Mirajane rushed into the church, but was immediately startled by the deafening roar.
Panic appeared on her face.
Ignoring the shockwave of the explosion, she charged deeper into the church.
When Mirajane reached the depths of the church, what entered her vision was a bizarre man wearing a combat suit made of explosives, his head formed into a strange torpedo.
The strange man stood amid the ruins, gripping the pitiful corpse of the bat demon in one hand.
“Who are you…” Mirajane stared fixedly at the strange man before her, her thin lips moving slightly.
Her sixth sense told her that this unbelievably eccentric man was none other than Igor, the one who had saved her life.
Buzz.
Igor removed the torpedo-shaped “mask” from his face, revealing his original features, and smiled at Mirajane.
“It’s me, Mirajane.” “It really was you, Igor.” Confirming that the unfamiliar man before her was Igor, Mirajane let out a sigh of relief.
She quickly approached him and punched him in the stomach.
“Puff…” Igor felt a sharp pain in his abdomen, his vision blurred, and he briefly lost his sense of direction.
If he hadn’t been able to feel his own heartbeat, he might have mistaken it for another time travel.
“I was scared to death!
If you ever play the hero again, I absolutely won’t forgive you.” Mirajane buried her face in Igor’s chest for a moment, then quickly pulled away.
She quietly wiped away the tears that had spilled from the corners of her eyes out of worry, then smiled and lightly patted Igor’s shoulder, showing a carefree, strong-willed appearance with no worries at all.
Then Mirajane seemed to find something interesting.
She casually removed a bomb from Igor’s combat suit and teased, “Your clothes are so strange!
What’s this?
What a unique decoration!” “…” “This is not a decoration.” Igor panicked and snatched the bomb from Mirajane’s hand at lightning speed, desperately shaking his head.
“Tch, stingy.” Mirajane pursed her lips tightly.
At that time, she had no idea just how powerful the explosive Igor was holding really was.
“I’m not stingy.” Saying this, Igor tossed the explosive into the air.
“BOOM!!” About five seconds later, a mushroom cloud with a radius of ten meters instantly rose into the sky.
“…” Mirajane looked up at the mushroom cloud floating in the sky, sniffed the faint scent of gunpowder drifting over, and realized that Igor had not been joking.
“Huh?” “What is this?” Confirming that the explosive Igor had set was not merely a decoration, Mirajane couldn’t help swallowing and no longer had the courage to touch Igor again.
“How beautiful.” When Mirajane noticed a faint white light floating in the air, she only showed curiosity and unconsciously reached out to touch it.
“Wait, Mirajane.” Igor saw Mirajane discover the demon soul and reach out to touch it.
He instinctively tried to stop her, but it was already too late.
By the time Igor opened his mouth, Mirajane’s fingers had already touched the demon soul.
“BOOM!!” The moment terrifying magical power erupted from Mirajane’s body, all the remaining power in the bat demon’s soul was instantly absorbed by her.
In an instant, Mirajane’s right hand became incredibly ferocious, transforming into a demon’s claw.
“This is…” Mirajane stared at her abominable right arm, her sapphire-blue eyes trembling, feeling growing unease in her heart.
When Igor saw that Mirajane had successfully Take Over the demon soul, his expression changed.
He realized he had underestimated her talent.
Her ability to receive the opponent’s magical power was far too high—even a fragmented demon soul could be accepted.
After a period of silence, Igor suddenly chuckled, lightly patted Mirajane’s shoulder, pointed at her threatening right hand, and laughed.
“Not bad.
You’ve awakened to magic too?!
I thought I was the only special one…” “Magic?” “Special?!” Still uneasy about the strange appearance of her right arm, Mirajane brightened the moment she heard from Igor that the demonization of her right arm was due to the awakening of magic.
Especially after learning that only specially chosen people could awaken magic, Mirajane confidently raised the corners of her mouth, put her hands on her hips, and said proudly, “Hmph!
If you can do it, there’s no reason I can’t!” “Amazing!
Amazing!
Amazing!” “As expected of Mirajane!” Igor continuously clapped while offering words of blessing to Mirajane.
“However, although Mirajane has successfully awakened magic, she still seems to be having a little trouble controlling it~.” “Then let’s sneak home through the back door!” “If the villagers see us looking like this now, I’m worried bad rumors will start spreading throughout the village again.” Saying this, Igor transformed his head back into the shape of a torpedo.
“…” Mirajane stared at Igor’s torpedo-like head, her heart trembling slightly.
Even a bold person like her was startled by Igor’s current appearance.
How much more so ordinary villagers?
Mirajane carefully considered this and nodded repeatedly in agreement.
“We’re running.” Thinking this, Igor lifted Mirajane from the ground with one hand and dashed into the night sky in a princess carry.
It had to be said that after inheriting the “Bomb Demon” soul, Igor’s physical abilities had also improved dramatically.
… “A demon?!” “I don’t know, it’s too far—I can’t see at all…” After Igor and Mirajane fled, the crowd holding torches outside the church immediately fell into an uproar.
Incidentally, considering that Igor could freely control his “magical power” while Mirajane still could not control her “demon soul,” he pretended that he still could not control the “demon power” lurking within him.
“Mirajane has disappeared, Igor has disappeared, even the demon has disappeared.” Not long after Igor and Mirajane fled, the village chief could no longer stay still.
He led the villagers armed with torches and farming tools toward the ruined church.
The villagers searched every corner inside and outside the church with torches, but could find neither Mirajane, Igor, nor the demon.
“Hm?” The village chief recalled that he had coincidentally caught sight of a human silhouette piercing the night sky and muttered to himself, as if realizing something.
… On the other side.
Igor had already brought Mirajane back to the Strauss family’s three-story residence.
“Big Brother Igor!
Big Sister Mira!” When Igor arrived at the villa and gently set Mirajane down on the ground, before he could even knock, Lisanna and Elfman rushed out of the house.
Paying no attention to the changes in Igor and Mirajane, the two threw themselves straight into their arms.
“Mm.” “We’re back.” This heartwarming scene warmed the heart of Mirajane, who had long been troubled over how to explain the change in her right hand to Elfman and Lisanna.
“Big Brother Igor, your new form is so cool!!” Elfman was captivated by Igor’s cool appearance.
Staring at Igor covered in explosives, his eyes sparkled.
“Eh?
Isn’t my right hand cool?” Mirajane glanced at Elfman, who was attracted to Igor, and for a moment showed a dissatisfied expression.
“That’s handsome, but Igor is even more handsome.” Elfman answered in a very serious tone.