We're chasing dreams without end in a world without a guide.
These overlapping feelings pierce the beating of my heart
as the unwavering verse quietly goes on.
From far away in the sky, our shadows blur together
as our memories are recorded amid inevitability and whimsy.
Even if the whirlpools of time we pass through,
were to waste away, I'll still believe in your voice.
We're chasing dreams without end in a future without a guide.
And even if I lose my light, someday,
with the twinkling flame you lit in my heart,
these fragments of hope will change into wings
I have been waiting...
...for you to come...
...for a long, long time...
Syaoran-kun, Kuro-pon, do you think that the legendary princess has resurrected,
and kidnapped the children and Sakura-chan?
I don't know.
I asked Dr. Kyle, but people who use magic and hijutsu
are not acknowledged in this country.
In other words, people who are able to use magic-like powers do not exist here?
The locks on the houses have not been broken,
and the children did not fight back...
And if there is no mysterious power,
then what was the princess that Sakura said she saw?
There once were those who used magic, but not anymore.
That means, the probability of someone with mysterious powers
kidnapping Sakura-chan is zero.
If mysterious powers came near, Mokona would sense it.
You were asleep, weren't you?!
If it were a really strong power, I'd wake up!
Why, you!
Are there any clues?
None at all... We looked all over the town and found nothing.
In the first place, the snow fell all night and all the footprints have disappeared.
What about near the castle?
We searched until just before the castle.
But, because of that river, we couldn't go further.
Is that so?
How can you all be so calm? One of your own has disappeared!
Well, although what you say is true...
In any case, if you think that about the kid...
...then your eyes are fooling you.
The children!
Where... am I?
Who's there?!
The princess?!
A statue...
Are those... the children that disappeared from the town?
A house call?
Many of the children of the town are in shock after last night's incident.
As expected from you, Doctor. You're a model physician.
Even without all this,
the bad harvests these last few years have given the townspeople all they can handle.
Come to think of it...
...most of the town's land belongs to that large landowner, Glosum-san, doesn't it?
What about the rent?
They are negotiating with Glosum-san to wait for a while.
However, because of the kind of person that Glosum-san is,
if they can't pay, he's telling them to get out of town.
He's a terrible bastard.
But, Glosum-san is to be pitied as well.
Since his rent is not being paid, his livelihood is suffering as well.
Of course that's what would happen.
Just among us, but there is a bad rumor going around about Glosum-san...
A bad rumor?
Glosum-san is after Sakura-san's feather, which appears in the legend.
Well, it's just a rumor, of course. Well, I'll be going now.
Glosum-san wants the feather.
There's no relationship, I'm sure.
That's true, but remember yesterday?
Got it! That makes Glosum-san the culprit!
Don't you think?
It's true... he's suspicious...
It's not good to assume.
Truth is known after gathering together many little facts.
I have to hurry!
For the children's sake!
Unfortunately, it seems that no one's home.
What are we going to do?
Leave it to Mokona!
Welcome magic!
Where the heck did you get in from?!
A small window was open on the other side.
This is one of Mokona's 1 08 secret techniques, Ultra Sneak Entry.
So, what are we looking for?
Anything that might be a clue.
How troublesome! Why don't we just grab him and make him talk?
"If you value the children's and Sakura-chan's lives..."
...if he says the villain's words, that's the end of it, isn't it?
Is this...
A history of the country, like the one at Dr. Kyle's?
Syaoran, come, come quick!
Look at this.
It's a map of that castle, and a map of the surrounding area.
Could this be where Sakura is?
No, I don't think so. That's probably...
What are you doing?!
We've been discovered...
I asked what you're doing.
We've invited ourselves in to find clues to the incident.
Is that so?
And... have I been cleared?
I am not suspicious of anyone.
I'm just... gathering facts.
My father, who was an archeologist, often said...
"If you are looking for the truth,
forget your prejudices and gather the facts.
If you do that, the truth will become clear."
I see... And, does it look like you'll find the truth?
Well, that's...
That bastard...
Wait a minute.
Looking at you reminds me of when I was young.
Once, the people who lived here valued silence as a virtue.
They kept important things to themselves without putting them into words.
My generation still holds that disposition.
Long ago, words associated with happiness were taboo words in this area.
Perhaps, it is a vestige of that.
What are taboo words?
They are words that bring misfortune, so they aren't used.
