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Blub-blub...
"Wh-what the?!" Mirii turned behind, as her eyes expanded.
From the floor, an oval-shaped figure rose: two oval-shaped white eyes popped out, as they were staring back at the girl.
"... I was wondering when they were showing up." The woman turned behind, as she smiled and opened her fan. "Kick him out, so we can get out of this room!"
"I-I can kick him?!" Mirii's fists went in front of her chest.
The oval creature began sliding towards the girl...
"Yes, yes..." The woman's irises rolled.
Mirii's eyebrows lowered, as she jumped in front of the monster and throwing a kick towards its right side.
POW!
The figure flew to the left, melting once it touched the floor. Mirii's head rose, as she turned behind.
"... I would like to know how did you"
"Experience." The woman turned behind. "Let's go now." She began walking forward.
"Tell me your name." Mirii walked in the same direction.
"Lisa." Her head nodded. "A creative Squid who deals with curses created by Demon Squids or other entities."
"... that is just making me think of even more questions!" The girl snorted. "I don't have time for that, though..." Her head rose. "Can you tell me more about this curse?"
"Why, certainly!" Lisa stopped in front of the double-door, as she spun behind while smiling and closing her eyes. "It took me some time, but I'm positive that this curse was made by a Demon Squid! An amateur one for my tastes..." She grimaces, as her opened a bit.
"Uhm..." Mirii's right forefinger went on her right cheek, as her left hand grabbed her right elbow. "I don't see why a Demon Squid would care about this building…"
"Eh eh, that will be known don't worry…" Lisa returned forward, as her right hand opened her fan and her right arm stretched to her right. "Curses aren't just made out of orders…"
"Hmm?" Mirii's head rose. "What do you mean?"
SWISH!
Dark-purple slime flew on Lisa's left side. Her left hand went on the double-door's left handle, pushing it down.
"… I almost forgot you are a mere mortal." She pulled the door on the left, as her hand returned back. She began walking past the door.
"Insolent." Mirii frowned, as her head lowered and walked forward. "I live in perfection… because of my supreme skill of learning and adapting, I will never be considered obsolete!"
"Not even from old age?" Lisa's head turned to her right, as her right iris rested on her right eye's right corner and her mouth smiled.
"I have several plans to maintain my energy and skills, forever…" Mirii's head rose back. "… but enough drifting away from my questions!"
"Groan…" Lisa her head returned forward, while lowering. "… I thought you knew enough. I get headaches when I talk too much."
Mirii stopped, as her arms folded.
"Then, I'm afraid to not follow you"
"Ok, ok!" Lisa turned behind, as her arms waved horizontally. "I-I will explain everything needed!" She cleared her voice, as her arms returned on her sides. "Sigh… so, about the curse." Her arms folded, as her eyebrows went down a bit. "There are Demon Squids who can put curses on locations and occasionally on living beings… specifically the latter is possible only by experts."
Mirii nodded, as her eyes squeezed a bit.
"All curses are made out of pure will." Lisa's eyes closed, as her right arm went to her right while slightly opening. "They are prohibited by the clan, since mortals might learn their existence…"
"And why they never took it off, even to this day?" Mirii's head rose.
"Luck." Lisa nodded. "If the others would know, we wouldn't be in here at all."
Mirii's shoulders turned around, watching the walls and floor covered in dark-purple slime.
"If we want to get rid of this curse, all we have to do is to reach the room where the other mortal Squids are trapped." Lisa turned to her right, while smiling. "That's where we will find part of the curse's heart… heart that we have to splat down."
The woman walked towards the direction she was looking. Mirii sprinted, while frowning a bit.
"Is this curse a living being?" Mirii slowed down, until she was walking instead.
"I wouldn't call it a creature… but we are going to know more who this Demon Squid was." Lisa's head turned left and right, staring at each door down on the hallway. "So, it will feel lively for sure…"
"We have to reach the first floor." Mirii nodded.
"Nah… we are going to find the other room, first." Her right hand waved her opened fan, near her face. "I have high senses when it comes to find heart parts in curses… also, cover your ears."
