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The starry chandelier hung low, flickering as Aelia passed the diamond-shaped colored window of the Magic Castle Council Chamber for the seventh time.
Moonlight filtered through the stained glass, casting a distorted iris pattern on her shoulder. As the energy of the protective barrier fluctuated, those patterns visibly faded to a grayish-white.
"Madam, the protective barrier in the East Wing has collapsed another three meters." Qin Si rushed over, cradling a crystal ball in his hands, his hair bun adorned with a detection crystal that had already shattered into powder.
The maid's delicate shoes crunched over the ground strewn with wilted iris petals—these sacred flowers, which should never wither, were now falling like leaves as the foundation of the Magic Castle trembled.
Luna kicked her little legs in the ivory cradle, her tiny fingers suddenly grasping at the drooping wedding canopy.
A light golden tassel swayed with her movement, creating strange ripples in the air that outlined the shape of purple violets.
Aelia abruptly halted, feeling again the heat from last night’s encounter with the Frost Dragon Reverse Scale and her daughter’s magical resonance tingling at her fingertips.
"Do you really intend to heed a child's babble?" Leonard leaned against the gilded throne with a cold laugh, his fingertip lightly tapping the armrest, entwined with healing magic.
The monitoring crystal embedded in the armrest reflected the dungeon scene from Leonard's last night: a concubine maid pinned by ice spikes to Xing Jia, blood winding down the cold path into a curse totem.
Aelia held her daughter tighter, the calming incantation embroidered on the infant swaddling glowing red. "If it weren't for Luna last night, we would be making room for that illegitimate child in the Forbidden Garden right now." She deliberately teased her little one with a pearl necklace, watching as her daughter tugged at it toward the sacred altar.
When Luna slapped an iris dampened by saliva onto the sacrificial betrayal list for the third time, Aelia finally released her hair from its crystal amethyst hairpin.
As the amethyst hairpin hit the ground, it transformed into an ice crystal serpent that slithered into the crevices of the sanctuary to investigate.
The noblewoman holding her baby appeared to be soothing her crying child while deftly directing her daughter's waving hand to pinpoint a detection spell on the scent pouch at Cook's waist in the Western Side Hall.
"Absurd!" Leonard suddenly rose, an ice spike forming sharply from his ice crystal armrest. "The sacrificial offerings are jointly inspected by the Twelve Elders; how could they..."
His words were cut off by the sudden explosion of the ice crystal serpent.
In the image emerging in mid-air, the Thousand-Year Violet that should have been enshrined at the center of the altar was unexpectedly replaced by the Nightshade Orchid, soaked in Dark Magic.
The baby in Aelia's arms suddenly let out a laugh reminiscent of Yin Ling, its small hands, stained with milk, patting on Mother’s neck and the Frost Dragon Reverse Scale, instantly triggering the curse that had sealed away the magic twenty years ago.
A dull roar came from the direction of the Sanctuary, and the ancestral reliefs on the twelve supporting pillars opened their eyes simultaneously.
Taking advantage of the moment, Luna flung her wet Pearl Necklace towards the altar. The pearls, embedded with detection magic, rolled over the Azure Wind Antelope and shattered into starlight before a magically altered Offering Box.
“Perhaps you could explain why the offering list states Purple Vetch Pollen, yet what is actually presented is the corrosive Nightshade Orchid?” Aelia’s fingertip coalesced into an Ice Blade, deftly prying open the Cook's apron tie stained with pollen.
The Contract Scroll hidden in the Hidden Layer fell to the ground, prominently stamped with the Outsider Family's Secret Pattern and Huo Qi.
As Qin Si controlled the limp Cook, Luna was crouched by the altar, directing the Magi to replace the offerings with a babble of Yi Ya.
When the true Thousand-Year Violet returned to its rightful place, the dome's Xing Mang suddenly surged.
Aelia watched her daughter drool as she drew intricate formations on the altar, suddenly recalling a dream from that night of giving birth where she saw a silver moon fall into a swaddling blanket.
“It’s merely a coincidence.” Leonard waved his hand to freeze the escaping Contract Scroll, a dangerous glint swirling in his dark blue pupils. “But when did my lady learn to decipher Ancient Magic Script? These Ritual Formations…”
“Mother!”
The boy's clear voice broke through the frozen air.
Lucius burst into the Sanctuary holding a damaged Magic Tome. Among its curled Yellowed Pages was the Parchment Luna had torn apart and played with last night.
Third Young Master Lucius still bore bloodstains from being cut by a bastard's dagger on his neck. Yet now he flipped to the page documenting the Frost Dragon Reverse Scale, where an illustration prominently featured Aelia’s hair adorned with ice crystals.
