As the morning light danced upon Luna's eyelashes, Qin Si was using Yin Shu to comb her golden hair with Evening Primrose Juice.
Ashes clung to the baby's cuffs, gently falling onto the painted Peacock Stone tiles, merging with the ice crystals left from last night into a peculiar blue-violet stain.
"The Young Miss needs a change of swaddling." Qin Si's fingertip brushed against the star-shaped birthmark on Luna's nape, only to recoil suddenly from the heat.
The silk embroidered with the Frostwolf Totem melted into Liu Ying as it touched the baby's skin. Luna reached out, her tiny fingers grasping at a light spot in the air, precisely pressing it onto her Second Brother's bandaged wrist.
As the Magic Hourglass turned for the third time at noon, Luna was carried to the West Tower's Stargazing Platform.
Before her Second Brother floated a shattered Contract Scroll, its ancient Elvish language curses, altered by a dear friend, coiling around his magic circuit like venomous snakes.
Suddenly, Luna let out a giggle, her milk-stained fingers poking at the corner of the scroll—there lay a star symbol obscured by ashes, resonating with the Xing Hui in her hair.
"Is Luna wanting to play with this?" Second Brother lifted the star symbol into the air with his uninjured hand. The baby unexpectedly bit her tongue, spraying bloodied saliva onto the symbol.
The blood-soaked star suddenly projected a complete spell, causing Second Brother's pupils to tremble. "So that's how to reverse the curse—by reciting the Frost Guardian's prayer backward!"
As an Ice Blue Magic Circle rose beneath Second Brother's feet, Luna deliberately knocked over her Crystal Baby Bottle.
The flowing milk traced out a Frostwolf Totem on the ground, perfectly completing the final pattern of the Purification Array.
The Curse Chain that had bound Second Brother for three years transformed into Qing Yan amidst the milk fragrance as he trembled while lifting his Sister. He discovered she was hiding a piece of Frostwolf Crest marked with tooth impressions in her palm.
When Aelia arrived, she caught sight of Luna gnawing on Second Brother's Emerald Cufflinks. The baby used her milk tooth to chew the serpent pattern on the button into a Frostwolf shape.
The Lady of the Fortress swept past in her crimson purple skirt over a carpet of starlight grass. Luna immediately opened her small hands dusted with magical powder to embrace her mother, deliberately slipping in the key to breaking the curse—the fragment of scroll softened by saliva—between Aelia's pearl button at her collar.
"Our little Prophet has done it again." Aelia kissed her daughter's forehead where a starshine birthmark lay and brushed her fingertip over Luna's nape where a magic brand faintly glowed.
Seizing the opportunity, Luna buried her face into her mother's dress adorned with moonstones, secretly using Xing Zi hidden among her golden hair to burn that button containing Leonard's Concubine Soul Mark.
As Qin Si adjusted the angle of the Ice Crystal Rose for the third time, Twilight had already begun to encroach upon the Relief of the East Corridor Pillar.
She held the Cedar Essential Oil prepared for the Lord, but it suddenly spilled onto the Malachite Coffee Table, the light gold liquid seeping into the gaps of the floor tiles, outlining the contours of the Northern Territory Map.
"Madam, the Lord said he would inspect the Northern Mine Vein today..." The maid's voice was shattered by the night wind sweeping through the hall, and Luna suddenly let out a loud cry from her Cradle.
Aelia untied the swaddling cloth embroidered with a Purification Spell and tossed it into the air. The fabric reformed into a Frostwolf shape amidst the Magic Flame, with wolf-like eyes prominently set with Qin Si's pearl earring that had fallen that morning.
As the last rays of twilight vanished beyond the black Obsidian Window Lattice, a sharp sound of weapons clattering to the ground echoed from the Training Ground.
Third Young Master Lucius knelt on the Ice Surface, gripping his Bronze Sword. The newly embedded Frostwolf Crest at the hilt resonated with his Hand Back’s purified Brand.
Luna’s Cradle suddenly slid toward him, and her tiny feet accurately kicked against the Sword Body, causing ice shards to fall and form half a sentence of a dragon clan Spell under the moonlight.
When Qin Si rushed over, she found Luna drooling while clutching Lucius's Jian Sui.
