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墨書 Inktalez
The Communication Crystal wrapped in Ice Spike rolled on the ground. As Qin Si crouched down to pick it up, Luna suddenly grabbed her dangling Hair Tips.
The chubby palm of the infant glimmered with Xing Hui, tracing a winding path on Qin Si's sleeve embroidered with Wisteria.
"Do you want me to go to the West Tower, Young Miss?" Qin Si asked, gazing at the Moonlight Sand dancing on the Colored Glazed Window. The eroded totems emitted a faint hum reminiscent of Leonard's Sword Suddenly Emitted a Hum.
Luna pressed her starry fingers against Qin Si's Mei Xin, and the Ice Blue Spell instantly sank into her skin.
As she passed through the Twelve Hidden Doors, Qin Si finally understood the purpose of that thread of starlight.
Whenever the guards' footsteps approached, the Curse would transform into a Black Cat, leaping onto a Pillar to divert the guards' attention.
She felt her way along the humid stone wall until she reached the secret chamber door, just in time to encounter a Concubine Maid tossing several Secret Letters into the Furnace.
"Water Mirror Reflection!" Qin Si crushed the ice crystal hidden in her Moonstone Earrings. The Qing Yan rising from the Furnace suddenly solidified into an Ice Mirror, perfectly reflecting the contents of the soon-to-be-burned Magic Letter—tender words written by Leonard himself, with a Serpent-Shaped Wax Seal unique to the Outsider Family affixed at the end.
The Magic Ledger from Ankeli made Qin Si gasp in shock.
The accounts revealed that Leonard had embezzled the Moonlight Sand quota from the Magic Castle for seven consecutive years. The Rare Material that should have been used to reinforce the barrier was now melting within the walls of the secret chamber, nourishing the Serpent Totem.
As she pressed evidence onto Special Parchment, she suddenly heard a Click from above, signaling a mechanism moving.
"Who's there?" The Captain's wand glowed red.
In a flash of inspiration, Qin Si threw the Family Ledger toward the Furnace. In that instant, as the guards rushed to extinguish it, she vanished into the shadow of a Wall Lamp.
She returned to the Nursery clutching the hot Imprint Scroll and found Luna using starlight to piece together a Three-Dimensional Map of the Magic Castle in her Cradle. The Nodes eroded by Sheen Pattern matched precisely with her imprinted accounts.
"You knew all along?" Qin Si asked, looking at the infant who was nibbling on her fingers. Suddenly, Luna spat out a Colorful Bubble.
In the moment the bubble burst, Aelia's solitary figure emerged in the air, standing desolately on the Stargazing Platform.
When they arrived, Aelia was piecing together fragments of the Guardian Stone into a fragmented Rose Pattern.
That was the Defensive Array Core she had designed herself years ago, and now every crack was crawling with her husband's lover's Family Crest.
Luna suddenly tugged at the lady's dangling silver chain, causing the Chain Pendant to project overlapping images of the Newlywed Image and Secret Ledger—Leonard was kissing two Wedding Rings under the same Moonlight Sand glow.
"Lady!" Qin Si steadied the staggering Aelia, noticing that her fingertip gripping the silver chain was bleeding.
Suddenly, the moonlight was obscured by swirling Wu Yun, and a muffled sound of cracking ground echoed from afar as all the crystal lights in the Magic Castle exploded into Serpent Shadows.
Luna's loud cry awakened everyone.
Qin Si followed her waving hand and saw that the Guardian Totem in the Nursery Dome was being corroded by black mist, leaving a gaping hole.
The infant suddenly stuffed an Imprint Scroll into Aelia's Embroidered Basket. At the foot of the star-lit Account Page lay Leonard's schedule for accompanying Leonard's Concubine to the Snake Tribe Festival tomorrow.
"Prepare the Horse-drawn Carriage." Aelia caressed the familiar Tiny Inscriptions on the Family Ledger and suddenly pressed her Wedding Ring into a crack in the Guardian Stone.
As Moonlight Sand poured from her palm, those eroded patterns began to grow back in reverse. "Notify Third Young Master Lucius; I want to see a complete Barrier Restoration Plan by dawn."
As Qin Si exited the room, she noticed Luna was leaning by the window fiddling with an Astrolabe.
