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Seventeen crystal chandeliers fell, their remains crystallizing into ice beneath Aelia's feet. She trembled, holding a shard of the silver anklet at her fingertip.
The frost, tinged with moonlight in a light purple hue, climbed along Leonard's jaw, freezing the spider web-like blood veins on his distorted face into a crystalline network.
"Three days ago, you used the pretext of patrolling the Eastern Boundary Barrier..." Aelia's sword tip suddenly burst forth with ice blue Xing Huo, wrapping Leonard's silver hair in mid-air.
The red glow of the prophecy crystal refracted illusions at the tips of his hair—a figure in a black robe, the Barrier Master, was handing a blood-stained astrolabe to Leonard, with the ghost orchid blooming laurel tree in the Outer Courtyard as the backdrop.
Luna emitted a short Yiya sound as her neck faintly resonated with Aelia's family crest on her chest.
The star map runes that had scattered across the ground began to rise again, piecing together the remnants of the marriage contract from three hundred years ago within the sanctuary.
Leonard's right hand, which he attempted to raise, was instantly consumed by frost; the network of blood veins on his back aligned perfectly with the cracks in the astrolabe from the illusion.
"You dare to alter the sacred contract with dark rituals!" Aelia's ice crystal long skirt exploded into countless ice spikes, causing the geomancy patterns of the main hall to flow in reverse.
Seizing the opportunity, Luna grasped Qin Si's trembling fingers, guiding her to touch her crescent mark on Mei Xin.
Suddenly, from her sleeve slid the astrology dice that had been swapped during her lady's wedding years ago, revealing a twelve-sided die engraved with the serpent totem of the Outsider Family.
Leonard let out an inhuman roar as his left eye exploded into a black vortex.
His right hand, which should have been frozen, bizarrely penetrated through the ice layer, reaching for the faintly visible mark of the sacred contract within Luna's swaddling.
In a moment of crisis, Lucius, the Third Young Master, activated his repaired purification totem, reversing it and causing the dark runes on his palm to recoil into ashes.
"Does Father know?" Lucius's voice trembled with a broken resonance. The holy water in his hand had yet to solidify and flowed through the gap in the floor tiles toward his elder brother in Xi Tower. "The purification spell you personally taught me back then—each broken syllable conceals a variation of the blood sacrifice array."
At this moment, in the secret chamber on the top floor of Xi Tower, the eldest brother stared at his right arm, which was gradually crystallizing.
The Starfall Stone that Luna had secretly slipped to him during the Full Moon Feast suddenly grew hot, casting shadows on the walls that formed the Ancient Curse-Breaking Spell.
As he trembled and traced the Iris with his wand, an Ice Spike fell outside, perfectly aligning with a gap in a rune.
"So it requires moonlight and Geomancy Resonance..." The eldest brother's pale face flushed as the magic Zhang Jian suddenly pierced the crystalline crack in his arm.
Amidst the excruciating pain, what emerged was Leonard's Last Night during Luna's Hundred Day Feast, desperately clutching his broken wand.
In that moment where blood and starlight mingled, a Roar from the East Corridor suddenly shattered the barrier.
The sound of the Roar made Second Brother, who was inspecting an Oak Barrel in the Cellar, abruptly look up.
The protective amulet gifted to him on Luna's first birthday suddenly grew warm, as the Agave Petals sealed within the Amber began to stir without wind, piecing together a memory of a dear friend—Lucius, who had urged him to practice the Forbidden Grimoire three years ago.
The scent of Ghost Orchid and Cedar Fragrance wafting from the direction of the Emerald Corridor overlapped with that of Lucius's sleeve.
Second Brother tightened his grip on the amulet as an ice crystal Explosive Sound from the Main Hall awakened the sleeping Night Owl beneath the eaves.
Moonlight pierced through the crumbling Protective Barrier, casting a distorted shadow at his feet, which resembled exactly that of the Black Leather Grimoire illustration pushed aside by Luna during Zhua Zhou.
At that moment, as Second Brother's knuckles turned white, the Amber Amulet suddenly exuded a warm sensation.
The floating Agave Petals refracted intricate patterns under the moonlight, each line resembling the erratic scratches made by Luna during her First Birthday Celebration.
