Chapter 404 Tea Party

Early morning at the Kinomoto family.

"Oh no! I overslept again--!"

At the entrance, Sakura was hurriedly tidying up her clothes. Because she had experienced too many things last night, she overslept again this morning.

Looking at Sakura's flustered look, Kinomoto Fujitaka smiled and said, "Did you forget to bring anything?"

"no!"

Sakura put her beanie on her head, made sure she had everything, quickly put on her roller skates, and waved, "I'm leaving!"

"Be careful on the road."

After waving goodbye to his daughter who was going to school, Fujitaka turned around and prepared to go back into the house to pack his things as he also had to go to work.

Just as he turned around, he suddenly saw a beautiful figure. The vague shadow gradually solidified in front of his eyes and turned into a person he missed day and night.

"Nadeshiko?"

"it's me."

Kinomoto Nadeshiko, who had angel wings and a gentle and beautiful face, appeared in front of Fujitaka.

Although he didn't know whether it was true or not, tears subconsciously welled up in Fujitaka's eyes. After a few seconds, he wiped his tears of excitement and couldn't help asking.

"W-why can I see you? I don't have Touya's power..."

"We'll talk about this later."

Nadeshiko also had a gentle smile on her face. She slowly floated to Fujitaka's side, stretched out her arms to hold him in her arms, and told him her thoughts in his ear.

"Now I just want to tell you one thing, I'm so happy to see you again, Fujitaka!"

Fujitaka had no other thoughts at this moment. He reached out and hugged his wife whom he missed every night, and replied sincerely: "Me too."

……

Youzhi Primary School.

classroom.

"Good morning--!"

Sakura, who had been rushing along without stopping for a moment, finally managed to push open the classroom door and walk in just before the bell rang.

Qianchun and the others who had been waiting in the classroom also applauded and spoke one by one.

"As expected of Sakura!"

"You run really fast."

"This is the fastest record from the playground to the classroom. You've surpassed yourself again, Sakura."

Sakura scratched her head embarrassed by her friend's teasing, and quickly returned to her seat, put down her schoolbag, looked at Tomoyo beside her and asked.

"Am I the last one to arrive again?"

"No."

Tomoyo smiled and shook his head, then looked at the seat behind Sakura and said with a smile: "There is another person rushing here as well."

"Someone else?"

"Good morning--!"

As soon as Sakura finished speaking, another greeting was heard, attracting Sakura's attention.

"Little Wolf!?"

Looking at Li Syaoran who followed closely behind her into the classroom, Xiaoying exclaimed in surprise, but she didn't know what she was thinking about. She immediately sat down with a blush on her face, not daring to look at Li Syaoran who was walking towards her.

After sitting down at his seat, Li Syaoran looked in front of him and greeted Sakura again, "Good morning..."

"morning……"

Sakura tilted her head slightly, her face flushed, and she whispered a hello back before lowering her head again.

"Take your seat."

"Okay."
Suddenly, the front door of the classroom opened again, and Terada Yoshiyuki walked in. The students responded and sat back in their seats.

After the students were seated and the class meeting began, Terada Yoshiyuki spoke up, "I have to announce a sad news today. Hiiragi Elliot will be transferring to the UK."

"Huh?"
"Because he will be returning to England the day after tomorrow morning, he has to take leave today and tomorrow to handle the formalities and clean up the house he is staying in temporarily..."

After hearing the teacher's announcement at the podium, Sakura and Li Syaoran turned their heads at the same time and looked at the empty seat where Elio had originally been.

Noticing Xiaoying's movements in front of him, Li Xiaolang suddenly asked: "Are you going to his house this afternoon?"

When Sakura noticed him, he said again, "I want to go too."

"Um……"

Sakura blushed a little, a smile appeared on her lips, and she nodded slightly.

Xia Yu, who was standing by, couldn't help but complain when he heard the teacher's announcement, "Another transfer student has left. The last one was Mei Ling, and this time it's Elio. Who will be the next transfer student? It won't be me, will it?"