The infant pushed a Sapphire Piece representing Father toward the Serpent Star Domain and deliberately knocked over a moonstone symbolizing Mother, causing the rolling gem to jam perfectly into the Starfall Gear.
When Aelia's footsteps echoed from the Emerald Corridor, Qin Si hurriedly restored the Astrolabe to its original state, unaware that on its reverse side, Leonard's Concubine's hiding place coordinates had quietly emerged.
As moonlight pierced through the clouds once more, the Serpent Shadow on the Outer Wall of the Magic Castle let out a reluctant hiss.
Aelia stood by Luna's Cradle, gazing at the fragment of the Guardian Stone that her daughter clutched tightly even in sleep. She gently hummed a lullaby she often heard before her marriage.
Unbeknownst to her, tears streamed down her face, merging with the stardust that flowed into the cracks of the barrier reflected in the Crystal Window. Meanwhile, Luna, who should have been asleep, wore a fleetingly mischievous smile at the corners of her mouth.
Qin Si's fingers trembled slightly as she held the silver tea tray, and an Ice Pearl from the bottom of the Celadon Cup rolled down the ornate patterns.
She watched Aelia's back as she repaired the barrier, Moonlight Sand cascading from the lady's hair like a silver chain, weaving a delicate Light Web over the incomplete Azure Rose Totem.
The Crystal Window reflected Luna curled up in her Cradle, the stardust on the infant's eyelashes flickering with each breath.
"Madam..." Qin Si placed the teacup beside the Astrolabe, hot tea splashing onto the Embroidered Basket that held the Imprint Scroll. "The items in the West Tower's secret chamber..."
Aelia's fingertip brushed against the Moonlight Sand, suddenly freezing; the edges of the recently repaired Rose Petals darkened.
As she turned around, Qin Si was unfurling a Parchment Scroll. The Love Words penned by Leonard emerged in Liujin script under the moonlight, and at its end, the Serpent-Shaped Wax Seal seemed to come alive, raising its head and flicking its tongue.
The sound of the Celadon Cup shattering on the ground startled Luna awake.
Aelia stumbled against the crystal Railings of the Stargazing Platform, her fingers tracing the date at the end of Leonard's love letter—it was precisely last year's Midsummer Festival, on that night when she exhausted her magic to reinforce the barrier of the Magic Castle.
In her memory, Leonard had held Healing Ointment made from Moonlight Sand, gently applying it to her fingers burned by magical flames. Now those tender words transformed into venomous snakes gnawing at her heart.
"This is a Secret Letter intercepted three days ago." Qin Si placed shards of the Furnace Ice Mirror beside a blood-stained Wedding Ring. "When Concubine Maid destroyed evidence, I captured it using a water mirror reflection..."
Aelia suddenly broke into a violent cough, stardust mixed with Blood Pearl dripping onto the ledger from between her fingers.
The misappropriated quota of Moonlight Sand automatically arranged itself on the Parchment into a Three-Dimensional Map of the Magic Castle. Each Node corroded by Sheen Pattern corresponded to dates of Leonard and Leonard's Concubine's trysts.
Her trembling fingertip brushed over the Last Page of accounts; tomorrow’s itinerary for Snake Tribe Festival circled in Zhusha stung her eyes painfully.
Luna's loud cry suddenly transformed into a sharp alarm, and the Guardian Totem of the Nursery Dome shattered in response.
Aelia instinctively opened the barrier, only to find that the Moonlight Sand that should have surged forth was firmly absorbed by the cracks in the Wedding Ring.
She stared in shock at the inner side of the Ring, where unfamiliar Serpent Engravings were emerging. Those Dark Patterns, entwined with the wedding vow Inscription, greedily consumed her magic.
As urgent footsteps approached from the Emerald Corridor, Qin Si quickly stuffed the bloodstained ledger into the Dark Compartment of the Astrolabe.
Leonard burst in, draped in a cloak stained with Ye Lu, and the Lord's Emblem embroidered with Gold Thread glimmered with an eerie blue light under the moon.
His gaze swept across the scattered Crystal Fragments before finally settling on Aelia's pale face, as white as paper.
"Still repairing the barrier at this hour?" He reached out to touch his wife's shoulder but froze upon seeing the Three-Dimensional Map emerging on the surface of the Astrolabe.
Suddenly, a sound of parchment scrolls rolling echoed from Ankeli. The love letters he had burned with his own hands—the Remnant Pages—were automatically piecing themselves together on the floor.
