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The crisp sound of ice shattering stirred ripples within the chamber, as Leonard Palm's Wedding Ring Projection suddenly twisted and warped.
He staggered back a step, the Blood-colored Patterns on the surface of his Magic Core creeping up his neck like a Spider Web. "Is Madam truly intent on settling old scores with me?" The dark purple light flickered uncertainly in the depths of his Pupil. "Let Andrei and the others come out as witnesses; it is merely to preserve the dignity of the Magic Castle."
Aelia cast her gaze down at the Star Sand Contract floating above the Cradle, Ice Blue energy spreading along the Crystal Cup and Ice Cracks.
The moment she lifted her eyes, the betrayal reflected by the Ice Spirit Stone suddenly projected Leonard's Last Night onto the Liujin fireplace—Leonard kissing a Dark Elf woman beneath the Wisteria Arbor, perfectly overlapping with his wedding twenty years ago, Leonard's Last Night.
"Dignity?" She lightly tapped the frozen Wedding Ring Projection with her Fingertip, and the ring formed from Northern Lights exploded with a crack, shattering the Ice Cracks. "Did you ever consider how much pain Andrei felt when he was backlashed by the Magic Flame while you kept a Dark Elf in Xi Yuan's dark chamber?" The Star Sand Contract suddenly flipped over, revealing its back inscribed with Dragon Blood as an Inheritance Clause. "To have Children bear your burden of magical backlash through a Soul Contract—this is what you call being a Father?"
Dark Purple Mist surged around Leonard, and the heartbeat of his Magic Core resonated eerily with the sound of shattering Crystal Cups.
He suddenly grasped Aelia's Wrist tightly. The Ice Spirit Stone cut through his Palm, and the Blood Pearl that seeped out coalesced into three Blood-red Runes in midair. "Mercy of a Woman! If not for their mediocre talents, would they be unable to withstand even a basic Contract?"
Luna let out a sharp Loud Cry, and the floating ice crystals instantly arranged themselves into a Thorned Cage.
The Sealing Chains on Aelia's Wrist snapped one by one, and Ice Shards knocked down by the Star-Cutting Sword transformed into countless Xing Mang. "My children are not Chips." She gripped the hilt of her sword with her other hand; her Battle Armor Xu Ying shimmered faintly behind her. "Once able to sever your Magic Core, I can now also dissect your conscience to see—who is truly feeding off their own flesh and blood to prolong life!"
The Magic Core emitted a dying beast's howl, and spiderweb-like bloodstains cracked open at the corners of Leonard's eyes.
His Fury-laden palm wind carried Dark Elf winged Poison Powder towards Aelia and Mei Xin but was intercepted by the Star Sand Contract upon contact.
The ice crystals reflected his grotesque visage as Shan Na appeared. The Bloodstained Wedding Ring Projection suddenly exploded, and half a wing pierced his Heart and Magic Core.
"You dare..." Leonard clutched his Magic Core from which Hei Xue seeped, retreating three steps as the remnants of the Star-Cutting Sword's Soul Contract imprint began to erode his magical energy within his Magic Circuit.
Stumbling, he knocked over the Star Sand Cradle, and as Luna's Frost Flower eyelashes crystallized into a complete Family Crest pattern, he hurriedly fled into the shadows. "You will regret this!"
The blood moon of the Palace Dome gradually faded, as Aelia brushed her fingers over Luna's purplish palm print, discovering that the Ice Spirit Stone reflecting the betrayal of Leonard's Last Night was updating on its own. At that moment, Leonard was in a secret chamber, healing with the Dark Elf and a Young Child.
She pressed the blood-stained Star Sand against the gap in the Star-Cutting Sword, gazing at the Crystal Cup that pieced together a way to lift the Curse, whispering softly, "The Mid-Autumn Feast needs a new menu."
Outside, the leaves of the Maple Tree suddenly froze mid-air. As Aelia wiped away the bloodstain from her lips, an unhealed wound oozed light gold blood mixed with Star Sand.
Luna's Longevity Lock suddenly shot out beams of light, sealing all floating Blood-red Runes within ice crystals. On the Stone Steps of the porch, a pair of soft satin shoes embroidered with Wisteria flowers crunched down on a frost-covered fallen leaf.
As Qin Si pushed open the door, shards of the Crystal Cup slowly spun along the moonlit track.
Aelia leaned against the cradle made of Star Sand, her fingers tracing the betrayal reflected in the Ice Spirit Stone from Leonard's Last Night. The Liujin fireplace cast flickering shadows in her Lucius.
"Madam!" The silver Yao Xia held by her maid fell to the ground with a thud, and the scent of Wisteria Fragrance shattered the frozen Magic Element.
