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The surface of the Ice Coffin flickered as Leonard's Last Night continued to glow. Leonard's Adams Apple rolled, scraping against the blade of the Holy Sword, leaving a mark on the Frost Flower.
Aelia's hand, gripping the sword, revealed an ice blue blood vessel, the concentric patterns that had entwined during their wedding night now cracking like a spider web.
"Three years ago, in the Northern Territory..." Aelia's voice wrapped around the shattered ice shards. "You said you would go alone to repair the border barrier, yet you led the Frost Temple's Frostwolf Guard to the back mountain of the Magic Castle." She flicked the sword tip, and a sheepskin scroll floated from Leonard's dark robe, unfurling in midair. The serpent pattern ring of the red-haired witch bore a dark purple mark in the corner of the defense diagram—indeed, it was the secret seal of the Frost Temple priest.
Suddenly, Luna's swaddling emitted a light golden halo, and fragments of a scroll clutched by the infant soared into the air.
The blood-red iris projected an illusion above everyone’s heads: under the moonlight, at the peak of the Astrology Tower, Leonard scattered blood-stained star sand into a crack in the Prophecy Ball, while the Frost Magic Pattern devoured Aelia Family's inheritance—the Star Moon Totem.
"Impossible!" Leonard shattered the illusion with a wave of his sleeve, but ice spikes formed a serpent pattern at his fingertips. "A mere projection spell..." Before he could finish his sentence, a scar on Qin Si's arm suddenly shot out an ice blue beam, intertwining with the star sand drifting from Luna's swaddling to form a net.
As the light faded, his right shoulder revealed an emerging sheen pattern tattoo identical to that of the red-haired witch—a brand of their blood bond partner.
Aelia's Holy Sword suddenly burst forth with a crescent-shaped arc of light as her Marriage Contract Mark peeled away from her collarbone with a faint tearing sound. "Did you ever consider that when you fed my family's star sand to nourish the Frost Magic Serpent, it would backfire on our Eldest Son?" She pressed down with her sword tip, and blood pearls seeping from Leonard's neck coalesced into ice pearls in midair, each reflecting her elder brother’s celestial chart from that fateful night of magic backlash.
A roar echoed from deep within the cellar as chains broke apart, and Luna suddenly let out a clear loud cry.
In the void reflected in Luna's emerald pupils, three blood-red ice pearls silently flew toward where the Three Brothers were located.
The star pattern stone on her elder brother’s wheelchair armrest suddenly glowed red after years of silence. At that moment, no one noticed that his fingertip was gently trembling beneath the blanket.
Leonard suddenly erupted into ice mist but was ensnared by a golden net woven from star sand as he touched the dome of the cellar.
Aelia thrust her Holy Sword into a crack in the Ice Coffin; the entire Magic Fortress Defense Array emitted a mournful sound. "Did you think that stealing my star sand was merely to unlock the Prophecy Ball?" She tore open her collar to reveal an old wound on her heart; what throbbed there was not a heart but half of a shattered moonstone. "When you replaced Eldest Son Ming Xing with your Frost Magic Pattern back then, did you notice that one corner of the moonstone was missing?"
The fragment of scroll in Luna's hand suddenly ignited spontaneously; from its ashes emerged a blood moon that directly entered Aelia and Mei Xin.
The silver chain falling from Lady of the Fortress’s hair snapped with a sound, and twelve star moon gems assembled in midair to form a complete Northern Star Map—the missing thirteenth gem quietly nestled within Luna's swaddling bag, glowing red with a frequency identical to her elder brother’s wheelchair star pattern stone.
As the last wisp of ice mist dissipated beneath the Holy Sword, Luna’s palm stained with blood sent star sand floating toward the southeast corner of the cellar.
In the blind spot of everyone's gaze, a thread of Ice Blue Youguang seeped into the crack of the elder brother's Wheelchair Armrest, while in the shadow of the Wheelchair, a component of the Astrolabe that had lain dormant for ten years suddenly glowed with a Red Dot the size of a Needle Tip.
