Silver Light dissipated as Shan Na, Lucius staggered and leaned against the damp stone wall.
In his arms, the infant girl Luna, with a hexagram on her forehead faded to a light pink, clutched his clothing and laughed with delight.
The memory fragments flooding into the Mind Sea burned painfully at his temples—three hundred years ago, standing on the Magic Altar, the Silver-Haired Girl who had forged a Blood Pact with him had eyes strikingly similar to Luna's.
"Third Young Master?" Qin Si's trembling voice came from above in the dark passage. The Redbud Skirt brushed against the Moss Spore, glimmering with an eerie phosphorescence. "Madam asks you to take Luna to the east hall for tea."
Suddenly, Luna grabbed the amethyst pendant swaying at Lucius's chest and began humming a fairy lullaby in a baby voice.
This was their secret signal from their past life in the Moonlight Forest. Lucius's pupils dilated sharply as Jian Feng's silhouette of Luna flickered at his neck.
As he handed the infant to Qin Si, his fingertip discreetly brushed against the maid's wrist, where a mark of Black Magic lay.
At the corner of the corridor, the Lustrous Golden Mirror suddenly reflected three shadows.
Leonard stood rigidly beside a Malachite-carved pillar, the edges of his black mink cloak still dripping frost.
He stared at the Silver-Haired Infant in Qin Si's arms, tasting the Bloody Smell as his Adam's apple bobbed—this was clearly the "Destined Breaker" foretold by last night's Astrology.
Luna tilted her head, revealing two milk teeth, and suddenly reached out to grasp an ice crystal floating in mid-air. The Magic Element that should have pierced her palm transformed into butterflies that landed delicately on her fingertip.
"Master, peace be upon you." As Qin Si knelt, her skirt brushed against Luna's ankle. Newborn Vines immediately entwined around her pearl hairpin. "This is Luna that Madam brought back from the Northern Territory."
Luna suddenly let out a sob like a little beast, her liuli-colored pupils reflecting Leonard's sleeve still holding remnants of Iris Fragrance.
This was the scent of Xunxiang, Lady Merivale's favorite fragrance; in the original tale, she had used this toxic aroma to corrode the Magic Fortress Defense Array.
The infant suddenly clapped her hands and exclaimed: "Tang Tang! Daddy gives Tang Tang!"
Leonard was taken aback by the name, stepping back a half-step as the Dragon Scale Boots crushed the carnivorous flower seedlings that had sprouted from the gaps in the floor tiles.
When he saw Luna pull out a crystal mint candy from Qin Si's pocket—the sugar paper clearly bearing the emblem of Lady Merivale's Alchemy Workshop—cold sweat instantly soaked the collar of his shirt.
"The Lord of the Fortress's magic smells like rotten oranges," Luna said, popping the candy into her mouth, her tongue brushing against the surface of the hidden Tracking Spell.
She deliberately smeared her saliva on Leonard's hand, which he tried to retract. Innate magic power seeped into his bloodline through his skin, and his right hand emerged with a Black Magic mark identical to Qin Si's.
Suddenly, a dull rumble echoed from underground, and the Magic Crystal Lamp hanging from the corridor ceiling began to flicker at an eerie frequency.
The Communication Talisman in Leonard's sleeve ignited spontaneously, and ashes formed into Lady Merivale's handwriting.
Seizing the opportunity, Luna grabbed the Beastmaster Bone Whistle hanging at his waist. The infused cry shattered the stained glass at the end of the corridor—seventeen Contract Beasts roared from the direction of the dungeon, mixed with howls from an Abyssal Wolf that should have been extinct.
"We need to ride the big dog!" Luna pointed at the reflection of a blood moon in the shattered glass, her chubby little hand drawing a fragmented Sealing Array on Leonard's chest.
As the Lord hurriedly unwrapped the swaddling cloth, he only saw the Star Moon Birthmark on the infant's belly gradually fading, perfectly overlapping with the Shou Gong Sha pattern on Lady Merivale's collarbone.
A brittle sound came from the East Tower as the Defensive Formation shattered, and Lucius's Jian Feng suddenly boiled with Azure Blood.
Luna pretended to grab Leonard's trembling beard, smearing saliva laced with Tracking Magic on his ear.
As black mist began to seep from his Lover's Knot at his waist, a golden Curse Mark flashed deep within the infant's pupils—one that belonged to a Reincarnated Archmage.
Qin Si suddenly broke into a violent cough, expelling Blood Pearls that crystallized mid-air into prophetic verses.