As soon as he complained, Zhi Shi in front of him suddenly turned around and asked quietly, "Xia Jun, do you want to transfer to another school?"

"No, not at all."

Xia Yu shook his head. How could he possibly want to separate from the person he loved? Transferring to another school or something like that was totally out of the question.

After hearing this, Zhishi held his chest, breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a little dissatisfaction.

"Really? Xia Jun just scared me to death. Don't say such hurtful words again in the future."

"Sorry, no more."

Xia Yu reached out and pulled his mouth like a zipper. It seemed that he had to be careful with his words in the future.

After all, someone cares about him, to the extent that they take every word he says to heart.

The class time can be said to be neither fast nor slow, but for Xia Yu, school is over in the blink of an eye.

In the afternoon, at Elio's doorstep.

Sakura and her friends have changed into their regular clothes, ready to come here to seek explanation from Elio. Kero also pops his head out of Sakura's bag and looks at this place they are visiting for the first time.

"Is this his home?"

"Ah."

Sakura nodded and prepared to go forward and push open the iron gate, but as soon as she took a step, the iron gate opened automatically, as if to welcome her.

Although Elio had explained some of her doubts yesterday, there were still bigger doubts that had not been explained.

However, she knew that Elio had achieved his goal and would not do anything else, so she just walked in.

When they arrived at the door, before Sakura could reach out, the door handle suddenly turned by itself and the door opened by itself.

Then, on the walls inside the corridor, candles automatically lit up in sequence. Under the flickering candlelight, it felt like an eerie castle in a horror movie.

"It's so terrifying. I don't know whether they are welcoming us or chasing us away." Xia Yu was walking behind, looking at the scene, and couldn't help but curl his lips and complain.

"Don't be rude, Xia Jun." Zhishi reached out and pulled Xia Yu, reminding him.

"Yes, Miss."

After the little episode, several people walked inside again. Following the guidance of the candlelight, they came to a corridor lit only by candlelight. At the end of the corridor was a wooden door.

Looking at the wooden door at the end, Sakura murmured, "I can feel Mr. Kuro's presence again."

Xiao Ke also flew out at this time and replied: "I gradually remembered that Yue and I did live here with Kuro."

"But you never remembered, did you?"

"It's very likely that he used magic to erase our memories, but now that the magic has been lifted, I remember it, but..."

At this point, Xiao Ke crossed his arms and said, "Why did he want to remove the magic? Did he feel that there was no need to hide it anymore?"

"Stop making wild guesses. Why don't you just ask him directly?"

Xia Yu reached out and tapped Xiao Ke's round head, then looked at Xiao Ying and said, "Let's go, since we're here anyway."

"Ok!"

Sakura nodded, her eyes determined, and walked forward. Tomoyo took out her camera and filmed Sakura as she walked forward.

After passing through the corridor, I looked at the door in front of me which opened automatically, and the scene behind the door which was rather dark as there was no light on.

Sakura didn't hesitate and stepped in with firm steps.

Snapped--!
Snapped--! !

Snapped--! ! !
"Uh-huh!"

Suddenly, the sound of firecrackers was heard, and Sakura was so scared that she quickly put her hands in front of her eyes and subconsciously screamed.

When the sound disappeared, the originally dim room automatically lit up. Looking around, the long dining table was filled with exquisite food, which looked quite warm under the light.

"welcome."

The big moth was wearing a maid outfit and holding fireworks and firecrackers to welcome the guests.

Elio was wearing a Chinese robe and sitting at the end of the long dining table. His chair was the red high-back chair that spanned time.

"I'm waiting for you."

Looking at this scene, Sakura was still a little dazed. Seeing this, Nakuru walked forward with a smile and invited her.

"Come, come here, everything is ready."

"well……"

"Wait, wait! What are you preparing for? What's going on?" Xiao Ke hurriedly flew in front of Nakuru, pointed his finger, and stomped his feet in the air. It still didn't understand what had happened.

