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The brilliance of the Chaos Stone had not yet faded as Luna lay in the makeshift Cradle fashioned from a tea towel by Qin Si, her little hands playing with the Star Chart Fragment that had fallen during Brother San's awakening.
The sound of footsteps, frosty and approaching, echoed down the corridor, causing the Guardian Spirits depicted in the wall murals to retreat deeper into their Frames.
"Father was right; you little bastard are indeed up to no good." Lucius kicked over the Cradle with a practiced elegance, ice crystals creeping up Qin Si's arm as he attempted to intervene. "How dare a mere Familiar block the Heir of the Glorious Demon Fortress?"
Using the momentum from the overturned Cradle, Luna rolled toward the fireplace, her swaddling cloth smeared with jam trailing a string of Purification Runes behind her.
She deliberately spoke in Baby Language, "Third Brother's Ice Spike Technique is two beats slower than last month. Did sneaking drinks from the Cellar's Agave hurt your Magic Circuit?"
Lucius's Family Crest at his neck suddenly glowed, and eighteen Ice Spikes hovered ominously above Luna's head. "Don't think that just because you can read minds..."
"It's not mind reading," Luna interrupted him suddenly in perfect Common Tongue, her chubby fingers poking at the hem of his wizard robe—where it was dusted with Golden Pollen unique to the Outer Chamber Manor. "When Father taught you this line last night, was he not stroking your hair with a hand wearing the Serpent Pattern Ring?"
The Ice Spikes showed slight cracks.
Seizing the opportunity, Luna pressed the Star Chart Fragment into the ashes of the fireplace, and the coals, nurtured by Aelia's Magic Pattern, suddenly erupted with Elemental Resonance.
The suspended Ice Spikes refracted a Seven-Colored Halo, illuminating Lucius's hidden Curse Scroll in his sleeve, making it impossible for him to hide.
"Mother sacrificed half her life to save you from being bitten by a Shadow Beast," Luna's voice was wrapped in an infant's softness, yet each word made the Crystal Chandelier tremble. "And now you use her Frost Power to aid that scoundrel who made her cough blood every night?"
The rampaging Frost Magic overturned an entire bookshelf, and Qin Si’s beloved strawberry cake splattered across Lucius’s face.
As he wiped away the cream obscuring his vision, he suddenly noticed his reflection in the silverware splitting into two—there stood a man wearing the Serpent Pattern Ring, pushing young him into a frigid pool.
"No... Father said if we just got rid of you..." Lucius’s Fingertip began to uncontrollably grow an Ice Blade, threatening to pierce through the Guardian Magic Pattern hanging from the spiral staircase above.
Emerald light burst through the air, as Aelia's Guardian Magic Pattern tangled around the Ice Blade.
The mistress, who always gently polished her husband's armor, now had every strand of hair crackling with thunder: "Three years ago, when you were on the brink of death from a high fever, Leonard was cursing you with your hair on the Mistress's bed!"
Lucius stumbled and knocked over a Bronze Candlestick, the melting wax searing a Nebula Mark into his hand, identical to Brother San's.
As Aelia bent down to pick up Luna, the Alchemical Pocket Watch that slipped from her sleeve suddenly sprang open, its dial revealing a family portrait that oozed dark red Blood Pearl.
Crystal chandelier fragments, frozen in ice, fell like rain, and Leonard's cloak embroidered with the Snow Wolf Totem rustled in the magical breeze.
The Lord of the Frost Fortress, known for his cold demeanor, took a step back, letting out a low growl like a cornered beast: "The price of the Guardian Magic Pattern is one she willingly bears!"
Aelia gently brushed her fingers through Luna's hair, where new ice crystals had formed—an amulet she had drawn last night with half a vial of Heart's Blood.
Light spots filtering through the Rose Window danced across her pale face, as if compressing twenty years of respectful coexistence into fragments: "Willingly?
Back then, you knelt before the Icefield Wolf Skeleton and vowed to protect us—Mother and Son—with the unmelting Frost Snow of the Northern Territory."
"Father said he wouldn't let a bastard threaten your position!" Lucius suddenly shouted hoarsely, his Nebula Mark glowing ominously in the melting wax.
