The Gilded Candelabra shook violently in the Magical Fluctuation of Screech, and Aelia's Pearl Earrings clinked against the Liuli Bottle at Qin Si's waist.
Just as she was about to reach for Luna in the Cradle, she noticed the baby's pink lips wrapped around the dripping bottle of Lavender Liquid.
"Spit it out!" Aelia's fingertip burst forth with Purification Magic, but she saw Luna's throat rolling as she swallowed the juice.
The baby's pupils instantly filled with a nebula-like Zi Wu, and the swaddling cloth adorned with Silver Thread suddenly floated half a meter high.
Leonard pressed down on his wife’s thin shoulders. "It's just a children's Anmian potion—"
Before he could finish his sentence, Luna suddenly flipped upside down and crashed toward the Crystal Chandelier.
Her laughter, reminiscent of Yin Ling, carried a Mage-level Curse, causing all the Dining Knives in the banquet hall to point sharply at Theodore's radiant Magic Shield.
"Dad's Jian Qiao hides a Violet Handkerchief!" Luna flipped over in Aelia's arms, her fingertip sparking and igniting the Tablecloth. "Last time Brother San found Long Jing in the secret chamber, it was actually transformed from Mom's tears..."
Aelia's wrist was scorched by the baby's burning skin.
She stumbled away from the suddenly exploding Magic Ice Crystal as Qin Si hurriedly removed the Waking Grass from her brooch and brought it closer.
However, the Silverleaf, which should have emitted a minty fragrance, bizarrely curled into a dark green ball upon contact with Luna's exhaled breath.
"Go fetch some Magic Spring Water!" Aelia unfastened the Silver Chain of her Corset. She secured the wriggling baby to her chest but noticed Luna's sticky little hand pressing against her collarbone where the Family Crest Brand was located.
The Guardian Sigil that Leonard had planted ten years ago was now seeping Ice Blue Blood Pearls.
Suddenly, a sound of shattering glass echoed from the Banquet Hall Dome.
Outside Victor's holographic barrier, Lucius was enveloped in Shadow Magic, containing the overflowing Phantom Mist.
The typically gloomy Third Young Master Lucius was wrapped in black fog, but when his gaze met Luna's enchanting eyes, he suddenly extinguished the Dark Element in his palm.
"Don't be afraid, Mama." Luna suddenly quieted down, her burning forehead pressed against Aelia's bleeding Curse Mark. "The cries in the secret room aren't from a ghost; they're from what Daddy has hidden..."
Aelia abruptly covered the child's mouth, and the pearl bracelet adorned with Waking Grass suddenly snapped.
The rolling pearls transformed into translucent purple Jellyfish upon touching the juice residue on the floor, drifting towards Leonard.
"Take the young lady back to Emerald Courtyard!" Qin Si rushed over, holding a Moonstone bowl filled with Magic Spring Water.
Just as Aelia was about to press Luna into the cold, misty surface of the water, the infant suddenly broke free from Ailia and leaped onto the Marble Column, stepping on the floating pearl Jellyfish.
Algernon's decaying right arm suddenly erupted with black mist, and the Mage, who had been disabled for years, surprisingly drew a Binding Array with his left hand.
The collision of Theodore's light magic and black mist created a shockwave as Victor suddenly threw a cloak containing Waking Grass over Luna.
"It's a bidirectional cognitive pollution!" Victor's rotting skin sizzled in the Magic Spring Water. "The illusion magic has awakened all our Dark Injuries!"
Aelia trembled as she dripped Waking Grass and Blue Blood Fern Juice into Luna's mouth, only to find that the infant's hair tips began to crystallize with ice.
What should have been a refreshing cold spring dripped down Luna's chin and burned holes in the Gilded Floor Tiles, releasing a scent of wine from the Abyssal Serpent Parasite Holes.
"Mama's hand is glowing..." Luna suddenly pointed at Aelia's bleeding Curse Mark and giggled foolishly. From the Family Crest and Brand, half of a violet Embroidered Shoe slowly emerged—exactly the pattern Leonard's Mistress loved most.
