barrier of the Southeast Tower suddenly twisted and deformed. Behind a Window Lattice adorned with Peacock Feathers, the sound of shattering porcelain echoed sharply.
Leonard's Staff thudded heavily as the Blood Gem flared up, attempting to suppress the starry veil.
Yet at that moment of magical collision, a roar reminiscent of an awakening Ancient Behemoth erupted from beneath the altar's Ice Layer.
Aelia’s dress hem, embroidered with Frost Roses, began to flutter without wind. The fragments of Poison Curse Rings hidden in its folds were heating up—last night she had refined Luna’s starlight into Silver Water, which now coalesced into a brand new Crescent Pendant at the altar's focal point.
As the Black Robe Mage swung his Laurel Branch for the third time, Luna’s drawn smiley face suddenly blinked.
This Magic Circle, crafted from Sugar Coating and Xing Hui, began to spin autonomously, distorting the Inverted Castle’s Projection into a Crown shape.
Among the crowd, a Noblewoman suddenly screamed; Leonard’s Family Crest was resonating with the Crown Totem, while a fine crack appeared in the Blood Gem atop Leonard's Staff.
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