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Her right hand put her closed fan away: Mirii hugged Hun, as her right knee bended upwards.
"Oh, Hunley! I-I was coming to save you...!" Her eyes closed, as her cheeks blushed and her right knee returned back down.
"Mirii…" His arms wrapped around the girl. "… I need your help."
Mirii tilted backwards, as her eyebrows were up and her cheeks were even redder.
"Do you want me to destroy the dastardly foe who dared to imprison you?!"
"N-no!" Hun's head shook, as his mouth downturned. "I don't want you to destroy the Shrine people…"
Mirii's eyes expanded, as her mouth flattened.
"Th-they are all brainwashed!" The boy's arms went away from the girl, as they opened wide. "They want to splat me, since I survived the evil magic… but I can't hurt them! Especially my little sister…"
His head lowered, sniffing loudly. Mirii's arms went away from his sides, now resting on hers while stretching downwards.
"I-I don't know what to do… sniff!" His shoulders rose for a moment. "I-I hoped that someone back in the Shrine would help me…"
"Hunley…" Mirii sighed, as her mouth downturned and her head shook slowly. "I can't hide the sense of sadness I'm having for listening your noble, yet desperate request."
Her eyes expanded.
"I-I mean, I'm frustrated to hear your laments while I'm standing here, doing nothing!" Sweat jumped out from her head. "Sense of sadness?! How many times do I have to train, for not letting my emotions"
"D-do you think to know a solution?!" Hun's mouth opened, as his head rose back to his neutral position.
"… of course I do!" Mirii nodded, almost bending forward, while smiling. "In fact, I'm sure it's all a matter of stopping the voice who menaced my presence…!"
"I knew it!" Hun's right fist shook, with his right elbow bended at 45°, while smiling. "You always manage to find a solution, Mirii!"
The girl's face went full red, as her shoulders rose and her hands clasped while staying down.
"L-lead me the way, Hunley… this disgusting nightmare will be soon history!" Mirii's eyebrows lowered a bit, as her mouth kept her smile. "Let me show you, how perfection is truly unstoppable…!"
"Sure! I will do it!" Hun nodded, as he turned behind. "I have splatted down all the monsters with ease, in case you were wondering if we would ever meet any."
The boy walked, as the girl immediately started along with him.
"… I would have been interested, seeing Hunley triumph over those mindless wastes of energy." Mirii's irises went up, as her smile grew and her cheeks blushed. "He's truly becoming more and more perfect… and I'm too." She giggled, as her eyes closed.
What I have to do with both of you?! You keep destroying all my traps!
Mirii's mouth and eyes opened.
And now I have no other defenses against you… just my intricate security system!
"Oh… I think I know what he's saying to us!" Hun turned his shoulders to his right, while his eyebrows were down and his irises pointed at the girl. "Come on, Mirii! We have to stomp him!"
The boy sprinted forward, while returning his shoulders in the same direction.
"Hunley, no!" Mirii rushed right behind, as her left arm stretched ahead and her palm was pointing at him. "The forest is getting darker! We have to proceed with caution!"
"Don't be afraid! Come on, come on!" Hun's running pace increased.
Mirii snorted, while frowning.
"Why rushing when there isn't any time restrain?! Grrruumpf! … refrain yourself from those complains… I-I might hurt Hunley…!" Her eyes squeezed for a moment.
You only have the brawn… not the brain! You will never pass the gated entrance!
The girl gasped: she frowned even more, as veins popped out from her forehead.
"Just wait until I have successfully broken your arrogant security system!" Her teeth gritted, as her running pace increased. "It will crush your ego more than 1000 words!"
The two Inklings turned to their right, blazing near trees. Hun immediately slowed down, until he stopped, as his eyes expanded. Mirii stopped near the boy's right side, as her mouth opened a bit: three large boxes were standing horizontally, in the middle of a round light-brown surface.
Mirii's irises pointed a gate covering a large tree, situated at the middle edge, behind the boxes.
"… what I'm staring at?" Her head turned left and right, watching the boxes.
A light source was coming from above, covering the round area. The boxes' front show each a different picture: respectively an outlined moon, an outlined sun and outlined stars.
"Is this… a puzzle?" Mirii's eyebrows went down a bit.
My security system can only be unlocked by solving its riddle. Riddle I will never reveal to the likes of you!
The girl snorted, as her head rose.
If you think to know what you are doing, then I'm finished… but if you fail, you will fall in the realms of this forest for the eternity! The choice is all yours…
"Grrrr… th-this is not the time to complain!" Mirii's head shook, as her eyes squeezed and her arms folded. "I-I have to complete this simple puzzle… but where do I start?" Her eyes opened. "Perhaps, I should start by…!"
The girl turned to her left.
"Hunley, could you please turn into a Squid and hit that gate?"
Attacking the gate counts as losing to my riddle.
"Listening to your absurdity counts as losing to the puzzle." Mirii's right forefinger pointed diagonally upwards, while returning forward and stretching her arm in the same direction as her forefinger. "You could easily trick me into taking the wrong decision and trap me."
"Mirii, I don't know about this…" Hun sighed, as his hands went behind his back and his eyebrows went up. "I don't think it's a good idea interacting with the boxes, though…"
"… exactly the reason why I will ignore them altogether." Mirii began walking forward. "Why we have to listen to the words of the same person who doesn't want to let us pass?"
The girl passed in between the middle box and the right one.
What a stupid logic! You will be finished, if you attack my gate!
"Hunley, I was asking if you could turn into a Squid and hit the gate?" Mirii stopped in front of the gate. "I'm suspecting that this foe is hiding something about it…"
"I-I don't trust that one either...!" Hun shivered, as sweat jumped out from his head.
Mirii's arms folded.
"Hmm... I shouldn't force Hunley... especially after all he went through. Although..." Her right hand went on her jacket, picking up her closed fan. "... my fan is already enough for the task." She smiled a bit, as her right hand shook, opening her fan.
Don't attack the gate! Don't disobey my orders!
Mirii let out a battle cry, as her fan filled itself into magenta ink.
SWISH!
The fan hit the gate, covering it in ink.
Cccrrrrrrrr…
The gate began raising from the ground, as some dust fell from it.
Nooooo! How could you be immune in front of my scares?!
"Because perfection guided my steps." Mirii's head rose, as her right arm retreated. "As I said earlier, breaking your security system would"
FUM!
"Kyyaaa!" Mirii bended forward, entering inside the tree.
Her hands touched a wall completely dipped into darkness.
SCANG!
The gate was touching the ground, yet again. The girl turned behind, while frowning: Hun was standing right behind it, with the arms down and his eyes completely white.
… eh eh… your ego is trapped…
"That voice…!" Mirii frowned, as she took a step towards the gate and stared back at the boy. "What have you done to Hunley?!" Her teeth gritted.
His head lowered, as his feet were raising a bit from the ground and his eyes closed. Suddenly, his limbs and neck began swinging in different direction, while clicking sounds were heard.
My plan is reaching completion… now, I just have to get her…
Mirii's face went paler, as her eyes were staring at Hun's movements.
Her nightmare… will strike back, once more.