(You're back.)
Fluffy is looking in our direction when we returned. I'm not sure, but it seems like he's focusing on me and ignoring Mama wolf and Papa fox. I feel like I'm supposed to say something now?
(Ah, yes! We're back!)
(And? How many did you manage to hunt by yourself, Mimin?)
(22 Horned Rabbits and 8 Wild Boars!)
(That's good. I knew I was right to let you hunt as part of your training.)
Eh? Training? Was that the reason for me joining Mama wolf and Papa fox in their hunts? Also...
(How did you know I split up with Mama wolf and Papa fox during the hunt? How did you know I was hunting alone?)
(Of course I know. I discussed with Papa fox yesterday about letting you try hunting alone. Mama wolf didn't know about it, though.)
That's... I'm just a four year old child, though. Sending me to hunt in the forest alone is...
Eh? Something is approaching us from the forest. It's coming from the opposite direction of where I returned from my hunt.
...
((We're back... Mimin! We missed you!))
(Ah! Papa wolf? Mama fox? You're finally back! I missed you too...)
Where did you go for the past few weeks? Leaving without letting me know... I'll be worried about you, you know?
If you're back, then that means Tails is also back, right?
(We're back. Good to see you're doing well, Mimin.)
(Tails! Welcome back!)
What were you doing for the past few weeks? You even had to bring Papa wolf and Mama fox along to help you with something.
(Mimin, guess what? There's a reason I've been away for the past few weeks. That is, I've prepared a gift for you! Papa wolf and Mama fox have been helping me out with preparing them too.)
(Oh! Thank you, Papa wolf, Mama fox, and Tails!)
So they've been spending the past few weeks preparing something for me? What is it?
(Here you go, Mimin. A new set of clothes!)
(...Clothes?)
(Go on, try it! It wasn't easy making you this new set of clothes, you know?)
(Ah! Yes! I'll gladly accept anything you give me, Tails!)
...
(You're beautiful in your new clothes, Mimin.)
(Of course she is! Anything Mimin wears always makes her look good, you know? Ahh~)
Papa wolf and Mama fox were first to compliment me. Mama fox is being her usual self, I guess?
(You look like a different person, Mimin! You look really cute in the new clothes, they suit you so well!)
(...Not bad.)
Mama wolf and Papa fox are next. Papa fox doesn't say much though, like usual.
(The new clothes suits you nicely.)
Now Fluffy's also praising me. But I still can't forget his bloodlust that he released against me once before. I don't understand, Fluffy. Just what exactly do you see and treat me as?
I'll have to find a way to approach him later to ask him about it.
(Indeed. Giving Mimin the outfit of a shrine maiden was a good decision on my part.)
(Ah, thank you, Tails, for the new clothes! Also, who's a shrine maiden?)
(It's nothing you need to know, Mimin. But you should know that, these clothes you're wearing are similar to what shrine maidens usually wear. Except, I attached the sleeves for you, of course.)
Eh? So the sleeves normally aren't attached? I'm slightly doubtful about this.
(Ah! This is another gift for you, Mimin. It's a mirror. You can see your reflection clearly with this, so you know how you look.)
Tails then passes me something round, which is too large for my small hands to hold. I used telekinesis to hold it up instead. I can see someone in the mirror clearly, which should be my reflection like Tails said.
...This... I... Is this... Is this what I look like?
I didn't know I'm this... Beautiful... This is the first time I've seen myself in a mirror.
...
(Mimin! Are you okay? What are you staring so long for?)
(Eh? Yes! I'm fine, Tails! I'm fine...)
The new clothes I'm wearing consists of a red skirt and a red top with white, large sleeves attached to it. There's a hole cut out in the back of the skirt to let my tail through. I'm also wearing a red ribbon on the back of my head now.
I feel like this isn't what a shrine maiden outfit is supposed to be.
This outfit, my pale white skin, my silver fur, ears and tail, long silver hair reaching down to my back, and my different coloured eyes of red and blue. All of this is shown in my reflection, in the mirror.
(Mimin! Are you sure you're fine? Stop spacing out and take out the Beasts you have in your storage. It's time for lunch!)
(Yes, Mama wolf!)
I almost forgot! I just came back from a hunt to secure food for lunch. Let's take everything out and put the mirror away in the storage for now. I'll think about anything else after lunch!