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As the moonlight seeped through the Crystal Window Lattice, Luna lay nestled against Aelia's embroidered chest adorned with Ice Crystal Orchids.
The unique fragrance of baby milk mingled with the lingering scent of Magic Potion, floating softly between their intertwined silver hair.
She stretched out her little arm, resembling an Oujie, playfully tinkering with the Star Moon Necklace that hung from Aelia's neck, causing it to chime gently.
"I want a hug..." The soft nasal sound sent a shiver through Aelia's heart.
The usually frosty Lady of the Fortress tightened her Mink Fur Cloak around little Luna, her fingertips brushing over the faint Thorn mark on the baby's ear. "Did we scare you today, Xiao Luna?"
Luna suddenly straightened up, her chubby palm slapping against Aelia's Luna.
At that moment, the moonlight pierced through the crystal ball, casting a starry reflection in the baby's dark pupils.
Aelia noticed that little Luna's gaze mirrored the clarity she had seen when drawing the Reversal Spell in the secret chamber—a piercing insight into fate.
"Daddy is bad." Her lullaby voice wrapped around words as sweet as honey, yet they sent chills down Aelia's back. "Xi Ting Wu Tong Xiang, Red Cloak Sister..." As Luna spoke, she counted on her fingers but suddenly tilted her head in confusion. "But Luna doesn’t know how to say November."
The crystal comb Aelia was using to style her silver hair clattered to the ground.
She recalled last year's Chuxue night when Leonard returned draped in Frost Snow, his sleeves dusted with Phoenix Leaves. She remembered how he always claimed to be patrolling the borders but vanished every eleventh day of the month.
The little baby was rubbing her forehead against Aelia's collarbone where the Crescent Moon Birthmark lay—a mark of their Twinborn Pact—a secret that was meant to belong only to her and her husband.
"How does Luna know about Wutong Alley?" Aelia heard her own voice sound like ice-cold spring water.
The infant suddenly opened its mouth, revealing a bloody mark on its gums—exactly where it had bitten Fingertip moments ago.
A terrifying suspicion exploded in her chest.
Aelia trembled as she pulled apart the Infant Swaddling, and indeed, she discovered a faint Golden Curse Seal on Luna's Heart.
It was the "Time Sand Mark" of the High Priest Inheritance, a secret technique that had vanished with the last priest a hundred years ago.
"Madam!" Qin Si burst in with a bowl of Anshen Soup, only to see Aelia burying her face in the Infant Swaddling, shaking violently.
Luna was using her saliva-dampened fingers to draw complex Star Map patterns on the Mink Fur Cloak.
As Qin Si approached, little Luna suddenly grasped Aelia's Pearl Earrings: "Mother, look!"
The final stroke of the Star Map completed by Shan Na caused ripples to appear on the surface of the pearls.
Through the intricately carved window of Xi Ting Wu Tong Xiang, Leonard was tucking the scattered Hair of the Red Cloaked Woman behind her Ear.
When the woman turned, the Frostwolf Totem on her neck stung Aelia's eyes—it was a Family Crest reserved for those of the Lord's direct Bloodline.
Suddenly, Luna let out a sob like a small beast, and the Star Map shattered instantly.
A warm sensation came from Aelia Hand Back, and she looked down to find the infant gnawing at her Eternal Night Mark with its unevenly grown Milk Tooth.
As the Pale Golden Blood seeped into the Contract Totem, she heard Luna's muffled murmurs: "Mother, it hurts... fly away..."
The howling of the Frostwolf echoed outside, and Qin Si watched in terror as Lady Moon White's long hair visibly faded to Xue Se.
Meanwhile, Luna's Thorned Chains patterns had quietly crept up the fragile ear of the infant.
"Go summon the Three Young Masters," Aelia said, downing the Anshen Soup in one gulp. The bottom of the Liujin bowl reflected the frozen flames in her eyes. "And tell Lucius that I will be activating the Stargazing Instrument in the Eternal Night Crypt."
