The sunny boy from Cardcaptor Sakura

[The owner of this little series absolutely cannot be inferior to anyone else!]

As soon as the system finished speaking, Xia Yu's body flashed, and the school uniform he was wearing instantly transformed into a Hogwarts-style wizard outfit. It did not have any obvious school features, but the hem was decorated with constantly changing constellation patterns that flickered between light and dark.

With the magic wand in his hand, he exudes a mysterious aura, clearly a veteran of the mystical world.

Looking at his current outfit, Xia Yu nodded in satisfaction. Although it was just a change from school uniform to school uniform, the style had improved considerably.

But the next moment, he discovered the problem.

"Wait, where's my old school uniform? Where did you put it?"

"That school uniform, Xiaoxi will take it to wash for you. It will be dried and placed on your bedside table tomorrow."

"Okay, remember to wash by hand, don't use the washing machine."

[But...but Xiaoxi doesn't have hands.]

"..."

QAQ

"Then wash it the way you like."

【Understood!】

After finishing his conversation with his system, seeing that Sakura and the flying cards were getting further and further away, Xia Yu didn't waste any time and directly waved his magic wand, saying, "Apparition!"

In the blink of an eye, the space around Xia Yu distorted, and his entire body began to spin from the center. In less than a second, he disappeared from the rooftop.

Meanwhile, on the other side.

The enormous flying card rode the wind, perhaps sensing that someone was chasing it, or perhaps simply tired of flying and wanting to rest, and finally landed on a torii gate.

As it landed, the enormous body of the flying card shrank considerably; otherwise, its original size would have been enough to crush the small torii gate.

Not long after the flying cards stopped, Sakura finally caught up with them.

Looking at the blue bird perched atop the torii gate, Sakura's initial courage to catch up waned. She stopped a short distance from the flying card, her voice trembling, and said fearfully, "How can it be so big? I can't do anything about it."

Kero, who was struggling to keep up with Sakura and was still panting, heard Sakura's spineless words and immediately roared at her, "We've chased you all the way here, what nonsense are you spouting!"

Suddenly, the flying card, which had been quietly preening its feathers, raised its long neck, spread its wings and stirred up a gust of wind, then raised its head and let out a sharp cry.

"Wow—!"

Whether it was Xiao Ke's roar that startled it or not, after the flying card chirped, it turned its head directly towards Xiao Ying and Xiao Ke, who had no intention of hiding.

The next instant, the flying card suddenly opened its beak, and a powerful hurricane, carrying the force that seemed to blow everything away, was spewed out.

Under this hurricane, leaves danced wildly, air currents were turbulent, and even the trees along the roadside were blown around and made to rustle. Some small trees were even uprooted, leaving a scene of utter devastation.

Sakura and Kero, who were the targets of the flying cards, fared even worse, as they were easily blown into the air by the hurricane.

Once the wind died down and there was no lift, Sakura and Kero fell straight to the ground under the influence of gravity.

"Sakura!!"

Xiao, who was the first to recover, saw this scene and cried out in fear. He hurriedly tried to grab Sakura's collar to steady her, but before he could make a move, a streak of light flew towards Sakura first, and a voice followed closely behind.

"Shock reduction and speed stop!"

The light entered Sakura's body, and her falling speed suddenly slowed down. Then, she floated to the ground as lightly as a feather.

"Huh? Did I just float down?"

After Sakura landed on the ground, feeling dizzy, she first gently patted her face to clear her head, then looked at her hands in disbelief, as if wondering how she had just done it.

Kero, who flew down alongside her, first carefully examined Sakura to make sure she was unharmed and that there was no trace of magic from anyone else on her. Then, he nodded solemnly and looked toward the direction from which the streak of light had come.

"Yes, I was going to try to stop you, but it seems someone beat me to it."

"Is there someone? Who?"

Before Xiao Ke could answer, a childish yet cheerful laugh suddenly came from the nearby forest.

Chapter 9 The seal is lifted

"Hahahaha!"

Hearing that familiar and mesmerizing laughter, Sakura paused, and with a sense of unease, looked up at the roadside wall beside the highway.

On the wall, a figure appeared, bathed in moonlight and laughing loudly.

The newcomer was dressed in a mysterious and peculiar black robe, holding a camera in his right hand that seemed out of place with his attire, and a delicate wooden stick in his left.

Although the outfits were different, Sakura recognized Natsumi, the transfer student from this morning, at a glance. Even the delicate wooden stick she was carrying was the same one she had taken out that morning.

