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The moonlight pierced through the stained glass of the Magic Castle, casting a blend of blue and purple diamond light spots on the bluestone ground.
Luna wrapped herself in the silver mouse-fur cloak that Qin Si had magically shrunk, moving like a leaf caught in the night wind, pressed against the shadows of the Relief and Obsidian Pillar.
Inside the body of a three-month-old infant, the soul of the Great Mage struggled to control its mismatched limbs.
"Young Miss, be careful!" Qin Si's voice echoed from above the archway.
The Head Maid, who always styled her hair into a perfect bun, was currently using Scale Powder from a Phantom Butterfly to create Xu Ying in the Southeast Tower.
Her flowing skirt suddenly swept over Luna's head, brushing aside two clusters of patrolling magical Phosphorescence.
Seizing the opportunity, Luna rolled into the dark corner of the rose window, her back pressed against the Thorn Emblem, causing cold sweat to bead on her skin.
She blinked at the dome arch where Qin Si was hiding, her infant eyes shimmering with gratitude that only an adult could understand.
The Transmitting Shell hanging from the Head Maid's neck glowed red—this was a signal agreed upon through Morse code that Luna had tapped out during Lady Aelia's pregnancy using the frequency of fetal movements.
A metallic distortion echoed from the West Tower, prompting Luna to transform her cloak into a tapestry pattern.
When a Copper Kettle rolled to a stop just inches from her nose, steam rising from its spout carried the bitter aroma of healing potions.
Luna recognized this as the work of her elder brother's personal Apothecary; those liquids meant to cure Magic Backlash were now corroding the bronze kettle's interior.
Climbing up seven levels via the Spiral Staircase, Luna found her soft cloth shoes stuck to the icy steps.
She bit her tongue and flicked a Blood Pearl onto the Ice Surface, leaving a crimson trace that immediately twisted into an Ancient Elvish Language meant to break barriers.
From the Door Gap spilled Han Qi, crystallizing into ice; each grain reflected her brother’s left arm being eroded by Backlash Magic—that limb which should have cast Frost Magic was now being consumed and frozen by Azure Blue Flame, endlessly tearing and rebirthing.
"...the seven hundred thirtieth cycle." His hoarse voice wrapped around an Ice Shard as her brother's bloodshot eyes fixed on the floating hourglass. "If only I had listened to Third Uncle's advice and avoided dual-element stacking..." Suddenly, he erupted in anger, overturning the bedside table. The Crystal Paperweight exploded into snow dust upon colliding with the magical barrier, with shards sticking to his sunken cheekbones, melting into scalding tear tracks.
Luna curled up by the door, biting down on her cloak. The Mage's keen perception allowed her to see the writhing Curse Runes deep within the flames.
Those were clearly parasitic seeds of Black Magic, disguised as a backlash phenomenon amidst elemental chaos.
She pressed her right hand against her Heart, channeling the remnants of divine power within this body. A thread of Silver Light slipped through the Door Gap, temporarily freezing the core of the Curse within the flames.
The chime from the East Tower saved her from her recklessness.
As Luna stumbled into the Ventilation Duct, she heard her elder brother's puzzled exclamation.
The residual Astrology Dust in the duct clung to her eyelashes, reflecting the collapsing Contract Star Map above Second Brother's courtyard.
Second Brother's Ailya's Roar made the crystal chandelier jingle: "He said it was a shared Dragon Vein Blessing!" Inside the Carved Door, the usually gentle Second Young Master was poking at the Contract Scroll with Leonard's Sword.
After her dear friend's Signature on the Parchment turned to Ashes, the exposed Leonard's Soul Mark resonated with the Magic Fortress Leyline in sync with Zhen Chan, each vibration siphoning away a thread of Second Brother's life force.
Outside the Window Lattice, Luna's Pupil narrowed into a slit.
She saw Second Brother's Neck Emerging with scale-like scars, unmistakably marks of the Dragon Vein Grafting Technique's backlash.
But more terrifying was the Contract Spirit hovering above the beams—what should have been an impartial Spirit now flickered with dark purple Youguang, identical to that of Leonard's Concubine.
"Three Months... at most Three Months..." Second Brother suddenly coughed violently, blood pearls leaking between his fingers and forming a strange Hexagram in midair.
As he reached for the Transmission Mirror with his bloodied fingers, Luna quickly shot out a Milk Tooth, shattering the curse that was about to take shape in the mirror.
The strange movement from the attic made Luna tense all over.
She turned to look towards the Northern Tower, where a thick fog suddenly surged from Brother San's room. Floating within that mist were countless Liujin letters—original data from Eighteen Years Ago’s Talent Assessment Report before it had been tampered with.