"Hmm?" Mirii's eyebrows lowered, as her head turned a bit to her right while her irises were still pointed at the woman. "And why I should"
Sniff… sniff…
Mirii's eyes expanded, as she tilted to her left: a dark-purple figure of a small, Inkling boy was walking down the hallway from ahead. The girl's mouth opened a bit.
"Uuuuggh, why are you NOT covering your ears?!" Lisa's hands went each on one of Mirii's ears.
"Wh-what are you doing?!" Mirii growled, as her fists clenched.
"I'm saving you from years of heavy depression…" Lisa's eyelids lowered to the middle.
The small kid passed the two Inklings, keeping the same posture and same speed pace. Mirii's head turned towards his position. Her eyebrows went up.
"… is he… a…"
Gradually, the figure began fading into nothingness. Lisa's hands went away from the girl's ears, as her head shook.
"Well, that's our little troublemaker." Lisa chuckles for one second, as her opened fan went in front of her mouth. "And we just witnessed one of his memories."
"… a little Squid walking in this building? For what reason?" Mirii turned towards the woman.
Lisa's eyelids lowered to the middle.
"You are not going to find out, right?" Her head shook, as her right arm lowered. "No, of course you wouldn't… especially with me around."
"Wh-who do you think you are?!" Mirii's left foot slid on her left, while her knees bended, as her face frowned and her fists clenched. "I'm brilliant enough to comprehend when I should or not investigate on"
"Ooooh, those eyes of yours are full of curiosity…" Lisa's hands went on her hips. "But trust a veteran: do NOT listen to their words… and if possible, avoid looking at them!"
Mirii growled…
"If you let them get in your ears, eyes and mind, you will experience the same pain they suffered when they casted the curse… I still have to hear Squids who successfully healed from this." Lisa's eyebrows went down. "Mortals and beginners are the most sensible, because they don't have the skills for fighting them off…"
"Then, teach me." Mirii's knees stretched upwards, as her arms folded.
"You have to be a Shrine Squid, first…" Lisa shrugged. "So, I guess in the meantime you have to"
"Tsk… I had enough of being guided by the likes of you." Mirii turned behind, as she walked forward. "I have no reason to follow you, in the"
"Where are you going?!" Lisa's eyes were expanded, as she rushed forward. "I'm going into trouble, if you are"
Mirii stopped, as Lisa was standing on her right foot: her face went paler.
"… ehm… well…" Sweat covered Lisa's face.
"It appears you have a motive…" Slowly, Mirii returned forward… as her right forefinger pointed at the woman. "… care to explain it?"
"Ack!" Lisa's teeth bit her lips' right side. "Uuuugghh… I… I-I'm getting a headache…" Her left hand went on her forehead.
"If you are thinking to back away, that will prove how my suspicions were right!" Mirii's left hand went on her left hip. "Why the Shrine is interested in such building? Why I'm involved into this?!"
"Grrrr… so… s-so, this is how you play…?!" Lisa's head lowered, as she trembles. "I-I'm working so hard, in order to make sure you solve this problem… and you repay me with endless accusations?! Grrr… you have left me with no other choices."
POOF!
Smoke appeared in Lisa's place, dissolving rapidly: Mirii bended forward, as her irises shrunk.
"She ran away!" Her shoulders turned left and right. "Nnngghh… curses! What I'm going to do"
"Eh eh… the little girl is scared of being alone?" Lisa's voice was coming from the girl's right side.
Mirii snorted, as her head rose: she took some steps forward.
"I will let you deal with the situation here… if you want my help, shout my name." Lisa's voice came from above.
"Is she trying to manipulate me?!" Mirii's right cheek rose, as her eyebrows went down. "Pathetic… with my smartphone, I could"
The girl gasped, as her hands landed each on a different part of her outfit.
"M-my smartphone!" Her eyebrows went up, as she turned behind. "I must have left it in the lab!"
She sprinted forward.
