The Ice Crystal Chandelier hanging from the banquet hall dome suddenly erupted with blue light, as three hundred Ice Butterflies swept past the Crystal Platter, shattering Leonard's wine glass adorned with Starlit Frosting Throne.
Half-melted Maple Syrup dripped from the Lord's Gold Thread Embroidery sleeve, staining the Emerald Velvet Carpet with dark spots.
"The Blizzard Spell has been improved quite well," the eldest brother remarked, maneuvering his wheelchair to avoid the cheering guests. His silver hair, brushed by the Ice Butterflies, shimmered with a ghostly blue. "But you shouldn't have reinforced the Ice Butterflies' tail wings with Magic Crystal Powder."
Aelia paused, her hand gripping the Carved Silver Fork. The Magic Crystal ratio for the improved Blizzard Spell was something she had personally extracted from Luna's Golden Hair.
In her arms, the infant suddenly laughed and grabbed the Liujin Hairpin. A crisp Ice Crack mingled with the Harp Tone—Starlight Candy newly added to Leonard's Staff began to fall in delicate flakes.
"When Father created the Blizzard Spell back then, he didn't rely on any Reincarnated Spirit Child's Golden Hair," Lord said abruptly, striking the Ice Crystal Long Table with his Scepter. Fragments of the Twelve Rays Magic Invitation reformed in the candlelight into the Award of Honor from Twenty Years Ago. "Some incomplete glories are like a Frostwolf Banner eaten away by insects..."
Luna suddenly flung her Jade Pendant Tassel, now sticky with Maple Syrup, into the air. The pendant landed in Brother San's sleeve, boiling over with Caramel Magic Pattern, filling the room with the sweet scent of Honey Chestnut.
The Earth Vein Spirits seized the moment to blow their altered Horns, rewriting the Gold Foil Text on the Award of Honor to read "Breakthrough Celebration."
"The incomplete understand better the compensation of Magic Rune Circuit," the eldest brother said as Bing Hua crystallized at his fingertip, blooming into an Iris shape that precisely caught Leonard's Scepter and its falling Xing Xu. "Just like Father back then, who sacrificed half of a Magic Castle's spiritual power to repair the Northern Crown Constellation Star Track."
Aelia's Liujin Hairpin emitted a sharp buzzing sound as flashes of Twenty Years Ago's Wedding Scene replayed in the Harp Tone—at that time, the Ruby on Leonard's Staff was now melting into Maple Syrup in Luna's palm.
The infant suddenly smeared hot Maple Syrup over Second Brother’s Curse Mark left by a betrayal from a close friend; the charred Demonic Mark faded into a light gold Laurel Leaf.
As Lucius pushed through the crowd of revelers, he witnessed Father’s Sugar Frost Throne completely melt away.
The Ice Butterflies collectively dove down, shaping the melting Maple Syrup into a miniature Arena Model, while three hundred Frostwolf Banners filled the spaces between his brother's Wheel Spokes and Ice Crystal Gear.
"Did you see the Magic Energy conduction chain evolving from Ice Butterflies?" Third Young Master Lucius blocked Father from leaving with a flick of his sleeve. The Arena Model suddenly projected Spiritual Energy Veins for Magic Castle over the next three years. "The improved Blizzard Spell can enhance Earth Vein Spirits' repair efficiency..."
"Using the Reincarnated Spirit Child as the focal point for the Curse is nothing but a flawed improvement!" Leonard shattered the Sugar Coating that had formed at his cuffs, and the shards of Starlight Candy transformed into the shape of a Poison Spider in his Fury. "When I repaired the Northern Crown Constellation Star Track, I didn't rely on any Zhua Zhou infants..."
Suddenly, Luna spat out a saliva-soaked Maple Sugar Bubble, which enveloped the Poison Spider and crashed it into the sobriety soup held by Qin Si.
The Maid Wrist's Jade Bracelet flashed with Youguang, and the Poison Spider floating in the soup transformed into a Sugar Coating medal, pinned onto the armrest of Brother's Wheelchair adorned with a Frostwolf Relief.
As the last Ice Butterfly dissipated beyond the panes of the Rose Window, Leonard’s black robe was already adorned with chains of Sugar Coating.