Trembling, she lifted Aelia's wrist, which seeped Star Sand and Golden Blood. A Lacrima fell onto the ice crystal Peacock Stone Tiles, forming tiny crescent shapes. "That beast actually used Poison Scale Powder..."
Aelia gently stroked her maid's head with her uninjured left hand when the Ice Spirit Stone suddenly refracted a strange halo.
Following the light, Qin Si noticed that Luna's Longevity Lock was floating with Serpent Runes—characteristic Curse Marks of the Dark Elf tribe. "Go summon Roderick. Commander Roderick." She dipped her finger in Golden Blood and drew a communication array in mid-air. "Check Xi Yuan's dark room for any Magic Contracts, especially those related to Forbidden Techniques involving Serpent Scale."
As a guard in Silver Armor swept past the porch, an Ice Spike hanging from the eaves suddenly exploded into powder.
Aelia stared at the falling Jing Chen leaves, recalling how three days ago Luna's loud cry had caused Ice Crystal Thorns to automatically arrange into a Defensive Formation.
The soft palm of an infant grasped her Battle Armor Ailya without awareness. Pale Golden Blood seeped into the fabric and unexpectedly outlined the totem of Northern Guardian on the Dark Pattern.
"Madam!" Qin Si suddenly exclaimed.
At the site of her bandaged wound, Star Sand fused with blood into liquid moonlight, coursing through Aelia's Magic Circuit.
The projection of the Ice Spirit Stone twisted suddenly, revealing a Magic Core pattern on the neck of the Dark Elf Young Child that was identical to Leonard's.
Before the two could delve deeper, the hoot of a Night Owl echoed from outside.
Qin Si lifted the Velvet Curtain and saw Leonard's Dark Guard Captain standing in the shadow of the Maple Tree, the Wisteria Family Crest on his cloak emanating an ominous glow. "My Lord said that if you are willing to kneel and present the Soul Contract on Lunar Eclipse Night..."
"Shut your damn mouth!" Qin Si grabbed a Crystal Paperweight and smashed half of the Colored Glazed Window. The Dark Guard Captain's phantom twisted amidst the flying shards. "You swore with Northern Lights when you sought my hand in marriage, and now you want my lady to sacrifice the Soul Contract?"
That bastard raised by Leonard's Concubine...
"Qin Si." Aelia suddenly chuckled lightly, her fingertip brushing against the blood-stained Star Sand Contract.
Within the gap created by the Star-Cutting Sword, the Dark Elf's scaled wings were visibly fading, "Look at this crack in the Magic Core Resonance; doesn't it resemble a starving hyena gnawing on rotten flesh?"
The maid stared blankly at the flickering runes on the Contract, suddenly realizing that Leonard's spiritual mark was much fainter than it had been three days ago.
Aelia placed Luna back in the Star Sand Cradle, and as Ailya began to automatically repair herself, a gust of air from Xu Ying's Battle Armor swept through, opening up the hidden Dark Compartment.
"Replace the frost sugar on the third layer of the Cellar with Moonlight Grass Powder." She caressed the Crystal Cup pieced together to dispel the Curse, ice blue spiritual energy swirling around her fingertip as she continued, "Tell Cook that this year's Mid-Autumn Ice Skin Mooncake should be made with Snowy Owl Tears."
As Qin Si retreated with the Ingredients Betrayal List in hand, Luna suddenly burst into giggles.
The baby waved her small hand, and a piece of blood-stained ice crystal refracted an extraordinary scene—the sealed Ice Spirit Stone Mother in the Cellar resonated with the Serpent Rune on the Longevity Lock.
At that moment when Aelia leaned down to kiss her daughter's forehead, the once-still leaves of the Maple Tree outside resumed their descent. A leaf adorned with Frost Flowers stuck to Qin Si's unfinished Ice Crystal Lantern base, while Star Sand quietly flowed through its gaps.
Aelia's fingertip brushed over the Crystal Cutting Board, and an Ice Pearl formed from Snowy Owl Tears rolled into Moonlight Grass Powder, causing twelve Ice Crystal Lotuses to bloom instantly on the table.
She buried fragments of blood-stained Ailya into the dough, and steam rising from the steamer wove a Guardian Barrier in mid-air.
"Third Young Master loves Emerald Jelly Cake the most." Qin Si tiptoed to take down the jar of Star Sand hanging from the beam, suddenly noticing that the Dark Pattern on the bottom of the jar was identical to the Serpent Rune of Luna's Longevity Lock. "Cook said the new frost sugar from the Cellar has a Bloody Smell..."