Third Young Master Lucius suddenly stared at his sister's mouth where a Silver Thread hung: "Is this... Ice Spirit Silk?" He dipped his finger in her saliva and smeared it on a crack in his Bronze Sword. The dormant Frostwolf Essence awakened after centuries, rushing into his nearly exhausted Magic Core while carrying a dragon clan Spell.
The lantern's Halo shattered into Xing Zi within Luna’s Pupil. She saw Mother standing in the shadow of the terrace, her Crimson Purple Sleeve moving as if stirred by an unseen wind.
The Lady of the Fortress felt moonlight entwining around her Fingertip, which suddenly solidified into an Ice Spike, tracing an arc filled with Killing Intent across the night sky of Southwest—exactly where Leonard had said he would patrol this morning at Subordinate Mine.
As Luna's loud cry pierced through Twilight, Qin Si hurriedly tried to cover the Crystal Wind Chime.
The bells hanging between Liang Zhu suddenly turned collectively toward the main door, and the Frostwolf Relief on Ling She opened its Blood Red eyes.
Seizing the opportunity, Luna flung away her damp swaddling cloth. The silk brushed against Qin Si’s sleeve, tainted with Cedar Fragrance, igniting an Ice Blue warning flame in an instant.
Twilight crystallized into Ice Shard on Leonard’s cloak. When he pushed open the Obsidian Gilded Door, three of twelve Crystal Chandeliers abruptly extinguished.
Aelia's flowing Crimson Purple Skirt soaked in the intersection of Light and Shadow, while her Moonstone-embroidered sleeves refracted Leng Guang that enveloped the Left Eye of Frostwolf Totem on the entrance wall—that was where the family head had sworn his oath.
"The Frost Crystal Stone from the Northern Mine Vein has decreased by thirty percent compared to last year." Aelia's fingertips brushed over the golden liquid still drying on the Malachite Coffee Table. The Northern Territory Map, drawn with Cedar Essential Oil, suddenly flipped under her hand, revealing the back side corroded by magic, depicting the patterns of a mine. "Did you not hear the cries of the Earth Vein Spirit while you were sleeping on the back of the Ice Armored Rhinoceros?"
Leonard paused in his motion of unfastening his cloak. The Ice Crystal Pendant grazed the inner side of his Xuanbing Bracers, producing a faint Explosive Sound.
The Rose Gold Powder hidden within his Magic Shield and Gap began to drift down, forming the outline of a half-bloomed Eternal Night Rose on the Moonstone Tiles—exactly the shape of his External Family Crest.
"I was entangled with those old geezers from Silverlight City until dawn." He deliberately slammed his Scepter, embedded with Ice Spirit, onto the map at the location of Eternal Night Forest. The right claw of the Frostwolf Statue at the top of the Scepter suddenly fell off, revealing a fresh cross-section of Dragonblood Wood inside. "They actually want seventy percent of the mining rights for Starfall Ore from Magic Castle..."
Aelia's cold laugh startled the Magic Wind Chimes that had been sleeping between Liang Zhu.
Her Pi Bo, embroidered with Purification Spell, moved without wind, swirling up the powder of the Eternal Night Rose and pressing it into the Cedar Essential Oil.
As the golden liquid began to boil, an Ice Blue Flame suddenly burst forth from Leonard's cuff—this was a Preservation Spell he had cast this morning using a strand of hair from Leonard's Concubine that was now unraveling.
"What a strong Moonlight Iris Fragrance." Aelia suddenly leaned in closer, and the edges of the petals from her Ice Crystal Rose in her hair became sharp as knives.
Her nails, dyed with Star Sand, grazed her husband's collar, pulling out a strand of silver hair that glimmered with Pearl Luster from the magical fibers. "The Northern Territory cannot nurture beauties who can water Moonlight Iris with their tears."
As Leonard's Magic Shield instinctively expanded, Aelia's pupils constricted sharply.
Within what should have been a pure Protective Barrier like Chuxue, there swam several Red-scaled Mermaids, each about the size of Ailya's White Nails—these were Contract Spirits raised by the Eternal Night Siren using Heart's Blood.
The Frostwolf Crest inside his collar suddenly flipped over, revealing a fresh Blood Curse and Ke Hen on its back.
At that moment, an infant's Loud Cry pierced through the crystal barrier.
