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As the morning mist seeped into the Stained Glass, ice crystals had already covered the entire dome of the palace.
Aelia's fingertip, adorned with a Frost Flower, was consuming the last flicker of candlelight. Qin Si's knees had long since fused with the Ice Surface, and every slight movement tore at the bloodied Ice Shards.
"Madam, let me bring you a cup of hot tea..." Qin Si attempted to break the silence, but was startled into biting her tongue by a Silver Blue Light Band that suddenly swam beneath the Ice Layer.
It was Luna's tears from last night, flowing deep within the Ice Layer, refracting Memory Fragments into countless floating Light Spots.
Aelia suddenly raised her hand to touch one of the floating Light Spots, causing fine cracks to appear in the frozen Wedding Ring.
In the interplay of Light and Shadow, the Heavenly Wedding Wine from their wedding night was steaming, while in reality, pomegranate Skirts were shedding Blood Crystals.
As she crushed the Lacrima reflecting their vows, the castle's West Side echoed with the seventh mournful toll of the Giant Dragon Bell.
"Which Mansion did he stay at in Rose Alley last night?" Aelia's voice rang with a clarity that collided like Ice Spikes, startling Qin Si's Emerald Bracelet on her wrist to shatter into Ice Cracks.
The maid watched as Emerald Fragments fell into the Ice Surface and finally answered with a trembling voice: "The Zhu Men hidden by Three Moonlight Phoenix Trees, where the wall blooms... blooms with Blood Night Roses."
The Window Lattice twisted abruptly into a Thorn Pattern, and Luna's Cradle suddenly floated into midair.
Surrounded by a Moon White Halo, Aelia saw the truth reflected in the Ice Mirror—the Dark Purple Magic Pattern of that Outsider Woman emerging was indeed the mark of the Forbidden Technique "Emotional Gu Devouring Heart."
"Prepare the Horse-drawn Carriage." Aelia tore off her necklace adorned with a Blazing Sun Bird. In that instant when her Sapphire Zhui Zi shattered, the frozen palace awakened like a giant beast.
Qin Si was horrified to find her silver hair starting to lose its color from the Hair Tips. "Madam, your source magic is reversing..."
"Go fetch my Frostmoon Staff." Aelia cradled Luna in a swaddling blanket embedded with Starlight Stones, as the infant's silver hair suddenly surged and wrapped around her wrist.
When the Castle Steward burst through the hall doors in a panic, he beheld the Ice Crystal Crown fully formed, while the Blazing Sun Bird on the lady's wedding gown had transformed into an Ice Phoenix, poised to take flight.
At this moment, within the Mansion in the west of the city, Leonard stared at the pale morning light filtering through the Canopy Gap.
The Outsider Woman's serpent-like arms coiled around him, radiating a warmth he found repulsive. The Blood Wine spilled during last night's indulgence had congealed into stains on the Cashmere Carpet.
He caught sight of the Dark Red mark on his collarbone in the copper mirror and suddenly became aware that this was already the third Magic Core Tremor of the month.
"My lord..." The woman's fingers, stained with Dan Kou, brushed over an old wound on his chest. The scar, once healed by Aelia's Healing Magic ten years ago, was now seeping blood.
Leonard abruptly seized her wrist, and as she gasped in pain, he glimpsed the fleeting Serpent Vertical Pupil deep within her gaze.
Outside, the sound of Frost Snow snapping branches echoed. As he grabbed his coat, he caught a whiff of the lingering cold fragrance at the collar—it was Aelia's Anshen Incense that she had refined for ten years, now tainted with a Bloody Smell.
When the woman playfully demanded the key to a new Mansion, he inexplicably slipped his jade pendant into her palm, entirely oblivious to the black mist seeping from the Family Crest on its back.
Leonard's fingers hesitated on the pendant's Liu Su as the Outsider Woman drew closer in her Jin Bei. He detected an odd scent of sweet Violet Essence mingled with Blood Stench in her hair.
Outside the Window Lattice, a phoenix formed from Frost Snow was pecking at the Glazed Tile; it was Aelia's unique Summoning Magic.
"This pendant will protect your home for now." He pressed the cold Yu Jue into her damp palm, his fingertip brushing against her ear and Magic Pattern.
The dark Purple Veins suddenly illuminated, and the woman immediately slumped against his shoulder, letting out soft sobs like a kitten.
Leonard did not notice the Magic Crystal embedded in the jade pendant was devouring the Hei Xue seeping from her fingertips, nor did he pay attention to the Frost Snow Phoenix outside the window, whose tail feathers suddenly exploded and began to shed Ice Spikes.
