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In the banquet hall dome, the Magic Star Sand fell softly as Leonard wiped the bloodstains from the edge of the Crystal Cup, tilting his head back to drink the last of the twenty-year-aged tequila.
Suspended above the Gilded Long Table were the celebratory fireworks of the Advanced Magic Tournament, casting a glow on the Dark Pattern Velvet Curtain that resembled flowing lava.
"Lucius's Frost Binding Spell has been improved quite well." He snapped his fingers, extinguishing the flickering candlelight before Aelia, watching as her pearl pendant fell into shadow among her silver hair. "When the three auxiliary stars align next year, it will be time for our sons to take over the Soul Guardian in the East Wing."
Suddenly, sparks erupted from Aelia's embroidered shoes, and Qin Si hurriedly pressed down on her trembling shoulder.
Three hours ago, the newly repaired Rose Window reflected Lucius adjusting his Ice Crystal Wand. The new Dark Pattern on his neck was eerily similar to the Curse Totem that had once been on their eldest son in swaddling clothes twenty years ago.
"Father!" Lucius burst through the Gilded Gate, frost crystals cascading from the tip of his Ice Crystal Wand.
Behind him, twelve Magic Lanterns exploded simultaneously, their crystal fragments forming into an announcement of the Junior Tournament results.
Leonard laughed heartily as he crushed his wine glass; amber liquid suspended in midair formed into Lucius's name. "Truly my bloodline! Tomorrow I will take you to the Automatic Activation Weapon Vault..." Before he could finish, the floating ice crystals suddenly refracted a strange blue light, and letters twisted and reformed as if altered by an invisible hand.
"Junior Tournament Champion—Luna Starlight."
The Astrological Compass on Aelia's lap crashed to the ground, its shattered face sending Star Sand flying into the air to create a nursery scene: a baby girl who should have been asleep was using her saliva-dampened fingertip to complete a Magic Certification Rune drawn on Qin Si's skirt.
In the light spots cast by the Crystal Chandelier, Luna's eyes sparkled with Xing Hui, perfectly synchronized with the twelve Main Stars of the Stargazing Platform.
"It’s impossible!" Leonard swept half the silverware off the table with a wave of his sleeve. The shadowy Demon Wolf Xu Ying lunged at the announcement crystal but was shattered into mist by a loud cry from the infant that triggered a Magic Resonance.
From the direction of the Weapon Vault came a hum emitted by Leonard's Sword, reflecting images of Leonard's Last Night on a Cursed Altar. At that moment, it projected onto the mural in the banquet hall.
Qin Si suddenly lifted her skirt and dashed toward the Emerald Corridor, her moonstone-studded belt flashing towards the nursery direction.
At the turn where she vanished, Aelia caught sight of a gilded staff handle protruding from a maid’s cloak—it was indeed part of the First Generation Staff that had been corroded and broken by the Soul Devouring Array three days ago.
Luna's loud cry abruptly transformed into a laugh reminiscent of Yin Ling, and the floating announcement crystal suddenly split into millions of light spots.
Each light spot reflected different timelines of Leonard's Last Night: twenty years ago, Leonard's right hand buried a cursed swaddling cloth while being pierced by an image of First Generation Sword projected by a Memory Crystal; Lucius’s Ice Crystal Wand suddenly turned to inscribe a control spell for Soul Guardian backward into Father’s hand.
"Stop her!" Aelia's cry was drowned out by the roar of Magic Star Sand.
The explosive Starry Hourglass finally completed its last flip, and the Twelve Rays of the Purification Beam pierced through the floor, lifting Luna's Swaddling to the center of the banquet hall.
The chubby infant's palm broke through the magical barrier, accurately grasping the broken staff that Qin Si had secretly tossed her way.
Leonard's cold smirk froze at the corners of his mouth—what should have been a useless Gilded Staff Handle sprouted a new Zhang Jian from its broken end upon touching the baby's palm.
The Leonard's Sword of the First Generation Fortress Master suddenly emitted a clear voice, reciting the complete inheritance spell for the first time in twenty years.
"In the name of the stars." Aelia repeated the ancient proverb that flickered in Luna's eyes, watching as her daughter reached out with her small hand towards Leonard, clutching the broken staff.
