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The dome of the Council Chamber reflected the Blood Contract as the Ice Spike hung down. Luna tiptoed and leaned on Aelia's knee, her small hand gripping the sleeve embroidered with Black Roses. "Mother, look! The uncles are trading the sisters' lives for the magic pool."
Aelia's fingertip brushed over the jade pendant depicting a young girl emerging, her ice blue pupils dilating sharply.
In the image, she was fifteen, pinning a Black Rose onto Leonard's battle armor, while the dark pattern of his waist belt clearly indicated it belonged to Leonard's Concubine, who had raised the Nightingale Totem.
"Xiao Luna, how..."
"Because the Contract is connected to the magic pool!" Luna pulled out a Star Pattern Stone and stuffed it into Aelia's palm. The fragments coalesced into a micro sandglass within the Ice Rose's flower center. "Once the sand runs out, the uncles will push Mother into the pool as a sacrifice."
Suddenly, the Gilded Clock emitted twelve muffled chimes, and Brother San's compass shot forth silver light, projecting the Contract onto the dome.
Those curses inscribed with Ailya's Birthday Rune were gnawing at the Holy Light Shield of the Magic Castle. Second Brother abruptly overturned a crystal wine cabinet—he recognized that it was the same parchment he had been tricked into signing by his dear friend years ago.
"Mother should wear that cloak embroidered with Frostwolves." Luna suddenly grabbed Aelia's dangling hair tips, her lullaby voice wrapped in the pressure of a Great Mage. "The Ice Rose only bleeds during a Lunar Eclipse."
From the direction of the dungeon came the sound of chains breaking. Lucius's neck shrouded in black mist revealed a Serpent Mark in the silver light.
Eldest Brother's wheelchair rolled over shards of shattered crystal before coming to an abrupt halt. His mangled right hand ignited with azure blue flames—the remnants of an old wound from three years ago when he had tested Father’s Forbidden Technique.
"If Mother is going to the West Tower..." He pressed the flame against Luna's sugar-coated map. "Please allow me to activate the Frostblade Formation left by our ancestors."
Aelia gazed at the stardust cascading down in the hourglass and suddenly pressed the jade pendant against Luna’s Mei Xin.
The root system of the Ice Rose surged along Luna’s forehead where a magic pattern lay, growing wildly and forming a new totem to counteract the Contract amidst gasps from everyone present.
As eighteen beams of light converged into an ice blue vortex, she picked up Luna and headed toward the East Corridor, where Zhen Chan was most intense.
"Is Lady of the Fortress going to visit the magic pool?" Leonard blocked their path with a gust carrying Nightingale perfume, his cloak revealing glimpses of serpent scale armor beneath.
Luna suddenly burst into laughter behind the man, her small hands dusted with sugar patting Aelia's shoulder. "Mother, look! Brother Lucius has brought the sisters' contract!"
At that moment, Brother San's compass emitted a tearing sound as Silver Light ripped open Leonard's chest armor, revealing the Heart and Serpent Mark beneath.
Aelia's Ice Rose suddenly pierced that mark, and amidst the man's scream, a bloodied Marriage Contract unfurled—on the yellowed parchment, the Black Rose she had embroidered years ago entwined with a nightingale's tail feather.
"So on the day of the grand wedding, when you said you were going to pacify the Northern Territory..." Aelia's voice was colder than Ice Spike. "Was it really to hunt down Frostwolf King for the Heart's Blood for your illegitimate child?"
Seizing the opportunity, Luna stuffed the Star Pattern Stone into the crack, causing the spirits of three hundred young girls to rise beneath the Peacock Stone Tiles.
As their translucent palms pressed against Leonard's back, the contracts written in daughters' blood suddenly turned against him, pinning him firmly to the Oath Stone where he had once sought Aelia's hand in marriage.
