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Emerald Flame licked at the Rose Vines, while the silver shoulder clasp on Lucius's left shoulder was struck by Thunderstorm, creating a web-like crack.
Brother San rushed forward, clutching the smoking Sheepskin Scroll, but was caught by his elder brother's Mechanical Prosthetic at the wrist, gears grinding and sparking blue-violet flames.
"You know full well that scroll contains a storm spell!" Brother San broke free from the metal fingers' grip, the Magic Pattern on his neck glowing an unnatural crimson. "Father destroyed Mother's Magical Talent through Marriage back then, and now he intends to use the same method again—"
"Mind your words!" The elder brother's silver hair swept past his hollow Left Eye, the Mechanical Eye refracting the Wedding Ring Fragment floating in the Fountain Pool. "If it weren't for Father’s Marriage with the Thorn Family three years ago, the Shadow Devourer from Southeast Tower would have broken through the barrier long ago."
The Scorch Mark of the Golden Powder Spider fled, winding into a Symbol Array on the stone path, and Luna's Magic Bubble suddenly collided with Brother San's nape.
In the shattered Jing Chen lay Leonard's Last Night: within the melting Ice Layer of the Crystal Coffin, Frost Flowers from the Frozen Maiden's eyelashes were falling like snowflakes.
Brother San's magic Zhang Jian exploded with an Ice Blue Light Spot. "Look at Leonard's Last Night in the Prophecy Ball! Those spiders bear Father's Bloodline Mark; they clearly intend to replicate the Soul Exchange Ritual from Twenty Years Ago!" He tore open his collar to reveal the Sealing Spell at his collarbone. "Back then, they used my Magical Talent as a sacrifice..."
"Enough!" The elder brother's Mechanical Prosthetic slammed heavily against the edge of the Starfall Platform, Holy Fire suddenly splitting into seven fiery lines that wrapped around Lucius's wrist. "Do you think I want to watch my Brothers repeat past mistakes? But tonight, the Star Trail has shifted thirty degrees; the Energy Nodes of the seven Defensive Towers in Magic Castle are disappearing!"
Suddenly, twelve Magic Hourglasses rose from the bottom of the Fountain Pool, three of which had already run out of black sand.
Lucius struggled to rise from the Thorny Bush, his sapphire pendant reflecting his cracked lips. "Brother San, in the Crystal Coffin..."
"Shut up!" Brother San’s wand suddenly pointed towards Southeast Tower, twenty-three Ice Spikes piercing through the web-spinning spiders. "When Mother was forced to drink the Forgetfulness Potion back then, elder brother’s Mechanical Heart hadn’t even been equipped with an anti-magic device!"
Luna’s swaddling suddenly erupted with a Rainbow Halo, and the floating Crystal Baby Bottle shattered the fourth hourglass.
The Time-Space Rift echoed with the brittle sound of cracking Ice Layer as Aelia’s Pearl Earrings rolled down to rest beneath the Prophecy Ball, reflecting eighteen-year-old Lucius forced to wear a Thorned Crown.
"Third Young Master!" Qin Si rushed in from Wisteria Corridor carrying a Liuli Lantern; where her skirt swept past, Golden Powder Spiders froze in place. "Madam wants you..." Her voice abruptly cut off as Lucius's Hand Back emerged with Iris Crest seeping Silver Blue Blood Pearl.
The elder brother's Mechanical Eye suddenly shot out a red light, scorching a Warning line at Qin Si's feet: "A maid should not intrude upon Xing Yun..."
"The girl in the Ice Coffin is breathing!" Luna suddenly let out a loud cry like a baby. A Magic Bubble enveloped the fountain water, shooting up into the sky and bursting into an Outer Room Portrait made of frost—bearing a striking resemblance to the melting Ice Coffin Girl.
Brother San's wand fell to the ground, and the Sealing Spell spread to his Ear: "Father used Leonard's Concubine's Bloodline to continue the Soul Exchange Array?"
That Lucius' betrothed...
"Is a sacrifice sent by the Sanctuary." The elder brother tore open the collar of his Starry Emblem, revealing the black mist overflowing from his Mechanical Heart. "Do you think I altered my body for no reason?