As Qin Si held up the Hexagonal Glass Lantern at Chuihua Gate, she unexpectedly encountered Leonard, whose cloak was stained with Night Rose pollen.
She deliberately turned the lampshade toward his eyes. "Madam has been up all night repairing Third Young Master Lucius's Magic Core and has just taken Ning Shen Jie." Ice crystals crawled up her Skirt Hem onto the Stone Steps, blooming into Frost Flowers on Leonard's Boot Surface.
The Magic Wall Lamp in the Main Courtyard and Emerald Corridor flickered out one by one. Leonard's hand, which had been loosening his collar, suddenly froze—Aelia's Frostmoon Staff leaned against the Carved Door, its Staff Tip embedded with a frozen blood-stained Night Rose Petal.
At the moment he pushed open the door, eighteen ice lamps simultaneously flared to life, illuminating the uncleaned Yan Zhi Hen on his Collarbone.
"That child's Magic Core is unstable..." As Leonard lied, the bite mark on his Adams Apple began to ooze blood, the wound inflicted by an Outsider Woman's Snake Fangs last night showing signs of bruising.
He reached out to touch Aelia's Ice Crystal Armor on her shoulder but was jolted back half a step by Luna's sudden Loud Cry from the swaddling blanket.
The moonlight bursting from the silver hair of the baby tore through the defensive magic pattern embroidered on his sleeve, revealing an address for the Outer Chamber sewn with Gold Thread on the inside.
Aelia raised her hand to catch the falling Ice Crystal Shards; her Palm and Blood Pearl solidified into an Ice Prism upon contact with Luna's tears.
In the mirror reflecting Rose Alley Mansion, the Outsider Woman was scraping at the Family Crest on the back of the jade pendant with bloodied Ailya's White Nails. Each scratch sent a dull Zhen Chan echoing through the castle's foundation.
"The Defensive Barrier of West Tower needs repairs." Aelia suddenly coughed as she leaned on her Frostmoon Staff; when the bottom of her Scepter pierced into Peacock Stone Tiles, an Ice Mist erupted and enveloped Leonard's feet.
As she attempted to summon her Ice Crystal Crown but stumbled against the Cradle for support, Qin Si suddenly lunged forward—Madam's wedding dress's Ice Phoenix had faded to a Pale Xu Ying, while Luna's swaddling blanket was consuming the moonlight flowing from the Scepter.
Leonard seized the opportunity to break free from the ice and shouted, "Those Rumors..." Before he could finish, he was pecked by the Frost Snow Phoenix that burst through the window.
The crystalline beak of the bird snatched away the key hidden in his sleeve, and in Aelia's suddenly widened pupils, the key inserted itself into the Ice Prism, overlapping Leonard's Last Night with his wedding night from Twenty Years Ago—at that time, the young man held a Magic Crystal Ring and said, "This Heart Is Forever Forged."
The sharp sound of the Scepter hitting the ground startled Luna, and the baby's sudden Loud Cry transformed into a silver sound wave.
The Sound Wave shattered all of the Ice Mirrors' Shan Na, and Aelia finally began to slide down along the Crystal Table. As her wedding dress's Skirt blossomed into an Ice Lotus to catch her falling body, Qin Si's bloodied Ailya's White Nails nearly dug into Leonard's arm: "Do you know how much Backlash Magic your wife took for you last night?"
A roar echoed from the corridor as the barrier broke, but at that moment, no one noticed that Luna's clenched fist was seeping with melting Magic Pattern's Silver Liquid.
When Leonard picked up Aelia, an Ice Pearl that had formed on her eyelashes fell onto the baby Mei Xin. Meanwhile, deep within the extinguished Moonlight Stone at the tip of the Frostmoon Staff, a cluster of dark blue Dark Purple Flame was quietly reigniting.
Aelia's fingers resting on the Ice Lotus suddenly moved, causing three Ice Crystal Petals imbued with Xing Hui to shatter in response.
Luna's Loud Cry abruptly ceased with the crisp sound of ice crystals hitting the ground, and the moonlight swirling in the baby's Silver Eyes illuminated the reignited dark blue Dark Purple Flame atop the Scepter.
"Madam!" Qin Si exclaimed as he rushed to the edge of the Ice Lotus, where Aelia's wedding dress's Ice Phoenix was re-forming its tail feathers.
Her Pale Fingertip gently touched Luna's Mei Xin. The Silver Liquid that had just seeped into the baby’s body suddenly drew intricate Magic Patterns on the Ice Surface.