Luna's damp little nose brushed against Aelia's cold palm, her tiny hand tightly gripping her pinky finger.
As the infant's warm breath brushed against the Eternal Night Mark, suppressed memories surged forth—on the night of her Eighteenth Birthday, Leonard had branded the Frostwolf Totem onto her collarbone, and Ice Spikes bloomed under the moonlight into an everlasting crown.
"Lady!" Qin Si exclaimed anxiously, wiping the Carved Silver Mirror. The mirror reflected the staggering figures of the Three Young Masters.
The Eldest Son leaned on his Obsidian Staff; with each step he took, cracks like spider webs spread across the Crystal Floor Tiles—remnants of the backlash from a Forbidden Spell three years ago. The Second Young Master had dark red stains on his cuffs, fresh blood not yet dried, and a strange Vine Pattern emerging on his neck. The Third Young Master Lucius held a half-rolled tattered Star Chart Projection, frost snow from the Morning Training Ground clinging to his hair.
Suddenly, Luna twisted in Aelia's arms like a little pretzel, her arms reaching toward Second Brother's chest.
The Parasitic Demon Vine sensed Pure Magic and shrank back into her collar like a living creature.
The Second Young Master stared blankly at his now smooth skin, his Adam's apple bobbing. "This little thing..."
"Luna is not a little thing!" Milk Dumpling huffed as she turned around, her nape birthmark glowing faintly with golden light.
She suddenly opened her mouth and bit down on the moonstone at the tip of the Eldest Son's staff, producing a sound reminiscent of Qing Yue as her milk tooth collided with the gem.
The staff, entwined with Cursed Black Mist, scattered as if scalded, revealing the flowing Starry Patterns beneath.
The Eldest Son staggered and leaned against the windowsill, his knuckles cracking like popping beans after seven years of tension.
He looked in disbelief at the Ice Blue Flame rising from his Palm. "My Magic Circuit..."
"The Stargazing Instrument has arrived." Lucius's voice, wrapped in Crypt, collided into the room.
The usually carefree Third Young Master Lucius wore a grave expression, half of a Bronze Compass covered in Star Trace visible beneath his Dark Cloak.
When his gaze fell upon the Thorn Pattern spreading across Luna's Ear, his Emerald Eyes suddenly contracted. "Mother, this girl has the Time Sand Mark on her..."
Luna suddenly stretched out her saliva-covered little hand and accurately pressed it on the central point of the compass.
The Stargazing Instrument emitted a hum not heard in a millennium, and the Twenty-Eight Mansions lit up one by one, casting a Star Map that perfectly overlapped with the water-stained pattern on the Mink Fur Cloak.
Aelia's Moon White Hair Tips fluttered without wind as she saw the intersection of Star Trails emerging from the carved window of Wutong Alley—the Frostwolf Totem on the Red Cloaked Woman's Neck was seeping blood.
"It's a Blood Pact Puppet!" The ancient book in Third Young Master Lucius's hand fell to the ground. "Father disappears on the eleventh of every month to feed his cursed kin with his own blood!"
Luna suddenly let out a sob like a little kitten, her small face turning bright red.
To everyone's astonishment, the infant tore through the swaddling embroidered with a High-Level Protective Spell using her incomplete Milk Tooth.
Light Gold blood flowed from her Heart Curse Mark, painting a complex Inverse Pentagram Formation on the Mink Fur Cloak.
"Luna!" Aelia hurriedly tried to wipe away the shocking bloodstain. The moment her fingertip touched the Star Array, countless Memory Fragments surged in.
She saw Leonard trembling on their wedding night, cutting his fingertip to imprint the Twinborn Pact on her collarbone. She saw him bursting into the Crypt last winter night, covered in blood, cradling a fainted girl. She saw him kneeling before the ancestral tablet on the eleventh of every month, allowing the cursed vines to pierce his chest.
