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The echoes of shattered ice crystals still linger in the dome, as Luna curled up in Qin Si's embrace, her infant breaths long and soft, masking the dizziness from the intense consumption of magic.
The Chaos Stone's warmth left an imprint on her palm, the recent forceful activation of time-reversal magic nearly causing her fragile body to fracture.
"The young lady's swaddling needs changing," she said, extending her chubby fingers to trace three connected triangles on Qin Si's sleeve, embroidered with wisteria flowers—this was the signal for contact used by the shadow spies in the original text.
The head maid, hidden behind a lace bow tie and an emerald pendant, suddenly felt a surge of heat; it was Aelia's dowry guardian artifact.
Qin Si paused in her task of wiping the silver crystal baby bottle.
Three days ago, she had stumbled upon Lord Leonard's personal guard burning a magic letter in the kitchen, and from the ashes had floated fragments of mithril and Huo Qi.
She gazed into Luna's glass-like blue eyes, where milk stains at the corners of her mouth glimmered with an unusual fluorescence under the moonlight.
"Little Nightingale should go catch bugs in the rose garden," the infant suddenly murmured incoherently, and where Qin Si's hand had been lightly scratched, a micro magic circle began to emerge.
This was the tracking curse mark from Chapter Seven of the Chaos Codex, which would not be deciphered by the magical community for another three hundred years.
Using the pretext of changing a candle wick, the head maid laid out a napkin dusted with phantom flower powder on the windowsill of the library.
Moonlight filtered through the crystal bottle and refracted toward the Lord's study, where Qin Si saw Luna’s saliva-drenched map spread across the oak table—the overlapping points of Outer Chamber Manor, Underground Altar, and Magic Castle formed the route for fresh agave deliveries by knights every Wednesday.
As the Seventh Star climbed above the clock tower’s castle spire, Qin Si felt something sticky made of silk in the laundry room’s steam pipe—a copper box.
The poisoned golden sparrow wax bore the house crest, and within it lay parchment exuding a bloody smell; Leonard’s promise to transform Third Young Master Lucius into a "Light and Dark Balance Vessel" was fading from tiny inscriptions on it.
The head maid trembled as she sprinkled Luna’s secretly given phoenix tear powder; hidden behind a contract was a blood curse contract revealing twelve infants' handprints.
Aelia was at the grooming table painting Liu Ye Mei for the Midsummer Festival, while Qin Si's iris tea instantly frosted upon contact with the copper box.
Suddenly, a moonstone hairpin from Madame’s hair exploded, its shards assembling in the surface of a copper mirror to recreate the scene from twenty years ago when Leonard placed a wedding ring on her finger—back then, his fingertip entwined with an oath gold thread mirrored exactly with the chains imprisoning infants' souls in today’s contract.
"This is impossible..." Aelia's armor, embedded with Defensive Magic Crystals, sank into the heartwood table, as the Requiem Manuscript that Leonard had chanted all night during her pregnancy floated out from the Dark Compartment.
The yellowed sheet music ignited in Azure Blue Flame upon contact with the Curse Contract, and the notes dancing on the staff twisted into the cries of a newborn.
Luna suddenly coughed in the Nursery, with fragments of Star Sand suspended in the milk she spat out.
These particles from the Chaos Stone automatically arranged themselves into a Three-Dimensional Projection of Outer Chamber Manor, revealing the Crystal Coffin soaked in Holy Water within the Underground Altar—inside lay a woman strikingly similar to Aelia, with a Rose Holy Sword that should have belonged to the Lady of the Fortress embedded in her heart.
Qin Si supported the nearly unsteady Aelia into the secret chamber, where Ankeli's dust-covered Marriage Contract Scroll unfurled on its own.
At the center of the Guardian Array drawn with their blood years ago, there was a glaring absence of the Laurel Branch pattern symbolizing Eternal Loyalty—only a Lord well-versed in ancient Contract Magic could alter such a detail.
