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As the dawn light sliced through the Colored Window, transforming it into a Diamond Light Spot that adorned the Assembly Hall, the Leyline Node suddenly stirred awake.
Qin Si hurriedly grasped the swaddling cloth soaked by Yao Zhi, as the baby in her arms let out a Giggling sound—Luna was drawing a crooked Guardian Charm on the maid's Skirt with her fingers covered in Calming Elixir.
"Madam has fainted!" Qian Jiao's voice pierced through the morning mist.
Qin Si stumbled and pushed open the Carved Door, the morning light revealing the mottled tear stains on her face.
The Elders in the Assembly Hall, still gathered, were startled and knocked over their teacups. The Detoxification Secret Pattern on Third Young Master Lucius's Alchemical Robe suddenly buzzed to life.
"My Mother said she wants to take Luna's..." The maid choked back tears as she knelt amidst the Shattered Porcelain scattered across the floor.
"She wants to take my Birthstone to make a talisman?" The baby's clear Child's Voice startled the candle flames into flickering. Luna peeked out from Qin Si's embrace, her Moonstone Hairpin askew. "But Sister is crying so much that I thought Aelia Aunt Elia wanted to borrow my Lifespan."
In the thickened air, a sound like cracking crystal echoed.
Aelia appeared at the top of the Spiral Staircase, leaning on her Star Moon Staff. The Judgment Mark on her nape pulsed in rhythm with the shifting light of her Moonstone.
Behind her, the Chief Guard hesitated to speak, his Waist and Leonard's Sword’s Magic Gem already gathering dust.
Leonard burst through the door, accompanied by Han Qi from Ice Crack Valley. The ice crystals from Mink Clan Altar still shimmered beneath his Boot Sole. "Please forgive me," this disheveled Lord wiped away an Ice Shard from his brow, his Leonard's Cloak hem stained with Dark Red Bloodstain. "Aelia has been working tirelessly; it's only natural that she..."
"Are you referring to Mother being driven mad by Leonard's Concubine?" Lucius suddenly raised an Alchemical Bottle, its contents reflecting Aelia’s Skirt and the faint outline of judgment chains beneath it.
His new Waist First Generation Matriarch Token resonated with Luna’s Hairpin at that moment.
Seizing the opportunity, Luna tugged at Aelia’s flowing silver hair, and her Crystal Baby Bottle "accidentally" tipped over onto Aelia’s embroidered sleeve marked with a Defensive Formation.
Golden Hot Goat Milk trickled down ancient patterns, revealing a hidden Borrowed Lifespan Contract—the dense Mama’s Curse began to creep from her sleeve toward her heart.
"Contract Backlash!" The Eldest Son suddenly pressed down on the Leyline Node beneath his newborn Twin Legs, while Second Young Master’s Heart Purification Array lit up simultaneously.
The entire Magic Castle erupted with a roar, and the First Matriarch, Xu Ying, flickered in and out of view on the chandelier.
Aelia's staff struck the ground heavily. "Impudent!" The Moonstone Hairpin cracked in response, and from the Light Mist emerged a baby-shaped Guardian Spirit. "It’s merely borrowing a bit..."
"The Lady of the Fortress wishes to borrow ten years of life, doesn’t she?" Luna jingled the Mingli Silver Bell on her ankle, each chime shattering a piece of the Counter-Contract Spell. "But that Judgment Mark on the back of your neck seems to desire your three hundred years of cultivation even more."
Leonard suddenly pressed down on the hilt of his sword. "The child speaks nonsense..."
"Last night, when Ice Crack Valley collapsed, didn't Father and Aunt Leonard's Concubine's love token lose several corners?" Luna tilted her head and grabbed the Divination Crystal from the medicine cabinet, reflecting the Dragon and Phoenix Pendant pierced by ice spikes in the Mink Clan Altar. "Can you guess why the Blood Mist seeping from the Earth Rift in the altar could awaken the First Matriarch's curse?"
The Colored Window was suddenly obscured by Wu Yun.
The bud at the tip of Aelia's staff burst open abruptly, twelve petals transforming into blades hovering above Luna's head.
The baby’s neck suddenly emerged with a golden Life Lock, dyeing half of the petals an ominous dark red.
"Mother, think twice!" The Three Young Masters simultaneously chanted Jie Yin.
The Eldest Son’s Geographical Map of the Eastern Region beneath his wheelchair, the Second Young Master’s Heart Purification Array, and the Third Young Master Lucius’s Alchemical Bottle filled with Antidote all glowed brightly but were suppressed by the Star Moon Staff, flickering uncertainly.