He remembered that day when the little infant clutched the Black Leather Grimoire and laughed heartily, thinking it was merely a childish whim.
"Young Master Brian, your magical purity far exceeds that of your peers." As I recalled the moment my dear friend handed me the Forbidden Grimoire, the faint fragrance of the Ghost Orchid from his sleeve perfectly overlapped with the scent wafting from the East Corridor.
Second Brother stumbled as he leaned against the Oak Barrel, and suddenly, the Amber in his palm reflected Leonard's Last Night from Three Years Ago Rainy Night—my dear friend, who should have been patrolling the borders, had the hem of his cloak stained with the unique Yin Sha soil of the Outer Courtyard.
The Dome of the Cellar suddenly collapsed with ice crystals, and Second Brother instinctively raised his hand for Jie Yin.
What should have spiraled out of control as Dark Magic instead coalesced into a pure Silver White at my Fingertip. This was clearly the Guardian Spell I had unintentionally cast while playing with her beside the Astrolabe during Luna's Hundred Day Feast.
He stared at his uncontrollably trembling Wrist, as those altered memories suddenly receded like a tide, revealing the deeply buried Poison Spike.
"So you were using Resonance Spell to diminish my Elemental Affinity every time you urged me to practice Forbidden Arts..." Second Brother suddenly pressed the amulet against his Heart, and on its Amber surface emerged an image of my friend handing over the Astrolabe to a Concubine Maid beneath the Laurel Tree during Leonard's Last Night.
With his wine-stained Fingertip, he drew half of a Counter-curse Totem on the Ground. When the final stroke coincided with Luna's Wine Stain spilled on her first birthday, the Black Silk Thread entwined around the Magic Core suddenly crackled with burning sounds.
At that moment, three ancient tomes crashed down from the North Tower Library.
Brother San, curled up in the attic, was showered with Stardust from the falling books. The copy of Elemental Theory in his arms, marked by Luna’s bite, automatically flipped to page three hundred and seven.
He stared at his annotations from when he was thirteen, those arrogant "this technique is shallow" Tiny Inscriptions now twisted into a Mockery.
"Brother is so silly!" The memory of three-year-old Luna snatching away Leonard's Last Night from my hands suddenly became clear. The little girl had been tiptoeing to activate the crystal ball; it was clearly the fundamental frequency of elemental Resonance.
Brother San trembled as he traced over the dent made by Luna’s Milk Tooth on the Book Spine. Suddenly, he became aware that his pursuit of being a "Top Talent" all these years had been a deliberately guided cognitive trap.
He grabbed the Teething Stick gifted to him when Luna turned one—the silver chain embedded with Star Moon Stone—and at that moment it resonated with the Gold Foil Title of Elemental Theory.
As the first ray of moonlight pierced through the collapsed barrier and fell upon the Title Page, Brother San was shocked to discover that those so-called "shallow" introductory Spells could actually form a superposition effect under specific arrangements.
"From today onward..." Brother San bit down on the Teething Stick and recited the most basic Fire Spell in the tone he had learned from Luna.
As the faint Dark Purple Flame flickered to life in his palm, a sudden Magic Fluctuation from Xi Tower signaled that his elder brother had broken the curse. The two forces intertwined in the air, spiraling together and perfectly burning the Puppet Model he was practicing on, leaving behind an exquisite Elemental Engraving.
In the Main Hall, Qin Si was weaving Aelia's scattered silver hair into a Defensive Spell Knot.
When the Family Crest on her chest resonated with Luna once more, she suddenly recalled that Stormy Night eighteen years ago—when she, as an Accompanying Maid, had taken the Astrology Dice from the Old Lord, noticing that one of its edges still bore traces of the Outsider Family's unique Snake Venom Powder.
"Madam, be careful!" Qin Si suddenly spun around and hurled twelve Golden Forks, pinning the Black Tentacles that surged from Leonard's eye socket against the ice wall.
From her blood-stained apron pocket slipped Luna's Milk Tooth, a gift from when she had weaned. The pearly little pieces fell to the ground and formed a Purification Array, creating a marvelous neutralizing reaction with the Chronic Poison that the Concubine Maid had once slipped into her tea.
Luna let out a loud sneeze, and the sound filled with baby Milk Fragrance caused the Star Map in the Dome of the Main Hall to shift.