Ice crystals from the Cellar Dome fell like rain, and a fragment of Moonstone in Aelia's chest suddenly burst forth with a Strong Light of Silver White.
The Ice Mist conjured by Leonard emitted a piercing Screech beneath the Holy Sword, as all twelve Defensive Towers of the Magic Castle lit up with a crimson Warning light—everyone heard the brittle sound of the Core of the Barrier shattering.
Three strands of Gold Thread suddenly floated out from Luna's swaddling, wrapping around the Wrists of the Three Brothers.
The girl’s Emerald Color Pupil reflected countless stars, and those blood-stained Star Sands gathered in her Palm to form a miniature Northern Star Map, resonating wonderfully with the Star Pattern Stone on her elder brother's Wheelchair Armrest.
The Wheelchair Armrest suddenly cracked open, and Ice Blue Youguang, entwined with Star Sand, seeped into the young man's Pale Wrist.
The Meridian that had been frozen by Magic Backlash ten years ago now felt like needles pricking with a tingling sensation.
He gazed at the Ice Crystal Shards floating before him—the Ancient Magic Rune Emerging on them was precisely what was recorded in the Star Moon Forbidden Classic: the "Moonlight Curse Breaking Technique."
"Luna..." he trembled as he stroked his sister's swaddling, and Star Sand formed into the shape of an Ice Crystal Key between his fingers.
A soft sound of gears turning came from within the Wheelchair Armrest, as Ankeli's long-sealed Astrolabe component suddenly flew toward the Ice Coffin, perfectly fitting with Aelia's Heart Moonstone fragment.
When the first rays of morning light penetrated through the Cellar Air Vent, people were startled to see that their elder brother’s right hand Fingertip, which had been draped under a blanket for ten years, was now trembling rhythmically with the flow of Star Sand.
His deep brown eyes reflected the Magic Pattern on the Ice Crystal Key as he whispered softly: "So Father engraved the Dispel Spell into my Star Pattern Stone when he replaced Ming Xing..."
The Gold Thread wrapped around Second Brother's Wrist suddenly transformed into blood-red Iris, piecing together a Contract Scroll signed by his dear friend three years ago before him.
The modified Magic Pattern symbols twisted and deformed in the morning light, ultimately revealing the unique Serpent Mark of Frost Temple.
"Claude actually hid a Sacrificial Magic Rune in the Contract!" Second Brother tore away the bandage from his Left Arm; beneath skin eroded by Magic Dilemma, Ice Blue Blood Vessels pulsed in sync with the Serpent Mark on the scroll.
Luna suddenly emitted a sound, and the name "Luna" that the infant uttered exploded in mid-air, landing perfectly on the failed Star Chart he had drawn.
The Frost Magic Pattern at the center of the Formation Diagram began to reverse its rotation, and Second Brother felt the Demon Binding Shackles that confined his magical power start to loosen.
He grabbed the Star Sand that floated down from Luna's swaddling and filled in the missing Stellar Trajectory at the gap in the Formation Diagram.
As the Ice Blue Blood Vessel completely faded away, the shattered Serpent Mark on the floor unexpectedly formed the emblem of the Kraude Family.
Brother San's wrist, adorned with Gold Thread, plunged into his Magic Talent Test Sphere, and suddenly, dense Ice Cracks resembling "Mama" emerged on the surface of the crystal ball.
Luna waved her small hands to pat the test sphere, her Emerald Pupils reflecting the astrological scene from twenty years ago—Leonard's Last Night—where the Frost Magic Serpent's phantom coiled atop his Talent Beam.
"It turns out my Ice Affinity needs to be refined by moonlight..." The boy stared blankly at the shattered test sphere. The Basic Training Manual he had neglected suddenly flew out from the bookshelf, automatically flipping to the pages altered by the Magic Pattern under the pull of Star Sand.
