The Ice Crystal Chandelier in Aelia Palm merged into a Blue Mist, as the blood of the Contract, soaked in pearls, dripped through her fingers onto the velvet carpet.
Qin Si hurriedly used the Silver Scissors to pry open the Ice Crystal Hairpin tangled in the lady's Hair Bun. The Sapphires, infused with Guardian Magic, were ravenously consuming their owner's tears.
"Twenty Years..." Aelia crushed the tenth pearl, its fragments reflecting Leonard's wedding vows in Xu Ying under the moonlight. "When he said that the heart of an Ice Mage must be sealed with a Blood Rose, I personally opened my Magic Core."
The Crystal Mirror suddenly reflected the direction of the nursery, as Luna's Yin Ling trembled for the third time that night.
Just as Qin Si was about to cast a Soundproofing Spell, she saw three hundred Magic Cores suddenly levitate from the lady's neck, forming a Star Map—exactly like the Track Luna had drawn with Milk Stain during her full moon.
An Explosive Sound erupted from the Attic Secret Room, and moss continued to drip from beneath the cloaks of the three brothers.
The eldest brother's Dragonbone Wheelchair rolled over shards of Celestial Chart scattered on the ground; those Dark Patterns, which should have been corroded by curses, now shimmered with Yin Hui from Luna's bell.
"Sister is rewriting the prophecy." Brother San suddenly plunged an Alchemical Pen into his Palm, blood tracing a Star Trail on the Astrolabe that matched that of the nursery. "Second Brother, look! She deliberately shattered Father's remaining Contract Mark."
The eldest brother on the Wheelchair suddenly lifted the Velvet Blanket, revealing Twin Legs consumed by curses into a Purple-Black state.
The Blood Vessel that should have withered was now entwined with Jadeite Powder shattered during Luna's Full Moon Feast Zhua Zhou, forming a fragmented Purification Spell beneath the skin.
Luna kicked off her Jin Bei embroidered with the Family Crest in her Lustrous Cradle. Her chubby little hand suddenly grasped the floating Crystal Baby Bottle, drawing a crooked Azure Rose Totem on the oak Tablecloth.
The Yin Ling autonomously flew toward a hidden door on the East Side of the castle, dislodging a Cornerstone replaced by Leonard twenty years ago—beneath it lay a Marriage Certificate boldly inscribed with two names.
Aelia's Pearl Necklace suddenly screeched as three hundred Magic Cores simultaneously reflected Luna's current Luna's Doodle: at the place where ice crystals devoured Lan Yue, three bloodied Silver Swords pierced through the Ice Rose Heart entwined in black mist.
When Lucius reached out to touch the floating Marriage Certificate Remnant Page, those Tiny Inscriptions transformed into the Golden Bell held during Luna's Hundred Day Feast, ringing out half a line of a blood-stained Lullaby.
As the Cellar Bell roared for the seventh time, Luna's Yin Ling crashed into a Dark Compartment in the southeast corner.
As the Milk Fragrance of Gold Dust fell softly, it gradually coalesced into the Moonstone atop the magic wand that had gone missing three years ago. At this moment, deep within the stone's core, lay a curse-reversal array visible only to the reincarnation of the Great Mage.
When the moonlight pierced through the Dome of the nursery's Magic Barrier, Luna's Yin Ling hovered just inches away from her brother Mei Xin.
The spinning Gold Dust inside the bell formed fine needles that precisely pierced into the cursed Magic Vein Node beneath his temples.
"What is this..." His emaciated fingers suddenly twitched as they grasped the Wheelchair Armrest. The Cursed Black Mist that had been dormant deep within his marrow began to flow toward the bell along the Gold Needles.
He looked down at his Purple-Black knees, where a Purification Spell made of Jadeite Powder was spreading upward along his Blood Vessels. "The Reversal Array in the Moonstone needs to be paired with the feather powder of the Dark Night Magic Butterfly?"
Luna, exhaling Luna, rolled over, her small hand patting on the oak Tablecloth that bore remnants of an Azure Rose Totem.
The Milk Stain that was disturbed suddenly floated into a Xing Mang, reflecting in the moonlight a certain Rock Crevice in the forbidden area of the Southwest Corner, where the unique Azure Phosphorescence of the Dark Night Magic Butterfly flickered.
The Wheelchair crushed ice crystals under the moonlight as he trembled and pulled out a yellowed map from beneath a Velvet Blanket and Hidden Layer.
The fragments of his magic wand, shattered during the curse backlash three years ago, now warmed slightly under the Moonstone's pull.
As the Gold Needles extracted the seventh wisp of black mist, his cracked Magic Core suddenly sensed a long-lost Elemental Fluctuation.
