The Crystal Chandelier cast fragmented Light Spots on the Magic Crystal Floor, while Luna's Infant Language Runes trembled in front of Aelia.
An Emerald Fragment grazed the Lady of the Fortress's Pale cheek, leaving a blood mark as fine as a Hair on her snow-white neck.
"Madam, be careful!" Qin Si exclaimed, unleashing the Spider Silk Spell to sweep away the fragment, as Silver Thread wove a Sealing Barrier in the air.
The Maid's temples glistened with cold sweat—revealing a seven-layer encrypted Magic Potion order required at least Mage-level deciphering skills.
Seizing the opportunity, Luna bit down on the Lie Detector Crystal, her Milk Tooth striking the surface of the Crystal and creating tiny Ice Cracks.
Chaos Magic, infused with baby saliva, seeped into the Crystal. The Gold Leaf Ledger, sealed by Leonard with a Blood Pact, suddenly ignited in mid-air, its Ashes automatically assembling into the White Rose Manor's Land Deed Number.
"Lulu must be trying to say..." Aelia's trembling Fingertip brushed against the top of the baby's head. The Blue Light of the Magic Fortress Defense Array suddenly pierced through the Dome's Colored Window. "Twenty Years Ago, I personally drew the Rose Emblem; why is it appearing in the territory of this Strange Woman?"
From deep within the castle came the sound of a Gargoyle flapping its wings. Lucius clutched the Teleportation Array Blueprint and crashed through the Gilded Gate.
The hem of his black robe was still stained with Dragon's Blood Incense from Father's Study. His Emerald Eyes reflected Mother standing at the Defensive Nexus: "All twelve City South Watchtowers in the East Wing have been Automatically Activated!"
Aelia's sleeves embroidered with Wisteria suddenly sprouted ice crystals, freezing Qin Si in place as he attempted to approach.
The Lady of the Fortress picked up Wedding Ring Remains and pressed them against her Heart. Ice Spikes crawled up Luna's Cradle along the Golden Handrail: "Go fetch Eldest Son. Just tell him... it's time to change the formula for the Pain Relief Potion his Father sent."
In the depths of the dungeon at the Magic Training Ground, a Wheelchair rolled over traces of Blood Rune Spell before coming to an abrupt halt.
Eldest Brother dismissed the healer and grasped the latest delivered Magic Potion Bottle with his bony fingers; the Dark Pattern at the bottle's bottom perfectly matched with the Ashes burning in mid-air.
"So this is what Father’s pity looked like in his eyes every time I fell ill..." The young man tore open his collar embroidered with the Family Crest, revealing Spider Web-like scars caused by Heart backlash.
Suddenly, he poured an entire bottle of Magic Potion over his Xuan Tie Wheelchair. From within Azure Blue Flame emerged Residual Shadows of Father and a Red Skirt Woman kissing in the Potion Room.
The Leonard's Sword from Defensive Formation emitted a sudden hum that penetrated through the Three-Layer Barrier as Eldest Son tore apart a Pain Relief Talisman with a swift motion.
Blood flowed along the patterns of the Wheelchair, merging into the Summoning Array, as the long-dormant staff fell from the void. The Staff Tip, a Crystal, reflected his crimson eyes: "Mother needs a true guardian, not a cripple who survives on painkillers."
Lucius slipped through the shadows in the corridor, the Teleportation Array Blueprint burning hot in his arms.
Suddenly, the boy halted—Mother's most cherished Starry Dome was cracking. The rose constellations made of Meteorite Fragments were strikingly similar to the Emblem in Father's Study.
"Third Young Master Lucius, please wait." Qin Si's voice came from behind a Gargoyle statue, but the Silk seal could not contain the boy who had transformed into black mist.
Lucius scattered into a Murder of Crows, swooping toward the Central Control Console. The alarm crystal, severed by crow feathers, echoed with Father's furious roar: "Aelia, have you lost your mind? How dare you activate the annihilation-level defense with a Wedding Ring!"
Aelia's Ice Spike Crown was melting, and Xue Shui mixed with bloodstains soaked her front.
Holding Luna, she stood at the Magic Circle Core, where the Guardian Oath they had inscribed together during their wedding twenty years ago was emerging beneath her feet: "When the Wedding Ring shatters, the betrayer will face Eternal Descent into the Ice Prison—my dear, this is a contract you added yourself."
Luna suddenly spat out Colorful Bubbles, Chaos Magic enveloping the scent of baby milk as it wafted over the console.
The Defensive Formation's killing mode abruptly twisted into a Protective shield, precisely enveloping several young masters' residences.
Aelia stared in shock as her daughter grasped her pinky finger; Baby Language transformed into golden arrows shooting toward the castle's East Side.