The banquet hall suddenly fell into silence.
Leonard's Sword emitted a hum, but Aelia quickly scooped up Luna and dashed toward the side door.
Her skirt, embroidered with the Guardian Spell, swept across the ground covered in Magic Ice Crystals, trailing a purple track infused with Alcohol Fume along the Moonlight Corridor.
"Madam, the young lady's temperature is dropping!" Qin Si exclaimed as the potted Waking Grass he held suddenly withered, its leaves curling into a ball marked with tooth impressions.
Aelia wrapped Luna in a cloak soaked in Magic Spring Water, yet the baby's eyelashes began to crystallize into Frost Flowers.
As they passed through the courtyard filled with Waking Grass, Luna suddenly widened her eyes, glowing with a purple light. "Someone is crying... behind the Star Map case on the west wall of the castle..." Her finger, dusted with ice crystals, traced Aelia's Curse Mark, and the wound that had not healed for ten years began to seep blood infused with Dragon's Blood Incense.
The moonlight in the Emerald Courtyard was suddenly shrouded by dark clouds.
As Aelia burst through the Carved Door, the baby in her arms suddenly murmured with an echoing voice, "Mommy's blood... can open Daddy's secret chamber..."
Aelia's fingertip crystallized into an Ice Crystal Rune at the nape of Luna's neck, while the tips of the baby's hair flared up with a ghostly blue Dark Purple Flame.
Magic Spring Water boiled in a Moonstone bowl, and from the rising mist emerged a distorted reflection of the castle.
"Mommy's blood... mixed with Dragon's Blood Incense..." Luna's murmurs carried Magic Script that echoed through the Emerald Courtyard, and beneath her ice-crystal-covered eyelids, her pupils had transformed into swirling Nebulae.
Qin Si hurried to pull down the curtains to block out the moonlight but found that the gold velvet fabric embroidered with Waking Grass patterns was seeping purple-red Blue Blood Fern Juice.
Leonard's Sword suddenly pierced through the Carved Wooden Door and embedded itself into the stone wall. The Violet Gem set in its hilt resonated with Aelia's collarbone where blood seeped from her Curse Mark.
Luna suddenly broke free from the confines of her cloak and leaped onto the floating Magic Tome, landing atop the Crystal Chandelier.
With her small hands, still glistening with ice crystals, she struck the Liujin lamp stand, and a deafening roar echoed through the West Side of the castle as if rocks were cracking.
"It's the spread of cognitive pollution!" Victor's decaying right arm suddenly burst forth with Blood Mist, his prosthetic limb made of light magic gradually becoming transparent. "The young lady's Magic Field is rewriting the laws of reality!"
Aelia's skirt hem, embroidered with the Guardian Spell, fluttered on its own without any wind. At the spot where a Curse Mark had been placed ten years ago on her collarbone, a complete Violet Emblem began to emerge.
Hanging upside down from the chandelier, Luna giggled as a milk tooth, glowing with Magic Patterns, sprouted from her infant gums and bit through the Energy Flow of the Binding Array.
"The Fire Lizard egg that Brother San hid..." Luna's drunken words made Victor stiffen. "Actually, it was Dad who hatched it using Mom's hair..."
Suddenly, the sound of shattering porcelain came from the banquet hall.
Aelia mixed Waking Grass and Blue Blood Fern Juice with her own blood and dropped it into the Magic Spring Water. The golden liquid transformed into boiling lava as she lifted the Silver Bowl.
Luna's Silver Thread swaddling suddenly unraveled, and hundreds of silver strands wove together in mid-air to form a three-dimensional map of the West Side of the castle. A certain location flashing with red light overlapped with Leonard and Mistress's Emblem.
"Take her to the secret chamber." Lucius's shadow suddenly seeped out from the chandelier's darkness. This gloomy Third Young Master Lucius used black mist to form shackles that locked down the erratic silver strands. "Cognitive pollution will first erode the deepest areas of the Magic Mark."
Aelia's Pearl Necklace suddenly snapped, and as the rolling beads touched the ground, they transformed into mini Magic Circles.
