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"… is it related to Master Hun too?!" Kelly's mouth downturned.
"I don't think so…" Tom turned towards the door, taking some steps towards it. "… right now, there is a new rumor going around the HQ."
"Another one?!" The woman's mouth formed a ^. "You mortals sure like those"
"This one is very different from the other ones!" The man turned behind, while frowning. "It's because of its role… it might reveal Mirii's real intentions in the HQ!"
"Intentions?!" Kelly jumped, as her fists went each near her chest, her irises shrunk and her slightly downturned mouth flattened. "Wait… sh-she has a secret goal all along?!"
"Well, it MIGHT be… we don't know." Tom's head shook. "One thing is sure, though… Squids keep saying that no one has seen her, after she left the canteen!"
"She disappeared?!" Kelly's mouth opened wide.
"Yeah…" Tom's head lowered. "That means we don't have a clue where to go next…"
The woman's mouth downturned… suddenly, her mouth reopened as her eyes grew a bit.
"We have to find where Mirii is… I know who she is… and I'm also an adult…" Kelly gasped. "I know how I can find her!" Her eyes closed, while smiling.
"With the power of yours?!" The man's head returned forward. "You can do that?!"
"There is a special power a Shrine Drawer can only get once they are grown up…" Kelly nodded, as she turned her sight towards the paper and pen resting on the desk. "… that's the power to watch someone's memories!"
"Just what we need!" Tom clenched his right fist, while smiling and lowering his eyebrows. "Then, all you have to do is"
"There is a problem…" The woman's mouth downturned, as she sighed and turned towards the man. "I can be the only one who can do this… and doing this would cost me a power penalty." Her eyes closed. "If I use those powers, I'll be unable to use my drawing powers for the entire day…"
"Ouch…" Tom gritted his teeth. "… why is there a penalty?"
"Eh eh eh…" Sweat covered her forehead, as Kelly closes her eyes and smiled widely. "Because this power doesn't come from pure energy… it's filled with the tremendous curiosity of knowing others' secrets." She grinned a bit, while reopening her eyes. "This is the moralistic way of explaining it… there is the technical version, but I don't even remember one bit of it!" She chuckled.
"So, you get punished for using this power…?" Tom frowned a bit.
"Unless the Master of the Shrine grants me the immunity for its use!" Kelly nodded. "Which is something very rare to get…"
"And because of the situation, you want to risk this…" The man folded his arms. "Understood."
"Aaaaahh…" Kelly's mouth downturned. "Actually, the punishment might be even worse if I keep looking through those memories… … but I can't get back home, if I keep staying in here." She sighed. "I don't even want to know what happens if I stay for too much time under such form…" She shivered. "I-I could lose my chance to get back to myself…"
Sweat covered Tom's forehead. Kelly pointed back at the desk, began walking towards it.
"… darn it, Tom! If only I paid a bit more of attention with those rumors…!" His eyes squeezed. "To think I was so sure that those conspiracy theories were just making me waste my time…" His eyes reopened, as he walked towards Kelly. "I-I'll remember this… I swear!"
"Sigh…" Kelly swallowed loudly, as sweat covered her face. "Alright… here it goes nothing…!"
The woman began drawing on the paper. Her right hand was moving swiftly, releasing a paper-like sound.
"… I'm sure she looks like this…" Kelly's posture lifted, as her mouth rose and downturned slightly.
Tom bended forward, watching the paper depicting Mirii's face.
"I have seen her before… the expression seems spot on, considering her icy look." He nodded.
"She is the Ice Queen, in a sense!" The woman chuckled. "Alright, I'm almost done here…" She bended a bit forward, drawing rapidly. "… aaah, I'm getting scaaaarrreeed…" Her mouth downturned.
"You don't have to do this!" Tom frowned. "We might still be lucky enough to find Mirii somewhere in the HQ!" He nodded. "Wow, I sounded so cool!" He smiled, while closing his eyes.
"That's ok…" Kelly was grasping the paper with both her hands. "… I'll get rid of the scare in some way or another." She sighed loudly. "Let's see, now… I remember to close the eyes first…" Her eyes closed. "I want to see Mirii's memories, I want to see Mirii's memories, I want to see Mirii's memories, I want to see Mirii's memories…"
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Fast steps were heard raising from the floor: Mirii was running forward, frowning and clenching her fists. Bars was behind her, with his eyebrows up and his mouth downturned, while panting a bit loudly.
Huh? Those aren't her memories… pheeeww! It must be another special power I didn't know about! … hope it doesn't backfire me…
"Liiike, girl! Aren't you gettin' a bit too splatty? This whole imagination is kind of"
"Silence!" Mirii frowned a bit more, while still looking forward. "You aren't forced to follow my steps… in fact, if you leave me alone, nothing drastic will get in my way." Her head rose a bit. "I'd still proceed towards the truth I need to learn…"
"Yo, girl!" Bars frowned a bit. "I'm not leaving you alone: that's what you get when you have a friend! Not that I wouldn't care about Grina, but I can't always stick my nose on her own affairs! Like, I know for a fact you would need some muscles… I gotta do my friend job!"
"I need intelligence and not raw strength!" Mirii's head turned to her left, as her head lowered back and left a snort. "Hunley is in deep danger… I cannot even describe how terrible my performance will be in the team, if he's not part of it anymore." Her head returned forward.
"Like, what about us two?" Bars frowned a bit more. "Girl, we need friendship in da team… otherwise, we will get the risk of being alone, again!"
"… Grina did an amazing job, reforming his thinking style into hers. Hmpf!" Her head rose. "Me, being dependent on others… … I prefer being on Hunley's side more than ever…"