The soft Milk Dumpling Luna pressed against Aelia's tear-streaked face, her small hand clumsily wiping away the cold Lacrima.
Suddenly, she grabbed the jade pendant from Second Brother and slapped it onto the center of the Star Array.
The surface of the pendant emerged with fine Ice Cracks, and a wisp of black mist screeched as it was drawn into the Inverse Pentagram. The Star Array instantly transformed into flowing moonlight that seeped into the Peacock Stone Tiles.
Second Young Master suddenly began to cough violently, expelling large clumps of blood entwined with black mist.
When he looked up again, the scarlet Dark Purple Thread that had been coiling around his eye white had vanished: "It was a spirit-reviving jade given to me by my dear friend... I see now it had long been cursed with Heart-Eating Gu..."
Luna proudly wiggled her little toes, her chubby hand tapping rhythmically against the edge of the Liujin bowl, producing a tinkling sound.
When her gaze met Lucius's, she suddenly extended her finger, smeared with Anshen Soup, and drew a crooked Sun Symbol over the bloodstain on his palm.
The Astrology Dice that was about to slip from Third Young Master Lucius's sleeve suddenly became scalding hot, all six faces emerging with Frostwolf Totems.
"Mother, look!" Lucius trembled as he unfolded the illusion projected by the dice.
Amidst the swirling snow, Leonard knelt alone at the Eternal Night Altar, as Frostwolf Totems peeled away from his heart, transforming into Blood-Red Chains that bound the fainted girl at the center of the altar.
His bloodied fingertip traced an identical Inverse Pentagram on the ground, while starlight illuminated the densely packed Mama tablets at the base of the altar—all belonging to legitimate bloodlines that had perished violently over nearly a century.
Aelia stumbled and fell onto the velvet couch, while the baby in her arms struggled to leap into the Star Map.
Luna's Thorn Pattern had spread across half of her Luna, yet she grinned, revealing her two Milk Teeth, pointing with Ailya's Silver Hair at the Blood-Red Chains in the illusion.
"Fly away, pain!" Before the Lullaby Voice could finish, the baby suddenly bit her Tongue, sending a pale golden Blood Pearl into the illusion.
In the Star Map, Leonard's figure trembled violently, and the chains that bound the girl snapped in response.
At the same time, a column of Ice Blue Light erupted from the tip of Eldest Son's staff, its magical force shattering all Crystal Window Lattice as it shot into the sky.
Amidst the swirling rainbow glass, Aelia saw Luna using her bloody little hands to draw a fragmented Star Trail on her Palm.
The baby's dark Pupil reflected the shattered moonlight. That clarity beyond her years reminded Aelia of the dying prophecy of the fallen high priest from a hundred years ago—moonlight slanted through broken window panes, casting flickering shadows on Luna's Ear and Thorn Pattern.
Aelia gazed at this little Milk Fragrance Luna in her arms, her Fingertip brushing over the faint golden Curse Mark on her Heart that had yet to heal.
The baby's warm little hand suddenly grasped her pinky finger, her soft Palm gently rubbing against Aelia's Eternal Night Mark.
"Mother, don’t cry." Luna tilted her small face, stained with Bloodstain, her glass-like Pupil reflecting Aelia's Hair Tips that had lost their lunar silver sheen.
She suddenly pouted and licked the ice crystal Lacrima at Aelia's eye corner with her Tongue smeared with Anshen Soup. "Luna is here."
The ice Blue Light column at Eldest Son's staff gradually retracted as he incredulously moved fingers that hadn’t stirred for seven years. Han Shuang spread along his Palm to the Carved Window Lattice.
Crystal Shards refracted tiny Light Spots under the moonlight, landing perfectly on Luna’s curled Toes.
The little baby suddenly burst into laughter, the bells at her ankles jingling as she moved, causing the scattered fragments of the Star Chart to coalesce into a flowing Light River.
"Mother..." The Second Young Master wiped the blood from his lips, his fingertips brushing over his now smooth neck.