As she leaped up to catch falling Luna at the focal point, the infant's scalding palm pressed against her bleeding Curse Mark.
The Guardian Magic planted on their wedding night ten years ago suddenly reversed, and within Aelia's Iris emerged the Residual Shadow of Leonard and Mistress secretly meeting in the hidden chamber.
"Madam, be careful!" Qin Si exclaimed as Luna's bitten lips dripped with blood, forming an Ice Arrow in mid-air that accurately pierced through three floating Violet Emblems.
From the direction of the banquet hall came a series of startled cries—Elder Brother Algernon's Binding Array had suddenly gone berserk, staining Theodore's radiant Magic Shield with ink.
Aelia unfastened the Silver Chain of the Corset. Ailia bound Luna to her chest, and the cloak soaked in Magic Spring Water suddenly hardened into Ice Armor.
As she rushed out of the Emerald Courtyard holding the infant, the Waking Grass potted plants lining the Moonlight Corridor were growing wildly, with thorny vines attacking only those bearing the Violet Emblem of the Family Crest.
"To the banquet hall," Luna murmured, her voice echoing strangely. The icy visage of her small face emerged with a cold smile uncharacteristic of an infant. "It's time for Daddy's Jian Qiao to bloom..."
The Stained Glass of the banquet hall shattered explosively. When Aelia appeared behind the crystal screen holding Luna, a Dining Knife floating amidst the chaos suddenly changed direction.
Leonard's sword unsheathed itself but corroded into dust upon touching Luna's Ice Armor.
Panic spread among the crowd as they realized that all crystals adorned with violet patterns were oozing black slime.
"Lord of the Fortress!" The Financial Officer screamed in horror as his violet Pocket Watch corroded his skin down to bone.
Victor suddenly conjured chains of light magic to bind his rampaging right arm—emerging from its rotting flesh was unmistakably the Serpent Emblem of the Mistress family.
Luna let out a laugh reminiscent of Yin Ling while in Aelia's arms. Wherever her fingertip touched, blood-red Magic Script emerged on the Gilded Floor Tiles.
As the final stroke was completed, a thunderous roar erupted from the castle's West Side, signaling that some ancient Magic Restriction was gradually collapsing alongside the manifestation of the Violet Emblem.
Aelia's Pearl Earrings suddenly floated in mid-air and exploded into a Star Map before everyone's eyes.
When the ice crystal screen collapsed with a thunderous crash, the banquet hall, intertwined with moonlight and Magic Light, fell into silence. All those afflicted by Dark Injury bore violet Brands on their bodies, while Luna used her fingertip, stained with Magic Spring Water, to draw a map of the secret chamber on Leonard's rigid Remains.
"Take the young lady to the West Tower for some fresh air." Aelia suddenly raised her voice, wrapping Luna's drawing hand in a cloak formed by Guardian Spell.
Her bloodstained Skirt swept across the debris-strewn floor as she walked towards the Side Door leading into the Emerald Corridor filled with Waking Grass seeds, cradling a baby in her arms.
Leonard's Scepter struck the Ground heavily, and three violet Light Barriers sealed all exits.
Just as his Guardian Magic was about to touch Luna, a burst of Ice Blue Flame erupted from Aelia's Collarbone, a testament to the reversal of Wedding Oath Magic from ten years ago.
"Qin Si." The Lord's voice echoed as if from an abyss; the Violet Gem atop his Scepter was riddled with cracks. "Take the Waking Grass essential oil and follow the lady."
Suddenly, the moonlight was swallowed by swirling black clouds, and faint cries emerged from the castle's West Side.
Luna's ice crystal eyelashes trembled gently. Just before she fell into a deep sleep, she inscribed a fragmented key pattern with Magic Script on Aelia's bloodied collar—a shape that perfectly matched the gap in the secret chamber's seal.
Moonlight flowed like a silver stream over the glass bricks of the Emerald Corridor as Aelia carried Luna through the mist rising from the Waking Grass.
