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The moonstone embedded in the dome cast a pale halo as Leonard crushed the thirteenth teacup. At last, the butler led the final family elder to the intricately carved stone seat.
Aelia, adjusting her embroidered golden cuffs, sat to the left of the main seat, her gaze lowered to conceal the ice blue spell swirling in her pupils—a mind-reading array newly inscribed beside her daughter's cradle last night.
"The Beihai trade route has been cut off by dark cultists, and the subordinate mine in the Southern Region has been attacked by beasts." Leonard slammed his scepter, adorned with magic crystals, onto the ground. The icy cracks spread like spider webs across the black obsidian floor. "Who has a way to fill the treasury's gap of three million magic crystals?"
The parchment scroll at the end of the long table trembled. Luna was cradled by a nurse in her lustrous cradle, and the bells on her pink ankles jingled softly as she turned.
She focused on the light spots refracted by the crystal chandelier and quietly condensed her magic into fine needles—the tracking charm recovered from Brother San's shoe still carried the scent of decaying leaves from the Forbidden Forest.
"Father, may I speak?" Lucius suddenly stood up, his silver hair brushing against the red marks on the Beihai map. "I heard that during Luna's Hundred Day Feast, blessings from the Sanctuary triggered stellar resonance..." He traced his fingertip along the edge of Luna's cradle, his emerald eyes reflecting the faint outline of a hexagram birthmark on the baby's palm.
Aelia's handkerchief embroidered with ice thorn flowers suddenly ignited with azure blue flames. The fire tongue licked at the violet sachet, leaving behind a cedar fragrance lingering on her husband's sleeve.
Seizing the moment, Luna flicked her magic needle toward the dome. The moonstone projection on the wall twisted into a topographical map of Beihai, revealing a bronze gear slowly turning within a cave somewhere.
"Nonsense!" The treasurer elder's eagle hook nose nearly poked into Luna's swaddling. "To let an unweaned infant..."
"What if my sister can solve the crisis?" Lucius interrupted, pulling out a blood-stained piece of parchment from his dark bag.
Luna caught a glimpse of broken ancient weapon patterns and suddenly laughed, extending her tiny hand. The saliva from her mouth etched a complete forging formula onto the stone table—this was precisely what she had intercepted from Guild Master Wu's phantom when she shattered the contract scroll with starlight last night.
Leonard's pupils constricted; he clearly saw that at the end of the formula emerged Gardenia Crest unique to Outer Chamber Island.
The transmitting crystal atop his scepter emitted a piercing shriek, and the captain of guards' panicked voice echoed through the hall: "Monster tide is coming early! Cracks have appeared in the defensive formation of East Tower!"
"Repairing the array requires eight hundred thousand magic crystals, or..." Aelia suddenly stood up, her fingertip brushing against Luna's neck where she wore a family crest necklace. "Ninety-nine percent pure starfall iron."
Under the Long Table, the Soul-Eating Potion that Brother San had hidden last night began to corrode the wooden planks.
Luna pretended to reach for Mother’s Silver Hair Pendant, while Chubby's palm unintentionally slapped against the underside of the table. After absorbing the potion's dark mist, the Tracking Talisman unexpectedly conjured a Loan Contract signed by Leonard above everyone's heads, with Gardenia Pollen drifting down like snow.
"The Starfall Iron is at the Dark Altar." Lucius suddenly drew Leonard's Sword and pointed it at the illusion. "But it requires pure Soul Resonance—like that of a newborn blessed by the Sanctuary." He flicked the sword tip, and suddenly, seven empty vials of the Soul-Eating Potion rolled out from Luna's swaddling, their bottoms branded with the Serpent Emblem of the Magic Association's Former President.
Aelia's skirt fluttered without wind, and ice crystals froze the Magic Circle that attempted to destroy evidence along the table legs.
Seizing the opportunity, Luna infused her last bit of magic into a bell. With its clear chime, a projection of the North Sea Cave suddenly revealed heaps of Ancient Weapons, their gears perfectly aligning with the Hexagram on her Luna.
"Before dawn tomorrow." Leonard nearly ground his molars as he smashed his Scepter into a deep pit at a crack in the ground. "If we can't gather..."