As twilight descended, the completed Magic Shield shimmered with a magnificent Aurora in the night sky.
At the Long Table of the banquet, Aelia noticed her three sons unusually gathered in the Main Hall at the same time.
The eldest brother's silver staff glowed with a Red Glow under the energy fluctuations of the shield, while Second Brother pondered over the petal-shaped Nightshade Orchid on his plate. Brother San was arranging Purple Violet sauce into a rudimentary formation with his fork.
"The Elders' Council will convene tomorrow," Leonard suddenly pushed aside his Crystal Plate and stood up, his cloak sweeping across a Salt Grain that refracted tiny ice crystals in the candlelight.
As he passed Luna's Luna's Gilded Cradle, the baby unexpectedly grabbed his cascading silver hair, her small hand covered in Pumpkin Paste smacking against the Family Crest embroidered on his garment.
Aelia lowered her gaze, slicing through Iris-shaped candied fruit, listening to her husband's footsteps fade into the secret passage leading to the Forbidden Garden.
Luna in her arms let out a sleepy grunt, her small hand unknowingly tugging at the Pearl Necklace that had developed cracks, while the Dome's Aurora swept across the solemn faces of the three brothers at that moment.
The moonlight after the banquet flowed like Liquid Silver between the Magic Castle's Pillars, and Aelia tightened Luna's swaddling blanket a little more.
Qin Si led the way ahead, carrying the Xing Hui Starshine Detector. The hem of her skirt, embroidered with a Calming Spell, brushed against the grayish-blue stone bricks, awakening the Ancient Runes sleeping in the Brick Gap.
Those Dark Golden Patterns floated up from the Ground like swimming fish, weaving into a flowing Defense Formation under Luna's waving Fingertip.
"Mother, there's something unusual about the Magic Trajectory at the East Corridor Pillar." The eldest brother's Silver Staff traced an Ice Blue Arc on the Ground as its Staff Tip, embedded with a Detection Crystal, suddenly shattered.
Brother San quickly dipped his fork's tip into jam to complete the incomplete formation, while Second Brother crouched down to lightly touch the remaining Dark Purple Liquid from the Nightshade Orchid—those liquids were corroding the ancient Guardian Spell on the brick surface.
Aelia watched as her three sons' shadows elongated by moonlight intertwined on the Ground, suddenly recalling how they used to hold hands and walk through the Iris Field in their childhood.
Luna suddenly tugged at her falling Hair, and breaths filled with Milk Fragrance condensed into Frost Flowers at her ear.
The unique Magic Fluctuation of infants swept across everyone's Hair Tips, linking together the detection magic constructed unintentionally by the three brothers into a complete Star Chart.
"Madam, be careful!" Qin Si suddenly grabbed Aelia's Pi Bo.
The Starshine Detector hovered in midair, shaking violently, as cracks of ice emerged on the surface of the crystal ball, revealing the Altar of Sacrifice and Dome.
The newly replaced Ice Crystal Orchid hair ornament in the maid's hair bun shattered with a sound, and those petals that should have been indestructible fell like withered leaves.
Lucius darted out from the shadows, his fingertip deftly catching the falling Starshine Detector with precision.
As he turned around, the Frost Flower Emblem of Leonard's Sword resonated with Aelia's Amethyst Hairpin, projecting a three-dimensional image of the Altar of Sacrifice and Altar of Offerings onto the wall.
Luna excitedly kicked her legs, and the Pearl Necklace dampened by her drool suddenly floated up, tracing the shape of missing Purple Violet petals in the air.
"The offerings have clearly been replaced..." Brother San used a Silver Fork to sift through the mountain of dried Nightshade Orchids in the image. From those dark purple flower cores crawled tendrils of dark magic as thin as hair.
Suddenly, Second Brother's Dining Knife slipped from his grip, pinning a Magic Worm attempting to burrow into the Earth Rift. The collision between the blade and stone bricks sparked, igniting the Purification Spell sealed at the end of Eldest Brother's Silver Staff.
A sharp Loud Cry erupted from the baby in Aelia's arms.
Luna's pink palm emerged with a Micro Magic Circle, tearing a gap in everyone's Defense Formation.
At that moment, Leonard's Ice Crystal Messenger crashed through the window, unfurling a Messenger Scroll imbued with Han Shuang above everyone's heads:
【Altar of Sacrifice anomaly detected, investigate immediately】
As everyone passed through the last archway, the Bronze Door of the Altar of Sacrifice began to open and close on its own.
Amidst the roar of turning hinges was a faint gnawing sound. Luna suddenly reached out into thin air and grasped a wisp of dissipating dark purple smoke.
