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The shattered Stardust had yet to disperse, and Aelia's trembling fingertip clutched a half piece of Reverse Season Iris Petal.
Luna emitted a Yiya Sound from the Cradle, as the twenty-eighth Star Pattern among her Golden Hair flashed with a Red Glow. Suddenly, the Liujin vase in the corner tilted, and three letters bearing the Serpent-Shaped Wax Seal rolled out, tumbling along the Iris Ashes.
"This is the Lord's Private Seal..." Qin Si exclaimed as he picked up the letter, just as blood began to seep from the Snake Eye on Huo Qi.
Aelia's motion to tear open the envelope snapped her Pearl Earrings, and the image of intertwined Ice Iris drawn in the corner of the Parchment stung her eyes—it was unmistakably the Family Totem she had painted with Leonard on their wedding night.
Luna's cries abruptly shifted into laughter, and all twelve Colored Glazed Windows of the Nursery reflected phantoms of a Magic Castle from different timelines.
In one fragment, Aelia saw Leonard handing a Magic Letter adorned with Ice Iris to a Red Skirt Woman, who wore the Thousand-Year Snow Spirit Stone that should have been locked away in the Family Treasury.
"Madam!" Qin Si gasped as he steadied the staggering Aelia, whose Palm ignited with Ice Flame, scorching the Letter and leaving a Scorch Mark.
As the illusionary Leonard leaned down to kiss Leonard's Concubine, in reality, the Lord burst through the Nursery doors, his cloak still stained with Ye Lu from Reverse Season Iris.
Leonard's gaze froze upon touching the charred Letterhead; his Serpent Pattern Sword at his Waist suddenly slid out of its sheath by three inches. "Aili, let me explain. This must be an imitation of Black Magic..."
"Can an imitation produce energy fluctuations of Snow Spirit Stone?" Aelia slammed the remnants of the letter onto the Astrolabe Base. The instrument projected a Light Barrier that instantly revealed the Magic Mark left on the Letter.
The ripples of the Magic Barrier belonging to Castle Lord's Bedroom resonated seven times with those of a Protective shield from a Mansion in Southern Alley.
An Explosive Sound erupted from the tower as Lucius rushed in holding an Observation Log. "Father, the Serpent Pattern Cipher in your study's Dark Cabinet is tampering with the Castle Defense Array!" The latest page of the log displayed an Ice Iris Totem seeping Blue Blood, which floated alongside Aelia's Moonstone Earrings wound, coalescing into Xu Ying of Snow Spirit Stone.
Suddenly, Luna reached out and grasped the Blood Pearl; her delicate infant fingers penetrated Xu Ying and precisely pressed against Leonard's Family Crest on his chest.
The hidden Micro-Transportation Array on the back of the badge was forced to activate, instantly transporting everyone to the Rose Garden of the Mansion in the south of the city—right at the center, where a gravestone inscribed with "Beloved Wife Lila" stood amidst a garden of Blood-Red Irises blooming out of season.
"So my wedding house is adorned with my deceased wife's image..." Aelia's cold laughter startled Ye Ya perched atop the gravestone. Suddenly, an Ice Crystal Rose sprouted from her hair. "Is it because I resemble her, or are you planning to make me the third gravestone?"
As Leonard's Sword was fully drawn, his brother's wheelchair crushed the Bing Hua scattered across the ground.
His right hand, once eroded by Magic Backlash, surprisingly formed an Ice Shield. "Father, the first Guardian Spell you taught me is still in effect." The Star Trace that Luna had grasped on the wheelchair armrest began to emit a Red Glow. "But it seems you’ve forgotten that the Ice Iris Contract demands absolute loyalty."
When Aelia's Lacrima froze into an Ice Blade, the Second Brother’s most cherished Pocket Watch suddenly fell from the attic into a cluster of Black Roses.
The inner side of the Watch Case held an image of a dear friend, which now eerily overlapped with Lila's likeness on the gravestone.
As soon as the Second Brother's fingertip brushed against the edge of the Pocket Watch, all the Blood-Red Irises in the Rose Garden collectively turned toward his position.
The image of "dear friend" within the Watch Case shimmered with strange ripples under the moonlight, and the Magic Engraving on Lila's Tombstone resonated with the Counter-Contract Spell on the back of the Pocket Watch.
