Fairy Tail: You said you were just acting, are you serious?

Elfman and Lisanna stared blankly at the receding figure, their minds simultaneously overlapping the image of the figure from the story with Ron's.

......

Meanwhile, inside the church on the east side of the village.

The church was in a mess, with stained glass windows shattered on the floor and cold wind sneaking in through the holes in the walls, causing the candles lying on the floor to flicker.

A huge, dark red humanoid demon with a ferocious, maniacal laugh on its face.

It has a pair of demonic wings on its back, and its long tongue is licking the blood left on its claws, unable to extricate itself.

Directly in front of the demon, a small figure was breathing heavily.

Mirajane's topknot had fallen apart into disheveled white hair, and her face was covered in dust and a few drops of blood.

She revealed a fierce expression, her chest heaving violently, her hands gripping a heavy bronze candle holder tightly, staring directly at the humanoid demon before her.

Behind her was an elderly priest lying unconscious on the ground.

"Don't come any closer! You're not allowed to touch Father!"

Chapter 45 Golden Flash

"Roar!"

After licking its claws, the humanoid demon let out a long roar and lunged toward Mirajane!

Mirajane's eyes widened, and the bronze candle holder in her hand trembled slightly.

She remembered the old priest behind her, and her eyes hardened. Without taking a step back, she used all her strength to lift the candlestick high, intending to smash it down on the demon's head.

Before the candle holder in its hand could fall, the demon's large hand had already pounced on its face.

boom!

The demon's large hand slammed onto Mirajane's shoulder, slamming her to the ground.

Mirajane felt intense pain as the bronze candlestick slipped from her hand and fell a short distance away, making a metallic clanging sound as it hit the ground.

Mirajane was pinned to the floor by the demon's clawed hand, completely unable to move, and the intense pain made her face contort in agony.

"Let me go!"

Mirajane immediately endured the excruciating pain, her face flushed red with a fierce expression, and she tightly gripped the large hand that the demon was pressing down on her.

Driven by her obsession, her subconscious mind surged forth.

Unexpectedly, this violent magical power caused the demon's movements to suddenly pause.

It felt a terrifying chill emanating from the unarmed human girl.

The demon lowered its head, staring at Mirajane with some surprise in its eyes.

Driven by its demonic instincts, it decided to kill the being that terrified it immediately.

The demon raised its other hand high, its five sharp claws gleaming in the moonlight, aimed at Mirajane's head, and its eyes revealed a strong killing intent!

call out!

Just then, a pure white clay kunai was precisely nailed to the demon's raised claw, piercing deep into the demon's palm!

The demon frowned; the stinging pain made it stop what it was doing!

His fierce eyes subconsciously glanced at the strange hidden weapon in his palm, and the magic circle engraved on the weapon shone with a golden light!

call out!

At that very moment, a golden light clad in a white divine robe appeared without warning before the demon.

The demon froze on the spot, unable to react to Ron's teleportation, his eyes revealing a bewildered expression.

With lightning-fast reflexes, Ron effortlessly pulled the kunai from the demon's hand with his right, while his left palm was already radiating a blue light and constantly emitting a high-speed spinning sound.

The compressed Rasengan in his palm, spinning at an ultra-high speed, was ready long before the teleportation!

"Get out of here."

Ron left behind these cold words, and then his left hand unleashed a Rasengan with unstoppable speed, blasting it head-on into the demon's head!

Boom!

Under the terrifying impact of the Rasengan, the demon's ferocious face instantly twisted and deformed.

Before the demon could even scream, its body was blasted away by the destructive force of the Rasengan!

boom!

The demon's entire body slammed heavily against the load-bearing wall on the other side of the church, and the aftershocks of the force caused large spiderweb-like cracks to instantly appear on the stone wall!

Gravel and dust fell along with the faintly trembling stone wall, smashing a dent into the wall's surface, creating the outline of a humanoid demon.

The dark red demon lost consciousness due to the reaction force, its legs buckled, and it collapsed to the ground, lying sideways beside the sunken humanoid demon silhouette.

The magical aura gradually subsided within the church, and the dust ceased to linger in the air.

"Cough, cough!"

As Mirajane's large hand left, she, having narrowly escaped death, collapsed to the ground, coughing violently.

The pain in her body gradually subsided, and her eyes were filled with shock.

She stared blankly at the figure blocking her way.

Ron's image was deeply imprinted in her pupils.

Ron glanced closer at the demon and, seeing that it was completely unconscious, finally felt relieved.

"Is this...is this heaven?"

Just then, the old priest lying on the floor slowly opened his eyes and sat up with a frown.

"Father!"

Mirajane turned around when she heard the noise, and when she saw that it was the old priest who had woken up, she finally smiled.

"Father, you're alright! That's wonderful!"

Mirajane stood up, supporting herself on the floor, and was about to reach out to help him up.