"Do you remember the torrential rain on the day of Third Young Master Lucius's Hundred Day Feast?" Qin Si spread out the Magic Letter soaked in Developing Potion under the magical lamp. "The Lord said he was going to reinforce the East Barrier, but the lightning patterns on his Dragon Scales cloak indicate he crossed through the Dark Swamp." She pointed to a mud stain at the edge of the Letterhead, which could only be secreted by swamp flies as glowing slime.
Aelia's Family Heirloom Necklace around her neck suddenly burst forth with blinding light, and memories sealed within the Jade Pendant surged forth like a tide.
On their wedding night, when Leonard had placed the necklace around her neck, her fingertip had briefly emerged over the Black Magic Seal on this Contract Document.
What she thought was an illusion caused by flickering candlelight now stood exposed under the illumination of Phoenix Tear Powder.
Luna's loud cry penetrated through three layers of stone walls, and a Magic Fluctuation erupting from the Nursery toppled the crystal chandelier in the secret chamber.
As Aelia ran, she tore her Pearl Shawl and saw that a Chaos Stone hovering above the Cradle was playing real-time footage—inside Outer Chamber Manor's Cellar, Leonard was placing a Curse Doll smeared with Luna's Golden Hair onto the altar.
The Crystal Chandelier emitted a fragmented wail amidst the Magic Shockwave as Aelia's skirt, embroidered with Thorn Dark Patterns, swept across a floor strewn with Moonstone Shards.
Her fingertip crystallized into an Ice Crystal Dagger pressed against Leonard's Adams Apple, reflecting twelve tiny handprints of infants from the Contract Document, each glowing with an ominous green hue.
"Twenty Years Ago you swore at Moonlight Sacred Spring; was it these children's souls you offered as sacrifices?" Aelia's Wisteria Hair Ornament at her temple fell away in disarray, and those petals stained with Guardian Magic turned to Ashes upon touching the ground.
The Moonlight Gem on the Wedding Ring suddenly shattered, its fragments cutting into her trembling fingertip, while a Blood Pearl floated in the air, forming a Holographic Projection of the Outer Chamber Manor.
Leonard raised his hand to touch the protective spirit pattern on his wife's shoulder, but a suddenly surging Ice Blade severed half of his pinky finger.
Before the severed finger could hit the ground, it was consumed by the black mist that surged from the Contract Document, and a new blood handprint emerged on the back of the Document—exactly matching the shape of his current wound.
"Aelia, this is all for the Eternal Glory of the Magic Castle..." The Lord's usually authoritative voice cracked with a Gap as he attempted to summon the Dragon Scale Staff, only to find that the Starlight Stone at the tip of the Scepter was being suppressed by Luna's Chaos Stone and Xu Ying.
From the direction of the Nursery came a baby's Loud Cry, entwined with an ancient Spell, causing the magical veins of the entire castle to suddenly glow like Daylight.
"Eternal Glory?" Aelia suddenly laughed, her Armor studded with Defensive Magic Crystals pressing into her husband's Shoulder Blade. "Using my three sons' Ming Ge as a Container, and cursing with your own daughter's Golden Hair—" She tore off her necklace, and the sealed Memory Frame pierced through the black mist like a sword.
In the wedding scene at Moonlight Sacred Spring twenty years ago, the fleeting crimson runes in the Young Lord's eyes matched perfectly with the patterns on today's Blood Curse Contract.
The castle shook violently as her elder brother's Magic Wheelchair crushed through the moonlight in the corridor.
This Mage, whose Twin Legs had atrophied due to forcibly breaking an Ancient Forbidden Spell, was now surrounded by a Lei Yun more violent than during his prime.
The Astrolabe on the Wheelchair Armrest automatically disassembled into three hundred sixty-five Suspension Spell inscriptions.
"Father, do you remember what I said on the day of my Magic Backlash?" The elder brother's pale fingertip pressed against the emergency brake valve of the Wheelchair as the Dark Red Magic Crystal began to flicker wildly. "I said, 'If someone intentionally alters a Forbidden Spell Scroll, they will suffer the heart-devouring punishment of Xing Huo.'" He tore open his high-collared Magic Robe to reveal a Dark Purple Curse Mark at his Heart that shared origins with the Blood Curse Contract.