Luna caught falling Ice Crystal Shards from midair, and the twenty-ninth Star Pattern on her baby palm quietly lit up.
That cluster of Red Glow penetrated through the frost coalescing at the Second Brother's feet, illuminating his right wrist where a long-dormant Contract Mark lay—what should have been his dear friend's Signature now prominently displayed Leonard's Magic Emblem.
"So this is what they call a life-and-death Contract..." The Second Brother clenched his Pocket Watch tightly as its chain suddenly burst forth with Ice Blue Flame.
The words his dear friend had spoken when handing him the Pocket Watch echoed in his ears: "This is a Sacred Artifact that can share magical power!" Now, amidst flames scorching his palm, there was unmistakably a mingling of Black Magic’s distinctive Sulfur Smell.
The phantom of a Colored Glazed Window falling from the Nursery suddenly reappeared in the Rose Garden, reflecting a twenty-year-old Second Brother drawing a magic array in the attic.
He thought he was helping his close friend break through the Magic Bottle barrier, but in reality, he was constructing a hidden door to alter the Defensive Formation for Leonard.
Luna's Loud Cry pierced through the Time Fragment, and the infant's Star Pattern Light Spot landed on the crucial rune he had misdrawn while being deceived.
"Now I understand!" Second Brother suddenly pressed Burning's Pocket Watch into the Ice Surface. In that instant, as the dial reversed, the mistakenly inscribed Curse Runes began to automatically reorganize.
His disabled Left Leg, which had been numb for three years, suddenly surged with a Warm Current. The ice crystals trapped in the Meridian due to the Magic Dilemma began to flow anew along Luna's Star Pattern Track.
The exclamation from Brother San came from the Rose Garden East Side.
He was staring at the illusion emerging behind Lila's Tombstone—on his Eighteenth Birthday, Leonard had pushed a Secret Silver Box containing a Snow Spirit Stone toward him, saying, "Your talent is suited for elemental fusion; you need not be bound by traditional cultivation methods." At that moment, inside the illusionary Secret Silver Box, there were clearly engravings of the same Sheen Pattern used to alter the Defensive Formation.
Suddenly, Luna spat out a burst of Colorful Bubbles toward Brother San, and the bubbles, carrying the Star Pattern, shattered against the surface of the tombstone.
Amidst the splattered magical fragments, Brother San saw clearly the misleading Curse hidden within the Snow Spirit Stone by Leonard—those spells that had led him to obsess over elemental fusion while neglecting his foundational training were now peeling away under Luna's starlight.
"Father is even calculating my talent?" Brother San trembled as he tore open his shirt, revealing an emerging childhood Ice Iris Totem from when he had sworn allegiance to Leonard.
In a fit of anger, he bit his finger and smeared blood on the totem. The magical power he had wasted for fifteen years suddenly surged forth like a flood breaking through a dam.
The entire garden of Blood-Red Iris suddenly faded to Frost White, with petals crystallizing into the basic Defensive Spell he should have mastered at twelve.
Suddenly, Lucius stepped forward, blocking Luna's Cradle.
The young man’s sword, Leonard's Sword, cleaved through a sudden attack from a Serpent Shadow. The sparks that erupted when Jian Feng collided with both Leonard and his sword illuminated Lila's Tombstone, making it shine like bright daylight.
In the Strong Light, everyone clearly saw the tiny inscriptions carved at the base of the tombstone—"In memory of my wife Lila and our unborn daughter."
"So Luna's existence threatens this lie?" Lucius's sword hilt, Gauntlet, shimmered with frost, a Guardian Spell planted by Aelia when he was ten years old.
He turned the Sword Tip and plunged it into the Ground, tracing a starry protective circle around the Cradle. "Please allow me to guard this courage that reveals the truth."
Aelia's Moonstone Earrings, bloodied, suddenly floated in mid-air, coalescing into the shape of the Ice Iris Crown she wore on her wedding day.
At the center of the Crown, where the Snow Spirit Stone should have been embedded, reflected Luna's Golden Hair flickering with a Star Pattern.
The Lady of the Fortress, her Fingertip burning with Ice Flame, paused just three inches from Leonard's throat. The surging anger suddenly mixed with a new emotion—she saw Luna within the protective circle, clutching Lucius's Jian Sui and laughing heartily, while her elder brother in a Wheelchair had somehow reformed a complete Ice Shield.
