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Presea, The Master Smith In The Forest Of Silence is the second episode of the Magic Knight Rayearth anime.

Story[]

The Magic Knights are dropped off by Clef's griffin at Presea's mansion within the Forest of Silence. They wonder how they'll get into the mansion, as it is surrounded by a wall with no doors.

Fuu suggests knocking. Umi is very skeptical, but when Hikaru starts to knock on the wall, a door opens. They try to call for someone, but no one greets them. They have small argument about not being rude and decide to enter anyway. Unbeknownst to them, a monster crawling in the ground manages to get in behind them.

The door shuts and they enter the mansion. They wander around until they hear noise coming from a room. It turns out to be a study, and they see papers being thrown by someone in a chair. They ask if the person is Presea, but when the chair turns around, it turns out that the "person" is a small rabbit-like creature.

Suddenly, a cage drops on them, and a woman comes forward. The woman is extremely happy, thinking that she's captured Mokona, the creature that has been always messing up her study. After thinking of ways to punish Mokona, she looks in the cage and is surprised to see three girls in it.

Umi starts to complain that it's not their fault they were captured since the woman, whom they have figured out is Presea, didn't answer the door. She explains how Hikaru just knocked and the door opened by itself. Presea is surprised and tells them only the Legendary Magic Knights could have done that.

The monster soon finds them and starts to attack them and Presea lets them out of the cage. Hikaru tries using her magic to kill the monster, but the magic doesn't work. Presea then draws out her sword and slices the monster's head off before leading the girls to a room filled with weapons. Unbeknownst to them, however, the monster isn't dead.

Despite the girls thinking that they have to pay for the weapons, Presea reveals that she is just "loaning" the weapons to them. She then explains that for them to become true Magic Knights, they need to go to the Spring of Eterna to retrieve the legendary ore, Escudo.

Just then, the monster comes for them again. Presea closes the door and tells them to pick a weapon. The girls close their eyes, and they successfully choose their weapons. Both Hikaru and Umi get swords (Hikaru a broadsword and Umi a rapier), while Fuu gets a bow and arrows.

The monster then breaks through the door. They try to kill it and manage to break it up into pieces. It then reassembles itself, and Fuu tells them it's probably made of mud. Hikaru then gets an idea for how to kill it. She asks Presea if she has a pond. Presea says there's one in the back, and the four of them head for it. Hikaru asks if she can use the tablecloth as they pass through the kitchen. Presea tells her yes, as they head for the back.

Outside, Hikaru tells them to distract the monster as she hides behind a pillar. Umi and Fuu does so, and Hikaru throws the cloth over the monster's head. Hikaru charges forward, knocking the monster in the pond, where it dissolves.

They then get another surprise when the weapons suddenly disappear into their jewels on their gloves. Presea then tells them that the weapons will only appear when they are needed.

Outside the wall, Presea tells them to go to Eterna. She then tells them they will be guided by Mokona, who knows the way. They part ways for now, and Presea hopes the Legendary Magic Knights will save their land. The episode ends with Presea praying for Princess Emeraude to watch over the trio.

Trivia[]

  • The handle of Fuu's Escudo sword is similar to that of the bird head of Sakura Kinomoto's staff in Cardcaptor Sakura, another CLAMP work.
  • In the dub, Hikaru reads the episode title excluding the first "the". This error of reciting episode titles differently from what's posted occurs often as the series progresses.
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