Leonard stepped back slightly, blinded by this radiance, as Night Rose Pollen from beneath Leonard's Cloak fluttered down.
Just as he was about to speak, he saw Aelia slowly rising with support from her Scepter. The sound of her Ice Crystal Armor clashing carried Han Wu’s voice: "Last night at West Tower Barrier Zhen Chan three times; each interval was precisely how long it took for Frost Snow Phoenix to circle around the city."
Luna suddenly reached out her small hand to grasp Aelia's flowing silver hair. In that moment of entanglement, moonlight as fine as Silk seeped from the baby's Fingertip.
The Light Threads silently seeped into the Ice Surface, drilling through the cracks at the base of the Scepter and into the interior of the Moonlight Stone, wrapping the eerie blue Dark Purple Flame in a cocoon.
"You..." A bite mark on Leonard's Adams Apple suddenly oozed Dark Purple Mist, and he hurriedly covered it with his sleeve. "Those Backlash Magic..."
"Backlash?" Aelia's cold laugh awakened the slumbering Magic Wall Lamp, and the eighteen ice lamps projected a tapestry of Light and Shadow that wove together a three-dimensional illusion of the West Tower.
With a flick of her Fingertip, the illusion immediately revealed the Outsider Woman scraping Leonard's jade pendant with blood-stained Ailya's White Nails. Each scratch widened the Barrier Rift further.
At just the right moment, Luna let out a Giggling, and the bubbles expelled by the infant burst upon touching the illusion.
The splashing Ice Shard accurately struck the Dark Pattern on Leonard's sleeve, igniting the hidden address of the Outer Chamber in a blaze of Silver Fire on the Gold Thread embroidery.
Aelia's grip on the Scepter tightened, and the burning address instantly froze into an Ice Sculpture map suspended in mid-air.
"Rose Alley Third Mansion, with walls nurtured by the blood of a snake woman?" The cold light refracted from Aelia's Ice Crystal Crown sliced through Leonard's shadow. "Last month, on the night of your Magic Core Tremor, three jars of Northern Territory Ice Spirit went missing from the West Tower Cellar."
Leonard reached out to touch the floating map but was met with a sudden surge of eerie blue Dark Purple Flame Ailina's Burn Fingertip.
He was shocked to discover that the flames within the Moonlight Stone had transformed into a Micro Magic Circle, perfectly aligning with the positions arranged on Luna's swaddling with the Starlight Stone.
"Putting on a show requires full commitment." Suddenly, Aelia bent down to pick up Luna, and as the infant's silver hair brushed against the Ice Prism, an image of the Outsider Woman appeared in the mirror, suddenly letting out a sound like a Qian Jiao—the jade pendant in her palm was devouring her finger's flesh.
Aelia's voice was colder than melting Xue Shui. "If certain people aren't allowed to witness the extinguishing of the Frostmoon Staff, how could they be at ease revealing their trump cards?"
Outside, the cry of a Frost Snow Phoenix Qing Yue echoed, and at that moment, Qin Si brought over an ice box emitting a mist of Han Qi.
When Aelia took out the sealed Memory Crystal from the box, Leonard's pupils dilated sharply—the crystal contained the Magic Crystal Ring from their wedding night, and the inscription on the ring, "This Heart Is Forever Forged," was seeping black mist.
Suddenly, Luna reached out and tapped the surface of the crystal, and the silver liquid that oozed from her tiny palm instantly purified the black mist.
The Phoenix Pattern on Aelia's Ice Crystal Armor suddenly detached from her wedding gown and, under Leonard's astonished gaze, flew off to retrieve the ring.
"The instability of Third Young Master Lucius's Magic Core is a lie; someone has secretly been feeding him Heart-Eating Gu," Aelia declared as she crushed the Memory Crystal into powder. The icy crystal dust formed a hologram of a Magic Castle in mid-air. "Every damage to the West Tower Barrier perfectly coincides with your movements, dear Lord of the Fortress."
Leonard abruptly tore open his collar; the dark red mark at his collarbone had spread into a spiderweb pattern.
Just as he was about to argue, Aelia's scepter suddenly erupted with blinding blue light.
The beam of light cast by the Moonlight Stone enveloped the entire room, and dense purple magic patterns emerged on the walls, all ultimately pointing to the bite mark on his neck.
"From this day forth," Aelia said as she placed Luna back into the Starlight Stone cradle. The infant's silver hair suddenly surged and wrapped around the Frostmoon Staff. "The Magic Castle's Twelve Rays barrier hub..."