Luna laughed as she patted those Blood Texts; her seemingly casual scratching pieced together a true Warning—when Leonard saw "Beast King Revival" in Ancient Demon Script reassembling on the infant's palm, snowflakes drifting outside suddenly transformed into ashes carrying a sulfurous scent.
The roars of the Beast Tide pierced through three layers of Defensive Barriers, and the frost clinging to the fangs of the Demon Wolf pack refracted a chilling blue light under the moonlight.
The Beastmaster Bone Whistle emitted a sharp sound, and Leonard felt a burning pain from the black magic mark on his right hand, a reminder of the Heart Devouring Curse that Lady Merivale had planted within him, warning him not to reveal any secrets.
"The barrier in the West Corridor has cracked!" Captain shouted as he smashed through the glass screen at the Spiral Staircase Entrance, a half-buried Poison Tail Scorpion claw embedded in his left shoulder. "The third wave of the Beast Tide has Abyssal Lizards!"
Luna suddenly grabbed Qin Si by her pearl necklace, the vine-like magic patterns creeping up the maid's pale neck to her cheekbones.
When the last sound of the Defensive Formation shattering echoed from underground, the silver light bursting from the baby girl’s fingertip tore through the sky dome.
The beasts that had originally charged towards the South Wing Granary abruptly changed direction, as if dragged by invisible chains towards Luna's suspended position.
"Holy Light Judgment." As Lullaby Voice uttered an ancient spell, Leonard's Lover's Knot suddenly exploded into fragments.
Twelve Rays of Golden Pillars pierced through the clouds, intertwining above the baby girl's chubby palm to form a massive magic pattern array.
The sulfur-scented beasts collided with the Light Barrier and melted away like spring snow under a blazing sun.
Qin Si collapsed among the scattered crystal fragments, her pearl hairpin rolling to Luna's feet.
The baby girl laughed as she stepped on the pearl hiding tracking magic, her Liuli-colored pupils reflecting Leonard's blood-soaked sleeve marked by a tooth imprint—left by Lady Merivale when she planted Qing Gu last night.
"Catch the big dog!" Luna suddenly pointed at the Abyssal Wolf King lurking outside the barrier, its saliva stained with silver light dripping onto Leonard's sword.
The contract gem embedded in the hilt shattered with a sound, and Lord staggered forward, pushed by some mysterious force towards the beast horde, leaving two charred tracks on the ground from his Dragon Scale Boots.
The Demon Wolf King's crimson single eye was suddenly veiled in haze as Leonard swung his Ice Blade, which bizarrely transformed into Blood Rose Vines upon touching the beast's fur.
As he was ensnared by the vines around his ankles and hung upside down in mid-air, he finally saw Luna drawing a Prison Magic Array with her saliva on Qin Si's skirt—the pattern identical to the Shou Gong Sha on Lady Merivale's collarbone.
"Master, be careful!" Qin Si feigned surprise while secretly aiming a poisoned needle at Leonard's back.
Luna sneezed at just the right moment, and the splatter of saliva corroded the dark weapon glowing with green light.
The infant girl tilted her head as she gnawed on a crystal mint candy, the sugar paper bearing the emblem of the Alchemy Workshop shimmering under the moonlight, revealing Lady Merivale's distinctive iris dark pattern.
As the last magic lizard transformed into Qing Yan in the silver light, Luna's palm, suspended with a hexagram, slowly merged into Luna.
She reached out her small hand, sticky with sugar coating, and patted Leonard's pale face. Innate magic power seeped into his bloodline through the tracking spell in his ear.
The memory seals altered by Lady Merivale were quietly loosening under the infant girl's unaware humming.
In the shadows of the east hall pillar, Lucius's Jian Feng suddenly froze as azure blood crystallized.
He gazed at the light gold handprint left by Luna on Leonard's shoulder; it was the starting gesture of the dispel spell taught to him by the silver-haired girl three hundred years ago.
When the infant girl’s liuli-colored pupils flashed with the unique starry pattern of a reincarnated archmage, the amethyst pendant on Third Young Master's sword hilt resonated subtly with Luna.
When Luna was carried back to the nursery by Qin Si, her chubby little foot suddenly kicked over a silver box filled with magical herbs.
A few leaves of starlight grass stuck to the window lattice, glistening with saliva. Moonlight filtered through the gaps between the leaves, casting an incomplete magic pattern array on the ground—the prototype of the "Moonlight Reversal Array" needed to dispel the magic backlash curse.
The infant girl eagerly grabbed at the remnants of herbs drifting from her brother's room, her liuli-colored pupils reflecting the hidden black magic curse spores within.
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