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The Crystal Chandelier shook violently under the impact of the Magic Pattern, as Luna's laughter wrapped around the Stardust and fell into Aelia's Pearl Earrings.
The Lady of the Fortress suddenly staggered and leaned against the Ice Crystal Pillar. As her fingertips brushed against the Night Blooming Jasmine pattern on the Column Relief, the moonlight from that fateful night twenty years ago shattered in her memory like Ice Shards.
"Madam, be careful!" Qin Si's supportive hand was forcefully pushed away.
Aelia and Xue Se swept through the scattered Xing Xu, retreating with Luna into the Light Spot cast by the rotating Star Map.
The chubby fingers of the infant pointed at the Curse Totem on Leonard's chest—its Zijing Tendril pattern identical to that of the wallpaper in Leonard's Concubine's residence.
Luna deliberately rubbed the swaddling cloth stained with Xing Xu against Aelia's neck.
The Pearl Necklace suddenly emitted a sobbing-like Resonance, as twenty-seven Dong Zhu beads surfaced with fine cracks—this was the Guardian Artifact refined by Leonard using Dragon Blood, now reflecting a certain Red Skirt Woman caressing a similar artifact from Leonard's Last Night.
"Alger, take the young ladies back to the Emerald Hall." Aelia's voice was like a tightly strung ice string, her silver high heels crushing the scattered Xing Hui. "Third Young Master Lucius left to oversee the Magic Pattern Array."
As the last sliver of moonlight was blocked by the Bronze Door, Aelia abruptly extinguished the illuminating crystal.
In the darkness, a sound like silk tearing echoed; she fiercely tore off her Wedding Ring and hurled it at the Star Map, but in that instant when the gem touched the ground, she retrieved it with a Suspension Spell—the vow inscribed within the ring, "Eternal Starlight," began to seep blood-red, mirroring the color of the flowers from the love vine that had afflicted Leonard's Concubine as recorded in the original text.
"Madam!" Qin Si rushed in holding a candlestick, just in time to see Aelia burying her face in Luna's swaddling.
The Ice Crystal Ground reflected their intertwined shadows; amidst the infant's Yiya Sound, a few drops of warm liquid seeped into the Silk embroidered with Defensive Magic Patterns.
Luna kicked away her swaddling, her chubby fingers dabbling at the still-damp tear stains as she traced out the outline of the key artifact "Twin Mirror" on Aelia's Palm.
As she completed the final stroke, Madam's Wrist Guardian Silver Chain suddenly burst forth with Strong Light, projecting an illusion of Leonard's Outer Chamber porch into the air—its entwined Zijing Tendril clearly shared origins with that of the Curse Totem's Root System.
"Three Months Ago, Dongjiao Magic Plant riot..." Aelia suddenly let out a cold laugh, her Dan Kou-stained Ailya's White Nails digging into the Column Relief. "He said he would go reinforce the barrier, yet his cloak was covered in Bauhinia Pollen." She snapped off the silver chain and hurled it towards the illusion; the Chain Pendant pierced through Xu Ying and nailed itself to the wall, precisely at the location of Leonard's Concubine Mansion within the Star Trail.
Qin Si suddenly pressed down on her Waist Communication Mirror; through its surface emerged a hurried face of their steward: "Madam, Lord has sent someone to take away the deed box from the third floor of the treasury!"
Aelia suddenly conjured a Frost Flower, handing Luna to Qin Si. As she turned, the Peacock Blue Shawl slipped from her shoulders and fell to the ground.
She stepped barefoot across the shimmering Star Pattern, withdrawing the sealed Marriage Certificate from Ankeli, which had been preserved for Twenty Years. The oath inscribed on the Parchment, "Bloodline Eternal," was fading into a grayish hue.
"Please ask Master Lucius to activate the ancestral barrier." Aelia bit her Fingertip and drew the Blood Contract Array on the back of the Marriage Certificate. Amidst the sudden Loud Cry of the infant, she pressed the blood-stained Pearl Necklace onto the array's focal point. "Notify all vassal families that the Starfall Council will convene tomorrow."
As the last traces of Blood Light seeped into the Earth Rift, the sound of a Wheelchair rolling over Xing Xu echoed down the corridor.
The Eldest Son stood outside the door, gripping the Household Master Ring marked with Emerging red streaks. Behind him, whispers from Servants floated through: "I heard that the Eastern Suburb Zijing Garden has a new owner..."
