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Luna clutched the Xiang Si Bird Feather, stained with the black mud of the swamp, as the Healing Magic burned hot between her fingers.
Outside the window, the third Demon Realm Iris wilted, and a sudden loud cry from the infant startled the entire corridor of Moonlight Roses.
"Madam, Young Miss's night crying has returned." Qin Si entered, holding a cup of Calming Tea, just in time to see Aelia kneeling by the Cradle, wrapped in a Silver Fox Cloak.
The Lady of the Fortress had lost a Pearl Button from her chest, and her Moonstone Necklace shimmered before Luna’s eyes, creating rippling Magic Ripples.
Suddenly, Luna grasped the Sapphire Chain Pendant. Under Qin Si's terrified gaze, her small hand, smeared with Swamp Toxin, pressed the feather against Aelia's collarbone.
Three glowing feathers transformed into Ice Blue Butterflies, swirling wildly around the Wisteria Headdress that Qin Si had just removed.
"Luna, stop that." Aelia smiled as she reached to wipe the mud off her daughter's face but instead touched the drool-drawn Star Trail on the infant's swaddling.
The flickering symbols leaped into the air, perfectly aligning with the Wisteria Lantern Projection that had vanished from the Horse-drawn Carriage of the Eastern Realm Envoy Group three hours ago.
"Madam, be careful!" Qin Si exclaimed as the spilled Calming Tea spread into a Poison Spider shape on the Persian Carpet. Seizing the opportunity, Luna threw the Crystal Fragment into the air.
In the refracted image, a Curse Doll had its heart pierced by Aelia's hair that had been cut last year during Ailya's Birthday Rune celebration.
Aelia’s pupils dilated sharply as she recognized the Cursed Doll's Skirt embroidered with Golden Cress—the very pattern she had sewn onto her husband's talisman before Leonard's expedition to the Northern Territory.
The baby suddenly giggled, her chubby fingers pointing at the remnants of Black Marsh Black Forest Mud on Qin Si’s sleeve.
"Miss must be having a nightmare." Qin Si’s face turned pale as she rushed to pick up the Cradle. However, her Amethyst-embedded Armor was suddenly scorched to Ashes by the Star Trail.
Taking advantage of this moment, Luna stuffed the last half of the feather into her mother’s palm. As Healing Magic surged forth, the feather emerged with a Residual Shadow of Leonard kissing the Eastern Boundary Priestess within the swamp barrier.
Aelia stumbled and knocked over the Gilded Candelabra, the burning Whale Wax flowing across the ground, forming a totem of Disaster as foretold.
Luna struggled to crawl out of the Cradle, using her saliva to draw three Light Spots on the Colored Glazed Window—exactly where the Lord said the Bone Gift destined for the Eastern Realm would align with the stars tonight.
"Luna... what are these?" The Lady of the Fortress's trembling hand brushed over the Light Spots on the window. The infant suddenly bit her Fingertip, and in a moment when Qin Si tried to cover it, she flicked the Blood Pearl towards the buried location of the Curse Doll.
A muffled sound echoed from below, and eighteen Protective Barriers simultaneously Zhen Chan, while all the Demon Realm Irises in the backyard turned toward the bedroom window.
As the Seventh Moonlight swept over Luna's Hair Tips, the infant let out a sigh as clear as a young girl's: "Mother, look at the Star Trail." Her bloodied finger traced over those glowing marks, intertwining the Horse-drawn Carriage Emblem of the Eastern Realm Envoy Group with the Secret Script of the Curse Doll, ultimately piecing together Leonard's Family Crest.
Qin Si suddenly drew out a Snake Pattern Dagger, but as she lunged toward Luna, she was frozen into an Ice Sculpture by the Star Trail.
The baby in Aelia's arms tilted her head back, her clear blue eyes swirling with the Great Mage's Magic Storm: "The moonstone your father sent is refined from the hair of the Eastern Boundary Priestess."
