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.

him, if we find out the source

"Ah..."

even more as she had to sit down on a nearby

She currently felt powerless.

first time she felt this way. It

clue that might be able to help Ren in any way, but it was

the stronger the feeling of

there really nothing

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

paused on him, she immediately noticed his

Her brows instantly knit.

the armrest of the chair she was sitting on, she supported her body up as she looked at

know something that

moment Amanda's words faded, everyone turned their

scratching the back of his head, a complicated

"This..."

something say it now. The more time you

added from

Kevin eventually let out a

I want you guys

"...Say it."

to look at the elven queen, Kevin's

exactly sure myself, but I want you two to promise me that whatever happens next the two of you must remain calm and not do anything

upon hearing Kevin's words. Nevertheless, they all nodded their heads. They

"Okay."

"Sure."

"That's good."

his head, Kevin turned to look towards the corner of the room where a

what was going on and whether the two of them would be able to keep their promises, but he had at

all

of the shelf, everyone also turned their attention towards it. Feeling everyone's gazes, Angelica calmly hopped off the cabinet she

in the air as an enchanting figure suddenly materialized in front

you were finally going

calmly observed Angelica in

since arriving in the room she already knew of her presence. However, since Angelica was currently wearing a bracelet indicating that she was on their side, she

only thing that she was curious about was why she

'Pudding was a demon?'

cat, she had seen her multiple times in the past, and not once

multitude of questions suddenly emerged inside of her

dawned

always refused to let her

"Y...you!"

Amanda out of her thoughts and before the elven queen could open

mother staring at Angelica with eyes fully opened and filled

'What's going on?'

thought as she looked at her

back, Natasha's face bleached even more as she stumbled back a bit. There was a mixture of shock

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

"What's going on?"

queen instantly became wary. Focusing

speak to me. What's going

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

a state to communicate, Maylin

the elven queen's gaze, Angelica ignored it as she continued to

gaze between Natasha and Angelica, an idea suddenly formed inside of Maylin's mind as

suddenly dropped to zero degrees

her attention toward

you, wasn't

didn't respond. The temperature

lot purer and more powerful than before, but now that I take a closer look at you, the demonic energy