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

"roar!"

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

Mirajane's eyes widened, and the brass candle holder in his hand trembled slightly.

She remembered the old priest behind her, and a determined look appeared in her eyes. Without taking a single step back, she used all her strength to lift the candle holder high, intending to smash it down on the devil's head.

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

boom!

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

Mirajane felt intense pain, and the copper candle holder slipped from his hand, falling a short distance away and making a metallic clanging sound as it hit the ground.

Miraja was pinned to the floor by the demon's clawed hand, completely unable to move, and the excruciating 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, she subconsciously channeled magical energy, and a surge of violent magic power continuously erupted from her body.

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

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

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

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

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

call out!

Just then, a pure white clay kunai was precisely nailed to the demon's raised claw, deeply piercing 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 flash, 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 palm with his right hand, while his left palm was already radiating a blue light and making a high-speed spinning sound.

The compressed, high-speed spinning Rasengan in his palm 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, slamming head-on into the demon's head!

boom!

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

The demon didn't even have time to scream before its body was blasted away by the destructive force of the Rasengan!

boom!

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

Gravel and dust fell along with the faintly vibrating stone wall, smashing a dented humanoid demon silhouette into its surface.

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

The magical currents within the church gradually subsided, 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, but her eyes were filled with shock.

With a blank expression, she looked up at the figure blocking her way.

Ron's image was deeply imprinted in her pupils.

Ron leaned closer to look at the demon and, seeing that it had completely passed out, finally felt relieved.

"Is this...is this heaven?"

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

"Father!"

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

"Father, I'm so glad you're alright!"

Mirajane put her hands on the floor, stood up, 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 with a layer of dark red scales, his five fingers had become thick and twisted, and his nails had turned into black claws.

This hand is exactly the same as the hands of that humanoid demon!

The old priest's eyes, which had been half-closed due to his impaired consciousness, 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 helplessly 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.

What happened?

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

Ron then sensed the magic power in Mirajane's right hand and the magic power of the demon's true form, and found that the fluctuations were indeed similar.

Ron then realized that Mirajane's receiving magic had already awakened at that time, and during 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, and a wronged look appeared 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 door.

"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 break down, Ron's feet appeared before her eyes.

The white divine robe was gently draped over her shoulders, covering her from the demon's hand.

"This is not a curse; do not take the priest's words to heart."

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

"I have a way to restore you to your original state. Do you believe me?"