Leonard's pupils constricted sharply.
The Contract Fragment that had fallen at the site of his Eldest Son's laboratory explosion was now being pieced together in his Second Brother's hands.
This young man, who had once been deceived by a close friend into losing half his magical power, pressed the restored Parchment against their Mother's trembling Palm.
"What a familiar method of deception." Tears began to seep from his Second Brother's Mithril Eye as he recalled when he uncovered his friend's lies; it was a refining artifact from when he had self-destructed his own eyeball. "First, bestow a Blessing in the name of protection, then alter key Curses—the pages missing from Father's Study's Contract Alteration Techniques Compendium still carry traces of Agave Scent."
Suddenly, Luna's Loud Cry transformed into an Ancient Ballad, and the Star Map of Castle Dome began to flow in reverse.
Qin Si appeared at the top of the spiral staircase, cradling a baby. The little girl's chubby hand grasped the original copy of the Blood Curse Contract, which should have been locked away in a secret chamber.
The brilliance of the Chaos Stone penetrated the parchment, revealing more concealed evils—within the rain records from the day of the Hundred Day Feast, there was a mixture of Fly Agaric Powder unique to the Dark Swamp.
Aelia suddenly pressed her hand to her chest; the Guardian Magic Pattern planted when she was pregnant with Third Young Master Lucius was burning beneath her skin.
She waved her sleeve to summon the Rose Holy Sword, and as Jian Feng swept through, dozens of Secret Letters flew out from the Study Room's secret compartment.
Each Magic Letter bore the imprint of Golden Sparrow Wax, specially made for Outer Chamber Manor. One letter was dated to the night Third Young Master Lucius suffered from a high fever and was on the brink of death.
"No wonder you said you needed to reinforce the barrier..." Aelia's Sword Tip lifted that letter, which exuded a swampy scent. "You actually went to the Dark Swamp to retrieve Soul-Refining Grass, didn't you?" She crushed the dried stalk inside the envelope, and the powder formed an image of Third Young Master Lucius entangled in black mist alongside Xu Ying.
Leonard stumbled and knocked over a Bronze Candlestick, trying to use Shadow Magic to conceal himself, only to find that the entire study had been sealed off by his elder brother's Starfall Incantation.
The Mechanical Eye and Tears of Second Brother converged on the ground into a Binding Array, with a Laurel Blossom Totem floating at its center—this was precisely the Eternal Loyalty mark missing from the Marriage Contract.
"Mother, please allow me to activate the Starfall Judgment Array." From his wheelchair armrest, seven Blood Crystals sprang forth; this was his final move using Backlash Power for Refining. "In the name of Eldest Son, with stars as my witness—"
"Wait." Aelia suddenly turned Jian Feng around, severing a lock of her white hair. "The sins and punishments of Glorious Demon Fortress must be executed by Lady of the Fortress herself." She wrapped her hair around the Bloodstained Wedding Ring and Remains, chanting an Oath of the Covenant that Leonard had taught her on their wedding night.
But at that moment, Luna's humming in Chaos Language mingled with her melody, causing the castle's Magic Core to emit a mournful cry as if it were cracking apart.
The East Wall of the study suddenly exploded, and after twenty years of being sealed away, the Oath Mirror burst forth from its confines.
Emerging from within was Leonard's youthful figure holding a Wedding Ring; his eyes filled with tenderness overlapped with those of a middle-aged man now marked by Mei Xin's Black Magic Seal.
Aelia pressed the blood-stained Contract Document against the mirror's surface, causing it to erupt in blinding Strong Light—
"Mother!" Second Brother suddenly lunged at Aelia, his back torn apart by a Black Snake that shot out from the mirror.
Leonard's wheelchair fired Thirty-Six Spells and Xing Mang, pinning the escaping black mist against the wall.
