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The Inkling girl wearing a kimono was walking forward, with a bright smile on her face: Hun was walking behind her, as his head was turning around.
"Master, can I ask you a question…?" Her head lowered.
"Sure!" Hun nodded, as his head turned towards the girl.
"Why you want to talk with the owner…?" Her shoulders turned to her right, as her eyebrows are up. "Don't tell me you want to reconsider your role as a Master…?"
"No no!" Hun's head shook. "I just wanted to tell him that my friend must be treated with respect! That's"
"WHAT?!" The girl turned behind, as her irises shrunk. "Master, no! You can't do that!"
"Wh-why not?!" Hun stopped, as his hands went up with his hand palms facing down the girl.
"Mortals are… well…" Her head lowered, as her mouth was moving.
"Hmm? What did you say?" Hun bended a bit forward, as his eyes squeezed slightly.
"… sigh… I-I really don't want to be the one…" Her head rose back, as her mouth was waving. "I-I would rather clean thousands of vases, th-than"
"What's going on?!" Hun frowned. "Why are you talking like this, all the sudden?!"
"… I wish to say this as normally as possible, but… I-I don't think you are ready to understand this matter fully." Her eyes closed. "I really don't want to see you mad, Master…"
"Mad? At what?" Hun opened his arms a bit.
"Mortals, my Master… well… they are not usually involved into the Shrine's affairs." The girl swallowed silently. "Technically speaking, they shouldn't be with you this much nor they should even be considered in any Shrine matter."
"Huh?!" Hun took two steps backwards, while frowning even more. "What do you mean?! Mirii helped me so much! There were so many situations where I couldn't solve any problem without her support!"
"I-I can imagine that, actually!" Sweat jumped out from her head, as her hands were down. "I-I heard so many facts about your teamwork with the Mortals! I-I was rather happy you are having a great, great time with all of them! But… well…" Her irises went down. "Mortals are Mortals, my Master… n-not that I hate them, mind you!" Her irises went back up, as her posture lifted for a moment.
Hun kept his frown, watching directly on the girl's eyes.
"I-I don't mind having them as friends, you know! I-I know that the sweeter waters aren't just full of monsters…! It's more about… ehm… their aura…"
"Aura?" Hun's right eyebrow rose. "Wh-what about their aura?"
"Weeeelll…" Her irises went to her right, shrunk, as her tentacles were a bit zigzagged. "… unlike you, Master, we are rather sensible about others' own aura. They do contaminate the positive energy flowing through the Shrine… and almost all of them have said problem." Jerkily, she nodded.
"Contaminate…?" Several sweat drops appeared around Hun's head. "Huh…?!"
"Ehm…" The girl grinned, as her eyes closed and sweat covered her forehead. "… I'm not that good at explaining, my Master…" She bowed down. "I really need a lot of time for letting you know about the energy matter in full details…"
"Uhm… then, instead of mentioning this energy fact, how about you just mention the problem with the owner?" Hun folded his arms, while frowning a bit.
"Master, I-I can't really get to that point yet… I-I wanted to make the whole answer more refined, so I would let you have the most unbiased reaction." The girl rose her posture, with her mouth downturned and her eyes opened.
"I'll have that, don't worry!" Hun nodded. "I don't even understand what's the whole point of citing the energy"
"Any owner can't interact with Mortals, because they are extremely vulnerable in front of bad Auras…" She swallowed silently. "They appear only when the Mortal committed a terrible deed… and when they do, it's always for a very short period of the time." She nodded twice.
"But… I didn't wanted the owner to meet Mirii." Hun's eyebrows went up.
"I know that… in fact, you want him to respect a Mortal." Her eyes closed. "But if you force the owner to follow your order… automatically, everyone else must respect the Mortal as much."
"Wh-why?!" Hun tilted backwards, as his eyes expanded. "And why that's also a problem in the first place?! Didn't you said"
"I wouldn't mind their presence… unless they don't take a quick Hot Bath. Without it, they will sure give headaches to everyone, because of their bad auras! By taking a quick bath, their aura is more clean and thus, they do not provoke such trouble!" The girl sighed.
"I met a girl named Kelly… and she didn't had a headache, when she was interacting with Mirii!" Hun frowned.
"There is a special power which provides protection against Bad Auras… I know Kelly and I'm pretty sure she got that for her task." The girl nodded, as her hands went down. "If you impose that the owner must respect any Mortal in such way… then, said Mortal doesn't have any obligations for taking a Hot Bath first."
"But you all have this special protection to use!" Hun bended forward, frowning even more.
"Yes, but that would cost us a lot of energy…" Her eyes closed, as her eyebrows went down. "Considering the fact that the Shrine's energy level is rather low, we shouldn't play with our chances and give Mortals any easy freebies. I'm already scared of those Demon Squids and Yokai, lurking around the Shrine…" Her eyebrows went up, as her eyes opened. "I don't want to keep on turning my back, to make sure that no fiend is watching me…"
"I see…" Hun's head lowered for a moment. "… but what if I'm asking to just not force any experiments on Mirii?"
"Same thing… but experiments aren't that bad, my Master." The girl turned behind for a moment. "… sorry, I heard some strange noises behind me…"
"Well, an experiment did cause a lot of trouble to Mirii!" Hun nodded, while snorting. "And I wasn't happy about that! At all!"
"Oh… then, I think I have found a nice way to help you out!" The girl giggled, as her head tilted to her left a bit. "I strongly advice to not suggest a request for more respect… rather, a request for repaying Mirii!"
"If I only ask that, this would mean that Mirii will still be subjected to unwanted experiments!" Hun shook his head, keeping his frown. "I can understand the fact that Mortals bring bad Auras, so they have obligations to respect… but why a Mortal can't escape those experiments?!"
"Let's just say that…" The girl's head lowered, as her face got darker. "… the Shrine is highly interested into solving this Bad Aura problem, once and for all…"
Hun's mouth opened wide, as his eyes expanded.