Luna suddenly reached out to grasp the nearest petal, golden blood seeping along her palm into its veins. "Aunt Elia can still preserve thirty percent of her magic to attend my Full Moon Feast if she stops now." She blinked her pupils, matching the color of the Judgment Mark, allowing the red light from Contract Backlash to flow along the petal towards her staff.
The entire Magic Castle shook violently.
The First Matriarch Xu Ying raised her hand to press against Aelia's thin shoulders; suddenly, a burning smell wafted from the mark on Aelia's neck.
With a clang, as the Star Moon Staff fell to the ground, Luna's wrist and Yin Ling shattered completely.
"Luna is the best little girl, right?" The baby crawled toward the staff with tousled silver hair, leaving glowing life symbols on the carpet with each movement. "So can I have two Lightning Cream Puffs at tonight's celebration feast?"
Aelia leaned heavily against the Ice Crystal Armrest, gasping for breath as the Counter-Contract Spell at her sleeve turned to ashes and dissipated. "You... you only know..."
Outside the window, an Azure Magpie suddenly collided with the Colored Window, leaving icy crystals from its tail feathers tracing a Curse Pattern on the glass.
The liquid in Lucius's Alchemical Bottle instantly boiled, scorching the Detoxification Secret Pattern on his sleeve to a charred black.
The often overlooked Third Young Master Lucius abruptly looked up, his gaze meeting the Lustrous Gold swirling in Luna's pupils.
The symbols of Lustrous Gold flickered on the carpet, while Luna's Fingertip still bore crumbs from a Cream Puff.
She tilted her head to gaze at Aelia on the throne, her breath in disarray. The Lustrous Gold in her round eyes burned even brighter than the Judgment Mark: "But Aunt Elia taught us in Curse class that cream can neutralize dark backlash, right?"
"You only know these absurdities!" Aelia suddenly clenched the Starlight Stone embedded in the Ice Crystal Armrest, as new cracks appeared in the Ice Cracks that had just been repaired three days ago.
Her Fingertip, stained with Dan Kou, brushed against Lucius's burned sleeve. "Look at your Brother San; he was out in the snow last night repairing the Defensive Formation of the North Tower..."
Luna curled up with her cracked Crystal Baby Bottle, and the Moonstone Hairpin askew in her hair suddenly dimmed.
Snowflakes began to fall from the Crystal Chandelier of the Council Chamber Dome, triggered by Lucius's Waist First Generation Matriarch Token—his scorched Detoxification Secret Pattern was seeping out a deep blue Han Shuang identical to that found in Ice Crack Valley.
The ice crystals on Leonard's Boot Sole suddenly exploded, etching charred Abyssal Serpent Parasite Holes into the Persian Carpet.
The usually imposing Lord pressed his hand against his bleeding forehead; the wound from being cut by altar fragments during the collapse of Ice Crack Valley was still oozing blood. "Have you all made enough noise?
Is tomorrow's headline in Arcane Weekly going to be 'The Mistress of Glorious Demon Fortress Defeated by a Crystal Baby Bottle'?"
"Father might as well explain the Marriage proposal sent by the Snow Ferret Clan?" The Second Young Master suddenly tore open his collar, revealing half an ice crystal jade pendant floating within his Heart Purification Array—it was transformed from the ice spike that pierced the Dragon and Phoenix Pendant last night at the altar.
The Contract flames from his Palm crackled as they scorched the pendant: "If Mother really takes away Luna's Lifespan for ten years, then right now, the Snow Ferret army would probably already..."
Aelia's staff emitted a piercing shriek, and twelve blood-stained petals formed a Thorned Prison around her feet.
The Judgment Mark on her nape erupted with a Sulfur Smell but extinguished abruptly upon touching Luna's Wrist where remnants of a Silver Bell Fragment lingered. "Let her stay for half a month," she fixed her gaze on the cream stains on Luna's Hair Tips, her Ailya's White Nails digging deeply into the Soft Cushion of the Ice Crystal Armrest. "I will personally teach her Elemental Balance."
"Don't!" Luna suddenly rolled over to Third Young Master Lucius's Alchemical Robe beside the Dark Bag, her small hand, stained with milk, precisely slapped the groove of his waist token.
First Matriarch Xu Ying responded immediately, condensing the dust accumulated in the chandelier for a hundred years into a Protective Barrier: "Brother San's Alchemical Notes from yesterday aren't finished yet!"