"Mother, it's time to change the variety of Black Rose," Luna pointed at the blood-red tender shoots sprouting from the crack in the Stele Inscription. "Only by nurturing them with the resentment of the Sacrificer can we bloom flowers that break curses."
As Aelia held Luna and stepped into the raging wind and snow, Brother San suddenly furrowed his brow at a new crack on his compass.
The Stellar Trajectory twisted bizarrely into a ring in the Northeast Corner; it was precisely where he had been praised twenty years ago as "a once-in-a-century talent," only to suffer a backlash of magic.
Ice crystals fell onto the crystal ball he had once used for divination, reflecting a Fated Star Chart he had misidentified in his youth.
The Star Trail Projection in the Council Chamber Dome shattered into ice crystals within Brother San's pupil as he trembled, his fingertip brushing over the newly formed crack on the compass.
The cheers from twenty years ago when the Astrology Institute first announced his Fated Star Chart still echoed in his ears, now transformed into the howling cold wind of the Northern Territory.
"So this is truly the Sirius Position," he dipped his finger into Luna's still-drying blood on her forehead and traced a new track on the surface of the shattered crystal ball.
When Blood Pearl touched the sealed Star Sand inside the sphere, it suddenly transformed into Xu Ying—the figure from Leonard's secret discussions with the Astrology Institute—revealing that bottle of Star Sand that had altered his Destiny, mixed with unique Sheen Pattern Gold Dust from Outsider Family.
Aelia's cloak swept over a ground littered with Ice Shards as Frostwolf Totem emitted an eerie blue glow amidst the raging wind and snow.
Qin Si immediately opened the Twelve Bone Oiled Paper Umbrella and rushed forward, the umbrella's surface colliding with the falling Vermilion Talisman and Contract Fragment, sparking a sweet metallic scent.
“Madam, the Ice Crystal Orchid in the West Tower…” she lowered her voice, the hidden silver needles in her sleeve already triggering the mechanism of the umbrella handle. “This morning, three more dew-laden blooms opened than usual.”
Luna suddenly tugged at Aelia's Pearl Earrings, calling out in a babyish voice, “I want Third Brother to hold me!” Brother San, who was redrawing the Star Map, stumbled around, his incomplete Right Wrist suddenly emerging with an Azure Blue Flame similar to that of his elder brother.
The Astrology Notes he had neglected flew in through the broken window from the Library of Hidden Books, reassembling into a brand new Star Chart amidst the flames.
From deep within the dungeon came the sound of rattling chains; Leonard's Heart-shaped Rose Tattoo suddenly oozed Hei Xue.
He feigned a painful wail but secretly traced a Nightingale Totem on the Ice Surface with his toes.
Three Ice Crystal Nightingales emerged from the cracks of the Oath Stone and flapped their wings towards the Outer Chamber Villa.
“Mother, we need to turn the hourglass over!” Luna suddenly stuffed the Star Pattern Stone into Brother San's palm.
As the Star Sand Stream began to reverse, everyone saw the Ground of Astrology Hall from Twenty Years Ago—Leonard's Sheen Pattern Padded Boots were stepping on the real Fated Star Chart, while the naive young Brother San held a tampered Fake Star Map with eyes full of longing.
Aelia's Ice Rose suddenly pierced through the slowest nightingale. The Snake Scale Secret Letter that fell from its beak was pinned to the wall by Qin Si's silver needle before it could touch the ground.
On the letter, the illegitimate children's Ailya's Birthday Rune coincided perfectly with the Festival Day of every Lord in Magic Castle, and the last line of Blood Text writhed: "...waiting for the Lunar Eclipse to swallow the ninety-ninth..."
“Third Young Master Lucius should switch this.” Luna had somehow climbed to the top of the Astrolabe, her small hand pressing down on the dust-covered Basalt button.
Suddenly, a roar echoed from beneath Magic Castle as gears began to turn; three hundred beams of starlight shot up from the Underground prison and converged at the top of West Tower to form a new Guardian Barrier.