When happy incidents are put into words, good fortune will run away.
People of old thought that way.
I'll leave this with you.
Keep what I said in mind when you read it.
Thank you very much.
That means that Glosum-san may not be the culprit.
Then, how do you explain this?
What's that?
It's a list of the missing children.
Kuro-wanwan twitched his nose and found it, right? [wanwan: dog]
I wouldn't do that! Who's a dog?!
Oh, my...
He was fine yesterday.
I'm sorry...
Be patient, or you won't see the obvious.
Right...
Kurogane is handsome!
Shut up!
He looks like it doesn't affect him, but he's worried after all...
...about Sakura-chan.
Just when I could have gotten free...
I mustn't give up! The children are waiting.
Strange...
What's the matter?
This history book is slightly different
from the one that I borrowed from Dr. Kyle yesterday.
What do you mean?
There are more pages.
See, over here...
There are all kinds of things in the basement of that castle.
You mean this page wasn't in the doctor's book?
Yes.
Why?
Probably...
That's...
Black birds...
Come away...
What's the matter?
I'm sorry, I hurt my hand. I wondered if I could borrow some medicine.
That should do it.
Thank you very much.
So, did you find any clues?
The children are not disappearing because of Princess Emeraude.
What?
It may be just as you thought, Doctor.
Then Glosum-san is...
We're going to watch Glosum-san's house starting tonight.
Is that so?
Even so, to think that Glosum-san...
It looks like snow tonight.
Is that?
Just a little bit more...
One more time...
It's just as Syaoran-kun said.
It's a very old water gate. Will it move?
We'll know if we go over there.
Over there?
This controls the flow. Well, Kuro-pon, it's all yours.
You could do it!
Yes, but, I'm not suited to muscle work.
Quit being so roundabout!
Then, go on, hurry...
Oh, it looks like you need a key.
Why didn't you say that earlier?!
But, that person has the key, so... we'll have to use strength.
Kuro-rin, marvelous! It moved, didn't it? Although the sound wasn't very pleasant...
It's open!
That's...
My feather?
I was waiting for you to come...
You are...
At this remote castle, for three hundred years...
I waited and waited...
When I lived three hundred years ago,
a feather holding mysterious powers was brought to this castle.
However, there were adults who tried to make that power theirs,
and fought each other daily.
The King and Queen, my parents,
were drawn into the battle and lost their lives.
Heaven's wrath was brought down on us for causing that ugly battle.
An epidemic that infected only children menaced the town.
However, it was found that being near this feather prevented the infection.
So I gathered all the town's children to the castle.
After returning the children, healthy now, to the town,
I used the magic that still existed in the country to seal the feather,
in order to prevent another battle over the feather.
But the legend says that the children did not return
in the same condition as when they were taken.
That was taboo. Once, in this area,
there was a custom where words of happiness were not used.
That's probably why the story was told in that way.
Did you gather these children here as well?
I did not.
It is the work of one with an evil heart, entranced by the power of this feather.
In an effort to stop him, I walked the town every night. However...
Long dead, there was nothing I could do.
But you saw me and came this far.
I give my heartfelt thanks for your kindness and concern for the children.
You will need the children's pure hearts to take back the feather.
Join the children's circle, and please take back the feather yourself.
I will!
You need not hesitate, for that is originally yours.
What's the matter?
It's natural to be surprised.
The river's dammed, and you had nothing to do with it.
You didn't do anything, did you?
That's right.
You were the mastermind of all the incidents, weren't you...
Dr. Kyle?
Syaoran-kun...
I've finally found the truth.
Tell me where the children and Sakura are.
You know, when this town is bathed in twilight,
there will be a little seed that drops from your hand.
If you can call this trodden-down dirt a road,
does closing my eyes count as love?
If this world had been flat,
the two of us would never have met.
We were both running to keep our distance.
But now, without reducing speed,
no matter how far apart we are,
as the miracle repeats itself,
we will come face to face again.
We will come face to face again.
Puu! Finally the puzzle of the legend is solved!
Who was it that masterminded all the events in the shadows?
And the onslaught of the muddy river
leads the way to a new light from the evil tradition!
Huh? Kurogane has done something again?
If you want to find out what evil he did, you'll have to wait and see!
Tsubasa Chronicles, Episode 15, "A Believing Heart."
Next time, your heart will pound over extreme transformation!