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The leafs were waving slowly… Squids were talking in front of each other, while some were sleeping on the grass. Hun was walking forward, watching the wavy trees spread around: one in particular had a large hole.
"Finally, I'm here… … who are those Squids, anyway?" Hun's head turned around. "She told me they are the world's citizens… I can't recall a moment where I chatted with one of them. I never tried to, actually… … why not trying to talk with them, now?"
Hun stopped, turning towards a Squid who was staring back at him.
"Hi!" He bended a bit down, smiling slightly.
"Bluuub… blubscrubble, blu?" The Squid moved the tentacles around.
"… eh?" A sweat drop appears on Hun's right side of his head.
"Blubluscrubble, bluscrubble, blu blu…" The Squid's eyes closed. "Scrubblebluuuscrubble, blu… blubluscrubble."
"Ehm… I-I don't understand…" His eyes closed. "This Squid talks as if there is ink inside the mouth… how it's possible, when the mouth is catching air?"
"Blu, bluuu…" The Squid flipped upside-down, diving inside the grass.
"Huh?!" Hun watches a hole on the terrain. "Where are you going?! Hey!"
His mouth sealed.
"… let me check something…" His right hand dived on the terrain.
His hand picked up a huge chunk of terrain: it was shaking a bit.
"Uhm… it resembles pudding for some reason…" His right hand left the terrain.
Plop.
The chunk of terrain was sticking out from the rest of the grass.
"… I wonder if they know anything about those people I saw earlier…" Hun sighed, as he resume his walk. "Well, that question will have to wait: I have to get more memories back, as well as retrieving this weapon."
Hun's mouth opened a bit.
"Wait… the weapon is located in here? Huh…" His head lowered a bit. "That's another question I have to ask…"
The boy began walking towards the large hole. His eyes were seeing furniture, shyly popping out from the darkness. His nose inhaled a violet scent mixed with a bit of orange one.
"Ah, right… I was supposed to give her that book." A sweat drop appears on Hun's right side of his head, as his eyes closed. "Guess I'll do that, once I get to sleep in my bed… hopefully, finding a solution for this problem."
Hun entered inside the large hole, bending forward a bit: a bookshelf immediately shows in front of his face. He turned to the right corner, watching a small table and a cushion in front of it. An Inkling woman was sitting on the floor, behind the small table, wearing a hood and heavy clothing. The clothes' colors were dark-green and the hood was showing a dark-red variety.
Long, orange tentacles were coming out from the hood's lower-center side, with the right one above the left one. Her hands were covered by long sleeves, seemingly clasped together. Darkness covered her face.
"Good morning…" Hun smiled, as his eyes closed for a moment.
"… good morning, Hun." She kept her posture. "I was waiting for you…"
"You always do." The boy chuckled a bit, as he sits down on the cushion. "Although, sometimes you are still upstairs…"
"That's because I'm almost done restoring another part of your memories, as well as improving your memory skills…" Her head rose. "Once I finish today's job, I'm always looking to do something a little different… usually, reading a book."
"You never get out of your home…?" Hun's mouth opened a bit.
"If I do get out… my home would disappear." Her head lowered. "You know how much this world keeps changing… especially nowadays: if it wasn't for this unreasonable changing habit, I would had gotten out in the open more often, for sure."
"Uhm…" His downturned mouth closed, raising a bit. "… have you ever thought of getting out of this world, before this whole situation would happen?"
"I never tried it… but that would be interesting, if I find a way to get in there." Her head turned to her right. "I would surely find some books to read and add in my collection."
"Yes, I remember you are very attached to those." Hun nodded.
"… I know why you are here…" Her head lowered a lot.
"Ah… you always manage to know exactly what I'm up to, huh." A sweat drop appears on Hun's right side of his head. "Well… I guess I don't even need"
"Hun."
Hun's mouth sealed.
"… this time, I have a question for you…" Her head rose back.
"Huh?" Hun's head shook quickly. "Really?"
"… do you have the desire to obtain the weapon?" She bended forward a bit.
"Well, not really…" His head lowered to his down-right side. "I'm forced to, actually."
"Who's forcing you?" The woman kept her pose.
"A monster." Hun sighed. "A monster who captured my little sister inside a paper: if I don't bring him this weapon, he will strap the paper."
The woman groaned, as she retreated backwards a bit.
"… you know… have I talked to you about the Shrine?" Hun's head rose back, as his eyebrows went up. "Do you even happen to know anything about it?"
"I wouldn't bother with those questions, for now… instead, you should focus on getting that weapon." Her hands went on her sides. "But that would mean… …" Her head lowered.
"Would mean…?" Hun bended forward a bit.
"… Hun… I don't know if you are ready for this…" Her head kept staying down.
Hun swallowed silently.
"Wh-what's she trying to say to me…?" A sweat went down on his forehead.
"The weapon you seek is located in the depths of this world… a place where you have never been before." Her hands went on her hood, grabbing it.
"Huh?!" Hun's mouth opened wide. "What are you"
Her hands took her hood backwards, revealing her face: her mouth was downturned and her eyebrows were up.
"In order to access said place, you need to make a portal appear… I can do it, but I refuse." Her eyes closed. "I'm worried about you…"
"Don't be!" Hun frowned a bit. "I'm ready to face the dangers"
"Hun, I have been already in that place!" The woman bended forward. "It's a temple where you are forced to fight to survive…"
"I have no choice! I have to get that weapon!" Hun bended forward, as his eyebrows went up. "The monster"
"The monster you are talking to, doesn't know the weapon's look… right?" Her eyes closed. "He doesn't know about this world… only you and me."
"… you…" Hun's eyes squeezed a bit. "… if you say that, despite the presence of those citizens you told me last time, doesn't that mean you do have some connections with the outside world?"
The woman lowered her head, as her lips retreated inside and her irises went to her right corner. Hun frowned a bit.
"This woman… who is she?!"