Aelia suddenly let out a light laugh as the Bloodstained Wedding Ring transformed into Moonlight Sand in her palm.
From Leonard's cloak pocket, an Azure Blue Flame suddenly shot out, burning through the lining that concealed the Serpent Clan Emblem.
His hurried attempt to press down his collar made Aelia's pupils constrict—similar to how Qing Yan had inexplicably ignited in the delivery room seven years ago, nearly consuming the newborn girl.
"Explain." Aelia pressed a shard of Furnace Ice Mirror against her husband's chest, and the Serpent-Shaped Wax Seal reflected within suddenly screeched.
As Leonard staggered back, a Secret Letter key hidden in his boot fell to the ground and flew automatically towards the Dark Compartment of the Astrolabe.
Luna suddenly turned over in her Cradle, her chubby little hands patting against the Crystal Crib Rails.
The Stardust she had quietly infused into the barrier suddenly brightened, illuminating every detail of the Moonlight Sand lingering on Leonard's sleeve—what should have been pure Yin Hui was mixed with phosphorescent dust unique to the Serpent Clan, weaving a hazy poisonous mist around him.
"Just a matter of official business..." Leonard waved his sleeve to disperse the toxic mist, and the black Obsidian belt buckle suddenly emitted a Defensive Barrier.
Aelia stared at the unfamiliar Magic Emblem on his waist, suddenly recalling a rainy night seven years ago when her husband claimed he lost the ancestral belt in an attack by a magical beast. So it was back then...
Qin Si silently retreated to Luna's Cradle, aiming the fragment of the Guardian Stone held by the infant at the Astrolabe.
The beam of light refracted through Leonard's Defensive Barrier, illuminating the uncleaned Serpent Clan lip mark on his neck, leaving him nowhere to hide.
The Moonlight Sand erupting around Aelia instantly solidified into an Ice Blade, but before it could reach her husband's throat, it was dissolved by some Symbiotic Incantation.
"You actually altered our Wedding Oath Spell into..." Aelia suddenly clutched her Heart, as those vows etched into her soul were being hollowed out by Snake Venom.
Leonard seized her Wrist in that moment, only to be pierced through the Palm by the suddenly awakened Azure Rose Totem.
A Roar echoed from deep within the foundation of the Magic Castle, and black mist spilling from the cracks in the barrier transformed into countless She Shadows.
Luna's Loud Cry abruptly turned into an ethereal chant, and all the crystal surfaces in the Nursery began Emerging with the Star Trail Coordinates of Leonard's Concubine's hiding place.
Aelia broke free from her husband's grasp and stepped back, as a blood-stained silver chain automatically twisted into a new Wedding Ring shape, while the Moonlight Sand tainted by Snake Venom fell in fine grains from her Fingertip.
Leonard opened his mouth, and the Communication Crystal in his arms suddenly lit up with an Outsider Family S.O.S.
In that instant when he turned around with Awareness, Aelia had already transformed into moonlight and dissipated on the Stargazing Platform, leaving behind a panoramic view of the Serpent Clan altar made of Stardust on the ground, each corner marked with the flow of stolen Moonlight Sand from the Magic Castle.
Luna Yi Ya clutched Qin Si's clothing tightly; the glimmering Xing Hui in the infant's eyes illuminated the deepest secrets of the Dark Compartment—the truth that she had nearly been consumed by Qing Yan seven years ago was now slowly Emerging on the Crystal Crib Rails... Leonard's sleeve was tinged with an eerie bluish-green hue; those once pure silver particles now swirled with tiny Serpent Patterns and Phosphorescence.
Aelia's Ailya's White Nails dug deeply into her Palm. For seven years, every time her husband touched her, those toxic Phosphor Dust particles had silently seeped into her Hair Tips.
"The Healing Ointment made from Moonlight Sand last Midsummer Night..." she suddenly laughed aloud, as the silver chain entwined Wedding Ring shattered into powder with her laughter. "It wasn't meant to heal Ailina's Burn at all; it was to cover up the traces of Snake Venom's backlash, wasn't it?"
The Crystal Chandelier of the Magic Castle Dome shattered with a resounding crash, sending thousands of Prism Shards floating in mid-air.