Lucius gazed at his father's rigid back and suddenly noticed the fragments of Starlight Candy emerging from his nape, bizarrely arranged into the pattern of a Serpent Hairpin, commonly used by Leonard's Concubine.
"What the Magic Castle needs is not an illusion of an Ice Butterfly. " The Lord, shrouded in shadows of the Emerald Corridor, crushed the last grain of Tang Jing on his shoulder, causing starry fragments to emit a kitten-like wail from his Boot Sole. "What it needs is something that can tear apart illusions..."
Suddenly, Lucius raised a fragment of the fallen Caramel Magic Pattern from Brother San's sleeve, revealing under moonlight the wedding vow curse from twenty years ago, emerging as an echo of Aelia Curse.
The Sugar Coating automatically spread across the father-son bond's Zhuan Shi, forming a Frostwolf Totem, where each wolf hair was a miniature version of the Blizzard Spell Magic Pattern.
"The true illusion is believing that relying on a Reincarnated Spirit Child can cover up family rifts." The Third Young Master Lucius stepped on the remnants of Brother's improved Curse with his Boot Heel. Suddenly, large amounts of magic crystal powder used for improvements surged forth from his right eye, "Have you not noticed that since that year when the wedding vow curse was altered, the Northern Crown Constellation Star Track has..."
The tip of Leonard's Staff exploded with shards of Starlight Candy, splattering hot Maple Syrup onto the pillar, creating a unique pattern reminiscent of wisteria in the outer courtyard.
Luna's loud cry pierced through the Emerald Corridor, and just as the jade pendant tassel she had torn off fell into the exploding maple syrup, it froze into an iris on Aelia's hairpin.
As the black robe of the Lord vanished at the end of the spiral staircase, Lucius bent down to pick up a wisteria flower frozen in ice crystals.
Moonlight refracted through the ice crystals onto his palm, casting an image of Brother’s prophecy etched with gears from his wheelchair—when the Sugar Frost Throne melts, three Serpent Hairpins will pierce through the spirit core of the Magic Fortress Leyline .
Moonlight flowed like a winding galaxy between the columns of ice crystals, and suddenly, Lucius's palm crystallized with wisteria flowers emitted faint sounds like whispers.
Leonard suddenly turned, the black robe swirling around him, causing the Whale Oil in the twelve Wall Lamps to freeze into murky Amber.
"Do you think altering the wedding vow Curse can shake the Lord's authority?" Leonard's Scepter struck heavily against the Ice Crystal Wolf Totem, and the Sugar Coating that burst from the base transformed into pearls from Aelia's Wedding Dress from twenty years ago. "When the Northern Crown Constellation Star Track broke, your brother couldn't even hold onto his Magic Rune Pen!"
Third Young Master Lucius stepped over the shadow cast by the Pillar, and those elongated black lines in the moonlight twisted into a Magic Energy Magic Circuit diagram.
He bent down to pick up the Ice Shards that had fallen from his brother's Wheelchair. The Frost Flower reformed into a miniature Star Trail model on his Fingertip. "Father, when you sacrificed half of the Magic Castle's spiritual power, did you ever ask the Earth Vein Spirit if it was willing to become nourishment for the Star Trail?"
Aelia's Liujin Hairpin suddenly buzzed, and fragments of the wedding vow Curse suspended between them began to automatically piece themselves together.
Luna's Fetal Hair Magic Crystal seeped from the top of her Hairpin, dyeing the faded ink on the Parchment into Ice Blue—revealing traces of corruption from Starlight Candy on the originally engraved passage of "eternal loyalty."
"Using a baby's Golden Hair as a medium for identification?" Leonard's cold laugh shattered three Wall Lamps, and the frozen Whale Oil dripped like tears onto the Sugar Coating chains. "Aelia, when did you become like those charlatans from the Astrology Tower..."
The sudden Loud Cry of the infant interrupted his reprimand.
Luna waved her jade pendant, smeared with Maple Syrup, sticking all the floating fragments of Curse onto her Second Brother's Curse Mark.