"Mother, look..." Qin Si trembled as he pointed to the terrace illuminated by a Golden Arrow. The Eldest Son stood at the edge of the formation, enduring excruciating backlash while his In Hand staff activated a Guardian Barrier that merged with his sister's bubbles.
Seizing the opportunity, Lucius unfurled the Transmission Blueprint; ghostly flames ignited at his Fingertip: "Father ordered twenty tons of Ice Prison Cold Resistance Stone this morning; the delivery address is..." The cawing of Murder of Crows drowned out his last words, but Aelia read his lips—it was indeed their first meeting place at Blue Ice Canyon.
The castle shook violently as all Rose Emblems simultaneously bloomed with Blood Light.
Luna Yi Ya grasped a fleeing Hong Wu; Chaos Magic surprisingly molded it into Second Brother's most treasured Alchemical Pocket Watch.
As the Pocket Watch Gear began to turn backward, a sudden crash echoed from the end of the corridor—Second Brother had knocked over Evening Primrose Essence while preparing potions, staring blankly at Father's image that suddenly emerged on the surface of the liquid.
The young man, with his fingers stained by Yao Zhi, absentmindedly caressed the Pocket Watch. Suddenly, the inner side of the Watch Case revealed the Emblem of his Beloved Friend Family.
The Magic Flame licked at the spilled potion, and within the rising mist, certain deliberately forgotten memories of Leonard's Last Night began to reassemble...
The Second Brother's Fingertip brushed against the Evening Primrose Essence, causing ripples to spread across the surface of the Pocket Watch. In the mist rising from the evaporating potion, memories of a Stormy Night three years ago emerged.
At that time, he knelt outside his dear friend's Alchemy Workshop, drenched by the torrential rain that soaked through his cloak embroidered with the Magic Castle Crest, while a red lantern in Father’s study remained lit, signaling a refusal to meet.
"It turns out Roy's Family Crest should have warned me..." The young man tightened his grip on the Pocket Watch, oblivious to how the gears cut into his Palm.
In the potion, Father’s cold gaze as Lucius overlapped with his dear friend's guilty expression. He finally saw clearly the family Dark Pattern hidden within those "accidental" magical incidents.
The sound of a Wheelchair rolling over the laboratory's Crystal floor jolted him from his reverie.
His elder brother’s staff struck against the Door Frame, producing shards of ice. The Xuan Tie handrail still flickered with an unextinguished Azure Blue Flame: "The Painkiller was mixed with Soul Devouring Grass; Father probably didn’t expect that a paralyzed waste could still cast a Manifestation Spell."
Suddenly, the Second Brother pressed the Pocket Watch into the boiling Potion Cauldron, and the sound of interlocking gears transformed into a three-dimensional Star Map.
The magical energies of the two brothers intertwined in the Steam, revealing stacks of Contracts in Father's Study marked with their closest friends' family seals.
"After Mother activated Annihilation Defense, the Magic Flow from East Watchtower became abnormal." The elder brother’s Wheelchair projected a three-dimensional sand table; a flashing Red Dot was approaching from the direction of Blue Ice Canyon. "It’s from the Transport Team intercepted by Lucius three quarters of an hour ago..."
The Laboratory Dome suddenly erupted with a Seven-Colored Halo as Luna's Chaos Magic bubbles shattered against the Colored Window.
An infant wrapped in Aelia's ice crystal cloak descended from above, her Chubby little hand precisely landing on Second Brother's Alchemical Array eye.
The previously chaotic Star Map suddenly reformed, revealing that seventeen secret passages beneath Magic Castle all led to White Rose Manor.
"Rulu, stop messing around." Aelia's Transmitting Spell followed an Ice Crystal Butterfly as it floated in, only to find her daughter swinging from Second Brother's silver hair.
Raindrops pelted the Experiment Table, imprinting the kiss between Father and the Red Skirt Woman as a Residual Shadow into a Magic Imprint.
Suddenly, Elder Brother used Zhang Jian to lift the Rubbing and tossed it into the air, where the Ice and Fire Dual System Magic melted it into a Prism.
When the Seven-Colored Beam penetrated the Transmission Blueprint sent by Lucius, the White Rose Manor's Land Deed Number perfectly matched the Bride Price List from Twenty Years Ago when Mother went missing.
"Father used Mother's Starry Crown to build a manor for Mistress?" Second Brother's Alchemical Cauldron erupted with flames, and the young man tore off his Watch Chain and threw it into the fire. "Then let his secret begin Burning from Geomancy."
Fragments of the Dome in the Starry Sky Training Ground fell like rain, and Brother San caught a Meteorite barehanded as it plummeted toward the Elementary Magic Textbook.
The ten years he had wasted materialized in his Palm as an hourglass, each grain of Quicksand engraved with Father's approving smile—"Your Natural Affinity Talent is enough for a Glorious Family."
