The sunny boy in Cardcaptor Sakura

Chapter 582 Kindness
The Wood family.

"I am back."

As the door opened, Kinomoto Fujitaka walked in carrying a briefcase.

Hearing this voice, Sakura, who was wearing an apron and cooking dinner, quickly poked her head out of the kitchen door and greeted happily: "Welcome back, dinner will be ready soon."

“So reliable.”

Fujitaka smiled back at Sakura, who scratched her head a little embarrassedly, chuckled, and retreated back into the kitchen.

When they returned to the kitchen, Sakura first glanced at the electric cooker that was simmering the stew, then turned to look at Xiao Ke who was floating nearby, and asked in a low voice.

"Xiao Ke, do we really have to confess our story to Dad?"

"After all, my brother already knows about it. It would be a bit pitiful if only my father didn't know."

Xiao Ke sighed softly, and then changed the subject: "But this depends on you, Xiaoying. If you want to tell dad, I don't mind. If you want to continue to hide it from dad, of course I can do that too."

Having said that, Xiao Ke immediately said in a resentful tone as soon as he finished speaking: "Anyway, I have been hiding at home for so long, it doesn't matter if I continue to hide. The only thing is that I can't eat at the table, and I can't come out of your room when there are people at home. I can only be locked in your room like a ghost..."

"..."

Listening to Xiao Ke's rather resentful words, Xiao Ying felt a little embarrassed, and quickly clapped her hands with her fists, and quickly replied: "It's decided, let's tell Dad at dinner time, how about it?"

"Great!!"

Xiao Ke raised his hands and shouted, flapping his wings happily. He flew back and forth while chirping, "Now I can come to the living room anytime. I don't have to be locked up in the house all the time."

Looking at Xiaoke's excited appearance, Xiaoying curled the corners of her mouth, but couldn't help feeling a little guilty.

She should have thought of it earlier. Xiaoke would not want to be locked in the room all the time. If she could have noticed Xiaoke's mood earlier, she should have confessed to her brother and father long ago.

But thinking about it this way, she seemed to have to thank her brother for witnessing that scene, otherwise she might still not be aware of Xiaoke's mood.

Time passed slowly and dinner was ready soon.

After bringing dinner to the table, while the stinky old man hadn't come back yet, Sakura tugged at her father's sleeve and said a little embarrassedly.

"...Dad, I have something I want to tell you that I have been hiding from you for a long time."

Although I have made up my mind to tell my father, I always feel embarrassed and can't say it when I think about telling my father in person that I am actually a magical girl who can perform magic.

But under Xiaoke's urging, she had to take this step and suppressed her shame to find her father.

Seeing Sakura's embarrassed look, Fujitaka was stunned at first, then he smiled gently: "What's the matter?"

"this and that……"

Sakura's eyes were wandering, her face blushing as she pulled her father to sit on the sofa. She then opened her mouth, felt a little uneasy, and tightened her legs.

What should I do? I am still embarrassed. It would be better if Xiao Ke came out and explained it herself. Why should she have to speak?
Noticing Sakura's conflicted expression, Fujitaka said gently, "If you're not ready yet, I can wait a little longer."

"No, I'm ready!"

Sakura raised her head quickly and raised her voice a little. She realized that she was a little excited, and she lowered her head a little embarrassedly: "I'm ready..."

Seeing this, Fujitaka did not urge her, but just waited quietly for Sakura to continue.

After being silent for about ten seconds, Sakura, who had prepared herself mentally, slowly raised her head and said to her father, "Dad, something incredible actually happened to me."

"Something incredible?"

Fujitaka repeated, still looking at Sakura tenderly, not seeming surprised.

But Xiaoying was a little surprised. She asked in surprise: "Dad, why don't you look surprised at all?"

"Well, how should I put it? Actually, I have already anticipated some incredible things happening to you."

“Ugh!?”

Fujitaka smiled faintly, facing Sakura's surprised gaze, he explained: "Nadeshiko is an incredible person who can talk to things that do not exist, and can communicate with things that cannot be communicated."

At this point, Fujitaka recalled with a gentle look in his eyes: "And Touya is the same in this regard. It seems that he inherited Nadeshiko's talent."

When Sakura heard what her father said, she was stunned. She didn't even have time to ask her father why he knew it, and she couldn't help but ask.

"Dad, do you believe those things? Don't you think they are unbelievable?"

"Of course not."

Fujitaka responded with a smile, but his eyes looked a little lonely for a moment, "But I can't feel anything, I can't hear anything, so I might be a little lonely."

At this point, he turned his head and looked at Sakura again: "Especially in your matter, Sakura, I can't give you any understanding."

"Dad, you know about me? Since when did you know about me?!"

“I don’t know the exact details.”

Fujitaka shook his head slightly and continued, "But I noticed that it was something I couldn't solve, and since you were in the fourth grade of elementary school, you have been involved in various troubles."

"…So you know everything, Dad."

