Spider thread

In the evening, Clow Reed nimbly climbed to the tree next to the house and sat on a branch slightly higher than the window. He looked at the translucent Mingwa and almost held his breath.There was someone in the room, chanting something slowly by himself, his voice was very low, like a spell.

There was a lamp on the table in front of the window, through the window Kuro could only see a ball of orange light, even so he was still very sure of what he saw.He heard the people in the house chanting a spell, and the lit lamps spun automatically, and the candlelight in the cup danced and danced.Craw's eyes widened in a mixture of excitement and surprise.He heard his own heartbeat, and it was very strong, as if it was stuck in his throat.The lights in the house went out, he hurriedly climbed down the tree, ran back to his room in the side courtyard as quietly as possible, lay down on the bed and pretended to be in a deep sleep.

When Kuro lived in the Li family in Hong Kong, he was still young. At that time, his father traveled between Hong Kong and the UK with the merchant ship, and his mother took care of him most of the time.The Li family seems to have a tradition of practicing Taoism and martial arts.Kulo is not very clear about this, but based on the fragmentary pictures he accidentally saw and peeped at, as well as some news he heard occasionally, he can confirm this conjecture in his heart.But whenever he wanted to verify his conjecture, he would be stopped by his relatives, sent to do some irrelevant things, or simply driven away.The young Mr. Reed went to his mother directly after hitting a wall a few times. Like the rest of the Li family, she had an oriental soft appearance, but she never showed fierceness to Clow like them. colored woman.Backfired, after hearing Crow's question, she only hesitated a few times, and finally told him: "I don't know too well."——just like other people Crow asked.There will always be a day when the truth will be revealed, just as bones of the dead will always be found.Even in the face of everyone's concealment, Kuro still watched the miracle of the automatic rotation of the lamp.

There were footsteps in the corridor, from far to near, from light to loud.Craw rolled over to face the wall.Then came the sound of the door being pushed open. The doorman pushed the door open as softly and slowly as possible, but still made the wood creak.Silence shrouded again, and there was no sound for a while.After a while, the door was closed again with a creaking sound.Kuro turned over, and then began to think carefully about what he had seen and heard just now.

The lamp that lit the lamp did indeed move by itself, he carefully confirmed this, and fell into a very excited state again.The Li family tried their best to hide from him that they had inherited this strange spell, but he discovered it by his own ability. This is not an exaggeration for Clow Reed's victory.Something rose up in Kuro's heart, making him feel light.

As the night approached, Kuro was still tireless. He looked at the window. The window paper was torn, barely able to cover the wooden window.The moonlight projected on the floor through the hole in the window paper. Crow sat up and looked at the little spots of light on the dark brown floor.He stood up, walked to the place full of light spots, and then stopped.He looked down at his hands, and moved his fingers in the vague darkness.The moonlight shone on his palm, and he closed his hands, trying to enclose this small piece of moonlight.This behavior made him feel funny, and he spread his hands again.Only then did he feel the cold, slowly invading from his fingertips to his whole body.He breathed into his palm, at this moment he heard the sound of Xingzi sliding past him.

Little Mr. Reed leaned his palm against the door, and after a while opened it.He circled the corridor and ran to the courtyard.The bright moon still hung high in the dark sky, dotted with scattered stars around it.The night is cold for everyone, let alone a child in only one piece of clothing.The wind is blowing, and the nights in Hong Kong will always be accompanied by the wind. Kuro often hears the sound of the wind blowing past the window at night, and he often guesses what is being rolled up at night, such as leaves, flowers, and bird feathers. .The arrival of the wind made the night colder, and Craw clenched his hands into a fist.

At this moment, everything he heard seemed to be magnified dozens or hundreds of times.He heard the wind blow the leaves, then the eaves rolled up like a bird's wing, and finally the ground, past his feet.He heard the reptile's footsteps, and the sound of blood flowing through his body.The wind brushed against his ears.

The little Mr. Reed raised his head and looked at the moon like a jade plate and the thin light gray long ribbon covering it.It might be clouds, or else the mountains on the moon, he guessed.The wind, which never stops, is swirling around his feet.This made him a little curious, so he looked down at his feet.The gust of wind rushed up and enveloped Kuro. There was no blade-like coldness as imagined, only endless gentleness.