Luna opened her Xing Hui eyes in Qin Si's embrace, watching as the Eldest Son trembled, his hand brushing over the cracks in his ring—those marks identical to the Ice Cracks that appeared when Mother was forced to sever her Magic Core twenty years ago.
The Ice Crystal Pillar refracted a Dark Red glow from Zhen Chan on the Eldest Son's fingers. The Household Master Ring, embedded with a Starfall Stone, emitted a buzzing resonance of Zhen Chan.
His Pale fingers traced over the Ring Face and Ice Cracks. Suddenly, a Relief of Thorned Floral Pattern pierced his skin, and the Blood Pearl that oozed out formed a Celestial Chart on the Ice Surface reminiscent of that night twelve years ago when Mother severed her Magic Core.
"Mother once said..." The Eldest Son's Hoarse voice carried a bitter herbal taste. As his Wheelchair rolled over the Frost Flower, it produced a faint Explosive Sound. "The moonlight of Glorious Demon Fortress never shines upon those who break their oaths." He raised his hand to tear away the Silver Thread covering his Left Leg and revealed a knee twisted Purple-Black from Magic Backlash—twenty Curse Magic Patterns flickered in response to energy waves emanating from Father's Outer Chamber.
Aelia's blood-stained Marriage Certificate suddenly floated up. The faded oath on the Parchment was illuminated by the Curse Magic Pattern on the Eldest Son's knee.
Luna reached out her tiny hand to grasp a falling strand of silver hair. The infant's unique Magic Fluctuation caused the Star Trail Engravings on the Wheelchair Armrest to glow with Blue Light.
"Please allow me to activate the Observation Mirror Array in North Tower." The Eldest Son turned his Wheelchair, crushing snow-like Xing Xu on the Ground. Light Mist seeped from within the Ice Cracks of his Ring Face, forming Ancient Demon Script symbols. "Three Days Ago, the Mirror Array captured abnormal geomantic fluctuations from Dongjiao; it seems now..." He suddenly erupted into a violent Cough, and as he did so, a Magic Potion Bottle popped out from the Wheelchair Armrest but shattered due to another Loud Cry from the infant. The liquid painted a Redbud pattern on the Ice Surface, identical to that of a Curse Totem.
Aelia’s blood-stained Fingertip lightly touched Eldest Son’s Lucius' Thin Shoulders. The Ice Crystal Pillar suddenly projected an illusion from twelve years ago: he was still a boy then, standing in front of the delivery room door with his wand raised but was pinned down by Father using Binding Spell, helplessly watching as a midwife extracted thirty percent of Mother’s magic power.
"Go awaken the slumbering Frost Guardian." Aelia scattered fragments of the Marriage Contract towards Eldest Son; upon touching his Wheelchair, they transformed into an Ice Crystal Chain. "Use your improved Star Resonance Array."
Suddenly, there was a sound of shattering crystals from down the corridor.
When Second Young Master burst through the Carved Door, his cloak was covered in Dust from ancient scrolls brought back from West Tower’s library.
He held a half-broken Communications Crystal in his hand, the "important Secret Letter" sent by his dear friend Leon three hours ago. At that moment, a dark liquid seeped from the crack in the Crystal, originating from the same curse as the Outer Chamber.
"Mother!
The Property Contract for Zijing Garden in the Eastern Suburb..." The Second Young Master trembled as he unfurled the Sheepskin Scroll, the estate's blueprint drawn in Magic Ink twisting into a poisonous Serpent Pattern. "The Guardian Magic Pattern on this... is the same as the Magic Transfer Agreement Leon tricked me into signing..."
Suddenly, he hurled the scroll against the wall, and from the exploding Magic Flame emerged a scene from three months ago—his dear friend Leon holding a Blood Wine mixed with Bauhinia Pollen, coaxing him to press his blood fingerprint on a contract transferring seventy percent of his magical power.
At that moment, on the Contract Fragment dancing in the flames, Leonard's Magic Mark appeared vividly.
Luna suddenly reached out toward the burning scroll, and the stardust emerging from the infant's palm condensed the flames into an Ice Crystal Rose.
The Second Young Master staggered to catch the falling Bing Hua, its Frost Pattern perfectly overlapping with the Curse Magic Pattern he had seen on the night he was deceived by his friend.