Three years ago, when the Star Trail anomaly occurred, Father inscribed the betrothals of his seven sons into..."
The Emerald Flame suddenly turned dark green, and from the bottom of the Fountain Pool, a Barbed Marriage Contract Scroll floated up.
As Lucius' bagpipes played the Third Movement on their own, Qin Si suddenly raised the Liuli Lantern towards the gap in the surrounding wall—a girl wearing a Silver Iris Mask stumbled into a Rosebush, her ice crystal Lan Yu Shi falling from her hair to land beside Luna's swaddling.
"The Third Young Master's..." Before Qin Si could finish her sentence, she was silenced by magic, her Liuli Lantern Shade imprinting on Emerging Aelia's lips.
She gestured anxiously towards the Southeast, where the sound of a Royal Carriage's Phoenix Bell could be heard approaching.
Luna's Magic Bubble suddenly enveloped the unfamiliar girl. Before anyone could react, Qin Si had already grabbed the girl's cloak and was sprinting towards the Magic Market.
The night wind carried her whispers dissipating into the air: "The lady says there are Seven Candidates in the Marriage List..."
Moonlight filtered through Stained Glass, casting eerie Light Spots on Aelia's Pearl Robe. She traced her Fingertip along the edge of the Crystal Coffin's Frost Flower when she was startled by a shattering sound.
A table lamp embedded with Stardust trembled on the surface, as spider-shaped Gold Dust seeped through cracks in its lampshade.
"Is the lady looking at the Prophecy Ball again?" Qin Si stepped out from under the Wedding Canopy with her Liuli Lantern. As the lantern's shadow swept across the wall, those spider Silks suddenly coalesced into Leonard's Family Crest. "The Third Young Master's betrothal list..."
There are two daughters of the Thorn Family among the Seven Candidates. Aelia stirred her tea with a silver spoon, and suddenly, the ice crystals at the bottom of the cup coalesced into the visage of Leonard's Concubine. "Just like the bridesmaid they forced upon me twenty years ago," she remarked. The teaspoon struck the rim of the Liujin cup with a heavy thud, startling the Frost Flower inside the Crystal Coffin, causing it to tremble.
Qin Si suddenly raised the Liuli Lantern above the Crystal Coffin, and the eyelashes of the girl sleeping beneath the Ice Layer fluttered slightly. "Can you guess who Third Young Master gifted the ice crystal Lan Yu Shi to?" She deliberately let the light sweep across Aelia's pale face. "That young lady's ability to repair Magic Tools is a hundred times better than some Marriage Partners."
Aelia's pearl necklace erupted with a magic-restraining halo, incinerating the Golden Powder Spider that attempted to crawl toward the Crystal Coffin into ashes. "When did you learn to pry into your master's privacy?" She tugged at her lace collar, revealing the gradually fading Soul Exchange Seal on her collarbone. "When Leonard placed a wedding ring on my finger back then, he also said 'a hundred times better.'"
The Liuli Lantern Shade suddenly projected Lucius's room, where he was carving a new Lan Yu Shi with Ice Magic.
Qin Si flicked her fingers to scatter the light and shadow. "Last month, Third Young Master's Pocket Watch Magic Tool jammed; that young lady repaired it using Moonlight Butterfly Wings powder." She lowered her voice suddenly. "It operates even smoother than Young Master's Mechanical Prosthetic."
"Enough!" Aelia's pearl earrings exploded, sending shards across the surface of the Crystal Coffin in a warning symbol. "Do you think I don't know that Leonard inscribed a Soul Exchange Array into the marriage contracts of his seven sons?" Her trembling fingertip brushed against the girl in the coffin, whose features were similar to Leonard's Concubine. "But tonight's Star Trail deviation has caused a failure in the Defensive Tower's Energy Flow. If Lucius refuses..."
A violent magical fluctuation suddenly emanated from the third floor, causing all twelve Magic Hourglasses on the Crystal Chandelier to spill their contents simultaneously.
Qin Si lifted her skirt and dashed outside. "It must be Third Young Master who blew up the laboratory again!"
The bronze doorknob of Lucius's room was coated in frost. As soon as Qin Si touched the door handle, she was swept inside by a violent wind and snow.