Brother San's Wheelchair crashed through a secret door in Library of Hidden Books amidst violent tremors. The long-sealed Astrology Staff sensed the reversing Star Sand and automatically flew into his hand.
As he trembled and drew the first Correction Rune in midair, his elder brother’s Wheelchair Armrest, which had always been dimly lit by Frostwolf Relief, suddenly opened its blood-red eyes.
"Watch out for the Northeast Corner!" Luna's exclamation overlapped with the reprimand from the head of the Astrology Institute twenty years ago.
Brother San's Astrology Staff suddenly pierced through an invisible barrier, causing the Stargazing Tower in the Northeast Corner of the Magic Castle to collapse, revealing an altar buried deep in its foundation—the Sheen Pattern altar, inscribed with the names of all the daughters.
Aelia's cloak transformed into a Frostwolf form amidst the howling winds, and Qin Si immediately threw out twenty-eight copper coins to form a formation.
As the Confining Dragon Formation locked onto the altar, everyone saw Leonard's Xu Ying at the center of the altar, handing a swaddled infant to a wizard covered in Serpent Scales.
"That is... my Golden Hair!" Second Brother suddenly tore open his clothing, revealing that the Sealing Charm planted by his dear friend at his Heart matched perfectly with the patterns on the altar.
His damaged left hand ignited with Golden Flame, and the parchment he had been tricked into signing years ago surged from underground, revealing a Supplementary Clause written in his daughter's blood amidst the flames.
Seizing the opportunity, Luna sprinkled Sugar Coating onto the altar, causing the light of the Star Pattern Stone to suddenly intensify tenfold.
When the brilliance faded, Brother San's Wheelchair had already stopped in front of a mostly repaired Astrolabe. His incomplete right hand was calculating the corrected Star Trail at an incredible speed.
"Mother should have given me my coming-of-age ceremony by now." He tore off the sleeve embroidered with childish Star Patterns, revealing eyes that sparkled for the first time in twenty years. "With a real Astrologer's robe." The moonlight dyed the Emerald Corridor and Ice Sculpture a deep blue as Lucius clutched a torn Contract Scroll while passing through an archway.
The Serpent Mark on his neck throbbed faintly in the Cold Wind—left over from trying on the Snake God Crown for Father three days ago, it now served as an excellent medium for probing into dungeons.
"Is Third Young Master Lucius here to feed the fish too?"
Luna's voice emerged from behind a cluster of Ice Crystal Orchids.
Little Baby was half-buried in a snowdrift; beneath the Sugar Coating stuck to Peacock Stone Tiles, three hundred specters were sketching a transparent map of Magic Castle with their Fingertips.
She waved a Maple Sugar Cookie with a bite taken out of it, and Ice Blue Pupils reflected Lucius's cuffs dusted with nightingale Gold Dust.
Lucius knelt on one knee, pretending to adjust his Padded Boots. With a Serpent Scale Dagger, he quickly inscribed a secret message on the Ice Surface: The Northeast Corner Stargazing Tower Remains have shown signs of movement.
He remembered that half a month ago, this little girl had accurately predicted the escape route of Second Brother's close friend. At this moment, her collar, stained with milk, was seeping the unique purple light of the Star Pattern Stone.
"Father says that the red snapper from Snow Lake loves sweets," he intentionally raised his voice, as the flame ignited at his fingertip, outlining the Dark Language Rune.
The flame projection flickered on the ice surface, and Luna suddenly stuffed an entire cookie into his palm. Her chubby fingers brushed against the caramel patterns—those were exactly what he had seen last night when he stealthily entered the Outer Chamber Villa and observed the Serpent Formation.
From the direction of the dungeon came the sound of chains rattling, and Lucius felt a sudden burning sensation on his neck where the brand was marked.
He gritted his teeth against the pain and lifted Luna to pretend to play with the Ice Crystal Orchid. While adjusting her bow, he discreetly tucked a silver leaf containing a secret letter into the hidden layer of her ribbon.