The baby's Milk Tooth bit into Lucius's fingertip, and as the Blood Pearl infused with divine power fell, dark red patterns resembling blood vessels emerged on the ground of the grand hall.
"The offerings are fine." Lucius used the Sword Tip to pry open the latest offering, the Purple Violet Box, revealing dry Pollen that shimmered with a pure Silver White hue under the moonlight.
Brother San's Silver Fork suddenly jabbed into the Stone Brick Gap, digging out a half-decayed Root—clearly marked with the serrated veins unique to the Magic Plant cultivated by the Outsider Family.
Luna squirmed anxiously in Aelia's arms, her small hands stained with Milk Stain desperately patting Mother’s Neck, where the Frost Dragon Reverse Scale lay.
As Aelia's Ice Magic resonated with the reverse scale, the baby unexpectedly grasped a fragment of the Detection Crystal that floated by, pressing it into an inconspicuous Groove at the edge of the altar.
"Click—"
The sound of mechanisms turning startled a flock of Nightlight Bats resting in the Dome.
The once smooth and mirror-like side of the altar suddenly revealed a Dark Compartment, where rotting Nightshade Orchids intertwined with fresh Purple Violets, writhing within.
Qin Si gasped and stumbled back, while Xiu Xie crushed a loose stone brick, releasing a sealed Magi that had been dormant for three hundred years.
"Step back!" The heavy thud of the eldest brother's Silver Staff echoed as Purifying Holy Water surged from Ice Cracks along the staff and drenched the Mutated Plant.
Second Brother yanked the stunned Qin Si toward a safe area, while Brother San quickly drew a Binding Array on the Ground with jam.
Seizing the moment, Luna wiped her saliva on Aelia's Pearl Necklace. When the Moonstone Necklace touched the Groove at the center of the altar, a solemn hymn suddenly filled the entire hall.
Lucius's Jian Feng hovered three inches above the Dark Compartment, watching as a Holographic Record emerged from the intertwining Light and Shadow, depicting the exchange of offerings.
When Concubine Maid appeared in Leonard's Last Night wearing an Illusion Ring, Aelia's Ice Blade instantly pierced Xu Ying's throat.
Luna pointed towards a corner of the recorded image with excitement—there flashed a hem embroidered with the Ministry of Rites Emblem.
The magical energy consumed by the Repair Formation made Luna drowsy; she curled up in Aelia's embrace, her small fist still tightly clutching that bloodstained Detection Crystal.
As the last tendril of the Mutated Plant's Roots was purified, the Thousand-Year Violet enshrined in the altar suddenly closed its petals.
The Silver Staff held by the elder seemed to sense something, pointing towards the eastern horizon, where a star representing Imperial Power was being devoured by black mist.
At dawn the next day, the Twin Purple Violets in the Magic Castle Garden were unusually drooping Buds.
Chen Lu's tears fell from the closed petals into the Silver Basin held by Qin Si, corroding tiny Abyssal Serpent Parasite Holes into the carved Blessing Incantation at the bottom of the basin.
When the first rays of sunlight swept over the Castle Spire, the Ninefold Divine Flower enshrined in the Royal Ancestral Temple quietly withdrew its last trace of Jinhui, unnoticed.
As morning light pierced through the clouds, the Glazed Tile of the Ninefold Palace flowed with a sickly Dark Golden hue.
The Minister of Rites knelt before the Han White Jade steps, dark stains from cold sweat gradually spreading from his Official Robe onto his Peacock Feather.
Tai Chang Si Qing's trembling hands held onto Gui Jiao, and the Yarrow used for Divination slipped from his sleeve, caught by a gust of wind and pressed against the Panlong Pillar.
"Your Majesty, the divine flower has been closed for over three quarters," Elder Yinxu, an Old Minister, scanned the Gui Jiao and Ice Cracks. The patterns that should have shown auspicious signs were now twisted like centipedes. "If we do not see Bud bloom by noon..."
The Crown Prince suddenly kicked over the Gilded Incense Burner, sparks flying onto the Azure Jade Floor Tile and burning scorch marks: "Does Tai Chang Si want my Younger Brother and Young Sister to be sacrifices?" The Young Crown Prince's Dragon Pattern Pendant on his Waist clanged against Jian Qiao with his movement, startling the Bronze Xiezhi guarding the Eaves Corner as if it had been slightly Zhen Chan.
The Emperor stroked his Jade Ring, his gaze passing over Emperor Dan's Twelve Tassels hanging low.
The shadow of Chongban Shenhua closing fell upon his Dark Dragon Robe's Sun-Moon Emblem, corroding the Silver Thread of his Embroidered Shoes into a grayish-black color.
