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The parchment in the cellar rippled under the moonlight as Luna stared at the crucial paragraph covered in rose petals, her cheeks puffed up like small buns.
Suddenly, her finger, sticky with maple syrup, was pricked by a rose thorn drifting in from outside. She watched as a drop of blood pearl oozed out, refracting emerald colors and a red glow in the moonlight. It reminded her of a detail overlooked in the original story—Leonard's concubine always wore Leonard's emerald pendant around her neck.
"Wow—" The loud cry of a baby pierced through the seven layers of barriers surrounding the magic castle.
Aelia, with her Ailya's white nails stained by balsam juice, pinched her palm as she gazed at the reflection of the Emerald Manor map in the dressing mirror.
When Qin Si burst in, holding the crying Luna, he saw the lady using silver scissors to shred a silk pillowcase embroidered with a double-headed eagle crest. The gold threads fell onto Luna's swaddling and began to weave themselves into a tracking charm.
"Madam, the Third Young Master's thunder beast..." Qin Si's words were cut short as Luna's teething stick suddenly rolled to a spot on the map.
The blood pearl-stained maple syrup spread at the location of Emerald Manor's No. 3 villa, revealing Leonard's magic mark.
Aelia's hand trembled slightly as she picked up the teething stick.
This crystal, embedded with starfall iron, was a gift her husband had crafted for their daughter on her birthday last year.
The ice cracks reflected her suddenly pale face; those gemstones once thought to be witnesses of love now clearly formed Leonard's concubine's name abbreviation under the moonlight.
"Prepare the carriage." The lady snapped her pearl necklace, and the rolling beads arranged themselves into an astrological array in Luna's cradle. "Go summon Lady Aurora from the Astrology Tower—tell her I need to authenticate the marriage contract scroll from ten years ago."
Seizing the opportunity, Luna pressed her blood-stained finger against the griffin relief on the cradle post.
As Qin Si carried her past the East Tower, hidden runes drawn in blood suddenly activated automatically. The curtains in her brother's room fluttered without wind, revealing his frail figure curled up in a wheelchair.
Awakened by the thunderstorm, her brother stared blankly at the shattered crystal ball.
Ever since the magic backlash five years ago, his world had been reduced to three degrees wrapped around the wheelchair armrest—the record of how many times he attempted to channel magic each day. The latest ke hen had stalled at yesterday’s failed attempt number three thousand four hundred twenty-one.
"Young Master, the young lady is grabbing at your Shou Zha again." The maid attempted to lift Luna away from the desk, but the baby suddenly grasped the Eternal Night Vine and spat out a Luna.
The saliva-covered leaves fell into the crack of the crystal ball, unexpectedly manifesting the residual magic from that accident ten years ago into a Three-Dimensional Projection.
The elder brother's grayish pupil suddenly constricted.
In the Projection, his seventeen-year-old self stood in the center of a Magic Circle, where the third Node of the Hexagram, meant to protect, was floating with Leonard's Thunder Badge—this was not an accidental backlash but a Sacrificial Array altered by Close Kin magic!
The Wheelchair suddenly emitted a clicking sound as its gears meshed.
In the Ink Bottle that Luna had knocked over unintentionally, the Eternal Night Vine's Roots were frantically absorbing ink mixed with Milk Stain, traveling along his elder brother's withered Meridian.
When Qin Si was ordered to retrieve the Marriage Contract Scroll, he stumbled upon the Young Master trembling as he raised his staff toward the night sky, where a Green Light danced at his Fingertip, blooming into an Eternal Night flower.
Emerald Manor was filled with Xiao Yu, as Aelia's Horse-drawn Carriage brushed past Leonard's steed on Black Rose Path.
The lady stroked the unfamiliar fingerprints emerging on the Marriage Contract Scroll, watching as a pink Magic Letter that had fallen from her husband's cloak became blurred by rain.
Those seemingly sweet Love Words under Lady Aurora's Manifestation Spell were infested with maggots of cognitive distortion spells crawling over each letter.
"Mother!" Lucius suddenly rode up to block their path, his Sword Tip lifting a rose still dripping with Luna. "Father just sent someone to reinforce the East Tower barrier." He meaningfully glanced at Qin Si, who was holding Luna; the baby was happily gnawing on a piece of Starfall Iron—its surface smeared with the unique Long Blood Ink scent of ancient tomes from the Cellar.
