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

"Ah..."

weak sound, Amanda's face bleached even more as she had to sit down

She currently felt powerless.

the first time she felt this way. It was a feeling she was all too

hopes of finding any clue that might be able to help Ren in any way, but it was to no avail as she

the feeling of

nothing

even the queen couldn't do anything, what could she do? Just when she thought that the situation was going to be a grim one,

moment her eyes paused on him, she immediately noticed his facial

Her brows instantly knit.

hand on the armrest of the chair she was sitting on, she supported her body

do you know something

everyone turned their

scratching the back of his head, a complicated look flashed across his

"This..."

now. The more time

from

Kevin eventually

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 you must remain

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

"Okay."

"Sure."

"That's good."

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

he wasn't exactly sure about what was going on and whether the two of them would be able to keep their promises, but he had at

was all Angelica asked

of the shelf, everyone also turned

air as an enchanting figure suddenly materialized in front of

wondering when you were finally

observed Angelica

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

was why she

'Pudding was a demon?'

seen her multiple times in the past, and not once did the thought of her being a demon ever cross her

emerged inside of her mind as

finally dawned on

finally realized why Pudding always refused to let

"Y...you!"

of her thoughts and before the elven queen could open

her head, she noticed her mother staring at Angelica

'What's going on?'

as she looked

back a bit. There was a mixture of shock and fear in her voice as she took a couple of

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

"What's going on?"

the situation wasn't right, the elven queen instantly became wary. Focusing her attention back on Natasha, she quickly tried to calm her

speak to me. What's going

calm Natasha down who seemed

in a state to communicate, Maylin stopped trying and turned to look in Angelica's

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

an

room suddenly dropped to zero degrees as the mana in the air warped

her attention toward Angelica, Maylin

was you,

Angelica didn't respond. The temperature of the room dropped

but now that I take a closer look at you, the demonic energy in your body bears a striking