And she knew it since she became the Magician of Cultivator Kuro. Sakura suddenly felt frustrated. Hadn't she been hiding anything from the beginning?
Her brother knew it, and her father knew it too, so when she was in elementary school, she would wait until everyone in the family fell asleep before secretly climbing out the window and leaving home to deal with the Clow Cards. Why?
Suddenly I felt like I was wasting my efforts, and I felt so sad.

But this feeling of frustration came and went quickly. Sakura regained her spirits and asked in confusion: "Then why didn't you come to ask me, Dad? And why did you pretend that you didn't know and let me go?"

"Because you're Sakura."

Fujitaka reached out and gently stroked Sakura's head, and said with love in his eyes: "You are a good child who can cherish yourself and the people around you. You also have good friends who can stand by you, right? I believe you can handle your own affairs, so I haven't asked you yet."

"dad……"

After hearing these words, Sakura was deeply moved. It turned out that not only her brother but her father also trusted her.

"So what are you hiding, Sakura? You're not hiding anything!"

Just as the warm atmosphere was gradually spreading, Xiaoke suddenly rushed out of Sakura's pocket, stretched out his short little hands, poked Sakura's head, and muttered to himself.

"My brother and dad already knew all this. You didn't hide anything."

In response to Xiaoke's pointing and criticizing, Xiaoying kept silent and lowered her head. How could she know that she had failed to hide the matter? She even thought she had hidden it very well.

Unexpectedly, she was the only one in the family who was kept in the dark.

Woo woo woo, it turns out that I was the stupid one.

Sakura couldn't help but cover her face with her hands and buried her head in the sofa like an ostrich. She felt ashamed and embarrassed for her own stupidity. Why was she always so stupid?

"You are……"

On the other side, Fujitaka looked at Xiao Ke in surprise. Although he knew that something incredible had happened to Sakura, he still didn't expect that such a rag doll would suddenly fly out.

"Oh, my name is Korberos, a sealed beast created by the great magician Clow Reed!" Seeing that Fujitaka noticed him, Xiao Ke hurriedly introduced himself.

As early as the final battle between Sakura and Elio, it already knew that the person in front of it was one of the soul clones of its former master, Clow Reed, but he did not inherit Clow Reed's memories and magic.

Therefore, when facing Fujitaka, Xiao Ke directly adopted the same attitude as he faced his previous master, without any improper look at all.

After introducing its origins, it quickly said, "But my current master is Sakura, and I am Sakura's guardian beast."

"The one who protects Sakura?"

Fujitaka came back to his senses and smiled, and introduced himself: "Hello, I'm Kinomoto Fujitaka, Sakura's father."

"Uh-huh, hello, dad."

Hearing her father and Xiaoke introducing themselves to each other, Sakura, filled with shame, slightly opened her fingers and said embarrassedly.

"Dad, this is what happened to me. Let Xiaoke tell you the details."

Anyway, she couldn't explain it with a normal mind, it was too embarrassing.

After hearing this, Fujitaka looked at Xiao Ke in front of him, recalled for a moment, and suddenly smiled: "Hmm... I remember, this is not the first time I have seen you, Keruberos."

“Ugh—!!”

"Hey!?"

As soon as these words came out, Xiao Ke and Xiao Ying were both shocked. The man and the beast looked at each other with disbelief in their eyes. Xiao Ke quickly asked: "Um, when was the last time you saw me?"

Could it be when Clow Reed was still alive?

But logically speaking, Elio is the only one who inherited the memory. Sakura's father should not have any memory at all, so why does he still remember it?

Facing the surprised gazes of Kero and Sakura, Fujitaka recalled and said, "I remember it was when Sakura was in fifth grade."

"I was on my way to work when it suddenly got dark, and then I ran into you guys unknowingly. At that time, you didn't seem to be like you are now. You looked like a mighty tiger."

At this point, Fujitaka said with a hint of apology: "I'm sorry, for some reason, I only remembered this part of my memory after seeing you. I had no impression of this part of my memory before."

After hearing this explanation, Kero and Sakura subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief. They were so scared that they thought it was Clow Reed's memory that was preserved.

It turns out that it was what happened during the confrontation with Elio in fifth grade, so it’s okay.

As far as they know, after the confrontation, Elio gave half of his magic power to Fujitaka. Afterwards, in order to prevent Fujitaka from intervening in the magic world, Elio secretly used magic to make him forget what happened.

Now it seems that Elio did not use the forgetting magic directly, but only sealed up Fujitaka's part of the memory.

When they see the corresponding objects, their memories will be revived and they will remember what happened that day.

"So, Dad has not only met Xiaoke, but also Yue." Sakura sighed.

After all, during that confrontation with Elio, both Kero and Yue showed their true forms and stood beside her, so her father must have remembered it.

"moon?"

Fujitaka repeated the name and asked curiously, "Is this the name of the man with silver hair and wings?"

"Well, it's Yue. Like Xiao Ke, it's also my guardian."

"I see."

Upon hearing this, Fujitaka said softly: "It turns out that in a world I don't know about, there is someone protecting you, Sakura."

"Hey hey hey..."

Just as Sakura was grinning, bubbles with soft light appeared out of thin air again, but this time they appeared from where Fujitaka was.

