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The silhouette of the Founding Lady, gathered in quicksand, suddenly trembled. The silver chain entwined around Aelia's hair emitted a blinding light.
Luna's small hand, gripping the silver chain, was burned and bleeding, yet she did not let go—she had to keep the Prophecy Scene active until the countdown of the Holy Icon reached zero.
"Madam, look!" Qin Si suddenly burst through the door of the library, her skirt embroidered with Magic Patterns splattered with Nightshade Flower powder.
As she rushed in, she caught sight of Luna's palm, where Blood Pearls had formed into a Rose Totem. The light gold of Luna's eyes held a gravity that was not typical for an infant.
Just as Aelia's fingertip touched Luna's bloodied palm, the silver chain suddenly reflected Leonard embracing Xu Ying, the Black-Haired Woman.
In Leonard's Last Night, the Nightshade Flowers in the Outer Courtyard were wildly entwined around the Magic Castle's Outer Wall, their petals blinking like Mama's pupils directed towards the master bedroom.
"This is... Master’s..." Qin Si knocked over a crystal ink bottle, causing purple potion to spread across the ground, distorting into a human face.
She suddenly recalled that three days ago, when she fetched Calming Elixir for the Madam, she had indeed smelled the Lily of the Valley fragrance of a Strange Woman in the side hall—Leonard had explained that it was from a new Perfumer.
Luna suddenly giggled, her bloodied fingers drawing three overlapping Triangle Symbols on Qin Si's sleeve.
This was the secret sign agreed upon by Leonard and Leonard's Concubine; they would meet secretly in the Secret Passage in the Side Hall every Lunar Eclipse Night.
The infant deliberately smeared blood symbols everywhere until Qin Si covered her mouth in horror.
"Madam! The hidden door of the Secret Passage in the Side Hall..."
Before Qin Si could finish her sentence, the entire Magic Castle shook violently.
The image of the Founding Lady transformed into particles of light that entered the Holy Icon's Third Eye. A roar from deep underground shook the Crystal Chandelier, causing it to tremble and fall.
Aelia’s silver hair surged instantly to her ankles, with Star Charts weaving through it resonating with Luna’s essence.
As she clearly saw her husband gently caressing Leonard's Concubine's abdomen, three strands of silver hair at her temples suddenly turned pure white, and the ice crystals that had formed shattered with a crackling sound on Xu Ying.
"Mother!" Her elder brother's wheelchair crashed through the scattered crystal shards, rushing towards her.
His incomplete twin legs were covered with a blanket embroidered with Detox Spell symbols, while in his hand he tightly gripped the Dragonbone Staff, which should have been sealed by Magic Backlash.
When he saw the Father emerging from the Holy Icon entwined with Leonard's Concubine in a passionate embrace during Leonard's Last Night, the armrest of his wheelchair instantly cracked under his grip.
Luna suddenly let out a sharp cry, the sound of a baby crying triggered the Magic Fortress Defense Barrier's resonance.
Above everyone’s heads emerged the Crystal Pact sworn by the First Generation Fortress Master three hundred years ago, among which the Pure Bloodline Contract was flickering with red light beside Leonard and Xu Ying.
Aelia stumbled to hold onto the edge of the altar; she finally understood the true meaning of her silver chain breaking in last night's prophecy—not a crisis of the Magic Castle, but the shattering of her marital oath.
"From this day forth, all magical restrictions are lifted." Her elder brother suddenly sliced open his wrist and smeared blood on the Ice Cracks of the Dragonbone Staff. The Dark Red Incantation spread throughout his body from the wheelchair. "I will break the leg seal before the next Lunar Eclipse." His damaged knee emitted sounds of bone restructuring, and blood from his mouth stained the Family Crest on his chest.
A dragon's roar from below suddenly turned agonizing. Within the Light Barrier raised by Lucius's broken staff, Nightshade Flowers in the Outer Courtyard had already climbed to the highest Astrology Platform of the Magic Castle.
The eerie petals opened their pupils in unison, turning towards Second Brother, who was obliviously wrapping bandages around his neck where blood seeped from a Curse Mark.
"Second Brother, be careful!" Luna suddenly uttered unclear words; it was her first time speaking since her arrival in this world.
The Star Chart on baby Luna projected at Second Brother's feet, revealing an amulet gifted by his close friend last month—at that moment, the Serpent Pattern Silver Coin was absorbing the curse Hei Xue, its surface emerging with a Diamond Pattern identical to that of the Nightshade Flower's pupil.
The countdown runes behind the Holy Icon still had two remaining, and Ailya's silver hair had turned completely white.
As Luna pointed towards the Underground Chamber with her finger, everyone heard a tremendous sound of chains breaking coming from below—it was not the awakening of Long Skeleton but rather something dark sealed for millennia crashing against the restrictions left by Founding Lady.
Unnoticed by anyone, a Curse Totem identical to that of Nightshade Flower's pupil was emerging around Second Brother’s bandaged neck.
He reached down to pick up the amulet, and in that instant, the droplet from his fingertip bizarrely overlapped with the light barrier cast by Lucius's broken staff.
His fingertip hovered above the serpent-patterned silver coin, cold sweat seeping into his collar along the edge of the bandage.
The diamond pattern dancing across the surface of the amulet resonated with the curse totem around his neck, and for a moment, he seemed to see his dear friend Adrian's sincere smile as he held the silver coin—"This amulet is forged from moonlight silver; it can suppress the restless dark element within you."
Suddenly, Luna's star trail burst forth with golden light, illuminating the writhing black filaments inside the silver coin, rendering them visible.
