Book Synopsis
Book Tags
Donation Rankings
Comment
0 Comments
You May Also Like
墨書 Inktalez
The noon sun cast a golden hue over the Glorious Demon Fortress's Spire, and Luna tiptoed just enough to reach the Bronze Gate Ring.
Her Mink Cloak, embroidered with a Star Pattern, trailed through the Rosebush, while her Unicorn Doll got caught by a Thorn on its ear. She huffed and tugged at the doll's tail, spinning in place, "Xiao Yin, show your scales!"
"Where did that little squirrel come from, wandering into the wrong tree hole?" Qin Si peeked out from the Side Door, holding a crystal lamp. Inside the Liuli Lantern Shade floated three Azure Fire Sprites, delivering messages for their master.
When she spotted a tiny Snowball standing beside a diamond-studded door pillar, she nearly knocked over a corner Agave with her skirt adorned in Canary colors.
Suddenly, Luna pulled out a crystal ball from her cloak, and as she tiptoed, the Eternal Night Palace Key hanging around her neck jingled softly.
The swirling galaxy within the sphere suddenly reflected the Emerald Seedling on Aelia's Chamber windowsill. She deliberately poked at the Rose Keychain hanging from Qin Si's waist with her sugar-coated fingers, "Sister, your star hairpin is crooked."
Qin Si adjusted her Silver Hairpin with Awareness, only to realize that the crystal ball was replaying the theft of Leonard's Last Night at the Secret Treasure Pavilion that morning—an image of a cloaked figure tiptoeing to reach the Star Sand Compass while the Compass Needle clearly pointed towards the nursery.
Her Guardian Bracelet on her wrist suddenly grew warm; it was Aelia's specially crafted True Word Artifact.
"The little trickster is still carrying stolen goods!" Qin Si bent down to grab at the swaying Unicorn tail but was met with a Rainbow Bubble that burst from the doll’s mouth, splattering her face.
Seizing the opportunity, Luna slipped into her arm. With hands smelling of Milk Fragrance, she pressed against Qin Si's collarbone where the Phoenix Brand lay; there were faint patterns of newly sprouted emerald leaves emerging from last night.
"Lady Aelia's third Phoenix Eye needs Dawn Dew." Luna magically produced a Liuli Bottle carved with Laurel Leaves. The liquid inside refracted light spots revealing twelve weak points in the Magic Fortress Defense Barrier. "But if the broken clock tower remains unfixed, it will turn Luna into acid rain."
Just then, Lucius's Astrology Dice rolled out from his sleeve and fell to the ground after penetrating three layers of velvet fabric.
His motion to pick them up suddenly froze—on the Dice Face, the Emerging Fugitive Trajectory perfectly aligned with a Rose Thorn stuck to Luna's cloak.
In the distance, all Magic Targets in the Training Ground suddenly turned towards the Southwest Corner, where a mass wrapped in Sugar Coating was crashing against the barrier.
"Third Young Master Lucius!" The Knight's exclamation was drowned out by Leonard's Sword Suddenly Emitted a Hum as it vibrated against the barrier.
Lucius felt his Emblem on his temples burn hot enough to fry an egg as he watched Luna raise the Eternal Night Palace Key. The Phoenix Relief at its tip suddenly pierced through Qin Si's swaying Rose Key, sending sparks flying and burning a rabbit-shaped hole into the barrier.
Aelia's Phoenix Tattoo on her wrist suddenly took flight as Xu Ying emerged. The third Jin Tong coincidentally reflected what Luna pulled from her doll’s belly—a set of yellowed pages wrapped in Time Sand Mark. The cover of the Gold Foil Title was missing most of its text, leaving only the word "Dawn."
As Luna turned to the page marked "Glorious Demon Fortress Countdown to Destruction," an emerald sprout wedged between the Yellowed Pages suddenly stretched into a vine, causing Lucius to stumble as he pursued her.
"This is the Moonlight Baking Guide my mother left for me!" Luna blinked her Violet eyes and stuffed the Starlight Cookies that had fallen from the Yellowed Pages into Qin Si Palm.
The sugar coating on the cookies unexpectedly formed a Star Map of the Secret Treasure Pavilion Dome, with the missing eastern direction corresponding perfectly to the newly appeared Serpent-Shaped Birthmark on the back of Lucius's neck.
Qin Si's hand trembled slightly as she held the cookie. Just last night, while organizing Aelia's Hair Ornament, she distinctly saw her lady use a Phoenix Tail Feather to draw a seal in the same spot.
