Hail shattered the Rose Window, and Luna tightly grasped the piece of glass that glimmered with a faint golden sheen.
The infant's pupil reflected the depths of the Jade Pendant, where the Prophecy Totem was emerging—a nine-tailed fox phantom was clutching a bloodied Black Rose, which was the key imagery when Aelia discovered her husband's infidelity in the Original.
"Madam!" Qin Si rushed through the shards of ice, but was abruptly halted by Luna's sudden Loud Cry around the corner.
As the Maid hurriedly bent down to check, the infant's chubby Palm happened to slap against her Waist, causing a startled reaction.
In that moment, as Xing Mang slipped through the Gap of the swaddling cloth, Qin Si suddenly recalled the Violet Perfume scent she had encountered three days ago while delivering a message for the Lord in the oak grove on the outskirts.
The Jade Pendant cracked, oozing Silver Blue liquid that spread along the Star Trail Luna had deliberately painted, forming Tiny Inscriptions.
Aelia's trembling Fingertip brushed over those glowing Ancient Elvish Language inscriptions. Under the moonlight, the words "bastard" and "Violet Manor" pierced her Neck, causing her Guardian Necklace to shatter completely.
As Crystal Shards cut into her Palm, she finally saw the scene unfolding on the Liuli Fragment—Leonard holding a Gold-haired Boy as he performed Bloodline verification magic.
"Where is Father?" The sound of a Wheelchair rolling over shards of glass broke the frozen air.
Her elder brother's Pale knuckles gripped the armrest embedded with a Magic Crystal Stone. The backlash left dark purple scars crawling up Luna's neck. "Last week he said he would find Dragon Bone to treat my leg injury..."
The second explosion from the Observation Platform interrupted his questioning.
The Astrolabe in Second Brother's hand suddenly spun wildly, its copper dial reflecting Leonard's Last Night from three years ago when he was trapped in an Ice Cave—at that time, twelve S.O.S. Signals he sent to Magic Castle were intercepted beneath an envelope sealed with Violet Wax.
As Leonard stepped into the Main Hall, a fierce wind whipped a Contract Fragment against his face.
Countless images of Magic Castle's destruction from various Timelines intertwined in the air, while Aelia's Fingertip hovered over a fragment of Violet Wax Seal that perfectly aligned with an unmailed love letter seal in his Dark Bag.
"I can explain." Lord raised his hand to cast a silence barrier, but it was pierced by the Xue Mo Xing Zi spat out by Luna.
The blood from the baby’s bitten tongue seeped into the Liuli Fragment, automatically activating the Letter Remnant Page that floated out of the Qian Si Jin Nang—on it, Father’s Tiny Inscriptions promised to grant Leonard's Concubine Eldest Son's Inheritance Right.
The Magic Crystal Stone on the Wheelchair Armrest exploded with a thunderous roar, and the crimson flames rising from his elder brother engulfed half of the Wedding Canopy.
The backlash formed a Dark Pattern that slithered beneath his skin like a living snake: "Last year, you said the Magic Castle was financially strained and refused to purchase the Holy Light Potion for me..." The flames suddenly coalesced into the Betrayal List prescribed by the physician three years ago, at the end of which Leonard had handwritten a note saying "postpone," blinding everyone’s eyes.
Second Brother's Astrolabe suddenly froze, its glass dial reflecting his bloodshot eyes: "Do you remember what day it is today?" He raised his left hand, revealing the bleeding tip of his little finger that he had severed to break the Ice Cave seal. "Three years ago today, you said you were searching for the heart of the Frost Dragon for me..."
Seizing the opportunity, Luna wiped her saliva on the inner side of the Celestial Chart in the swaddling.
The Blood Arrow reformed from Contract Ashes pointed toward Leonard's Dark Bag where he hid love letters.
Aelia's Guardian Necklace suddenly floated into a blade shape, slicing through her husband's Gold Thread Embroidery at the cuff, and eighteen envelopes bearing lip prints scattered like snowflakes.
"Father, be careful!" Lucius opened a Magic Shield to block the splintering crystal shards. The actions of this son, who should have died long ago in this Original, made Luna clench her teeth in alarm.
The baby's Milk Tooth sliced through Shan Na of the Prophecy Slot, and suddenly a fork appeared in the future scene reflected by the Jade Pendant—beneath the Spire that should have been devoured by vines, Third Young Master Lucius's cloak faintly revealed half of a Gold Foil cover of Forbidden Techniques Origin.
"Enough!" Leonard swung his Scepter to summon the Ancestral Magic Circle but discovered something unusual at that moment when suppressing the rampaging magic power.
The Judgment Array, which should have flowed with family Bloodline Power, was now being eroded by some Black Substance—clearly remnants left only after contact with Abyssal Magic.
Luna suddenly let out a giggle and pressed the blood-soaked Liuli Fragment against Three Brother Boots.
The young man shrinking in the shadow of the Pillar trembled violently; on his right hand hidden behind his back, a fading demon Contract Mark glowed ominously red under the illumination of the prophetic fragment.