Luna's silver hair moved on its own, sensing a dormant Magical Talent awakening, like lava deep within the earth about to erupt. As Luna climbed through the vent marked with the letters "Liujin," her fingertip was burned, forming a blister from the scorching runes.
In Brother San's room, swirling mist carried Stardust, wrapping the magical Detection Device Remains from eighteen years ago into a vortex.
She saw a boy curled up among scattered Parchments, as the altered reports were being burned away to reveal the original data, leaving Scorch Marks behind.
"I can manipulate both light and shadow at the same time..." Brother San tugged at his silver hair, and the tips illuminated his trembling fingertip.
Suddenly, fragments of the altered Detection Report erupted, slicing his wrist and drawing fine lines of blood. "Father said my talent is like moldy breadcrumbs!"
Luna's pupil reflected the truth—each drop of Brother San's blood seeped into the floor's gap, awakening the dormant Starshine Vein beneath the Magic Castle's foundation.
She suddenly became aware that during those neglected years, the boy had secretly nurtured potted plants with his blood, which turned out to be companion plants of the Starshine Mine.
"It's too late to awaken now..." Brother San suddenly grabbed a Crystal Paperweight and hurled it at the Magic Hourglass, but at the last moment, Luna's Milk Tooth struck him in a vital point.
The loud cry of an infant mixed with the Great Mage's curse transformed the Crystal Weight into Misty Stardust.
Brother San stared blankly as floating starlight arranged itself into a dual-system Magic Pattern, his Adam's apple rolling as he sobbed like a young beast.
As Luna slipped into the dark corner of the study, Wisteria Fragrance outlined Leonard's proud silhouette.
The Lord struck the crystal ball with a Serpent Bone Staff, and an image of Leonard's Concubine holding an infant emerged from the smoke: "Once Aelia is tortured to death by her backlash curse, let Lucius take her Bloodline..."
"Your wisdom is unmatched, my lord." The Black Robed Advisor smiled obsequiously as he unfurled a scroll. "The accidents involving the three young masters have also been arranged; once the Magic Fortress Core is transferred north..." He suddenly turned alert towards the window but only saw moonlight flowing over Luna’s hiding place in the Bronze Candlestick.
Luna bit her gums until they bled Silver Blood, drawing a memory replication symbol on her cloak.
She saw that Leonard’s brooch contained Aelia’s hair; those Love Words were woven into knots of curses.
When the aide mentioned "using Third Young Master Lucius as a sacrifice," the baby's fury triggered the Magic Fortress Leyline, startling the patrolling magical armor into a collective turn.
Aelia's Pearl Earrings rolled into the Emerald Corridor at that moment.
The lady's fingers, gripping the Night Light, turned pale, and her Chen Lu-like gentle eyes reflected the crystal ball containing Leonard's Last Night.
Suddenly, her Neck Guardian Spell shattered, a Sapphire Fragment slicing through her Fingertip, and when the Blood Pearl fell to the ground, it bloomed into an Ice Rose with Barbed thorns.
"Eighteen years..." Aelia staggered as she leaned against the Obsidian Pillar where Luna was hiding, her fingertip tracing the Oath Rune from their wedding day etched on the pillar.
The roses, preserved by magic, were wilting in her Palm, their petals transforming into crimson butterflies that fluttered toward the study.
As Luna darted out from the shadows, her silver mink cloak shimmered with the glow of Starshine Mine.
She deliberately knocked over Aelia's potion basket, the sound of the Liuli Bottle shattering startling those in the study.
At the moment Leonard pushed open the door, the baby's wailing Yiya Sound perfectly masked the lady's choked sobs.
"Why is Xiao Luna here?" Aelia mechanically picked up the child, her trembling Fingertip pressing against Luna's nape.
The baby immediately tapped out a coded message with movements reminiscent of their time in the womb: three short taps, three long taps, three short taps—the universal S.O.S. rhythm of Magic Castle.
Suddenly, moonlight was obscured by Wu Yun, and a dull thud echoed from the direction of the garden as an ancient tree fell.
Seizing the opportunity, Luna pressed her Fingertip stained with Silver Blood against Aelia's Mei Xin, temporarily sealing away her impending Frost Magic rampage.
In the lady's Pupil, frozen tears reflected the baby carving Starshine Coordinates on the Obsidian Pillar with her Milk Tooth—marking precisely where Brother San's room concealed a Subordinate Mine beneath it.
As the footsteps of the patrol drew near, Luna suddenly let out a sharp Loud Cry.
Aelia instinctively turned to shield herself, the movement causing her skirts to sweep across the Peacock Stone Tiles, revealing the hidden Teleportation Circle.
