The sunny boy from Cardcaptor Sakura

Xiao Ke excitedly waved his arms: "It's a shield! Didn't something like a protective shield appear just now? That's the shield's defense."

Upon hearing this, Tomoyo, who was holding a camera nearby, asked in confusion, "I didn't see anything."

"That's because you don't have magic. Only those with magic can see it," Xiao Ke explained as she floated in front of the camera.

Xia Yu: "..."

No wonder he didn't see anything either. He was wondering why Sakura and Kero suddenly looked surprised. It turns out they saw something that he and Tomoyo couldn't see.

This is outrageous! Is this what they call "magical bullying"?

Shivering and cold, when will ordinary people without magic be able to stand up!

"Why does the shield lock the box?"

In response to Tomoyo's question, Koko pointed to the box and explained, "A shield is a shield that protects important things. It has the property of protecting important items, so the contents of this box must be very important."

After listening to Keroberos's explanation, Sakura frowned slightly: "Then how can we restore the shield to its original state?"

"It's very simple."

Xiao Ke suddenly looked at Xia Yu again, and said with a displeased pout, "Since it's a shield, it can naturally be broken by a sword. Once the shield is cut, it will return to its original shape, and then we can seal it away."

"How annoying, judging from the current situation, the shield will go to that brat again."

Xiao Keke hadn't forgotten the scene of the last time she subdued the sword token. The sword token could break through the shield, and since the sword token was in Xia Yu's hands now, the shield would undoubtedly belong to Xia Yu again.

"Hahaha, I knew it. In the end, I'd have to solve this problem myself." Xia Yu showed no humility whatsoever, and put his hands on his hips, laughing triumphantly.

“I kick!”

Seeing Xia Yu's smug look, Xiao Ke immediately launched a flying kick at Xia Yu's face.

I promised not to bite this brat, so kicking this brat doesn't count as breaking my promise.

Clearly, it has forgotten what it said when it was eating the cake.

But before Xiao Ke could kick it, she was suddenly slapped away by a playing card. Xia Yu proudly waved the sword card in his hand: "Heh~ You think you can ambush me? Do you think I didn't notice you?"

"Damn it!!"

Xiao Ke angrily wanted to punch Xia Yu again, but before it could get close, Xiao Ying grabbed it.

"Alright, alright, don't be angry, sealing the Clow Cards is the priority."

While comforting Xiao Ke, Xiao Ying turned to Xia Yu and said, "Then I'll have to trouble you, Xia Yu."

"Got it."

Xia Yu gave an OK sign, held the sword card high with both hands, and the sword card, which was originally a playing card, transformed into a Western sword under the flowing light.

Seeing Xia Yu holding the sword, Zhi Shi's eyes flickered.

"Must win!"

Even though he knew he was just simply slashing down with his sword, Xia Yu still shouted out the name of an incredibly powerful skill.

"Dragon Ascension Sword!"

call out--!

In an instant, the pale blue sword energy flashed through the air, tearing through the air and slashing forward.

A gust of wind swept through, and the sword rang softly.

From Sakura and Keroberos's perspective, the sword energy sliced ​​through the semi-transparent black barrier surrounding the storage box, while from Xia Yu's perspective, he could only feel as if he had cut through something.

As the translucent black barrier split in two, the originally invisible protective shield suddenly transformed into azure air currents, which quickly converged in mid-air, forming a completely different shape.

That's what the shield really looks like.

A pure white feathered shield appeared in mid-air, with a bright red pearl in the center of the shield.

"Now's the time, Sakura!"

"it is good!"

Upon hearing the instruction, Sakura quickly raised her magic wand and aimed it at the shield floating in mid-air.

Chapter 77 The important thing is not its value

"Return to your original form - Clow Card!"

Ding--!

The same crisp sound rang out as always, and a phantom pale blue card appeared at the tip of the bird-headed wand.

Accompanied by pale blue ripples, dozens of flowing chains of light emerged from the illusory card. These chains all wrapped around the shield in front of it. Once the shield was completely bound, it lit up with a dazzling white light and disappeared into the illusory card along with the flowing chains.

Once the light completely disappeared from sight, the illusory card also took on a physical form.

The shield, which had transformed back into a card, floated down from mid-air and slowly drifted to Xia Yu's front. Xia Yu caught the new Clow Card.