Kuro's hair, which was already very messy, was floating, and he brushed the overly long hair that blocked his vision away from his eyes and put it behind his ears.He saw a woman faintly appearing in front of him, with a sea-green decoration on her forehead, stretching to the sides.At some point, his knees were slightly bent, his feet left the ground, and his body was suspended in the air.The woman smiled and opened her hands to him, as if accepting or looking for something.The clothes on his body didn't fit well, and the oversized part was blowing back and forth with the wind at this moment, but Kuro didn't feel cold.Craw stretched out his left hand towards her hands, and he didn't even have time to think about how incredible the sight was.The woman held Kuro's left hand with both hands, and Kuro felt that her hand was as soft as the wind, as if it might disappear immediately anytime, anywhere.For some reason, he suddenly had the desire to cry.

Gentle, this is really a gentle gust of wind.

Kuro suddenly felt drowsy, and the miracle of the lamp spinning flashed in his mind again, and he fell into a deep sleep.

——Wind, is the first Clow card to appear.

This is a story that happened in the distant past.

☆, extra

The author has something to say: the timeline is that Kinomoto Sakura and his group visited Hiiragizawa Elio, and after learning why Elio kept causing trouble for Sakura, they are about to leave Elio’s house (the former residence of Clow Reed) when.

It was around nine o'clock in the evening when Kinomoto Sakura and his group were about to leave Hiirazawa Ellio's residence in Tomoedacho.Yue walked towards the door of the reception room, and then stopped suddenly, "I'm going to turn back into a snow rabbit." He said, and couldn't wait for Kerubellos in real form to yell to stop Yue, so Elliot spoke first, " You don’t need to be so anxious,” he smiled, using a slightly hoarse boyish voice, “I have something to say to Sakura.” He turned to Sakura and stretched out his right hand, “If you don’t mind, you can come with me Is it?" he asked.

"Eh?" Kinomoto Sakura first uttered a single voice of doubt, "Of course." She replied hastily.

Elliot turned around, took Sakura to the stairs, and when he stepped on the first step, he suddenly turned his head and looked at Li Xiaolang, "It's not a confession." He was still smiling, looking at the face he was staring at There was a light rose color on the face, "It's just some words that are not worth eavesdropping."

When stepping up the stairs, the skirt of Sakura's combat uniform fluttered, and when she reached the second floor of this western-style house, Elliot stood waiting for her on the second floor of the stairs. "Please go here." He stretched out his right hand, pointing out a direction.He could hear Gefan organizing everyone to play cards together on the first floor.

Sakura was led to a room by Elliot, she saw dust on the door handle, "Where is this?" She asked cautiously.

"Here is," Elliot pressed the doorknob and pushed the door open, "Crow Reed's room." Just a momentary change of voice made Sakura feel nervous.Feeling uneasy, she followed Elio into the room.The furnishings in the house are very simple, just the basic furnishings needed for a bedroom.Elio pulled out the chair for her, and the dust that settled on the chair disappeared in an instant.Sakura sat down, while Elliot stood by the window.

"After decades," he put his left hand on the glass, "as Elliot Hiiragizawa, this is the first time for me to step into this room." Seeing Sakura's puzzled expression, he explained, "Kuro The rooms of Reed, Yue, and Kerubellos have all remained as they were, and have not been touched, and I, Spinel, and Ruby slept in another room." When he said this, there was a little nostalgia on his face .A few seconds later, he turned his head to look at Sakura, and smiled, "None of us would be the first to open those three doors, even Ruby. Let the past be history." Part of it."

Kinomoto Sakura put her hands loosely on her knees and lowered her head halfway, "That's right." She said.

"Mr. Sakura," Sakura narrowed her eyes when she saw the glasses, "In your opinion, what kind of person is Clow Reed?"

She thought for a while, "Mr. Clow, he is a very strong and gentle person." She was a little uncertain.

"Yeah, a very strong, very gentle man, everyone thinks so," Elio said, turning and leaning against the window ledge, "but I don't think so." Changing his tone, "When those When the memory of Crow Reed swirls in my mind, I just think he is just an ordinary person who can do magic." He half raised his head, looking ahead.

Sakura looked up at Elliot, looking a little shocked.

"Student Sakura, please don't tell anyone else what I'm going to say to you next." Elliot looked at Sakura again, with a gentle smile on his face and a warm voice again, "Can you accept me?" this request?"

"Okay, okay." Sakura Kinomoto nodded.

