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As the moonlight condensed into Frost Flower on the Wedding Ring, Leonard caught the scent of Wisteria's Cedar Fragrance.
He stood on the steps of the Spring God Temple, adorned with Xing Hui, mechanically brushing his fingers over the three Gold Threads on his sleeve—this was the Glorious Robe he had just sewn that morning to celebrate Aelia's twentieth anniversary in charge of the Contract.
"Father!" Lucius stumbled over, clutching the Contract Box, ice crystals creeping up his neck through his fingers. "Mother said this box..."
"Hand it to the steward." Leonard pushed his son away with the Scepter, his Crystal Shoe crushing against Lucius's frostbitten hand.
The Wisteria Fragrance grew stronger as he gazed at the light purple curtains fluttering in the West Tower, Aelia's favorite color.
Luna's Loud Cry pierced through the night sky.
Leonard frowned at the swaddled child in Aelia's arms; the Remnant Page of the Contract, which the child had gnawed on, was glowing.
As he turned to walk towards the secret passage, a sudden burst of Han Qi from the Wedding Ring crystallized into Bing Ling on the Stone Steps—Twenty Years Ago, it was here that he placed the Moonstone Ring on Aelia's finger.
"Lyall..." The playful tone wrapped in Wisteria Fragrance rushed towards him as Leonard used his wand to lift the sheer fabric from Leonard's Concubine's shoulder.
The Crystal Chandelier reflected off the Canopy embroidered with the Magic Fortress Totem, yet those Gold Threads appeared three shades dimmer than Aelia's embroidery.
In an instant, as dreams began to twist, Leonard saw a Wheelchair rolling through a pool of blood.
His elder brother's staff was embedded in his chest, frost creeping up from a rotting knee. "Father, if you had lent me your Secret Silver Knee Pads back then..." The boy coughed up blood laced with Ice Shards as spikes suddenly emerged from the Wheelchair’s handles, piercing his palms.
The Magic Mirrors in the basement shattered all at once.
His Second Brother curled up in a corner, clutching a broken Amber Pendant while a phantom of his dear friend gouged at his back’s Magic Pattern with an ice spike. "You said there was a way to break it in Father's Study, in the third layer of the Dark Compartment..." The boy screamed as he tore apart the silver chain of his Jade Pendant, only for Leonard's Concubine's laughter to drift out from within.
The sound of shattering dishes echoed from the banquet hall.
Brother San lay drunkenly among the remnants of a feast, clutching not a staff but a Silver Wine Pot.
When the Contract Projection revealed his twelfth birthday celebration, where he had received the Magic New Star Award for Leonard's Last Night, the boy suddenly splashed wine into the void, declaring, "Father says true strength doesn't require..."
"Look, Lyle!" Leonard's Concubine entwined her bare ankles around his waist, her Ailya's White Nails carving new Magic Patterns into his back.
The Family Star Chart at the head of the bed was collapsing, with the stars symbolizing the Eldest Son's life plummeting into the Nebula representing the illegitimate child.
On the day of the Magic Castle Inheritance Ceremony, Leonard's Robe was adorned with patches.
He stared at the illegitimate child on the altar, dressed in a Glorious Robe, noticing the Gold Thread embroidered with a Wisteria Pattern on their chest.
Laughter wafting from the Viewing Platform wrapped around an Ice Shard: "The Lady of the Fortress has been replaced by an Illegitimate Child..."
"Father!" The three sons, now reduced to shadows of their former selves, struggled in their Wheelchairs.
The eldest brother's Ice Spirit Staff was thrust into the ground by the feet of the Illegitimate Child, while Second Brother's Contract Fragment pierced his own Eye Socket. Brother San's Silver Wine Pot shattered the last piece of their Family Crest.
Leonard was horrified to discover that his Scepter had turned to rotting wood and that his Magic Robe and Gold Thread were transforming into venomous snakes that bit at his skin.
The Illegitimate Child raised their Contract, projecting a holographic image—Aelia cradling Luna at the Spring God Temple, bathed in moonlight and clad in Silver Armor.
"No!" Leonard tore apart his crumbling Magic Robe but found his hands filled with Wisteria Petals soaked in Bloody Smell.
As he rushed toward the altar to seize the Scepter, a black hole suddenly opened in the chest of the Illegitimate Child, pulling him into an endless vortex.
The air thick with decaying wood mixed with Bloody Smell pierced Leonard's nostrils as his hands gripped a warm neck.
The sticky sensation at his Fingertip felt all too real; he staggered back, knocking over a cluttered iron rack. The shattered Magic Mirror reflected his Bloodshot eyes.
The twelve chimes of the clock echoed through the stone walls.
Leonard looked down at his tattered clothing, the cuffs marked with three traces of charred Gold Thread.