The castle shook violently, causing all of Luna's Star Trail Marks that had been hidden in her swaddling to float into the air, forming a Magic Reflection of Leonard and the High Priestess giving birth to an illegitimate child in the swamp.
The infant grasped Aelia's necklace while holding a Lacrima. The moonstone shed its disguise under Healing Magic, revealing a curled-up Infant Spirit inside that resembled the Lord.
Snow carrying a Rose Scent drifted in through the window. Aelia suddenly recalled her wedding night twenty years ago when Leonard had said that roses falling like snow would never betray.
At this moment, Luna was using Star Trail magic to condense snowflakes into an Ice Mirror. The mirror reflected three Jade Boxes containing finger bones from within the Horse-drawn Carriage of the Eastern Realm Envoy Group, each engraved with Floral Calligraphy of Love Poems.
As the first rays of morning light pierced through the Ice Mirror, Luna exhausted her magic and fell asleep in her Mother's embrace.
Aelia looked down at her daughter's Palm, where the Star Trail gradually faded. The last thing to appear was a Blood Contract Document exchanged between Lord's Study Ankeli and Eastern Realm—an eternal pact sealed with her Heart's Blood.
The brittle sound of the Ice Mirror shattering awakened frozen time. As Aelia stumbled backward, she crushed moonlight scattered across the floor.
She embroidered the Thorn Pattern on the Skirt Hem, sweeping past the remnants of the Curse Doll. Suddenly, the Golden Cress began to grow wildly, entangling the Whale Wax that flowed from the toppled Gilded Candelabra in an instant.
"Madam, be careful!" As Qin Si rushed over, Ice Shards from the Snake Pattern Dagger were falling like snowflakes.
The Black Marsh and Black Forest Mud that Maid Xiu Xie Jian had touched began to writhe, transforming into countless poisonous spiders the moment they came into contact with the Star Trail Mark.
A half-feather drifting out of Luna's Swaddling spontaneously ignited. Where Qing Yan passed, the swarm of spiders emitted a loud cry reminiscent of a wailing infant.
Aelia's Fingertip dug deeply into her Palm, and the Light and Shadow of twenty years of marriage swirled within the fading Rainbow of the moonstone.
Suddenly, she tore off her necklace. The unmasked Infant Spirit let out a sharp wail but transformed into Qing Yan upon touching the remnants of the Curse Doll. From the smoke emerged an image of the Eastern Marsh, where a High Priestess cradled a child, resembling Mei Yan and Leonard’s magical Portrait drawn during their expedition.
"Miss's Calming Tea..." Qin Si trembled as she reached for the overturned Silver Flask, but suddenly black water seeped from the Wisteria flower Headdress.
In her slumber, Luna’s unaware little hand pointed this way. The remaining Star Trail transformed into chains, pinning the maid attempting to destroy evidence against the Colored Glazed Window.
Those Snowflakes carrying a Rose Scent suddenly turned Blood Red, branding Qin Si’s skin with the Eastern Marsh Totem upon contact.
Aelia suddenly crouched down, her Silver Fox Cloak brushing over the Prophecy Totem on the floor.
Her fingers, stained with Luna's blood, grazed a shard of Ice Mirror. Those reflecting Love Poems from a Jade Box projected a three-dimensional image—three bones in boxes adorned with an Emerald Ring symbolizing Lordly inheritance, a silver bracelet engraved with Aelia's Birthday Rune, and... her Wedding Ring that she lost last year.
"So this is what remains of the Northern Campaign's wounds..." The bloodied Fingertip of the Lady of the Fortress suddenly glowed with golden Healing Magic. This was the Pain Relief Spell that Leonard had requested her to cast every full moon for twenty years.
The golden light swept over the remaining Star Trail on the Colored Glazed Window. The Magic Contract that originally belonged to the Lord's Study suddenly materialized—those Documents signed with her Heart's Blood continuously supplied Barrier Energy to Eastern Marsh from Magic Castle.