The shield is inscribed with the Chinese character "盾" (shield) above it and the English word "THE SHIELD" below it. The image in the middle is a winged shield bound by chains.

In fact, the weapon cards all seem to be depicted as being bound by chains; this is true for both the sword and shield cards.

"The shield, I've subdued it!"

Xia Yu raised the shield in his hand high, but unfortunately the Clow Cards were shaped like playing cards; it would have been more suitable if they were spherical.

"Hmph, don't be so smug. Next time, the Clow Card will definitely be Sakura's." Kero flew up to Xia Yu, hands on his hips, and said unhappily.

"Heh heh, are you challenging me? What a pathetic, pitiful, hateful, laughable, infuriating, shameful, and despicable display!"

"Smelly brat..."

Xiao Ke gritted its teeth, feeling extremely annoyed, but it didn't know how to retort without losing ground. Damn it, how come this brat has such a rich vocabulary!

Seeing that Xia Yu and Xiao Ke were arguing again, Xiao Ying felt a little helpless, but at least they didn't fight, so she stopped paying attention to them and looked at Zhi Shi instead.

"Try the key again, Tomoyo."

"Ok!"

Tomoyo nodded, inserted the key into the lock, gave it a gentle twist, and clicked as the lock opened.

"opened."

Sakura exclaimed in surprise. Hearing this, Xia Yu and Xiao Ke stopped arguing and came over.

"Um, can we take a look?" Sakura asked curiously.

"sure."

Tomoyo nodded and gently opened the box. Inside was a lovely pink bouquet, and she could almost smell the fragrance emanating from it.

"Oh, how beautiful!" Sakura's eyes lit up, and she couldn't help but exclaim.

The pink flowers on the bouquet are so vibrant and fresh, as if they were just picked. However, upon closer inspection, it is still possible to tell that this bouquet is different from fresh flowers.

"So it was made into preserved flowers, no wonder it looks so fresh." Xia Yu, who was standing next to her, took a closer look and quickly realized the truth behind the bouquet.

Preserved flowers, also known as everlasting flowers or eco-flowers, are called "flowers that never fade" in the West.

Dried flowers are made by processing flowers through a series of complex processes such as dehydration, decolorization, drying, and dyeing. They are almost indistinguishable from fresh flowers in terms of color, shape, and feel, and can be preserved for years.

If it's a preserved flower, it's not surprising that it's preserved so well in the box.

dong dong dong~

Just then, there was another knock on Tomoyo's door.

Upon hearing the knock on the door, Xiao Ke hurriedly scurried back into the decorative box beside her.

After Xiao Ke had hidden herself, Zhi Shi said, "Please come in."

With a soft click of the lock, Sonomi opened the door and walked in, saying, "I'm so sorry about earlier."

However, when she saw the open box, she was slightly surprised and hurriedly came over: "The box is open."

Tomoyo smiled and nodded: "Yes."

"But how did you open it?"

Seeing Sonomi's question, Tomoyo turned to Natsumi and said, "The keyhole inside seemed to be stuck, but Natsumi helped fix it."

Upon hearing this, Yuanmei looked at Xia Yu, who had been quietly standing to the side. She smiled slightly and bowed to Xia Yu, saying, "Thank you, Xia."

She actually quite liked Xia Yu, even though they had only met twice: once at the sports meet and once during a chat in the courtyard.

But the other person's personality was just like her daughter's; she was always well-behaved, quiet, and adorable, so she remembered this little girl.

But Sakura is definitely the cutest!

Thinking of this, Yuanmei remembered that she seemed to have neglected Xia Yu in the courtyard before, and immediately put her hands together and apologized, "I'm sorry, Xia Yu, I was only busy chatting with Xiaoying and neglected you. Please forgive me."

Although Xia Yu's expression remained unchanged upon hearing Yuan Mei's apology, he was still somewhat surprised.

Despite being arrogant and stubborn in front of Fujitaka, she's surprisingly down-to-earth with children, apologizing without hesitation.

"No, no, Auntie, you're too kind. After all, Sakura is so cute, I can understand."

"Huh? You also think Sakura is cute?"

Sonoko's eyes lit up, and she couldn't help but nod repeatedly, saying, "That's right, Sakura is the cutest."