Leonard's Dark Red Bloodstain at the hem of Leonard's Cloak suddenly twisted to life, drawing the Snow Ferret Clan's Totem Pattern on the ground.
The Magic Gem on his sword hilt, covered in dust, finally shattered, and the splintered fragments drew bloodlines on Lucius's neck: "Aelia, you should know that Luna is now the Destined One."
This title caused the fine snow falling from the Dome to instantly evaporate.
The Eldest Son's Geothermal Monitor on the Wheelchair Armrest spun wildly before finally stopping at "Ice Crack Valley - Altar - Bloodline Resonance" with Three Degrees.
Seizing the opportunity, Luna tugged at his cloak Liu Su and read out in a baby voice from the bottom of the Energy Monitor: "...when the matriarch's Bloodline interacts with foreign races..."
"Enough!" Aelia's staff smashed down heavily on the Crystal Stand Mirror beside the throne, but the splintered shards coalesced around her into a Celestial Chart.
One shard reflected Luna stealing her tenth Lightning Cream Puff last night, while another showed Lucius working through the night to repair an Ancient Contract Scroll in the Library of Hidden Books.
Luna suddenly burped with a hint of Milk Fragrance, and fragments of Mingli Silver Bell floated up from the carpet gap, piecing together a fragmented Star Divination Array above her head.
As the seventeenth fragment settled into place, the entire Magic Castle's Geomancy emitted a sound akin to a baby's Loud Cry, resonating like Leonard's Sword Suddenly Emitted a Hum.
"Mother, the Snow Ferret Clan's Diplomatic Envoy has arrived at Ice Crack Valley Station." Lucius suddenly raised an Alchemical Bottle, and the boiling liquid inside reflected the Family Crest on a sled eighty miles away. "They demand to verify First Matriarch's destined Contract."
Aelia’s Starlight Stone Powder from her fingertip fell like snowflakes, tracing frost-colored veins over the bloodied Contract Ashes.
The Judgment Mark on her nape suddenly cracked with fine lines, seeping Azure Blood similar to Leonard’s temple: "In that case..." Ailya's White Nails stained with Dan Kou gently tapped against the Ice Crystal Armrest, revealing an expression almost pleading for the first time in ten years. "At least let me prepare some..."
"Madam!" The Chief Guard suddenly burst through the Side Door, holding an emergency Document covered in ice crystals. "The Snow Ferret Clan has sent thirty boxes of Moonlight Crystal, claiming it is for the Destined One's Heirloom!"
Luna's wrist emitted a Qingyue Mingxiang from her remaining Yin Ling, turning the ice crystals on the Document into mist.
In the astonished gaze of the crowd, the baby doll wobbled over to Aelia, its little hands smeared with cream gently pressing against her cracked Judgment Mark. "Aunt Elia, would you like to make a new hairpin with Moonlight Crystal? It would match my Moonstone perfectly!"
The Crystal Chandelier suddenly ceased its snowfall.
The Snow Ferret totem on Leonard's Boot Sole began to fade, while the liquid in Lucius's Alchemical Bottle gradually regained its clarity.
Aelia lowered her gaze to the completely dissipated Contract Ashes at her sleeves, then suddenly raised her hand to touch the Moonstone that was askew in Luna's hair—on it, a streak of Jin Wen had appeared, matching the color of her Judgment Mark.
As the monitoring Magic Array of the Council Chamber Dome quietly turned towards the nursery, Aelia's skirt, stained with dark blue Bloodstain, gently swept across the ground littered with Contract Ashes.
She caressed the three newly embedded Starlight Stones on the Ice Crystal Armrest, her gaze lingering on Luna's milk-stained hem. "I heard that the Snow Ferret Clan's Moonlight Crystal can weave Starry Swaddles."
At that moment, thirty boxes of crystals were lifted into the arms of the Chief Guard, their diamond-cut surfaces casting Ice Blue Light Spots on the carpet.
Luna tiptoed and poked at the topmost box lid; the Moonstone Hairpin and Crystal Resonance emitted a crisp sound like Feng Ling. "This could be made into a small cloak that can hold three Lightning Cream Puffs!"
"Not just a cloak." Aelia flicked her fingertip, and Starlight Stone Powder coalesced in mid-air into a baby dress design shimmering with Liuguang colors. "If we use Moonlight Silk for the edges..." She suddenly covered her mouth to cough; tiny ice crystals seeped from the cracks in her Judgment Mark at the back of her neck, corroding the Crystal Box beneath them into Honeycomb Abyssal Serpent Parasite Holes.
