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The Silver Light of the Star Compass swirled in the study, carrying fragments of Cedar Wood, while tiny ice crystals floated amidst Aelia's Red-Haired locks.
Her fingers, stained with Dan Kou, pinched a falling Parchment, as the Northern Witch's unique Frostflower Incantation spread from her feet to envelop the entire black Obsidian fireplace.
"Mother." Luna stepped over the scattered Shattered Porcelain shards, her soft infant voice laced with the pressure of a Great Mage. "You should be able to smell the Iris Powder mixed in with the Dragon Blood Contract."
Aelia's Emerald Eyes suddenly narrowed.
The matriarchs of Magic Castle had always known that Iris Powder was a secret concoction used by the prostitutes of West City to mask their scent.
Her Serpent-Shaped Silver Bracelet on her wrist suddenly elongated into a three-meter Ice Python, constricting the escaping Contract into Powder.
"Last year's Midsummer Night Festival, Father said he was going to inspect the border barrier." Luna stood on tiptoe to press down on her mother's trembling Fingertip, the Starry Mark faintly visible on her Mei Xin. "But his Horse-drawn Carriage had white Rose Petals on it—wasn't there a patch of White Roses growing at the base of the East Side wall of Magic Castle?"
Suddenly, a thunderclap echoed outside.
Aelia stumbled and knocked over a Gilded Candelabra, Wax dripping onto her skirt adorned with Dark Patterns, leaving Scorch Marks behind.
Twenty years ago on their wedding night, Leonard had knelt on the Ice Field, holding a White Rose as he swore his vows to her.
The memory gnawed at her heart like a venomous snake; she suddenly bent over and retched, expelling clots of blood that had crystallized into ice.
When Leonard burst into the study, drenched from the torrential rain, he found his wife pressing an Ice Blade against her throat.
His Liujin-trimmed cloak still dripped water as he raised his hand to reinforce the Soundproof Barrier. "Darling, you need to let me explain..."
"Explain how you used a Counter-Contract Spell to alter my memories?" Aelia's laughter was laced with Ice Shards; the tail of the Ice Python swept across her husband's neck. "Or explain about our child who is referred to as a 'Half-Elf Bastard'..." Her voice suddenly caught in her throat as blood-red light erupted from the serpent eyes of her Silver Bracelet.
Leonard raised an eyebrow, drawing his sword—Leonard's Sword "Dragon Breath"—with a sharp sound. "It seems that little Evil Thing has been feeding you lies." He abruptly turned towards Luna. "Speak!"
"Who taught you to pry into Astrology..."
"Last month on Shuo Yue night, you spent three hours at East Wall Rose Garden." Luna allowed the sword energy to sever a strand of her silver hair, tilting her head with an innocent smile. "That lady in the Canary Feather cloak, did she have black Pearl Earrings in her left ear?"
Lord's hand gripping the sword suddenly bulged with Veins.
Aelia's Ice Python let out a Screech, shattering all the glassware in the study—those black Pearl Earrings were a gift she had personally chosen for her husband last year during Ailya's Birthday Rune.
"Enough!" Leonard suddenly threw a Crystal Bottle, and from the mist emerged an image from Luna's Swaddling period. "Do you really think this possessed creature is our daughter?"
She is clearly...
"Clearly a Container summoned from another realm by your Blood Sacrifice Curse?" Luna suddenly rolled up her Sleeve, revealing a Dark Red Curse Mark writhing in the light of Lei Guang. "Too bad you forgot I carry the Reincarnation Mark—the Great Mage's Soul Fire, which excels at burning such filthy Contracts."
Aelia's Ice Blade suddenly positioned itself between the two.
The Frost Snow in her hair had spread halfway across Luna, yet her voice was unusually gentle: "My dear, do you remember when you helped me deal with that child back in the day? Did you also catch a whiff of the scent of Black Rose?"
The Dragon Breath Sword suddenly let out a mournful cry.
Leonard stumbled back against the bookshelf, watching as his wife crushed twelve hidden Defensive Rune Stones with her bare hands.
When the Astrolabe that Luna deliberately knocked over rolled to his feet, panic finally flashed in his Pupil—inside the Bronze Base, there was unmistakably a Rose Pattern left from last night's secret meeting with Leonard's Concubine.
The sound of the Ice Python's scales scraping against the black Obsidian Ground abruptly ceased, as ice crystals formed at Aelia Fingertip began to fall softly onto the surface of the Astrolabe.
The sting of the Rose Pattern from Chen Lu on the Bronze Base pricked at her eyes—last night’s torrential rain meant that only the flower room at East Wall could yield a White Rose adorned with Seven-colored Dewdrop.