In the storage room, bloodstains seeped through the gaps in the floor tiles, and moonlight filtered through the air vent, illuminating his hand—there, the shape of a tooth mark emerged, a remnant of Luna's bite during their contract.
Suddenly, a sound of mechanical gears turning came from the corner of the wall, and a battle flag embroidered with an Ice Crystal Rose rose from the ruins.
As Leonard reached out to touch the flag, a shard of dried Blood Pearl at the top of the flagpole suddenly crystallized into an ice spike, piercing precisely into the dark magic tattoo on his neck.
Leonard's fingers dug deep into the gap in the stone wall, his fingertips smeared with a mix of moss and Tie Xiu.
Moonlight slanted through the air vent, casting a glow on the tooth mark on his hand, where a contract magic pattern pulsed with an eerie blue light beneath his skin.
The twelve chimes resonated in his chest as he suddenly recalled that this was a clock designed by Aelia twenty years ago—whenever the stellar trajectory shifted, a bronze bell would automatically strike against the moonstone body of the clock.
A crisp sound of ice crystals forming echoed from the corner.
The tattered Ice Crystal Rose battle flag suddenly unfurled, revealing Aelia's magic signature on its surface.
Leonard's pupils constricted; the magic castle's lineage head battle flag would never manifest in a storage room unless...
"If only Father had lent me the Secret Silver Knee Pads back then..."
The blood-curdling accusation from Huan Meng's eldest son exploded in his ears as Leonard stumbled towards a pile of spiderweb-covered magic mirror fragments.
As his blood dripped onto the mirror's surface, the shards suddenly began to piece themselves together, reflecting the scene in the banquet hall at that moment—his elder brother stood at the center of a magic circle, twin legs encased in mithril-forged mechanical armor, with an Ice Crystal Rose blooming from Zhang Jian’s spell, identical to the emblem on Aelia's battle flag.
"This is impossible!" Leonard shouted as he smashed his fist against the magic mirror, oblivious to the lacerations on his knuckles.
The Secret Silver Knee Pads should have remained sealed forever with the Eldest Son's disability, buried deep beneath the incantation, "In the name of the Moon Goddess, seal your treasure." He distinctly remembered reinforcing the Sealing Spell last night.
More memories grew wildly like Poison Vines.
Leonard trembled as he pulled out the Amber Pendant he kept close. When the moonlight illuminated the Magic Pattern at the center of the Amber, Leonard's Last Night—when he and his close friend had searched for a way to break the spell in the library—suddenly projected onto the wall.
The Magic Image within the Jade Pendant clearly displayed the date—it was indeed yesterday afternoon.
"You said there was a way to break the spell in the Dark Compartment on the third floor of Father's Study..."
The scream of Er Zi echoed in his ears as Leonard frantically searched through the Dark Compartment.
When his wand touched the Contract Seal inside the Dark Compartment, he was suddenly repelled by a Magical Burn on his palm.
The Stellar Trajectory flowing over the Sealing Spell clearly indicated that this Dark Compartment had not been opened for twenty years.
The Family Star Chart roared above him. Leonard looked up to see the star representing the Eldest Son shining brilliantly alongside the Second Son's Star Trail, while what should have been a dim Three Star was now bursting forth with dazzling Ice Blue Light.
His Wedding Ring suddenly grew hot, revealing a scene from when Luna bit into the Contract—the child's chubby little hand pressing against Aelia's Magic Signature, with blood seeping from the torn Parchment, forming Silver Blue Blood Pearls.
"Uncle Lyle is peeking at the Contract again?"
The innocent laughter pierced through three layers of stone walls, and Leonard's back slammed against an iron frame.
It was Luna's voice!
The infant who had perished in his dreams was now laughing in the nursery upstairs. He could even hear Aelia using Ice Magic to create Feng Ling to entertain the child.
The Wisteria Fragrance on the remnants of his Magic Robe suddenly became overwhelming.
Leonard tore open his shirt, revealing the Charming Magic Pattern etched on his chest by Leonard's Concubine years ago.
When he attempted to scrape the mark off his skin with Ailya's White Nails, the Magic Pattern suddenly transformed into a living snake that burrowed into his Blood Vessel—this was Aelia's unique backlash curse, designed to punish those bound by a Betrayal Contract.
The darkness of Dawn was at its thickest, and the remnants of fireworks from the Contract celebration drifted in through the Air Vent.
Leonard curled up in the cold pool of blood, watching his reflection twist simultaneously in seven fragments of the Magic Mirror.
The shard on his left showed his elder brother adjusting the mechanical Xuanbing Bracers for Brother San, while the mirror on his right displayed Second Brother solemnly handing the Amber Pendant to Aelia. In the center Lens, Luna was stumbling as she clutched Qin Si's Skirt, and on her Wrist was prominently displayed the Ice Crystal Bracelet belonging to the Glorious Demon Fortress Heir.