The Projection of the Ice Crystal Crown suddenly enveloped the entire Training Ground, and when Mother activated the Annihilation Defense, her Magic Shockwave overturned the Ancient Book Rack.
Brother San staggered to support himself against the Element Testing Column but saw that the Emerald Area representing Nature Magic was fading while the Dark Element Area shone blindingly.
"Talent Misguidance..." The young man trembled as he brushed over the Test Column's Ice Cracks, memories gnawing at his Nerves like a festering wound.
Every time Father laughed and ruffled his hair saying, "No need to train so hard," his hidden left hand was casting a Sealing Spell.
Luna's Chaos Bubble suddenly shattered the Test Column, and from the Seven-Colored Flowing Light emerged Elder Brother holding up Leonard's Last Night's Guardian Barrier.
The fingertip bitten by the baby drew twisted runes in the void, and Brother San's Pupil suddenly reflected his true Magic Veins—Dark Purple Energy had already broken through Ninth Rank but was disguised as Third-Order Nature System due to a seal planted by Father.
"Rulu, don't move!" The young man hurriedly tore off his Neck Scarf to wrap around his sister's bleeding finger but was flooded with a surge of Chaotic Magic upon touching the baby.
When the Sealed Bloodline shattered, all Elemental Crystals in the Training Ground exploded into Powder simultaneously.
The Xuan Tie Wheelchair crashed through the Training Ground's door, and Elder Brother's Guardian Barrier timely enveloped the surging Dark Element.
As the dust settled, Brother San held Aelia's Celestial Staff in hand, which was exuding Annihilation-Level Black Flame, while in the ruins of the Test Column lay exposed Father's hand-carved Sealing Array Remains.
"We were all just pieces on Father's chessboard." Brother San's Zhang Jian ignited the Vengeance Fire, and twenty sealed Dark Forbidden Books emerged from the void. "It's time for the pieces to jump off the board."
The Murder of Crows transformed from Lucius swept over the Castle Spire. As the boy reformed his human shape in the Mother's chamber at Eaves Corner, he happened to see Aelia pressing the Wedding Ring Remains into the Defensive Nexus.
The Lady of the Fortress wore an Ice Crystal Long Skirt stained with blood, cradling Luna as if holding the sharpest sword.
"The delivery address is at Sacrificial Cliff in Blue Ice Canyon." The boy shook off the Ice Shard from his black robe, and the Transmission Blueprint burned to Ashes in his palm. "Father has hidden enough to freeze a Mage—just what is needed for the 'Eternal Descent into the Ice Prison' condition in the Marriage Contract."
Suddenly, Luna spat out a string of Colorful Bubbles, each containing a swirling image of Father with different women and their Magic Contracts.
The blue light from Aelia's Wedding Ring swept over, revealing the alluring Contracts, which immediately displayed their binding power of the Blood Curse. Each affair was gnawing away at the Guardian Power of the Magic Castle.
"Mother, the magic pattern at the East Watchtower has reversed." Lucius suddenly pointed out the window, where the twelve rays of an Ice Blue Light Column were tilting towards Blue Ice Canyon. "Big Brother's Guardian Barrier is guiding the Defensive Formation!"
Luna, held in Aelia's arms, suddenly thrashed violently, her infant's Milk Tooth biting through the Crystal Pendant.
As chaotic magic mixed with blood dripped into the Defensive Nexus, the entire castle's Rose Emblem abruptly faded to a ghostly white.
The communication crystal at the waist of the Lady of the Fortress lit up repeatedly, as messages from both Second Brother's Alchemical Fire Seed and Brother San's dark flame resonated simultaneously.
"Go help your brothers." Aelia placed Luna into Lucius's arms, and as she formed an Ice Sword from the remnants of her wedding ring in her palm, she said, "Tell Leonard, he has twelve illegitimate children hidden in White Rose Manor...”
Before she could finish her sentence, Luna suddenly grabbed her mother's finger and pressed it against her own heart.
The chaos magic array emerging on the infant's forehead transformed the blue light from her wedding ring into a communication ripple. Suddenly, a deafening collapse sound echoed from beneath White Rose Manor, as Second Brother's alchemical fire seed burned through the secret vault via geomancy.
Holding his sister, Lucius leaped onto the windowsill. Transforming into a raven, he gazed deeply into his mother's eyes. "When Father returns, the magic castle will grant him a true 'Eternal Descent into the Ice Prison.'"
Deep within the depths of Blue Ice Canyon, a magic beacon flickered, and cracks appeared on the head of household token at Leonard Waist.
The lord dismissed the mistress trying on ice prison resistance armor, pressing his hand covered in contract runes against the ice wall at the sacrificial cliff. The magic fortress ley line that should have flowed towards White Rose Manor was now wildly surging back through some unknown connection.
"Aelia..." The man crushed the suddenly crystallized Communication Crystal, his Ice Blue pupils reflecting the restless Sealing Array below the cliff.
