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… finally, my wonderful plan begins. Although, I wish I could had taken her in without being noticed… at least I hid my identity with such skill, no one would ever guess who I was. Besides… I couldn't lose my chance to prank the supposed Perfectionist, protagonist of many discussions…
Knowing her popularity, I will have my chance to steal some extra success too, by saying how "I dared to challenge perfection"… they might start calling me "The Perfectionist Breaker"! Ih ih, I like the way it sounds!
Aaah, I can't stop thinking about my triumphant return… the real story I'll make sure that all my descendants would learn fondly! All my hard work will be finally repaid… and my Rank would improve so high, I could even be seen as a Master! … eh eh, that's too high even for me. I have ambitions so big, it's scaring me… ih ih ih!
… she's still sleeping?! Uuuggh… I knew she wasn't perfect, but I would never guess that she's this weak to not stand a simple voyage inside a wall.
Alright, I'm growing tired of watching her snoring… I'll wake her up, just this one time!
Hey, hey! Wake up already! … don't turn your back on me! Wake up!
"Uh-huh?!" Mirii's eyes opened wide, before her eyelids returned to the middle. "Wh…"
"Sigh… I still don't know how she manages to be in everyone's discussions…" A female voice was coming in front of her.
Mirii's eyes blinked, as her irises tracked down a pair of geta. Slowly, her head rose: a young, Inkling woman tilted her head towards hers. She was smiling with her eyebrows a bit down. She was wearing a dark-blue yukata, with flower patterns drawn on it and purple lines on the cloth's edges.
"Don't tell me you are hurt now…" The woman's mouth downturned a bit. "We are not in a situation where we can heal those wounds…"
"Wh… who are you?" Mirii's hands went on the floor, as her arms stretched upwards.
The girl frowned.
"Are you one of those Squids from the Shrine?"
The woman's right hand went in front of her mouth, as a white fan opened: the fan had a bluer tone towards her fingers, with blue drawn roses spread on it. She chuckled a bit.
"You can't tell? Of course I'm from the Shrine." Her eyelids lowered to the middle. "I'm also the image who played the taller role…"
Mirii's eyes expanded, as she jumped on her feet.
"What's the meaning of this?!" Her head rose, as her arms folded. "How the Shrine is connected to this building?!"
"Can't say too much about it…" The woman's hands went behind her back, as she bended forward while smiling and closing her eyes. "… but I'm here to help you out!"
"Helping me…?" Mirii's eyes squeezed a bit.
"I'll say more of that, during the expedition through this building… have you seen it, by the way?" She makes a full spin, with her right arm stretching diagonally up and her right hand keeping her fan closed.
"… where am I, now?" Mirii's shoulders turned to her left, as her mouth opened a bit.
A dark tone was covering the floor, furniture and other various items. Their shape had curves, which were gradually lowering or raising under a specific rhythm.
"... it looks like the lab I was in, before." Mirii's shoulders turned to her right. "But its appearance is… is… … no, the more I look at this place, the more I'm sure it has traps or monsters I don't even want to find out."
The girl's shoulders returned forward, watching back the woman with her posture lifted.
"… I can't really trust this individual either." Her head lowered, as her irises were still pointed at her. "Without a weapon in my hands, though, I can't underestimate her…"
"I see you are having doubts about the place, eh?" The woman's left hand went on her left hip. "… hey, I don't bite if you say something!"
"I have no business in such illusion." Mirii snorted, as her eyes squeezed a bit. "I must return to"
"Are you so sure of that?" The woman's left arm stretched a bit, as her left forefinger rose and tilted back and forth in quick, short movements. "I would start thinking about exploring this room, since I can't let you return back, now… not even if I wanted to."
"Hmpf." Mirii's head shook. "I don't take the words of a stranger, unless they are coupled with decisive evidences."
"Eh eh… how I knew you would say that." The rest of her left fingers opened, as her left palm pointed towards the ceiling. She sighed loudly, as her eyes closed. "I thought I could tell you this, later than sooner…"
"Don't waste my time!" Mirii's right forefinger pointed at the woman, as her right arm stretched. "Speak or else admit your failure!"
The woman's irises went on her right, as her eyebrows lowered.
"… try touching the wall on your right…"
"I will not." Mirii's arms folded, as she frowned a bit. "I command you to touch the wall and prove your point."
A snort left the woman's mouth, as she turned to her left and took two steps towards the wall. Her left arm stretched, as her left hand touched the wall: she presses it for at least two seconds, before turning to her right, with her left arm still stretched to the max. Mirii's eyes expanded.
The woman's left hand-palm had a wavy slime colored in dark-purple. Her right hand opened her fan, as it passes on the covered palm, picking the slime and tossing it towards the wall.
"I asked you to cover the wall with ink, remember?" Her right hand closed the fan back.
"N-no!" Mirii bended forward, as her eyebrows went up and her teeth gritted. "I haven't seen ink react to the wall, yet!"
"That's where I wanted to get!" The woman lowered her head, while frowning. "We are inside the building's curse, which we must repeal if you still wish to see those innocent Squids saved."
"Curse?!" Mirii's eyes expanded.
The woman began walking, passing the girl.
"Let's move out. As I said, I will explain everything during our walk…" She stopped, without turning her back. "Prepare yourself, too… because I'll not guarantee to save you from whatever trap we will meet."