At this time, Sibi also flew out and pulled the cover of the teapot open, saying, "You can tell by looking at it, it's a tea party."

"We are here to ask what happened during this period of time!" Xiao Ke was dancing with joy, looking very angry.

Seeing this, Elio crossed his arms and smiled, "It will be easier to talk when there are delicious snacks."

"Damn it - you sound exactly like Kuro."

"Come, please take a seat. Don't worry, it's all over."

Following this sentence, several people took their seats. After they were seated, Elio said again: "So, where should we start?"

Sakura frowned slightly and asked, "I have always felt Mr. Kuro's presence whenever something strange happened. What is this..."

"I did it all."

After this was said, before Sakura said anything, Xiao Ke was already quite dissatisfied and said: "Sakura has become the new owner of the Clow Cards, why are you still making things difficult for her?"

“There are two reasons for this.”

Elio smiled and answered: "First, because Sakura's magic power is "Star Power". Sakura, do you still remember the spell before the seal key changed?"

"My magic..."

Sakura murmured, thinking back and continued: "The key that hides the power of darkness, show me your true power..."

"But the new key is..."

"Star power!"

"That's right. The magic power of the Clow Cards comes from my dark power. As the new owner, your magic power comes from the power of stars."

As soon as this explanation came out, Li Syaoran, who also knew something about magic, immediately understood and said, "I see, so the new Star Wand can't use the old Clow Cards!"

"So Elio didn't do anything. The magic didn't work because the magic properties of the cards and the keys are completely different." Naku stayed aside to help explain.

But after hearing this, Xiao Ke was still confused and said, "But, when Sakura caught Yue in the Last Judgement, she was still able to use the Wind Card! At that time, her magic wand had already turned into a Star Wand."

"That's because of the Moon Bell." Sibi explained.

Hearing this answer, Sakura immediately remembered the teacher who helped her during the trial, and subconsciously said: "Tsuki no Bell, that belongs to teacher Mizuki..."

"I injected the power of the moon into that bell because the Wind card is a card with moon attributes." Elio replied.

"So, you already knew that I could use the Wind Card against the Moon?"

"Yes."

Elio smiled at Sakura and replied, "Because you are such a gentle child, the card you will use in the end will definitely be this one that will not hurt anyone but can trap the opponent."

Sakura lowered her head shyly when she heard that. Elio continued, "In the short term, the dark power I left on the cards can still keep the Clow Cards active. But in the long run, the Clow Cards will gradually lose their magic power and become ordinary cards."

"But it would be too dangerous to transform the Clow Cards out of thin air with only your initial magic power."

"so……"

Sakura smiled gently and replied softly, "You designed those events so that I had to transform the Clow Cards, right?"

Li Xiaolang also understood everything and said subconsciously, "So that's how it is."

"I'm sorry, Sakura, I actually know about this, but I didn't tell you. Please forgive me." At this moment, Tomoyo suddenly looked at Sakura and said.

“Eh? Tomoyo knows that too!?”

These words made Sakura, Li Syaoran, and even Xiao Ke look at the same time. The three of them were quite surprised. They never expected that Tomoyo among them had already known about it.

"Yes, in fact, I knew it not long after the strange things happened."

"Why would Tomoyo know?"

"Because Xia Jun told me in advance, and he actually knew it before me." "Xia-san!?"

Facing the surprised looks from others, Xia Yu, who was stuffing dessert into his mouth, was stunned. He had to swallow the dessert in his mouth, then picked up the teacup in front of him, took a sip, and nodded in reply.

"Tomoyo is right. In fact, I already knew this shortly after Elio came here."

"Why did you know this so early? And since you knew it, why didn't you tell us?" Xiao Ke flew in front of Xia Yu in dissatisfaction and glared at him fiercely.

"I know, I know. I can't explain it."

Xia Yu raised his hand to push Xiao Ke away and replied, "As for why I didn't tell you? Didn't Elio and the others make it clear at the beginning? There must be a reason."