The Magic Star Sand hanging from the Banquet Hall Dome suddenly stilled, forming a flickering azure Challenge Contract array between father and daughter.
Qin Si's bloodied Ailya's White Nails dug into his palm as he quietly slipped a Memory Crystal hidden within a Pearl Hairpin to Aelia.
The last memory within the crystal was Leonard's Last Night, depicting Luna drawing up a complete challenge application with Star Sand in her Cradle last night, her Infant Toothprint prominently stamped on the witness signature line.
When the broken staff in Luna's hand lit up with its seventeenth certification rune, Aelia finally realized that what her daughter held was not a staff but a Challenge Contract Scroll.
The shadows behind Leonard began to peel away, and Xing Hui seeped through the cracks in the floor pierced by the First Generation Sword, enveloping the entire Magic Castle in a shimmering azure magical certification barrier.
"Don't touch that..." Aelia's warning was cut off by the roar of the Contract Array. The Guardian Silver Chain on her wrist suddenly tightened, pointing toward the Nursery—where half a bottle of unfinished Hot Goat Milk reflected the terrifying track of twelve Main Stars aligned on the Stargazing Platform.
Aelia's silver chain burned a Serpent Pattern scorch mark into her wrist as she stumbled towards the swaddling floating at the center of the Contract Array.
However, as her fingertip touched the magical barrier, the Twelve Star Tracks abruptly converged, securely lifting Luna above the Gilded Long Table.
The infant's pink ankle peeked out from the swaddling and precisely crushed Leonard's freshly conjured Shadow Spell.
"The stars above!" Qin Si suddenly grabbed Aelia's wrist, pressing a fragment of an Astrological Compass into her palm. "Madam, look at the Star Sand track in the Nursery—the creases formed when Miss turned over last night clearly outline a complete Star Trail and Star Divination Array!"
In the halo refracted by the Crystal Chandelier, fragments of the compass reflected a prophecy totem made up of scattered Star Sand across the floor.
Aelia trembled as she recognized it as her own Taboo Divination Technique sealed ten years ago, now perfectly replicated by Luna’s unaware scratching movements.
The wedding canopy swayed without wind, carrying the fragrance of milk that brushed past everyone, reviving the solidified blood wine at the banquet into vibrant grapevines.
Leonard's veins bulged as the First Generation Sword hissed like a venomous snake from the cracks in the floor.
He raised his hand, condensing the chilled foie gras into thorns, but at the moment the spell took shape, his pupils constricted—those ice spikes that were meant to pierce the infant now reflected every gesture of the curse he had planted on his eldest son twenty years ago.
"How dare a mere infant challenge the automatic activation of a challenge contract?" The lord's voice was wrapped in the sharp sound of black obsidian grinding against itself, shaking dust from the Soul Guardian statue in the corner.
He deliberately smashed a tequila bottle towards the floating infant, but the amber liquid vaporized into Xing Wu upon touching the swaddling, spelling out the Starry Sky Totem that crowned the First Generation Fortress Master in midair.
Gasps echoed throughout the hall.
When a certain viscount knocked over a silver golden fork, it struck the ground and left an emblem imprint of the Magic Certification Hall on the cashmere carpet.
The astrologer holding a crystal ball suddenly gasped, and people realized that her prophecy ball had unknowingly reflected Luna—within those eyes that should have been chaotic flowed the twelve main stars that only appeared when Xing Hui's Codex was present.
Lucius suddenly shoved aside a servant trying to stop him, and ice cracks erupted from his palm as he wielded an Ice Crystal Wand.
The boy gazed at his sister, who was half as tall as the banquet table, and he saw a fleeting image of himself at five years old, locked in a dungeon by his father due to uncontrolled magic.
His eyelashes, damp with frost snow, trembled as he instinctively reached for the star sand falling from above.
"Third Young Master Lucius, be careful!" Qin Si's exclamation mingled with the delicate sound of pearls colliding.
The maid’s skirt embroidered with wisteria suddenly surged like waves, and a treasure box hidden beneath its petticoat sprang open on its own.
A staff handle inlaid with moonstone slowly rose, and from its broken tip surged Xing Wu, resonating with the barriers surrounding Luna's swaddling.