The moonstone on the Wedding Ring suddenly cracked with fine lines, and Leonard heard his own sobs from deep within his throat, more mournful than Winter Night's Han Ya.
He finally understood why the iron door in the storage room had been sealed with a starry enchantment, and why all the Tracks on the Family Star Chart had reversed—those Wings he had personally broken had quietly been reborn in corners where moonlight could not reach.
The Ice Crystal Rose battle flag suddenly whipped up a fierce Cold Wind; wherever its corners swept, Wisteria Petals from the wedding banquet Twenty Years Ago transformed into bloody ice spikes.
Leonard reached out to catch the last falling petal but only touched half of Aelia's Moonstone Earrings left behind.
As dawn broke in the east, Lord's cherished Wisteria Fragrance was finally completely devoured by the scent of Ice Rose.
The seven fragments of Magic Mirror simultaneously emitted a chilling light, and Leonard's bloodied Fingertip traced five icy marks on the Ground.
The Charming Magic Pattern on the back of his neck suddenly turned into a venomous snake that slithered into his spine; the Blood Contract Curse established in a secret chamber twenty years ago with Leonard's Concubine was now Burning beneath his skin.
"Why is Lord hiding in this filthy place?"
Qin Si's voice crashed through the iron door like ice crystals, and the Contract Emblem on the sleeve of her maid outfit pricked Leonard’s eyes open.
He curled up in the pool of blood, watching as her Ice Rose devoured the remaining Wisteria Pattern on his Magic Robe.
"Tonight, the lady is hosting the Contract Innovation Celebration at the Spring God Temple." Qin Si flicked away the shards of Moonstone from his shoulder, and the Sapphire Earring glimmered against Aelia's Magic Mark. "All the nobles of Magic Castle are here to congratulate the Three Young Masters—the Young Master's mechanical armor has won the Nebula Award, the Second Young Master's restored Ancient Contract Array has been included in the Magic Sanctuary, and the Third Young Master..."
The iron frame was suddenly overturned by a violent surge of Ice Magic, and Leonard Crimson's eyes reflected the scattered Blood Pearls on the ground. "That useless fool!"
"The Ice Spirit Wine brewed by the Third Young Master has replaced your favorite Wisteria Honey." Qin Si nimbly dodged the splintering ice, and where Xiu Xie stepped, a Contract Array bloomed. "Master Lucius specifically instructed that all twelve bottles of your hidden Wisteria Honey be poured over the graves at West Tower—after all, Concubine loved this sweet taste most before her passing."
Leonard's Scepter suddenly fell from thin air, and the Staff Tip embedded with a Star Chart shattered into three pieces.
As he attempted to grab the maid and interrogate her, a sharp pain shot through his Palm as Luna's Tooth Mark from biting into the Contract emerged, causing him to collapse into a pile of rusted gears.
When the Magic Fortress Totem on the Gilded Gate opened its twelve eyes, Leonard pressed the broken Wedding Ring into his Palm.
The strains of Ice Spirit Waltz drifting from the banquet hall pierced his Eardrum—this was the first dance he shared with Aelia on their wedding night, yet at this moment, Qin Xian was tainted by the Magic Resonance of his three sons.
"Father, do you still remember the Glorious Throne?"
Lucius's voice descended from above, where he played with the Stellar Staff that should have belonged to Lord.
As he unfurled a Magic Scroll embedded with Mechanical Gears, Leonard saw the blueprint of his secret chamber where he had dallied with Leonard's Concubine slowly rotating.
An Ice Crystal Goblet shattered on the black Obsidian Ground, and Leonard's Roar shook off frost from the beams above. "Unfilial Son! You should have been buried back then..."
"With that bastard from West Tower?" Lucius flicked out an Ice Blue Contract Chain from his Fingertip, wrapping it around Father’s neck where a Dark Magic Tattoo lay. "When Eldest Brother needed Mithril for his leg injury, you were busy crafting a Wisteria Necklace for Leonard's Concubine; that night when Second Brother was deceived out of his Amber Pendant by a close friend, you were in that secret chamber teaching that bastard how to draw a Defense Map for Magic Castle; on the day Brother San’s Magic Core was damaged..."
The hall suddenly fell into absolute silence as Lucius's chest emerged with Aelia's Ice Rose Crest.
As he swung his Scepter, the Celestial Star Map vividly displayed images of achievements from these years for the three brothers—the mechanical armor tearing through magical beasts' throats, Ancient Contract Array suppressing volcanic eruptions, Ice Spirit Wine nurturing magical rice; each memory of Leonard's Last Night pierced through Leonard’s eyes like blood.