In the morning light, emerging revision notes bore an uncanny resemblance to Aelia's youthful handwriting.
Brother San grabbed his dusty Primary Staff and rushed toward the Training Ground, where an abandoned area covered in frost suddenly lit up with a circular Magic Pattern.
As his Zhang Jian gathered its first cluster of pure ice crystals, Luna's loud cry transformed into a laugh reminiscent of Yin Ling. Unbeknownst to him, flower petals from Evening Primrose had stuck to her hair in a corner of the Training Ground.
Qin Si was carrying Yao Zhan when she passed through a corridor and was suddenly cut by splintering ice crystals that flew past her sleeve.
The maid was horrified to discover that those ice particles were wrapped in fragments of a Blood Pact, leading her to Aelia's Grooming Room.
Through the door gap, she saw her mistress gently touching her Heart—a Moonstone—against the shattered Ailya's Silver Mirror. What seeped from the Ice Cracks was not blood but a shimmering Ice Blue Liquid mixed with Star Sand.
"Madam, your wound..." Qin Si was about to push open the door when she caught a glimpse of Leonard's Residual Shadow flashing in the mirror.
Aelia's half-broken silver chain hanging from her hair suddenly tightened, freezing the maid in place as she tried to warn her.
As the first rays of sunlight illuminated the Grooming platform, Qin Si realized that her palm was unknowingly clutching a blood-stained ice crystal, its surface faintly reflecting the outline of Luna's Swaddling.
A loud crash echoed from the direction of the Cellar, but no one in the Magic Castle seemed to notice. Beneath the newly formed frost on the Training Ground, dark Purple Veins quietly began to spread—just like the Frost Magic Serpent scales that had silently proliferated on the eve of the Northern Boundary Barrier's breach three years ago.
Ice crystals continued to fall from the Cellar Dome as Qin Si clutched the bloodied ice crystal and made her way through the corridor.
The maids hurried past, carrying Silverware, their anxious faces reflected in the Frost Flower that had formed on the Gilded Candelabra.
When the scent of Caramel Pudding wafted from the kitchen, one Maid finally spotted Aelia leaning against the icy window at the corner of the Spiral Staircase in the Northwest Tower.
"Madam, the Hemostatic Ointment made from Purple Thistle..." Qin Si's words trailed off as she froze in place.
Moonlight streamed through the icy window, casting a slanting glow on Aelia's chest. The liquid Star Sand seeping from the Moonstone Ice Cracks wound its way along her pale fingertip, forming a Micro Star Map.
Each drop of Xing Zi fell precisely in alignment with the positions of the twelve Defensive Towers of the Magic Castle.
Suddenly, Aelia grasped Qin Si's wrist, her fingertip, now stained with Star Sand, tracing a Blood Pact seal on her palm: "Three years ago at the Northern Territory celebration banquet, you took that cup of Poisoned Wine for me..." An Ice Blue Blood Vessel began to emerge on Qin Si's forearm, and those deliberately forgotten memories of Leonard's Last Night came rushing back—Leonard's Serpent Pattern Ring had left dark purple scratches on the edge of a Liuli Wine Cup.
"So you knew all along..." Qin Si's Emerald Earrings suddenly burst forth with a Strong Light. The Star Pattern Amulet that her mother had sewn into her slip flew out automatically, perfectly fitting into the Moonstone crack on Aelia's chest.
As the Star Sand liquid ceased to seep out, Maid realized that her blood had transformed into a shimmering Red Glow of Silver Blue.
Aelia wrapped Qin Si's trembling hand with the hem of her blood-stained ceremonial robe: "Your mother was the Star Pattern master who went missing twenty years ago?
These Star Sands are searching for their true guardian." She suddenly tugged at Qin Si's collar, revealing a Light Purple Serpent-Shaped Birthmark on her collarbone that was metamorphosing into a soaring Star Moon Totem under the Moonstone’s glow.
