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墨書 Inktalez
The sound of ice crystals shattering awakened the entire Magic Castle.
As Qin Si rushed through the frost-covered corridor, the black mist swirling in the morning fog was devouring the Family Crest on the walls, with the golden Griffin Wings oozing a black slime reminiscent of asphalt.
"Madam!" The moment she knocked on the Carved Oak Door, the Dark Rose Scent spilling from the Door Gap enveloped her hair tips in ice shards. "Last night, three Puppets parasitized by dark magic appeared in the Servants' quarters, and at the sixth Node of the West Tower's Defensive Formation—"
"What about Luna?" Aelia tightened her grip on the Morning Robe's belt, her Silver Thread Embroidered Shoes blooming fine lines under her fingertips.
Only then did the Housekeeper notice that in Madam's chamber, the fire was not lit with the usual Moonlight Wood but with three Dragon Blood Candles inscribed with Purification Charms.
Qin Si swallowed her unfinished words, lowering her gaze to the melted ice water from her skirt on the carpet. "Miss had a brief bout of crying at three quarters past the hour of the tiger, but the maid said..." She suddenly paused as if choked, for an Ice Butterfly fluttering from Aelia's sleeve hovered near her collarbone, its wings refracting the Residual Shadow of the Nursery Surveillance Array.
In Leonard's Last Night constructed of ice crystals, Luna curled up in her swaddling, emitting kitten-like sobs. Her chubby palm was unknowingly grasping a floating Xing Mang—those Defensive Runes that should have been concealed within the wallpaper.
"Why didn't you wake me?" Aelia's voice made all Frost Flowers in the room turn simultaneously, and every crystal chandelier chimed in unison, pointing towards Qin Si.
The Housekeeper's knees hit the Marble Floor heavily as she knelt, holding an Ice Mirror that reflected the scene in the Nursery: within the Twelve Rays Protective Array, three had transformed into an eerie crimson purple.
When Aelia burst into the Nursery scented with Cedar Fragrance, Luna was blowing bubbles formed from black mist with her saliva.
The baby's pink gums bit down on a broken piece of Star Pattern; upon seeing her Mother, she immediately reached out with a small hand marked by Magical Burn.
"How dare they!" Aelia's fingertip brushed against her daughter's wrist, revealing a Serpent Pattern Scorch Mark—clearly a Backlash Mark from Black Magic.
A trembling maid knelt in the corner and presented a Record Crystal. Leonard's Last Night displayed that at midnight, Luna's Guardian Spirit at her bedside suddenly turned towards the Southeast—the direction of Lord's Study.
The swaddled infant suddenly emitted an urgent Yiya Sound. Luna grasped Aelia's flowing silver hair and directed her gaze towards the window.
In the rose garden shrouded in morning mist, the once-blooming Ice Roses had all transformed into writhing black tumors, while the Shu Tong on the stems blinked at the window of the Nursery.
"Activate the Rainbow Barrier immediately." Aelia wrapped her daughter in a cloak embroidered with Laurel Leaf, and as she turned, an Ice Pearl that fell from her hair exploded into a Hexagram Formation on the Ground.
She stroked Luna's feverish forehead and suddenly caught sight of the Dark Pattern faintly visible at the baby's collar—an indication that Leonard's family Brand was resisting her Healing Magic.
As Qin Si sealed the last barrier, she was startled by Luna's Loud Cry, nearly toppling over the Magic Potion Bottle.
The tiny infant struggled to pull away from the swaddling adorned with Xingyue, revealing a fading Snake Scale Pattern on her Heart.
Aelia's Pupil instantly constricted to Ice Blue; she recognized this as a Bloodline Curse from Black Witchcraft.
"Prepare the carriage." The Lady of the Fortress gently wiped away the Lacrima from her daughter's eye, and twelve Ice Spirit Stones embedded in her Armor lit up simultaneously. "Go fetch Master Lucius to the Rose Courtyard." As she handed Luna to Qin Si, her Fingertip traced runes drawn by the Housekeeper's Palm, causing the ice crystals on the wall to shimmer with Blood Light.
When the Morning Prayer Bell rang for the seventh time, Luna was playing with an Ice Spirit Stone taken from Aelia's necklace.
In the innocent Giggling of the baby, no one noticed that within that gem, the reflection of Leonard kissing a woman in a black robe was slowly Emerging.
The Horse-drawn Carriage rolled over the icy road, and faint voices of Third Young Master Lucius conversing with Iron Guard Captain drifted in from outside the carriage curtain.