The boy staggered as he raised a silver utensil; in its reflection, his hand adorned with a Serpent Pattern Ring was stitching a curse into the Teddy Bear he received for his tenth birthday.
Luna suddenly clutched Aelia's pearl Lapel Pin, her baby voice dripping with poisoned sweetness: "The third Ankeli from the West Tower has a Golden Sparrow Hairpin, stained with Zilinglan Cedar Fragrance." She deliberately wrapped each word in the sticky cadence unique to infants, yet her emerald eyes reflected Leonard's face turning pale in an instant.
The Bronze Candlestick crashed down with a thunderous noise as Leonard's palm surged with Frost Rune energy.
Qin Si flung the Gourmet Fork into the wall, using the strength honed from practicing with poisoned hidden weapons to forcibly pull the mistress aside. "Take a careful whiff, my Lord. Is it not the scent of Healing Potion wafting from your sleeve?"
It was clearly the Nightingale Essence concocted by a lover!
The frozen ice crystals in the air suddenly transformed into countless blades, yet just before they could touch Aelia, they were shredded into powder by the Guardian Magic Pattern.
Luna seized the opportunity to bite her fingertip, pressing her bloodied thumb against Leonard's sword's Magic Crystal—this was the sword spirit nourished by Aelia's blood from her unhealed wound during childbirth three years ago.
"In Father's Study, on the third layer, Ankeli," Lucius suddenly murmured in a dreamlike state. The Nebula Mark on his hand was resonating with Brother San's neck's Luna. "There’s a parchment with red lips drawn on it, and on the back is the Ailya's Birthday Rune of the Brothers."
The Guardian Magic Pattern in Aelia's hair suddenly emitted a hum like Longyin, and the Blood Pearl that fell from the Alchemical Pocket Watch crystallized in midair into a Northern Territory Map.
Luna extended her finger, stained with milk, pointing towards the misty forest in the Southwest Corner, where blood-colored patterns resembling Golden Cress faintly emerged—this was indeed the family crest of Leonard's mistress.
"Do you think destroying the Marriage Contract can erase the evidence?" Aelia suddenly chuckled lightly, her fingertip brushing over the scratches on her husband's armor.
Those were mementos left when she had blocked a Poison Arrow for him during her Luna days, yet now they oozed a purple-black curse of Black Slime. "Back then, when you asked my Father to forge a Blood Alliance, you swore your soul at Frost Temple."
Leonard's Ice Blade suddenly turned towards his own throat but was locked in place by the Guardian Magic Pattern that lit up with Twelve Rays just as it broke through his skin.
Luna reached out to grab the mistress's fallen Alchemical Pocket Watch. The back of its dial was engraved with "Eternal Love" using a baby's Milk Tooth, and it was seeping more Blood Pearls that gradually formed into the outline of a certain Eldest Son’s Leonard's Sword.
The Bronze Candlestick cast a long shadow on the Ice Crystal Ground as her brother’s Wheelchair crushed shards of ice beneath it with a piercing sound.
His incomplete left hand gripped a wand embedded with moonstone, from which Blue-Violet Magic Rebound Liquid seeped through cracks at the Staff Tip, congealing into clumps resembling Ice Crystal Grapes on the Wheelchair Armrest.
"There should be limits to childish words," her brother remarked as he turned his Wheelchair over Luna's skirt hem, his Ice Blue Eyes reflecting the dancing Magic Embers on fragments of the chandelier.
A sudden ice spike shot from the tip of his wand, but before it could reach Luna, it was shredded by the Guardian Magic Pattern that surged from Aelia's hair. "Sister seems unable to distinguish between a Fairy Tale Book and reality."
Luna curled up behind Aelia's pearl Lapel Pin, deliberately exposing a corner of the envelope stained with milk from her swaddling.
The edge of the parchment bore a melting Golden Fleur-de-lis Emblem, seeping out a scent identical to the Nightingale Essence on Leonard's cuffs.
She poked at the crack in her brother's wand with her pink finger. "Brother's Moonstone is crying; it hurt so much when it backfired while delivering Cedarwood Incense to Father last night."
