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… perhaps, I shouldn't be too late. If it's true I can eat lunch inside the Shrine, then I should expect someone to wait for my arrival… could it be Lisa only? She hasn't told me a specific time to reach the Shrine… right? Ugh… I was barely paying attention, during that discussion. I still have some signs of headaches, here and there.
The door opened, as the girl walked out of the bathroom: her feet were wearing light-brown wool slippers and her right hand was holding a white towel, while standing on the top of her right side. The towel was covering her torso. Her tentacles were waving back and forth, as Mirii stopped in front of her closet.
"… how I wish I could surf in the Inknet and watch some intellectual videos…" Her left hand went on the closet, as her eyebrows "smiled" a bit and her mouth stretched to her right side. "I could see if SpaceSquids has uploaded any new videos, yet… … ah, right."
Her left hand pulled the left closet's door first, then went on the right handle, pulling it gently. The girl took two steps forward, now standing in between the two opened doors. Her right hand pulled the towel, hanging it on a small closet door hook, positioned on the right door's internal side.
Have I thought about that idea, yet? … no, I think I wasn't. So much happened before, the only thing I remember is me getting worried about Hunley… and thinking back to that curse I have repealed. I might as well start designing the idea… obviously subscribing to the website is no problem, since I don't have to spend a single coin for it.
Uhm… I still don't have a professional microphone and camera. I could start recording my episodes through my smartphone… … no, I can't afford to rely on such limitative tools! I have the image of a professional! If I show myself as a casual Squid, no one would believe my teachings! I definitively need to buy better equipment… also a pair of fake glasses.
Those are perfect for sending my audience, an impression of cleverness. … perhaps I will take them off, once I earn enough fame.
Mirii walked away from the closet, while wearing a short-sleeved black dress with slim black pants coming from it, a long-sleeved black shirt with the sleeves colored in blue: a small mountain logo was on her chest's left side.
"No, then the viewers might become suspicious on my appearance…" Her head lowered, as she passed her bed on the right. "… maybe I just need to wear the right outfit."
The girl stopped and turned to her right side: her hands picked a slim, long-sleeved jacket painted in dark-green.
"An intelligent clothing choice…" Her eyes closed, as her arms went each inside one of the jacket's sleeves. "… I should investigate the Inknet, once I return."
Opening her eyes, Mirii walked towards her desk: her eyes were pointed at a paper laying on her closed laptop. Stopping in front of it, her hands picked it up.
"Using the bag might be unnecessary… what kind of item I would collect outside the Shrine, anyway?" She turned behind, bending her knees down. "It's not like I have to retrieve an ancient treasure… well, not completely true at least."
Her hands put the paper in front of her feet, as her posture lifted.
"I have the plan in my mind… all I have to do, now, is to jump inside this drawing." She nodded. "I'll make this quick, too… if Hunley is really looking for my help."
Mirii turned into a Squid, jumping inside the paper. Quickly, the girl swam throughout a paper-like world, until she jumps out of it, landing on a magenta cushion. The girl resumed her humanoid form, as
"Mirii!"
Kelly's arms wrapped around Mirii, as she lifts her while bending backwards.
"Thank you, thank you for what you did!" Her eyes closed.
"Put me down, you fool!" Mirii frowned a lot, as veins popped out from her forehead, while her arms rose and her fists clenched.
Sweat jumped out from Kelly's head.
"… uuffff…" Her eyebrows went up. "W-wow, you are heavier than I thought…!" Her arms put the girl down on her feet.
"How dare you picking me up like an useless bag of rocks?!" Mirii's teeth gritted, as her arms stretched downwards. "… and obviously I'm much taller and developed than you, hence the reason why I'm heavier than you!"
Mirii snorted, as her arms folded. Kelly's eyelids lowered to the middle, as her mouth formed a ^.
"… I wasn't saying that…" Kelly's eyes closed, as she smiled and shrugged. "… but hey, if I shrink you to doll size, that would"
"YOU WOULDN'T DARE!" Even more veins popped out from Mirii's forehead, as she bended forward.
Kelly chuckled.
"I was kidding!" Her hands went down on the middle. "I would never do that to my friends…"
Kelly began hopping in place, as her arms waved and moved around.
"… especiaaaallllyyy thoooose who destroooooyyyyed a cuuuuurrrrrssse!"
"Uh?" Mirii's posture lifted, as her mouth opened a bit and her arms returned on her sides.
"You did such a great job, back there!" Kelly stopped, as her right forefinger pointed at Mirii's face. "I wouldn't thought you had enough courage to face one down and even repeal it!"
Kelly's arms hugged herself, as her mouth formed a line of ^, her eyes flattened and her face went blue.
"I-I could never try it… not after all those bad stories I keep hearing from them…" She shivered.
"… Lisa has told the Shrine about this already." Mirii's head rose. "Has she mentioned, earlier, that defeating a curse was this appreciated by the Shrine Squids? … wait, am I still a Shrine Squid?!" Her eyes expanded. "I haven't asked her, if she returned me to"
…
"… eh?" Kelly's eyes opened a bit, with her irises shrunk and her opened mouth stretching towards her right cheek.
Mirii's face went paler, as several sweat drops formed behind her head.
"… ngh…" She swallowed silently. "… nnnggghh…!"
"Eh?" Kelly immediately went in front of Mirii, keeping her face expression.
Several sweat jumped out from her head, as her hands went in front of her chest with the palms pointing at Kelly.
"Wh-what are you l-looking at?!"
"You… were a Shrine Squid?" Kelly's right hand rose, with her forefinger pointing at Mirii.
"Wh-what?!" More sweat jumped out from Mirii's head. "I-I don't know wh-what are you t-talking about…!"
Mirii sighed.
"Aggrrr, mmnnnrrrrgghhhh, aaaahh… ah, what a beautiful day it is! It's so beautiful that-shrine-I-I could take a nice walk around-person-AND READ SOME BOOKS!" Her eyes squeezed.
Kelly's eyes formed each a vertical oval, as a line appeared at their top.
"… you are bad at keeping thoughts, Mirii."
Mirii groaned, as she grinned widely.
"Did Lisa turned you into a Shrine Squid?" Kelly's mouth formed a ^.
Mirii's mouth waved, as her eyebrows went up.
"Nnnggh… n-next time, I will carry a helmet who prevents anyone to read my mind!" Her hands picked each one of her tentacle. "I can't let my private thoughts being exposed"
"Mirii, that's terrible!" Kelly frowned. "No one is allowed to turn mortals into Shrine Squids, unless they receive a clear permission!"
"Don't you dare pinpoint that accusation on me!" Mirii's fingers went on her chest. "Lisa turned me into a Shrine Squid, so she would communicate with me through Telepathy!"
"… I can hear your mind saying the truth." Kelly's head lowered a bit, as her right cheek rose. "I'm just mad that my cousin dragged you into this!"
"Your cousin?" Mirii's mouth opened.
"I will talk to her about this, don't worry…" Kelly turned towards the shoji, staring at it. "I knew her ambitions were never any good… but she's really crossing the line, here! If we don't stop her, she might cause trouble to us all!"
Her head turned to her left.
"Let's go now, Mirii! They are all waiting for us…"
"Huh? Who could possibly wait for us? Isn't this an ordinary Shrine lunch?" Mirii's head rose. "… unless…"
"You will have your answers, I promise." Kelly went in front of the shoji. "Just don't think too much, ok?"
"… my growing headache will prevent me from exposing the theft and other related thoughts." Mirii nodded. "… will it?"