The Frost Snow Phoenix suddenly crashed through the colored glazed window and burst into the room, its icy crystal tail feathers scattering into countless runes.
These runes crystallized into a Contract Scroll upon touching the ground, and a yellowed parchment revealed an emerging Family Crest.
Leonard watched as the Magic Signature automatically appeared at the end of the scroll, his fingers digging deeply into his palm.
When he looked up, he met Aelia's gaze, where an icy crystal vortex swirled—this was unmistakably the resonance of the Frostmoon Staff recognizing its master.
The tail feathers of the Ice Crystal Phoenix swept across the Contract Scroll, causing the Family Crest on the parchment to float and spin in mid-air.
Aelia's fingertip pierced through the condensed ice crystal, and blood dripped onto the scroll in an instant. The Frostmoon Staff suddenly projected twelve Ice Prisms that surrounded the entire room.
"The Magic Castle's Twelve Rays barrier hub will be directly governed by the Frostmoon Staff from this night onward." Aelia's voice echoed through the Ice Mirror, reverberating in layers.
Luna's swaddling suddenly burst forth with Xing Hui, as the gems embedded in the Fabric resonated with the Moonlight Stone atop the Scepter. An Ice Pearl, formed on the baby's eyelashes, fell perfectly into the Magic Circle Core.
Leonard's palm bore a Blood Pearl that bled two distinct marks onto the Contract paper—an outer layer depicting the Glorious Demon Fortress's Thorned Totem, while an inner layer faintly revealed a Dark Pattern coiled by a Serpent.
Veins throbbed at his temples. "Those Heart-Eating Gu..."
"Father!" Luna suddenly uttered a vague murmur, her tiny pink palm striking the surface of the Ice Prism.
The entire Ice Mirror shattered in response, and the splintering Ice Shards reassembled in midair into a Holographic Projection of the West Tower, clearly displaying the writhing purple Tentacles within the Barrier Rift—each Tentacle tipped with a Night Rose Petal.
Aelia lightly tapped her Scepter against the Ground, and an Ice Phoenix immediately swooped down, clutching the Contract Scroll onto Leonard's shoulder.
As Raptor claws pierced through the luxurious Fabric, three ice crystals burrowed into his Meridian through the wound. "On every full moon night, the Frostmoon mark will suppress your Magic Core Tremor." She paused deliberately, watching as ice crystals forced back two inches of the Spider Web pattern on his collarbone. "Of course, if you step into Rose Alley..."
Luna suddenly let out a Loud Cry, her silver hair expanding to ensnare Leonard's retreating ankle.
A Sound Wave shattered three Wall Lamps, and scattered Magic Ink crystallized into chains in midair, sealing his words of "it's all a misunderstanding" within a suspended Ice Crystal Cage.
The baby’s Silver Eyes, adorned with Lacrima, reflected Aelia’s figure, with a Star Map swirling deep within her pupils.
As the Contract Scroll began to roll up automatically, Luna reached out her tiny hand to touch the hot sealing wax.
The strange Silver Light flowed through her Fingertip into the Parchment Gap. At the moment Aelia caught the scroll, a crescent-shaped light mark emerged from her Palm.
Leonard stared at that silver streak, suddenly recalling the dark purple Crescent Mark on the Outsider Woman's neck in the same spot from last night.
"Before Dawn Tomorrow, I want to see all the Ice Spirit's source records from the West Tower Cellar," Aelia said. As she turned, the Ice Phoenix on her wedding gown suddenly spread its wings, and the Cold Wind it stirred blew Leonard back against the door.
He tried to grasp the Door Frame, but his fingers were stuck by the Frost Flower. The Night Rose Pollen that fell from his sleeve corroded the Ice Surface, creating a Spider Web-like Scorch Mark.
Luna's silver hair swept across that stain, and the corroded Ice Surface instantly released pure Magic Particles.
The infant Yi Ya grasped Aelia's Jade Pendant necklace, using the remaining Silver Light to draw half of an unfinished Night Rose on the Ice Surface—exactly the pattern revealed in the later part of the Original, depicting Leonard and Leonard's Concubine's Token of Love.
The tail feathers of the Frost Snow Phoenix brushed against the Dome, and the Ice Crystal Crown on Aelia's forehead emitted a buzzing sound.
When Leonard finally stumbled out of the chamber, no one noticed that Luna's Palm still retained a trace of Contract Silver Light, quietly seeping into a crack at the base of the Frostmoon Staff.
Inside the Moonlight Stone, a deep blue flame suddenly split into Silver White Light Threads, crawling up Aelia's Wrist along the Scepter's patterns.
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