"hateful……"

Xiao Ke stamped his feet helplessly, looked at Xia Yu suspiciously and said, "Could it be that you know the magic of prophecy? That's why you knew it in advance?"

"No, I don't. Although I think I could have it, but unfortunately I don't want to, so I don't have it. Besides..."

At this point, Xia Yu looked at Elio, chuckled and said, "If we knew everything about the future, wouldn't life be too boring? The unknown is worth looking forward to."

Elio nodded in agreement and replied, "Indeed."

Elio's sudden reply also made Xiao Ke look over and questioned, "So what's the reason? Why did you choose to hide it in the beginning!?"

“Isn’t it obvious at a glance?”

Nakuru took a sip from the teacup and explained, "Do you think that Elio revealed his identity, said he would help you transform the Clow Cards, and then created some events, so that you can transform the Clow Cards?"

"This……"

"To transform a Clow Card, you must possess magical power equal to or greater than that of Clow. Unfortunately, when we arrived at Tomoeda Town, your master did not have such power."

"It's because we don't know who caused it that we work hard. When we transform the Clow Cards, our magic power will increase accordingly, so that the transformations will go more smoothly later."

At this time, Spi flew to Sakura's side and explained with a smile: "Elio has been waiting for you as a peer and accompanying you as your classmate, just to help you turn all the Clow Cards into Sakura Cards."

After it finished speaking, it landed in front of Xiao Ke again and said with a smile: "Do you understand now?"

Facing the question from Sibi, Xiaoke, who was still a little unhappy and pouting, simply picked up a small piece of cake next to her, stuffed it into Sibi's mouth with her backhand, and then kicked it in.

"I understand everything!"

After having the cake eaten, Spicy burped and a blush instantly appeared on his face. He was drunk again.

Looking at the noisy Sibi and Xiaoke, Xiaoying smiled gently, looked at Zhishi and Xia Yu who were sitting opposite and said: "Thank you, I know you didn't tell me because of my own good."

After that, she looked at Elio and said, "Thank you too, Elio. Thank you so much. It turns out you know everything. I became the new owner of the Clow Cards, and my magic power is not enough to change the cards."

"it's not true."

"Eh?"

In response to Sakura's words, Elio suddenly shook his head and said, "Because something happened that neither Clow Reed nor I could have anticipated."

"What is it that even Clow Reed couldn't have expected?"

Li Xiaolang opened his mouth to ask, but found that his tone just now seemed a little casual, so he quickly sat up straight and spoke again in honorifics.

"Excuse me, what is it?"

Looking at the slightly reserved Li Xiaolang, Elio chuckled and said, "You don't have to be so polite."

After he finished speaking, he glanced at Li Xiaolang, then at Xiaoying, and said with a smile: "Let's keep it a secret for now."

Faced with this secret, Chise seemed to understand something and couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh.

"Then, another reason is..."

Only now did Elio mention another reason. He smiled helplessly and said, "For myself."

"When I was still Clow Reed, this overly powerful magic bothered me a little. As classmate Xia Yu just said, being able to predict everything in the future is not a pleasant life."

"So before Clow Reed died, he split his soul into two, one is me, Elio, and the other is your father, Kinomoto Fujitaka."

“But even though the soul has been split in two, the magic power has not been split in two. Even if I have Clow Reed’s magic power, it won’t work. And if I want to do something that Clow Reed’s magic power can’t achieve, I can only rely on someone with more magic power than Clow Reed.”

At this point, Elio looked at Sakura and said, "And that person is you, Sakura."

"I?"

Sakura pointed at herself, and Elio nodded and said, "Yes, you have used your power to transform all the Clow Cards made by Clow Reed into Sakura Cards. Your magic power has already surpassed Clow Reed, so you can divide your magic power in half just like you split your soul."

"And yesterday's magic was for this purpose. I am finally... no longer the strongest magician."

At this point, Elio stood up solemnly, bowed slightly to Sakura and said, "Thank you, Sakura. I'm really sorry for making you suffer so much before."

