The Author's POV

"How's his condition?"

Kevin's gaze locked onto the elven queen as he asked.

Although he looked unperturbed on the outside, in reality, he was quite shocked by the queen's appearance.

But that wasn't the only thing that he was shocked about. Standing beside the queen was a tall woman with long black hair and beautiful black hair. Furthermore, her looks rivaled that of the queen.

She was stunning.

She looked to be a little bit older than him, and if not for the striking resemblance that she had to Amanda and the fact that Angelica had told him beforehand, he would've never been able to make a connection with her mother.

In fact, he still couldn't quite accept this fact as she looked more like her sister than her mother.

While Kevin was in the midst of his thoughts, the elven queen pressed her hand on Ren's forehead, and a thin green glow suddenly enshrouded his figure.

Staring at him for a couple of seconds the queen's face darkened a little as her brows knit.

Noticing this, Amanda, who was standing next to her mother, worriedly asked.

"Is everything okay?"

Her voice was quite rushed, making it clear to everyone in the room that she cared a lot for Ren who was currently being treated.

Standing beside her, Natasha, her mother, quietly observed everything as her eyes paused on Ren's sickly figure laying down on the bed.

'...Did his condition have anything to do with me?'

She wondered. She wasn't quite sure yet, but her guts told her that the reason he was in that state was because of her situation.

It made sense if one thought about it. There was no free lunch in the world, and to heal something as incurable as the mind-breaker curse, there must've been some sort of big price that one had to pay in order to do so.

Once her thoughts paused there, she looked at her daughter. Looking at how pale her figure was, Natasha felt guilt creep up inside of her mind.

She blamed herself for what was happening. Had it not been for her own uselessness none of this would've happened, and her daughter wouldn't have had to suffer as much as she was suffering.

She had already lost too many people in her life. It wasn't fair on her.

Taking her hand away from Ren, the elven queen placed her hand on her chin. Then, turning to look at Amanda, she shook her head.

"I'm not sure, his soul seems to be heavily damaged."

"His soul?"

Kevin solemnly asked.

Turning to face Kevin, the queen nodded her head.

"That's correct, his soul, and that's what makes this extremely problematic."

The queen turned her attention back to Ren who was laying down on the bed. His breathing was extremely thin.

Waving her hand, the green veil revolving around his body disappeared.

"Had it been any other type of injury, I would've been able to heal him using the elven tear, but he is currently suffering some sort of soul backlash."

A look of worry flashed across Amanda and Kevin's faces as they heard the queen's words. Following this, they both simultaneously asked.

"Is there no way to heal him?"

Thinking for a bit, the elven queen eventually shook her head.

"Like I said, this is a soul type of damage. I don't have anything at my disposal that can help with that regard as a soul is not something one should mess with. Just a simple mistake and you can obliterate their soul, completely destroying their existence."

Before Kevin and Amanda could say anything else, the elven queen continued.

we find out the source of why he is in such as state, then maybe we

"Ah..."

out a weak sound, Amanda's face bleached even more

She currently felt powerless.

felt this way. It was a feeling she

clothes, she looked around the room in hopes of finding any clue that might be able to help Ren in any way,

the stronger the feeling of powerlessness became as

there really nothing that

couldn't do anything, what could she do? Just when she thought

eyes paused on him,

Her brows instantly knit.

the chair she was sitting on, she

do you know something

faded, everyone turned their attention

and scratching the back of his

"This..."

more time you waste the more likely

added from

eventually let out

say anything, I want

"...Say it."

to look at the elven queen, Kevin's eyes soon paused on

next the two of you must remain calm and not do anything rash. If you guys act rashly, then Ren

Nevertheless, they all nodded their heads. They didn't have

"Okay."

"Sure."

"That's good."

turned to look towards the corner of the room where a black cat

and whether the two of them would be able to keep their promises, but he had at least given them a warning which was enough to make them think twice

that was all

his eyes paused on the black cat on the top of the shelf, everyone also turned their attention towards it. Feeling everyone's gazes, Angelica calmly hopped off

a black mist suddenly diffused in the air as an enchanting figure suddenly materialized in front

you

as she calmly observed

However, since Angelica was currently wearing a bracelet indicating that she was on their side, she didn't think too much of it and proceeded to focus her attention on

was curious about was why she had never done anything since

'Pudding was a demon?'

naturally recognized the cat, she had seen her multiple times in the past, and not once did the thought of her being a demon ever cross her

multitude of questions suddenly emerged inside of her

dawned on

realized why Pudding always

"Y...you!"

and before the elven queen could open her mouth,

her head, she noticed her mother staring at Angelica with

'What's going on?'

thought as she

There was a mixture of shock and

"I..it...can't be."

"What's going on?"

situation wasn't right, the elven queen instantly became wary. Focusing

me. What's

Maylin was somehow unable to calm Natasha down who seemed to be completely frozen as fear

state to communicate, Maylin

ignored it as

and Angelica, an idea suddenly formed inside of Maylin's mind

to zero degrees

toward Angelica,

you,

eyes, Angelica didn't respond. The temperature of the room dropped a few

before, but now that I take a closer look at you, the