The ground was littered with shattered Pocket Watch gears. The boy stood in the center of a Magic Circle, clutching a half-melted Lan Yu Shi, while an Iris Crest burned into his hand back.
"I heard that the second daughter of the Thorn Family despises mechanical watches." Qin Si deliberately crushed a gear underfoot. "If she knew you were staying up late making jewelry for other girls..."
"Shut up!" Lucius waved his wind pipe, summoning an Ice Storm that forced Qin Si into a corner adorned with an Outer Room Portrait.
In the image, a woman's Lan Yu Shi suddenly opened its ice-blue eyes and shot beams of light onto the Magic Scroll in Qin Si's arms.
Seizing her chance, Qin Si unfurled a Gold Foil Marriage Contract. "Can you guess whose blood flows through this candidate?" Her fingertip traced over the hidden Curse beneath the Thorn Family Crest. "The sacrifices needed for the Soul Exchange Ritual twenty years ago involved more than just Mother."
Lucius's wind pipe suddenly emitted a sharp alarm sound as he crushed a Pocket Watch gear in his palm. A half-frozen Lan Yu Shi fell out of a Time-Space Rift. "Do you think Father allowed me to study Time Magic for no reason?" The gear fragments floated into a Star Map formation. "He hid Time Anchors within each son's marriage contract; as long as the Star Trail deviates..."
"So you sent the real Lan Yu Shi out in advance?" Qin Si suddenly directed the Liuli Lantern towards the window, where the Royal Carriage was rolling over the Rosebush on its way to the Magic Market. "That young lady should have chosen her new Magic Tool Materials by now."
Lucius's pupil suddenly turned Ice Blue, and the crushed Pocket Watch Gear reassembled into a Magic Pocket Watch.
He grabbed Qin Si's wrist and pressed it against the edge of the Time-Space Rift. "If you dare mention the Magic Market in front of her..."
The Liuli Lantern Shade suddenly bore Aelia's lip print, and Qin Si took the opportunity to pull back her wrist, smiling as she said, "The lady mentioned that among the Seven Candidates, there is a princess particularly skilled in Time-Space Magic." She deliberately let her skirt brush against the recovering Lan Yu Shi. "I wonder how she compares to the young lady who can repair Pocket Watches..."
The violent Wind and Snow abruptly ceased, and Lucius's Hand Back extended an Ice Lock that ensnared Qin Si's neck.
The boy's eyes swirled with a Starry Sea Vortex as the Pocket Watch Gear in his palm formed a Warning Pattern. "Don't let her know about the existence of the Magic Market."
A sharp crack echoed from the direction of the Crystal Coffin as an Ice Layer shattered. Lucius's expression changed drastically as he transformed into Ice Mist and vanished into the still-open Time-Space Rift.
Qin Si touched the Ice Crystal Chain mark on her neck, bending down to pick up a piece of Lan Yu Shi that shimmered with moonlight from the ground.
The Liuli Lantern Shadow refracted a ghostly Blue Light on Qin Si's Ice Crystal Chain. She took a half step back and crushed a Frost Flower that had formed on the floor.
The Pocket Watch Gear spinning between Lucius's fingers emitted a clicking sound of interlocking gears, condensing the lingering Coldness from the violent Wind and Snow into a suspended Ice Crystal Hourglass.
"Are you really going to clear out the entire Magic Market for that young lady?" Qin Si covered the melting fragments of Lan Yu Shi with her skirt. The Liuli Lantern cast a distorted Magical Projection on the wall. "Don't forget that last month, the Thorn Family installed seventeen Eye Shadows in the market."
The Bronze Gate Ring was suddenly frozen by frost, and Lucius's pipes traced an Ice Blue Trajectory through the void.
The suspended Ice Crystal Hourglass reversed direction, reflecting the dissipating Thorn Emblem above the Magic Market Arch. "Those spider-shaped Surveillance Magic Devices are a hundred times more troublesome than Living Person Eye Shadows."