Just as she stretched out her right hand, her eyes widened in surprise, her breath caught in her throat, and she froze on the spot.

What's going on?!

Mirajane's right hand was covered by a layer of dark red scales, her five fingers had become thick and twisted, and her nails had turned into black claws.

This hand is exactly the same as the humanoid demon's hands!

The old priest's eyes, which had been half-closed due to his confusion, widened the moment he saw Mirajane.

"No, don't come any closer! Stay away from me!"

The old priest let out a scream, pushed away Mirajane's demonic hand, and took a few steps back.

Stunned, Mirajane was pushed by the old priest and fell weakly to the ground, staring blankly at her right hand.

Ron, who was standing to the side, saw this scene and also showed a surprised expression as he looked at the demon's true form lying on the ground.

怎麼回事？

Even though the demon itself had already passed out, why did Mirajane's arm still mutate?

Ron then sensed the magic in Mirajane's right hand and the magic in the demon's body, and found that they were indeed similar fluctuations.

Ron then realized that Mirajane's receiving magic had already awakened at that time, and in the brief contact, her body had instinctively devoured a portion of the demon's soul and magic.

No wonder that demon was so easily defeated; I killed it instantly.

"Monster! You've been cursed by a demon!"

Mirajane finally snapped out of her daze when faced with the old priest's accusations, revealing a wronged look in her eyes.

"No, no, Father, I'm not a monster!"

The old priest scrambled to his feet in terror, ignoring Mirajane kneeling on the ground, and scrambled toward the church doors.

"Help! Mirajane has turned into a demon!"

Watching the old priest flee in haste, Mirajane bit her lower lip, lowered her head, and finally couldn't stop the tears of grievance from flowing down her face.

Why is it that even the priest, the only person who had any kindness towards her family, has left her?

Just as Mirajane was about to collapse, Ron's feet appeared before her eyes.

The white divine robe was gently draped over her shoulders, shielding her from the demonic hand.

“This is not a curse, don’t take the priest’s words to heart.”

Mirajane, her face streaked with tears, raised her head and looked at Ron's calm eyes.

"I have a way to restore you to your original state, do you believe me?"

Chapter 46 Sealing

Ron's sudden remark stunned Mirajane.

I don't know why.

Looking into Ron's calm eyes, my fear suddenly lessened considerably.

Mirajane lowered her head, letting her loose hair cover her eyes, which still had tear stains at the corners.

Her left hand pressed down on the white divine robe on her right shoulder to prevent the garment from falling off and exposing the demon's hand to the moonlight.

"I... can only trust you right now."

She tried to suppress her sobs and closed her eyes tightly, but her body wouldn't obey her commands; her shoulders still trembled slightly instinctively.

“Come with me.”

Mirajane sniffed and followed Ron to the vicinity of the demon's true form.

Following Ron's instructions, she lay down on the other side of the demon's true form and closed her eyes.

"Just bear with it, it will be over soon."

After speaking gently, Ron quickly formed a hand seal in front of his chest.

As Ron finished forming the hand seals, he clasped his hands together, and suddenly a huge, eerie white magic circle lit up behind him, exuding an ominous aura.

【Sealing Magic: Corpse Demon Seal】

A phantom emerged from the pale white magic circle; it was a grim reaper with a dagger in its mouth.

Ron calmly gazed at the phantom of Death behind him, visible only to him, without the slightest fear.

Because of the system's localization, he could use this move without sacrificing his own soul.

Moreover, he had already decided on his choice after the settlement, so it would be a waste not to use this trick. He should use it to help those in need.

Ron focused his attention on Death's true form and the demonic power in Mirajane's right arm.

Death's ghostly hand instantly extended, passing through Mirajane's right hand, then piercing through the demon's body, finally grasping two restless, dark red wisps of magic, and arriving before Ron.

Mirajane's divine robe on her right shoulder also fell to the side of the demon's right hand due to the ripple.

Mirajane, with her eyes tightly closed, frowned. Unable to see, she only felt her right hand suddenly become weak and throbbing.

Ron clasped his hands together, palms facing the two constantly gurgling magical powers, preparing to seal them inside Mirajane's body.

During the sealing process, Ron felt his magic power constantly draining away as he struggled against the two dark red blobs of magic power before him.

The two magical forces gradually merged, and the ever-growing dark red magic continuously resisted Ron.

Ron broke out in a cold sweat, a rare occurrence for him. He slowly suppressed the raging magic he had mixed together, gradually drawing it closer to Mirajane.

In the end, Ron prevailed, forcibly sealing the magic power by pressing it into Mirajane's body.

Ron removed his hands from Mirajane's abdomen, and finally a magic circle the size of a palm appeared on Mirajane's belly, indicating that the magic had successfully merged into Mirajane's body.

After completing the seal, Ron breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

"It's all over now, open your eyes."

Mirajane nervously opened her eyes slowly, her gaze unconsciously falling on her right hand.