"That's the juice extracted from Moonlight Grass Rhizome." Aelia placed the dough for Ice Skin Mooncake into a carved mold, the totem of the Northern Guardian faintly appearing on the surface of the dough. "Remember to send thirty baskets to the victims in West Street, just say it's a medicinal cake to dispel the Poison Fog."
As the first rays of Yue Hui climbed up the Liujin Window, the Magic Castle Courtyard was filled with floating Ice Crystal Lanterns.
Luna waved her swaddling blanket, adorned with Star Sand, in her Cradle. Each loud cry caused the Curse Runes on the lanterns to fade slightly.
Aelia personally hung the last lantern on the Wisteria Arbor. The flowing Star Sand inside its frame suddenly solidified into a Blood Arrow, pointing directly towards the dark room of Xi Yuan.
"Madam!" Qin Si crossed through the Emerald Corridor, her skirt trailing behind her as fragments of Ice Crystal fell from her hair. "The victims outside the city have erected a stone tablet, saying they want to name the new settlement Hope Village." She presented a frost-stained leaf from a Maple Tree, where patterns resembling the Magic Castle Crest floated within its veins. "The patrol team also discovered..."
Aelia used her Silver Scissors to pry open the back of the leaf, and Dark Elf Scale Powder cascaded down. "Have those members of the Elder Council gone to 'meditate' in the Holy Land?" She suddenly chuckled, her fingertip resting on an intersection of veins where cracks of Leonard's Magic Core were faintly visible. "After all, a sufficient number of offerings are needed for a Contract Backlash."
Luna suddenly let out a sound, and a beam emitted from her Longevity Lock, incinerating the airborne Scale Powder into ash.
Holding her daughter gently, Aelia looked at the gradually illuminating Ice Spirit Stone Lantern, softly saying, "Distribute some of the Magic Crystal Moon Silver from the third oak barrel in row seven of the Cellar to the victims, saying it's a subsidy for winter clothing during this year's Mid-Autumn Festival."
As Qin Si left the city with twenty vehicles of Suspended Silver Carriage, moonlight spilled over the top of the Magic Castle Spire.
Standing on the Stargazing Platform, Aelia gazed down, seeing that each victim's hand held an Ice Crystal Lantern, forming a brilliant river of stars that vaguely constituted an Inverse Pentagram Formation to break curses.
She stroked Luna's neck where faint traces of light were emerging—there, it resonated with the depths of the Cellar, where lay the essence of an Ice Spirit Stone Mother.
"Madam, about our lord..." The old butler hesitated, holding a ledger, its cover stained with suspicious dark purple marks.
"He's healing with blood ties in the Holy Land." With a snap of her fingers, Aelia shook off some of the poison powder from the ledger. The stained pages suddenly revealed a blueprint of Xi Yuan's dark room. "Have Commander Roderick send this map to the Elven Royal Court, and remember to use Dark Elf Scale Powder as sealant."
Suddenly, Luna grasped her mother's flowing silver hair, and a strand of Star Sand seeped into her tiny palm.
A sudden column of Ice Blue Light rose in the direction of Hope Village, and the cheers of the disaster victims dispelling the Poison Fog drifted on the wind.
Aelia kissed her daughter, whose eyelashes were adorned with Frost Flower, and as she turned, her Battle Armor brushed against the stone railing, causing the Star Sand Contract on the Stargazing Platform of Ankeli to rattle loudly.
As the full moon reached its zenith, a refreshing aroma of Emerald Jelly Cake wafted from the kitchen.
Third Young Master Lucius chased after a Rabbit Lantern across the courtyard, and in the shadow of the Ice Crystal Lamp, a fleeting Serpent Rune was scattered into Stardust by the wind stirred up by his flowing garments.
Aelia leaned against the Carved Pillars, watching as Children scrambled for mooncakes embedded with Moonlight Grass Powder. Her bloodied left hand quietly pressed against the vibrating box of Ice Spirit Stone Mother.
The Wisteria flowers on the Outer Wall of Magic Castle unexpectedly bloomed out of season, their petals carrying Star Sand and Cedar Fragrance falling onto Qin Si's unfinished Ice Crystal Lantern prototype.
Deep within the Cellar, a low-frequency vibration from Mine Mother harmonized wonderfully with the songs of the disaster victims healing the Poison Fog.
Aelia tied the last Magic Crystal Moon Silver to her daughter's Cradle. As moonlight passed through the hollow silver sphere, it cast a collapsing blueprint of a dark room onto the wall.
As night deepened, the City Guard extinguished half of the warning lights at their posts.
The Moat, undisturbed by any patrolling Hoofbeats, now reflected a brighter moonlight than in previous years.
A Chief Guard holding an Ice Skin Mooncake suddenly noticed that the Northern Guardian Totem on his Palm was clearer than it had been at Noon, more than three times over.
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