Ailya's silver hair stirred without wind, and every pearl pendant hanging from it burst one by one.
She recognized it as "Starfall Sigh," buried alongside the First Generation Castle Lord's Lady; it should have sunk to the bottom of Blackwater Lake with its master’s coffin twenty years ago.
Newly sprouted Starshine Vines from where the treasure staff had broken wrapped around Qin Si's wrist, branding her fair skin with a star trail pattern identical to Luna's ankle.
"Treasure Staff says... it claims that the young lady's Tooth Mark is a certification seal!" Qin Si suddenly stumbled and leaned against the Long Table, while Moonstone reflected Xu Ying from the Ancient Contract Scroll in Mei Xin.
The crowd gasped in horror as they noticed the maid's Iris fading, replaced by a swirling Xing Hui that mirrored the one in Luna's eyes.
Leonard's cold smile froze at the moment the Treasure Staff manifested.
The shadow writhing behind him suddenly took the form of a Three-Headed Demon Wolf, but as it lunged toward the Treasure Staff, Shan Na was shattered by an infant's Yawn.
Luna's palm, gripping the broken staff, oozed Milk Stain, and those seemingly harmless Milky White Liquids seeped into the Gilded Staff Handle, causing the century-old Certified Gemstone to shine anew.
"Father!" Lucius suddenly stepped forward to block the brilliance of the Treasure Staff. The frost forming at the tip of his Ice Crystal Wand fell like snowflakes. "Look at how the Star Sand in the crack of the floor flows, just like what happened with my brother years ago..."
The boy's unfinished words were cut off by Leonard's Sword Suddenly Emitted a Hum from the Treasure Staff.
Qin Si's bloodied Fingertip gently caressed the damaged part of the staff, humming a Starlit Lullaby that Aelia often heard during her pregnancy.
As the third note exploded into Xing Yan within the Dome, all Silverware on the Gilded Long Table suddenly levitated, forming a constellation that pointed precisely at Luna's swaying Toes.
Aelia's Guardian Silver Chain suddenly snapped, and pearls rolled into the crack in the floor filled with Xing Hui.
She watched her daughter swing the broken staff toward her, with a green glow leaking between her chubby fingers, resonating with the Starry Crown that had shattered unexpectedly during their wedding twenty years ago.
Memories surged like a tide—on that stormy night, did Leonard's Sword Suddenly Emitted a Hum also leap with such joy?
"Catch!" Qin Si suddenly threw the Treasure Staff toward the center of the Contract Array.
Moonstone shed its layers as it passed through the magical barrier, revealing a core flowing with Star Essence inside.
Luna's swaddling suddenly burst apart, and ribbons embroidered with Wisteria automatically twisted into a Mage Robe style.
When the infant's Fingertip finally touched the falling Staff Handle, time in the entire banquet hall seemed to freeze like Star Sand—
The Xing Hui at the damaged part of the Gilded Staff suddenly surged, refracting Luna's Yin Ling-like laughter into countless jumping Contract Runes.
The patterns that should have remained silent for a hundred years climbed along the Milk Stain, forming a glowing cocoon in the infant's palm.
The Star Sand hanging from the Banquet Hall Dome trembled softly, and within the hum emitted by Leonard's Sword, there mingled an Ancient Chant that Aelia had never heard before.
The shadows behind Leonard began to peel away, revealing an Old Scar perfectly aligned with the crack beneath his collarbone and the Treasure Staff.
As the first grain of Star Sand fell into the remnants of Blood Wine at his feet, Qin Si's pearl tucked behind her ear suddenly burst, revealing a Memory Crystal that had sealed away twenty years of memories—reflected within it was the image of the First Generation Castle Lord's Lady cradling an infant while holding a complete Treasure Staff on Leonard's Last Night.
The Gilded Staff resonated with Luna's palm, awakening like an Ancient Dragon as Star Essence flowed into the swaddling blanket through the infant's fingers.
Suddenly, the Star Sand from the Banquet Hall Dome reversed its flow, gathering above Luna’s head to form the Thorned Star Crown worn during the coronation of the First Generation Fortress Master.
Aelia was knocked to the ground by a shockwave, witnessing her daughter's chubby ankles shattering Leonard's Shadow Spell—the broken patterns bore an uncanny resemblance to San Zi’s Magic Backlash Scar from years ago.