When Luna was brought in by Qin Si, her small hand stained with Milk Stain was clutching half a melted Ice Spirit.
As Aelia reached out to take her daughter, a Star-Shaped Birthmark on the infant’s neck suddenly projected a Light Spot that accurately enveloped the missing wolf claw section on Leonard's Staff.
"Father's Scepter is crying from hunger." Luna suddenly murmured in a chaotic tone unique to newborns, her Milk Tooth gnawing at the crack in the Scepter.
The Eternal Night Rose Totem, concealed by the Dragonblood Wood, lay bare under the starlight, while a chilling wail echoed from within the Scepter—the S.O.S. sealed by Leonard's Contract Power last night.
Cold sweat beaded on Leonard's forehead as he attempted to freeze Aelia's Magical Fluctuation with a Frost Spell, only to discover that her Pi Bo had already woven a web of magic suppression.
Shattered Contract Patterns erupted from the crack in the Scepter, forming an aerial view of the Outer Chamber Manor on the Ground, with each Magic Node adorned with replicas of the Frostwolf Crest.
"Three days ago, you mentioned rebuilding the East Wing Training Ground," Aelia suddenly crushed the illusion on the Ground with the tip of her shoe, which was adorned with Ice Spirit. "Why not repair the Stargazing Platform atop the West Tower first?"
Lucius had discovered Wraith sand from the Eternal Night Sea mixed into the Star Chart Device during sword practice yesterday.
As Twilight completely engulfed the last rays of dusk, a Chang Xiao from a Frostwolf echoed through the Training Ground.
The Ice Spirit Silk on Lucius's Bronze Sword resonated, and the Star Trail swirling around him perfectly aligned with the cracks in the Scepter gnawed by Luna.
Aelia raised her hand to capture a wailing sound and sealed it within a crystal, while seven Magic Training Arrays in need of repair emerged from Leng Guang.
Suddenly, the Communication Talisman in Leonard's robe ignited spontaneously, and the mournful aria of Leonard's Concubine mixed with thunderous Contract Backlash resounded through the hall.
He futilely reached for the scattered love letter Ashes in the air, unaware that Luna's Milk Foam was enveloping several grains of Star Sand, quietly completing the missing Right Eye of the Frostwolf Totem—an essential item for the Head of Family Authority Transfer Ceremony.
As the Crystal Chandelier flickered for the seventh time, Aelia's skirt hem, adorned with Ice Spirit, swept across the edge of the Malachite Coffee Table.
The boiling Cedar Essential Oil etched deep red Subordinate Mine paths on the back of the map, with each fracture revealing Outer Chamber Manor's unique Iris Mark.
"Lucius needs three pounds of Starfall Sand to reshape his Magic Core." Aelia's fingertip tapped rhythmically on the table in sync with the magical clock in the West Tower, causing ice crystals to tumble from Leonard's sleeve. "Klein's rehabilitation array consumes twenty Frost Crystal Stones every hour."
Sparks suddenly erupted from the tip of Leonard's Staff as a sobbing sound akin to a conch shell emanated from within the sealed S.O.S. in the Scepter.
He attempted to crush the Emerging Outer Chamber Emblem on the Ground with his heel but found that Luna’s Milk Foam was imprinting those patterns onto the ceiling’s Defensive Formation.
"The harvest from Magic Castle this year..." His defense was abruptly interrupted by an exploding Crystal Hourglass.
The warning spell set on the window lattice transformed into an Ice Blade, grinding the magic dust mixed with Wraith sand in the hourglass into powder—resources that were meant for the East Wing Training Ground.
Suddenly, Infant Hair began to shimmer with Xing Hui, and Luna grasped Qin Si's collar, calling out to Yi Ya.
Above everyone's heads, the Frostwolf Totem's left eye started to ooze an ice blue liquid, which gathered on the ground to outline Klein's wheelchair.
The cracks left by the magic backlash were visibly consuming the moonstone embedded in the totem's claws—this was the last high-grade healing stone in the Magic Castle's inventory.
"Do you want to watch Klein be swallowed by darkness again?" Aelia suddenly overturned a boiling golden liquid. The Cedar Essential Oil ignited in flames on the ground, emerging memories of Leonard's Last Night from twelve years ago: a swaddled Luna sealed by Leonard himself on the Stargazing Platform, his cuffs stained with the Cedar Fragrance of the Eternal Night Rose.
