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The silver Wedding Ring Fragment coiled at Aelia's feet in a Serpent Pattern, while Luna curled up in her swaddling, gazing at the shimmering Ice Seed under the moonlight.
As the reincarnation of a Great Mage, she could not yet fully control the body of this infant, but tonight she had to prevent the emotional Resonance deep within Aelia's soul—those fragmented Soul Marks tracing back through the Wedding Ring passage were reshaping a deadly bond.
"Ah...!" Luna suddenly waved her tiny hand at the Dome's Ice Crystal Lamp, casting distorted Light Spots through the seven layers of Xing Hui onto the Qian Si Skirt.
As the Maid bent down to adjust the swaddling, the infant's frosted Fingertip traced intermittent runes on her Hand Back, remnants of a secret language popular among Mages Three Hundred Years Ago.
Qin Si's Pupil constricted, and the cuffs of her Embroidered Shoes with Silver Thread trembled slightly. "Did you mean... the Dongjiao Oak Forest?" She lowered her Awareness to glance at the freshly fallen snow in the courtyard, where traces of Leonard's Boot Sole from his morning outing left behind Bauhinia Pollen—this material for Magic Potions circulated only in the black market of Dongjiao, now glowing eerily in response to Luna's Loud Cry.
Aelia still stood at the edge of the Judgment Array, the broken Dome letting in Next Month's light that wove ice threads across her shoulders.
Luna watched her Mother absentmindedly caressing the Wedding Ring's broken edge and suddenly expelled a Luna that burst forth at Qin Si's neck.
The Maid shuddered, finally gripping the pouch adorned with Ice Spirit Snake Grass before disappearing into the shadows of the Emerald Corridor.
Seven Days later, another blizzard arrived. The Bing Ling on Qin Si's cloak melted before the fireplace into runes steaming with Han Qi.
She retrieved a Memory Crystal from her Hidden Layer beneath her close-fitting underskirt; within the Ice Layer was sealed a kiss between Leonard and a Red-Haired Woman in front of Oak House on Leonard's Last Night.
The Frost Flower crystallized on its surface suddenly twisted into a small snake shape, a Warning Totem that Luna had drawn with saliva on the edge of her Cradle last night.
"Madam, please look at this." Qin Si's voice was like a taut Qin Xian.
As Leonard's Bauhinia Pollen on his coat transformed into countless kissing Lucius under the Manifestation Spell, Aelia's Ice Crystal Hairpin in her hair suddenly shattered. Twelve Northern Sea Pearls rolled into the Light Barrier projected by the Memory Crystal, each reflecting their bonfire amidst Wind and Snow from that year they first met.
At that moment, Luna's Ice Seed emitted a Buzzing sound.
Aelia tightened her grip on her daughter Golden Hair's hand, and the pearls suddenly floated into the shape of a Star Map—exactly the Track Leonard had taken during his Seven Days away, all pointing towards the Oak House entwined with Wisteria at Dongjiao.
The flames in the fireplace surged high, casting an eerie glow on the Serpent-Shaped Birthmark on the forehead of the Red-Haired Woman in the crystal.
"Prepare the carriage." Aelia removed the Wedding Ring Fragment necklace, and the Ice Spirit Snake Grass bloomed anew in her palm.
As the Horse-drawn Carriage rolled over the snow, Luna caught a glimpse of her Mother casting an invisibility spell through a gap in the swaddling. The curses coalesced into Ice Spikes at her sleeves—this was clearly a sign of elemental instability caused by intense emotional turmoil, as seen by the reincarnated Great Mage.
When warm yellow light spilled from the Window Lattice of the Oak House, Aelia's fingertip Ice Spirit Snake Grass suddenly grew wildly into Thorns.
Luna caught a whiff of Tequila in the air—an aged brew that would only be uncorked on the eve of Leonard's Expedition.
