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.

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

"Ah..."

even more as she had to

She currently felt powerless.

way. It was a

around the room in hopes of finding any clue that might be able

time passed, the stronger the feeling of powerlessness became

nothing

when she thought that the situation was going to be a grim one, her

moment her eyes paused on him,

Her brows instantly knit.

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

know something that

everyone turned their

scratching the back of his head,

"This..."

The more time you waste

added from

his lips, Kevin eventually let out a long

say anything, I want you guys to promise me

"...Say it."

his head to look at the elven

not exactly sure myself, but I want you two to promise me that whatever happens next the two of

Kevin's words. Nevertheless, they all nodded their heads. They didn't

"Okay."

"Sure."

"That's good."

Kevin turned to look towards the corner of the room where

would be able to keep their promises, but he had at least given them a warning which was enough to make

that was all Angelica

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

soon as Angelica's touched the ground, a black mist suddenly diffused in the air as an enchanting figure suddenly materialized in front of everyone

you were finally

she calmly observed Angelica in

room she already knew of her presence. However, since Angelica was currently wearing a bracelet indicating that she was on their side, she didn't think too much of

that she was curious about was why she had never done

'Pudding was a demon?'

was most shocked by the situation was Amanda. She naturally recognized the cat, she had seen her

questions suddenly emerged inside of her mind as her

finally dawned

always refused to

"Y...you!"

thoughts and before the elven queen could open her mouth, Amanda suddenly heard a panicked

staring at Angelica with eyes

'What's going on?'

she looked at

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

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

"What's going on?"

the elven queen instantly became wary. Focusing her attention

to me. What's going

calm Natasha down who seemed

state to communicate, Maylin stopped trying and

Angelica ignored it as she

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

dropped to zero degrees as the mana in the

her attention toward Angelica,

you,

respond. The temperature of the room dropped

more powerful than before, but now that I take a closer look at you, the demonic energy in your