A roar erupted from the direction of the Cellar as Lucius burst through the Golden Oak Door, covered in Ice Shards.
The Family Crest on Young Master Three’s chest shattered into two pieces, revealing an inner layer engraved with a Star Moon Cipher—the very talisman Aelia had secretly replaced on his tenth birthday.
"Mother!
The Defensive Formation of the East Side South Wing Granary..." Lucius's voice abruptly stopped.
He stared blankly at the glowing totem at Qin Si's collarbone, as Leonard's Sword suddenly unsheathed on its own, the moonstone embedded in the hilt resonating with the Star Moon Totem.
In the deep brown of the boy's pupils, an illusion reflected the Core of the Defensive Array entwined by the Frost Magic Serpent.
Aelia smeared bloodied Star Sand on Jian Feng. "Three years ago, when your father gifted you this sword, did he specifically remind you to polish it on a full moon night?" She suddenly flipped the Sword Body, and instead of reflecting the boy's handsome face, the moonstone now showed the grinning face of a priest from Frost Temple—an ominous shadow outlined by Star Sand perfectly aligned with the Sheen Pattern tattoo on Leonard's shoulder.
Lucius suddenly knelt on one knee, Leonard's Sword sparking against the stone slab. "This morning, during the patrol of the barrier, Night Watcher John's pupil transformed into a serpent's Shu Tong." He tore open his Xuanbing Bracers, revealing a Frost Magic Pattern emerging on the inner side of his forearm that was devouring the Family Crest mark. "But when I touched the Xingyue Relief of the East Tower, these filthy patterns began to fade."
Suddenly, a thunderous Jing Lei erupted outside, as torrential rain mixed with hail pounded against Magic Castle.
In the kitchen, Martha ran through the courtyard holding a burnt apple pie, the drifting caramel flavor mingling with Ailya's roar as she scolded the servants.
Florist Old Tom squatted in a rosebush trimming dead branches, the snipping sound eerily synchronized with the continuous clanking of chains from the cellar.
"Have you heard? The Lord has given Eldest Son's Ming Xing to the Frost Magic Serpent!"
"No wonder Third Young Master Lucius has been frequenting the abandoned Training Ground lately..."
"Hush! The steward is glaring at us..."
The whispers of the servants were torn apart by a fierce wind as Lucius suddenly grasped Qin Si's hand and pressed it against his heart.
The starry moonlight rising from his palm pulled at the totem on Qin Si's collarbone, shaping it into a Defensive Formation. "Tonight at midnight, please allow me to assist you in restarting the Northern Star Map."
Aelia gazed out at the torrential rain, her fingertip absentmindedly tracing a crack on her moonstone.
When the third explosion of Jing Lei echoed, she suddenly scattered the blood-stained Star Sand into the air.
The shimmering particles automatically arranged themselves into the Northern Territory Map from three years ago, marking the location of Frost Temple, where the outline of Luna's Swaddling emerged prominently.
"Go fetch all the Astrolabe parts." Aelia snapped the remaining silver chain from her hair, and twelve Star Moon Gems suddenly flew toward different towers. "At Dawn..." Her words were interrupted by a sudden tremor; an Ice Blue Light Column rose from the Training Ground, tearing a gap in the storm clouds shaped like Xingyue.
The moonstone on Lucius's Leonard's Sword suddenly burst forth with a Strong Light. In the dazzling Halo, the boy witnessed the shocking scene of Leonard's Last Night: his elder brother was being lifted and suspended by Star Sand on a Wheelchair, while Second Brother held a burning Contract Scroll inscribed with Yin Yan. Brother San had conjured ice crystals from the Ice Mist in the Training Ground that perfectly replicated Aelia's signature technique from her youth.
As the last trace of Lei Guang vanished into the clouds, Aelia suddenly pressed her hand against her Heart and staggered back.
When Qin Si caught her just in time, he discovered that what seeped from the crack in her Moonstone was no longer Star Sand but Hei Xue bearing Frost Magic Patterns.