Fujitaka, who was the first to notice this, let out a subconscious exclamation, and woke up Sakura who was still grinning.

Looking at the soft bubbles that were exactly the same as those in the botanical garden, Sakura was stunned again. Could this also be...

As the thought came to mind, Sakura took out the crystal key from her chest, unsealed it into a magic wand, and then gently tapped the bubble in front of her father.

"Card acquisition."

Crackling——!
The crystal spreads and the seal appears.

Along with the crystals flying everywhere, a card emitting a faint blue glow appeared.

Sakura reached out and caught it, looking down.

The artistic Chinese character "慈爱" is written at the top of the card, and the English word "KINDNESS" is written at the bottom. The card surface is painted with a middle-aged man elf wearing a robe and holding a staff. He has a "doctoral hat" on his head and a loving look in his eyes, as if he is looking at someone.

Looking at the familiar person on the card, Sakura couldn't help but hold it to her heart, with the corners of her mouth slightly raised.

This is also a very, very gentle card.

"Sakura, is this the incredible thing that happened to you?" Fujitaka, who had watched the whole process, asked when he saw that Sakura had finished.

"Yeah, that's what happened to me."

Sakura placed the newly acquired kindness card on the table and no longer felt ashamed of the matter. She told her father in detail all the incredible things that had happened to her, starting from the time she was tricked by Kero into becoming a Sorcerer of Cardcaptor Sakura in the fourth grade of elementary school.

Fujitaka did not interrupt Sakura, but smiled and listened quietly to Sakura's story with a gentle expression.

……

"I am back."

Not long after, the sound of the door opening was heard again. Touya said that he was back and walked towards the dining room while smelling the fragrance.

When he arrived at the dining room, he immediately saw Xiao Ke floating next to Sakura, and Fujitaka sitting next to the dining table.

Seeing that Ke-chan not only did not pretend to be a doll this time, but also flew beside Sakura so carefree, Touya looked at his father thoughtfully.

"Dad, do you already know about Sakura?"

"Yes, Sakura just told me about the incredible things she experienced."

Fujitaka responded with a smile, then looked at Sakura and said, "Thank you for going through so much trouble."

"Actually it's not that hard. After all, there are many people helping me." Sakura giggled.

Whether it was the Clow Cards or Sakura Cards period, and even in the current Clear Card period, she has always had so many people around her helping her, so it's not really hard to say.

Syaoran, Tomoyo, and Xia have been helping her since the Clow Cards days, and she is very grateful to have them by her side all the time.

Looking at the silly-smiling Sakura, Touya raised the corners of his mouth slightly, but said mercilessly: "The big monster finally came down with the little monster. I thought you would always pretend it was a doll."

"Sakura is not a monster!"

Sakura, who was originally smiling, suddenly changed her expression and glared at Touya fiercely. It turned out that her brother was the most annoying!
"Huh~ You have such a loud voice and you still say you are not a monster."

Touya snorted twice, pulled out a stool and sat down at the dining table. He propped up his face with one hand and looked at Xiaoke and said, "What? You don't want to continue pretending to be a doll?"

"You think I like pretending to be a doll?"

Xiao Ke first asked back rudely, and then asked in confusion: "Since you know that I'm not a doll, why don't you take the initiative to talk to me? I thought you haven't discovered it yet."

Facing Xiao Ke's impolite question, Touya casually said: "I just thought you liked pretending to be a doll, so I didn't talk to you."

Xiaoke: "..."

(d)
"Who would like to pretend to be a doll? Do you know that pretending to be a doll is also very tiring? My back aches all day long and I have to be careful not to be discovered by you. It's very hard for me, okay?"

Listening to Xiao Ke's complaints, Tao Ya looked at him with a disdainful smile: "Heh~"

Xiao Ke: "..."

This brother is really annoying!!

For a moment, Xiao Ke immediately stood on the same front with Sakura, glaring at Touya.

However, facing the two fierce gazes, Touya seemed completely unaffected. He picked up the chopsticks and urged.

"Okay, eat quickly, or the food will get cold."

Seeing this, Fujitaka smiled and said, "Let's eat first. You'll have more energy after you're full, right?"

After hearing this, Sakura and Xiao Ke looked at each other, and had to look away for the time being and focus on dinner.

That’s it for now, let’s eat first.

……

Early morning, school.

"Just like that, my brother and dad knew about me. I didn't expect that they knew about it when I was in elementary school, but I foolishly thought I had kept it a secret."

In the long-lost flower-lined aisle, Sakura called over her friends who knew her story and told them what happened after the visit to the botanical garden.

After listening to Xiaoying's story, Li Xiaolang noticed another thing. He asked, "So, you got three transparent cards in one day?"

The weather card obtained in the botanical garden, the trust card obtained after the end, and the kindness card obtained after returning home, add up to three cards.

"right."

After being reminded by Li Xiaolang, Xiaoying also reacted: "I don't feel tired at all. It seems to be getting easier and easier to get transparent cards now."

"That means your power is getting stronger."

Li Xiaolang smiled and said bluntly: "This is a good thing. Judging from the situation, you should be able to completely control your power in a short time."

(End of this chapter)