She wanted to ask more, but Luna pressed the worn little book against the Barrier Gap. The yellowed Yellowed Pages suddenly revealed Leonard Crown bursting with black Obsidian, while the missing pages began to automatically repair into the new Emerald Vines of the Magic Castle Outer Wall.
"But..." Qin Si gazed at the frayed Gold Foil patterns on the Book Spine. The thorn patterns entwined with roses reminded her of the love letters sealed with a Fire Seal that Aelia had tucked away at the bottom of her box. "This Magic Recipe looks older than the kitchen's cheese grater."
Suddenly, Luna pressed the book against Qin Si's ear, causing her to take a half-step back in shock—the yellowed pages emitted a soft hum of a lullaby sung by Aelia. The melody was unmistakably from the hymn sung during the sealing ceremony of the heir of the Magic Castle Twenty Years Ago.
The time sand mark inside the doll flickered, dyeing all the roses at the Barrier Gap an emerald color, while distant clock tower gears, rusted and stuck, suddenly burst forth with a blue light.
Qin Si Fingertip traced over the raised gold foil patterns on the Book Spine. The thorn patterns, eroded by time, began to seep a faint azure halo through her fingerprints.
Just as she was about to tease Luna, she noticed that when Luna stood on tiptoe, her cloak slipped off, revealing a feather-like tattoo on her neck identical to that of Aelia Phoenix Tattoo.
"Is this old book really worth anything?" She deliberately kicked at Luna's mink cloak trailing on the ground with her shoe. The dawn dew in the Liuli Bottle suddenly refracted an image of Leonard's Last Night in the underground wine cellar of the Magic Castle. On a barrel of honeyed wine sealed twenty years ago, roses carved in thorn patterns identical to those on the edges of the yellowed pages entwined around it. "It probably isn't even worth as much as burnt muffins from the kitchen..."
Before she could finish her sentence, Luna suddenly pressed the yellowed pages against the surface of a crystal ball.
The starry light that erupted suddenly scorched the edges of Qin Si's canary-embroidered cuffs. She watched in disbelief as images emerged from the yellowing paper: it depicted the signing of a Moonlight Contract between the first lord of the magic fortress and an elven clan. The crack in the fire seal at the bottom right corner of the contract perfectly aligned with where black obsidian was missing from Leonard Crown.
"Do you know why every new moon, there’s a disturbance in the Magic Fortress Leyline, sister?" Luna stood on tiptoe and pressed her starlight cookies against the barrier gap. The sugar-frosted star map projected an image of an underground altar—inside a shrine meant for offering moonstones lay a silk swaddle embroidered with an external family crest.
Suddenly, three ice cracks exploded from Qin Si Wrist's guardian bracelet. She stumbled and knelt among roses dyed emerald green, her skirt embroidered with canaries now covered in glow powder dust from time sand. "But my lady clearly used a Phoenix Tail Feather...," she fell silent abruptly as Luna began drawing an unsealing spell on her palm with fingers coated in sugar coating, mirroring those found in Aelia's makeup box's dark compartment.
In the distance, there was a sharp sound as Lucius Leonard's Sword severed through emerald vines, yet Luna cheerfully rolled up the yellowed pages into a trumpet shape.
As she pointed the "trumpet mouth" towards the Training Ground, Qin Si was horrified to discover that the Magic Target turning towards the Southwest Corner was adorned with the patterns of Leonard's Amethyst Cufflinks, reminiscent of his secret meetings with Leonard's Concubine.
"Why is it you..." Qin Si trembled as she grasped Luna's swaying Unicorn tail, and suddenly a piece of Phoenix Tail Feather fell from the plush ears.
She recognized the jagged crack on the edge of the feather—it was the very one Aelia had broken last year to suppress the Earth Vein Tremor.
Luna tiptoed and tucked the feather into Qin Si's crooked Hairpin. The reflection of the clock tower gears suddenly shimmered in her violet eyes. "Maybe because..." she said, pulling out a glowing Pine Cone from her cloak, which emitted Aelia's lullaby sung under the moonlight during her eight months of pregnancy. "Xiao Yin says the Starlight Candy here is sweeter than in the Eternal Night Palace!"
The newly sprouted Emerald Roses at the Barrier Gap suddenly turned collectively, and the glowing Pollen they released formed the Magic Castle Crest in mid-air.
Just as Qin Si reached out to touch it, those Light Spots transformed into a scene from Twenty Years Ago—during Aelia's wedding—where a servant holding a ring box bore an unmistakable scorpion-shaped Tattoo unique to today's Outsider Steward.