Luna had unknowingly climbed to the top of the Oath Mirror, her saliva tracing a crooked Sealing Array on the mirror's surface, while the brilliance of the Chaos Stone transformed the Black Snake into a shimmering carpet of pearls.
Leonard seized the opportunity to turn into black mist and dart towards the terrace, but upon touching the Rose Window, he was rebounded by the suddenly awakened Castle Defense Array.
The Guardian Magic Pattern flowing across the stained glass was precisely drawn by Aelia using half of her magical power on the day of the Hundred Day Feast for Third Young Master Lucius.
"Did you think I have only been grooming myself all these years?" Aelia ripped off her luxurious Peacock Blue Shawl, revealing a Magic Rune Array sprawling beneath her collarbone. "Every time a child is born, I carve a third of my soul into the Castle Keystone." She crushed the Moonstone Shards scattered on the ground, and one shard suddenly flew up and embedded itself into the Oath Mirror—within it emerged an image of Leonard's Last Night, with Third Young Master Lucius sleeping in his swaddling blanket, surrounded by a curse known as Dark Purple Thread that originated from the black mist.
A sudden crackling sound of shattering crystal echoed from somewhere in the castle, startling everyone.
Aelia's bloodied fingertip brushed against the Oath Mirror, feeling a fresh crack at the edge of the Gold Frame—it pointed directly towards Third Young Master Lucius's Bedroom.
Luna suddenly reached out to grasp Xu Ying's Mei Xin reflected in the mirror, as a Light Spot from the Chaos Stone illuminated a forgotten detail: beside the infant's pillow lay an ancient tome titled Elemental Essence Theory, its Gold Foil Title twisting eerily in the black mist...
Strange sounds coming from the direction of Third Young Master Lucius's Bedroom stirred magical ripples in the corridor, causing Aelia's Guardian Magic Pattern to suddenly manifest in the air.
A dark purple Thorned Totem entwined around the chains of a Crystal Chandelier, freezing the lamp about to fall in mid-air—reflected within those dangling Crystal Prisms was Brother San, slumped amidst a pile of ancient books.
"Elemental Essence Theory..." Brother San's trembling fingers traced over the Book Spine, where black mist had corroded the Gold Foil letters. The Yellowed Pages he used as a coaster were seeping out Purple-Black slime.
The sighs of his mentor lamenting his prodigious talent gone astray overlapped with the curses whispering from within the ancient tome at that moment.
Luna suddenly spat out Milk Foam onto the Yellowed Pages, as a Halo from the Chaos Stone refracted strange spectrums on the surface of the Black Slime.
In Brother San's Pupil reflected were ancient runes swirling within that spectrum; those entry-level Spells he had overlooked as foundational theories were now automatically reconfiguring into structures of long-lost Forbidden Spells.
"So this is what the eighth oscillation frequency of Elemental Tide is all about!" He abruptly tore open his silk shirt embroidered with Defensive Magic Patterns, revealing an Ailina's Burn beneath his collarbone—a scar left from mistakenly practicing Forbidden Techniques.
Dipping his fingertip into the ancient tome's Black Slime, he drew a Counter-curse Script over Ailina's Burn. The accumulated Dark Injury that had plagued him for years suddenly transformed into Qing Yan and dissipated—this was indeed rooted in his twelfth year when he forcibly reversed elemental flows.
The Rose Holy Sword of Aelia suddenly emitted a sharp sound, the moonstone embedded in the hilt resonating with the Elemental Radiance surrounding Brother San.
The long-sealed Trial Grounds in the Castle Cellar sensed the pure Elemental Fluctuation and automatically lifted the Twenty Years seal.
Those Basic Magic Arrays that Brother San had once dismissed as "too simple" now projected a kaleidoscope of Composite Magic Patterns on the corridor walls.
"Mother, please give me three minutes." Brother San tore off the hem of his shirt to wrap around his palm, which was oozing Hei Xue, and his fingers, stained with Black Slime, traced the Elemental Recombination Formula in the air.