Leonard suddenly erupted, and the Magic Crystal on Leonard's Sword burst forth with a cold light.
As the blade grazed past Luna's ear, the Guardian Magic Pattern on Aelia's neck materialized into a Frost Rose, pinning Jian Feng’s sword just half an inch away from her daughter's pupil.
Blood Crystal spread along the Sword Body, gradually revealing Aelia’s frail appearance from three years ago after childbirth.
"Evidence?" Luna suddenly laughed, pulling out a Magic Letter wrapped in Icefield Wolf skin from the Hidden Layer of her swaddling.
The Fire Seal, tinged with Zilinglan Cedar Fragrance, melted upon contact with air, revealing a Love Poem written in Northern Ancient Language inside—its end stamped with Leonard's Snow Wolf Crest, dated on the full moon night when Aelia and Luna were poisoned and fell unconscious.
Qin Si suddenly flicked out a Silver Dinner Knife to pry open the back of the Letterhead, and a Dark Pattern watermark emerged in the dim light of the chandelier, forming a blurry outline of a pregnant woman.
The voice of the pastry chef maid carried a chilling coldness like a poisoned weapon: "This watermark is made with Arctic Weasel blood; my Lord took ten vials of Heart's Blood from the mistress last year under the pretext of reinforcing the barrier."
"Absurd!" Leonard’s palm surged with Frost Rune energy as sharp Ice Spikes suddenly fell from the Reception Hall Dome.
But when he swung his sword to destroy the Letter, those Icefield Wolf parchment sheets automatically stitched together overhead, forming a complete Northern Territory Map—the location of the misty forest in the Southwest Corner glimmering with an icy light identical to Luna’s protective talisman.
Aelia suddenly clutched her heart as a Blood Pearl from her Alchemical Pocket Watch fell to the ground, solidifying into a Magic Circle Diagram.
The Marriage Emblem, once vibrant, now emerged from her collarbone like tarnished silverware, blackened and flaking away. "So you took my Heart's Blood not to reinforce the Guardian Magic Pattern..." She traced her fingertip over the Nightingale Essence on the letterhead. "It was for that woman who concocts forbidden drugs, as Alchemical Materials."
Suddenly, the sound of gears grinding echoed from her brother's wheelchair, and the Moonstone Wand trembled violently, releasing a Blue-Purple Electric Arc.
His damaged left hand shot between them, icy fingers gripping Luna's chubby wrist. "This trick of forging a letter..." Before he could finish, the Snow Wolf Crest on the letter oozed crimson, projecting the overlapping figures of Leonard and the Blonde Woman in the Frost Temple.
"Three years ago at the Holy Spirit Festival, Father said he was going to inspect the border barrier." Lucius spoke suddenly, as if in a dream. The Nebula Mark on his hand resonated with the date on the letter. "But he took my Teddy Bear to the West Tower."
Leonard's fury manifested as an Ice Blade aimed at his eldest son's wheelchair, only to be blocked by a three-layered cream cake thrown by Qin Si.
The precise force honed from training with poisoned hidden weapons sent a porcelain plate flying past his brother's ear, shattering the Black Rose Colored Window in the West Wall.
Aelia seized the moment to shove Luna into the Ice Crystal Barrier constructed by the Guardian Magic Pattern while she herself faced Jian Feng, gripping her husband's gauntlet.
"Every Frost Rune you cast contains my blood." Her Ailya's White Nails, stained with Dan Kou, dug into the gap of his armor. The Purple-Black cursed Black Slime dripped down from the Xuanbing Bracers. "Even now, the power that seeks to kill us comes from half of my heart that I gave you when we forged our soul oath twenty years ago."
The Magic Crystal Chandelier and remains suddenly levitated collectively, forming a cage in the raging magical currents.
Luna took this chance to climb onto the steel piano stool and began humming a Northern Ballad that Aelia often sang to lull her to sleep in a baby voice.
The melody triggered the hidden Guardian Magic Pattern, causing the keys to play Leonard's vows from when he proposed. Each note transformed into Ice Crystal Roses that pierced towards their assailant.
"Enough!"