The Ice Thorn pierced through the window paper, and Shan Na, who was drawing eyebrows for the Red-Haired Woman, suddenly turned. The Heart-guarding Ice Armor on his chest reflected the frozen galaxy inching its way into Aelia's pupils.
A violent Wind and Snow swept through Dongjiao at that moment, and the Family Crest on Leonard's Cloak burst forth with Blue Light amidst the raging storm.
Luna noticed that the Frost Snow at her Mother's temples was crystallizing into a crown of ice—a sign of impending darkness from the Original.
She desperately shook her ankle tied with Xingyue Lingdang, finally allowing a beam of moonlight to pierce through the clouds, illuminating the Hydra Emblem slowly Emerging at the Red-Haired Woman's Collarbone—what should have belonged to Aelia as her Family Contract Seal was now siphoning off Earth Vein Power from Magic Castle.
Aelia staggered back as crimson flowers suddenly bloomed from her palm's Ice Spirit Snake Grass.
Luna understood this was a sign of Soul Contract Backlash; in the Original, this Scar would spread into a curse piercing through the heart.
The baby wrapped in Xing Hui's fists slammed heavily against Che Yuan, and the Ice Seed buried in advance finally erupted within Mother’s Bloodline, freezing those Dark Marks that traced back along the Contract into Ice Shards.
The horse-drawn carriage raced through the snowy night towards the Return Fortress, the ice crystals splashing from the wheel tracks gradually forming into small serpent patterns.
Luna watched as Aelia pressed the Memory Crystal into the Contract Monument, and the silver light flowing over the Stele Inscription suddenly turned blood red.
When the Lady of the Fortress bit her fingertip and sealed the Ice Coffin scroll, far away in Dongjiao, Leonard suddenly pressed down on his agonizing heart—the Heart-guarding Ice Armor, refined from their first encounter's memories, was now peeling away shards that glimmered with a cold light from his soul.
In the Ice Crystal Corridor, the floating candle flames began to flicker violently. As Aelia walked past with her skirt crystallized by frost and snow, a trickle of Bing Lei seeped from the eye sockets of the portraits of past Lords on the walls.
Luna, cradled in Qin Si's arms, saw her mother's loose strands of hair freezing into ice spikes—this was a unique sign of fury from the Ice Spirit Snake Grass Contractor.
"Milady, the Lord is in the Astrology Hall..." Before the guard could finish his sentence, Aelia raised her hand and flung three Wedding Ring Fragments.
The ice crystal burst open the Gilded Gate. Leonard, who was polishing his longsword, suddenly turned around; the moonlight flowing over Jian Feng illuminated the wisteria petals lingering at his collar.
Luna suddenly grasped Qin Si's pearl earrings, and to her astonishment, delicate Ailya's white nails etched a starry pattern onto the surface of the pearls.
The maid discreetly retreated into the shadow of a pillar, where she could clearly see the twenty-eight constellation magic patterns on the dome of the Astrology Hall—they were twisting into thorn shapes in response to Aelia's emotional fluctuations.
"How does Dongjiao's snowy scenery look to you?" Aelia tossed the Memory Crystal onto the icy long table. The red-haired woman emerging on its surface made Leonard's pupils contract sharply.
The family crest on Lord Leonard's sword suddenly erupted with blue light but extinguished into ashes upon touching Aelia's sleeve where Ice Spirit Snake Grass lay.
The Ice Wolf Totem on Leonard's sword hilt roared suddenly: "That is merely..."
"Is it just the scent of your Tequila from the night before the Expedition?" Aelia lightly tapped her fingertip, and an oak barrel embedded with a Sheen Pattern emerged on the ice table. "Or is this barrel of aged liquor, nurtured by my Contract Power for thirty years, meant to be served at the enemy's celebration?"
Luna noticed the Dome's Magic Pattern beginning to drop Ice Shards.
As the seventh ice crystal struck Leonard's Pauldron, his Heart-guarding Ice Armor suddenly cracked, revealing the Bauhinia Pollen sealed within—these rare herbs, intended for healing Magic Backlash, now exuded the peculiar sweet scent of a Magic Potion.