Qin Si's fingertip trembled slightly as he held the essential oil bottle; the minty scent wafting from its opening mingled with a sweet metallic hint of violet.
"Mommy, the stars are bleeding." Luna suddenly poked at the Dome Mural with her ice crystal-covered finger, where a Celestial Chart depicted the guardians of the Glorious Demon Fortress throughout history.
Wherever the baby's fingertip touched, Liujin paint truly oozed dark red droplets, winding along the constellation Track into strange sigils.
Victor dragged his rotting right arm as he caught up; his prosthetic limb made of light magic was eroding his intact left shoulder. "Let me use Holy Light Purification..." Before he could finish his sentence, Luna suddenly expelled a bubble adorned with Magic Pattern. The transparent sphere radiating Purple Light landed precisely on Brother San's prominent nose.
"Don't shine that stinky light!" The baby squirmed in Aelia's arms, the swaddling blanket embroidered with Waking Grass suddenly sprouting spikes.
As Victor stumbled backward, his prosthetic limb was drawing the Blood Pearl from the mural into a web-like pattern of Ice Cracks.
The sound of Leonard's Scepter echoed from around the corner, casting a distorted shadow of violet halo on the stone wall.
Aelia suddenly turned, using her cloak to shield Luna's eyes. The Curse Mark on her collarbone was resonating with the Scepter Gem.
The baby's hot breath sprayed onto her bleeding wound, and the congealed Blood Pearls suddenly floated into a key shape, pointing towards the dark door of the spiral staircase in the West Tower.
"Madam, the young lady's body temperature..." Qin Si suddenly fell silent.
The ice crystals forming on Luna's hair tips spread along Aelia's Pearl Necklace, refracting the moonlight into a rainbow of seven prisms.
As a beam of Blue Light swept across the rusted copper ring of the dark door, black mist infused with the scent of Dragon's Blood Incense began to seep from the door gap.
Victor suddenly traced a binding spell with his remaining arm: "Behind there is—"
"It's where Daddy hides the sweet cakes!" Luna's drunken words interrupted his warning, as the baby's fingertip, coated with Magic Spring Water, left a scorch mark on the dark door.
The once-solid Obsidian Gate suddenly became transparent, revealing a spiraling Secret Silver Staircase behind it, each step embedded with eyes bearing a Violet Emblem.
Aelia's Pearl Earrings suddenly buzzed; ten years ago, when Leonard had placed these earrings on her, he had said something that now echoed bittersweetly in her memory: "These pearls are imbued with Guardian Magic; they will shield you from all malice." At this moment, however, her Moonstone Earrings burned blisters on her earlobe while Luna gnawed at one of the pearls with her glowing Milk Tooth.
"Miss, be careful!" Qin Si attempted to step forward but was ensnared by vines of Waking Grass that had suddenly grown around his ankles.
The thorny stems and leaves twisted wildly around her skirt, the purple Blue Blood Fern Juice flowing through the veins gradually staining her stockings black.
Suddenly, the sound of shattering crystal echoed from the staircase behind the dark door, and Luna's pupils instantly filled with a swirling nebula.
She broke free from her swaddling, her bare little feet stepping on Aelia's bleeding collarbone and curse mark, as if leaping upon a magic circle in a weightless jump.
The Azure Blue Flame erupting from the baby scorched the Secret Silver Staircase, leaving scorch marks, while those violet eyes closed tightly in the intense heat.
"Come back!" Aelia's Guardian Spell formed an Ice Chain that wrapped around Luna's ankle but evaporated into mist upon contact with the ghostly fire.
Victor's radiant chains and Leonard's violet Light Barrier struck simultaneously, only to bizarrely intertwine into a deep purple spider web at the moment they touched the baby, trapping Luna in mid-air.
The baby suddenly let out an echoing loud cry, tears crystallizing into ice spikes as they fell.
When the first ice spike pierced Victor's prosthetic limb, a rotting section of his right arm revealed the Mistress family's Serpent Emblem.
Aelia's pupils suddenly constricted—this emblem shared the same source of magic as the violet embroidered shoes seeping from her collarbone's curse mark.