The Contract Fragment, previously eroded by darkness, suddenly projected into the East Corridor, illuminating Second Brother as he sketched a Counter-curse Totem.
As the last stroke of Dark Golden Patterns glowed, the Geomancy of the entire Magic Castle emitted a hum reminiscent of Qing Yue's Leonard's Sword.
At that moment, on the top floor of Xi Tower, elder brother suddenly vomited Crystal Blue Blood, and at the tip of his broken staff blossomed Twin Star Radiance.
This light refracted through an Ice Spike and reached North Tower, perfectly infusing pure energy into Brother San's practicing Combination Spell.
On his thirty-seventh successful attempt at igniting the Basic Fire Spell within the Puppet Heart, Brother San saw Luna babbling in the flickering flames: "Brother... Huo Huo..."
At that moment, Second Brother, who was completing a Counter-Curse Ritual in the Cellar, suddenly clutched his heart as the devoured magical energy began to flow back at an astonishing speed.
His fingers, stained with Blood Wine, traced Luna's favorite Rabbit Pattern on the ground. This innocent shape began to absorb scattered dark energy automatically, transforming into a Silver White Guardian Beast that lunged toward the Barrier Rift in East Corridor.
Aelia's Ice Crystal Long Skirt suddenly stopped trembling. She looked down to see Luna poking at the badge on her chest with a bubble of saliva.
Each broken bubble reflected the missing segments of the Contract Fragment, and when the seventh bubble burst, the geomantic patterns of the Main Hall finally completed their reverse cycle.
Leonard let out a final roar as his right arm transformed into Stardust, revealing the intricate Serpent Pattern of Mama's Contract beneath his skin.
"Mother..." Luna suddenly uttered clear Broken Syllables, and this milk-sweet word caused all the Crystal Chandeliers in the Dome to light up once more.
Just as Aelia was about to launch her final attack, she trembled violently. The Ice Blue Sword Tip she had gathered suddenly became warm, burning away the Dark Aura that clung to her daughter's swaddling like a dancing Blue Butterfly.
In a corner of the eaves untouched by darkness, Lucius quietly sheathed his bloodied Short Blade.
The Purification Totem he had repaired was heating up in his palm, its temperature inexplicably resonating with the frequency of Luna waving her little hand whenever she saw him.
As the sacred sound of Contract reforge echoed through the Main Hall, the boy looked down at the Crescent Mark emerging on his Hand Back—its shape was strikingly similar to Luna's Mei Xin.
Lucius gazed at the floating Crescent Mark on his Hand Back, as moonlight filtered through the shattered Dome, casting tiny silver spots on his eyelashes.
The Stardust drifting in the Main Hall had yet to settle completely; those suspended particles formed a small halo vortex around Luna, drawing forth a faint Golden Silk Thread from the heated imprint on the boy's palm.
"Want... hug..." Luna suddenly stretched out her saliva-soaked little hand towards Third Young Master Lucius. The baby voice calling out made Aelia's Fingertip tremble as she was reconstructing her Defensive Barrier.
The Family Crest on her chest and the markings on her daughter's neck glowed simultaneously. The ice crystals that had fallen during the reforge of the sacred contract suddenly coalesced in midair to form a staircase that extended right to Lucius's feet.
As the boy hesitated to take the swaddled bundle, the Purification Totem suddenly materialized in his Hand Back.
Luna's Mei Xin mark resonated with the crescent totem, causing their Hair Tips to intertwine into a Star Trail Pattern without any wind.
A sudden flash of memory pierced Lucius's mind—three hundred years ago, during the marriage ceremony at the Sanctuary, when the Great Mage infused the sapling of the Laurel Tree with Blessing, it was this intertwining energy of gold and silver that flowed from his fingertips.
A sound of shattering crystal echoed from the West Corridor.
His elder brother stepped into the Main Hall, leaning on his rejuvenated Xing Hui staff. His crystallized right arm was now as transparent as an Ice Seed emerald, with every crack pulsating with a light purple Magic Flow.
As he lightly tapped the ground with his staff, a Flame Puppet, used for practice by Brother San, suddenly rose from the direction of the North Tower. Those models, repeatedly forged by basic spells, now assembled in mid-air into a complete Astrolabe Projection.