Brother San's Deerskin Boots stirred black mist the moment they touched the Liuli Fragment. The Contract Mark on his Hand Back, which had already faded, writhed like a venomous snake doused in hot oil.
He staggered against the Pillar, his back pressed against the Relief of angel Wings, which pierced into his Shoulder Blade. The pain allowed him to see the surging Black Substance within the magic circle—exactly like the Black Slime that had dripped from the Feather Quill Tip when he signed the Evil Contract three years ago at the Ancient Tome Loft.
"Do you dare to touch Abyssal Magic?" Brother San's voice emerged as if squeezed from a shattered Ceramic Pot.
He tore open the cuff embroidered with Defensive Rune, revealing the bleeding demon Contract Mark. "When I strayed from the path, you said that the Magic Castle and its Heir must never be tainted by darkness..." The sudden burst of red light from the mark projected Leonard's Last Night into the air: on his fifteenth birthday, someone had slipped a copy of the Forbidden Techniques Origin, which recorded the Evil Contract, through the window of his frequently visited loft.
Leonard's Scepter struck heavily against the Ground, yet the Ancestral Magic Circle suddenly began to Reverse Rotation.
The black mist crawled up his robe's hem, coalescing in the center of the magic circle into a woman named Xu Ying, adorned with a violet Crown. "This is a necessary sacrifice for the Purification Array!" He swung his staff to shatter the projection of Leonard's Last Night, but as soon as the Scepter's Magic Crystal touched the black mist, it revealed a Web-like Crack. "You have no idea what it takes to protect glory..."
"Must we pay with our lives?" The shards of Magic Crystal that exploded on Brother's Wheelchair Armrest suddenly floated into formation, red flames coalescing into an Alchemical Equation between his broken Twin Legs.
The Burning Formula clearly indicated that if he had used Holy Light Potion in time back then, the Backlash Wound could have been contained within his Left Leg. "Last week you mentioned that a Plague erupted in Western Dragon Valley; was Dragon Bone meant for that illegitimate child’s Bloodline refinement?"
The entire Magic Castle suddenly shook violently as if caught in Zhen Chan, and all twelve Crystal Chandeliers hanging from the Dome exploded simultaneously.
Second Brother’s bloodied severed finger traced out a Blood Contract Rune in midair, while unsealed S.O.S. Signals fluttered like Snowflakes in an Ice Cave illusion.
Three of those letters bore seals of Wax stained with Violet Pollen identical to that found in Leonard's Dark Bag.
Luna suddenly spat out a blood bubble toward Lucius.
The bloodied drool from her infant fell onto the Silver Thread she had quietly pulled from her swaddling cloth, and the fine thread slithered like a living snake toward Third Young Master Lucius's cloak edge.
As the Silver Thread ensnared Shan Na at the corner of Forbidden Techniques Origin’s Gold Foil, Lucius’s Neck suddenly Emerged with a Contract Mark resembling Brother San’s Hand Back—only his mark bore an additional ring of Thorn-Shaped black obsidian Shi Wen road around its edge.
"Watch out behind you!" Lucius suddenly flipped his cloak over Luna's Cradle, but this action exposed the Dark Bag hidden within the cloak to everyone's view.
Five dragon bones imbued with Frost Breath rolled onto the ground—perfectly matching the materials needed for the Alchemical Formula burning beside Brother Wheelchair.
A blade formed from Aelia's Guardian Necklace suddenly changed direction, pinning eighteen love letters at Leonard's feet.
The Letterhead stained with Violet Fragrance revealed a hidden second layer of Tiny Inscriptions in the Magic Flame, where Secret Script written in Dragon Blood clearly contained ancient Spells to open the abyssal passage.
"It's not what you think!" Leonard waved his staff, shattering the remaining Colored Glass of the Dome, attempting to reshape the magic circle with the pouring moonlight.
But the beam of light penetrating through the broken window cast a strange shadow at his feet—the shadow bore twisted ram's horns on its head, and its bat-like wings were adorned with Contract Patterns identical to those of Brother San and Hand Back.
Luna suddenly let out a sharp Loud Cry, her blood-stained Milk Tooth biting fiercely at the edge of the Liuli Fragment.
The ninth tail of the nine-tailed fox phantom in the Prophecy Totem abruptly snapped off, transforming into starlight that seeped into her Celestial Chart in the cradle.
The Great Mage, who was supposed to awaken in a hundred days, stirred early; the Yin Mang swirling in the infant's eyes caused all Contract Marks to resonate with Zhen Chan.
From the Magic Castle Underground came a deep roar from the abyss, as black mist in the magic circle coalesced into three streams that entered Leonard and his sons' Contract Marks.
Luna stared at Lucius's cloak, half-hidden within it was the Forbidden Techniques Origin. Suddenly, she became aware of an extra Gold Thread at the Book Spine that should not exist—that was a characteristic unique to the First Edition Forbidden Book that recorded "that secret."
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