The emerald halo seeped into the geomancy as Luna, cradled in Aelia's arms, suddenly ceased her loud cries.
The baby's eyes, shimmering with a hint of silver, reflected the crystal chandelier above. The magical disturbance caused the crystal prisms to spontaneously rotate, refracting countless micro star maps.
"Look at Young Miss's hand!" Qin Si exclaimed suddenly.
Luna was using her milk-stained fingers to grasp Aelia's moonstone pendant. The magic trajectories recorded by the witches in their divination spheres began to rearrange themselves into a complete sealing formation on the surface of the gem.
Elder Meilin's silver golden fork clattered to the ground.
She stared at the star sand swirling in Luna's chubby palm and suddenly sneered at Leonard, "Lord, it took you three months to learn the Star Trajectory Reassembly Technique, yet it seems an infant's instinct is far superior when grasping things during a loud cry."
Leonard's face turned ashen as he glared at the sealed amber; the western realm totem on his cloak was still faintly glowing with heat.
Just as he was about to reprimand her, Brother San, Lucius, stumbled into a gilded column—those spirit food recipes hidden in his sleeves were now being drawn into the air by the star sand, revealing a diagram of ingredients contaminated by the Insect Emperor's toxins.
"Mother..." The usually spoiled Third Young Master’s voice trembled as he looked at the still-glowing star stone in his sleeve. "These spirit food recipes were given to me by Father half a month ago..."
"It seems that the crisis at the Magic Castle is more pressing than the Lunar Eclipse Festival," Aelia said, lightly tapping the moonstone to project Luna's unintentional sealing formation onto the dome.
Under the emerald halo, the traces of soul insect eggs escaping through the gaps in the floor tiles were laid bare, ultimately converging into a blood arrow pointing towards the Western Forest.
The banquet hall erupted with gasps.
The elders who had previously ignored Luna hurriedly removed their hats, their hair adorned with Leonard's anti-poison silver ornaments that were now frantically vibrating—an indication of Zhen Chan, the Insect Emperor's Bloodline Resonance.
"Mother!"
"Madam!"
Three figures suddenly knelt on the Rose Pattern Carpet.
The eldest brother crawled forward, dragging his injured left leg. His fingers, long hidden beneath gloves, oozed dark purple Magic Mist; the Second Brother clutched a shattered piece of Contract Stone, cursed vines emerging from the cracks and wrapping around his neck; Brother San's Star Stone necklace suddenly shattered, and the flying shards formed the words "Leonard's Concubine" in the air.
Aelia handed the sleeping Luna to Qin Si, her Moonstone Pendant sweeping over her three sons, Mei Xin: "The Devouring Demon Insect Emperor loves to parasitize those burdened with guilt—Young Master's Magic Backlash, Second Young Master's Contract curse, Third Young Master's Ling Shi pollution; all of this is related to your Father's Study's correspondence with Ankeli in the Western Realm?"
Lucius suddenly began to cough violently, the Poison Pattern emerging on his neck mirroring the Western Realm Totem on Leonard's sleeve.
The eldest brother trembled as he tore away the bandages from his left leg, revealing translucent insect antennae crawling out from the rotting flesh.
"Please, Mother, save my Brothers!" The usually silent Second Brother suddenly knelt beside the Cradle. The cursed vines around his neck blossomed into pure White Roses upon touching Luna's swaddling. "We vow by our souls to study the Magic Fortress Secret Tome day and night from now on..."
Aelia bent down to pick up Luna, the baby's warm skin pressing against her cold Moonstone.
As Luna's small hand unknowingly touched her eldest brother's festering wound, Emerald Color Star Sand suddenly enveloped the writhing insect antennae, coalescing into a half-formed Purification Charm.
"Ming Ri Chen Shi, bring your Father's 'gift' to the Astrology Room." As Aelia turned, her skirt brushed against the sealed Amber, revealing the wings of the Insect Emperor that reflected the White Rose pattern of the Outer Courtyard. "Qin Si, move Luna's Cradle to where the Magic Veins intersect—this child needs to absorb the power of the Lunar Eclipse to suppress the Star Sand Storm."
As the moonlight spilled over the terrace, Aelia gazed at the sleeping infant in the cradle.
Luna's curled eyelashes were still dusted with fragments of Star Sand, shimmering with a Red Glow as she breathed.
Gently, Aelia brushed aside her daughter's tiny clenched fist, revealing a Western Realm Totem Fragment nestled in her palm, having peeled away from Leonard's Cloak.
"Madam, the Rose Dew water in the storage jar..." Qin Si hesitated, glancing out the window.
The glass jar at Geomancy's Seven Inches glimmered with an eerie Zi Wu under the moonlight, while the Magic Fortress Guardian, who should have been on patrol all night, was now draped in a new cloak embroidered with a Western Pattern.
Aelia tied the totem fragment to the Guardian Bell of the cradle and leaned down to kiss her daughter's head, which carried the sweet scent of Milk Fragrance.
As the Moonstone Pendant touched Luna's Mei Xin, the Star Sand absorbed by the infant suddenly formed half a prophecy in the void—"When the White Rose is stained with blood."
A faint sound echoed from deep within the castle as Amber seals cracked, but at that moment, Luna merely smacked her lips and turned over, clutching the Guardian Bell.
Moonlight swept across her neck, revealing her Starry Birthmark, which perfectly aligned with the core of the Sealing Array at the Magic Castle Underground Altar.
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