The charred Laurel Leaf patterns suddenly glowed brightly, and Earth Vein Spirits climbed along the newly revived Magic Pattern, weaving a brilliant web of spiritual power within the Star Trail model cast by the Pillar.
"Father, look," Lucius raised his hand to draw energy from the web of Light Spots. The twinkling stars perfectly meshed with the Ice Crystal Gear between his brother's Wheel Spokes. "The Blizzard Spell improved by my brother not only healed the Earth Vein Spirit's wounds but also reduced the Magic Castle's spiritual power consumption..."
"Enough!" The Lord's roar cracked the Ice Crystal Wolf Totem with Spider Web-like fissures. What seeped from those cracks was not blood but Violet Balm commonly used by Leonard's Concubine. "You three—Mother and Son—are quite united; even the Earth Vein Spirit has learned to betray its own!"
Aelia's Skirt Hem, embroidered with Frostwolf Patterns, suddenly moved without wind, and prayers from her Wedding Ceremony twenty years ago flowed out from her Hairpin.
The suspended fragments of Curse reassembled in response, revealing key passages that had been erased by Starlight Candy—the words "The spiritual power of the Magic Castle shall never be used for personal desires" burned fiercely on the Ruby atop Leonard's Staff.
Luna suddenly laughed and blew out a string of Maple Sugar Bubbles, one of which enveloped the melting Ruby at the tip of the Scepter and burst with a "pop" against Leonard's chest.
As the Maple Syrup seeped into the black robe and Embroidered Shoes, it revealed the Taboo Magic Array operating in the Outer Courtyard—where the Violet Flower Field, nourished by the Magic Castle's spiritual energy, was ravenously consuming Northern Crown Xing Hui.
"What Father calls 'shattering illusions,'" Lucius said, as frost suddenly surged from his Boot Sole, freezing the escaping Maple Syrup illusion into chains of Evidence, "is it using our family's spiritual energy to cultivate poisonous flowers that devour Star Trail?"
From deep within the spiral staircase came the wailing of the Earth Vein Spirit, and the Ice Crystal Gear on Brother San's wheelchair began to accelerate unexpectedly.
The Caramel Magic Pattern that fell from Brother San's sleeve floated into the air, merging with Second Brother's newly formed Laurel Leaf Brand to create a complete Geographical Map of the Eastern Region—symbolizing the location of the Magic Fortress Spirit Core, which was prominently marked by three Serpent Hairpins.
"When my elder brother improved the Blizzard Spell at fifteen, he used Ice Butterfly to heal the Earth Vein Spirit." Lucius crushed the lies crystallized at his feet, each step leaving a track of flowing spiritual energy in the moonlight. "Yet Father has spent these twenty years hollowing out our family's Lingmai with lies and Magic Patterns."
Luna, cradled in Aelia's arms, suddenly reached out toward the void; the Fetal Hair Magic Crystal in her palm resonated with her elder brother's Frost Gear.
The Violet Balm sealed within the Wolf Totem's fissure began to boil, and from the rising mist emerged Leonard and Leonard's Concubine forming a Blood Oath Contract before the Taboo Magic Array.
Lord suddenly swung his Scepter to shatter the illusion, but fragments of Starlight Candy clung to his nape as if betraying their master.
The Awakening Soup Bowl held by Qin Si tilted unexpectedly, spilling its contents. The sugar shards arranged themselves into Ancient Demon Script that read, "The Betrayer shall suffer from Xing Huo's burning heart."
"You all... are quite something." The Gold Thread Embroidery on Leonard's black robe began to unravel; each snapped Dark Purple Thread transformed into struggling Xing Xu Poison Spiders. "Let’s see if these improved Curses can withstand Northern Crown’s Meteor Shower!"
As Lord's figure vanished completely into the shadows of the staircase, the Magic Residue left on his Scepter corroded three Serpent Pattern Abyssal Serpent Parasite Holes into the Ice Crystal Wolf Totem on the Pillar.
Lucius immediately activated his elder brother’s Frost Gear on the wheelchair; as Ice Crystal Fragments filled the Abyssal Serpent Parasite Holes, an ethereal cheer erupted from within the entire Magic Castle.
