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Hun jumped in front of Mirii, as his hands rested on her shoulders: the girl's mouth opened, as her irises shrunk a bit.
"They are not dangerous, Mirii!" Hun snorted. "They are my friends! I can guarantee you that, since I know them!"
"… you truly know them…?" Mirii's mouth downturned, as her eyebrows went up. "But my sense"
Hun shakes his head.
"It's totally wrong!" He frowned a bit more. "There is no way I'm wrong on this… I have never seen them doing bad things before! Not even hearing anything regarding such thing…"
"Oh… Master…" Her eyes turned white, as her irises grew back. "I… I-I'm terribly sorry for disregarding your calls like this…" Her head lowered, as she sniffed loudly. "I-I couldn't help following my sensing ability… not only it's a strong sensation, which conquers my view with incredible ease…"
Her head rose back to neutral position.
"But I always trusted it without a question!" She nodded. "My innate skill helped me going through in many, many situations… and I thought this was one of the many obstacles I must overcome, since the senses was pushing rather strong on me."
Hun's mouth downturned, as his hands went back and his feet walked a bit backwards.
"Don't worry, Mirii…" His eyes closed. "I understand why you did this… and really, it's more important you don't do it again." His eyes opened. "My friends don't deserve this kind of harm…"
"Master Hun…" She bowed down. "… I promise to not let my senses dictate my steps." She rose back her posture. "I want you to do that…" She smiled. "You and your little sister are the most wise Squid known in the Shrine… you are the true guides of us."
Hun smiled.
"What the turf was that?!"
Hun turned to his left, while jumping a bit: Tonna was frowning a lot, as her hands were resting on her hips.
"Why did you tried to hypnotize me?!" Her eyes squeezed a bit. "I didn't do anything wrong at all!"
Mirii bowed down.
"I apologize for the incorrect use of one of my most used skills I received from the Shrine…" Her posture rose back, as her mouth downturned. "As I said before, I promise to follow more"
"You were making me turn into a mindless Shrine follower against my will!" Tonna's arms stretched down. "Was this your true intention?! Bringing more mortals to the Shrine, so you will earn even more powers?!"
"N-no!" Mirii's eyebrows rose, as her mouth downturned even more while bending forward. "I-I was suddenly overwhelmed by my Defensive senses… I-I couldn't even notice this at first, since it was too strong!"
"Are you saying the truth…?" Tonna's eyes squeezed. "It's too easy to claim that an internal feeling was the cause of all this…"
"I trust in Mirii, Tonna!" Hun frowned a bit, as he nodded. "I can't imagine seeing her having any evil intentions!"
"As for me, I have nothing to say about that…" Grina shrugged, as her head shakes. "We all make mistakes. It's a normal thing."
"Where is the normal part in being hypnotized?!" Tonna turned her head to her left, as her eyebrows lowered even more. "An evil Squid would had forced you to do an action, without you even remembering said action!"
"I-I wouldn't never do that!" Mirii bended forward, as sweat covered her forehead. "I'm not evil… and I do not ever wish to become one! I have a whole reputation based around my good behavior!"
Tonna snorted.
"… you know…" Her eyes closed. "Your hypnotic skill seems rather interesting… maybe such power could help us even more than I would ever imagine."
"And why you want me to help you, now?!" Mirii's right foot went behind, as her knees bended and her eyebrows were down. "You complained about me for all this time… and now you are probably thinking to be so superior in front of me, to be capable of treating me like a slave!"
"A slave?!" Tonna tilted backwards as her mouth opened wide. "Wh-what are you"
"Mirii, don't think of that!" Hun shakes his head, while frowning. "Tonna has good intentions!" He nodded. "You should listen to her… your power can do a lot of good in this place!"
"Master…!" Mirii's head turned towards Hun, as her posture lifted and her eyebrows went up. "I… I don't understand." Her mouth flattened. "Why are you trusting those mortals this much…? They live their days by following the sweeter water rules… not ours!" She frowned a bit. "They follow the strongest principle, trying to be more superior than the person nearby."
"What are you talking about?!" Tonna's arms opened wide, as she frowned. "Who told you that lie?! It's so ignorant, I can't even"
"We know you, Tonna…" Mirii bended a bit forward, while looking at the woman. "You tend to act with prejudges, alimented by other's first impressions… that's one of the habits you develop, by living in the sweeter waters for so long." She nodded. "If you followed the Shrine ever since the beginning, you would never fall down into"
"Here you go again with the Shrine praising…!" The woman's hands slammed her hips. "Mindlessly following it, without even knowing what they did to you!"
Mirii growled, as her eyes squeezed. Hun jumped in between the two Inklings, as each of his hands were thrust towards one of the two Inklings' faces.