"Mother, the Defensive Formation at Southeast Tower..." Lucius' voice was abruptly cut off by the curtain being flung open.
The black Black Slime still clung to the young man's Silver Armor, while Leonard's Sword burned with Ice Flame, scorching the Tentacle-like Mist that attempted to climb up Che Yuan.
Suddenly, Luna waved her Wrist adorned with a Blue Ribbon at her brother; that ribbon transformed into starlight before everyone's eyes and silently seeped into the restless black mist within Lucius' armor Gap.
Aelia Pretended not to see her son's suddenly rigid Back and merely held her daughter a little tighter.
As the Horse-drawn Carriage rolled out of the Castle Barrier, Luna's fingers, hidden beneath her cloak, subtly curled.
From afar, the ice bell atop the clock tower suddenly chimed, startling a flock of crows that obscured the sky outside the carriage window.
In the clear Blue Eyes of the infant, two figures entangled at the street corner five hundred yards away were reflected—Leonard's cloak, embroidered with Gold Thread, draped over the shoulder of a Red-Haired Woman.
While Lucius knelt on one knee to adjust his Mother's Skirt, Luna was drawing circles on his Silver Armor with her saliva-dampened fingers.
The Ice Crystal embedded in Leonard's Pauldron suddenly flickered, causing the chubby infant to retract her Palm in surprise.
"Mother, look! This Little One is playing tricks on my Defensive Formation." As Third Young Master Lucius looked up, his Hair Tips glistened with tiny ice crystals. He deliberately brought the Ice Flame dancing atop Leonard's Sword closer to Luna's Swaddling. "Last time she stole my Snow Spirit Grass, which made me suffer during Training Ground..."
Aelia flicked her fingers to dislodge her son's mischievous Leonard's Sword. The ice-crystal-encased Cornflower instantly enveloped the flickering flame.
Seizing the opportunity, Luna tugged at Lucius's flowing silver hair. When he winced in pain, she pressed the Star Pattern hidden in her Palm against his Mei Xin—that was the Purification Rune she had stolen from the Defensive Formation last night.
"Luna!" Aelia hurriedly tried to pry her daughter's hand away but saw black mist spilling from the gap in her son's armor being devoured by the Star Pattern.
Lucius's suddenly rigid body collided with Che Yuan, startling the Icefield Wolf pulling the carriage into a low growl.
The infant laughed in her Mother's embrace, revealing her Pink gums. Aelia's Fingertip formed Bing Ling as she pretended to swat her bottom, though a hint of a smile betrayed her: "When we return, I'll have Lucius teach you to recite the Magic Rune Codex." She didn't notice her daughter's Chubby Palm pressing against her nape, quietly erasing traces of last night's Blood Curse.
The Horse-drawn Carriage rolled over the Ice Surface with a crisp sound, and Luna perked up her ears suddenly.
Three kilometers away, mixed with Hoofbeats was the scent of Violet Powder—this was Xunxiang, favored by Leonard's Concubine in the Original.
She intentionally yanked Aelia's Ice Spirit Stone necklace off, and as the gem rolled into a corner of the carriage, it reflected the Gilded Chariot turning around at the street corner.
"Stop!" Aelia's command made the six Icefield Wolves raise their front hooves simultaneously, and outside the carriage, the sound of Leonard's Sword being drawn rang out sharply.
Luna pretended to grab the fluttering curtain, but in reality, she was using her saliva bubbles to refract the scene a hundred meters away: a corner of the red velvet curtain was lifted, revealing a hand adorned with a Serpent Ring slipping a Purple Rose into Leonard's collar.
Aelia pressed down on her daughter's restless little hands while she herself condensed Ice Mist into a Prism.
When she caught sight of the Dark Pattern embroidered on the inside of her husband's cloak, the ice crystal on her Moonstone Earrings suddenly shattered—what should have belonged to her, Ailya's Birthday Rune, was now entangled in the Hair of a Strange Woman.
"Mother, it's Father’s new Magic Potion carriage..." Lucius's voice abruptly cut off.
The Horse-drawn Carriage that turned the corner bore the Family Crest of the Glorious Demon Fortress, but its window hung with a frivolous Crimson Veil.
A woman in a Gold Thread off-shoulder dress was half draped over Leonard’s arm, her fingers painted with Dan Kou feeding grapes into the Lord's mouth.
Luna felt Aelia's heartbeat reverberate painfully against her eardrum.
The Lady of the Fortress, clad in Armor embroidered with Bing Wen, was melting; drops of Xue Shui dripped onto the mink seat cushion, leaving dark stains.