"Mother, please give me three strands of Luna's Fetal Hair Magic Crystal." Lucius knelt before Aelia with his palm open, still sticky with remnants of Father’s fallen Xing Xu. "I want to forge a monitoring device for Lingmai from the fissures in the Wolf Totem..."
Aelia cut a strand of silver hair with her hairpin, which automatically wove itself into the Frostwolf Amulet under the moonlight. "Take this to the Alchemical Chamber. Your father mixed the venom of the Devouring Spirit Spider into the Scepter." She turned to look at her Eldest Son in the wheelchair, who was carving a Magic Rune Array to repair the Star Trail on the window lattice with ice crystals.
Suddenly, her brother's silver hair floated without any wind, and the Amber from the shattered Wall Lamp by Leonard began to levitate around his wheelchair.
The frozen Whale Oil inside the Amber started to flow, drawing out a Spirit Tidal Chart for the Magic Castle's future over the next three months on the ground—each crest shimmering with Luna's Fetal Hair Magic Crystal's Ice Blue Light.
"Third Brother, look," Second Brother suddenly pulled open half of his garment, revealing that the Newborn Laurel Leaf Brand was channeling spiritual energy into the Magic Rune Array on the window lattice. "My Curse Mark has transformed into a Spirit Power Transfer Station."
Lucius was about to touch the glowing Brand when Leonard's suppressed Ailya's Roar echoed from deep within the spiral staircase.
The Lord's Magic Echo shattered twelve Rose Windows but softened strangely as it reached Luna's location, ultimately turning into Sugar Coating that fell softly to the ground.
"He's still eavesdropping with Starlight Candy." Aelia sneered, and her Liujin Hairpin suddenly shot out an Ice Spike that shattered the largest piece of Sugar Coating. "On the day Luna was born, the brightness of the Northern Crown's Main Star increased by thirty percent."
As if in response to Mother’s words, the infant suddenly expelled a huge Maple Sugar Bubble toward the staircase.
The bubble carried with it the song of Earth Vein Spirit, dyeing Leonard's lingering Magic Echo in Cinnabar Red from Aelia's Wedding Dress.
When the bubble burst at the Right Eye position of the Wolf Totem, a surge of spiritual energy echoed through the entire Magic Castle’s floor.
In that moment when the moonlight shifted, everyone heard a sharp sound of porcelain shattering from the Lord's Study.
Lucius gazed at the gradually forming Star Trail Magic Pattern on the window lattice and suddenly became aware of a mix of panic from Leonard's Concubine in Father’s Ailya's Roar—a sound that pierced through layers of barriers and formed an eerie duet with Earth Vein Spirit’s cheers.
In the shadows at the bottom of the spiral staircase, Leonard clenched half a piece of Starlight Candy, his hand revealing prominent veins.
Atop the Scepter, a Sugar Frost Throne reformed, faintly revealing three Serpent Hairpins stitching together the Violet Flower Field in the Outer Courtyard with Magic Castle’s Lingmai.
The Bloodshot Eye reflected the Star Trail Magic Pattern on the Ice Crystal Window, and a mocking chuckle rolled in his throat, startling the Death Raven hidden in the folds of his robe.
"Improved Curse..." He crushed the sugar cube in his palm, as the Poison Spider form of Xing Xu slipped through the cracks of the Peacock Stone Tiles. "It's merely a painkiller that delays death."
At the moment when the moonlight shifted, Lucius's Frostwolf Amulet suddenly pointed toward the Library of Hidden Books.
Aelia's Luna, cradled in her arms, suddenly reached out with her tiny hand smeared in Maple Syrup. The ice crystals formed by her palm refracted Leonard's black robe fluttering Residual Shadow— that shadow was entwined around the Astrolabe at the top of the Library of Hidden Books, dyeing the Ice Crystal Gear representing her elder brother Ming Gui a deep Violet.
"Mother, Father is tampering with the Star Trail records." The Third Young Master Lucius's Boot Sole glowed suddenly, and the Blizzard Rune spread rapidly along the spiral staircase. "The manuscript of the Northern Crown Restoration Technique improved by my elder brother at fifteen is still stored in..."