Luna's silver hair danced in the air without wind, and suddenly, Baby Fat's Palm pierced through the remaining powder mist of the Crystal Bottle.
As Jin Wen's Sheepskin Scroll emerged from the void, Leonard's Sword glimmered with the Dragon Scale Pattern: "You think you can forge a Contract with Illusion Magic..."
"Father, would you like to smell the Huo Qi at the bottom right corner of the scroll?" Luna tiptoed closer to the seal, bringing it near the Ice Python's fangs. "It has the scent of Moonlight Grass Juice from the Elven tribe. You included this ingredient in Aunt Cessy's Birthday Gift last year."
Aelia's Ice Blade suddenly pierced the scroll, and the frozen ink blossomed into strange patterns on the Parchment.
Leonard stumbled back a step, his Adams Apple rolling as he caught sight of a Light Gold Hexagram Mark reflected in the ice—clearly a Luna, a mark only found in the direct Bloodline of the Glorious Demon Fortress!
"The Ankeli locked on the third floor of your study is not just some remote Fortress Defense Map." Luna's Baby Voice broke the silence as her Palm's dancing Soul Fire illuminated the hidden Magic Circle on the ceiling. "Last winter, during the Wind and Snow lockdown, a lady wrapped in Silver Fox Fur was holding a swaddled infant..."
The Dragon Breath Sword suddenly unleashed a Longyin that shook the Crystal Chandelier violently.
Leonard, engulfed in black mist, teleported in front of Luna but found his wrist ensnared by the Ice Python as he reached for the scroll.
Frost Flowers had climbed up Aelia's lashes, and within her frozen Lacrima lay a melting phantom of a Hexagram Birthmark.
"So those improved Defensive Rune Stones..." Aelia's voice seemed to come from deep within an Ice Field as her Silver Serpent suddenly bit down on Leonard's Sword. "Were they meant to protect the secret Nursery you hid in the East Tower?"
Veins bulged violently on Leonard's Hand Back, spreading up to his neck as he tore open his collar to reveal a Contract Mark at his collarbone: "Do you think I used Blood Sacrifice Curse for no reason?
The Magic Castle hasn't had a Newborn Loud Cry in nearly a century; the council has long since..." His defense abruptly ceased as Luna burned away the golden hair drifting from the scroll with her Soul Fire.
As the translucent infant phantom emerged in flames, all Magic Elements in the study began to run wild.
Aelia recognized the Emerald Pendant hanging around the phantom’s neck—it was a Holy Relic passed down from Leonard Family to their Eldest Son, now adorning an infant pupil glowing with a faint golden sheen characteristic of Elven lineage.
"Last year at Midsummer Night, you said you lost the Heirloom..." Aelia's Ice Blade suddenly split into Twelve Rays, transforming into Ice Spikes that pinned Leonard against the Astrolabe Remains. "Was it actually a protective charm made for the illegitimate child using the Elven Change of Fate Spell?"
The sound of hail crashing against the Colored Window grew deafening amidst the torrential rain.
As Leonard struggled, a silver chain snapped, rolling out an Amber bottle, its floating Rose Petals marked with a distinct lip print.
Luna gently shook the bottle wrapped in Soul Fire. "Do you need me to ask the Prophet Guild to verify the Saliva residue on it?"
Cold sweat froze into Ice Pearls on Lord's forehead. When he raised his hand to wipe it away, he realized his entire right arm was frozen to the bookshelf by Aelia's Frost Curse.
When Luna brought the Astrolabe base close to his eyes, he suddenly howled and shattered the Ice Layer, enveloping himself in black mist as he pulled the baby into his arms.
"Everyone step back!" Leonard's trembling Sword Tip pressed against Luna's back as he stumbled backward, crashing into a hidden door. "Anyone who dares to follow me will..." His threat faltered as he tripped over an overturned Ink Bottle, Peacock Blue liquid flowing down the steps of the Secret Passage.
Aelia's Ice Python flicked its tongue, ready to pursue, but was quietly stopped by Luna's Star Trail gesture.
As the unique Milk Fragrance of the baby mixed with the sandalwood scent of Soul Fire wafted past his nose, Leonard suddenly felt his Twin Legs weaken and knelt at the entrance of the secret chamber.
The Infant Girl in his arms poked at his Adams Apple with her Fingertip wrapped in Xing Mang, her clear Pupil reflecting his distorted image.
"Father, you're trembling so much." Luna tilted her head and nuzzled against his blood-stained clothing. Her chubby fingers pressed against the Family Crest on his chest. "What do you think will happen if the Elder Council discovers that thirty percent of the Emblem energy has been siphoned off by an illegitimate child..."