"The Clow Cards, Keruberos and Yue, I'm leaving them to you."

"it is good!"

After explaining everything clearly, Elio sighed slightly, but did not sit back in his seat. He said again: "By the way, Sakura, there may be one more thing that will trouble you."

"Eh? What's the matter?"

"In fact, there is a sealed Clow Card that has not appeared until now, and I don't know when it will appear."

"What!?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Xiaoke, who was bullying Spicy with desserts, flew over quickly and said in surprise.

"Aren't there only 52 Clow Cards? How come there is another one? How come I've never heard of it?"

"Because that card was made by Clow Reed to correspond to the 52 cards, and it has never been used."

"Is there another card like this?"

"Yes, all Clow Cards have positive power. Cards are used to produce specific things. However, this is the only one that is different."

At this point, Elio frowned slightly and said, "This sealed card will make everything disappear."

"No?" Sakura asked doubtfully.

“It has the power to return everything to nothingness.”

"Wait, why did Kuro Reedo make such a dangerous card?" Li Syaoran couldn't help but ask.

"Because the Clow Cards have very strong magic, but if the magic is too strong, it may be out of control. If there is positive power, there must be an equally strong negative force."

"Is this... the theory of Yin and Yang?" Li Xiaolang thought for a second and asked speculatively.

"Yes."

"Wait, what is the Yin-Yang theory?"

After hearing the conversation between Li Syaoran and Elio, Sakura asked questions in confusion, and again some terms appeared that she couldn't understand.

"The Yin-Yang theory is a philosophical thought. Anything can be divided into Yin and Yang. Everything exists in the way of Yin and Yang. It can be simply summarized into four aspects: Yin and Yang opposition, Yin and Yang mutual dependence, Yin and Yang rise and fall, and Yin and Yang transformation."

After Li Xiaolang finished explaining, Elio continued, "The Clow Cards combine Eastern and Western theories, so the Clow Cards also have the power of yin and yang that pull each other together, so that they can maintain balance."

After listening to their explanation, Xiao Ke reacted and asked in surprise: "Wait, does that mean that the sealed card has the same magic power as the other 52 cards?"

"Yes."

"What!?"

"When the Clow Cards were still the original Clow Cards, the positive and negative could still be balanced, but now that all 52 cards have become Sakura Cards, the remaining card will be completely unsealed."

At this point, Elio sighed again and said, "I don't know if it was Clow Reed who wanted to test the heir. He carved a sealing magic circle on the card and let it go on its own. Therefore, I, who inherited the memory, don't know where the card is now."

"But there is one thing I know. When all 52 cards are transformed, the seal on that card will be lifted. Only by turning that card into a Sakura card as well can balance be restored."

"Will you change that card into a Sakura card as well?"

Xiaoying murmured, then smiled and said, "Of course it will be possible. It will be no problem at all!"

"Yes, it's absolutely no problem for you!"

Suddenly, a voice familiar to everyone came from behind the closed door.

When Sakura heard the voice, she looked in surprise, and the door opened, and a person who was unexpected by everyone walked in with a smile.

"Teacher Mizuki!?"

Looking at the tall figure walking in, Elio stepped forward to greet him. Guanyue Gefan also walked over slowly, and after being greeted by Elio, he sat down on the red high-back chair.

"Thank you for your hard work, Elio."

"Thank you...Ge Fan."

Noticing the gentle expressions on the two people's faces as they looked at each other, Tomoyo raised his hand to cover his mouth, feeling slightly surprised.

She subconsciously moved closer to Xia Yu beside her and whispered in his ear: "Xia-kun, Teacher Guanyue and classmate Hiiragi, are they also..."

"Yeah, so this world is actually really cruel."

Looking at the two people looking at each other tenderly, Xia Yu smacked his lips, leaned close to Zhishi's ear and whispered quietly: "But I don't know who took the initiative between them."

If it was Guan Yue Gefan who took the initiative, then she was very punished. If it was Elio who took the initiative, then it would be even more punished.