Aelia pressed the Marriage Contract Scroll against her daughter's soft belly.
As Luna squirmed uncomfortably, a claw mark from the Contract Beast appeared at the edge of the scroll, resonating with Leonard's Family Crest on Leonard's Pauldron. In the rain curtain, it pieced together a Magic Circle Projection from Emerald Manor's basement—where twelve Infant Skeletons were frozen, connected to Lord Bloodline.
"Go check the Iris orders from the Three Number Annex over the past decade." The lady pressed Luna's tiny foot onto the focal point of the Projection, watching as her daughter's kicks scattered the Magic Flow into a new Star Trail. "Especially those special varieties dyed with Nightingale Blood."
Seizing the opportunity, Luna slapped her saliva-covered hand onto Lucius's Jian Qiao.
As the messenger owl of Second Brother swooped by, the Sword Body suddenly reflected the half-exposed Magic Letter from his dear friend Magic Robe's inner pocket—the pattern of the Fire Seal perfectly matched the Secret Letter in Leonard's Study Room Secret Compartment.
In the torrential rain, the baby's Loud Cry and Jing Lei erupted simultaneously, drowning out Lucius's gasp.
The downpour washed over the arched Emerald Corridor of the Magic Castle's East Wing, and an eerie Qing Yan wafted from Second Brother's Alchemy Laboratory.
He held the Amethyst Crucible gifted by his friend at their parting, attempting for the sixth time to fuse Moonlight Grass with Agave.
The unique Milk Fragrance of the baby suddenly invaded his nostrils. Luna, cradled in Qin Si's arms, was using her tiny hands, sticky with Sugar Coating, to pat at the Xing Hui Button on his Experimental Robe.
"Second Brother... Laughter..." Luna suddenly blew out a Rainbow bubble that floated straight toward the Astrolabe in the corner.
When the bubble collided with the brass Pointer, a Magical Projection of his friend meeting with the Emerald Manor Steward suddenly emerged on the instrument's surface.
The Moonstone powder that should have been pure shimmered with a ghostly blue as it fell from his friend's sleeve.
Second Brother's breath became urgent.
He grabbed Lu Jin Zhan's hand but was suddenly held back by Luna, her Palm pressed against his wrist where the cursed burn marked him.
The previously dim Magic Pattern flared to life, forming his friend's Family Crest in the Halo refracted by the rain—a mirror totem of Leonard Thunder Emblem.
"So that tornado..." Second Brother stumbled and knocked over the Reagent Rack. As the Amethyst Crucible hit the ground, smoke erupted, revealing Leonard's Last Night from three months ago.
His friend claimed to have used a Storm Stone for protection; now it clearly displayed a reverse Magic Circuit on the map soaked with Luna's drool—what had caused his Magic Surge was indeed a man-made Magic Siphon Trap.
Luna suddenly reached out to grab the falling Experiment Record.
As the Parchment brushed against the corner of her mouth stained with Milk Stain, certain Tiny Inscriptions, previously obscured by a distorted recognition spell, suddenly came into view.
Second Brother's hand trembled as he snatched the paper away. The edges of the Alchemical Formula he had penned were densely covered with deadly variables added by his dear friend using Ghost Ink.
"The lady loves this bell," Qin Si attempted to divert attention, only to see Luna throw Yin Ling towards the top of the bookshelf.
The falling ancient book precisely struck the Dark Compartment, revealing the Thunder Badge that Leonard had gifted to his friend—at that moment, it resonated with the curse marks on Second Brother in a flash of Lei Guang, like a venomous snake flicking its tongue.
Atop the West Tower's Stargazing Platform, Brother San stared blankly at the shattered Divination Mirror.
Luna was caught by the night wind and let out a Lactation Burp, waving her small hand smeared with Eternal Night Vine Juice against the Crystal Prism.
When her Water Droplet landed somewhere on the Astrolabe, those Stellar Trajectories that Brother San regarded as guides to talent suddenly twisted and reformed, projecting an entirely different Destiny amidst the downpour.
"Third Young Master, be careful!" Qin Si's cry was drowned out by thunder.
Luna kicked off her Soft Boots, knocking over a Silver Bowl filled with Yue Lu, and liquid splashed onto the Astrology Carpet, forming a reflection of a Magic Circuit.
