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The Magic Castle, shrouded in the Silver Moon Barrier, awakened in the darkest hour of dawn. Luna curled up in her swaddling blanket, remnants of Xing Hui still lingering on her Fingertip.
Through the intricately carved railing, she watched Aelia wipe the cold sweat from Lucius's brow. The headband adorned with moonstone worn by Mother hung low over Brother San's Pale Luna—just like the last time Aelia tightened the tourniquet on the Young Child suffering from High Fever before they were consumed by shadows in the original story.
Luna bit down on her coral fleece sleeve, rubbing it against her Milk Tooth.
The aftereffects of forcibly activating the Silver Moon Magic Pattern left every bone aching, but what troubled her more was Aelia's Neck adorned with that Sapphire beneath the Crystal Chandelier.
In the original plot, this gem, embedded with a Guardian Spell, was supposed to turn into a Poison Curse three days later, allowing Shadow Matter to erode Aelia's mind while she slept.
"I must awaken Mother early." Luna fixed her gaze on Qin Si as she carried Yao Zhan down the spiral staircase. The Wisteria Pollen clinging to the maid's skirt made her Pupil constrict—this magical plant only grew in the castle's West Side Forbidden Zone, where Leonard had built the Rose Greenhouse for Leonard's Concubine.
As Qin Si bent down to adjust the Velvet Curtain, Luna suddenly burst into a clear laugh.
Aelia, who was polishing the Silver Candelabra, turned in surprise. "Xiao Luna is laughing?" But she froze upon meeting the moonlight swirling in the depths of the baby's eyes; the Xing Mang atop the Scepter glowed with no Awareness.
"Mother should go to the study to handle the backlog of barrier maintenance reports." Luna used magic to activate the Crystal Wind Chime hanging above the Cradle, weaving a vague intention amidst its chimes.
Watching Aelia hesitate as she was escorted away by the butler, Luna quickly tugged at Qin Si's Pearl Necklace with her Milk Tooth. As Qin Si gasped and leaned down, Luna flicked a strand of Shadow Matter she had taken from Father’s Scepter into her Moonstone Earrings.
As the maid stumbled and steadied herself against the Cradle's Obsidian Pillar, her Pupil reflected the blooming Blue Rose from the West Side Forbidden Zone and Leonard holding Pale’s ankle submerged in Moonlight Spring during Leonard's Last Night.
A lullaby wrapped in moonlight erupted in her ears: "Tell Mother, or else when the Shadow Curse Seal erupts in three days, you will be strangled by vines in the Confinement Room."
Qin Si’s trembling Fingertip became ensnared in the Velvet Curtain, and the Gold Thread embroidered with the Magic Castle Emblem tore through her Ailya's White Nails.
When she saw Luna’s Palm Emerging with a Star Trail Pattern identical to that of the Great Mage from the original story, she finally staggered toward the study.
Aelia was verifying the flow of Barrier Energy when suddenly her Feather Pen bled ink across the Parchment.
She gazed at her own unconscious drawing of intertwined hearts—this was an engagement Oath that Leonard had drawn for her using Ying Huo insects in Moonlight Forest when she was sixteen.
"Madam!" The sound of Qin Si crashing through the Bronze Door startled the Liuli Bird dozing by the window. As Aelia looked up, the Wisteria Pollen caught in her maid's hair made her pupils constrict.
This flower, which required nourishment from Shadow Magic, only grew in the Southwest Tower, a place she had expressly forbidden anyone to enter within the entire Magic Castle.
"The Lord... is in the Western District Forbidden Zone..." Qin Si knelt amidst the scattered documents, and the Shadow Matter lingering in her Moonstone Earrings suddenly ignited with a burning sensation.
In response to Aelia's changing expression, the maid clutched her head in agony as Leonard's Last Night, forcefully implanted in her mind by magic, poured out: the gilded bedposts entwined with Blue Roses, the silk skirts floating in Moonlight Spring, and Leonard's neck adorned with a Double Heart Mark identical to that of the Lady of the Castle—imprinted just below the collarbone of a Strange Woman.
Aelia's Scepter crashed down on the Liujin Table Corner, and the Strong Light emitted by the Guardian Gem sent three stacks of barrier reports flying.
She staggered to steady herself against the windowsill and saw Luna's Cradle facing her study window. The infant wrapped in silver moon swaddling reached out with tiny hands, her Fingertip entwined with Xing Hui matching Lucius's awakened Magic Pattern from last night.
"This is impossible..." Aelia tore off her Pearl Necklace and lunged toward Luna's Cradle. Memories from Twenty Years Ago emerged like a curse—Leonard had cut his Palm at their engagement banquet, dripping blood into Moonlight Spring as he vowed: "My Soul Mark will forever belong only to Ailya Silverlight."
Luna grasped her Mother's trembling fingers, leaving an imprint of the West District Forbidden Zone's Coordinate with her still-fading Silver Moon Magic Pattern on Aelia's Palm.
When Aelia's Guardian Gem sensed the explosion of the Coordinate position emitting a Purple-Black Halo, a sudden sound of shattering crystal echoed down the corridor.
"Madam! The Lord is coming this way with Third Young Master Lucius!" Qin Si's terrified shout mixed with the Explosive Sound of Magic Boots shattering the Rose Window. Aelia turned sharply, and the Light Arrow forming at the tip of her Scepter shielded Luna's Cradle behind her.
The infant squinted as she saw Leonard reflected in the shards of Colored Window glass, his right hand partially visible beneath his black robe, wrapped in shadowy bandages—the same spot where he had been marked by Silver Moon Magic Pattern and Ailina's Burn last night.