The truths he had missed during those neglected days and nights surged into his Sea of Consciousness like a storm—the fragments of the Chaos Stone hovering above ancient texts were tuning Luna's Magic Fluctuation to resonate with his Soul Resonance frequency.
Leonard seized the opportunity to condense a Black Fog Arrow, which suddenly changed direction and was completely absorbed by the Elemental Vortex swirling around Brother San.
This young man, once obsessed with solving high-level puzzles, was now reconstructing a Defensive Barrier using the most basic Five Elements Formation.
He leaped up the spiraling staircase, stepping on Curse Scripts drifting from ancient texts, each step leaving behind an Elemental Tide of Elemental Tidal Waves on the Stone Steps.
"It turns out that the true Essence of Elements is a cycle rather than conquest." Brother San pressed his bloodied palm against a crack in the Oath Mirror, as Basic Healing Spell mixed with the Energy Flow of the Chaos Stone spread across its surface.
The Magic Patterns corroded by black mist began to grow in reverse, and the curse Dark Purple Thread binding Third Young Master Lucius, Xu Ying, and Mei Xin in the mirror was slowly drawn away by his simplest Purification Spell.
Aelia's Pearl Earrings suddenly exploded, scattering pearls that reformed into a Monitoring Array within Second Brother's Mechanical Eye Tears.
The Ancient Vines on the Outer Wall of Magic Castle sensed pure Elemental Power and suddenly bloomed into Ice Blue Punishment Flowers—these magical plants had been used by the First Generation Fortress Master to witness loyalty when he made his Blood Oath. The vines, dormant for three centuries, now grew wildly, ensnaring Leonard as he attempted to escape from before the Oath Mirror.
Brother San's cuffs suddenly ignited with Silver White flames, a self-ignition phenomenon triggered by excessive Resonance of elements.
Yet he smiled with relief, allowing the flames to consume the embroidered vanity of his Family Crest: "Mother, do you remember when I knocked over the Elemental Balance at eight years old?" He flicked a cluster of Dark Purple Flame from his Fingertip to illuminate all the magical lamps in the secret chamber. "At that time I said 'these Three Degrees are all lies,' but it turns out what truly deceived me was..."
His words were interrupted by a Black Tornado erupting from the ancient texts; those Yellowed Pages corrupted by darkness transformed into Scale Armor monsters.
Brother San did not retreat but advanced instead, tearing off the Emerald Pendant around his neck that symbolized his Mage rank, using a Chain to draw blood from his Palm.
The most basic Fireball spell, enhanced by Elemental Resonance, erupted with the power of Holy Light Judgment the moment it made contact with the magical creature.
As the last page of the ancient tome turned to Ashes in the Purifying Flame, Brother San staggered and leaned against the Oath Mirror.
He Hand Back Emerged a Nebula Totem resembling Luna's, a mark caused by the overuse of Original Magic Power.
From the end of the corridor came the rising and falling sounds of Magical Resonance, as the long-sealed Trial Grounds slowly opened for its true master.
Aelia's Guardian Magic Pattern suddenly contracted into a ring the thickness of a headband, gently wrapping around Brother San's bleeding Wrist.
This young man, who always masked his loneliness with a teasing smile, now clearly felt Mother’s soul etched into the Castle Keystone as Zhen Chan.
He turned to look at Luna, suspended in the glow of the Chaos Stone. The clarity in her infant eyes reflected his current self—not a confused individual burdened by misunderstood talent, but an awakened being radiating Elemental Origin.
The Star Map of Castle Dome suddenly dimmed three stars, and a crisp sound of Silverware falling echoed from the kitchen direction.
As Qin Si helped the fallen Kitchen Maid to her feet, she caught a glimpse of the fading light of Golden Sparrow Wax outside the window.
Feigning to tidy up a Napkin, she embroidered a Warning on the edge of the Tablecloth using the Secret Code Luna had taught her—moonlight revealing a faint Bird Feather Pattern, which was precisely the Embroidered Pattern of the Messenger Cloak from Outer Chamber Manor.
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