Suddenly, sounds from a Crystal Chandelier echoed down the corridor as Luna's hidden Star Trail Mark in its swaddling began to flicker wildly.
Aelia suddenly turned around and saw the three Light Spots drawn by the baby’s drool piercing through the wall, forming a Triangle seal with the suddenly blooming Demon Realm Iris in the backyard.
As the Seventh Moonlight spilled over the Window Lattice, the entire castle's Protective Barrier abruptly reversed its flow, and all energy beams directed towards the Eastern Realm began to surge back.
“Madam!
The Lord... ” Qin Si suddenly spat out a Qian Jiao infused with Black Marsh Aura, and fragments of Armor inlaid with Amethyst flew towards Luna.
Aelia instinctively opened her barrier but saw those fragments reveal Leonard's Magic Mark upon contact with Healing Magic—this was the Birthday Gift she had crafted for her husband three months ago.
Luna's eyelashes fluttered, and a Magic Bubble expelled during her slumber enveloped the fleeing Qing Yan.
In the instant the bubble burst, the rose snow scene from their wedding night twenty years ago reappeared, but each falling petal reflected the face of the Eastern Boundary Priestess.
Aelia finally understood that when Leonard had said "never betray," the Counter-Contract Spell hidden within the Wedding Ring's gem was slowly writhing.
A roar from an exploding Dragon Crystal Stone suddenly echoed from the Castle West Wing; this was the Barrier Stone that Luna had deliberately knocked over three days ago, stained with ink.
The baby in Aelia's arms suddenly revealed a fleeting smile, and splattered Long Jing fragments formed a new Star Map in midair—this was precisely Leonard's hurried route as he rushed to them, his cloak adorned with Golden Fleur-de-lis still dusted with Glowing Moss unique to the Eastern Marsh.
“Luna...” Aelia pressed her forehead against her daughter's hot Mei Xin, and Healing Magic's Gold Thread seeped into the baby's body.
In that moment of Magic Resonance, she saw more Memory Fragments: each time Leonard had her cast the Pain Relief Spell before his Expeditions was actually siphoning her Life Energy to sustain his lover in the Eastern Realm; those so-called scars from the Northern Campaign were merely a cover for the backlash of Bloodline Curse; and Luna's near-fatal incident at birth was due to the Lord replacing the Life-Saving Talisman meant for their daughter with a moonstone that imprisoned an Infant Spirit.
The vibrations in the corridor grew closer, and an image of an illegitimate child formed from Luna’s Star Trail Mark suddenly let out a Loud Cry.
Aelia abruptly tore off the Tie of her Silver Fox Cloak, her blood-stained fingers tracing an Ancient Incantation in midair to dissolve the Contract.
The Blood Pearls floating in the air suddenly transformed into ice crystals, piercing precisely into the center of each Star Trail Mark.
As the last ice crystal embedded itself into the wall, the entire castle resonated with a sound reminiscent of Zhong Ming.
The Wisteria Lanterns on the Eastern Realm Envoy Group's Horse-drawn Carriage exploded simultaneously, and the surface of the Jade Box containing finger bones began to fade, revealing a Love Poem.
Aelia picked up Luna and walked toward the hidden door of the bedroom. Just before stepping into the Teleportation Circle, she suddenly waved her sleeve, tossing the blood-stained Swaddling Cloth into the air—fabric ignited upon contact with the wind, creating Qing Yan that spelled out all correspondence between Leonard and the High Priestess in the Dome.
"Where are you going, my lady?" Qin Si suddenly broke free from the Star Trail Chains, and the Snake Pattern Dagger coalesced black mist once more.
But the maid's assault abruptly froze mid-air—when Aelia turned around, those Star Trail Chains that had ensnared her suddenly recoiled, turning the poisoned dagger toward her own throat.
