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As the seventh fragrance wafted through the Magic Banquet Hall, Aelia tiptoed to tie Liujin and Xing Sha to the crystal Zhui Zi of the Dome Chandelier.
Luna sat in her floating Cradle, laughing as her chubby fingers popped a string of Magic Bubbles, the splattered Light Spots landing perfectly on the tip of the Ice Sculpture Swan's Wings held by Qin Si.
"Madam, the Southern Envoy has crossed the Blackwater Marsh." Qin Si placed the Ice Sculpture at the center of the Long Table, the swan's neck reflecting Luna's subtly shimmering Crescent Moon Birthmark in its Sapphire.
Aelia lightly tapped the banquet guest list with her Fingertip, her snow satin sleeves slipping to reveal a recently healed Curse Scar. "Replace all the Yueguang Tan sent from the Northern Territory with Starlight Roses; people from the Southern Kingdom are particularly superstitious..." Before she could finish, Luna suddenly grabbed her dangling Hair Tips, her grape-like eyes fixed on a purple Mink Cloak that flashed behind the West Corridor Pillar.
Leonard was handing a carved Copper Box to Third Young Master Lucius. The Young Mage's gray-blue Pupil swirled with an unusual gloom for his age.
Brother San hurried over, holding a Palm still radiating Healing Green Light, when his Waist Forbidden Spell Scroll suddenly buzzed.
"Father said no interruptions during the banquet..." Brother San's voice was abruptly cut off by Luna's unexpectedly loud cry.
Aelia picked up her daughter and gently soothed her. The baby's pink feet kicked against the swaddling embroidered with Guardian Spells, and a Crescent Amulet tangled in her golden hair suddenly refracted light, illuminating Leonard's Neck and revealing every detail of his writhing Black Thorn.
As the Southern Envoy stepped into the Banquet Hall, twelve floating candelabras dimmed simultaneously by three degrees.
The imperial grandson Nan Mu Bai, with Malachite woven into his silver hair and flanked by a divine attendant wearing a Bright Bronze Mask, radiated Youguang. He casually tossed a Magic Rune that hovered above Luna's Cradle; the twisted Dark Pattern on the paper bore a striking resemblance to the faded Contract Totem on the Magic Castle Dome.
"Heirloom." Nan Mu Bai tapped the Ice Sculpture Swan's head with his Fingertip. The frozen Ruby Eye suddenly turned toward the Throne. "I heard that your young lady was missing the Azure Constellation during her Hundred Day Feast; it seems to conflict with our Southern Kingdom's New Moon Festival."
The Second Brother's wine glass suddenly shattered, amber liquid coalescing mid-air into the visage of his late friend.
Eldest Brother maneuvered his Wheelchair forward to shield himself from flying shards. His Twin Legs, once twisted by Magic Backlash, trembled slightly in Healing Green Light. "When did Southern Kingdom Astrology start learning curses from Northern Shamans?"
Luna reached out toward the Magic Rune, and where Luna met the Amulet, a burst of Silver Light forced Nan Mu Bai to take half a step back.
Brother San seized the moment to unfurl the Forbidden Spell Scroll. The Ancient Script washed clean by Purifying Power detached from its Parchment, wrapping around the Magic Rune like a cocoon before being deposited into the open beak of the Ice Sculpture Swan.
"A gift in return." Aelia pushed a box embroidered with Star Moon Patterns toward the envoy. The Detection Spell hidden in her sleeve had already traced the energy Track of the Magic Rune.
Leonard suddenly pressed down on the box lid, Black Thorn creeping up his Hand Back toward the Golden Lock. "I wonder if this spell can dispel the Miasma of Blackwater Marsh?"
The Bronze Mask behind Nan Mu Bai flickered with a red light, and a hoarse voice, like sandpaper scraping against crystal, said, "Since it is an heirloom, it must wait for the night of the Star-Moon Convergence to reveal its true nature..." Before the words were finished, Luna suddenly spat out a Milk Tooth, which bizarrely adhered to the ribbon of the gift box, forming half of a royal Emblem.
A crisp sound echoed from the Banquet Hall Dome as the Contract Totem fell apart. Qin Si hurriedly directed the maids to replace the shattered crystal chandeliers.
Aelia seized the opportunity while bending down to pick up Xing Sha's belongings and caught a glimpse of Leonard's sleeve revealing an Emerald Box Lock that fit perfectly with her Makeup Box's bottommost Secret Box—inside that box lay the twin flowers that had appeared on her wedding night, now transformed into a thorny Thorn pattern.
As the last Moonlight Epiphyllum Petals dissolved into the dessert wine, Nan Mu Bai's fingers, which were holding the return gift box, suddenly twitched.