"Father!" Lucius shouted as he crashed through the Ice Gate, his water attribute magic melting the Ice Shards on the ground into mist.
The Third Young Master Lucius, known for his gentle demeanor, appeared pale; the Ice Spirit Jade Pendant hanging from his waist resonated with Aelia's Sheath Grass and Resonant Tremor. "Mother, the Contract Monument is suddenly seeping Hei Xue..."
Luna suddenly coughed violently, and a baby's loud cry triggered the Dome's Magic Pattern Resonance.
The Twenty-Eight Mansions projected starlight simultaneously, weaving an illusion of the East Suburb Oak House within the mist.
Everyone clearly saw the Red-Haired Woman's serpent-shaped birthmark on her forehead devouring Earth Vein Power, while the Bauhinia Pollen on Leonard's Cloak transformed into countless kissing phantoms.
"The Hydra Emblem..." Lucius stumbled back and collided with an ice pillar; his Water Pattern Birthmark on his neck suddenly emerged—this was a mark of the Aelia Family Heir. "Father, how could you allow outsiders to touch the Earth Vein Core?"
Leonard's defense was interrupted by Aelia's icy wail.
The Lady of the Fortress's Ice Crystal Hairpin shattered completely, coalescing in the void into three hundred Cold Ice Blades.
Seizing the opportunity, Luna wiped her saliva on Qin Si's hand back; the hidden Ice Seed immediately projected Leonard's Last Night from the Memory Crystal onto the ice walls of the entire Magic Castle.
"Master!" The exclamations of twelve Ice Spirit Guards echoed from all directions.
As the last shard of Heart-guarding Ice Armor shattered upon hitting the ground, Leonard finally staggered to support the Astrolabe. The faintly visible Serpent Pattern bite marks beneath his Battle Robe made Aelia's pupils constrict—those were the Curse Marks unique to betrayers of the Soul Contract.
Lucius's Water Screen Barrier exploded between his parents, only to be sliced into crystalline snow by an Ice Blade.
The Young Mage knelt in the icy water, the Family Totem emerging from his palm flickering dimly. "Mother, the tremors from the Earth Vein Core will worsen Second Brother's Magic Backlash..."
Luna suddenly waved her ankle adorned with bells at Lucius.
The glimmering light in the infant's eyes made Third Young Master Lucius shudder. His waist jade pendant suddenly reflected the image of his elder brother's wheelchair rolling over the Ice Surface, capturing Leonard's Last Night—this was a Warning conveyed by Luna through the Ice Seed, reminding him that his brothers in the Medical Room were groaning in pain due to the turmoil caused by the Contract.
"Enough!" Aelia suddenly crushed the Ice Spirit Snake Grass in her palm, and crimson flower juice dripped through her fingers, forming a Blood Curse Rune.
The entire Magic Castle began to tremble as the Contract Scrolls sealed within the ice walls automatically unfurled, branding Leonard's betrayal into every piece of Peacock Stone Tile.
When the final Ice Blade grazed Leonard's ear and embedded itself into the Astrolabe, Luna saw their mother's trembling fingers brush over a Wedding Ring Fragment.
The infant suddenly let out a giggle as the Ice Seed hidden in the swaddling cloth quietly melted, infusing a strand of Xing Hui into Aelia's Wedding Ring's fracture—shaped like the first Ice Spirit Flower that young Leonard had plucked for her when they first met.
The violent Wind and Snow quietly ceased at midnight as Aelia stood alone before the Contract Monument.
As she pressed the Wedding Ring Fragment into the crack of the Stele Inscription, Luna saw through the nursery's icy window that the moonlight had suddenly softened—the Ice Spikes formed by Mother’s hair tips had unknowingly transformed into Water Droplets, slowly flowing along the patterns of the Contract Totem towards the direction of the Medical Room.
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