Leonard roared, shattering all Ice Roses but found his joints locked by an unexpectedly appearing Twelve Rays Guardian Magic Pattern as he swung his sword.
The scratches left by Aelia when she blocked arrows years ago suddenly cracked open inside his armor, oozing a Blood Pearl that carried an infant's wail—those Blood Pearls fell to the ground and became Ice Mirrors reflecting the Blonde Woman performing a Dark Ritual in the misty forest of the Southwest Corner, her swollen abdomen entwined with a Guardian Magic Pattern identical to that of the Magic Fortress Core.
As the shards of the Crystal Chandelier clinked to the ground, a sudden commotion of footsteps echoed from outside the door.
The familiar sound of the Dragon Scale Staff colliding and the rustling of Brother San's robe against the Star Sand pierced through the raging Wind and Snow, only to be halted at the threshold by Leonard's uncontrolled Frost Magic, which formed a sharp curtain of ice.
When the last piece of the Ice Mirror shattered with a thunderous crash, Luna caught a glimpse of the Blood Pearl seeping from the back of the Alchemical Pocket Watch, slowly taking shape into the outline of Lucius as he tried to persuade Father.
As the ice curtain shattered, Shan Na saw the tip of Second Brother's Dragon Scale Staff glow with an amber Halo.
The fine scales shifted and released a mist of soothing white pine resin—this weapon, which had once helped him slay the Abyssal Python, now trembled as it drew a pause in the violent Wind and Snow.
"Father, please calm down." Second Brother positioned his staff across the icy debris on the ground, its reflection revealing the unhealed burn mark on his left wrist.
That was a mark left from three months ago when he bore the curse backlash for his close friend. "The Raven from Judgment Hall has been circling around Magic Castle for three days. If the Frost Council hears..."
Brother San's Star Sand Robe suddenly fluttered without wind, and the Astrological Compass hidden in his sleeve emitted a buzzing sound.
He instinctively formed a protective seal, but just as his magic coalesced at his fingertip, it suddenly dissipated—this genius Mage, once hailed as a Prodigy from Northern Territory ten years ago, could not even form a basic Ice Shield: "Eldest Brother's staff is cracking further; the Defensive Magic Pattern in West Tower is already showing signs of decay."
Leonard's sword suddenly emitted a resonant Zhen Chan like Longyin, and within its hilt's embedded Magic Crystal emerged a weakened image of Aelia after childbirth.
The curse Black Slime inside his armor suddenly boiled over, transforming into Purple-Black Tentacles that coiled toward Luna's Ice Crystal Barrier: "You have no right to teach me how to be a Lord!"
Luna suddenly squeezed through a gap in the barrier, her chubby little hand accurately striking the dragon eye position on Second Brother's staff.
The dormant Magic Python Essence was awakened, and within its reflective scales emerged a scene from last year's Dong Lian ceremony where Leonard had been absent during Eldest Son's coming-of-age ritual: "Father was busy making an Ice Sculpture of a Snow Wolf for Aunt Gorse!"
Aelia's Guardian Magic Pattern suddenly manifested as Ice Thorn, forcing Leonard to retreat three steps as he attempted to approach.
Luna seized the opportunity to climb onto the piano Remains, her fingertip, stained with Milk Stain, poking at Brother San's waist where the Astrological Compass rested. "The stars of Third Brother say that Father was supposed to teach you Star Trail calculations last month..."
"Shut up!" Leonard's Ice Blade cleaved through the suspended chandelier Remains, the cold light grazing Luna's hair tips as it passed.
The Ice Crystal Barrier suddenly refracted a family Magic Portrait from ten years ago—back then, Brother San was holding the Young Genius Medal awarded by the Frost Council, while now the Star Sand on his Magic Robe was slowly peeling away.
Second Brother abruptly snapped the amulet Chain around his neck, and the Dragon Scale Staff erupted with blinding Jin Mang.
His dear friend Xu Ying, who had borne the curse backlash for him, emerged from the Halo, holding a Serpent Pattern Ring that bore the same design as Leonard's. "You promised Mother you would personally teach us frost magic..."
"Teach?" Luna suddenly pulled out half a melted Honey Cake from her swaddling—evidence of Leonard's promise to celebrate Luna's First Birthday Celebration with her.