A suppressed growl escaped Second Brother's throat as his five fingers clamped down on the coin. The stinging pain from the dark element reminded him of that stormy night three months ago.
At that time, Adrian had run to him, drenched, to tell him he had discovered a holy crystal in Shadow Marsh that could heal magic backlash, but when he fell into the swamp poison fog, Adrian suddenly let go of his hand.
"So it began back then..." Second Brother tore away the bandage around his neck, revealing skin corroded by curses that festered like nightshade flowers.
He slapped the silver coin against Lucius's light barrier. The moment they touched, a purple arc exploded, casting a residual shadow of Adrian whispering with a concubine maid.
Brother San's astrolabe suddenly spun wildly in his hand as he staggered to support himself against the cracked emerald obsidian pillar.
The divination knowledge he had once scoffed at now emerged clearly in his mind: "When the star trail deviates thirty degrees from geomancy, it indicates high-level dark magic is altering the fate line..."
He dashed to the celestial chart at the southeast corner of the altar. The twelve zodiac palaces relief, covered in dust, still bore his haphazard doodles from when he was eight years old.
His fingertip brushed over a crack at Scorpio's tail sting—a mark he had made three years ago out of spite using an explosive fire spell—when Father had said his elemental affinity would never reach great mage level.
"I need three minutes!" Brother San suddenly turned to shout at his elder brother, rare starlight swirling in his light green pupils.
He snapped the silver chain binding his hair, and the astrology stone dangling from it landed precisely in the missing section of the celestial chart.
As Xing Hui traced the track drawn by his fingertip to fill the cracks of Scorpio, a dark red bloodline network suddenly emerged from the ground of the altar, with three broken branches leading towards the side hall.
At that moment, Leonard stood before the Bloodline Sealing Array in the underground chamber, the wedding ring on his right ring finger losing its silver light.
He forcefully severed the magical link to the master bedroom but heard the First Generation Fortress Lord Statue emit a cold laugh: "When the blood of a traitor seeps into geomancy, the slumbering Shadow Hound will come following the scent of blood."
"Shut up!" He swung his sword and shattered the statue's left eye, but the splintered stones automatically reassembled into Leonard's Last Night during Aelia's childbirth.
In Leonard's Last Night, the star moon birthmark on the baby's forehead suddenly transformed into a blood-red Shu Tong, startling him to stumble back and knock over the secret silver box containing Leonard's concubine's hair.
Seven strands of azure silk fell in a track that coincided with the collapsing contract terms above.
Luna suddenly grasped Aelia's collar, her small hand stained with blood pressing against Aelia's heart.
The star trail weaving through the Lady of the Fortress's white hair suddenly flowed backward, forming a clockwise rotating light cocoon around them.
As the light cocoon reflected Leonard's frantic figure in the underground chamber, the defensive barrier of the magic castle emitted a sound like shattering glass.
"Mother, the magic crystal reserves in the Southwest Tower are enough to activate the Guardian Array three more times." The eldest brother wiped away blood from his mouth as he rolled over shards of Xing Hui in his wheelchair, producing a creaking sound.
His damaged twin legs were growing ice crystal-like bones, but each inch of new growth was accompanied by bloodstains from cracked skin. "Before the next lunar eclipse, I will show all traitors what a true Glorious Demon Fortress is."
The second brother suddenly crushed a serpent-pattern silver coin, and the splattered metal fragments coalesced into a short blade amidst cursing Hei Xue.
He cut open his left palm and pressed it against Lucius's light barrier, roaring as he pulled Adrian's residual shadow from the void: "Do you think you can deceive everyone using nightshade flowers as a medium?" The counter-curse array drawn by Hei Xue burned scorch marks onto the light barrier, while somewhere far off in a jungle, inhuman screams suddenly erupted.
As Brother San's astrological reconstruction reached its final stage, the astrology stone unexpectedly burst forth with an extraordinary flare.
He was astonished to find that Scorpio's tail needle pointed directly to a spot three inches beneath Luna's cradle.
As he lifted the carpet with his hand, revealing the Inverse Pentagram Formation drawn with Dragon Blood beneath, he finally understood that what he called his "misguided talent" was actually the result of deliberate manipulation.
"Watch out!" Qin Si suddenly tackled Brother San, as a Dark Purple Beam grazed his ear and struck the wall.
The Dragon Blood Array that was hit emitted a Stench of black smoke, within which the silhouette of a Concubine Maid could be seen burning some kind of Scaly Object in the basement of the side hall.
Luna's Loud Cry suddenly rose an octave, and seven beams of light descended from the Crystal Pact of the Magic Castle Dome.
Aelia's white hair was dyed anew with Xing Hui in the light beams as she cradled the baby and pressed it against the position of the Contract Core.
When the oath of the First Generation Fortress Master transformed into Entity Chains that bound Leonard's Xu Ying, everyone heard the lingering sound of chains breaking from below.
As the last countdown rune extinguished, Second Brother's Neck Curse Totem suddenly faded to a Light Gray color.
He picked up the remaining Night Demon Petals on the Light Barrier and discovered that each petal's pattern corresponded to a defensive weakness in some part of the Magic Castle.
Meanwhile, Brother San's Astrology Stone Core had inexplicably absorbed a wisp of black mist.
As night deepened, Luna curled up in Aelia's arms, pretending to sleep.
Her chubby little hand quietly pressed against the Window Lattice, feeling the strange vibrations of Geomancy from afar—more chilling than Nightshade Flower, a Dark Magic Breath was silently approaching along the withered tributary of the Dragon Vein.
The last Ye Ya outside the Castle suddenly fell silent, as three pairs of Blood Red Compound Eyes slowly opened in the shadows of the towering spire.
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