In the trembling fingertips of Qin Si, Frost Flower shattered into powder. She gazed at the infant in the cradle who blinked back at her, the Alchemy candlestick casting Luna Silver Blue's pupils to shimmer like a starry sky. "Miss, do you truly wish for me to..." Before she could finish her sentence, the baby’s delicate hand suddenly pressed against her wrist, and several strands of ice crystals flowed along her bloodline, coalescing in her palm into an illusion of Leonard and Leonard's Concubine kissing at Wisteria Manor.
"Three days from now, when the Star Trail shifts, Mother will go to the West Tower to replace the Defensive Formation's moon crystal." Luna's consciousness seeped into the maid's mind like melting Xue Shui, and within the infant's eyes, which should have been innocent, flowed a light reminiscent of the Millennium Cold Pool.
Qin Si staggered as she leaned against the carved bedpost, catching a glimpse of Third Young Master Lucius practicing the Ice Blade Technique outside the window. The blue flame dancing on the young man's Dragonbone Sword suddenly solidified into an arrow shape of warning.
At that moment in the library’s secret chamber, her elder brother was staring blankly at his right hand, which was gradually crystallizing.
A newly cracked Curse Mark on the wheelchair armrest was suddenly enveloped by a warm golden halo. He looked up in shock to see Luna cradled in Second Brother's arms; scorch marks from Brother San's Fire Magic experiments still clung to the infant's swaddling.
"The Knights Templar's Confession Record, Seventh Volume," Luna’s consciousness exploded within the minds of the three, her icy fingers pointing toward the ice cracks on her elder brother's wheelchair armrest. "The backlash Curse Mark needs to be reconstructed with a misaligned Star Trail—just like this." She suddenly grasped Brother San’s right hand as he attempted to cast a fireball spell, forcibly redirecting his magical energy toward Second Brother's waist where an Ice Spike protruded.
In that moment of fusion between ice and fire, a star map emerged from the dome of the secret chamber that was entirely different from the original book.
The ice cracks on her elder brother's wheelchair armrest began to grow in reverse, transforming into a rune chain entwined with purple-gold vines. The contract star within Second Brother’s Ice Spike, on the verge of exploding, was enveloped by fire elements injected by Brother San, blooming into a Shuang Sheng Black Rose amidst Frost Flower; while in Brother San’s palm, flames danced with faint outlines of a four Elemental Balance magic array.
"So my talent isn't single-element..." Brother San trembled as he touched the water patterns swirling within the flames. Second Brother stared blankly at the Ice Rose where his dear friend’s true name emerged—its characters clearly bore barbed curses at their end.
Suddenly, his elder brother's incomplete right hand burst forth with rainbow light; crystalline fingers grew to cover ancient runes. He looked towards the West Tower and finally understood the true meaning behind "Bloodline is the key" found in ancient texts.
As Qin Si took advantage of the magic turbulence during the moon crystal replacement to inject illusions into Aelia's Alchemical Ring, the dome’s descending Xing Mang just swept across the inner side of Lady of the Fortress' wedding ring.
The mirrored image of Leonard and his lover intertwined refracted repeatedly among twenty-eight guardian stars. Aelia’s heartfelt tear gem embedded in the Magic Circle Core suddenly shattered, sending splintered fragments that burned betrayal’s testimony onto Lucius’ Dragonbone Sword.
"Be careful!" Lucius swung his sword, shattering the ice spike that suddenly attacked Aelia, but he failed to notice that the fragments were piecing together the coordinates of Wisteria Manor.
Aelia's Alchemical Robe was alive with the frantic growth of Evening Primrose patterns, wrapping around a Morning Dew Estate Deed hidden within a Dark Compartment in the West Tower. She staggered to support herself against the Astrolabe, witnessing in the void projected by the instrument the scene of Leonard, who had made excuses about border wars, appearing in a lover's bed on Leonard's Last Night during her childbirth years ago.
The entire Magic Castle suddenly trembled. In the kitchen, a House Elf experimenting with new dishes accidentally knocked over a Honey Jar, and the golden syrup seeped into the Floor Tile Gap, emerging as the emblem of the Outsider Family.
On the Training Ground, Magic Puppets collectively turned toward the West Tower, their Eye Sockets igniting with Soul Fire that suddenly burned with a jealous crimson hue.
Meanwhile, in the Cellar, Wine Barrels sealed for Twenty Years began to weep tears imbued with a Bloody Smell.
The raging Wind and Snow took on an eerie quality as night fell. Snowflakes that should have nourished spring shoots fell upon the Wheat Field surrounding the Magic Castle, shimmering ominously in the moonlight with an unsettling blue glow.
The Night Watcher noticed fine cracks appearing in the barn beams at the Southwest Corner; what drifted from those fissures was not sawdust but Purple-Black Spores carrying a scent of decay.
Yet at this moment, no one noticed; all eyes were drawn to the column of Ice and Fire erupting from the master bedroom—where Aelia's shattered Ice Crystal Staff struck against the True Heart Mirror with a brittle sound, and Leonard's hypocritical vows were shattered by his three sons' Magic Resonance as he attempted to defend himself.
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