A few seconds later, the laughter stopped.

Xia Yu tossed his hair and pointed his wand at Sakura below: "So all of this was the choice of Steins;Gate after all!"

"Kinomoto Sakura, you are a girl blessed by fate. You have indeed embarked on this path of exploring the mysteries of the world, just like me!"

Hearing these exaggerated and embarrassing words, Sakura forced a smile: "Xia-kun, what are you doing here?"

Of course, it's for the sunshine points and Clow Cards; otherwise, I wouldn't bother coming out so late.

Xia Yu glanced at his nearly 1,000 sunshine points that had just increased again and silently answered in his heart.

However, before Xia Yu could come up with a good reason that fit his persona, Xiao Ke suddenly stood in front of Xiao Ying and said warily, "Xiao Ying, he's also a magician. He's the one who made you feel light and airy just now!"

"Eh?"

Upon hearing this, Sakura's eyes widened in surprise as she scrutinized the boy bathed in moonlight, murmuring, "So, Natsu-kun is a magician too?"

"Tsk tsk!"

Xia Yu shook his head, clicking his tongue, upon hearing Sakura's unintentional revelation.

He first positioned the camera in a spot that could capture the entire scene, then spread his right arm with fingers outstretched behind him, held his left arm close to his body, half-covered his face with his palm, and spread his legs apart.

"I am a reclusive magician who walks among mortals. I have never hidden this identity, and I have told you this to you more than once. Young lady, why do you still have doubts?"

"This……"

When asked this question, Xiaoying immediately felt embarrassed. Could she say that she didn't think it was true at all? She thought Xia Yu was having a fit of chuunibyou, but she didn't expect that he was telling the whole truth.

Is this the ultimate art of lying? Every word is the truth, yet it sounds exactly like a lie.

So this morning's candy was actually magic, or not just a form of sorcery?

Good heavens, magic was so close to her!

Wait a minute, thinking about it carefully, Xia seemed to have told her that the door to magic would open to her sooner or later. Did Xia foresee this scene this morning?

Thinking of this, Sakura looked up again. The Xia classmate who had seemed strange to her suddenly became unfathomable. Even her odd posture seemed to have a unique charm.

However, at that moment, before the two could communicate again, Feipai, who had been left out, seemed to get a little angry.

To assert its presence, the flying card immediately let out a cry and opened its sharp beak at the two of them, as if it were about to attack with a gust of wind once again!

"Heh heh, instead of running away from me, you actually want to attack me? How audacious!"

Seeing the gale already gathering at the throat of the flying card, Xia Yu neither dodged nor avoided it, arrogantly raising his head and pointing his magic wand straight ahead: "Then feel the pain!"

"All petrified!"

A flash of light appeared at the tip of the wand, and the flying card, which was gathering a whirlwind, suddenly stopped. Then its wings tightened, its body stiffened, and a stone-like texture appeared on its surface.

"So...so awesome!"

Seeing that the enormous, monster-like flying card was completely powerless against Xia Yu and was frozen in place in the blink of an eye, Xiao Ying immediately showed an adorable expression of astonishment.

"Don't just stand there, Sakura!"

Although it couldn't figure out Xia Yu's strategy, Keroberos couldn't worry about that now. For it and Sakura, sealing the Clow Cards was the most important thing right now.

"Seal it quickly!"

"Eh?"

Sakura was taken aback when she heard this. She didn't know how to seal it.

Seeing this, Xiao Ke could only remind him, "That key! Do as I just taught you!"

"it is good!"

Sakura nodded in response and hurriedly took out the bird-head key from her pocket. Xia Yu, who was on the wall, caught a glimpse of this scene out of the corner of his eye, picked up the camera, jumped onto the road, and pointed it at Sakura.

"Hey? Xia, what's going on?"

Xia Yu waved his hand and said, "Never mind me, continue."

"oh oh."

Although Sakura found Xia Yu's behavior a bit strange, thanks to Tomoyo, she had already gotten used to having a camera pointed at her face.

Sakura refocused her gaze on the key in her hand and softly murmured, "Key that conceals dark power, reveal your true strength before me! Sakura, who made a promise to you, commands you—"

"The seal is lifted!"

In an instant, light flowed around them, and immense magical power burst forth from Sakura's body. The Sun and Moon Magic Circle appeared, and endless radiance flickered within it.

Under Sakura's magical influence, the tiny bird-head key began to swell, and after a few seconds, it transformed into a pink bird-head magic wand.

Nice!