"Bloodline Certification Completed." The First Generation Sword suddenly emitted a clash akin to a Jinshi, locking Leonard within the Judgment Circle forged by Xing Hui.
The Old Scar at Lord’s collarbone began to seep Azure Blood, winding across the ground into a pattern that perfectly matched the crack in the Treasure Staff.
Qin Si’s skirt adorned with Wisteria flowers fluttered without wind. Twenty years ago, she had buried Aelia’s Mourning Silver Chain at the bottom of Blackwater Lake; now it resonated beneath the Nursery floor.
Luna’s silver hair suddenly surged down to her ankles, curling around Leonard as he attempted to ambush her with a Shadow Demon Wolf.
The infant’s breath, filled with Milk Fragrance, brushed against the Treasure Staff. The Starshine Vines clinging to its broken edge suddenly bloomed, projecting the Twelve Zodiac Chart of the Banquet Hall Dome onto the Image of the First Generation Castle Lord's Lady.
In that Image, the woman’s infant suddenly turned its eye, synchronizing with Luna as she hovered in the Contract Array and made a Grasping Action.
"Star Trail Reversion!" The Prophecy Ball cradled by the Astrologer exploded with a bang, scattering fragments that pieced together a suffocating vision of Leonard's Last Night—twenty years ago when Leonard knelt before the Cursed Altar, the Projection of the First Generation Sword always shrouded his back. The Memory Crystal at its hilt clearly reflected the Dark Pattern on Eldest Son’s neck in swaddling that perfectly overlapped with Current Fortress Lord’s Magic Certification Mark.
Leonard's cold smile froze at the moment when vines wrapped around his wrist.
He attempted to summon his Soul Guardian but found that the Curse flowing backward through his Ice Crystal Wand was transferring control to Lucius.
The boy stared blankly at his palm where a Starry Emblem was emerging; it was Luna’s doodle drawn without awareness while he wiped drool from his sister's mouth last night.
"Is that so..." Aelia trembled as she picked up the fragments of the Astrological Compass. The folds of Star Sand pressed out by her daughter were now resonating with the certification runes of the Qian Si Skirt.
When the light of the Seventh Main Star pierced through the Rose Window, she finally realized that what surged from the damaged Treasure Staff was not Star Essence, but rather the life force of her Eldest Son, consumed by a curse twenty years ago.
Luna suddenly giggled, and the Treasure Staff spun weightlessly in her hand.
The debris from the Gilded Staff Handle floated and reassembled, forming a complete challenge for the Contract Terms in the void—its final line marked with a Milk Stain bore a Tooth Mark that perfectly matched the Milk Tooth of the First Generation Fortress Master from his infancy.
As the Seventeenth Certified Star lit up at the top of the Treasure Staff, Qin Si stumbled and leaned against the Gilded Long Table for support.
The Mourning Silver Chain hidden within her Pearl Hairpin automatically unraveled, transforming into a Star Sand Stream that swayed towards Luna's toes.
Aelia's Guardian Bracelet suddenly let out a mournful cry, as fragments of the Starry Crown broken by Leonard twenty years ago resonated beneath the floor of the Nursery with the Treasure Staff.
Luna's swaddling cloth fluttered without wind, and a satin ribbon embroidered with Wisteria suddenly wrapped around Leonard's ankle as he attempted to retreat.
From the vortex of Xing Hui at the top of the Treasure Staff, half of an Ebony Staff Handle covered in Ice Cracks slowly rose—clearly, it was the initial staff shattered by backlash when her Eldest Son was attacked.
The fingertip of the baby, stained with Milk Stain, lightly tapped on the broken staff. Lucius let out a muffled groan as he watched cracks on his Ice Crystal Wand begin to undergo Automatic Repair.
The Star Sand hanging from the Banquet Hall Dome suddenly froze, forming a blurry Prophecy Scene before Aelia: within a misty Weapon Vault, three damaged staves were slowly rotating in Xing Hui.
As she attempted to touch those Xu Ying, Luna unexpectedly reached out with her small hand smeared with Star Essence. The newly sprouted vines at the break of the Treasure Staff quietly entwined around her waist's silver key.
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