"I want the mining rights to the Star-Moon Mine beneath Mother’s palace." Luna suddenly let out a loud cry, and Lucius subtly moved his fingertip, using Illusion Magic to imprint her true demand onto the Contract—when Aelia saw "Restore Supply of New Staves for the Main City Guard" on the Contract, her frozen lips finally curved into a smile.
As twilight spilled over the Stained Glass Window, twelve Family Priests entered in single file, carrying an Astrolabe.
Luna was placed at the center of the Astrolabe, gazing at the star river beginning to swirl within the Dome. She quietly stuffed fragments of swaddling stained with Gardenia Pollen into Lucius's palm.
Brother San knelt at the edge of the altar, his shadow cast upon the stone wall resembling a twisted totem from a Dark Contract.
At the moment when the first star ignited, Luna's necklace shot forth a beam of golden light.
Amidst gasps from everyone present, the Ancient Weapons in Beihai's projection collapsed in a thunderous crash, revealing beneath them a shimmering Seven-Colored Halo...
The Seven-Colored Halo surged like a tide over Assembly Hall's Colorful Dome. In Beihai’s illusion projected by the Astrolabe, beneath the collapsed Bronze Gear floated vast patches of Quartz Clusters glowing with moonlight.
Lucius's fingertip trembled slightly; reflected on his blade was Aelia’s pupil where an Ice Blue Incantation spun wildly along its track—those quartz pieces were clearly 99% pure Starfall Iron Ore.
The records of the thirty-second High Priest mention that the Astrolabe in Hand suddenly exploded, and the Crystal Fragments transformed into Gold Dust upon touching Luna's Swaddling. "The Starfall Iron Ore Vein will move with the destined one!"
Aelia's skirt hem, embroidered with Ice Thorn Flowers, brushed against the cracks of the stone table, where remnants of Brother San's Soul-Eating Potion from last night had solidified into the shape of a Gardenia within the ice crystal.
As she bent down to pick up Luna, the Family Crest Necklace around the baby's neck happened to fall into the Astrolabe's groove. Suddenly, Twelve Rays pierced through the Stained Glass, imprinting the Subordinate Mine's coordinates from the Beihai Projection onto the Transmitting Crystal at the top of Leonard's Staff.
"Commence mining immediately." The Lord clenched his hand around the Magic Crystal as veins bulged, and dark red Blood Veins seeped from the Scepter's ice cracks. "But the Dark Altar's Defensive Formation..."
Luna suddenly grasped Lucius's flowing silver hair, her chubby fingers tracing a fragmented Magic Pattern on his palm.
Third Young Master Lucius's emerald eyes narrowed; this was clearly the Forbidden Spell he had seen last night while infiltrating Outer Chamber Island in Leonard's study room secret compartment.
"We need Ninety-Nine Enchanted Artifacts to construct a Temporary Barrier." Lucius flicked his sword tip, conjuring a Magic Circle Diagram in midair that corresponded perfectly to the number of families present.
The Treasurer Elder's eagle-hook nose twitched slightly as his Power Ring, inlaid with Malachite, shimmered with a faint glow.
The Jade Counting Beads that slipped from his sleeve had not yet touched the ground when they were frozen mid-air by Aelia's spreading ice crystal—inside the beads, a Fire Sprite was frantically battering against the barrier.
"The Cape Family is willing to offer our ancestral Twilight Cloak." The Gray-Robed Elder at the end of the table trembled as he stood up; as he unfurled the cursed fabric embroidered with a Raven Emblem, it faded to grayish-white. "Uh... it may have been overused during our last defense against Dragon Breath..."
Luna kicked her little feet adorned with bells, a strand of golden hair quietly entwining around Lucius’s Pei Jian Sui Zi.
As Third Young Master Lucius pretended to adjust his Jian Qiao, an inscription on the Sword Hilt Gem suddenly glowed due to baby saliva. The Magic Crystal Card hidden within the Twilight Cloak’s lining and Dark Bag instantly covered an entire stone wall—the amount reported by the Cape Family for this year's Disaster Relief Donation to the Magic Association was exactly one hundred thousand Magic Crystals less than what was shown on the card’s balance.