At that moment, as the hidden door slammed shut, Leonard's Hand Back Contract Mark suddenly oozed Hei Xue.
As he fumbled to light the Wall Lamp in the secret chamber, he noticed that the baby was playing with the Secret Silver Key that had slipped from his Waist—the key that should have been locked away in a box at the top of the East Tower, now strung with a Black Pearl engraved with Elvish Language meaning "Beloved."
The Wall Lamp flickered ominously with each clash of the Secret Silver Key, and Leonard's knees hit hard against the Azure Brick Ground embedded with moonstone.
His blood-stained fingers brushed against the edge of Luna's Swaddling, the stench of blood mingling with the aroma of the Elven brew, Cedar Wine—precisely what he had drunk last night to celebrate the newborn's first month.
"The glory of the Magic Castle cannot withstand such a scandal..." Suddenly, a dark purple-black pus oozed from the Contract Mark on his collarbone, slithering like a venomous snake in the glow of Luna's Soul Fire. "The elders are desperate to find an excuse to revoke our autonomy."
Luna's silver hair wrapped around his trembling wrist, the Starry Mark branding their skin where they touched, leaving a scorch mark.
The unique scent of baby powder turned sharp as a knife. "Father has made two mistakes—" she tapped her fingertip against the black Pearl Earrings, striking a clear sound on the Secret Silver Key. "First, it is you who should be kneeling now; second..." The Soul Fire surged suddenly, engulfing the surface of the pearl and revealing the Elven Love Poem etched within.
Leonard suddenly coughed violently, the blood he expelled freezing into ice upon the moonstone ground.
Ten years ago, when he had placed these Moonstone Earrings on Aelia, the Nursery in the West Tower of the Magic Castle had collapsed during its renovations.
Memories pierced into his temples like Poison Spikes, and he hazily saw the Family Crest on Luna's Swaddling absorbing the Dark Element from within the secret chamber.
"The Magic Castle hasn't seen a Newborn in nearly a century, which is why you dared to use the Blood Sacrifice Curse." Luna suddenly poked at his bulging veins on his neck, her clear pupils swirling with Star Trail illusions. "But you don't know that Aelia's mother lost a child back then, one that carried the Great Mage's Reincarnation Mark..."
Ice crystals suddenly fell from the dome of the secret chamber, Aelia's Frostflower Incantation seeping through the Door Gap.
Leonard was horrified to find that the Secret Silver Key was melting, and the black pearl engraved with "Beloved" emitted a screech akin to a baby's loud cry.
He hurriedly covered the pearl but heard Luna humming an East Tower lullaby in Elvish Language.
"Do you think the elders would be more excited by sensing the presence of a half-Elf than discovering the Blood Sacrifice Curse?" Luna's chubby palm pressed against his heart, and a Contract Scroll inscribed with Jin Wen emerged from thin air. "Now there are two choices—" The hourglass formed by her Soul Fire flipped in her palm. "Either I burn the Blood Sacrifice Contract immediately, causing an illegal Magical Fluctuation that resonates throughout the entire Magic Castle..."
The Dragon Scale Pattern on Leonard's Sword suddenly dimmed.
He stared at the image of his illegitimate child gradually appearing on the scroll, a secret hidden within the Wall Tile of East Tower using an improved Transfiguration Spell.
As the faint Golden Eyes of the baby in the image began to bleed, he finally roared and tore apart the silver chain, "What do you want?"
"First, restore the Inheritance Order of the Three Brothers." Luna's Starry Mark suddenly projected the curse from her elder brother in the wheelchair, "Before Sunrise Tomorrow, lift the curse on them." The Soul Fire surged from her fingertip into Leonard and Mei Xin, forcibly awakening the memories Leonard had sealed when he altered Aelia's memories—three years ago on Blizzard Night, when he personally planted the backlash curse into Eldest Son Meridian.
Suddenly, a Blood Curse emerged on the walls of the secret chamber, as the monitoring magic of the Elder Council began to awaken.
Leonard hurriedly cut his palm to erase the traces but heard Luna reciting the incantation to lift the Blood Sacrifice Curse in an ancient language of the Magic Castle.
His Contract Mark on his hand suddenly burned to a charred black, and a Loud Cry from the direction of the East Tower echoed through.
"Secondly, I want the Starfall Demon Crystal from the seventh level of the Magic Castle Treasury." Luna's silver hair moved without wind, her baby voice mixed with threefold echoes, "Three pieces every day until I grow my first Milk Tooth." She suddenly unveiled her swaddling to reveal the Reincarnation Mark on her heart; above it, the Projection of the Starfall Demon Crystal was spinning—an artifact shattered during the fall of a Great Mage a hundred years ago.