"Mommy, there are so many butterflies..." Luna's sobbing voice abruptly turned into a giggle, her confined little hands crushing the ice spikes.
The splintered fragments transformed into glowing scale powder in mid-air, landing in Qin Si's essential oil bottle and turning the minty scent into that of decaying flesh.
The scale powder clung to the Secret Silver Staircase, burning the violet eyes into bleeding hollows.
Leonard's scepter struck heavily against the ground as three Light Barriers suddenly contracted into a cage.
Aelia was the first to cut her wrist, spilling her blood onto the magical Spider Web surrounding Luna.
As the Blood Pearl touched the Deep Purple energy net, the entangled light emitted a scream like Leonard's Sword Suddenly Emitted a Hum, twisting and retreating like a venomous snake scorched by flames.
"Take her away!" Victor suddenly wrapped his decaying arm around Leonard's Scepter, the ooze seeping from his wounds corroding the Violet Gem.
Seizing the opportunity, Luna lunged into Aelia's embrace, her bloodied little hands pressing against Mother’s Collarbone and Curse Mark, tearing at the decade-old wound into the shape of a keyhole.
The moonlight was suddenly swallowed by churning clouds, as Waking Grass vines bloomed among the rapidly growing Spikes, producing Purple-Black Buds.
As Aelia rushed into the shadows of the spiral staircase with Luna in her arms, a roar echoed behind them as the Secret Silver Staircase collapsed.
The baby's hot breath sprayed onto Aelia's bleeding wound, causing the Blood Pearls to float and form Blood Arrows that pointed the way.
"Three, two, one..." Luna suddenly began counting with Magic Script. When she reached seven, the Bronze Candlestick at the turn of the staircase ignited on its own.
From the flickering Dark Purple Flame emerged a secret map resembling a child's Luna's Doodle, with a Red Dot marked in Violet Juice flashing at Aelia's Curse Mark location.
Qin Si's exclamation came from above: "Lord of the Fortress! The lady's temperature monitor..."
Her words were abruptly cut off by a sudden burst of candlelight. The melting Bronze and Blue Blood Fern Juice congealed on the Ground into a Warning symbol—the very death mark surrounding the Forbidden Grounds of the Demon Fortress.
Luna suddenly fell silent, her icy crystal-covered eyelashes trembling gently.
Just when Aelia thought she had finally fallen asleep, the baby unexpectedly bit down with her Milk Tooth on Aelia's Fingertip, sending a Blood Pearl flying into the void.
Blood droplets split in the air into seven, arranged in the shape of the Big Dipper, pointing towards the Celestial Relief on the West Side wall, where the position of the Pivot Star was embedded with a faded Violet Gem.
"Look, Mama..." Luna's murmurs carried an unusual Zhen Chan, and suddenly the gem on the Celestial Relief began to ooze a gelatinous substance.
The translucent purple Black Slime flowed along the wall's patterns, gradually outlining the contours of a secret door.
As the last strand of Black Slime reached the lintel, Aelia suddenly heard a Click sound from her Collarbone where the Curse Mark was, indicating that the Lock Core was turning.
Victor's light magic suddenly penetrated through three layers of stone walls, but when it touched the door outlined by Black Slime, it refracted into a rainbow.
Luna laughed as she reached out to grab the Light Band, her Fingertip still carrying remnants of Magic Spring Water that dyed the rainbow a Dark Red hue.
When the seventh beam of light vanished, all the gems on the Celestial Relief suddenly dimmed, leaving only the door outlined by Black Slime glowing with a faint Purple Light.
Aelia's Pearl Earrings suddenly shattered into Powder, and those shimmering Red Glow particles coalesced in mid-air into a Blood Arrow, pointing directly at the keyhole in the center of the door.
As she trembled and pressed Luna's small hand against the keyhole, the baby's Palm Magic Patterns perfectly matched with the Wedding Oath Seal that had not been seen for ten years.
A dull rumble echoed from deep within the castle as if a massive stone was shifting; some dormant Magic Restriction was slowly awakening with Luna's gradually steadying breath...
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