The Secret of the White Fruit
Bring the towel outside to dry
lt's autumn high now
No need to practice piano?
lt's now Saturday afternoon, l can relax for a bit
Right, Maria, speaking of which, did your family send you anything?
Send what?
The weather is getting colder, lots of parents would send winter wear for their kids
Look, this one fits snugly
Really beautiful
Senshuu's mother is a really good mother
My family sent a jacket to me as well
You know too?
So it's a scarf
Yes, l just learnt it
l knew it at my first look, l haven't reached the state where l can give it away
Let's go
Maria, your father is busy, and hasn't sent anything
to you until now?
Yes, we have to hurry, otherwise we can't complete it by winter
You want to try knitting too?
Pigeon
Oh, oh no, Soso has less fur
Yes, Maria...
Pigeon
What's wrong? You want to eat pigeon snacks?
No, the fruits the pigeons bring is the same as those on Planet Nilulu
Pigeon, l beg you to bring me to the place of these fruits?
She said those were fruits from Nilulu, she just wants to go further
Memoru, you're too playful
lt's very far
Wow, the mountain cable car, it's too tall, very cold
lt's the lake, and boats
Where are you going?
Wow, this is great, pearl plum
lt's got whiffs of aroma, oh, l can't pluck it, it's too tight
So, the green one means it's not ripe yet
l still can't pluck it, oh man
Pigeon, will you help me?
Oh, it's become white
So quiet, eveyrone's concentrating on studying
check this dictionary, and you'll know if there are
pearl plums on earth
No... nothing
No records in the botanical dictionary at all
could it be just something found on Planet Nilulu?
Why was it on earth?
That's not strange
What?
lt's notjust in Nilulu village
Memoru, why do you say that, tell us quickly
lt's like this, when we go out to play
we would bring some pearl plum seeds
These seeds grow quickly, and bear fruit quickly
After eating the fruit, one becomes very spirited
When my grandfather came to earth he sowed it immediately
ls this it?
Look here, we're locked in this location
St. Noya city
Not bad, Memoru said she flew past this river. Where is she?
l'm heading north
From this direction
We saw some cable cars on the way
and then flew straight for the upper stream
Here, not bad, this is the place
This lake is known as Swan Lake
Ah, Swan Lake?
Right, once winter comes, lots of swans gather here from north
Wait a while more, the swans will come and pass by here
Not bad, it might be nearer to our mansion than it is to Nilulu
lt's on the way past them
That means to say, the swans which ate those fruits in Nilulu village
later kept flying towards Swan Lake
The seeds of these fruits
thus mushroomed around this lake
lt's really Nilulu's fruit
Not bad, just as Memoru says, the fruit we saw at Swan Lake
was the fruit from Nilulu
Pigeon, you must bring me here everyday okay
l want to pluck these fruits as a gift for my Grandpa
Lisa, Lisa, you'll catch a cold if you keep sitting there
Grandpa, that's not the wind, they're swans
Ah, swans, swans...
Where is mother? Grandpa
Those are just white swans
No
l wasn't wrong, believe me, swans are bigger
And they are whiter, Lisa, what are you doing?
Nothing, if the swans don't fly back, mother won't come back
Be good, but the swans will definitely fly back
Really?
Wow, these fruits are really beautiful
Memoru, what do you need these for
When winter comes, can we go back to Nilulu village?
Yes, about a month more
Very quickly, then l'll make these fruits
into wine for my Grandpa
Wow, that's a great gift
l know, Grandpa will be very happy
One always puts in more effort when doing something for a beloved
l'm really very happy
Good night!
l'm sorry that you have to come fetch me very morning
lt's true, it's true, Grandpa, there was a puppet on the bird
Grandpa, Grandpa, there's a bird with a puppet which flew by
Listen to me, there's a puppet on the bird
Lisa...
Go out and take a look
Lisa, listen to me
Grandpa can't make it anymore, l'm going to leave you forever
There's a letter and some money
Bring it to town, all right?
Don't stay by this lake by yourself
No, l don't want to, l want to wait for the swans here
Lisa...