Blub-blub…
An oval creature emerged from the floor, in front of Mirii: the height was matching Mirii's. The girl slid on her feet, stopping gradually. She growled, while bending forward and clenching her fists.
"Disappear from my sight, fiend!" She took two steps forward, as her right leg bended.
The monster was sliding towards the girl…
SWISH! POW!
Mirii yelped, as her teeth gritted and lies her right foot back on the floor: the beast's top was tilted towards the left, as it slowly returned to the middle.
"Ow, ow…!" The girl walked backwards, slowly. "I-I have to pass him from the right"
Another oval creature, as big as the one on the right, emerged from the floor.
"NO! Not now!" Her irises shrunk. "Wh-what I can do? What I can do?!"
"Eh eh… thinking about something, Mirii?" Lisa's voice was coming from behind.
"Cease your teases!" Mirii's head rose, as her irises were pointing at the ceiling, while frowning. "I will make you pay for dragging me inside this malevolent place!"
"Oh, really? Are you going to splat the only Squid who can let you out of this curse?"
Mirii growled, as her eyes squeezed a bit.
"… I was in worse situation than"
Bumf.
Mirii went forward, bending in the same direction: her bust turned 180° from the right, seeing two more monsters sliding and looking at her. Their height were the same as Mirii's. The girl jumped backwards, as she kept twisting towards each group of monster.
"Nnnnnnggghh!" Sweat was covering Mirii's face. "No… I-I don't need her help… I-I can still"
Her eyes squeezed.
"WHAT I AM GOING TO DO?!" She panted loudly. "Quick, you fool! Think something!"
The oval creatures' shadows were covering the girl… quickly, she sits down with her hands hugging her knees.
"… Lisa! Help me!" Her head rose.
FUM!
Swishswishswishswishswishswish!
POOF!
…
Mirii's right eye opened: her iris pointed at Lisa's back, as the woman had her fan opened up and her left arm was stretching diagonally down. Mirii sighed, as she stretched upwards, while lowering her eyebrows.
"… so…" Slowly, Lisa turned towards the girl, as she smiled. "… you are not thanking me for the great job?"
Mirii growled loudly, as several veins popped out from her forehead and her arms folded.
"I would rather being splatted than thanking a Squid who refuses to truly cooperate with me!" Mirii's right forefinger pointed at the woman. "You still don't"
"Then, why you were asking me for a help?" Lisa's fan went in front of her mouth, as she chuckled and lowered her eyelids to the middle. "You could had said"
"GRRRR!" Smoke came out from Mirii's ears, as her fists clenched, her eyes squeezed and she trembled even more. "YOU WERE LUCKY I HAVEN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO DEFEAT THOSE FOOLISH, INSOLENT, INCOMPENTENT, BRAINLESS BEINGS!" Her right foot stomped on the floor. "But I will…" She panted, keeping her previous expression and stopping her trembles. "I have scanned their pattern… I know their skills… I will"
"Listen, I give up."
Mirii's eyes opened: Lisa's face went neutral, as her right hand closed her fan. Her hands slammed on her hips.
"We are inside a curse and you still think to dominate the monsters in here, even after you called my help and proved how you can't stand a chance against them?!" Lisa frowned. "No, I can't waste my time chasing after such a childish wish…"
Mirii's eyes expanded, as her mouth opened. Lisa's eyes closed.
"I will make it quick, since my head is about to explode." The woman's eyes opened. "I'm here to make you solve this building problem quick enough, so we can go help Master Hun!"
"Wh… WHAT?!" Mirii's irises shrunk.
"Don't panic on me, now!" Lisa's right hand opened her fan, as she swung it in front of Mirii. "Master Hun is not in trouble, right now… but he will in the future! If we want to help him, we have to defeat this curse first!"
Mirii's mouth flattened, as her tentacles were pushed by the wind coming from Lisa's fan.
"I can't explain how the curse is related to the future events, since… ACK!" Lisa's teeth gritted, as her left hand went on her forehead. "No words can describe it! Nor could my mind, anyway!" She yelped, as her left eye closed.
The girl was standing still, looking back at Lisa.