On the skin of the Parasitic Demon Vine, a Thorned Totem resembling Luna's ear faintly emerged. "Is this Little One's Time Sand Mark related to the prophecy of the Eternal Night Altar from twenty years ago?"
Aelia tightened her Mink Fur Cloak, Luna's silver hair, which stood up at the crown of her head, brushed against her chin.
The baby suddenly reached out into the void, and the Pearl Earrings that had been scattered on the ground began to float and spin in midair. In the rippling water-like surface, the Carved Window Lattice of Wutong Alley reappeared.
This time, Leonard's Last Night was so clear that one could see the Frostwolf Totem at the collarbone of the Red Cloaked Woman—a Curse Mark that should have been severed with the fall of the High Priest a hundred years ago.
"Luna is the first star at dawn." Aelia's voice was hoarse as her lips brushed against the stardust in the baby's hair.
She recalled the strange tremors on the day of childbirth, remembered how the Midwife had fearfully cradled the golden-glowing baby girl, and how Luna had opened her eyes, with all Sealing Magic Patterns lighting up in unison.
The Astrology Dice belonging to Third Young Master Lucius suddenly rolled out from his sleeve, and under the moonlight, the Six-Sided Frost Wolf Totem melted into Blood Mist.
Curiously, Luna leaned forward, her tiny hand precisely catching the dice just before it hit the ground.
As the Emerald Dice Face touched the pale golden Blood Pearl, it transformed into Leonard's Last Night from a hundred years ago—the Time Sand Mark of the Silver-Haired Woman's Heart perfectly matching Luna's glowing Curse Mark at that moment.
"Look, Mother!" The Milk Dumpling proudly lifted the dice, her incomplete Milk Tooth biting into it and leaving fine cracks on its surface.
Aelia suddenly clutched her Heart as a burning pain surged from her Twinborn Contract Mark.
The High Priest in the illusion turned to look, and as Pale’s lips moved, they overlapped with Luna's indistinct Lullaby Voice: "To protect..."
The remnants of Anshen Soup at the bottom of the Liujin bowl suddenly boiled, and through the rising mist appeared Emerging Leonard Pale’s face.
The Frostwolf Totem on his chest was being slowly stripped away by Blood-Red Chains, yet a look of relief graced his lips.
Suddenly, Luna let out a Sobbing like a Little Beast, grasping at Ailya's Silver Hair as she dove into the illusion. A faint golden Blood Pearl dripped from her chin, burning a Stellar Trajectory in the mist.
"Father is Sacrificing himself!" Lucius stumbled as he leaned against an ice pillar, his Emerald Pupils reflecting the dense Mama altars in the Blood Mist. "Those who died suddenly from the Legitimate Lineage... were all willing to become the Curse Container of our kin..."
Suddenly, Aelia Moon White’s long hair stirred without wind, and Luna floated up from her embrace.
The infant’s Heart burst forth with brilliant Jin Mang, gathering the room’s Stardust into a swirling galaxy.
When the light faded, everyone realized that the dense Curse Runes on the Peacock Stone Tiles had all reversed, while Luna curled up in Aelia’s neck, fast asleep, her Hair Tips still stained with lingering Xing Xu.
"Madam, the Curse of the Three Young Masters..." Qin Si trembled as he brought forth a copper mirror.
Reflected in the mirror were the lively Ice Flame of the Eldest Son Palm, the newly formed Guardian Totem of the Second Young Master Neck, and the complete Star Trail flowing from the sleeve of Third Young Master Lucius.
In Luna’s curled little fist lay half a blood-stained Phoenix Leaf—the very one that Leonard had brought back last year on that night of Chuxue.
Gently, Aelia wiped away the Bloodstain from Luna's lips, while the infant still clutched her pinky tightly in her dreams.
As moonlight climbed back up the Crystal Window Lattice, she leaned down to kiss her daughter’s feverish forehead: "My Morning Star..."