On the day Mother took over as Contract Grand Sorcerer, you were stitching a Wisteria flower pillow at the head of Leonard's Concubine's bed. The tip of Lucius's Scepter crystallized into a cold Ice Prism, reflecting Father's crazed and twisted face. "Do you know how a bastard dies?"
He secretly drank the Wisteria Honey you had hidden away, and the Contract Poison Curse modified by Mother turned into moonstone fertilizer—just like the Wedding Ring you are wearing now."
Suddenly, Leonard erupted in fury, his decayed Scepter unleashing the last vestiges of Black Magic.
As the Purple Black Flame was about to engulf Lucius, a sudden bloom of the Ice Rose on the boy's chest transformed the Guardian Spell sealed on the Eldest Son Wheelchair into an Ice Shield.
"Mother said you would go mad on this day." Lucius wiped the Ice Blue Bloodstain from his mouth and plunged the Stellar Staff into the Ground Cracks.
As the Contract Patterns crawled all over Leonard, the boy bent down to pick up half of Father's fallen Moonstone Earrings: "Guess who intentionally let you discover the Extramarital Love Letter in the Study Room Secret Compartment back then?"
As dawn broke in the east, the sound of the Contract Bell echoed from the Spring God Temple.
Leonard curled up in the center of the Broken Star Disc, watching his shadow being torn apart by three different Magic Patterns—the improved Mechanical Magic Pattern from the Eldest Son, the restored Ancient Contract Spell from the Second Son, and the unique Ice Wine Spell created by Brother San, all devouring his last remaining Magic Source from different directions.
The scent of cedar from the Ice Crystal Rose suddenly intensified, and in his near-death hallucination, Leonard saw Aelia's skirt brush against his cheek.
As he struggled to grasp that moonlit piece of fabric, his palm was left with only half of a bitten-off piece of a Contract Remnant Page—the very one he had chewed through on the day of Luna's Hundred Day Feast, marked with the words "Bloodline Bonds Cannot Be Violated."
The moment the Moonstone Powder slipped through his fingers, the bite mark on the Contract Fragment suddenly came to life.
The outline of Luna's milk tooth expanded in the void into a Silver Cage, consuming all of Leonard's dissipating magic.
From the direction of the Spring God Temple, a baby's clear laughter pierced through, shattering the decayed Star Chart beyond three layers of barriers in the Magic Castle.
"Contract, three thousand six hundredth clause." The voice of Aelia, wrapped in an Ice Crystal Storm, crashed through the gilded gate. As she walked over the peacock stone tiles in her Leonard's Boots, they bloomed into an Ice Rose. "When the Bloodline Curse takes effect, betrayers shall be eternally imprisoned within a Moonlight Prism."
In the shattered pupil of Leonard, his wife's newly formed Contract Magic Pattern reflected back—an odd totem bitten out during Luna's full moon celebration.
His decaying Adam's Apple rolled, squeezing out the last curse, only to find that the moonstone on the Wedding Ring had long transformed into the shape of an infant's Milk Tooth, firmly sealing his vocal cords.
"Father never understands." The eldest brother's Mechanical Armor crushed the shards of Star Chart scattered on the ground, the grinding of gears resonating with the Contract, Zhong Ming, and Resonance forming a judgmental Blessing Melody. "Luna didn't just gnaw through the Parchment—she rewrote the Contract Law of the Magical Era."
The Second Brother's Amber Pendant floated in the air, casting images of Leonard teaching the Illegitimate Child how to alter the Star Trail.
As Brother San poured Ice Spirit Wine over the Projection, a thorny Ice Rose suddenly sprouted in the secret chamber of Leonard's Last Night, entwining the illegitimate child and Wisteria flower pillow into Powder.
"Glory forever belongs to Ice Rose." Lucius's figure reassembled in the moonlight, a half-broken Stellar Staff lodged in his chest, and the Ice Blue Contract Pattern spreading from his wound throughout his body. "Thank you for your final Black Magic, aiding me in completing Spirit Transformation."
Luna's babbling suddenly echoed through the Dome, and the bite marks on the Contract Fragment erupted with a galaxy-like Liuguang.
Leonard realized that his shell was undergoing Lazurification, as the Moonlight Prism began to crystallize from where his heart was, while his treasured Outer Room Portrait burned into Ice Flame at Aelia's Fingertip.
As the first rays of dawn pierced through Dong Chuang, amidst the clashing sounds of Magic Castle, Heir, and Ice Crystal Bracelet, Leonard's last sight was Luna stumbling forward, clutching Aelia's Contract Staff.
Between the infant Pink gums, the moonstone Milk Tooth sparkled with brilliance that would rewrite the entire Magical Era.
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