Aelia’s breath caught suddenly. As her Scepter’s Light Arrow shifted toward her husband, Luna finally heard the dislocated Click of Fate’s Gear.
The baby revealed a toothless smile amid the swirling magical currents. All that remained was for Mother to tear apart that barrier woven from lies for Twenty Years—
Aelia’s knuckles turned pale from exertion as her Scepter’s Guardian Gem burned a Scorch Mark into her Palm.
Qin Si knelt amidst the chaos, trembling as she cradled the shattered Moonstone Earrings. The Shadow Matter coalesced into mist, weaving in the air to form Leonard's Last Night—a silk underskirt embroidered with the Magic Castle Emblem, the very piece she had sewn for Leonard during last year's Winter Festival.
"When did it begin?" Aelia's voice cut through the air like a blade of ice. Suddenly, three lampshades of the Crystal Chandelier exploded, and Liuli Fragments grazed Qin Si, embedding themselves into the oak floor.
The remnants of the maid's Skirt ignited with Wisteria Pollen, revealing the spatial Coordinates of the West Side Forbidden Zone within Qing Yan.
"Ten days ago... The lord commanded me to pick fresh Blue Roses daily..." Cold sweat beaded on Qin Si's forehead as her Fingertip emerged, revealing a Scar torn by a Magic Thorn. "But those flowerbeds were enchanted with a Confusion Spell. If it weren't for Young Miss's Silver Moon Magic Pattern..." She suddenly clutched her throat as Shadow Matter slithered out like a thin serpent from her ear.
As Aelia swung her Scepter, the Astrolabe on the East Side of the study erupted violently.
Memories from Twenty Years Ago surged forth like a curse—Leonard had shielded her from a fatal blow while exterminating a Shadow Beast, his bloodied Palm pressed against her Heart as he vowed, "My soul will forever be your shield." In that moment, those oaths twisted into poisonous vines, piercing her heart with twelve bloody holes.
Luna's Cradle emitted a faint sound of Yin Ling, as pearls torn by her Milk Tooth rolled across the Ground, forming a Star Trail Pattern.
Aelia staggered back a step, witnessing the Guardian Spell she had sealed within her daughter's swaddling blanket now resonating with the Shadow Energy of Leonard's Staff.
The moonlight outside suddenly twisted into Thorn shapes, casting shadows on the wall like a prison.
"Mother should take a look at the third layer of the Dressing Mirror's Dark Compartment." Luna used her last bit of magic to activate the Crystal Wind Chime, its chimes carrying the essence of Baby Voice.
Aelia's Pearl Necklace snapped suddenly; rolling beads triggered a mechanism hidden behind an oil painting, revealing a dusty Sandalwood Wooden Box—inside lay half of a blood-stained Marriage Stone. The other half, which should have been in Leonard's possession, was now embedded in the Memory Frame around that Strange Woman's Neck.
The sound of Magic Boots shattering the Rose Window echoed down the corridor as Leonard's figure, shrouded in night mist, crashed through the Gilded Door Frame.
Aelia suddenly chuckled softly, her Fingertip brushing over the Guardian Gem atop her Scepter where Ice Cracks had appeared.
As she turned to face her husband, the Moonstone above her head erupted with Strong Light, illuminating the study as brightly as Daylight.
"How well does the Blue Rose bloom in the West Side Forbidden Zone?" Aelia's voice was terrifyingly soft as sparks flew from her Scepter against the Ground, forming an ancient Judgment Array pattern.
Leonard's right hand beneath his black robe twitched slightly; last night’s shadows from Ailina's Burn seeped Purple Black Mist through his Silver Moon Magic Pattern bandages. Within the Judgment Array, it coalesced into an entwined double heart pattern—identical to the Oath mark on the Marriage Stone.
Luna giggled in the Cradle, and the lingering Star Trail of the infant Palm suddenly projected onto the ceiling.
The core of the Magic Fortress Barrier unfolded into a Three-Dimensional Map, revealing the Energy Node in the Forbidden Zone on the West Side, seeping Shadow Matter like a festering wound.
Aelia's pupils constricted sharply as she finally discerned that the magical energy meant to reinforce the barrier was now continuously flowing into a heavily protected private space.
Leonard raised his hand to touch his wife's shoulder but was met with the sudden surge of Ailina's Burn from the protective flame.
He frowned at Luna's Cradle, where the infant clutched a torn silver moon Lullaby Thread, weaving a miniature Detection Magic Circle in the void—an "Eye of Truth," originally created by the Great Mage a hundred years ago.
"Aelia, let me explain..." The man's voice still carried a heart-stirring tenderness, reminiscent of their wedding night when he held her hand and taught her to draw the Defensive Formation Diagram.
But at that moment, this tenderness transformed into the sharpest ice spike, shattering Aelia's last glimmer of hope.
The Light Arrow atop the Scepter suddenly split into Twelve Rays, pinning Leonard at the center of the Judgment Array.
Aelia tore off her Marriage Stone necklace and threw it at her husband's feet. The splintering Gem Fragment cut across his neck, but instead of blood, thick Shadow Matter flowed out.
This revelation froze the air in the entire room; even Luna stopped her play, her moonlit eyes wide as she gazed at the strange energy swirling beneath her father's black robe.
Suddenly, a roar echoed from outside as the barrier shattered, and eerie purple light emanated from the East Wing Tower of the Magic Castle.
Aelia's Guardian Gem shattered in response. As it fell amidst Xing Huo, she caught sight of what protruded from Leonard's bandaged hand—those were not human fingers but skeletal remnants entwined with Shadow Runes.
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