"Go open all the contracts in the West Tower's safe." Aelia pressed a blood-stained pearl against Mei Xin, the Second Son. As the Blood Pearl slid down his nose, it transformed into a Chi Xing that dispelled illusions. "Use your invented Backlash Magic Pattern array."
As Third Young Master Lucius sneaked in along the wall, the Elemental Sprite Cage hanging at his waist clinked loudly.
He ducked to avoid the Frost Guardians roaming on the ground but froze in place when he saw the Curse Magic Pattern beneath his elder brother's wheelchair—the patterns entwined with Zijing Tendrils were identical to those he had accidentally triggered during his Magic Talent Test ten years ago.
"Mother... I..." Third Young Master Lucius tore off the Misleading Magic Array Jade Pendant from around his neck. As the jade Zhui Zi fell to the ground, it suddenly expanded into a Venomous Fog Python.
Luna Yi Ya spat out Colorful Bubbles, sealing the giant python within a crystal ball. Inside, scenes emerged of Father guiding wizards to tamper with his test scroll.
Aelia suddenly scattered a blood-stained Marriage Contract Fragment toward the Young Child. The Parchment ignited with Silver Fire upon touching his Elemental Sprite Cage at his waist. "Go to the Training Ground and activate your Elemental Resonance Ritual that you've neglected for seven years."
As the last piece of Ice Crystal Chain wrapped around the Bronze Door of North Tower, the Star Trail Engravings on Eldest Son's wheelchair armrest had spread across an entire wall.
He bit his tongue and sprayed blood onto the Observation Mirror Array. Suddenly, twenty-eight Magic Vortexes appeared above Magic Castle—each vortex center floating with a Cloak Fragment stained with Bauhinia Pollen.
"Activating Frost Guardian requires head of family authority..." The Eldest Son suddenly clenched his knees in agony as a Celestial Chart emerged beneath his wheelchair, originating from Father's ring.
Luna suddenly spat out a string of Xing Hui towards the Mirror Array, and the surface of the mirror, touched by the drool of an infant, suddenly reflected a scene where Father and Leonard were in the Outer Chamber, activating some kind of Taboo magic array.
"Use this." Aelia pressed the blood-stained Marriage Certificate and Remnant Page against the Observation Mirror, causing the Ice Crystal Pillar to project the image of the Magic Castle and the First Patriarch.
The Eldest Son trembled as he raised a ring with Ice Cracks. When the Ring Face touched the First Patriarch's Xu Ying, the entire North Tower resonated with a sound like Longyin.
Meanwhile, in the secret chamber of the West Tower, the Second Young Master was carving Backlash Magic Patterns on the back of each deed.
As he cut his Wrist and let his blood drip into the Magic Ink, he suddenly saw the reflection of the Dongzhu Necklace in the Ink Bottle—the cracks in its twenty-seven pearls perfectly matched those of the Curse Array buried beneath Zijing Garden.
"Leon said my magic power was needed to maintain the barrier..." The Second Young Master suddenly pierced through the illusion with his bloodied Feather Pen, revealing a scene where Father and Leonard's Concubine were secretly meeting in Zijing Garden.
In a fit of rage, he tore off the bandage from his Left Arm, exposing a Curse Scar left by betrayal from a close friend, and threw the bloodied bandage into the forming backlash array.
The Elemental Sprite at South Training Ground suddenly went berserk, and Third Young Master Lucius awkwardly dodged uncontrollable fireballs.
When he finally recited the Spell that had been abandoned for seven years, the Water Elemental Sprite suddenly took on the form of his Mother guiding him in his training years ago.
The walls of the Training Ground emerged with Luna's Doodle from when he was twelve; those spatial Magic Formulas that Father had called "useless talents" now automatically completed into a Key to break Zijing Garden's barrier.
"Mother!" Third Young Master Lucius suddenly knelt towards the main fortress, as Elemental Sprites wove a Robe resembling Xing Sha around him. "Please give me three more days... no, just one day!"
As Twilight stained the Magic Castle Spire red, Lucius stood on the Astrology Platform, polishing the Astrolabe passed down from his ancestors.
His In Hand velvet was suddenly blown away by the night wind and ignited into a shape resembling Redbud as it drifted eastward.
The young man looked up to see an unusual arrangement of stars in the sky; within the Twenty-Eight Mansions, Sirius, symbolizing Family Glory, was shrouded in blood-red Blood Mist.
