Gar, poking at the bonfire, explained:
"You're not actually possessed by a Demon."
"You've just awakened Receiving Magic."
"But you haven't been taught, so you can't use this power, which is why you couldn't control it after Requiiping one arm."
"But now you can initially control it, right?"
Mirajane looked up, frowning at Gar:
"Magic?"
She lowered her head and looked at her hands, sensing something within her body as if it were an inborn instinct:
"There is indeed a power. Is it that Demon?"
"Then what happened during the day?"
"An Angel?"
Lisanna quickly explained:
"Mira sis, Gar is not an Angel."
"He's a very powerful Magician."
"That Angel he became was also Magic."
"It's... Reequip Magic!"
Gar couldn't help but interrupt:
"It's Requip Magic."
Despite this, Mirajane's face darkened:
"Fake?"
"Then, powerful Magician, is it fun to play tricks on a few children?"
Gar shrugged and said:
"I'm doing a good deed."
Mirajane snorted:
"I've never seen a good deed done like this."
Gar clicked his tongue:
"Is that so?"
"If you hadn't met me doing this good deed, what were you planning to do next?"
"With that Demon arm, you wouldn't be able to blend in with ordinary people. You'd be stoned wherever you went."
"A lonely white-haired girl, wandering around with her younger siblings, living in the open, resisting that power."
"But Magic is just a tool."
"You are still you."
"Even if you accept that power someday, maybe it will be too late."
"Perhaps after encountering a powerful Magic Beast in the forest."
"Watching your sister die tragically in front of you, you will hate yourself for delaying for so many years before accepting that power, for not becoming stronger sooner...!"
Mirajane widened her eyes and shouted:
"Enough!"
"That kind of thing won't happen!!!"
"It won't..."
Mirajane's face was full of anger, but her body trembled uncontrollably. An indescribable panic spread throughout her, as if the future Gar spoke of was the future where she, Elfman, and Lisanna were headed.
Seeing Mirajane trembling and lost in thought, Lisanna and Elfman quickly hugged her:
"Mira sis..."
Looking at the trembling Mirajane, Gar said faintly:
"Really won't?"
"Nobody knows that."
"It's just that I'm scaring you, but if you encounter the real thing someday, it will be too late to regret."
"Do people really have to lose their loved ones to grow?"
"I don't think so."
"At least like this now, isn't it pretty good?"
"You've accepted the power of Magic, your brother has grown into a man, and you have a sweet and lovely sister."
"The future seems like it will be quite good."
After a long time.
Mirajane slowly calmed down, looking at Gar with a complex expression, and said in a barely audible voice:
"Thank you."
Gar looked up with a puzzled expression, glancing left and right.
Mirajane gritted her teeth, her face flushing slightly, and squeezed out through clenched teeth in a slightly louder voice:
"Thank! You!"
Click!
A Shinny light flashed.
Mirajane was startled:
"What was that!"
She looked vigilantly towards the depths of the forest, only feeling a dark figure flash past.
Gar paused, his expression strange.
Mirajane didn't know about Magic cameras.
Thinking about it, it made sense. The villagers didn't even know about the Council's existence. This mountain village was truly too isolated.
Gar said:
"It might be some animal, stepping on a branch."
Mirajane was a little suspicious:
"Is that so?"
Gar shrugged, looking indifferent.
Mirajane could only believe him, but the question of why there was a Shinny light still hadn't been figured out. However, it was instantly cast aside.
She sat down.
Gar opened his mouth to invite them:
"Since you've decided you don't want such a tragic future, let's start changing and becoming stronger from now on."
Mirajane hesitated:
"Then what should I do?"
Gar looked at Mirajane with a smile:
"Of course, join our Guild."
Mirajane was startled:
"Guild?"
Gar nodded and said:
"Yes, a Magician Guild."
"Our Guild's name is Fairy Tail, a legitimate Light Guild."
"It's not like those Dark Guilds in your deep mountains and old forests."
Mirajane widened her eyes:
"You found that place?!"
Gar nodded:
"That's right."
"That's why I followed the trail all the way to your village."
"Originally, I was planning to eliminate that Dark Guild."
"But I didn't expect it to be wiped out."
Mirajane froze, quickly explaining:
"I didn't do it."
"That day I just snuck out to see what was going on in that church."
"I saw them summoning a Demon."
"After that, I wanted to escape, but I found that the Demon was heading towards the village."
"Later... I don't remember very clearly."
Gar said:
"You probably found that the Demon was heading towards the village, and in a moment of urgency, you awakened your Magic and absorbed that Demon."
"To be honest..."
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