Each crystal reflected different moments from Leonard's Last Night: Leonard kissing a woman from the Serpent Clan, adorned with Moonstone Earrings in a hidden chamber; he poured Moonlight Sand into the Serpent Pattern Furnace; the Concubine Maid dripped dark green poison into Aelia's Calming Tea...
"Mother!" Lucius burst through the Carved Wooden Door just in time to see the imprint of Father’s lips on his neck magnified into a grotesque Serpent Head within the Prism.
The eighteen-year-old stood frozen at the threshold, the Xingyue bouquet he had prepared for Mother wilting in his hands—those Snake Pattern Stationery he had seen just last night in Father's Study were now burning within the crystal illusion.
Ailya's Silver Hair suddenly stirred without wind, and the shattered Wedding Ring's dust swirled around her, forming a Star Ring.
Leonard wanted to retreat but found his shadow pinned to the Ground by Blood Rose Vines, their spiked tendrils climbing up his Heart along the Bloodline.
"The naming day gift you prepared for Luna..." Aelia reached out to touch the floating Prism, and Leonard's Last Night instantly revealed the black Obsidian hidden in the Nursery's Dark Compartment. "It’s not a defensive artifact at all; it’s a rebirth Container for the Serpent Clan, isn’t it?"
Lucius's flower stem suddenly sprouted Poison Spikes.
The young man looked down at his Palm and Blood Pearl, suddenly recalling that Stormy Night seven years ago—Father had returned soaked to the bone, claiming he lost the ancestral belt to a magical beast.
At that moment, the Prism clearly displayed Leonard's Last Night, where he was unmistakably holding a woman wrapped in a serpent skin cloak!
"Father said that Moonlight Sand from Subordinate Mine was depleted..." Lucius's voice carried a magical resonance that shattered the Ice Spike on the Window Lattice. "So it was all used to feed those filthy Soul Serpent Eggs!" He pointed his wand at the Astrolabe, and the tampered accounts projected onto the wall, revealing that the flow of Moonlight Sand ultimately converged at the Serpent Clan altar.
Leonard's Defensive Barrier suddenly surged but transformed into Qing Yan upon touching Aelia.
He was shocked to find that the Head of House Badge on his chest was fading—those Guardian Oaths corroded by Snake Venom were now consuming his magic through his wife’s shattered Wedding Ring.
Luna's Cradle erupted with Rainbow Light as fragments of the Guardian Stone she clutched flew into the Star Ring.
Aelia's tears fell into the swirling Stardust, illuminating Leonard’s cuff adorned with Shepherd Phosphor, leaving him utterly exposed.
Every grain of Phosphor Dust displayed miniature runes, and it was these runes that allowed Leonard's Concubine's venom to silently seep through the barrier.
"Seven years..." Aelia reached out to grasp the floating black Obsidian, which immediately melted into venom in her palm. "You played your part by my side for seven years, just to turn the Magic Castle into a breeding ground for the Serpent Clan?" She suddenly snapped the silver chain around her neck, and the falling Moonlight Stones precisely embedded themselves into the Barrier Rift, pinning the She Shadow that was corroding the barrier in mid-air.
Leonard suddenly fell to his knees, the backlash from the Symbiotic Incantation causing Serpent Scales to emerge all over his body.
He struggled to lift his head to explain but saw his wife draw a longsword formed from moonlight from the void—this was the Oathblade they forged together on their wedding day, now covered in cracking patterns.
"Mother, watch out!" Lucius suddenly lunged forward to block a Poison Arrow shot from the shadows.
The cloth on the young man's back corroded instantly, revealing the flowing Xing Hui beneath—this was Aelia's Guardian Spell cast upon him in his childhood.
The Poison Arrow twisted into a small snake within the Xing Hui, pinned against the wall by Qin Si's Ice Spike.
Aelia's Sword Tip hovered at Leonard's throat, with the Sword Body reflecting every corner of the Nursery: Luna's Astrolabe automatically piecing together a map of the Outer Palace, Qin Si's Wisteria transforming into chains that ensnared a fleeing Spy, while Lucius's back bore a Xing Hui resonating with the barrier...
"Did you think altering the Wedding Oath Spell would give you control over everything?" She suddenly flipped the sword hilt, illuminating her husband's terrified pupils with the Family Crest on the Sword Body. "Don't forget, it was I who taught you how to weave Guardian Magic in Moonlight Sand."