The Sugar Coating, infused with Nightingale Essence, traced the outline of Southwest Mist Forest on the Ice Crystal Ground. "Father teaching Aunt Gorse's baby how to build snow forts is much more fun!"
Leonard's pupil suddenly filled with blood red, and Frost Rune coalesced beneath his feet into a violent Wind and Snow vortex.
Eldest Brother's Wheelchair collided with the fireplace amid the Magic Turbulence, and from a crack in the Moonstone Wand, Blue-Violet Slime surged forth, forming a terrifying scene of an abandoned baby in the Ice Field on the Ground.
"Look at what you've destroyed!" Aelia suddenly tore open her collar; blood was seeping from the darkened Marriage Emblem on her collarbone.
Twenty years of courteous coexistence flowed within the Blood Pearl, ultimately freezing at Luna's Hundred Day Feast in that sky-placed main seat. "Back then, Father offered half of the Magic Castle as Dowry, not for you to raise..."
Brother San's Astrological Compass suddenly disassembled on its own, and Star Sand spelled out the Northern Star Map amidst the violent Wind and Snow.
He staggered to grasp two spinning Star Trail fragments; his Magical Talent, long neglected for a decade, erupted uncontrollably—the ominous star from Southwest Corner resonated fatally with the guardian star of Magic Castle.
"Enough! Everyone, just..."
Leonard's Ailya's Roar was suddenly choked by the Twelve Rays Guardian Magic Pattern that appeared out of nowhere.
Luna seized the opportunity to climb in front of his armor, her small hand, sticky with Honey, pressing against the crack left by Aelia when she blocked an arrow.
The ice crystal suddenly reflected images of his three sons at different stages—his eldest brother bandaging his wounds alone in the agony of backlash, Second Brother bearing a curse for his dear friend while Father was absent, and Brother San waiting until dawn on the Astrology Platform...
"They need their father." Luna's Emerald Color pupils shimmered with a Magic Ripple, her infant voice wrapped in the Great Mage's Soul Power Zhen Chan. "Just like the little babies in the Misty Forest need a complete Guardian Magic Pattern to survive past their first month."
The entire Reception Room's ice crystals suddenly shattered collectively, and the Magic Crystal on Leonard's Leonard's Sword erupted with Blood-red Light.
Aelia's Alchemical Pocket Watch unexpectedly floated and disintegrated in mid-air, its gears forming an image of a secret chamber where a Dark Ritual was taking place—an expectant Blonde Woman's abdomen entwined with the Guardian Magic Pattern that should belong to the Magic Castle Heir.
Lucius suddenly burst forth from the shadow of the fireplace, his Nebula Marked palm covering Luna's mouth before she could say another word.
The cloth on the boy's back was soaked with cold sweat, and at the moment he touched his sister's lips, he froze—those words about to escape were coalescing into Ice Spikes in his palm, their sharp edges clearly forming the "Parricide" rune from the Northern Ancient Language.
The Ice Spikes forming in Lucius's palm suddenly buzzed, resonating with the Guardian Magic Pattern on Luna's forehead.
In the boy's pupils reflected a Remnant Page from the ancient text of the Northern Territory, the Frost Codex—Parricide would be eternally trapped within a violent Wind and Snow barrier, its soul turned into bait for Icefield Wolves.
"Be careful, sister!" Brother San's Star Sand Robe suddenly rolled back into a cocoon, unleashing ten years of dormant magic in this critical moment.
Fragments of the Astrological Compass pierced his fingertip, and a Blood Pearl formed mid-air into the Track of the Beidou Seven Stars, striking precisely at the seam of Leonard's Leonard's Sword’s Magic Crystal.
Aelia's Pearl Necklace shattered with a resounding crack, and the Guardian Power nurtured within the Marriage Contract surged forth as an Ice Phoenix, soaring into the sky.
Amidst the falling Light Spots of the Ice Crystal Dome, the scene of the Blood Oath Ceremony from years past emerged—Leonard swore an oath while holding half of her heart, the faint scent of Cedar Fragrance from Golden Cress drifting from his sleeves.