Brother San stared blankly at his proud "Destiny's Guidance," which in the flow of true Magic turned out to be nothing more than a severely obstructed abandoned riverbed.
Suddenly, Luna grabbed his Astrology Pen and shoved it into her mouth, the saliva-coated tip leaving crooked lines on the stone slab.
Those childish marks bore an astonishing resemblance to Brother San's foundational exercises from his youth but erupted into pure Ice Blue Magic at a critical turning point—precisely the foundational meditation array of Eternal Night Fortress that he had deliberately avoided over the years.
When Jing Lei struck the tower's Castle Spire lightning rod, Brother San's treasured "Destiny Scroll" was jolted loose and unfurled.
Luna rolled to the end of the scroll while blowing bubbles, her palm stained with Milk Stain pressing down on a Signature obscured by Rose Juice—Leonard's Magic Consultant Emblem was glaringly visible. Those so-called Talent Revelations were merely lies designed to lead him astray from his true path.
"So all these years..." Brother San trembled as he traced the gradient annotations on the scroll. The once neat handwriting from his early years had taken on a strange rose red hue since three years ago.
Luna suddenly grabbed his little finger and pressed it against the Star Chart Device. The instrument erupted with Silver Light, illuminating the old calluses hidden in his sleeve—marks left from his childhood training in basic swordsmanship, now nearly faded away by the Divination Crystal, a forgotten badge of honor.
The ice crystals in the basement of Emerald Manor reflected Leonard's distorted face.
He swung the Thunderstaff, attempting to destroy the Infant Skeleton, but the surface of the Ice Coffin began to emerge with Luna's Tooth Mark-shaped magical patterns.
As the eye sockets of the twelfth Unicorn Skeleton glowed with Emerald Color ghostly flames, a sudden conversation between Aelia and the Astrologer crackled through the voice brooch pinned at his collar.
“Lord, the Nightingale Blood Iris from the Three Number Annex…” The butler’s report was abruptly cut off by Leonard.
Turning around, he knocked over the Secret Silver Box that held Leonard's Concubine's jewelry, causing an Emerald Pendant to roll into the Ice Coffin's Gap, where Shan Na lay. Suddenly, the entire basement's Protective Array reversed, rebounding his most familiar Thunder Spell back onto his left shoulder.
In the rain-soaked Magic Castle Dome, an unusual Dazzling Lightning flashed.
Leonard rushed into the library, clutching his arm where Ailina's burn marked him. Ankeli was preparing to frame Young Master with a Secret Letter box that exuded Luna’s Milk Fragrance.
When he touched the Encrypted Rune with trembling fingers, the box lid suddenly sprang open, shooting out Eternal Night Vine Juice—the very medium he had used years ago when tampering with his elder brother’s array.
“Father?” Lucius's voice echoed from the spiral staircase.
Leonard hurriedly covered his bloodied left hand with his cloak and turned, accidentally knocking down a Gilded Scroll that recorded the family’s secret history.
On the unfurled parchment, an Image of the First Generation Fortress Master cradling a baby blinked suddenly; the child's eye color was strikingly similar to Luna's emerald gaze.
In the Magic Castle Courtyard, where the heavy rain had finally eased, Luna gazed at Shuang Yue rising in the Southeast while nestled in Qin Si's arms.
She tossed a Teething Stick smeared with her family's Magic Mark into the Wishing Pool, sending splashes that awakened the slumbering Contract Turtle.
As the turtle shell emerged bearing Lucius's secret imprint of their Family Crest from last night, a final raindrop fell perfectly into the Rose Engraving on his sword hilt...
Lucius stood at the corner of the Emerald Corridor, his fingers caressing the hilt of the Rose Engraving sword as raindrops rolled off his Silver Armor, spreading into fine patterns on the bluestone pavement.
The Family Crest on the Contract Turtle Shell was slowly morphing, its original lightning patterns, symbols of thunder, gradually entwined by the Eternal Night Vine—an unprecedented Bloodline Resonance anomaly that had not appeared in three hundred years.
"Ah!" Luna's Teething Stick suddenly struck his knee guard.
As Qin Si rushed over with the baby in her arms, she saw the Starfall Iron roll into a crevice, where Leyline Magic surged forth, enveloping them both in a Light Golden Halo.