Lucius's Alchemical Robe Dark Bag suddenly grew hot with the First Generation Matriarch Token inside.
He pressed down on his restless waist where an Alchemical Bottle resided; the clear liquid reflected dark red patterns swirling within the crystal—patterns identical to those on Leonard's Cloak beneath which lay a Snow Ferret totem.
Third Young Master Lucius's pale fingertip brushed over the token's groove, and last night's deciphered Ancient Covenant Terms from the Library of Hidden Books flashed through his mind: The Cursed Fabric worn by the Destined One could bear Bloodline Curse.
Luna suddenly leaped onto the largest Crystal Box, her chubby hands grabbing two fist-sized crystals to knock together. "How many little Anti-Magic Spider Silk Bibs can these be exchanged for?" As she tilted her head, her Hairpin slipped off, and as her hair brushed across the crystal surface, it purified all of the dark red patterns. "I want Embroidered Gold Thread and Lily of the Valley!"
Aelia's pupils constricted.
With a light tap of her staff, twenty pieces of Liuguang shimmering baby garments flew out from the Crystal Box in succession, each adorned with Moonlight Gems worth half a city. "Consider these as an apology." Her Ailya's White Nails stained with Dan Kou brushed against one cloak's lining. "If you are willing to gift me..."
"Do you want to keep the old handkerchief as a memento?" Luna suddenly pulled out a crumpled Ailya from her pocket, the crooked milk stains forming a fragmented Guardian Array. "I wiped it with Calming Elixir this morning." She shook the handkerchief with laughter, her newly acquired Mingli Silver Bell on her wrist shining even brighter than before.
Leonard's boot sole felt the remnants of the Snow Ferret totem suddenly twist violently.
He pressed down on the hilt of his sword, veins bulging. The words of the Snow Ferret Clan Leader from last night’s Ice Crack Valley altar echoed in his ears: "The mistress's bloodline artifact is enough to let the curse bypass the Judgment Mark..." But when he looked at Luna's innocent and carefree smile, it felt as if he had a block of ice lodged in his throat, one that never melted.
"Do you find it inappropriate, Lord?" Aelia suddenly turned her head, the cracks in her Judgment Mark oozing black mist that smelled of sulfur with her movement.
The Substitution Scroll hidden in her sleeve had already unfolded one-third of the way; all she needed was to acquire a piece of Cursed Fabric tainted with the essence of the Destined One...
Leonard's gaze swept over Luna's unremarkable Ailya in her hand.
He recalled this morning when he stumbled upon the infant using a Crystal Baby Bottle to draw Geomancy Defensive Formation, remembering how adept she was during the Contract Backlash. Finally, he snorted coldly and said, "Do as you wish." As he turned away, Leonard's cloak billowed, and the Dark Red Bloodstain of the Snow Ferret totem spread an eerie pattern across the carpet.
Luna's Lustrous Gold eyes suddenly dimmed.
She released her grip on the crystal, letting the expensive Moonlight Gem roll to Lucius's feet. "Can Brother San help me pick out the prettiest Fabric?" The chubby fingers brushed against Third Young Master Lucius's scalded sleeve, causing his Alchemical Robe and Dark Bag to stop emitting heat from the First Generation Matriarch Token within.
As Lucius bent down, the liquid in his Alchemical Bottle reflected an astonishing scene from Leonard's Last Night—the Dark Red Patterns swirling within the Moonlight Crystal quietly seeping into the infant's attire along with Aelia's Starlight Stone Powder.
He picked up the indigo cloud-patterned silk that Luna had specified, and the Detoxification Secret Pattern glowed red in his palm. "This fabric has been dyed with Chen Lu from Eternal Night Forest."
"Brother San really understands me!" Luna cheered as she dove into a pile of silk, taking advantage of the moment to stuff Ailya into the most magnificent Hidden Layer cloak.
As her round body pressed down on the hem of the cloak, a strand of Liujin hair quietly merged into the fabric, trapping the Bloodstain of the Snow Ferret totem within its confines.
Aelia's Star Moon Staff suddenly emitted a hum reminiscent of Leonard's sword.
She watched as Luna joyfully tried on her new clothes; for a moment, the sharp pain at her neck from the Judgment Mark eased. "These old things..." Her fingertip, tainted with black mist, reached toward that wrinkled Ailya.