"Third Young Master!" A servant's voice called from below on the spiral staircase. "Madam has summoned all elemental Mages to North Tower..."
Lucius's Astrolabe In Hand suddenly burst forth with blinding light, revealing an illusion of his elder brother activating Frost Guardian on its Bronze Base.
He turned around and knocked over the Sheepskin Scroll that recorded the family history. The topmost roll, detailing the Bloodline Severance Crisis, suddenly unfurled on its own, revealing a pattern of Zijing Tendrils identical to the Curse Totem of his Father.
The boy steadied himself against the cold Observation Platform and saw his reflection in the surface of the Astrolabe, gradually overlapping with the face of his great-uncle who had betrayed the family thirty years ago.
The night wind carried Bauhinia Pollen from Dongjiao, brushing past his lips. He suddenly tasted the same bitterness as the Antidote his Mother had fed him before her passing.
The Crystal Window of the Astrology Platform was suddenly covered in frost, and the Ancient Chant from the distant North Tower caused three Fate Stars to fall.
As Lucius bent down to pick up the Astrology Dice that had rolled away, he heard a Tide sound in his blood, reminiscent of the day his Father awakened his magical powers.
Lucius's fingers traced an icy line across the surface of the Astrolabe, while Bauhinia Pollen from Dongjiao condensed into tiny Curse Runes at his sleeve.
The boy tore off his cloak embroidered with the Family Crest to wrap his trembling hands but heard a baby's unique Yiya Sound amidst the rustling fabric—Luna had somehow been cradled by Qin Si at the corner of the spiral staircase, her eyes reflecting the Blood Star Map of the Astrology Platform's Dome.
"Do you know what lies buried beneath Zijing Garden?" Lucius stumbled down the Spiral Staircase, feeling the burn from Potion Class still unhealed on his palm and Zhuo Tong.
The moment he touched the Infant Swaddling, Luna suddenly grasped his dangling silver chain. The Chain Pendant traced a path in midair that perfectly aligned with the Disaster Trajectory displayed on the Astrolabe.
The baby's fingertip touched Luna at his collarbone, where a Guardian Magic Pattern had been etched by his Father when he awakened his powers at three years old.
Luna suddenly blew bubbles shimmering with Blue Light; each bubble reflected a key scene recorded in the original text—the poisonous flowers blooming in Zijing Garden, Dark Red Lava surging deep within Geomancy, and a Frost Dragon phantom bound by twenty-eight cursed iron chains.
Lucius suddenly knelt on one knee as an Elemental Sprite Cage emitted a piercing sound from his waist: "Father asked me to transcribe the Star Chart last month... those abnormal Magic Nodes..." The boy pulled open his shirt collar to reveal a newly Emerging Purple Bougainvillea Tattoo beneath his collarbone. "Is it related to the Curse Array in Zijing Garden?"
Luna's little feet suddenly kicked away from Qin Si's embrace, and she floated in midair.
Her chubby palm pressed against Lucius's forehead, and an explosive Xing Hui wove a three-dimensional Magic Castle Structure Diagram between them—representing Father’s Golden Light Spots constructing a hidden magical passage between Dongjiao and the main fortress, while Eldest Son’s activated Frost Guardian array intercepted three main veins.
"Is Mother going to invoke the Blood Pact Marriage Contract?" The boy gazed at the frantically flickering Light Spot in the structure diagram within North Tower and suddenly grasped Luna's wrist. "The prophecy left by Grandfather... that warning about 'Twin Mirror'..." His voice trailed off as Luna suddenly bit into his fingertip; a Blood Pearl formed a pattern in midair that perfectly matched a crack on Leonard's Sword belonging to the First Patriarch.
Deep within Luna's pupil flashed a bloody scene described in the original text—Leonard pierced Aelia’s Guardian Necklace with a Marriage Contract Fragment but was ultimately bitten by the Frost Dragon that had turned against him, severing his right hand at the last moment.
The baby suddenly let out a sharp loud cry, and a tremendous crash echoed from the direction of the Emerald Hall as the Crystal Chandelier fell. In her eyes, the entire Magic Castle's Geomancy patterns transformed into a flowing map of impending crisis.
As Lucius rushed into the Main Hall holding Luna, Aelia stood before the Founding Family Head Statue, burning the Marriage Certificate and Remnant Page.