The edge of the leaf awakened the Nightingale Totem with Luna's warmth, revealing an image of the Underground Altar from Outer Chamber Villa.
"Third Young Master Lucius should change Xunxiang now," Luna suddenly tugged at his flowing silver hair, her lullaby voice wrapped around the Great Mage's Mo Ya. "The serpent scale pollen brought by the nightingale will dirty your frostwolf fur."
As the gilded clock struck midnight, Lucius took advantage of the chime to flip his palm.
A deep blue ice crystal seeped through his fingers, drawing a complete secret letter in the snow behind Luna: before the Lunar Eclipse Night, they needed to eliminate the Root System of West Tower and Ice Rose.
This information was obtained this morning when he traded Serpent Scale and Brand with the Dungeon Guard. The ice crystal iris revealed an inverted triangle spell unique to the Serpent God Priest under the moonlight.
Suddenly, Luna laughed and leaped into his arms, her sugar-coated little hands unintentionally brushing over the secret letter.
When the ice crystal iris was rewritten by the energy of Star Pattern Stone to indicate that suppression by basalt was required in the Northeast Corner Geomancy, Lucius's pupils dilated sharply—this was precisely what he had been misled about during three years of covert investigation regarding Barrier Breach Coordinates.
A cold wind swept through, carrying ice shards around the corner of the Emerald Corridor. The old butler's emerald pipe flickered in and out of shadows.
This elder had served three generations of Lords and was now using smoke rings to record their conversation's rhythm; embedded at the bottom of his pipe was a Liu Ying Stone glowing with a red hue.
When Luna insisted that Lucius lift her high, the old man's heels lightly tapped against the ground, causing shadows in serpent patterns beneath the ice layer to slither toward the Servants' Room.
"Will you come to feed the fish again tomorrow?" Luna asked sweetly, leaning on his shoulder, while Fingertip quickly traced a Reversal Spell on the back of his neck.
Suddenly, a Serpent Mark on Lucius's neck began to seep Hei Xue, and the altered memories surged back like a tide—he finally saw clearly that the so-called Coming-of-Age Trial five years ago was actually a Surveillance Curse Seal inscribed by Father on his soul.
In the distance, the sound of shattering crystals echoed. Lucius, while adjusting his cloak, discreetly tucked away the Star Pattern Stone Fragment that Luna had secretly given him into his Serpent Scale Bracers.
When the fragment touched the Frostwolf King Fang he had hidden away three years ago, an emblem of the First Generation Fortress Lord emerged from within the Xuanbing Bracers—something Aelia had never seen before.
Luna suddenly pointed at the Northeast Corner and exclaimed, "Look! A shooting star!"
As Lucius turned around, he saw seven stars bizarrely arranged in the shape of a serpent's tongue above the ruins of the Stargazing Tower, which should have completely collapsed.
His incomplete left hand instinctively brushed against his Heart—there was a mark from Ailina's Burn that shared a source with his elder brother, an Old Scar left from ten years ago when he bore the Magic Backlash for Second Brother.
As the wind and snow intensified, Luna curled up on Lucius's shoulder, breathing evenly.
The bells on her wrist jingled softly with her steps, shattering three Ice Crystal Nightingales that were ensnared with listening spells.
When the last piece of ice crystal fell to the ground, Lucius heard a Click from underground as chains reassembled, as if a slumbering giant beast was stretching its limbs after a hundred years.
The moonlight shifted over Shan Na, and Luna's eyelashes fluttered.
The Prophecy Book hidden in her swaddled Hidden Layer began to warm slightly, revealing the second pair of Frostwolf Blood Eyes that were about to open on her brother's Wheelchair Armrest, along with the golden flames stirring within Second Brother's Heart Sealing Charm—those were indeed the last two keys to breaking the Bloodline Curse.
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