Lucius's Leonard's Sword suddenly pierced through the Barrier Gap, embedding itself at Luna's feet. The Astrology Stone set in its hilt reflected Leonard's Last Night on the windowsill of a nursery.
Yet Luna cheerfully hugged the Sword Body, and a magical Pine Cone rolled out from her cloak. With a "Click," it cracked open to reveal Emerald Color seeds wrapped in Sugar Coating—identical to the foreign object entwined around the roots of that seedling on Aelia's Chamber windowsill.
"Third Young Master Lucius!" Qin Si exclaimed as she rushed over to pry Luna away, only to find that the Eternal Night Palace Key around Luna's neck was transforming the cold light of the sword blade into warm orange Xing Hui.
Those Xing Hui fell onto her garment embroidered with Canaries, suddenly revealing fragments of the Secret Letter Aelia had commanded her to burn three days ago—the shape of the gap in the Magic Letter's Fire Seal matched perfectly with Luna's Pine Cone's Ice Cracks.
Luna abruptly stuffed a Grimoire into Qin Si's arms, and as she bounced, the wind from her fluttering cloak carried a Milk Fragrance that dispersed the lingering acidic rain aura from the barrier.
She pointed at the clock Tower Spitze in the distance, which had suddenly begun to Reverse Rotation. "Sister Qian Si, want to guess if page 233 of this Magic Recipe contains a Raspberry Jam recipe or..." She deliberately elongated her tone, watching as Qin Si turned pale upon catching sight of half a Phoenix Tail Feather peeking out between Yellowed Pages. "Or perhaps Moonlight Mint Candy that makes liars' tongues ache?" On tiptoe, Luna slipped a moonlit candy into Qin Si's slightly parted lips, causing Ice Cracks on her Guardian Bracelet to emit a Honey Color Red Glow.
The doubts she had yet to voice were lodged in her throat by the sweet flavor bursting from her Tongue—inside that translucent candy was sealed a flapping Ying Huo bug, each flap projecting segments of Memory Fragments into her Pupil.
"This is Lies Preserved in Honey from the Eternal Night Palace!" Qin Si gasped, covering her mouth as three glowing butterflies suddenly flew out from her sleeve embroidered with Canaries.
The Wings of those butterflies displayed exactly what Aelia had drawn on her Collarbone with Phoenix Tail Feather while grooming before the mirror last night.
Seizing this opportunity, Luna tossed Thousand Paper Cranes made from Sugar Paper towards the Barrier Gap. As they pecked at the acidic rain crystals, they suddenly expanded into a giant Rainbow bird.
Ten meters away, the Iron Gate creaked open, and the warning gem embedded in the guard's helmet suddenly turned pink.
The bearded Guard Captain's hand trembled as he gripped his spear, the tip of which drooped as Bing Ling suddenly blossomed with violet: "Do you know what time it is, little brat?"
Luna suddenly pulled a glowing pine cone from her cloak, and as the pine nut burst open, it splattered the unique Lavender Scent of Aelia's Chamber.
She deliberately pressed her Sugar Coated Unicorn Doll against the guard's knee armor, and the doll's eyes projected an illusion from Article 233 of the Magic Castle Regulations—clearly inscribed on a parchment inlaid with Jin Bian was the statement: "Holders of the Eternal Night Palace Key are equivalent to VIPs."
"But..." The veins on the Guard Captain's temples throbbed; the alarm bell hanging from his waist was suddenly jammed by a crystal of acidic rain carried off by a giant bird.
As Luna stuffed the last half of a Starlight Cookie into the gap of his Xuanbing Bracers, the Sugar Frost Star Map on the cookie revealed his Rose Key hidden inside his Chest Armor—the backup key for the treasury that should have been submitted to Aelia three days ago.
Qin Si stifled a laugh so hard that her silver hairpin trembled. As she brushed past the guard's Leonard's Boots with her skirt embroidered with a Canary, it suddenly glowed with the same hue as Lies Preserved in Honey.
Seizing the opportunity, Luna tugged at the guard's cloak tie and swung like a pendulum, speaking in a baby voice while pointing at the courtyard fountain: "Uncle has candy for the Fountain Sprite hidden in his armor, right?"
The Guard Captain's bronze face instantly flushed red as a piece of Magic Toffee wrapped in gold foil rolled out from inside his Chest Armor—exactly what the Fountain Sprites loved most.