"We, the Rockefeller Family, will donate three carts of Moonlight Grass!" The Fat Merchant stood up, wiping sweat from his brow, but his belt buckle encrusted with Magic Crystals suddenly burst open.
The rolling Purple Crystal turned black upon touching Luna’s cradle—this was a counterfeit soaked in Soul-Eating Potion.
Aelia’s Ice Thorn Flower on her embroidered handkerchief suddenly bloomed as Han Qi froze all attempts to conceal any Magic Tools along the Long Table.
Luna seized the opportunity to launch the Tracking Charm she had recovered last night towards the Dome. The light refracted by the Moonstone created a Light Spot, revealing the coordinates of each family's secret warehouse, which flickered like fireworks.
"One hundred thousand Magic Crystals for each of you." Leonard's Staff slammed heavily onto the Starfall Iron Projection, fissures spreading from the Blood Vein to his Wrist. "Or equivalent supplies."
As Qin Si entered with Chilled Wine, the Crystal Flask suddenly reflected the Gardenia Grove of Outer Chamber Island.
A Maid "accidentally" spilled Wine Liquid, which wound across the stone table in patterns resembling a Loan Contract—the very one Leonard had signed three days ago with his Private Seal. Hidden within the interest calculation at the end of the Contract was a transfer spell that devoured the Main City Guard's military funds.
"Mother..." Lucius suddenly knelt on one knee, Leonard's Sword tracing a Starry Array on the Ground. "Please allow me to lead the team to mine Starfall Iron."
Luna's Luna's Bell Anklet rang without wind, and the Tracking Charm hidden in Ling She activated automatically.
Above everyone's heads, in the Beihai Projection, what should have been controlled by Dark Cultists—the Subordinate Mine area—now emerged with the Serpent Flag of the Magic Association Transport Team. The Starfall Iron Ore being loaded still bore traces of Aelia's Ice Magic in the form of Frost Flowers.
Aelia's Fingertip brushed against her daughter Luna, and Hexagram patterns suddenly projected a Three-Dimensional Ledger.
The numbers crystallized in ice displayed that over the past three years, seventy percent of the defense funds allocated by Magic Castle to each family had flowed into the Gardenia refinery on Outer Chamber Island.
"Three hours." The Lady of the Fortress's voice was colder than the winds of Extreme North Icefield. "If Dawn does not see..."
"We are willing to donate!" The Twelve Family Representatives suddenly shouted in unison, their Storage Rings embedded with various Magic Crystals piled high on the table.
However, when the priests activated the Identification Array, the topmost Magic Crystal Card disintegrated into Ashes under the holy light—these were actually Substitute Talismans forged from Dark Altar soil.
Luna let out a loud cry as Lacrima hit the ground, transforming into a Star Pattern that blessed Sanctuary.
Lucius wiped away his tears as Jian Feng cut through them. The truth emerging from the Magic Circle caused Treasurer Elder to faint—mixed within each family's donated "Magic Crystals" was Soul-Eating Potion, and at the bottom of each bottle, a Serpent Emblem perfectly matched with Brother San's tattered Emblem on his sleeve.
"Enough!" The Magic Crystal at the tip of Leonard's Staff exploded with a thunderous roar, shards flying and striking Aelia's Ice Shield, creating Spider Web-like cracks.
The hem of the Lord's cloak, embroidered with Gold Thread, suddenly ignited with Heiyan, a manifestation of Leonard's Concubine's most adept skill—Hellfire.
Luna seized this moment of chaos, pouring the last vestiges of her magic into the transfer scroll of the Hidden Layer.
As the Astrolabe flickered back to life, the coordinates within the Beihai Projection began to move in a bizarre manner—eventually settling on a location that unmistakably pointed to Guild Master Wu's private vault of the Magic Association, marked by the inscription: "In the name of the Moon Goddess, seal your treasure."
As Twilight completely engulfed the final glimmers of starlight, Aelia stood before the frozen Colored Window, cradling Luna in her arms.