Outside the window, Leonard's Concubine suddenly blew a kiss in their direction; her Neck adorned with Aelia's ancestral necklace glinted mockingly in the sunlight.
Leonard raised his hand to smooth his lover’s hair with an ease that was painfully obvious; his Fingertip shimmering with Healing Spell was unmistakably Aelia’s unique Secret Technique from when she was pregnant.
As Leonard's Concubine’s Ailya intentionally rubbed against the Lord’s knee, Aelia’s Ice Butterfly Swarm suddenly went out of control, tearing the curtain into swirling snowflakes.
"Return home." The command carried an aura of violent Wind and Snow, yet it made Luna grasp her Mother’s trembling fingers tightly.
Amidst the sudden Loud Cry of a baby, Aelia’s Ice Spirit Stone necklace around her Neck abruptly heated up, freezing the carriage into an Ice Coffin.
The blade of Lucius erupted with Ice Flame, yet upon touching Mother Pale's Luna, it transformed into a warm mist.
The little infant suddenly kicked off the swaddling, revealing the Serpent Scale that still clung to Heart.
Aelia's Healing Spell instinctively enveloped her daughter, but as it made contact with the Curse Mark, it rebounded, causing her to spit blood.
Leonard noticed her wiping away the Bloodstain at the corner of her mouth, and that Lord subtly used his Awareness to hide his lover behind him.
Amidst the Sobbing of the Icefield Wolf, Luna pressed the last half of the Star Pattern into her brother's Palm.
When Lucius's Jian Feng inadvertently pointed towards Father, Aelia suddenly grasped her son's Wrist.
The Ice Pearl that fell from the Lady of the Fortress's hair turned into a Thorn upon hitting the Ground, yet just as it was about to pierce the enemy's wheel, it shattered—she ultimately couldn't bring herself to destroy her husband's beloved sandalwood Che Yuan.
"Mother..." The Young General's Silver Armor rose with a blood-colored Ice Mist, as remnants of Black Magic that Luna had quietly purified screamed in agony.
Aelia pressed her forehead against her daughter's swaddling, allowing melted Xue Shui to mix with some warm liquid and drip onto the Star Moon Embroidery.
As the Horse-drawn Carriage turned around, Luna saw Leonard's Concubine hiding her hand beneath Leonard's cloak, pointing towards them in Jie Yin.
The infant suddenly expelled bubbles that enveloped Aelia’s tear; in the sunlight, they burst into countless Ice Blades.
A woman's gasp came from a hundred meters away—her meticulously maintained Crimson Veil was being shredded into pieces.
Aelia's Palm covered her daughter's eyes and blossomed Frost Flowers, but it couldn't shield against the sudden eruption of Ice Flame from Lucius's blade.
The Young General's Leonard's Sword emitted a resonant sound like Longyin, startling the Han Ya perched on the Withered Branches by the roadside into flight.
Luna nestled against Mother, slipping the last half of the stolen Purification Rune into her brother's armor gap. The infant Lan Tong reflected Leonard's suddenly pale face—his lover's Emerald Earrings transforming into venomous serpents lunging toward the Horse-drawn Carriage.
The Lady of the Fortress's Ice Spirit Stone erupted with Rainbow Light, illuminating the entire carriage like a mirror.
In that moment, Aelia closed her eyes against the Strong Light and heard the Yin Ling she had tied around her husband Jian Sui years ago emitting a fragmented wail.
As Aelia opened her eyes in the Rainbow Light, Shan Na summoned the Sevenfold Ice Spire Barrier, which surged up from beneath the wheels.
The poisonous Serpent Pattern of the Emerald Earrings collided with the Ice Wall, splattering venom that scorched black Abyssal Serpent Parasite Holes into the snow.
Seizing the opportunity, Luna grasped Mother's trembling fingers, as the Silver Light seeping from the infant's fingertip quietly infiltrated the Ice Spirit Stone necklace.
"Mother, Father he..." Lucius's voice was drowned out by the Frost Wolf's Roar from the Icefield Wolf.
The Young General's Silver Armor was now covered in Blood-colored Patterns, as Black Magic long suppressed by the Purification Rune ravenously gnawed at the seams of his armor.
Leonard's lover suddenly burst into high-pitched laughter, each step Ailya took on the snow blossoming into Blood Roses. "Sister's Healing Spell can't even protect her daughter," she taunted. The Red-Haired Woman's fingertip entwined with silver threads drawn from Lord's sleeve—those were Life-Saving Talismans Aelia had embroidered for her husband during her pregnancy.