Qin Si suddenly raised the Liuli Lantern to illuminate her collarbone, revealing an Ice Crystal Chain emerging with an Iris Dark Pattern in its Halo. "The Third Young Master's restrictions are indeed more entangling than my father's Marriage Contract Scroll." She deliberately let the light sweep over the boy's Hand Back, which was seeping blood from his Emblem. "If that young lady sees you using Bloodline Magic..."
Boom!
The roar of the Mechanical Gear suddenly pierced through the wall, and the Ice Crystal Hourglass in the Magical Projection shattered with a loud bang.
Lucius appeared before Qin Si in an instant, the crushed Pocket Watch Gear transforming into an Ice Blade pressed against her throat. "Do you think Father allows you to be Mother’s Eye Shadow for no reason?" The Ice Blade seeped Silver Blue Blood Pearl into the chain around Qin Si's neck. "You carry the Sacrificial Blood that should have vanished twenty years ago."
The Liuli Lantern Shade suddenly emerged, displaying real-time footage from the Magic Market. Qin Si's pupils shrank—there was a girl wearing an ice crystal Lan Yu Shi, selecting Moonlight Butterfly Wings. The Starry Trajectory Hairpin in her hair bore the same pattern as Lucius's Pocket Watch Gear.
"It seems this young lady understands the nuances of Time Magic better than Third Young Master." Qin Si's fingertip brushed against the edge of the girl’s cloak in the image, causing a Magic Ripple that startled a Golden Powder Spider patrolling within the footage. "Do you think she knows these Moonlight Butterfly Wings can awaken..."
The Ice Blade suddenly transformed into chains that wrapped around Qin Si's wrist, and Lucius's pipe emitted three sharp notes.
The Magical Projection on the wall shattered like a mirror, refracting thirty-seven different time periods of the Magic Market, each Leonard's Last Night featuring Golden Powder Spiders gathering at the same stall.
"Before midnight tonight, I don’t want to see a single living spider in the market." Lucius pressed the restored Pocket Watch into Qin Si's palm, its gear pattern branding her skin with a Star Map Mark. "Especially near the Moonlight Butterfly display—those Mechanical Puppets bearing Father’s Bloodline Mark."
Just as Qin Si was about to speak, the Liuli Lantern suddenly flew autonomously towards the window.
Under the moonlight, Aelia used Pearl Powder to draw a Warning symbol, with a Wedding Ring Fragment floating within it emitting a piercing sound.
Seizing the opportunity, she stepped back and reached for the door. "Madam said that the Soul Exchange Array requires seven cursed marriage contracts..."
"But Father doesn’t know I modified the Time Anchor." Lucius suddenly tore open his shirt collar, revealing that the Star Trail Ke Hen at his collarbone perfectly matched with the Pocket Watch Gear. "That young lady added Moonlight Butterfly Dust to the core gear when she repaired the Pocket Watch."
The roar of the Mechanical Gear approached again as Qin Si turned and crashed through the frozen Bronze Door.
The Magic Candelabra suspended in the corridor suddenly extinguished. She ran past walls adorned with Outer Room Portraits while carrying her Liuli Lantern, hearing the sound of shattering Ice Coffins rising from the Underground Chamber.
"Stop!"
The silver armor of the Royal Guard reflected moonlight as Qin Si skidded to a halt beneath the Wisteria Arbor in the courtyard.
The skirt adorned with Star Diamonds brushed against her instep as the princess, wearing the Leonard Nine-Pointed Star Forehead Ornament, bent down to pick up the fallen shards of Lan Yu Shi. The Ice Crystal Hairpin in her hair bore a striking resemblance to the one Lucius had gifted to that lady.
"Are you the guide to the Magic Castle that Mother spoke of?" The princess held the shards up to her eyes, her icy pupils reflecting the patterns of the chain around Qin Si's neck. "Take me to the Magic Market where I can purchase this item."
Qin Si felt the Magic Pocket Watch in her arms suddenly grow warm, its gears forming the word "Warning" from Lucius on her palm.
As she knelt in greeting, she deliberately knocked over a Liuli Lantern, its oil burning into a "Danger" Magic Rune on the bluestone slab. "Your Highness, such inferior jewelry..."