The new-style staff of the Main City Guard cast a ghostly blue Liuguang across the night sky, while in the distance, from the direction of the Dark Altar, Magic Beacons representing various Family Crests descended like shooting stars into the abyss.
The Diamond Light Spot cast by the Crystal Chandelier danced upon Luna, who was convulsing in response to the Treasurer Elder's presence. Suddenly, his Power Ring, inlaid with Malachite, shattered, and its fragments were frozen mid-air by Aelia's Skirt as they approached Luna's Cradle.
The Family Crest Necklace around the infant's neck emitted a hum reminiscent of Leonard's Sword. The Astrolabe held by the twelve priests flipped in response, projecting the coordinates of the Cape Family's Secret Vault onto the Celestial Star Map.
"This... this is slander!" The Gray-Robed Elder staggered back as counting beads slipped from his sleeve and bounced across the Ice Surface, forming strange runes.
Luna tilted her head and gnawed on the Silver Thread of her Magic Doll. The magic spilling from her mouth quietly seeped into the counting beads—those blood-stained emerald beads suddenly floated together to form the Serpent Emblem of the Magic Association, identical to Brother San's Contract Scroll hidden in the Forbidden Forest last night.
Cracks in Leonard's Staff revealed Blood Veins that had spread up to his elbow. The hem of his cloak embroidered with Gold Thread ignited with Heiyan once more, incinerating falling Gardenia Pollen into Ashes. "Three million Magic Crystals!" he roared as the Scepter’s Transmitting Crystal suddenly displayed a vision of Outer Chamber Island’s hot spring bathhouse—Leonard's Last Night. "How dare you forge this using Soul-Eating Potion..."
Aelia’s fingertip brushed against Luna, and an Ice Blue Spell crawled up the stone wall along a Starry Pattern.
The Dome in the Projection exploded suddenly, revealing boxes filled with Magic Crystal Cards in a dark chamber—each card was branded with various Family Crests and was writhing in liquid infused with Soul-Eating Potion alongside tentacles of a Dark Contract.
"Mother, look!" Luna exclaimed as she raised her doll high; its ruby-inlaid eyes shot forth beams of light.
The beam pierced through the Fat Merchant’s belt adorned with Magic Crystals, causing those Purple Crystals to fade into rotting berries from the Forbidden Forest under the holy light.
The doll, with its Silver Thread, moved on its own, weaving the images of the representatives from various families secretly meeting with the Concubine Maid three days ago.
Suddenly, the bell on Lucius's Pei Jian Sui Zi rang out clearly, and the Sword Hilt Gem reflected the internal movement of the doll's Bronze Gear—revealing a miniature version of the Astral Sphere Core component.
Third Young Master Lucius, with his Emerald Eyes narrowed, recalled how he had seen the same gear turning in Leonard's Private Safe last night when he had infiltrated Leonard's Concubine's study.
"Enough!" The Lord swung his Scepter to smash the Projection, but Heiyan rebounded and coiled around his arm.
Taking advantage of the chaos, representatives from the Twelve Families surged toward the Gilded Gate, their Boot Heels embedded with Magic Crystals crushing the Starfall Iron Projection into fragments.
Luna's doll suddenly shot out Silver Thread, ensnaring Treasurer Elder's Eagle Hook Nose and causing him to stumble into a pile of frozen counting beads.
Aelia's skirt hem, embroidered with Ice Thorn Flowers, brushed against the Ground as Han Qi froze all escape routes along the Silver Thread leading to Sheng Lu.
Seizing the opportunity, Luna smeared Saliva on top of the doll's head, activating its infant form magic. The doll's abdomen popped open, releasing dozens of Loan Contracts printed with various Family Crests, each signature stained with Gardenia Pollen.
"Father, please calm down." Lucius suddenly knelt on one knee, Jian Feng inserted into the crack made by the Scepter. "Perhaps these Magic Crystals were meant to be used for..."
Leonard's furious roar shook loose debris from the Dome: "Get out! All of you get out!" His sleeves, embroidered with Gold Thread, suddenly erupted with Heiyan, burning the nearest Stone Chair to Ashes.