"My Sister is reshaping my Magic Vein!" He tore open his shirt collar; beneath his Collarbone, a withered Magic Pattern was being redrawn by Yin Hui. "Qin Si!
Go to the Alchemical Chamber and fetch the Shadow Leopard Marrow that Father hunted last year—"
Aelia pressed the eleventh shattered pearl into the Marriage Certificate's Remnant Page, and those blood-stained ice crystals suddenly etched clear veins onto the Parchment.
Holding the Contract Box found in the Dark Compartment, Qin Si noticed that the edges of each document were shimmering with fragments of the Golden Bell, crushed during Luna's Hundred Day Feast.
"The Blood Moon Festival from Twenty Years Ago..." Aelia sliced her index finger with an Ice Blade, letting a drop of Blood Pearl fall onto the Magic Brand at Leonard's Signature.
The originally dull mark suddenly twisted into a Serpent Pattern, revealing a hidden second layer of Contract Patterns—clearly the Thorned Binding Pattern that manifested when the Emotion Spell backfired.
Qin Si suddenly pointed at the floating Star Map. "Madam, look at Luna's Luna's Doodle!" At the point where three hundred Magic Cores reflected Lan Yue's descent, three Silver Swords pierced the Ice Rose Heart, oozing Dark Purple Liquid that shared its origin with the blood of the Black Sorcerer they had slain in the border forest last year.
"Prepare to awaken the slumbering Ice Spirit Guardian." Aelia sealed the Marriage Certificate and Remnant Page in ice crystals, as the Blue Mist melting from her hair coalesced into a dagger shape in her palm. "When Luna helps Oleg lift the curse, I want the traitor to witness his dark chess pieces turn into dead ones."
As Lucius burst through the door of the Alchemical Chamber, he saw Brother San pressing a bloodied Astrolabe into a Moonstone.
The fragments of Contract Marks shattered by Luna's bell were now reassembling into a Reverse Curse Array Diagram within the Alchemical Flame.
"Sister drew this Track with a Crystal Baby Bottle..." Brother San suddenly plunged an Alchemical Pen into his Left Eye, where the Pupil reflected the pattern of a Rattle that Luna had caught during the day. "Second Brother's close friend gave this Magic Potion Formula years ago; its core ingredient is a Poisonous Mushroom native to Father's Concubine Territory!"
Lucius suddenly tore open his collar, revealing Black Vines on his chest that had been mistaken for a Pseudo Talent Mark.
The patterns entwining his Magic Core for Twenty Years began to fade as he neared Luna's fallen Milk Tooth.
As he trembled and pressed a Silver Bell Fragment found in the nursery against his skin, the sealed Thunder Element erupted in Purple Light from his Fingertip.
"So it was Sister's Hundred Day Feast that shattered this Jadeite..." He picked up the Astrology Dice that Luna had discarded while catching Zhua Zhou; symbols blurred by Milk Stain on the Hexahedron suddenly projected a complete cultivation diagram.
At its center was the long-lost Thunder Crystal Fragment from his elder brother's wand.
As the eighth toll of the Cellar Bell rang out, Leonard was in the castle’s East Side secret passage, caressing the Emotional Curse Contract.
The crystal ball in his arms reflected the blooming Blood Rose of Outer Chamber Manor, yet he failed to notice that each petal concealed a grain of Pearl Powder shattered by Luna.
As he attempted to reinforce the Betrayal Contract hidden beneath the Cornerstone, a Signature on the Marriage Certificate and Remnant Page suddenly oozed with Yin Hui, carrying a Milk Fragrance.
In the moment when the moonlight shifted, Aelia's Magic Core Necklace around her neck froze suddenly, and three hundred pearls simultaneously reflected the outline of Outer Chamber Manor.
Meanwhile, her Palm wielded an Ice Blade that had completed the seventh layer of counter-curse, its blade reflecting the direction of the nursery—Luna was clutching the missing Moonstone from her brother's wand, sleeping with drool soaking her Jin Bei adorned with Star Trail patterns.
The ice crystals on the Castle Outer Wall quietly thickened by three inches, engulfing the Poison Mushroom Spores that Leonard had picked up on his Boot Sole upon returning last night.
At the moment when the moonlight shifted seven inches, Leonard sat beneath the Wisteria Arbor of Outer Chamber Manor, his Fingertip entwined with a Sheepskin Scroll of the New Contract.
The crystal ball hovered among the Black Roses, capturing Leonard's Concubine as she dripped blood into the Blood Wine. "Tomorrow's council will announce new regulations regarding the inheritance of Magic Castle," he said with a smile as he drank down the liquid mixed with an Emotion Spell, completely unaware that the ice crystals clinging to his hem were devouring the Agave poison mixed in with the Contract ink.