From Leonard's robe pocket, Qing Yan suddenly sprang out, and the love letter sent by Leonard's Concubine last night curled into ash in the Purifying Flame.
His hand, emerging from behind, suddenly turned deep purple—this was a sign of questioning the head of the family's authority.
Seizing the opportunity, Luna stuffed her milk-stained fist into her father's palm. The infant's unaware grasp unexpectedly pulled out half of a magic contract entwined with Wraith sand.
"The Heart's Blood of the Eternal Night Siren?" Aelia's Ailya's white nails, stained with star sand, traced over the contract document, freezing all ink marks related to resource transfer with ice crystals.
Blood began to seep from the date signed in invisible ink at the corner of the document—it was precisely on that day last year when Klein experienced the most severe magic backlash.
A Frostwolf's Chang Xiao suddenly echoed from the direction of the Training Ground.
Lucius's bronze sword resonated through the crystal curtain wall, and the purified magical fluctuation awakened the Guardian Spirit sleeping in the chandelier.
Twelve crystal lamps turned simultaneously towards Leonard, illuminating his robe hem dusted with moonlight blue iris pollen.
"By sunrise tomorrow, I want to see the resource allocation order for the Training Ground." Aelia lifted Luna to eye level with the Frostwolf Totem. The star-shaped birthmark on the infant's neck suddenly projected a complete defense map of the Main Residence.
The ice blue light spot representing resource reserves was sharply diminishing in the southwest direction—there lay Leonard’s Summer Palace built for his Concubine.
Atop Leonard's staff, the Frostwolf statue suddenly shattered, revealing fresh Blood Curse Ke Hen within.
He attempted to summon the Guardian Spirit for a defense, but found that all the Contract Spirits were captivated by Luna's Golden Hair, surrounding the infant as they wove a Thorned Crown imbued with judgment.
"Those Moonlight Irises..." As he stepped back, he accidentally knocked over the Magic Sand Table that recorded the finances of the Magic Castle. The golden Quicksand representing the Outer Chamber Manor suddenly began to rebel against the main structure.
Aelia's purification Ailia flew from her sleeve, wrapping around the collapsing main tower model. The surface of Ailia, emerging with a Star Trail, perfectly mirrored the Celestial Phenomenon that occurred during the birth of his three sons.
Luna suddenly let out a sob like a small kitten, and bubbles filled with magical potion burst in the air.
With each bubble that popped, different scenes from Leonard's Last Night were revealed: cracks spreading across his brother's Wheelchair Armrest, the Second Brother ensnared once more by shadows around the Magic Circuit, and the Frostwolf Essence on Lucius's Bronze Sword flickering as if about to extinguish.
Twilight suddenly thickened like Asphalt, swallowing the last remnants of struggling twilight.
The Magic Patterns on Leonard's Robe began to flow in reverse, a sign of diminished family authority manifesting as black mist coiling around his ankles.
He reached out to touch the floating Contract Scroll but was swatted away by Luna’s unaware little hand—residual Star Sand from the infant's Fingertip was rewriting the numbers on the scroll.
"The output from the Northern Mine Vein has decreased because you reassigned twenty Frost Speakers to repair the rose garden in Eternal Night Forest." Aelia's voice was colder than the polar Cold Wind. Suddenly, an Ice Crystal Rose bloomed in her hair, its petals flying into the Defensive Formation embedded in the wall.
The area representing Children’s Cultivation Room lit up with red light, and alarms intertwined with Luna’s Loud Cry formed a sharp concerto.
The Head of Family Seal on Leonard's Palm suddenly began to fade. He realized that the amulet sewn into his Robe Lining was melting—it was crafted from strands of Golden Hair cut when his three sons turned one year old for a Guardian Spell.
The Amethyst Lapel Pin gifted by Leonard's Concubine suddenly exploded, sending shards flying to form a mocking smile on the Ground.
"Father..."
A hoarse call echoed from the shadows of the spiral staircase.
His elder brother Klein’s Wheelchair rolled over a carpet of Starlight Grass, and an unhealed Magic Backlash left a spider web-like blue mark on his Hand Back.