"The patterns scratched during Sister's hundred days..." Second Brother said, pinching the restored Amber Amulet as he stepped over the scattered Ice Spikes. Luna's Wine Stain created strange totems on his boot sole.
When he raised the amulet to the moonlight, a Silver Guardian Beast, formed in the cellar, suddenly leaped out from the Projection, its sharp teeth clutching the Memory Fragments from that night when the Concubine Maid swapped out the Astrology Dice.
Aelia's Ice Crystal Long Skirt suddenly emitted a crisp sound like Feng Ling. The Blue Butterfly Swarm she had gathered at her sword tip suddenly surged towards the floating Astrolabe.
Countless lights and shadows intertwined in the Dome to create a dynamic Star Map. Everyone realized that hidden within those Contract Terms once eroded by darkness were supplementary clauses written in Serpent Pattern code—whenever the Laurel Tree bloomed, the Illegitimate Bloodline would receive one-tenth of Geomancy's magical power supply.
"Mother... silly..." Luna suddenly patted Aelia's Luna with her chubby little hands, her baby voice scolding causing the lady to tremble all over.
The Jin Wen on the infant's neck suddenly projected onto a certain spot on the Star Map, illuminating a flaw in the Contract disguised by Ancient Cursive Script—this was precisely where Luna had secretly modified a paragraph when she spilled Blood Wine during her Luna's First Birthday Celebration.
Brother San suddenly threw a Teething Stick into the air. As it touched the Star Map, a Basic Fire Spell ignited those Serpent Pattern Iris into Ashes.
Elder Brother immediately waved his staff to channel moonlight. Second Brother's Guardian Beast cooperatively brought soil from the Outer Courtyard. When three different attributes of magical power converged above Luna's Swaddling, an echo of Qing Yue's Zhong Ming resonated throughout the Magic Castle—this was a sign that the Earth Vein Core acknowledged the New Contract.
Lucius felt a sudden sharp pain from his Hand Back mark and looked down to find Luna gnawing on his Fingertip with her Milk Tooth.
The Tooth Mark, resonating with magic, oozed Blood Pearl but transformed into Secret Silver Solution upon contact with the baby's saliva, automatically sketching out a blueprint of Outer Chamber Villa on the Ground.
A Teleportation Circle drawn with Phantom Orchid Sap flickered in the Northeast Corner, precisely at the Coordinate where Leonard claimed to have inspected the barrier three days ago.
"Miss already knew..." Qin Si suddenly knelt on the Ice Surface, trembling as he held out the Astrology Dice that had been swapped years ago.
The twelve-sided die projected a three-dimensional Star Map under the moonlight, with each edge refracting Light Spots that accurately landed on the scratches, Tooth Marks, and Milk Stains Luna had left throughout the Magic Castle over the years—those traces once dismissed as childish antics now formed a complete array to break the Dark Contract.
Aelia suddenly pulled her daughter tightly into her embrace, Frost Flowers that had not melted on her Ice Crystal Long Skirt brushing against Luna's face.
As she kissed the top of the baby's head, a sealed memory suddenly awakened—a dream from the night of her delivery, where she saw a girl with Gold-Silver Two-Colored Pupils beneath a Laurel Tree, pressing a blood-dripping Astrolabe into her abdomen. In retrospect, the girl’s Heart's Blood birthmark perfectly overlapped with Luna's Crescent Mark.
"Madam, the Eastern Boundary Barrier..." The Chief Guard's Urgent Report was abruptly interrupted by a gesture from Third Young Master Lucius.
The crescent totem in Lucius's Hand Back pulsed with an alerting rhythm. Suddenly, Luna in his arms blew out a Rainbow bubble towards the Astrolabe Projection. The iridescent membrane displayed the Barrier Masters conducting a Dark Ritual at Outer Chamber Villa, while in the background, Ghost Orchids bloomed in an Eerie Blood Red.
A sound of ice crystals forming suddenly came from Luna's Palm. Everyone saw that the baby was holding a Contract Fragment she had unknowingly grasped; those parchment pieces dampened by saliva were slowly Emerging with an Additional Clause Aelia had never seen before.
The Light Gold Milk Stain spread across the Ancient Script like some prophecy awakening...
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