Lucius's hand froze mid-reach for the fallen object as the Emerald Patterns emerging on the Teething Stick resonated with the Emblem he had imprinted last night, projecting an illusion of the First Generation Fortress Master holding a baby into the humid air.
Seizing the opportunity, Luna tugged at his dangling Hair Tips, the scent of Milk Fragrance mingling with that of Long Blood Ink filling his nostrils.
Suddenly, an image flashed before Lucius—an Infant Skeleton beneath Father Leonard's Pauldron. The refracted Green Light from the ice crystals overlapped with his sister's eye color, forming sharp arrows that made his temples throb violently.
The Contract Turtle crawled slowly to his feet, and the distorted Emblem on Gui Jiao erupted with icy Blue Light, manifesting the aura of Luna's Swaddling into Twelve Rays of Blood-Red Chains.
"Third Young Master..." Qin Si hesitated, watching him as he cut through his Fingertip.
As a drop of Blood Pearl fell onto Gui Jiao's center, those chains suddenly shifted direction toward the East Tower—the very place where Father had personally reinforced the barrier that morning.
Luna reached out to grasp the floating shards of illusion; surprisingly, the phantom baby from the First Generation Fortress Master broke free and staggered toward his bloodied Leonard's Sword.
Kneeling on one knee, Lucius felt Luna's Palm press against his rain-soaked forehead.
A sound came from the Contract Turtle Shell—a voice from Zhuo Tong. The ancient pact from Three Hundred Years Ago surged into his mind as silver characters: when the Star Bloodline encounters betrayal, Eternal Night will guide the true guardian.
He suddenly recalled how Father had unusually inquired about his Potion Class studies that morning; those strange reminders about mana stabilizers now carried a chilling Coldness.
"Laughter!" Luna exclaimed suddenly, blowing bubbles as she batted at the floating Blood-Red Chains.
Three chains snapped in response, turning into Emerald Powder that fell into his Xuanbing Bracers' Dark Compartment—where the Calming Elixir bestowed by Father that morning was hidden.
Lucius's pupils constricted as he noticed the Potion Bottle's surface, adorned with delicate Thunder Patterns resembling those in his brother's crystal ball's tampering array, reflecting the Emerald Powder.
Qin Si lightly coughed, "The lady said she would check all the Magic Potion inventory tonight." She seemingly unintentionally shook Luna's little feet, the Eternal Night Vine Juice slowly seeping into the stone slab from the baby socks.
Lucius watched the Blue Blood Fern Juice flow, forming a Star Trail, and suddenly became aware that it perfectly aligned with the unlocking Formation Diagram of the seventh storage cabinet in the Potion Room—where Father had stored the Moonlight Grass transported from Emerald Manor last year.
Luna suddenly struggled and lunged toward the Contract Turtle, her lips stained with Milk Stain pressed against the edge of Gui Jiao.
As Xing Hui turned milky white, the infant in the illusion pointed at the Rose Engraving on his Leonard's Sword. The Metal Rose unexpectedly bloomed under everyone's gaze, revealing a curled mini Unicorn Skeleton at its core—identical to the Infant Skeleton frozen in Emerald Manor's basement.
Lucius's hand gripping the sword hilt bulged with veins.
The post-rain breeze lifted his cloak's hem, revealing a half-dyed Iris stem in his Dark Bag, stained with Nightingale Blood—materials Father had given him to "test new formulas" that morning, now emitting a decayed Cedar Fragrance identical to that of the Three Number Annex.
"Do we need to prepare new Awakening Tea?" Qin Si softly reminded him, her gaze sweeping over Luna gnawing on a wet Teething Stick.
Lucius slowly stood up, and as he sheathed Leonard's Sword, the Click sounded unusually crisp. "Tell Mother I will personally inspect the Potion Room's Constant Temperature Array before dinner." As he turned, his fingertip brushed against Luna's Golden Hair, and a jade Light Spot dancing among her baby hair quietly slipped into the Dark Pattern of his sleeve, where a faint Zi Wu seeped out—the aftereffects of testing Father's Calming Elixir last night.
Luna watched Brother San's retreating figure and pressed her saliva-covered Palm against the Contract Turtle Shell.
As the last glimmer of twilight vanished beyond the horizon, the Emblem on Gui Jiao finally settled into a twisted Eternal Night Vine wrapped in thunder, while faint sounds of Crystal Vessel collisions echoed from the direction of the Potion Room.
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