Luna's Milk Tooth bit through the beast's Milk Jelly, and a drop of Blood Pearl rolled onto the ribbon of the gift box, its fleeting scarlet vanishing into the Malachite inlaid Gap.
The Pupil of the Image collectively turned towards the exit of the Banquet Hall, as the black water writhing at the edge of the Image frame gradually solidified under the light of the Silver Moon Amulet into the Starry Pattern engraved on the Southern Kingdom's Eastern Embassy Carriage.
When Nan Mu Bai boarded the Horse-drawn Carriage, the Bright Bronze Mask suddenly reflected the Youguang swirling within the gift box.
Just as the cursed fingers of the divine attendant were about to touch the Lock, a roar from afar announced the complete shattering of the Contract Totem, startling the two-headed lizard pulling the carriage into exhaling sulfurous breaths.
In that moment when the curtain of the Horse-drawn Carriage fell, a faint dark Purple Glimmer leaked from within the box, perfectly connecting with the patterns of the Magic Rune Nan Mu Bai had previously gifted.
The Bronze Gnomon at Stargazing Platform in the Southern Kingdom's imperial capital pointed to three-quarters past Hai hour, and Liujin's gift box buzzed within the array of Twenty-Eight Mansions lights.
Nan Mu Bai knelt on one knee, watching his grandfather’s aging fingers lift open the box lid—seven identical Magic Runes lay quietly on a golden velvet cushion, their edges still smeared with Luna's Milk Stain.
"Is this a curse trick from the Northern Shaman?" The Mechanical Pupil embedded in Nan Zhao Emperor's Left Eye rotated three times before a sudden burst of Purple Light erupted from within the box, illuminating Stargazing Platform as if it were Daylight.
A thousand miles away in the Magic Castle Library, a Bronze Astrolabe recording Family Contracts suddenly began to operate on its own, projecting an image in its crystal ball of Leonard's Last Night disappearing into Blackwater Marsh aboard Southern Kingdom's Eastern Embassy Carriage.
At this moment, chaos reigned in the banquet hall.
The silver Crystal Plate held by Qin Si suddenly levitated with identical patterns of Magic Rune. The Forbidden Spell Scroll at Second Brother's Waist spontaneously ignited into ashes, and Brother San’s freshly healed palm reopened with bloodstains shaped like Xing Mang.
Luna shook Aelia's Pearl Necklace vigorously, her grape-like eyes reflecting the fact that all the guests' cuffs were seeping with Purple Light.
"Father said not to touch anything unverified..." Lucius's words were cut short as the Lineage Head's Image behind the Throne collectively oozed black water.
Leonard's Neck Thorn suddenly elongated, a black Spike piercing into his fingers that clutched the Emerald Box. The moment Dark Red Blood dripped onto the Magic Rune, the talisman transformed into a Bloodline that ensnared each guest's Wrist.
Aelia tore apart the ribbon of the Starry Moon Pattern Gift Box, and the saliva-soaked ribbon wove itself into a Defense Formation in mid-air.
My elder brother turned his Wheelchair and knocked over the Ice Sculpture Swan. The frozen Ruby Eye rolled to Luna's feet, crushed by a baby Milk Tooth, while the Bloodline on the Magic Rune suddenly revealed an Ancient Contract Iris.
"Soul Rebirth Contract!" Brother San unfurled the Forbidden Spell Scroll, which spread across half of the Banquet Hall. The Irises washed clean by Luna's Purifying Power coincidentally overlapped with the Bloodline patterns.
Nan Mu Bai's gift, hidden within Malachite, suddenly coalesced into a Light Arrow, shooting straight toward Luna Mei Xin. However, upon reaching her Crescent Amulet, it was deflected by an unseen force, striking the Emerald Box concealed behind Leonard at the West Corridor Pillar.
As the Contract Totem shattered and Residual Magic shattered the last crystal chandelier, people discovered that all Magic Runes had transformed into Baby Palm imprints.
Luna leaned against Qin Si's shoulder to let out a Lactation Burp. In the silver-lighted bubbles of saliva emerged a vision of the Southern Kingdom's Stargazing Platform—where Nan Zhao Emperor's Magic Rune was morphing into a spiked Thorn, slowly wrapping around his mechanical eye’s Left Eye socket.
As the Bronze Mask Divine Attendant supported the staggering Nan Mu Bai, a crescent moon pattern similar to Luna's suddenly appeared on his nape.
Deep within the Magic Castle Cellar came the sound of chains breaking. A hand adorned with a Jade Bracelet pushed open a dust-covered secret door. The Black Water Thorn entwined around its Fingertip perfectly merged with the liquid seeping from the Image frame, winding under the moonlight into a Star Trail leading to the Southern Kingdom.
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