A long howl from the Frostwolf suddenly echoed outside, and Qin Si was horrified to see a light shining from the direction of the Eternal Night Crypt, illuminating the Bloodlight Column.
The Three Young Masters exchanged glances, instinctively turning their attention to the sleeping Luna.
The Second Young Master's waist pendant was seeping with Xing Hui, while the Eldest Son's staff had, unbeknownst to him, formed an Ice Crystal Orchid at its tip—identical to the embroidery on Aelia's garment.
Lucius suddenly raised his hand to catch the falling Stardust, his Emerald Eyes narrowing slightly.
The luminescence that should have dissipated gathered in his palm, forming a small Blood Arrow that pointed directly at the Eternal Night Palace Key hanging from Qin Si's waist.
The shadows of the Three Young Masters intertwined silently under the moonlight, the icy Peacock Stone Tiles reflecting their hesitant expressions. As Qin Si retreated to the door with an empty medicine bowl in her hands, she clearly saw the Eldest Son's Obsidian Staff drawing half of an Inverse Pentagram on the ground.
Moonlight flowed over the shattered Crystal Window Lattice as the Three Young Masters cornered Qin Si at the intricately carved archway.
The Ice Crystal Orchid atop the Eldest Son's staff shed Xing Xu, casting flickering Light Spots on the ground.
"What did that little thing say to Mother?" The Second Young Master caressed his smooth neck with his fingertip, the skin where the Parasitic Demon Vine had receded still faintly flushed.
His shadow stretched long across the glassy Peacock Stone Tiles, perfectly covering Qin Si's skirt adorned with Wisteria flowers.
Qin Si held the empty medicine bowl close to her chest, and her Xingyue hairpin suddenly shimmered. "Madam instructed me..."
"Good sister—" Lucius suddenly pulled out Astrology Dice from his cloak, the Emerald Dice Face reflecting Qin Si's evasive eyes. "Don't you want to know why Luna's blood can break the curse on us?"
In the shadow cast by a pillar, the Eldest Son's staff traced half of an Inverse Pentagram on the ground.
The fresh bloodstains wound their way from the Assembly Hall to this spot, congealing at the tip of Qin Si's shoe into a dark red question mark.
She recalled the golden glimmer on the milk tooth as Luna bit into the moonstone, suddenly turning to press against Gong Yao's waist. "The Young Miss only said... said that Xi Ting Wu Tong Xiang hides a wolf that eats the moon."
The Third Young Master Lucius's Star Chart in his sleeve suddenly buzzed, while the Second Young Master's waist emitted a burst of Xing Mang.
The Eldest Son's cane struck the ground heavily, causing the Ice Crystal Orchid to bloom instantly. "Nonsense! That girl can reverse the Star Array with Time Sand Mark; how could she speak of Child's Whispers?"
"It’s true!" Qin Si took a step back, and Gong Yao bumped against the Gilded Door Ring with a clatter. "She also said that the Eldest Son's cane houses an Ice Butterfly, and that the Second Young Master's jade pendant sings..." Before she could finish, the Eldest Son abruptly tore away the Star Pattern Silk wrapped around his cane—within the Ice Blue Flame, translucent butterfly wings indeed unfurled.
Lucius suddenly grasped Qin Si's wrist, and Astrology Dice tumbled into her palm. "Then do you know how she discerned that Father was at the Eternal Night Altar for the Sacrifice?"
The Crystal Lamp flickered erratically, and Qin Si's hair tips moved as if stirred by an unseen wind.
She gazed at the lingering stardust at the end of the corridor, her voice soft as a sigh. "The Young Miss said... said that those Blood-Red Chains are entwined with the tears of the high priest from a hundred years ago."
The Three Young Masters simultaneously stepped back, with the Second Young Master knocking over a Bronze Candlestick.
The flowing wax pooled on the ground into a Frostwolf Totem, eerily resembling the bloodstains on Luna's Swaddling.