The Maid's Star Moon Totem suddenly became searing hot, and the Silver Blue light coursing beneath their skin flowed along their Fingertips toward the precarious Core of the Barrier.
A crisp sound of shattering crystal echoed from somewhere in the castle, but at that moment, no one knew that in the kitchen's rising steam, spilled Maple Syrup from a Servant was quietly flowing through a Floor Tile Gap toward the depths of the Cellar where Ice Mist and Residual Shadow still writhed.
Aelia stood before the shattered Colored Window of the Watchtower, her Palm resting on the Moonstone as Ice Cracks extended shadows like a Spider Web, enveloping the entire Projection of the Magic Castle.
When the first rays of morning light pierced through the clouds, she suddenly realized that what seeped into the Barrier Rift was not just frost Magic Aura—among those flickering particles of Star Sand were mixed with Luna's Swaddling's unique Golden Bellflower and Cedar Fragrance.
Aelia's Fingertip trembled slightly on the Prophecy Crystal, as a Magic Image emerged from its core, projecting onto Liujin Relief Dome.
In the Banquet Hall that evening, thirty-six floating candelabras suddenly exploded, melting gold wax dripping like Blood Tears onto the Velvet Tablecloth.
"Father has kept a Canary at Rose Manor?" Brother San's Silver Fork pierced through a roasted Lark's chest, his amber eyes reflecting entangled figures within the crystal. "It seems we should change our main course."
Luna curled up in Qin Si's arms, her infant spirit Resonance fading away.
She looked at her Chubby Palm; San Ye’s deliberate Loud Cry had convinced Aelia that this mute daughter could convey memories using Magic Water crystals—the price being her throat still suffering from Zhuo Tong’s unbearable pain.
"Aelia, this is the illusion caused by the backlash of the Forbidden Technique!" Leonard's Scepter erupted with Heiyan, but it suddenly froze upon touching the rose Ice Sculpture at the center of the Long Table.
Ice crystals crawled up the staff, freezing his right hand's Family Crest into Azure Purple.
The Magic Castle shook violently as sixteen Colored Windows shattered simultaneously.
Luna's swaddling was pinned to a stone pillar by Qin Si's Hairpin. She saw the Star Map of the Dome reconfiguring—this was an unexpected development not found in the Original.
Her elder brother's Wheelchair was suddenly ensnared by Magic Thorns emerging from an Earth Rift, and those barbed vines injected ghostly blue energy into his withered Twin Legs.
"Sister..." Second Brother stumbled and knocked over the Blood Wine rack. The deceptive Curse Mark on his neck peeled away as it got entangled in the Thorns. "You mean the talisman my dear friend gave me is actually a curse?" As he broke the silver chain, the blood-red gem revealed Leonard's Last Night, where his friend was trading with a Black Market Sorcerer.
The Peacock Stone Tiles beneath Leonard's feet suddenly collapsed, and the Magic Circle of the Ancient Contract emerged from underground.
Aelia's Pearl Earrings transformed into blades of light hovering at his throat: "Seventeen Years Ago, when you swore before the Abyssal Eye, you didn't mention that Love Magic would affect two women simultaneously."
Luna suddenly felt a heat on her forehead as her past life's Mage Mark awakened beneath her infant skin.
Brother San's Alchemical Pocket Watch spun wildly, with the Twelve Zodiac Palaces on its dial pointing simultaneously to her location. "Father, it seems you've automatically activated an impressive Guardian Program." He licked blueberry jam from his lips as Zhang Jian glowed with an unprecedented seven-colored Magic Radiance.
A roar echoed from the Castle Exterior as a massive object collapsed. Lucius took advantage of the chaos to lean close to Luna's ear: "Aunt, you revealed the secret three years early, causing my prepared poison mushroom pie to go to waste." The Dark Pattern on his cuff mirrored the rampaging magical plants outside.
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