"Three years ago, your brother's affliction," the Lady of the Fortress's voice was like a blade dipped in ice water, "was it truly swamp fever?" She flicked her fingertip, and Wisteria Petals that had fallen from Qin Si's sleeve suddenly materialized, each petal's back imprinted with the Eastern Realm Priestess's Blessing Incantation.
Luna suddenly murmured in her unconscious state, her small hand, devoid of awareness, pointed toward the window.
The Seventh Moonlight finally spilled over the Castle Spire, and all reversed Barrier Energy erupted violently, creating bottomless chasms along the escape route of the Eastern Realm Envoy Group.
From within those chasms rose magical Ying Huo, clearly reflecting three fleeing Horse-drawn Carriages that concealed a Child bearing a striking resemblance to Leonard.
As the first gust of wind carrying a Sulfur Smell blew away the rose Snowflakes, Aelia was already standing on the highest Stargazing Platform of the castle with Luna in her arms.
Her blood-stained Skirt swept across Luna's saliva-drawn Light Spot, and those markings suddenly sprang to life, burrowing into the gaps between Floor Tiles.
The entire Glorious Demon Fortress began to emit a mournful wail under its unbearable burden; the tower of lies built over twenty years of marriage was teetering in the fierce winds of truth.
The crystal railing of the Stargazing Platform suddenly emerged with frost; Aelia knew without looking back that at this moment, flames marked with Golden Cress would surely explode from the castle's main entrance.
A final feather floated from Luna's swaddling, igniting into ashes the moment it touched the morning light. Within the ashes, the magic reflection of Leonard Fury's face drew closer, propelled by his swift magical steed.
Aelia gently removed the moonstone pendant from her earlobe, a gift from her husband on their third wedding anniversary.
She pressed the Zhui Zi against the astrolabe on the stargazing platform, watching as the blue light infused with the infant spirit's resentment seeped into the mechanism's core.
When a roar echoed from deep within the castle, signaling the complete shattering of the protective barrier, the Lady of the Fortress finally took down the golden sparrow hairpin adorned with her family crest—a token of love she had never parted with for twenty years. At that moment, she used it to gather all the contract fragments drifting in the air.
Chen Feng suddenly surged onto the high platform, carrying with him the sweet scent of dragon blood tree. Aelia turned, holding tightly to the sleeping Luna.
At the end of the spiral staircase behind her, the gilded door ring emitted an explosive sound as it was scorched by magic flames, while the golden fleur-de-lis emblem flickered in and out of visibility in the morning mist.
Her bloodied fingertip brushed against Luna's feverish forehead. The infant, unaware, clutched a strand of star trail that wove a new magic circle diagram beneath their feet.
The roar from the shattered seventh layer barrier still echoed between the pillars as Leonard's Liujin boots crushed the final judgment ice steps on the stargazing platform.
The glowing moss of Eastern Marsh shimmered beneath his cloak, casting an eerie azure purple hue over the golden fleur-de-lis emblem.
"Aelia, hand Luna over to me." As Lord extended his hand, a red thread of contract entwined around his knuckles suddenly surged forth but was incinerated into ashes upon touching the infant swaddling.
In his furious pupils reflected his wife's pale face—her gentle eyes, once like moonlight after twenty years, were now filled with ice spikes, mirroring the blood contract document slowly unfurling on the astrolabe.
Aelia took a half step back as the newly formed magic circle diagram beneath her suddenly blossomed.
The shards of truth hidden in Luna's drool-stained star trail began to crawl up Leonard's battle armor along the judgment array: "Three years ago you said you needed my heart's blood to reinforce the barrier; was it really to nurture a bastard of Eastern Realm?"
The castle suddenly shook violently, and the Contract Beast that flew out from Leonard's sleeve lunged at the Astrolabe, only to be pierced through the throat by the Golden Cress shot from Aelia's hairpin.
Amidst the dying roar, all the Life Energy extracted by the Pain Relief Spell over the past twenty years was coalescing into a Blood-red Vortex within the Magic Circle.