The garden full of Ice Iris suddenly stirred without wind, forcing Leonard back into the shadow of the tombstone.
Aelia's Burning Ice Blade hovered in mid-air, its edge reflecting countless warm moments from their twenty years of marriage.
As the first season-defying Ice Iris Petal fell upon the blade's tip, the Lady of the Fortress heard her own Raspy Voice: "Transfer the Defensive Array Core authority to Eldest Son immediately."
The Ice Crystal Rose spread from Aelia's hair to her ankles but transformed into gentle starlight upon touching the protective circle where Luna stood.
As the Lady of the Fortress turned, Leonard’s cloak bore droplets from Reverse Season Iris’s Ye Lu that fell onto her scorched sleeve. Within that cluster of Scorch Marks suddenly bloomed an Ice Crystal Rose—the very Magic Mark he had pinned in her hair on their wedding night.
Aelia's Fingertip's Ice Blade shattered upon touching Leonard's Adams Apple, breaking into twelve Ice Crystal Shards that floated between them.
Each shard reflected different moments in time—hands intertwined on their wedding night, the Guardian Spell they inscribed together at their Eldest Son’s birth, and three days ago when Leonard set up a tampering array in a dark alley Mansion.
"Madam..." Leonard attempted to reach out and touch the floating ice crystal, but the Serpent Pattern Sword suddenly emitted a cracking sound.
The Counter-Contract Spell on Jian Qiao's surface was peeling away as the Ice Crystal Shards spun, and those magic contracts woven from lies melted away upon encountering Aelia's pure Ice Element, like thin snow under the spring sun.
Luna turned over within the Starlight Protection Circle, and the twenty-ninth Star Pattern among her golden hair quietly lit up.
The infant's unawareness Grasping Action stirred the fading Ice Iris in the garden; the pure white petals suddenly regained their blood-red hue, but as they touched Aelia's skirt, they instantly faded to transparency—this was the most brutal Witness Ceremony of the Ice Iris Contract. When a betrayer attempted to justify themselves, the Covenant Flower would forever lose its color.
"Mother!" The Eldest Son's wheelchair rolled over the ground covered in ice crystals and stopped beside Aelia. His incomplete right hand surprisingly coalesced into a complete Ice Shield. "The Defensive Array Core has been successfully transferred as per your request." The Star Trace left by Luna on the wheelchair armrest resonated with the Protective dome of the Magic Castle, and those Sheen Patterns altered by Leonard were being shattered one by one by Xing Mang.
Aelia raised her hand and brushed over the Family Crest on the Eldest Son's wheelchair armrest. The Ice Iris Totem, eroded by Leonard's lies for twenty years, suddenly reformed in her palm.
As the Hexagonal Ice Crystal representing Fortress Master Authority peeled away from Leonard's chest, everyone heard a roar from deep within the Magic Castle as its barrier reconstructed, like an Ice Dragon that had slept for a hundred years finally opening its eyes.
Leonard staggered and leaned against Lila's gravestone, the Stele Inscription twisting into a grotesque Serpent Pattern under the moonlight.
He tried to summon Leonard's Sword but ended up grasping only Ice Shards. Those magical permissions that once belonged to the Lord transformed into blue Stardust, flowing along the ice crystal path laid by Aelia towards the Star Trace on the Eldest Son's wheelchair. "Aili, at least let me explain what happened back then..." His voice was cut off by Ye Lu's sudden reversal; those Reverse Season Irises tainted with Leonard's Concubine Mansion's aura were now evaporating into Curse Symbols in Aelia's Ice Flame.
Luna suddenly burst into a clear laugh, her infant pupils swirling with a Star Trail that only a Great Mage could harness.
Her small hand tore apart Leonard's sleeve’s Dark Pattern, exposing the Micro-Transportation Array hidden within the Fabric’s Hidden Layer—this device, subjected to cognitive interference magic, had allowed him to travel back and forth between the castle and dark alley Mansion unnoticed for twenty years.
"Father actually used my Space Folding Theory for this..." Brother San tore open his chest’s Ice Iris Totem. The accumulated magical power misled for fifteen years transformed into an Ice Arrow aimed at the Micro-Transportation Array.