The Parchment and Ashes coalesced into thorny Blood Rose Vines, pinning the Lady of the Fortress's Snow Ferret and Peacock Blue Shawl to the Blood Star Map.
The Eldest Son's Wheelchair carved deep blue ice marks on the Ground as his modified Star Resonance Array compressed twenty-eight Magic Vortexes into a suspended Ice Spike.
"Mother, the Observation Mirror shows Father extracting Ley Line Energy from the main fortress." The Eldest Son turned his Wheelchair, crushing two escaping Bauhinia Pollen grains. Light Mist seeped from the Ring Face and Ice Cracks, forming a Warning Rune. "The Frost Guardian's magical supply can only last until the moment of the Lunar Eclipse."
Aelia's blood-stained Fingertip brushed against the statue's Base, and suddenly, the First Patriarch's staff erupted with Silver Light.
She raised Luna to eye level with the statue, and the baby's flailing arms inadvertently triggered a Hidden Mechanism—the Sapphire at the top of the staff cracked open, revealing a half piece of tarnished mirror shard, which was indeed the core component of the "Twin Mirror" mentioned in the original text.
"Leonard has been gnawing at my protective chain for twenty years." Aelia suddenly tore off her Neck necklace, causing twenty-seven cracked Dong Zhu beads to roll into the Star Map Groove. "But he forgot that the true power of the Magic Castle flows eternally within..."
The sound of the Second Young Master crashing through the door interrupted her words.
The Young Mage dragged his right arm, still bearing traces of Backlash Magic Pattern. The ancient scroll from the West Tower flipped its pages automatically behind him. "Mother! The land deeds on the third floor of the treasury... those transfer Documents are embedded with Redbud's Curse Spores!"
Luna suddenly spat out a Seven-Colored Halo towards the floating Ice Spike Formation. The baby's Magic Fluctuation surprisingly caused an Emerging Holographic Projection of Father in the Outer Chamber to appear on the surface of the Ice Spike.
Everyone clearly saw Leonard pressing a bloodied Marriage Contract Fragment against a certain Red Skirt Woman's forehead, while beneath their feet, an Emerging Taboo magic array resonated with the Magic Fortress Leyline.
"Brother San's Elemental Resonance Ritual..." Lucius suddenly pointed towards the South Training Ground.
Outside the entire Crystal Wall, a rampaging Elemental Sprite was lifting Third Young Master Lucius into midair. His seven years of neglected Space Magic had actually torn open a rift in empty space, revealing Dark Red Lava surging beneath Zijing Garden.
Aelia’s Xue Se Magic Robe fluttered without wind as she transformed Founding Family Head Statue's staff into an Ice Crystal Longsword in her Palm.
When the Sword Tip pierced the center of the Star Map's Marriage Certificate Ashes, the entire Magic Castle suddenly echoed with twelve chimes of Zhong Ming—this was the signal for the Starfall Council's emergency convening.
"Go grind Dong Zhu into powder and scatter it at the Barrier Node." The Lady of the Fortress handed Luna to Lucius, the bloodied Marriage Certificate Remnant Page behind her forming a spiked Thorned Rose Armor. "Notify the representatives of all vassal families that tonight at Midnight..."
The explosion from the North Tower drowned out her last words.
The Eldest Son's Wheelchair Armrest's Star Trail Engravings flickered wildly, and within the Observation Mirror Array, Leonard's Last Night revealed Leonard's Outer Chamber rising with a Guardian Barrier sourced from the Magic Fortress Defense Array—clearly a theft of the main fortress's Geomancy Core Energy.
Luna suddenly grasped Lucius's swaying Watch Chain, as an infant's Milk Tooth shattered the glass of the dial.
As Blood Pearl seeped into the Miniature Celestial Chart within the dial, everyone heard the Huan Yin of the First Patriarch's Leonard's Sword snap.
Lucius suddenly trembled and pointed at the Pocket Watch Projection—the broken blade perfectly aligned with Aelia's Ice Crystal Longsword, while the flickering Red Glow at the break indicated the hidden chamber containing the other half of the Twin Mirror.
As the last rays of twilight were swallowed by the Magic Castle Spire, Luna gazed at the Stardust swirling within Qin Si's Moonstone Earrings.
When the infant's Tongue licked its Lips, it tasted a Bloody Smell identical to that in Original's "Mirror Reversal Night"—the first cry marking the misalignment of all Fate's Gears.
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