When the Seventh Clockbird dropped with a Copper Coin in its beak, a sudden faint gnawing sound came from within the altar, as if something was devouring the veins of the petals.
At this moment before the sacrificial altar in Magic Castle, Aelia was raising Luna high above her head.
The Silk Shoes that fell from the infant struck against Azure Wind Antelope, unexpectedly triggering a Verification Array that had been sealed for a hundred years.
Holding the replacement Snow Spirit Ganoderma, Qin Si took a step back. The Ice Crystal Orchid nestled in her Hair Bun unfurled its petals as it drew near the Holy Relic, and the frost flakes that fell transformed into a Micro Star Map in the morning light.
"Are we really going to use three-hundred-year-old Ice Silk to replace Fire Silk?" The Silver Staff of the eldest brother lightly tapped the Offering List, and the Staff Tip's Magic Crystal reflected Second Brother's solemn face. "Throughout history, sacrifices have used fire attribute materials to balance the chill of the Purple Violet..."
Luna suddenly let out a shriek of Yi Ya, her Oujie-like calf accurately kicking a rune on the Betrayal List.
Brother San was quick to use jam to fill in the damaged Tiny Inscriptions. Everyone was startled to realize that it was actually a tampered Ancient Script—what once symbolized "harmony" had somehow transformed into "devour."
As the last offering returned to its place, the Azure Bronze Beast Head at the four corners of the altar suddenly spewed forth Qing Yan.
Aelia's Frost Dragon Reverse Scale and Luna's Silver Bell Bracelet both heated up simultaneously, casting interwoven Dragon Form Light and Shadow on the Ground.
Leonard toyed with the Jade Ring sent by Leonard's Concubine when he suddenly noticed that the Dark Pattern on the inner side of the ring was being scorched and warped by holy light.
"It's starting!" Qin Si exclaimed, pointing towards the Dome.
The previously dim Starry Chandelier shone like silverware soaked in moonlight, and as those beams of light pierced through the Colored Window, they dyed the painted eyes of the Saint into flowing Lustrous Gold.
Second Brother crouched down to touch the Ground; from the crack corroded by Nightshade Orchid last night, a Ying Huo-like Guardian Spirit Light surged forth.
A muffled sound of rock growth came from the Outer Wall of the Magic Castle, as the collapsed Protective Barrier wrapped around the Spire like unfurling silk.
Brother San's Silver Fork suddenly slipped from his hand and flew towards the Luminous Garden, impaling itself into the base of a withered Fountain Statue. The Crystal Swan, which had slept for a hundred years, awoke with a sound and released a rainbow-like Water Mist from its beak.
Leonard pressed down on Zhen Chan's Leonard's Sword; the Family Crest on Jian Qiao was being redrawn by newly awakened Guardian Magic.
Out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of Luna stuffing Aelia's Pearl Necklace into a Gap in the altar. The infant Pink Palm still bore remnants of last night's Detection Crystal.
As the Noon Bell rang out from a hundred miles away in the imperial city, an Aurora suddenly surged from the Magic Castle Dome.
Breaking through the clouds and reaching the heavens, the copper bells of Eaves Corner shattered in unison.
The Emperor pushed away the Eunuch who tried to assist him, staring blankly at the streak that passed over the shrine—unexpectedly, the outer petals of the tightly closed divine flower trembled and opened to reveal golden stamens.
In the midst of cheers, Luna grasped Aelia's Pearl Necklace, and the Dark Purple Thread bitten through by Milk Tooth caused pearls to roll off the altar.
Leonard's motion to pick up a pearl suddenly halted; as one pearl rolled past the Azure Bronze Beast Head, its surface unexpectedly emerged with the unique Iris Crest of the Outer Courtyard.
As Twilight descended, the repaired Magic Shield swirled above the Magic Castle, transforming into a rainbow-hued veil.
Aelia leaned against the Railings of the Stargazing Platform, watching as the three brothers directed the Magi to mend the remnants of the East Wing.
Qin Si held Luna under Tengluojia, unaware that the baby was staring at a strangely flickering star—within the shadow cast by that starlight, the outline of the Forbidden Garden could be seen writhing.
When the last ray of twilight vanished below the horizon, Leonard's Ye Lu on his cloak crystallized into ice on the Stone Steps.
He brushed over the newly formed Guardian Magic Pattern on Leonard's Sword, but suddenly, the Jade Ring of Ankeli on the hilt grew hot, scorching cracks into a Spider Web pattern across the Magic Pattern.
In the shadow of the attic, Luna clutched a half-eaten Moonlight Cookie and suddenly scattered Moonlight Crumbs into the void—those fragments fell along a Track that perfectly aligned with the cracks in her ring.
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