Luna felt Aelia's chest heave violently as the Lady of the Fortress’s Ice Crystal Hairpin transformed into countless ice spikes.
Just as magic was about to spiral out of control, the infant intentionally knocked over a Magic Potion Bottle filled with Stardust Powder.
The drifting Silver Powder refracted illusions within the carriage: Leonard in his study branding his lover with a Guardian Mark using their Family Crest, a glory that should have belonged solely to the Lady of the Fortress.
"This is... Waxing Crescent Moon Night?" Aelia’s pupils shattered into fragments of Ice Blue.
In the illusion, her lover’s neck bore a Brand resonating with her Heart and Curse Mark. The Family Crest entwined with Black Magic pierced her memories—the protective barrier that had suddenly failed on the night of childbirth, nearly allowing darkness to consume Luna in that perilous moment.
Lucius's Leonard's Sword suddenly emitted the Qing Yue Longyin, and the black mist overflowing from the Young General's armor coalesced into chains, pinning a venomous snake that attempted to approach the Horse-drawn Carriage to the Ice Surface.
As he turned and knelt on one knee, his blood-stained silver hair fell over his mother's lap. "The Ice Rose of the Glorious Demon Fortress will forever grow towards the moonlight."
Aelia's fingertip brushed over her son Mei Xin's Star Pattern, a purification Brand secretly planted by Luna.
When the Young General's Healing Spell successfully dispelled the black mist from his armor for the first time, the Ice Pearl that had formed at the corner of the Lady of the Fortress's eye finally fell onto her daughter's swaddling.
Luna immediately reached out her small hand, fragrant with Milk, imprinting her mother's tear-stained Leonard's Last Night onto the interior of the Ice Spirit Stone.
A hundred meters away in the chaos, Leonard was wrapping his cloak around his lover's bare shoulders.
This action made Aelia suddenly chuckle softly. She stroked Luna's feverish forehead and whispered, "Your father always says I am afraid of the cold; it turns out his cloak is meant for someone even more delicate."
The Icefield Wolves suddenly turned collectively towards the Glorious Demon Fortress, their Shu Tong reflecting the purple Wolf Smoke rising from the Southeast Tower.
Luna grasped her brother's flowing silver hair and pressed the last half piece of her stolen Star Pattern onto his blood-stained Xuanbing Bracers.
When Lucius abruptly looked up, the black Magic Patterns floating on his armor were being devoured and reformed by starlight, gradually revealing the pattern of the Glorious Demon Fortress and Honor Magic Castle Crest.
"Return Fortress." Aelia's decree carried the breath of Northern Territory Wind and Snow.
As the Horse-drawn Carriage rolled over the scattered Crimson Veil of his lover, Luna quietly flicked an Ice Pearl stained with her mother's Tears into the night sky.
At the moment when the pearl exploded in the clouds, all the ice crystals along the long street reflected more of Leonard's Last Night with Leonard's Concubine—including scenes of him exchanging Aelia's ancestral necklace for his lover's affection.
Lucius suddenly clutched his chest as new ice Dark Night Rose Patterns grew wildly within the gaps of his armor.
Leonard's Sword automatically unsheathed, yet Jian Feng's gaze towards the Southeast Tower was filled with confusion. "Mother, the core fluctuations of the Defensive Formation..."
"It’s time to thoroughly cleanse the castle." Aelia lifted her daughter to the window, allowing her chubby palm to rest on the Ice Spirit Stone necklace.
As Luna's silver hair floated without wind, a sudden burst of Twelve Rays from the direction of the Magic Castle startled Leonard, who was soothing his lover. He abruptly turned his head—blood-colored patterns began to emerge on his neck, resonating with the alarm of the Castle Defense Array.
As night fell, Luna rested her head on her brother's shoulder, gnawing on an ice crystal Teething Stick.
When the Horse-drawn Carriage entered the Castle Barrier, the baby suddenly spat out Colorful Bubbles towards the Watchtower.
As the last bubble burst, a strange Magical Fluctuation swept past Lucius's Jian Sui, and the fresh bloodstains on Young General's Silver Armor transformed into a Fire Phoenix ready to take flight.
While Aelia carried the sleeping Luna through the courtyard, Shou Ye and the Knight’s torches suddenly turned collectively towards the east.
The Lady of the Fortress brushed past a frosted fountain in her skirt embroidered with Bing Wen, and the starry reflection on the water suddenly twisted into a whirlpool.
In her dreams, Luna smacked her lips, a strand of silver hair quietly wrapping around her mother's pinky—tonight's wind carried the unique rippling fluctuations of a Magic Carpet gliding through the barrier.
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