The infant curled up in the lady's blood-stained embrace, catching a whiff of the fragrance from the garden, suddenly mixed with the Iron Rust Taste—someone was touching the Core of the Barrier with a bloodied Fingertip.
In the shadows of the Rosebush, a silver leaf stained with Dragon Blood Tree drifted down onto Luna's Swaddling.
She stared at the familiar serrated burn marks along the edge of the leaf, remnants of Fire Magic unique to Lucius and Leonard's Sword.
The petals caught in the night breeze suddenly all turned toward the Northern Tower, as if an invisible hand were adjusting the compass of Destiny... The Rose Vines trembled softly under the moonlight. As Luna moved along the shadow of the stone wall, she caught a whiff of the distinctive spiciness from Dragon Blood Tree and Blue Blood Fern Juice.
The swaddling cloth stained with Silver Blood brushed against a purple Black Rose bud, and those closed petals suddenly unfurled into a mirror-like surface, reflecting Lucius as he trimmed Leonard's Sword—within Jian Feng’s flowing Crimson Magic Radiance, fragments of Starshine Mine sparkled.
"Third Young Master Lucius, be careful!" A Patrolling Guard shouted as Lucius suddenly spun and slashed.
The sword wind swept down the Rose Petals, which crystallized into ice before hitting the ground, precisely embedding themselves into the Barrier Rift.
Luna's silver hair moved without wind; she recognized this as Aelia's original "Icy Rose's Kiss," which should require Frost Magic and Bloodline to execute.
Lucius paused as he wiped his sword; the Crimson Flame Stone embedded in the hilt illuminated a new Scar on his brow.
The edges of that wound were frosted over, intertwining eerily with Ailina's Burn marks to form a Rose Tattoo. "Father said Fire Mages shouldn't touch Frost Curses," he whispered to the Sword Body. As his Fingertip brushed against the ice crystal, Frost Flowers suddenly bloomed with an ethereal blue from Starshine Mine.
Luna's Pupil contracted slightly.
Within the Magical Traces left by young Jian Feng, there was clearly a blend of Brother San’s awakened dual-element Magic Pattern.
As Lucius wrapped the bloodied cloth around the hilt, Luna noticed that Pa Jiao was embroidered with a Magic Castle Geomancy Map—a certain Coordinate was overlapping with the Starshine Vein she had inscribed for Aelia.
A Night Owl swooped past Tower Spitze as Lucius suddenly cut his Palm.
Blood dripped onto the Sword Body, igniting not flames, but the Ice Mist enveloping Xing Xu.
From within the mist, an Emerging Contract Rune appeared, surprisingly originating from Second Brother's shattered Star Map, with each line of its pattern growing in reverse. "Mother taught me that true fire should burn away lies," he murmured into the void, as the Sword Tip suddenly turned towards the Northern Tower, startling a flock of Night Light Butterflies marked with Curse Marks.
Luna's velvet-soled shoes suddenly grew hot, as Qin Si's secret message, conveyed through Scale Powder, manifested on the stone slab: the main fortress barrier was experiencing unusual fluctuations.
She deliberately kicked over a nearby Magic Crystal Stone, the crisp sound drawing Lucius's attention as he turned back, alert.
The hesitation in the boy's eyes had transformed into steely resolve after tempering, yet when he picked up the "lost in the garden" infant, his Fingertip betrayed a fleeting tremor of warmth.
"Xiao Luna can smell the scent of conspiracy too?" Lucius lightly touched the Infant Swaddling with the hilt of his sword, and suddenly, the glow from Starshine Mine gathered at his Neck to form Frost Armor.
As the patrol team's Magic Lantern swept through the flower bushes, Luna's Loud Cry perfectly masked the vibrations from the Transmitting Shell hidden within Jian Qiao—an unusual frequency generated by Aelia and Subordinate Mine's Resonance.
In the shadows, a silver leaf stained with Dragon Blood spontaneously ignited, and Ashes gathered in Luna's Palm to form a Micro Star Map.
She watched Lucius's silhouette as he walked towards the Cellar and suddenly noticed that his silver hair chain was absorbing moonlight—the shape of the Chain Pendant resembled the Holy Emblem used by the First Lord of the Magic Fortress against Black Magic.
As Qin Si's Phantom Butterfly and Scale Powder drifted down once more, Luna was fixated on the direction where Lucius had vanished among the Peacock Stone Tiles.
Amongst the stone crevices stirred by the sword wind, several Starshine Mine companion grasses were growing wildly, their leaves reflecting Luna’s image against the tilted shadow of the main fortress Spire.
The infant wrapped tightly in a cloak shimmering with Silver Light heard a Roar from deep within Geomancy as Ice Layer shattered—echoing like the sound on Aelia’s wedding night eighteen years ago when Oath Rose bloomed for the last time.
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