As he lifted his foot to activate the emergency Teleportation Circle, the sole of his boot unexpectedly stuck to a trace of colorful magical residue that emitted a milky fragrance—an aura of chaos he had never felt within the castle.
Leonard's fingertip carved five Frost Marks into the Ice Wall, while the Ice Cracks of the Head of Household Token were channeling Han Qi from the Ice Prison Cold Resistance Stone into his Meridian.
He abruptly crushed the Contract Crystal hanging from his waist, and dozens of Blood-red Runes shot into the air, only to bizarrely twist into an Infant Handprint upon touching the cliff's Ice Spike.
"My Lord!" The Red Skirt Mistress panicked as she grabbed his fluttering cloak. The Rose Emblem embedded in her cuff suddenly grew hot. "There are Lava fluctuations coming from beneath the manor; those load-bearing pillars forged from stardust gold..."
The man's pupils constricted into slits, and a fragment of the Contract Crystal formed a Peeping Mirror in his palm.
As the mirror reflected the Alchemical Fire Seed in the Underground Treasury of White Rose Manor, he clearly saw each gold brick emerging with Aelia's ice crystal Brand—those Guardian Marks that should have been corroded by Soul Devouring Grass were now awakening anew, flowing back with Geomancy.
Deep within the Ice Layer, a sound akin to a young beast's sobbing resonated magically. Leonard stepped back, crushing a positioning Crystal at the edge of the Teleportation Circle.
Dark purple Contract Patterns crawled up his boot sole to his ankle but recoiled as if encountering a natural enemy upon touching the colorful milky residue.
A low growl of anger rolled in his throat as he waved his sleeve, sweeping the Mistress into a pile of cold-resistant armor. "Immediately activate all Contract Puppets to intercept Geomancy!"
A roar echoed from below the cliff as glaciers cracked. Twelve Ice Sculpture Puppets had just crawled out from the Sealing Array when their heads turned in unison toward the direction of Magic Castle.
Leonard bit his tongue and spat out Blood Mist, forcibly using soul control to redirect their actions. Yet he saw that what should have been crimson Soul Fire in their Eye Sockets was now pulsating with Seven-Colored Flowing Light, akin to Luna's bubbles.
"Father, are you so eager to destroy evidence?"
Suddenly, Lucius's cold laughter echoed through the void, tinged with a unique hoarseness of adolescence. Black mist stirred by Raven's wings dropped several Ice Crystal Petals.
Leonard's Contract Eye pierced through the fog and saw his son holding a finger-sucking infant—Luna's Milk Tooth was lodged in a register of illegitimate children hidden within White Rose Manor, while Chaotic Magic corroded the Gold Foil cover into Abyssal Serpent Parasite Holes resembling honeycombs.
Veins bulged on the man's temple as his palm, covered in Blood Contract Runes, slammed heavily against the Ice Wall.
The Ice Prison Cold Resistance Stone Pile suddenly sprouted spikes, but just as it was about to pierce the Murder of Crows, it was enveloped by Colorful Bubbles.
Leonard watched helplessly as the extreme cold material he had painstakingly gathered melted into steaming sweet milk amidst the innocent giggles of the unaware infant.
"Lord!
The West Side Geomancy has completely gone out of control!" The Red Skirt Woman, Qian Jiao, raised the Burning Rose Emblem, her meticulously maintained Ailya's White Nails flaking away with each Contract Backlash.
From beneath the manor came a series of explosive sounds, as the Secret Silver Pillars, engraved with Ailya's Birthday Rune, twisted into comical Rattle shapes in the Alchemical Flame.
Leonard suddenly tore off the Lover's Portrait necklace hanging from his neck, the blood-stained silver chain tracing an urgent Teleportation Circle in the void.
As the Ice Blue portal enveloped him, the man's sinister gaze swept over the still giggling Murder of Crows. He suddenly shot an Ice Crystal Listening Spell towards Luna—only for it to be molded into a babbling rubber Little Duck by Chaotic Magic upon touching the Infant Swaddling.
The Magic Castle Dome's Defensive Formation suddenly emitted a Longyin-like Zhen Chan, and Aelia's Ice Crystal Crown refracted a chilling light from the control panel.
The Lady of the Fortress caressed the Crystal Pendant marked by Luna's tooth imprint, her gaze passing through Zhen Chan's Colored Window towards the Blue Ice Canyon.
An Ice Crystal Butterfly shattered at her fingertip into a reconnaissance Magic Pattern, reflecting her husband's last bewildered expression before teleportation.
Deep within Geomancy, a strand of Chaotic Magic silently seeped into the Magic Fortress Core from where Leonard had forcibly interrupted the Energy Underflow.
It infiltrated the most hidden patterns of the Defensive Formation, etching a crooked Milk Tooth imprint on the Relief of Oathblade.
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