A sound of shattering ice crystals erupted from the Castle West Wing as his brother's Dragonbone Wheelchair rolled over the moonlit ground.
His Fingertip danced with Lightning Element, accurately shattering twenty-seven Suspension Spell orbs. The Magic Core, eroded by a curse for three years, began to stir anew amidst Dark Night Magic Butterfly and Phosphor Dust. "Sister's Reversal Array needs to align with the Celestial Phenomenon of Star-Moon Convergence," he mused, gazing at the Ice Rose crystallized on the Wheelchair Armrest—a temporary wand crafted by Aelia last night using three hundred Magic Cores for Refining.
Deep within the Cellar, Brother San's Alchemical Cauldron was steaming with Dark Purple Mist.
Fragments of an Astrolabe pieced together a reverse Curse Array in Poisonous Mushroom and Blue Blood Fern Juice, while Lucius's chest was visibly losing its Black Vines, fading to Silver White. "Father gave Second Brother's close friend a Magic Potion Formula..." He crushed Luna's fallen Milk Tooth; the powder coalesced into a miniature Thunderstorm cloud at the focal point. "Using my Astrology Dice from my first birthday Zhua Zhou as a cultivation dish for Poisonous Mushroom is outrageous."
Aelia's Ice Crystal Dagger suddenly pierced through three layers of brick walls and embedded itself in the Alchemy Table, its blade inscribed with Ancient Incantation written in Blood Rose juice.
Just then, Qin Si burst in holding a Crystal Bottle filled with Shadow Leopard Marrow and witnessed Brother San pressing Luna's Silver Bell Fragment into Lucius's Heart seal—the Jadeite Powder shattered during Baby Hundred Days Celebration was now reassembling into a Purification Rune amidst lightning.
The Blood Rose of Outer Chamber Manor suddenly bloomed magnificently as Leonard proudly stroked the newly Emerging Ice Crystal Pattern on the Contract.
He did not notice the pearl bracelet wrapped around the girl's wrist, which was a replica of the shattered Magic Core Necklace created by Luna.
As the girl leaned down to pour wine for him, the Dark Night Magic Butterfly egg hidden in her ear was quietly absorbing the toxins from the Emotion Spell.
"Lord of the Fortress..." The girl's fingertip glided over the surface of the crystal ball, deliberately allowing the Ice Crystal Chandelier to reflect her resemblance to Lucius, who bore a striking similarity to Aelia. "I heard that the Eldest Son recalled the Thunder Element yesterday?"
Leonard scoffed as he crushed his wine glass, letting the Scarlet Liquid soak into the New Contract. "Even if a Magic Core that has been crippled for three years is reshaped, it won't withstand the inheritance law that the council is about to enact." He did not see the faint glow of the Silver Bell Fragment beneath the girl's skirt; those gifts from Luna during the Full Moon Feast were currently transmitting their conversation back to the Magic Castle in real-time.
Suddenly, an oak table in the nursery emerged with a Xingyue Track, and Luna kicked off her Jin Bei to sit up.
Her chubby fingers pointed at the Milk Stain-drawn miniature of the Magic Castle, and at the Southeast Corner Crypt location, a light flickered that matched her brother's wand's Lei Guang.
As Qin Si entered with a Crystal Baby Bottle, he happened to see the infant throwing Yin Ling towards the Southeast—at that moment, when the bell shattered against the Carved Pillar, a blue light seeped out from the Floor Tile Gap, revealing the sealed Ice Spirit Guardian Emblem from twenty years ago.
Aelia's Pearl Earrings suddenly froze solid as she raised her hand to catch an image of Yin Ling transmitted from the Outer Chamber Manor.
When Leonard's words about "the crippled Magic Core" exploded in laughter within the ice crystal, her suspended Magic Core suddenly formed a complete Underground Structure Diagram. "So what I held during Luna's Hundred Day Feast was actually a Projection of the Ice Spirit Guardian's command." She tightened her embrace around the infant, tracing a secret passage in the Star Chart at the Southeast Corner. "It's time for Sleeping Glory to see daylight again."
The ice crystal on the Castle Outer Wall suddenly thickened by seven inches, engulfing Leonard's new Contract Copy that he had intentionally left behind in the Study Room Secret Compartment.
As moonlight swept across the nursery dome for the ninth time, Luna's Yin Ling rolled out a perfect arc on the carpet, and the lingering Milk Fragrance from its bell resonated with some seal deep within the Crypt.
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