The Magic Castle suddenly shook violently, all corroded barrier Nodes erupting with Silver Light simultaneously.
Ailya's Silver Hair cascaded like moonlight, entwined with Stardust that was redrawing the Dome's Guardian Totem.
Leonard tried to rise but found his shadow firmly bound by a Newborn Totem, as Blood Rose Vines extracted dark green venom from his heart.
Luna's Loud Cry abruptly transformed into Qing Yue's chant, as the Nursery's Crystal Wall emerged with a Fire Scene from Seven Years Ago.
In Leonard's Last Night, he had not lost his belt; instead, he had personally placed an Obsidian Container beneath his daughter's Cradle, allowing Qing Yan to consume Newborn’s swaddling... Moonlight flowed like mercury over the Magic Castle Spire, with Luna lying in Aelia's arms, her shallow Golden Eyes reflecting the Magic Chandelier of the banquet hall.
Twelve Silver Lamps floated in mid-air, their refracted Halo weaving a flowing Star Map upon the Wisteria Curtain.
"Madam, Third Young Master Lucius wishes to dance with you." Qin Si held the Crystal Wine Jug, the silver chain tinkling softly at her temples.
Her skirt was stained with Ye Lu, a result of freshly picked Evening Primrose from the rose garden—Luna had used Luna Gathered All Her Mental Power to manipulate the flower stems, leaving crystalline powder at the hem of her skirt. At that moment, the powder shimmered with a ghostly blue Red Glow under the candlelight.
Aelia's Pearl Necklace suddenly snapped, and the smooth South Sea Pearl rolled beneath the Long Table.
Seizing the opportunity, Luna infused the chandelier with water elements she had gathered over three days. The Star Map on the Wisteria Curtain twisted into entwined human figures.
Leonard's wine glass in hand emitted a crisp sound as Blood-red Wine splashed onto his embroidered sleeve featuring a golden sparrow.
"Father?" Lucius's voice came from behind the Malachite Pillar.
The boy's fingertip still bore remnants of Summoning Magic; he had just attempted to levitate his wine glass with wind elements, only to be subtly thwarted by Luna's alteration of his Spell Track.
The shattered Crystal Shard refracted eerie patterns, resembling the Iris Pattern on the Outer Chamber's Window Lattice.
As Qin Si bent down to retrieve the pearl, Luna manipulated the chandelier to cast Light and Shadow upon her silver chain.
The shimmering powder mingled with Light and Shadow, and Shan Na, the Maid, suddenly clutched her chest—those fabrics tainted with crystalline powder began to heat up as Luna's preemptive memory spell took effect.
"Madam..." When Qin Si looked up again, her gaze was no longer clear.
The Contract that slipped from her sleeve glimmered in the moonlight with a Lustrous Gold Pattern. With her last vestige of Luna Gathered All Her Mental Power, Luna made the Contract Text float and reorganize on Parchment, revealing the Magic Oath binding Leonard and Leonard's Concubine.
At the moment Aelia's fingertip touched the Contract, the entire Magic Castle suddenly trembled.
The Defensive Formation on the walls activated automatically but turned Dark Red upon contact with Madam's magic.
Luna saw Aelia's ear's Magic Pattern spreading; it was a unique Guardian Spell of the Matriarch of the Glory Family—now cracking due to intense emotional turmoil.
"Wait for me in the study." As Leonard pressed down on Leonard's Sword and turned around, Luna caught a whiff of the lingering scent of perfume on his sleeve.
It was identical to the fragrance of Nightingale Grass she had smelled three days ago at the Astrology Platform, while Lucius was crushing a Communication Crystal behind his back, the shards concealing the Best Location Coordinates of the Outer Chamber.
Suddenly, the moonlight was swallowed by Wu Yun, and Aelia carried Luna towards the terrace.
The vines on the Castle Outer Wall grew wildly, blooming thorny black roses as the lady passed by.
Luna heard sobbing from deep within the foundations of the Magic Castle; it was the Architectural Spirit resonating with its mistress's sorrow.
As the first tear fell onto Luna's Swaddling, Aelia's Pearl Necklace suddenly floated in midair.
Three hundred and twenty pearls transformed into Xing Zi, swirling and coalescing into a new Magic Crown above the lady's forehead.
Luna understood that this was the Magic Castle choosing its true master—those pearls contained Soul Fragments of the Matriarchs, awakening at this very moment.
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