The force of the blast overturned Luna's doll, and its Ruby eyes rolled to Brother San's kneeling knees, reflecting the dark ink stains of a Dark Contract left on his sleeve.
As the last elder’s Silver Thread Magic Robe vanished into the shadows of the porch, the Lord slumped down onto the Astrolabe Base in despair.
Aelia held Luna as they retreated to the Stained Glass Window. Moonlight turned the ice crystals on her eyelashes into a galaxy while the infant in her arms secretly etched a Transportation Route Map onto the glass with saliva—revealing the Secret Passage Coordinates from Starfall Iron Ore Vein to the Magic Association.
"They only see the belly of the golden rat!" Leonard clenched a shattered Transmitting Crystal, and Heiyan flickered uncertainly within his Pupil.
Luna's Bell Anklet suddenly emitted a crisp sound, and the magic Resonance caused the wall's Beihai Projection to reappear. The Transport Ship, which should have been filled with Starfall Iron, was now cluttered with empty bottles of Soul-Eating Potion donated by various families.
Lucius silently picked up a doll, and as his Fingertip brushed against the gear mechanism, his Emerald Eyes suddenly reflected the Serpent Tattoo on the Concubine Maid's Ear.
Taking advantage of the moment while organizing Jian Qiao, he discreetly slipped the Contract Fragment that had fallen from the doll Ankeli into his sleeve pocket. The arrangement of Gardenia Pollen on it was strikingly identical to the Defensive Formation Blueprint that Brother San had swapped out last night.
Luna suddenly burst into Giggling, her Chubby Palm slapping against the Colored Window Ice Surface.
The area melted by her saliva revealed an astonishing scene from Leonard's Last Night: in the Magic Association Cellar, boxes of Magic Crystal Cards were being transformed into Soul-Eating Potion Containers, and the emblem on the operator's sleeve was unmistakably...
Ailya's Silver Hair Chain Pendant suddenly erupted with a cold light, freezing the entire Projection as ice crystals spread along the Window Lattice.
As the Lady of the Fortress lowered her gaze to kiss her daughter Luna, a golden light shot from Luna's Neck necklace, piercing through the Ice Layer and branding the final key of Leonard's Last Night onto Lucius's Sword Hilt Gem—a close-up of Leonard's Private Seal stamping down on a Dark Contract.
"Before Dawn Tomorrow..." Leonard's hoarse voice suddenly faltered as a Blood Pearl seeping from a crack in his Scepter formed a map shape of Outer Chamber Island on the Ice Surface.
He abruptly looked up at the Beihai Projection, only to see that what should have belonged to the Magic Castle—the Starfall Iron Ore Vein Coordinate—was now shimmering at the tip of Guild Master Wu's Serpent Pattern Scepter from the Magic Association.
Luna's doll suddenly broke free from Lucius's Palm, and Silver Thread Liu Su entangled with the Treasurer Elder’s lost Jade Counting Beads.
As the doll fell into the Astrolabe Groove of Shan Na, Twelve Rays Xing Mang suddenly pierced through Stained Glass, projecting real-time images of each family's Secret Vault onto the frozen wall—every vault’s Defensive Formation crumbled under the Gardenia Hairpin of the Concubine Maid.
The Lord’s cloak embroidered with Gold Thread fluttered without wind as Heiyan extinguished abruptly upon seeing a particular scene from Leonard's Last Night—in a secret chamber of Leonard's Concubine Hot Spring Villa, he had personally gifted his lover an ancestral Crown, which was now perched atop Guild Master Wu’s head.
The moonstone embedded in the Crown sealed away an Ancient Elf that should have been used to repair the East Tower’s Defensive Formation.
Seizing the opportunity, Luna infused magic into the bell; amidst its clear ringing, the Astrolabe suddenly began Reverse Rotation.
As the Beihai Projection refocused, everyone clearly saw deep within the Dark Altar—Brother San’s hidden Soul-Eating Potion mother bottle from last night resonating with darkness alongside various families' donated "Magic Crystal," while the Teleportation Array Pattern on the altar Ground was unmistakably Leonard’s specialty: Hellfire Rune.