Leonard's sword slipped from his hand and fell to the ground, its Family Crest cracking with fine lines.
He recalled last night's emergence of Luna from the elven lineage within the illegitimate child and finally became aware that the Elder Council's spies had long infiltrated the East Tower.
As Luna's Soul Fire began to scorch the edges of the Contract Scroll, he frantically lunged forward to extinguish the flames with his palm, forgetting that his Blood Sacrifice Contract was linked to the scroll.
"Lastly..." Luna suddenly leaned close to his ear and whispered in a baby voice a secret passphrase known only to past Lords, "On every full moon night, I want to borrow your Dragon Breath Sword for three hours." Her fingertip gently traced along the Sword Body, and three Dragon Scales blessed by the elves suddenly shed—those were three Tokens of Love he had given to Leonard's Concubine last Midsummer Night.
Leonard's scream was swallowed by the barrier of the secret chamber, turning into sobs.
He watched helplessly as Luna stuffed the Dragon Scales into her swaddling; his Family Legacy sword, Leonard's Sword, was visibly rusting at an alarming rate.
When a roar from the East Tower signaled that the barrier was breaking, he finally broke down and grabbed Luna's silver hair, "I promise!
I promise everything!"
The Secret Silver Key suddenly melted into liquid, seeping into the gaps of the floor tiles, while Luna's Palm and Star Compass precisely captured the location of the elder council's hidden sentry.
She tilted her head, revealing an innocent smile. "But Luna's mouth can be uncontrollable. What if one day I accidentally mention the..."
"The Magic Castle will spare no resources to cultivate you!" Leonard suddenly clutched his throat, forcing out Heart's Blood to draw the Yin Ling Contract. "I swear by the soul of my ancestors, the Three Young Masters shall immediately lift the curse. In the name of the Moon Goddess, seal your treasure. The authority is now transferred!" As the Blood Pact formed, a mark from a bastard child’s nursing bite emerged on his nape, and the Dark Elf's Curse Pattern began to spread along that Tooth Mark.
Luna's Soul Fire suddenly enveloped the entire secret chamber, imprinting the contents of the Blood Pact into the Astrolabe Remains.
When Leonard fearfully discovered that the Contract contained a hidden clause stating "do not harm Aelia," a secret door was suddenly smashed open by an Ice Python.
Aelia stood at the mouth of the Secret Passage, her Frost Snow hair cascading down to her collarbone, yet she maintained the poise of the Lady of the Fortress.
"Mother!" Luna opened her small bloodstained hands and rushed into Aelia's embrace. The Starry Mark illuminated the ice crystals on her eyelashes. "Father said he would make me a cradle adorned with Starfall Demon Crystals."
The tip of the Ice Python's tail swept across Leonard's stiff neck, while Aelia gently wiped away the bloodstains from Luna's face with her fingertip, which was tinged with ice crystals.
As her gaze fell upon her husband's hand gripping a Black Pearl Fragment, the moonstone in the chamber's dome suddenly exploded simultaneously—the elder council's Alarm Crystal was blooming crimson fireworks above the Magic Castle.
The sound of Ice Python scales scraping against the ground was particularly jarring amidst Leonard's Sword Suddenly Emitted a Hum from the Alarm Crystal.
Aelia felt a unique chill emanating from the Starfall Demon Crystal in her arms. She lowered her gaze to Luna’s eyelashes where a Blood Pearl had formed, and with her Frost Snow-touched fingertip, she gently caressed the back of the baby’s neck—where there should have been a Hexagram Birthmark directly linked to the Magic Castle, but instead lay strange patterns woven with Star Trails.
"Mother, do you smell the Cedar Fragrance of Wisteria?" Luna suddenly pointed at a crack in the dome of the secret chamber where broken moonstone was oozing Lavender Liquid. "This is what the elder council uses to track forbidden magic—an Alchemical Developer."
Leonard staggered as he propped himself up with his rusted Dragon Breath Sword, gasping like a windbag. "Are you satisfied now? The fluctuations from lifting the Blood Sacrifice Contract..." Before he could finish his sentence, sounds from the East Tower erupted—a Spirit Harp resonated as Leonard's Sword Suddenly Emitted a Hum, and a bastard child's heart-wrenching Loud Cry pierced through the Three-Layer Barrier.
Aelia's Silver Serpent suddenly surged forth, dragging Leonard back to the center of the secret chamber as he attempted to escape towards the dark door.