"Aunt Elia must take good care of it," Luna said as she tiptoed to place Ailya into Aelia's palm. The Guardian Array covered in milk stains suddenly overflowed with a honey fragrance. "If you lose it..." She sneezed suddenly, causing frozen snowflakes from the Crystal Chandelier to fall gently, perfectly masking Pa Jiao’s fleeting Liujin runes.
The totem of Leonard's Boot Sole emitted a dying struggle from Zhen Chan.
When he caught sight of Aelia solemnly putting away Ailya, the prophecy of the collapse of Ice Crack Valley suddenly exploded in his mind—"When the moonlight is tarnished, the tears of the Destined One will cleanse the curse."
But the infant before him was poking at the crystal with fingers smeared in cream, showing no signs of tears whatsoever.
"Father, do you smell something burning?" Second Young Master suddenly tore open his collar, revealing that the ice crystal pendant in the Heart Purification Array had melted into the shape of a Jade Pendant.
The fire from his Palm Contract enveloped half a piece of Moonlight Crystal, burning out the unique fishy scent of Snow Ferret fur: "It seems the Snow Ferret Clan's Heirloom needs to be reforged."
Luna suddenly threw the cloak she was trying on onto the Dark Purple Flame, causing all thirty-eight Moonlight Gems embedded in it to explode simultaneously.
The splintered Crystal shards formed a snow Star Map of Mink Clan Altar in the Dome, while her Baby Voice exclaimed perfectly, "Oh no! The cloak has turned into fireworks!"
Aelia's Substitution Scroll in her sleeve suddenly tightened.
She watched as her carefully prepared attire turned to Powder, but the crack on her nape began to heal due to inhaling Liujin light dust: "It's fine..." Her hand, stained with black mist, brushed over her cherished Ailya, "This handkerchief is enough."
As Chief Guard directed Servants to clean up the Crystal Residue, Luna curled up inside Lucius's Alchemical Robe's Dark Bag, nibbling on Puff.
She squinted at Aelia's departing figure, a smirk of cunning reflected by the cream stains at the corners of her lips—within that Ailya soaked in Calming Elixir lay the final spell needed for the Great Mage to reverse the Contract.
Moonlight seeped through cracks in the Colored Window, illuminating Pa Jiao's gradually fading gilded Jin Wen path.
At the end of the corridor, Aelia remained unaware that her treasured "amulet" in her sleeve was slowly transforming the Snow Ferret Clan's curse into pure Starlight Power...
The candlelight flickered as Aelia's Ailya's White Nails dug deeply into the sandalwood table. Qin Si bowed his head while holding a golden-embroidered Jin Nang, his voice trembling: "Madam, the Black Market Sorcerer said... to borrow Lifespan, we need to take that child's personal item for Seven Days and cast a spell using blood ties as a guide."
Aelia suddenly grasped Jin Nang tightly, her Fingertip tracing over the slanted embroidery of "Luna"—this was the Swaddling Tie she had stolen from Nursery yesterday.
The mirror reflected her crimson eyes: “If Leonard dares to use Leonard's Concubine's Nefarious Offspring to impersonate the Legitimate Son, then I will turn his most cherished 'Fortune Star' into a coffin nail!”
Luna lay in the silver-plated Cradle, her chubby little hand crushing a piece of milk cake.
She stared at the Peering Magic Pattern swirling on the ceiling, silently sneering.
Dark Red magic seeped from her Palm, wrapping Qin Si's newly delivered Anshen Incense Pouch in a cocoon, and she formed a seal to carve a circle of Reversal Rune on the Window Lattice.
“Borrowing lifespan? I’d rather borrow your life to pave the way.”
Qin Si trembled as he laid the blood-stained swaddling into the array's focal point. Aelia stood in the center with her hair cascading down, the magic circle beneath her feet spreading like a Poison Spider’s blood web.
As the Curse reached its climax, the Scent Pouch suddenly exploded, and the rebounding magic constricted Aelia's throat—
“Mother even steals her daughter's Lifespan; does Father know?”
Lucius emerged from the shadows, holding the Lifecapture Crystal, revealing half of an inverted Zhenhun Fu beneath his dark robe.
Suddenly, the Bloodline in the array shifted direction, ensnaring Leonard, who was peering from outside!
Amidst the dust of the collapsing altar, Luna caught sight of Leonard’s Fury as he directed his Magic Flame towards Aelia, only for it to suddenly turn toward her—what should have been an unconscious Lord had pupils glowing with manipulated azure light.
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