In that moment of shattering formation, the Rose Garden of the Mansion in the southern part of town collapsed like an erased illusion, leaving only Lila's Tombstone split in half amidst the Black Magic Shockwave reconstructed by the Magic Fortress Barrier.
The Pocket Watch of Second Brother suddenly sprang open on the Ice Surface, revealing the scene from years ago when his close friend signed a Contract with Leonard.
His bloodied Fingertip pressed against the reversed hour hand, and the Curse Runes implanted during his deception transformed into a Purification Spell.
As the sound of the Pocket Watch Gear meshed with the Roar of the barrier being reconstructed, his disabled Left Leg suddenly coalesced into Ice Crystal Armor. "Mother, please allow me to take over the Southern Watchtower."
Aelia nodded slightly, and an Ice Crystal Rose in her hair suddenly bloomed with seven petals.
Each petal that fell to the ground transformed into an Ice Mirror, reflecting the real-time status of twenty key barrier Nodes within the Magic Castle.
She pinned the last petal behind Eldest Son's Ear, and an Ice Mirror immediately revealed the Dark Magic Tome hidden by Leonard—at that moment, it was flying from the Dark Cabinet in his study toward the evidence platform in the Magic Castle's Judgment Hall.
Lucius suddenly knelt on one knee, presenting Leonard's Sword before Aelia. "Madam, an abnormal Magic Fluctuation has been detected at the East Wing Bridge." The Guardian Spell on the sword's hilt and Luna's Star Pattern lit up simultaneously. On the Sword Body, reflecting Leonard's Last Night, Lila, who should have died Twenty Years Ago, opened her eyes through a crack in a barrier.
Luna's Loud Cry abruptly turned into an urgent Yiya Sound as the baby clutched the Star Pattern with tiny hands and desperately pointed toward the Judgment Hall.
Aelia's Fingertip ignited with Ice Flame, tracing a Judgment Order pattern in the air, but at the last stroke, it was covered by Leonard's bloodied Palm.
The Family Crest on his chest suddenly burst forth with Strong Light, casting an Ancient Prophecy amidst gasps from those present—when the Ice Iris is stained with blood, the child of Twin Star Patterns will Tear down a century of lies.
"So you knew all along..." Aelia's Burning Ice Flame hovered above the Prophecy Text, watching as those words reformed under Luna's starlight.
What should have recorded the location of the Source of Calamity now clearly displayed Ancient Script revealing the Key to Breaking the Deadlock, while Luna's Golden Hair intertwined perfectly with the totem from the prophecy.
Suddenly, a crisp sound of shattering crystal echoed from the Magic Castle Dome as countless starlights cascaded down along the reconstructed Track of the barrier.
As Aelia turned, her skirt brushed against Leonard's rigid fingers, freezing any attempts at reconciliation in a crystalline silence.
She walked towards the Eldest Son, each step leaving behind seven Ice Roses, each flower containing a seal of control over a certain area of the Magic Castle.
"Before Dawn Tomorrow," Aelia's voice rang with the clear sound of ice crystals colliding, "I want to see the whole truth in the Judgment Hall." The last glance she cast at Leonard was devoid of tears, replaced by the sharpness befitting the Master of the Magic Castle. "This includes evidence of your unauthorized use of the family heirloom to resurrect the dead."
Luna suddenly reached out her small hand towards the East Tower, and the thirtieth Star Pattern pierced through the night sky.
From the direction of the Judgment Hall came the sound of a Grimoire flipping open, a dusty family Chronicle automatically revealing itself to the chapter titled "Marriage Chronicles." On the yellowed pages, next to Aelia's image, what should have been labeled as "Second Wife" was now burning to ashes under the starlight.
As the last bit of ash was swept away by the night wind, the entire Magic Castle's Defensive Formation emitted a resonant Qing Yue sound.
Aelia's Moonstone Earrings materialized from her wound, solidly resting in her coiled hair.
In place of the missing Snow Spirit Stone on her Crown, Luna's Star Pattern projected a brilliance more dazzling than any gem.
Leonard knelt before a cracking tombstone, watching his gradually petrifying fingertip reveal a grim smile.
Those carefully woven lies turned back on him like Black Veins, eroding the Family Totem located at his heart through his bloodline.
As he attempted to use his last bit of magic to touch Aelia's skirt hem, an Ice Chain suddenly shot out from the Eldest Son's wheelchair armrest, binding him firmly along the starlit path towards the Judgment Hall.