Aelia's Ice Blue Spell suddenly spread across the entire Dome, freezing the escaping Dark Contract Phantom into an Ice Sculpture.
The Lady of the Fortress's cascading silver hair brushed against Luna's Palm, allowing the infant to stealthily stick the Tracking Charm onto the Hair Tips—when that strand of Hair floated past Leonard's shoulder, the charm quietly embedded itself into the Hidden Layer of his gold-threaded cloak.
As Twilight completely swallowed the last rays of daylight, Lucius gazed at the Sword Hilt Gem, which captured Leonard's Last Night in a still frame.
Third Young Master Lucius's Emerald Eyes reflected the Serpent Flag of the Magic Association's Transport Ship mast, and entwined at the top of the flagpole was none other than Concubine Maid This Morning's Gardenia Ribbon.
Leonard's fingers dug deeply into the armrest of the Gilded Throne, while the Magic Chandelier in the Council Chamber Dome flickered in response to his surging magical power.
Xu Ying of the Twelve Elders shimmered on the circular Crystal Wall, casting a Financial Statement that was glaringly crimson.
"So you’re telling me—" he raised his hand to crush the Deficit Scroll that floated before him, crystalline powder cascading onto the heads of the kneeling Stewards, "the Magic Castle Treasury can't even pay next month's Knight Order salaries?"
The Treasurer, kneeling at the front, trembled as he raised the Parchment: "The Crystal Vein ran dry three months ago; Eastern Lord refused to extend the loan..." Before he could finish, a blade of wind knocked him to the ground.
Aelia lifted her Celadon Tea Bowl and took a delicate sip; her Gilded Teaspoon clinked against the Cup Rim, producing a clear chime.
"Why not ask Third Brother?" Lucius leaned against the Malachite Column, playing with a silver coin that cast a Residual Shadow between his slender fingers. "I heard he just bought a Starry Unicorn Cub with last month's profits from the Magic Potion Workshop."
Suddenly called out, Third Young Master Lucius flushed red: "That was to build relations with Silver Moon Chamber!
Besides, isn’t Mother really responsible for this?
Last month's Astrology Banquet drained three warehouses of Moonlight Silk!"
"Enough!" Leonard slammed his palm down on the throne's armrest, Amethyst Shards scattering onto Aelia's Skirt.
The Lady of the Fortress leisurely brushed off her Silver Thread Embroidered Shoes' Iris, her Fingertip gently caressing her Wedding Ring.
I lay in the arms of the maid, Qin Si, counting to the seventh time of the Magic Shockwave, finally unable to hold back a Lactation Burp.
"Why not let Luna give it a try?" Lucius suddenly reached out and poked my swaddling, his emerald eyes flashing with mischief. "Yesterday, she turned the floor of my study into gold bricks with her Alchemy—though it only lasted half an hour."
The Assembly Hall fell silent, so quiet that I could hear the sound of Quicksand from the Magic Hourglass.
Elder Xu Ying of the Twelve Rays turned to me in unison, the Light Spot refracted by the Crystal Wall landing on the Crystal Baby Bottle I held tightly.
When Aelia set down her teacup, I heard the soft sound of her Ailya's White Nails gliding across the porcelain surface.
"Nonsense!" Leonard erupted, a Dark Purple Arc swirling around him. "Do you think this is just a game—"
"Deal." I spat out Luna, catalyzed by magic. The soft and sticky voice unique to infants made the Curse and Contract emerge out of thin air. "But I want thirty percent shares of the Magic Potion Workshop, plus that set of Celestial Divination Instruments from 'In the name of the Moon Goddess, seal your treasure.'" The Parchment Contract slapped down in front of Leonard, his pupils reflecting my Alchemical Baby Bottle floating in mid-air—the Bottle was emerging with the Emblem of the Great Mage.
Aelia suddenly let out a light laugh, a glimmer of Ice Blue flashing from the Wedding Ring on her ring finger.
As the Contract Crystal Ball burst forth with dazzling purple and gold light, I caught a glimpse of her silently saying something to Qin Si. The maid's figure quietly retreated towards the Side Door, clearly reflected in my Crystal Baby Bottle.
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