"But I can smell the essence of Time Magic," the princess's Gilded Armor suddenly gripped Qin Si's wrist, the Pocket Watch Gear's Star Map Pattern emerging on her skin. "Lead the way, or watch as the Seven Defensive Towers of the Magic Castle collapse at Dawn."
The remnants of the Liuli Lantern flared up three meters high, and within the flames emerged an illusion of the Magic Market being cleared—Leonard's Thorn Emblem guards were driving away vendors, while Golden Powder Spiders spun barbed webs beneath the eaves.
Qin Si caught a glimpse of an Ice Blue Feather Ornament flashing in a corner of the illusion; suddenly, a chain around her throat transmitted Lucius's Magic Transmission:
Take her to Exhibit Three.
The remnants of the flames dissipated in the night wind, and twelve attendants of the princess raised their anti-magic lanterns for clearing.
Qin Si felt for the Pocket Watch Gear hidden in her sleeve, its Ice Crystal Chain's coldness seeping into her bones. "Please follow me, Your Highness."
The moonlight was suddenly obscured by Wu Yun, and the gears of the Magic Pocket Watch began to Reverse Rotation.
As the first raindrop struck Qin Si's eyelashes, she heard a distant shattering sound—the glass of a Moonlight Butterfly display case breaking.
Aelia's teacup suddenly shattered, Blood Crystal fragments refracting Twelve Rays and Xing Mang in the moonlight.
Luna curled up in her Lustrous Cradle, watching as floating magical shards pieced together Lucius embracing a mysterious woman in a Residual Shadow.
Brother San's silver hair moved without wind, frost spreading along Carved Pillars. "When Father married Mother back then, did he ever consider that the glory of the Magic Castle would require sacrificing his children's happiness?"
The elder brother's wheelchair crushed the scattered ice crystals, and the Obsidian Badge on his chest gleamed as he spoke, "Do you think the Western Alliance sent the marriage document for no reason?"
"Three days ago, they captured a Shadow Demon at the border..." Before he could finish, Qin Si suddenly threw a Memory Crystal into the air, which exploded mid-flight, revealing Lucius exchanging tokens with a masked woman by Star Moon Lake during Leonard's Last Night.
Luna noticed the serpent tattoo on the woman's wrist glowing a ghostly blue in the moonlight—an emblem of the Dark Magic Family.
Under the Liuli Dome of the Magic Market, a Firefly Lantern that Qin Si had deliberately knocked over startled thousands of Light Spots into the air.
Lucius hurriedly covered a particular stall with his cloak, but Luna had already seen what was hidden: the Ice Crystal Orchid Emblem, which perfectly matched the mark on the chest of the original book's antagonist.
The sudden appearance of the princess froze the air around them. Her waist adorned with Leonard's distant Ancient Rune spell suddenly emitted a sound, resonating with the Magic Tome in Luna's swaddling.
"It seems that even the weaver of Destiny is paying attention to this encounter." Aelia's voice came from the Transmitting Conch, and Luna realized that her mother's Crystal Earrings had been reflecting scenes from the market all along.
As the guards began to clear the area, a Star Chart dropped by a Masked Merchant flew into Luna's palm, marked with Dragon Blood coordinates pointing directly to Brother San's abandoned Cultivation Room.
While selecting magical crystals, the princess deliberately avoided all Light Element artifacts.
Luna noticed that a shadow dagger she had touched suddenly emerged with a Blood Curse, reminiscent of the Forbidden Technique used by Second Brother's close friend years ago.
When Lucius attempted to stop the princess from purchasing an Obsidian Necklace, the collar transformed into chains that wrapped around his wrist. The moment the Contract Magic Pattern appeared, Luna finally remembered the mastermind behind controlling Third Young Master Lucius with an Emotion Spell through love in the original story.
As the Clearing Order was issued, a shop protected by a magical barrier suddenly opened up, revealing Curse Dolls identical to those seen on the day her elder brother was disabled.
At that moment, Aelia's Messenger Kite soared through the air, bringing with it a Secret Letter that prominently featured Leonard receiving a Western Realm Envoy alongside an Illegitimate Child during Leonard's Last Night. In the background, an Engagement Ceremony was taking place with none other than the mysterious woman by Star Moon Lake.
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