Although Elio seems to be the same age as Sakura, he is actually the same age as Kinomoto Fujitaka. After all, they were born on the same day.

Elio is as old as Fujirō, not counting the memories that Elio inherited.

The relationship between the two is more complicated than that between him and Tomoyo. The older-looking Mitsuki Utaho is actually the younger one. The age difference between them may be even greater than that between him and Tomoyo.

Tomoyo and Xia Yu were whispering on this side, and Sakura on the other side also came back to her senses from her surprise.

She asked in surprise, "Does Teacher Guanyue also know Elio?"

"Well, I met him when I was studying in England."

"Then my writing to you is also..."

"I really want to tell you the truth, but I think that will hinder your efforts..."

At this point, Guan Yue Ge Fan also bowed his head slightly and apologized, "I'm sorry."

In response to this apology, Sakura shook her head and said, "If I knew the truth, I would definitely not work so hard. Besides, it is because the teacher kept writing letters to encourage me that I worked so hard."

"Damn it, why do I feel like everything was within your expectations!" Seeing this, Xiao Ke crossed his arms across his chest in displeasure and glared at Elio.

"No."

Elio shook his head again and smiled, "As I said earlier, something happened that neither Clow Reed nor I expected."

"No matter how powerful the magic is, it is difficult to predict the human heart, especially the heart of love."

Noticing this, Chise, who knew the whole thing, chuckled, but seemed to remember something and asked with some concern.

"I have a question. If Sakura's magic power is now stronger than Mr. Kuro's, will Sakura be able to predict everything that will happen in the future like Mr. Kuro and you?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Li Xiaolang and others, who had not thought of this before, immediately showed worried expressions.

After all, whether it was Xia Yu, Clow Reedo, or Elio, they all expressed displeasure at being able to predict this.

If Sakura suddenly possessed this ability, it would not be something to celebrate.

However, in the face of their concerns, Elio just shook his head and smiled: "Don't worry, if things turn out like that, I won't do these things."

"Like Daidoji-san said, Sakura's magic power is much stronger than mine and even that of Clow Reed in the past."

"Because of this, she can control powers that even Clow Reed cannot. If Sakura didn't want the power to predict the future, then this ability would not be activated."

Hearing this, Zhishi smiled with relief and said, "I feel relieved when you say that."

Elio also smiled and said, "You are really a gentle person."

When all the doubts were answered, the atmosphere became warm again.

But Elio was suddenly startled, as if he sensed something. He smiled slightly and said, "I'll go get some more snacks."

After saying that, he walked out the door, came to the corridor, and looked at the other person who had just arrived here.

"Aren't you going in, Yue?"

"You haven't answered my question yesterday."

Yue, who had transformed back into her original form, was standing in the corridor, staring at Elio and asking his questions.

"Since you are able to reincarnate, why do you need us to decide on a new master?"

"You should understand this, too."

Elio came to Yue, looked up at the guardian who had followed Clow Reed, and said softly: "Even if I have all the memories of my past life, I am no longer Clow Reed himself."

"There is absolutely no such thing as resurrection from the dead. At least he doesn't want to, so he entrusted you to Sakura."

Hearing this, Yue leaned against the wall weakly, and her body collapsed. Elio also gently embraced Yue in his arms and asked, "Don't you like Sakura?"

"No...I don't dislike her."

"That means I like you very much."

Feeling Yue's mood, Elio gently stroked Yue's head, just like Clow Reed did in the past.

"Tsuki, I'm really glad to be here so I can meet Sakura, as well as Keruberos, who was created by Clow Reed, and you."

"Also, some unexpected things happened." Facing Yue, Elio began to talk about the secret that he had not told Sakura.

"The first thing is your disguised form's heart. I thought that Yukito's favorite was his true owner, Sakura. Sakura would always like Yukito."

"But the truth is not like that. You know Yukito's heart best. The person he loves most is Sakura's brother."

"As for who Sakura likes the most... maybe soon, we will all know."

(End of this chapter)