"Mother, an urgent report from the West Tower!" Brother San's voice cut through like wind and snow as he spun his newly reshaped Basic Defense Array. "The Twelve Magic Crystals detected abnormal energy..." Before he could finish, Luna's protective circle erupted with Seven-Colored Flowing Light. As she flipped over, unintentional shards of ice crystals formed the final missing piece of the Magic Castle's comprehensive defense map.
All at once, Aelia's Ice Crystal Roses turned towards true north. Within the light barrier refracted by their seven petals, an unseen hand was pushing against the long-silent Magic Castle Alarm Bell that had not rung for twenty years.
As the first sound of Zhong Ming Tear echoed through the night sky, everyone instinctively turned their gaze toward the infant in the Starlight Protection Circle—Luna, who was peacefully asleep, clutching Lucius's Jian Sui. The thirty-first Star Pattern among her Golden Hair quietly took shape in her dreams.
The starlight of the Magic Castle Dome suddenly began to rotate clockwise, sketching an ancient Formation Diagram that had not been seen for a millennium on the surface of the Protective dome.
Aelia Fingertip's Ice Flame danced along the lines of the Formation Diagram, momentarily stalling as it passed by the Judgment Hall Castle Spire.
The night breeze lifted the last petals of the Reverse Season Iris, gently landing on Luna's slightly fluttering eyelashes. The baby's unconscious murmurs unexpectedly resonated with a certain relic awakening miles away, creating a Magic Resonance.
Aelia's Fingertip brushed against the Gilded Column of the Demon Fortress Main Hall, as moonlight filtered through stained glass, casting mottled Light and Shadow on her pale face.
Suddenly, the Crystal Chandelier emitted a faint hum like Leonard's Sword Suddenly Emitted a Hum, and a single Xing Hui fell onto her Pearl Earrings.
"Mother." Third Young Master Lucius Lucius, holding a family heirloom Codex, stood beside the Throne. The silver Family Crest on his black uniform glimmered with a cold light. "Father said this year's Harvest Festival will open up the hunting grounds in the Eastern Realm."
Luna kicked her embroidered swaddle, adorned with Xing Mang, in Qin Si's arms, her grape-like eyes reflecting the flowing Magic Rune in the banquet hall.
As Leonard's Concubine Anna, wearing a Sapphire Necklace, stepped into the hall's entrance, she discreetly bit her Fingertip, smearing a Blood Pearl onto Qin Si's jade bracelet.
"Madam, be careful!" Qin Si suddenly exclaimed.
The bracelet burst forth with a Green Light, slicing through Anna's skirt like a blade, revealing a hidden magical necklace—the pendant unmistakably depicting a half-figure of Leonard.
In an instant, Aelia's Pearl Earrings exploded, and fragments crystallized mid-air into a mirror.
Gasps filled the room as the mirror revealed an image of an emerging Leonard, cradling an infant during his last night at Wisteria Manor. The child's Mei Xin flame birthmark was strikingly similar to that of Lucius.
"Turns out Brother San is..." The Grimoire of Second Brother fell heavily to the ground, revealing the altered Contract Terms among the Yellowed Pages.
He suddenly turned to his close friend, noticing how the Dark Pattern on his sleeve perfectly aligned with the Deception Rune on the Contract.
Taking advantage of the moment, Luna unleashed the Star Magic she had been brewing for days.
The Long Jing on Big Brother's Wheelchair Armrest suddenly heated up, and the Curse Magic Pattern entwined around his Twin Legs began to flow; Brother San's Testing Crystal at his Waist exploded into dust, revealing the true Talent Totem emerging from his Hand Back—an ancient mark of the Void Chanter.
Leonard's Scepter hit the ground heavily: "Illusion Magic! This is all..."
"It is the truth." Aelia tore apart the Guardian Necklace that had entwined her Neck for a century, and the shattered Moonstone transformed into a Scepter that fell into her Hand. "In the name of the Glorious Demon Fortress and the First Generation Mistress, I declare..."
The Family Star Map on the Banquet Hall Dome abruptly changed color, with Leonard's Main Star being locked by seven silver chains.
As the guards pressed down on Lucius' Thin Shoulders, Luna saw Anna smirking in the shadows, black mist seeping from the Sapphire on her necklace.
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