"So it was a deception from the very beginning." Aelia tore apart the silver chain of the Marriage Contract that was wrapped around her wrist, and the Ice Phoenix Chang Xiao charged into the misty forest of Xu Ying to the southwest. "What you wanted was never the Glorious Demon Fortress, but the ancient Bloodline beneath the Frost Temple!"
Luna seized the opportunity to bite down on Lucius's fingertip, pressing it stained with Nebula Blood against her Mei Xin.
Her Emerald Pupils suddenly turned Ice Blue, and a Lullaby Voice infused with the Soul Power of a Great Mage echoed through the hall: "Let the Icefield Wolf Skeleton witness and reveal the true Marriage Contract!"
The floor suddenly cracked open with a deep blue ice fissure, and three Ice Coffins slowly rose.
Her elder brother's Moonstone Wand slipped from his grasp, and Blue-Violet Slime surged forth from its cracked Staff Tip, perfectly aligning with the Sealing Magic Pattern on the Ice Coffin.
The Second Brother's Dragon Scale Staff trembled violently, revealing a Snow Wolf Totem identical to that on the coffin.
"This is the Container of the Blood Alliance from twenty years ago." Luna's chubby little hand patted the Ice Coffin, and a Guardian Magic Pattern blossomed into an Ice Rose in her palm. "Father divided his Marriage Contract into three parts and hid them within our Fated Artifacts."
Suddenly, Leonard's armor erupted with Blood Light as Xu Ying emerged from behind him.
The woman's swollen abdomen split open with spiderweb-like patterns, and black mist seeped out from her womb where the Guardian Magic Pattern that belonged to Eldest Son should have been: "Darling, weren't we supposed to wait until we've devoured these three useless talents..."
"Shut up!" Leonard's Fury manifested as an Ice Blade that suddenly turned toward his lover Xu Ying, only to be ensnared by Blood-Red Chains of Twelve Rays at the moment of contact.
Aelia's Alchemical Pocket Watch had its gears suddenly embedded in the Ice Coffin. As Shan Na released its seal, all three brothers let out anguished screams—their Fated Artifacts were absorbing the power of the Marriage Contract sealed within the Ice Coffin.
Seizing her chance, Luna climbed to the highest point of the piano remains, her Emerald Pupils reflecting a complete Northern Star Map.
The unique resonance of the infant's soul touched the core of the Magic Fortress, and from the thousand-year Ice Crystal Wall emerged the Relief of the First Generation Fortress Master: "By the frost as my witness, the Marriage Contract is reformed!"
The moonstone on my elder brother's wheelchair suddenly restored itself, the backlash leaving a blue-violet scar that transformed into a Guardian Magic Pattern climbing up his neck.
The burn marks on my second brother's wrist morphed into a Dragon Scale Totem, while my dear friend Xu Ying's Serpent Pattern Ring shattered in response.
Brother San's Star Sand Robe moved without wind, as the magic that had been dormant for ten years surged back like a river of stars.
Leonard's lover Xu Ying suddenly emitted a cry of distress; the Guardian Magic Pattern coiling around her abdomen was being forcibly stripped away.
The Goldfinch Crest burned fiercely in the raging wind and snow, revealing a bloody truth beneath—what lay there was Aelia's true Eldest Daughter, who had perished during a difficult birth twenty years ago, serving as the Curse Medium for refining.
"My child..." Aelia staggered and fell to her knees before the Ice Coffin, as the gears of her Alchemical Pocket Watch pieced together the scene of the baby being swapped.
The Guardian Magic Pattern on her neck suddenly manifested into a Frost Giant Sword, Jian Feng pointing directly at Leonard's throat: "To sacrifice your own flesh and blood just to unravel the ancient seal of the Frost Temple?"
The entire Magic Castle shook violently, and from the direction of the Southwest Mist Forest came the mournful howl of an Icefield Wolf.
Luna pressed her bitten fingertip against the Eye Socket of the First Generation Fortress Master’s Relief, triggering the long-sealed Ultimate Guardian Array—every power from the tampered Marriage Contract transformed into a violent wind and snow, engulfing Leonard and his lover Xu Ying into the Millennium Ice Prison.
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