Aelia's Liujin Hairpin erupted with Ice Blue Liuguang, as the Wedding Oath Spell that sealed off Magic Castle Lingmai twenty years ago surged forth from its tip.
The Spell Chain wrapped around the Bronze Wind Vane atop the Castle Spire of the Library of Hidden Books. The Magic Turbulence that was altering the astrological records suddenly froze—Luna's Golden Hair Refining Magic Crystal seeped out from the Spell Chain, covering the surface of the Astrolabe with a fragile sugar shell.
"Let him modify it." The elder brother turned his Wheelchair to crush the shadow cast by a Pillar. The Ice Crystal Gear emitted a Qing Yue sound as it meshed together. "Third Brother, do you remember Chapter Seven of the Magic Pattern Compensation Theory?"
Upon hearing this, Lucius immediately drew upon the energy from the Magic Crystal within his Amulet. The Frostwolf Totem suddenly manifested on the Outer Wall of the Library of Hidden Books.
The frozen tampering magic became clear under the moonlight, revealing a Magic Rune Circuit where every twisted line perfectly filled in the missing Northern Crown variable from his elder brother's improved Curse.
The Earth Vein Spirits cheered as they dove into the Ice Crystal Gear, transforming Leonard's magical interference into a new source of spiritual power.
The Second Brother’s Laurel Leaf Brand unexpectedly extended Gold Thread, piercing through twelve Rose Windows and resonating with the Manuscript of the Library of Hidden Books—on that yellowed Parchment, a Formula previously crossed out in red ink was now being rewritten by flowing moonlight.
"Father always says that those who are incomplete are unworthy to wield the Star Trail." The elder brother’s Fingertip-congealed Ice Iris suddenly flew toward the Library of Hidden Books, accurately piercing through the sugar shell encasing the Violet Mist. "Yet little do they know that cracks can bloom into more resilient Ice Crystal Flowers."
Aelia's sleeves embroidered with Frostwolf Pattern suddenly burst forth with Silver Thread, as those Magic Silk Threads woven from Luna's Golden Hair penetrated through her three sons' Guardian Magic Patterns, weaving a gigantic Identification Array in the Dome of the Library of Hidden Books.
The residual alteration magic was forced to reveal itself—it turned out to be a curse drawn with the Serpent Hairpin commonly used by Leonard's Concubine, dipped in Violet Balm.
"Mother!" Qin Si suddenly rushed over, holding a vibrating Storage Box. "The Spirit Crystal for New Year's Eve..."
Before the Maid could finish her sentence, Luna suddenly grasped the floating fragments of the curse.
The infant Laughter giggled as she stuffed the curse into her mouth, and the Violet Balm crushed by Milk Tooth transformed into glistening Cedar Resin, dripping from her waving little hand onto the lock of the Storage Box.
Aelia stared at the supplies that were automatically unsealed within the box, and the Liujin Hairpin suddenly traced a Magic Pattern in the air.
What was supposed to consume thirty percent of spiritual power for the New Year's Eve Defensive Formation now displayed an optimized Magic Rune Circuit thanks to the Cedar Resin enhanced by Luna.
The Lady of the Fortress brushed past the Storage Box in her skirt embroidered with ice crystals, and suddenly, twenty boxes sealed with Frostwolf Banners fluttered without wind. The worm-eaten Black Hole on their surfaces was being filled by Earth Vein Spirit using Xing Xu.
"Add twelve sets of Laurel Leaf Heaters to the West Wing Guest Room," Aelia instructed Qin Si, while her fingertip gently caressed the newly appeared Ice Blue crystal inside the Storage Box—that was a spiritual power enhancer accidentally refined from Luna's spit-up last night. "Have the Alchemical Chamber replace the Northern Crown Model with a movable Gear Assembly."
Lucius noticed Mother merging three fragments of Serpent Hairpin into the Lock of the Storage Box. Under the moonlight, the Frostwolf Pupil suddenly transformed into a Monitoring Magic Pattern.
As the Library of Hidden Books echoed with the Roar of the Astrolabe rebooting, Aelia had already walked towards the Earth Vein Core Chamber with Luna in her arms, while the infant's saliva-soaked garment quietly repaired the Spiritual Energy Pipeline corroded by violet.
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