Oh no, wait, l'll come back to save you
Orkas, you seem busy, just what happened?
Look at this paper
Memoru brought it back
Please help find Melissa's mother, she is Rachel, 19 years old
3 years ago she went to Paris and said she would return this autumn
Please help Melissa
Who is he?
There's a five year old girl and her grandfather staying near Swan Lake
Melissa is waiting for her mother's return
Her grandfather is seriously ill, l'll go take a look at him first
What are you going to tell the hostel head?
l won't say it, if l did, he wouldn't believe it
And he would ask how we knew it Wouldn't that be worse?
Orkas, why don't we go together
No, you have to stay in the hostel, and wait for Memoru to return
Tell you what's needed
Lisa is waiting for her mother?
Wait, Orkas, bring this for Lisa
Uncle, thank you, l'll stop here
Sorry to trouble you
l'll send you back later, wait for me here later
The first batch of swans this year
Who's there?
l'm a student here
come in
Memoru, hide temporarily
Welcome back, actually...
Uncle, l know the situation now
Grandpa, Grandpa, Grandpa...
Hey, you all right?
Lisa don't worry, he's a friend of Grandpa
Grandpa, the swans are coming back
lt's white, and very big
ls it's neck very long?
Yes
No, that's not a swan, it's a long-neck bird
No, it's a swan, mother will return
lt's a swan, swan, swan
Why did you trick him
Because l feel that Lisa's mother won't come back
That was 3 years ago
There was a case of thievery in this village
Lisa's mother was one of the suspects, and she eventually ran somewhere
when she couldn't take the villager's insults
My granddaughter Lisa and l moved to the shed on Swan Lake
Her mother once told us, the autumn 3 years later
When the swans fly here, she'll definitely return
l see, Uncle eat something
You're not eating... Oh, scarf
Hey, hey This is the place of swans
You long-necked birds, l never asked you to come
What? Look at you, completely different from swans
Memoru, go inform Maria,
l need some vitamins Vitamins?
Um, Uncle can't eat anything solid
but can eat some watery things, please hurry, hurry
l got it
What happened to Memoru and Orkas?
So tiring
Memoru, why are you in such a fluster?
lt's like this, because Uncle is weak
we need some vitamins Vitamins?
Something watery
How should l tell the doctor?
lf only we had some pearl plum juice
But, you said you wanted to refine them, that won't do
lt's the same to crush it into juice
All right, let me try, the fruits of this planet will
definitely be useful Good thing there's still some time left to mealtime
Put it there
Wait
Right, l have an idea, Memoru, help out quick
Add one again.
Just nice, a bottle, Memoru, is it enough?
Don't drop it, contact me if there's anything else
Why are the swans not here yet?
Memoru
The vitamins you needed
What is it?
Pearl plum juice
Pretty good, try it first
l just need it to be effective
Thank you
ls it swans?... No
Uncle, drink up
Grandpa...
Uncle, how do you feel?
l feel completely revitalized
You want me to send you off?
No need
You know of a girl called Melissa?
Her mother is looking for her
Pigeons, pigeons, is my mother back?
l know, l know, l understand
The body of pigeons are smaller than swans
l know pigeons and swans are completely different
lf this is true, Uncle you're a very kind person
Swans will fly from a faraway place
Pigeons won't move houses as and when
So you're not a swan
Pigeon, when you're grown if you become a pigeon
Bring my mother back
Lisa... Mother...
Although Maria asked me to bring it, forget it
l'll take it, to make it into a painting
That's great, great
Lisa can see her mother now
Her grandfather is recuperating in hospital, everyone's safe
Orkas, do l look good?
Very pretty, Maria
Thank you, l just received it
Her father chose it himself
So it came late
Hey, Maria...
What?
That scarf of yours Who was it for actually?
l won't tell you, it's a secret
ls it nice? Maria
Oh...
l'm sorry, l want it
l don't want to, give it back, l just learnt, it wasn't nicely done
Orkas, give it back
l didn't knit it for you