"At the beginning, Clow Reed was as unaware of the fact that he could use magic just like you." Elio turned his head and looked at the books that Crow had stacked on the table next to the wall. When I was about your age, I created the first Clow card unconsciously." He smiled, "It's the wind."

"So young?" Sakura said.

"Yeah," Elliot said, "but I'm not a genius." He smiled, "It's just that I believe in and love this piece of nature." When he came to his senses, the boy in front of him was still his classmate, not the reincarnation of Clow Reed, "Because he had nothing else to fully believe in, he could only pin all his emotions on this beautiful land People can't help crying, it's natural." Elio lowered his head, closed his eyes, and the memory of Crow Reed appeared in his mind again.He could keep recalling that the taciturn boy who looked the same as himself stopped countless times in front of the branches covered with flowers, the trees with new leaves, and the glass that could reflect the blurred reflection, and finally stretched out his hand. Slowly try to touch—and a terrifying beauty is born.

"Why?" asked the girl representing hope.

"Crow Reed's childhood can't be called 'happy'." Elio smiled. ("Because of the pain." Kuro said with a wry smile, interlocking the fingers of both hands.) He still looked at Sakura tenderly, "You and I can't even imagine, but in this situation, he became the most beautiful woman at that time." A powerful magician. It's incredible, isn't it?"

"Perhaps that's why," Elio said to himself, "even his predictions can be wrong."

"Elio... Jun..." Sakura looked at Elio, her heart filled with bewilderment and shock.

"Kuro's spells, as well as all Western magic, come from the belief of the caster." Elio said in a flat tone, "That's why there are not many people who know magic in this world. This is why It gave us hope, just like you." He smiled at Sakura, "However, our own belief is also a double-edged sword. When we deny our own belief, we will die and be killed by ourselves. Die, or rather, be killed by our beliefs." The girl in the red dress appeared in his mind, "Crow Reid wants to change this, break this endless cycle, but because of his own Magic also comes from his belief in nature, and he failed in the end." Elliot lowered his eyes, "Or, he succeeded because of you, Kinomoto Sakura."

"Me?" Sakura didn't understand. Did she want to change the law instead of Kuro? She couldn't understand, "But I'm just a..."

"Primary school student." Elio took her words, "Right? But you have that invincible spell, so everything will be solved."

"Sure, no problem?" Sakura murmured.

"Yes, as long as you uphold this belief," Elliot said, "No matter what you face, you will definitely be able to find a solution. If it is you, you will definitely be able to do it." He walked towards the door, "Sorry for the delay Your time, and I said some strange things to you." Waiting by the door.

"No, no way." Sakura stood up and walked out of the room.After Sakura came to the corridor, Elliot pressed the doorknob and closed the door.The door lock made a slight "click" sound.

They walked down the stairs side by side, and when they were about to reach the first floor, Elio said suddenly, "But even Crow Reed has to lie sometimes." His voice was very low, not like that of a child.

"Eh?" Sakura paused, she didn't think too much about what Elliot's words meant, her attention was all shifted to her friends.

"You didn't eavesdrop, did you?" Elliot walked to Yue, still with a slightly hoarse youthful voice.

Yue leaned against the wall beside the stairs, looked at the boy who was much shorter than herself, and said nothing.

"It's okay to be heard by Kerberos, but you're the only one who can't." Elio raised his head and smiled at Yue, "It's only you who can't." He repeated.

"Why?" Yue asked, frowning.

"Because that's what Crow Reed did," said Elio, smiling tenderly. "Crow Reed wanted to keep those secrets, so I did too."

"I don't know why." Yue said, turning his head to look at Sakura Kinomoto.Daidaiji Tomoyo stood beside her, but Ruberos returned to his false body, talking with them, while Li Xiaolang stood behind Sakura and looked at her, occasionally participating in the conversation, the content of the conversation was roughly It's about how Kinomoto Fujitaka and Kinomoto Momoya should deal with it.

"I'm going to restore my false body." Yue looked at the scene in front of him and said something.And Elliot still smiled and said to him, "Please do."

Kanyue Utaho finally decided to stay at Hiiragisawa Elliot's house, and together with Ruby and Spinel, they sent Kinomoto Sakura and his party to the gate of the garden.After sending them off, Elio looked up at the night sky.

"A night full of stars," Gefan said, looking at the boy who was much shorter than her, and smiled softly, "Are you thinking about this?"

"Yes." Hiirazawa Elio smiled and took her hand.

- A night of twinkling stars.