When Luna lightly tapped the Sugar Paper with her Eternal Night Palace Key, the gold foil suddenly unfolded into a starlit path leading to the main fortress, causing the gems on the guards' Leonard's Swords to flicker uncontrollably along the way.
As she passed through an archway engraved with Twelve Rays depicting Ancestors Reliefs, Luna suddenly stopped in front of an Ancestor Statue holding a Star Chart.
The Rose Thorn stuck to her cloak floated into a ring, reigniting the dim Magic Circle beneath the statue.
Qin Si was about to remind her not to touch antiques when she noticed that Luna’s little Silver Boots were dancing in perfect harmony with the missing Symbol at the edge of the Magic Circle.
"Look at this, sister!" Luna exclaimed as she pulled out a tattered copy of the Moonlight Baking Guide from inside her doll’s belly. She flipped to a page containing a Phoenix Feather and pressed it down towards the center of the Magic Circle.
The previously still Star Chart suddenly began to Reverse Rotation, projecting a Star Map that perfectly matched the arrangement of stars in the night sky during Aelia’s wedding twenty years ago.
The Golden Gate of Assembly Hall swung open wide, illuminating twelve Crystal Chandeliers that reflected upon the Ancestors Portraits on the walls.
The Eternal Night Palace Key around Luna's neck suddenly resonated with the Moonstone on the Image Frame. In the image, the First Generation Fortress Master held a Contract Scroll, which unexpectedly emerged as a blood-red Iris—those Ancient Scripts entwined with roses bore an uncanny resemblance to the Dark Pattern lining Luna's Mink Cloak.
Lucius, who was presenting the Barrier Restoration Plan to the Elders, abruptly halted as his Astrology Dice rolled uncontrollably from his sleeve to land at Luna's feet.
When Luna poked at the Dice Face with her sugar-coated fingers, the dice projected a blurry image—a black Obsidian bursting from Leonard's Crown resonated strangely with the Gem Dust that had fallen from the Eye Socket of the First Generation Fortress Master's image.
"Ridiculous!" A sharp sound of shattering teacups echoed from the attic as Leonard's scepter, inlaid with black Obsidian, struck heavily against the floor.
The Family Crest on his chest suddenly erupted with a Purple Light but dimmed immediately upon touching the Emerald Rose on Luna's cloak.
The Defensive Formation of the Council Chamber Dome emitted a buzzing sound, and gold leaf inscribed with Ancient Incantations fluttered down, some pieces landing perfectly on the tips of Luna's hair.
Luna swiftly turned and pressed her Grimoire against a nearby stone pillar relief. As the Yellowed Pages fluttered, Starlight Cookies fell into each Elder's Judgment Silver Cup.
As the Elders stared in astonishment at the Truth Image emerging from the Secret Treasure Pavilion's Theft Case in their cups, Qin Si suddenly noticed Luna's erratically swaying Unicorn tail tip subtly pointing towards the Liujin Gate at the end of the corridor—directing them to Aelia's Chamber.
Leonard's scepter struck heavily against the Gilded Door Frame, causing dark purple Electric Sparks to erupt from the collision of black Obsidian and Moonstone.
The Thorn Family Crest entwined around his Chest Armor seemed to come alive, twisting and grinding the falling Gold Foil Incantation into Powder. "Guards! Seize this intruder in the Assembly Hall—"
"My guest." Aelia's voice wafted down from the end of the corridor, wrapped in Lavender Scent.
The Phoenix Tail Feather adorning her Hair Bun swayed gently, while her Wrist Tattoo transformed into Xu Ying, holding a single Emerald Rose Petal.
The Eternal Night Palace Key around Luna's neck suddenly emitted a Qingyue Mingxiang, resonating with the Moonstone on Aelia's Moonstone Earrings.
The crisp sound of Guard Captain’s boot heel colliding was abruptly interrupted mid-air.
The Magical Fluctuation erupting from Leonard’s Staff transformed into fine snow upon reaching Aelia’s skirt adorned with Star Patterns.
Luna seized the opportunity to slip the last half of the Starlight Cookie into Lucius's stiff palm, and the Sugar Frost Star Map on the cookie suddenly revealed the Serpent Emblem from the lining of his sleeve.
"Mother..." Lucius murmured, rubbing his fingertip over the cracks on the Astrology Dice, which matched perfectly with the Sealing Charm of Aelia's makeup box.
A sharp pain shot through the serpent-shaped birthmark on the back of his neck, as if a magic wrapped in the scent of acid rain was gnawing at the barrier.