The boy’s thin Fingertip clutched a broken Magic Scroll—the very Resource Allocation Table Copy that Luna had caught during her full moon Zhua Zhou.
The sound of rolling was exceptionally clear.
The cuffs of his robe began to shed silver threads, and these magical dark purple threads automatically flew toward Klein's wheelchair, only to be shredded into dust by Aelia's Pi Bo before they could touch the boy's pale skin.
Luna suddenly struggled and lunged at her brother, her infant milk tooth precisely biting down on the altered numbers at the edge of the scroll.
Blood-stained tooth marks oozed with golden light, and the floating contract document began to self-correct, indicating that the ice-blue energy flow representing cultivation resources finally shifted toward the West Tower.
As the last glimmer of twilight was swallowed by the night, the defensive formation of the Magic Castle's outer wall emitted a groan of being overwhelmed.
Leonard watched as his fingertips gradually became transparent, finally driving the scepter heavily into the ground.
From the crack in the scepter no longer flowed the wails of a sea witch, but three beams of starlight engraved with his sons' names—this was a sign that the family's inheritance of power was about to transfer.
Aelia's Pi Bo, embroidered with a purification spell, suddenly enveloped the entire hall, compressing the leaking magical fluctuations into a light sphere the size of an infant's fist.
Luna reached out her small hand, fragrant with milk, to grasp the light sphere and gently pressed it against Klein's heart.
The cracks spreading across the armrest of the boy's wheelchair suddenly ceased their erosion, but within those already formed shattered patterns swam the unique phosphorescence of the Eternal Night Sea.
Fragments of Feng Ling gently trembled on the ground, while faint sobbing from Frostwolf cubs echoed from the southwest night sky.
Luna suddenly turned her gaze toward the terrace, her eyelashes dusted with star sand fluttering rapidly as they traced half of an unfinished warning symbol in the air—its shape resembled the missing Frostwolf jade pendant from Third Young Master Lucius's Jian Sui.
Aelia's fingers caressed the edge of a crystal cup, where frost magic crystallized into snowflake patterns on its surface.
She gazed at the shadow of the third spire outside the tea room window, where subtle magical fluctuations were emanating—Luna should be starting her action now.
Second Brother's laboratory was filled with the sickly sweet scent of rotten roses.
Cuddled in Qin Si's arms, Luna's chubby little hand suddenly grasped a passing contract scroll. "Yi Ya!" The milk-stained tooth mark landed on her dear friend's signature, dark red blood seeping from the parchment.
“Soul Blood Pact?” Qin Si exclaimed, stepping back and knocking over a Magic Potion Bottle, causing Silver Liquid to spill and drench the Demon Totem that was Emerging from the scroll.
Second Brother staggered to support himself against the Experiment Table, as the black mist that had entangled him for Three Months suddenly screeched and transformed into a crow, crashing through the Colored Window to escape.
Meanwhile, in the study, Leonard crushed his Feather Pen.
He stared at the Secret Letter sent by Leonard's Concubine on the table, watching as the numbers indicating iron ore production on the Resource Allocation Table flickered ominously.
A clear ringing sound suddenly echoed from the corridor as Aelia entered, carrying freshly baked Cranberry Scone.
“I heard that the stars in the East Tower’s Subordinate Mine collapsed again?” She placed the treats on the Crystal Weight shaped like a Demon Head. “Third Young Master Lucius has been frequenting the Astrology Room lately.” The Contract Mark on Leonard’s neck suddenly tightened, and he failed to notice the faint golden Hair slipping from his wife’s sleeve, shimmering with a Red Glow from the Soul Capturing Technique.
Deep within the underground Library, Lucius trembled as he brushed over the Ancient Texts.
The crystal ball reflected his Pale face, while he could still hear the Sobbing he had encountered earlier in the elemental garden.
As he touched a Remnant Page documenting the “Child of Nature,” a Vine Book Spine suddenly blossomed with a Blue Rose, and Luna’s babbling voice emerged from the Bud.
“Master Lucius?” Qin Si appeared at the mouth of the Spiral Staircase, holding a candlestick while cradling an infant who clutched a half-eaten moonstone.
Luna suddenly burst into laughter, her seven floating Elemental Symbols perfectly resonating with the incomplete Magic Circle on the wall.
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