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Mirii's hands put the chopsticks on the plate: the plate had crumbs of bread and three rice on it. Her eyes closed, as her eyebrows went a bit down and her mouth flattened slightly.
"I was expecting a better quality than this." She sighed. "At least I don't feel any stomach ache for"
"Eh eh, I see you aren't satisfied with your meal…" Lisa's hands clasped, as she grinned a bit.
"Bah!" The girl's eyes opened, as her irises pointed at the woman. "It wasn't the worst food, but I could make a list of all possible improvements they can add in their recipes."
"Oh, but this food isn't anything like the sweeter water ones…!" Lisa bended towards Mirii, as her right arm stretching a bit in the same direction, her smiling mouth closed and her right forefinger lifted.
"Hmm?" Mirii frowned a bit, as her head rose.
"This food's true taste comes when you are a Shrine person!" Lisa nodded. "Or when you, as a mortal, have faith in it."
"And why such rule?" Mirii's arms folded.
"It's more about having a bond between you and the Shrine…" The woman's right hand went in front of her mouth, as her eyes opened to the middle. "The stronger is the bond, the better you can enjoy this place! Without the Shrine, I would feel so lost…"
Mirii's eyes squeezed a bit.
"… I may not believe fully in the Shrine… but I do believe in Hunley." Her irises went to her right. "I don't think this lunch should prolong any further. I must get"
"Everyone! E-very-one! I have an important message!"
Mirii's head rose, watching Lisa standing still on her feet. Her arms were up. Silence fell in the room, as everyone's head turned towards the woman.
"What is it now?" Eri frowned a bit. "We have to conclude our"
Emi's left elbow hit Eri's right side, as the little girl turned her head towards her sister.
"Yes, I will be quick enough to let you have your final speech of the ceremony!" Lisa bended forward, as her right arm stretched a bit forward, with her right palm pointing the ceiling and with her left wrist resting behind her back. "I hope you will listen well…" Her eyes closed. "… because I'm about to be part of history."
Kelly's eyes expanded, as her hands grasped the top of her legs.
Is she talking about-
Ssshhhh!
"Eh eh eh…" The woman's posture lifted, as her right hand took off her fan, opening it with a quick swing of her right arm, before moving it in front of her mouth. "Even though I have never told anything about this, directly, I'm sure you already heard the events prior this ceremony: for those who still don't know, I just told the owner how I happened to find Mirii inside that lonely building, when I was hunting down another despicable curse… and then, her victory against it."
The woman kept chuckling, as her eyelid lowered to the middle.
"However, the first part I said to the owner… was just a lie."
What?!
How could she?!
We have been tricked!
Aaaah, it was too good to be true!
Voices kept raising in the air, increasing in
"SILENCE!"
Immediately everyone's head turned towards the two twins, which were both standing on their feet, while frowning and looking back at Lisa.
"The only lie you said is claiming to have said one!" Eri frowned a lot, as her cheeks puffed. "If Mirii never repealed the curse, then today's food would have been a poison for her!"
"Wh-WHAT?!" Mirii's face went paler, as her irises shrunk and her jaw dropped.
"But it wasn't… I know, I know." Lisa's head lowered, as her face's upper side darkened. "In fact, that wasn't the message I wanted to say…"
"You did!" Puffs of smoke came out from Eri's head, while her arms went up and down, as her fists clenched. "We all heard you clearly!"
"A-a-a-aaa…" Lisa's left forefinger tilted left and right, as her head shook. "Don't be a spoiled child, now. I clearly said I lied to the first part of my speech… the one where I told the owner how I meet the mortal, not the one where Mirii defeated the curse."
She's right!
I was trying to explain it too!
No, you didn't! You were saying the total opposite!
Let her talk!
Eri's mouth opened wide, as her eyebrows went up: her head kept twisting left and right, as sweat jumped out from her head. Emi smiled a bit.
"I wasn't hanging around that building! I couldn't possibly know there was a curse in there!" Lisa's right hand pointed her now closed fan towards Eri. "However, if we are all here today, celebrating the 5th Squid who dared to challenge a curse… it's all because I used my pond to predict the near future!"
…
Lisa grinned, as her head turned slowly towards most of the people.
"… I'm not hearing your laughs, this time…" Her right eyebrow "smiled" a bit, while her left one lowered slightly. "Just the type of response I wanted to hear!"
"How could you see the future through still images who have nothing to do with it?!" Eri growled, as her teeth gritted. "No one is going to believe you, this time!"
"Eri, stop it please!" Emi's hands went on Eri's shoulders, as her eyebrows rose. "Don't make us look bad…"
"Reading the future is not that easy, I have to admit!" Lisa turned to her right, taking slow steps in that direction. "It took me hours to connect all the pieces… but it's possible to do! It was always possible to do!"
She stops, while turning to her left and standing behind Mirii.
"I was the only one who could understand what my little pond was capable to do! Not only did I discovered a curse ignored by the Demon Squids for so long…"
Her fan pointed at Mirii.
"… I also found out that this mortal right here, has more to do today than just celebrating her curse hunting achievement!"
Mirii's posture lifted, as her mouth flattened.
"The pond chose her to be part of the incoming journey! She will need all the support we can give… and at the end, she will bring justice back in our lands!"
Lisa lowered her knees, as her left hand picked Mirii's right arm, lifting it rapidly.
"Behold! The weapon who can speak louder than my voice!" Her smile grew.
Mirii snorted, as her teeth gritted. Suddenly, on the girl's right hand… her fan appeared. Loud gasps and exclamations immediately came up in the air, with some of the Shrine people standing up.