Aelia's fingertip brushed against the gold foil stuck to Luna's hair tips, and those fragments of curse suddenly coalesced into a fluttering Blue Flash Butterfly.
When the Blue Flash Butterfly landed on Qin Si's cracked Guardian Bracelet, ice cracks on the bracelet suddenly sprouted emerald vines that mirrored those on the outer wall of the Magic Castle. "Take this child to the Emerald Courtyard to feed the koi, Qin Si."
Luna tiptoed to tuck the Grimoire into Aelia's arm, and as the yellowed pages fluttered, some Starlight Cookies fell right onto Leonard's boot tip.
The shattered sugar coating of the cookie suddenly formed the outline of an External Family Crest, which then transformed into Qing Yan amidst the explosion of purple light from the Scepter.
Aelia's phoenix tail feather hairpin suddenly shot out a gold thread, twisting the magical fluctuation that tried to erase evidence into Xing Xu.
As they passed through a rose corridor adorned with portraits of past Lords, Luna suddenly pointed at the dome mural and exclaimed, "Sister, look!" At that moment, as Qin Si looked up, a light spot cast by a crystal chandelier illuminated a corner of the mural—on Lucius's warrior shield, ice cracks emerged that were identical to those on Leonard's staff.
"The geomancy matter regarding Zhen Chan on every new moon..." Qin Si halted abruptly, her fingertip gliding over newly sprouted emerald patterns on a pillar.
Her skirt embroidered with canaries brushed against Luna's trailing mink cloak, and suddenly, the dark pattern lining of her cape revealed a blueprint of the wine cellar beneath the Magic Castle. "Even three phoenix tail feathers can't suppress it."
Luna pulled out a glowing pine cone from the ear of her unicorn doll. As it burst open, an illusion of twenty years ago’s Geothermal Sealing Ritual emerged in midair.
At Leonard's Last Night ceremony, an old priest held a scepter topped with a moonstone sourced from Luna’s Eternal Night Palace Key. "Because someone swapped out the star sand meant for sacrifice!"
Qin Si's wrist Guardian Bracelet suddenly felt scalding hot as emerald vine patterns spread along her forearm.
Luna pressed her finger coated in sugar against where the vines branched off. Violet eyes reflected Leonard's Last Night in the forbidden area behind Magic Castle—inside a cave that was supposed to seal away Star Sand and Subordinate Mine, wooden boxes piled high with External Family Crest lay stacked.
"Do you know how to tie up a lying tongue, sister?" Luna magically produced a phoenix tail feather; droplets of dawn dew at its tip refracted images from Leonard's Last Night in the kitchen.
Qin Si was horrified to discover that the Lavender Liquid dripping into the Honey Wine Barrel was identical to the Magical Fluctuation seeping from the cracks in Lucius's Astrology Dice.
As they passed the Training Ground, Luna suddenly threw the Unicorn Doll into the air.
The moment the Rainbow Bubble emitted from the doll collided with the Magic Target, three Family Crests entwined in black mist emerged from the target's center—exactly resembling the incomplete formation of her brother's Magic Circle.
Qin Si's collar, embroidered with a Canary, was suddenly soaked with cold sweat as she recalled last night when she helped Aelia change clothes; tears were streaming from the Phoenix Tattoo on her lady's Collarbone, right above her Third Eye.
Under the Moonlight Arch in the Emerald Courtyard, Luna suddenly grabbed Qin Si's Rose Keychain.
As the key was inserted into the moss-covered Mossy Stone lock, spring water wrapped in Star Sand surged forth from the crevices of the stone.
Luna dipped the Eternal Night Palace Key into the spring water, and to her astonishment, the Ancient Inscription emerging on the key aligned perfectly with the Incomplete Spell engraved on her brother's Wheelchair Armrest.
"The Key to Breaking the Deadlock..." Luna tiptoed to fill three Liuli Bottles carved with roses with water from the spring.
When the first bottle of spring water was poured over the Unicorn Doll's head, its eyes suddenly projected a panoramic view of the magical maze where Second Brother was trapped. The missing Southeast Corner Talisman matched perfectly with Lucius's Nape Birthmark.
Just as Qin Si was about to speak, a harsh grinding noise echoed from afar, coming from the clock tower gears.
The Rose Thorn caught on Luna's cloak suddenly floated into a ring, forming an Alert Formation identical to that of Brother San's abandoned Alchemy Workshop above her head.
As the last Rose Thorn returned to its place, Azure Starlight erupted from deep within the ruins of the Workshop, originating from the same source as the Eternal Night Palace Key.
Comment 0 Comment Count