Her Ice Crystal Pattern skirt swept across the ground littered with Black Pearl Fragments. She suddenly bent down, pressing her forehead against Luna's Mei Xin. "Darling, what conditions did he promise you?"
The unique Milk Fragrance of an infant mingled with the coldness of the Starfall Demon Crystal, hitting her face.
Luna's chubby fingers traced the Frost Flower on her mother's collarbone, and the Blood Contract Scroll of Jin Wen emerged suddenly between them. "Father said he would make new wands for my brothers and turn the East Tower into my Stargazing Platform."
A hissing sound of melting Mithril echoed from the shadows.
Leonard hunched in a corner, his back pressed against the wall. The Contract Mark on his hand was visibly rotting away, and the scent of his illegitimate child’s elven blood mingled with the red light of the Alarm Crystal, filling the chamber.
When Luna deliberately knocked over an Amber vial containing Alchemical Developer, Aelia's pupils constricted. The flowing liquid reflected a slender figure holding a baby on the ground, the edges of a Canary Feather cloak embroidered with Qin Si's unique vine patterns.
"Mother's hands are so cold." Luna suddenly wrapped her silver hair around Aelia's wrist, and the Starry Mark turned the Alchemical Developer seeping into the chamber into mist. "We should go in the name of the Moon Goddess, seal your treasure. It's time to pick a Starfall Demon Crystal. Father said that the Moonlight Satin on the seventh floor is perfect for making you a new cloak."
The Ice Python suddenly reared up and crashed through the hidden passage to the main fortress. Aelia turned for one last glance at her curled-up husband.
Leonard's bloodied knuckles dug into the Azure Brick gap, trying to grasp the melting Secret Silver Key.
The tattered hem of his cloak clung to a piece of Canary Feather, glowing ominously in the red light of the Alarm Crystal.
As they passed through the hidden passage, Luna's Soul Fire cast a flickering Star Map on the walls.
Aelia's Frostflower Incantation wove a Defensive Barrier over the Infant Swaddling without her awareness. When she stepped into the rotating door in the name of the Moon Goddess, seal your treasure, the Twelve Zodiac Stones embedded in the dome suddenly lit up simultaneously—this was the first time in a century that a Newborn had triggered Bloodline Authentication.
"Look, Mother!" Luna exclaimed excitedly, pointing at the Starfall Demon Crystal floating in mid-air. Her infant voice echoed ethereally in "In the name of the Moon Goddess, seal your treasure." "That diamond-shaped one is crying; it says it was stolen by bad elves for three days..."
Aelia suddenly pressed down on the wildly beating Temples.
The warm body in her arms seemed to embody both the softness of an infant and the oppressive presence of a Great Mage. As she tried to discern the surface of the Starfall Demon Crystal, a sudden sound of shattering porcelain echoed from the Southeast Corner, where Ankeli had accidentally broken the Jasmine Scent jar she had personally chosen for Qin Si last month.
Ice crystals crawled up her Skirt and bizarrely melted into black water upon touching a jewelry box adorned with vine patterns.
Luna's silver hair began to move as if stirred by an unseen wind, and the Starry Mark illuminated a half piece of Canary Feather within the jewelry box's Hidden Layer. The base of the feather was smeared with Cedar Resin, still carrying the unique scent of Magic Preservative from the East Tower.
"Madam!" Qin Si's panicked shout mixed with the hissing of an Ice Python came from outside the In the name of the Moon Goddess, seal your treasure. "The Defensive Rune Stone in the West Corridor has suddenly..."
Aelia abruptly turned around, and Luna in her arms let out a soft mewl like a kitten.
Within the Blue Light of the Starfall Demon Crystal, the infant's clear Pupil flashed with a fleeting Dark Red, reminiscent of the Counter-Contract Spell she had shattered with her Ice Blade last night.
As Qin Si's footsteps paused outside the Bronze Door, all the Xing Gong Shi in the Treasure Vault Dome suddenly extinguished. Only Luna's Heart bore a Reincarnation Mark, casting a shadow of a Light Gold figure cradling a swaddled infant in the darkness.
The sound of Ice Python scales scraping against the Ground echoed again, but Aelia felt that the weight in her arms had lightened slightly.
As she lowered her head to check under the newly illuminated light of Xing Gong Shi, she found Luna sleeping soundly while clutching the Starfall Demon Crystal. The infant's cheek was still dusted with Moonlight Pollen that had remained undisturbed for a century within the Dust of In the name of the Moon Goddess, seal your treasure.
The Black Pearl Fragments that had fallen onto the swaddling glimmered in Xing Mang, mingling with Qin Si's Jasmine Scent that was pinned in her hair this morning.
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