"Those wounds from the Northern Campaign..." Aelia's voice was like a poisoned ice spike, and the Healing Magic that glimmered at her fingertip suddenly transformed into a blade. "They must be the cursed marks that backfired when you were cavorting with the High Priestess in Marsh Cave, right?" The golden light swept across Lord's neck, revealing new Priestly Blessing Marks beneath the scales that had disguised themselves as scars.
Leonard suddenly grasped the spinning Astrolabe, and fragments of the Contract Red Thread coalesced into a sword in his palm. "Would you rather believe in the babbling of an infant? Luna was clearly seduced by Black Magic..." Before he could finish, a Star Trail drifting from Luna's swaddling materialized into reality, amplifying the illegitimate child's cries from three hours ago in the marsh barrier a hundredfold.
"Father!" Lucius's exclamation came from below the Spiral Staircase.
The Dragon Crystal Lantern in Third Young Master Lucius's hand tumbled down the steps, illuminating the wet Black Marsh and Black Forest Mud on his Battle Armor—substances unique to where Luna's Star Trail Mark indicated the illegitimate child's hiding place.
Aelia suddenly let out a light laugh, shattering the floating Lying Contract in midair.
Her blood-stained fingertip traced across the Astrolabe, and those Eastern Realm Secret Letters meticulously concealed by Leonard projected onto the Dome. "Last year you said you needed a Wisteria Lantern to establish relations with the Eastern Realm, but in reality, it was to transport our Wedding Ring to serve as a talisman for that illegitimate child?"
A Crystal Explosion Sound suddenly echoed from the Castle West Wing; Luna's Barrier Stone, polluted with ink three days ago, had finally fulfilled its mission.
The Guardian Magic Circle Leonard attempted to summon twisted in red light, instead teleporting an Infant Swaddling from the Study Room Secret Compartment to the Stargazing Platform—on fabric embroidered with Golden Cress, still stained with Aelia's stolen Heart's Blood.
"Mother, be careful!" Lucius suddenly drew his sword and leaped up, but Jian Feng froze mid-air.
The boy was shocked to see an Emerging Eastern Realm Curse on his blade—a Black Magic Mark that Luna had showcased on the Colored Glazed Window to control minds.
The infant in Aelia's arms suddenly emitted a faint glow; those Life-Saving Talismans exchanged by Leonard were flowing back along Luna's newly sketched Yue Wen path without her awareness.
The Blood-red Vortex on the Astrolabe suddenly reversed, and the Life Energy stolen from Twenty Years transformed into countless Golden Arrows, hovering over each liar's Mei Xin.
"You dare to..." Leonard's Roar was abruptly frozen in his throat.
He was horrified to discover Aelia's Moonstone Pendant on her Earlobe, which was now projecting a three-dimensional image at the center of the Magic Circle—the Counter-Contract Spell he had buried on their wedding night, now being stripped of its disguise by Luna's Star Trail energy, revealing the malicious Curse Contract beneath.
Lucius suddenly fell to his knees, the Black Forest Mud on his Young Battle Armor evaporating into a toxic mist laced with the priest's Cedar Fragrance.
His trembling fingers brushed over the Illegitimate Child Birth Rune that had suddenly appeared on the hilt of his sword, finally understanding why Father always sent him to patrol the Eastern Realm border: "So those Glowing Moss... were gifts you made me bring to my brother?"
The mournful cry of the Phoenix Tail Cuckoo echoed through the morning mist, as Luna's eyelashes fluttered gently in Mother's embrace.
Aelia's Magic Circle suddenly erupted with a beam of light, incinerating Leonard's attempts to argue along with the Contract Red Thread.
As the first true rays of dawn pierced through the veil of lies, the bloodstained Skirt of the Lady of the Fortress swept across the edge of the Astrology Platform—where lay hidden the Guardian Charm she had buried at Luna's birth.
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