"Enough! I'm serious on this!" He turned his head towards Tonna. "Tonna, if you keep talking like this, we will never get the mission done with!"
Tonna's eyes expanded.
"Mission…?"
Hun's face got paler: he turns behind, seeing Mirii's head tilted to her left.
"… what mission?"
"Ah… eeeehhhmmm…" His irises turned left and right. "The mission… of getting the tile!" He chuckles, as his right hand was scratching the back of his head. "I-I called it mission, because… it is! N-nothing wrong at the end, right?!" Sweat jumped out from his head.
Mirii's head returned into neutral position: her eyebrows went down a bit.
"Master… I need more clarifications." Her left forefinger pushed her fringe. "I received the order to specifically reconstruct the tile… and I also distinctively remember that I was the only one who received the task. You, Masters, weren't involved at all…"
Ink fell from Hun's forehead.
"Bu-but I"
"A Master who helps a specialist is also seen as one of the biggest gifts possible: not only is an incredible honor to receive direct help from a Master, but all the task do suddenly become extremely easy because of the Masters' immense powers." Mirii's hands went behind her back.
"I-I told you about that before, Mirii…" Hun lowered his posture, as his mouth downturned and his eyebrows went up. "It would be impossible for me to hide anything…"
Mirii's head looked down, seeing her clothes.
"… also, the requirement of wearing the same clothes as a common mortal would wear…" She grimaces. "A decision which I tried to change: not only it would be absolutely useless for me and the Shrine to hide an identity which is supposed to be shown… but those clothes?! Bah!" Her hands stretched her shirt down. "Tremendous…! I have never seen such awful clothing in my whole life! So lifeless… so minimalist!" Her head rose back, while frowning. "Who would wear this?! Who?!"
A sweat drop appeared on everyone else's head.
"Mirii… do you follow perfection?" Grina's head tilted to her right a bit, while smiling and lowering her eyelids to the middle and slightly lowering her eyebrows. "What do you think of it?"
"Perfection…?" Mirii opened her mouth a bit. "… what would be the point of it?" Her head turned to her right, as her right forefinger and thumb rubbed. "I have no use for perfection… it's something no one will ever reach. Ever."
"Well, my friend trying to do that…" Grina chuckles while grinning a bit. "She really believes in perfection!"
"… I wouldn't laugh if I was in you…" Mirii's irises looked at Grina.
"Hmm?" Grina closed her mouth, as her smile shrunk a bit.
"Someone who follows perfection..." Her right hand formed a fist. "… would mean that such person doesn't really believe in themselves… a person who would do anything to prove that they do own something worthy."
Hun bended forward, as his eyes expanded.
"Huh?!" His jaw dropped.
"I would imagine…" Her eyes closed. "… your friend being rather obsessed with perfection, so such person would always say to be someone since no one can understand perfection as your friend does."
"Oh… heh, I guess you are right." Grina shrugged while raising her downturned eyebrows. "She's not the most social Squid you can find… but she's very kind!" She nodded. "A shame really, since she does have some nice ideas to share…"
"… enough talking." Mirii's eyes opened. "I want to retrieve that tile and get back to protect the Shrine… their people are counting on my Defensive skills."
"We can't get you out of the Headquarters… and honestly, not even around the city this freely." Tonna rose her mouth, snorting. "They keep an eye on everyone who walks around the streets… no one can hide from the city's persistent controls."
"And why such controls exist?" Mirii's left foot slides, as she stands sideways with her face pointing at Tonna. "Doubting everyone all the time would make anyone paranoid and insecure!"
"There are evil beings outside…" Tonna's eyes closed. "Think about them as Demon Squids: they do want to take over the city, just like those Demon Squids would do to your Shrine."
"… I see." Mirii's left foot returned near her right one, as her arms formed a cross. "Then, if I have to proof that indeed I'm incapable of causing chaos and disorder… I will." She nodded, as her arms returned near her sides. "I do not want to notice people thinking I could ever cause disasters…"
"We three are ready to give you an alibi to use: Hun told us about this delicate mission you must do for the Shrine… and since he's a friend of mine, I prepared everything needed so you could walk around the city without being arrested for suspicious activity." Tonna folded her arms.
"How the Master met you in the first place?!" Mirii frowned. "That question must be answered… because I have never heard of the Master"
"It's a long story, Mirii!" Hun nodded. "Let's not waste any more time, since you"
A music starts playing. Tonna's right hand picked up her smartphone.
"… could you please be quiet? This is important…" Tonna's right thumb went on her screen, as her hand brought the smartphone near her right ear. "Hello? … yes, what can I do for you?"
Tonna starts walking around, as Mirii looks at the woman and then at Hun: her mouth opened wide.
"Master…" She whispered. "… what in the world is she using?!"