The Eldest Son suddenly broke into a violent cough, petals from the Ice Crystal Orchid falling onto his shoulders—just like when he first took charge of the Magic Castle at eighteen, when Father pinned a Blessing to his collar.
"She also mentioned this." Qin Si suddenly pulled out a blood-colored Magic Letter from the Hidden Layer of her medicine bowl. The Frostwolf Totem seeped a faint gold under the moonlight. "The Young Miss drew it with Anshen Soup, saying she wanted to show Third Young Master Lucius the crack in the Time Sandglass."
As Lucius took hold of the Magic Letter, his Emerald Pupils reflected the dense, starry cracks of Mama.
The Ice Cracks seemed to align perfectly with the Disaster Star Trail he had deduced that morning, with the deepest fissure still marked by the Milk Fragrance's Tooth Mark.
"Crack—"
A sound of shattering crystal echoed from deep within the corridor, startling Qin Si into gripping Gong Yao tightly.
Yet Third Young Master Lucius gazed at the Magic Letter and chuckled softly, "This Little One even accounted for the Time-Space Rift of the Eternal Night Altar." His Fingertip brushed over the twisted Sun Symbol on the Magic Letter, causing the Ice Cracks to suddenly shift and project a three-dimensional Star Map of the Glorious Demon Fortress onto the wall.
The Eldest Son abruptly used his staff to carve through the Star Map, embedding a petal of the Ice Crystal Orchid into a specific Light Spot. "Here... is this the outpost in the Northern Territory that Father inspected last month?"
"The Young Miss said... said that the wolf that eats the moon must follow the Milky Way home." Qin Si's voice grew softer, and Gong Yao suddenly emitted a Buzzing sound.
The Three Young Masters turned simultaneously, discovering that black mist was seeping from the Light Spot in the Northern Territory on the Star Map—exactly like the Heart-Eating Gu that Second Young Master had previously vomited.
Second Young Master suddenly tore open his collar, feeling the Newborn Totem burning against his Collarbone. "So Father disappears on the eleventh of every month because he is actually..."
"You all, young masters!" Qin Si raised his voice suddenly, while Gong Yao's surface emerged with Aelia's Transmission Talisman text. "Madam instructed that when Zhao Lu has soaked through Stardust sand, Young Miss must personally plant the magical seeds."
The Star Map shattered in response, and Lucius caught the falling Stardust, his Emerald Dice Face reflecting the direction of the nursery.
The Ice Butterfly at the tip of Eldest Son's staff suddenly flapped its wings, carrying with it the Cedar Fragrance of Ice Crystal Orchid as it darted towards the unhealed Time-Space Rift deep within the corridor.
Underneath the shifted moonlight, Shan Na, everyone silently exchanged glances towards the Eternal Night Crypt.
Qin Si's waist was burning, and the Blood Arrow formed from Stardust continuously pointed towards the nursery—where faint snoring could be heard. Luna was curled up in her Mink Velvet Swaddle, and the Thorn Pattern on her ear glimmered with a soft gold.
As the last piece of Stardust settled into Qin Si's hair, Lucius suddenly pressed down on the Sun Symbol on his palm.
The Astrology Dice stirred restlessly in his sleeve as he gazed at the condensation on the Window Lattice of the nursery. Suddenly, he became aware that every item Luna had gnawed on—from the Moonstone to the Shattered Jade Pendant—still resonated with the fluctuations of Time Sand Mark.
The Eldest Son's staff traced a Star Trace across the ground, while the Root System of the Ice Crystal Orchid quietly burrowed into the cracks of the Peacock Stone Tiles.
The Second Young Master bent down to pick up Luna's fallen Yin Ling, discovering that it was stained with fresh Blood Pearl, refracting moonlight into tiny Pentagrams.
Meanwhile, in a dimension unseen by them, Qin Si's Eternal Night Palace Key was also glowing with heat.
The Curse Runes that Luna had reversed were now weaving the outline of magical seeds across the surface of the key, guided by the Stardust.
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