The Author's POV

"Mhm."

Hearing her mother's words, Amanda nodded her head.

Staring at Ren who was lying down on the bed, Amanda turned her head to look at Angelica. A complicated look flashed across her face.

She still couldn't quite come to terms with the fact that the cat that had been following Ren all the time was in fact the same demon that had cursed her mother, but she felt that there was more to the story than it was let out.

"Are you sure about this Natasha?"

Maylin asked while turning to look at Natasha. The icicles in the air trembled slightly.

"This is the same demon that stopped you from seeing your daughter for fifteen years. Are you sure that you want to let her go just like that?"

With her eyes locked on her daughter, Natasha sighed.

"What other choice do I have. Just take a look at my daughter..."

Waving her hand, all of the icicles that were aiming at Angelica vanished out of thin air.

"...Okay."

Giving a cold glance to Angelica, Maylin added.

"Just because I'm not killing you right now doesn't mean that I won't be doing it later. I'm only doing this for her sake."

"..."

Under Maylin's pressure, Angelica kept her cool.

She wasn't a count-ranked demon for nothing. Despite the fact that she had been subjected to the power of one of the strongest people in the human domain, she was able to remain unfazed.

"Let her be Maylin."

Natasha's voice rang throughout the room as she stepped in front of Maylin. Then, turning her attention towards Angelica, she took a deep breath.

Memories of her past surfaced inside of her mind.

She could still remember getting chased and threatened by her, and it honestly frightened her. But, for the sake of looking strong for her daughter, she remained composed.

"...C.can you explain the situation?"

There was a faint tremble in her voice as she asked Angelica her question, but following that, her words became more concise and the tremble vanished.

Turning her head, she looked at Ren.

"What happened for him to turn this way?"

There was an awkward silence following her words.

"You don't have to hide anything. I can tell that it is somehow connected with my awakening."

A complicated look appeared on Angelica's face as she heard her words. It wasn't long before she eventually opened her mouth.

"You're correct."

Lowering her head, Angelica lightly glanced in Ren's direction.

"The reason why he's in that state is indeed due to the fruit that he gave you."

"I see."

Rather than being shocked, a look of understanding appeared on Natasha's face. She then turned to look at Kevin.

"If I don't remember wrongly, you previously said that if something happens to her, the boy over here will die, correct?"

"...Yes."

Kevin nodded his head as his brows furrowed.

Natasha pursed her lips before turning her

gist of the situation. I'm sure you also have an idea

"Yeah..."

the

have enough evidence to believe that Ren and the demoness

in the contract, there was most likely a

toward the ceiling of the room, Natasha plucked her lips outwardly. She then crossed her arms together and tapped

we can conclude that the moment I ate the fruit and the curse broke, 'she', the demoness, suffered from the backlash of the curse and as a result broke the boy broke the contract with 'her' and was thus put into this type of

sickly figure, Natasha placed her finger underneath

his soul is in the state

analysis from Maylin and Natasha, Angelica's eyes

the situation, the two of them had already figured everything

by this, however. One was the elven queen while the other was the wife of one of

jobs because of luck. They were quite competent in their own

over Ren's forehead, Natasha further

is still alive, we can already assume that the contract that he

mid-sentence as she glimpsed in

past the round of sixteen of the tournament we can exclude rank [I] and [II] contracts, leaving me with no choice but to believe that he signed a

Natasha's analysis reached this point, her

be ranked around

snapped in Ren's direction. This time her face had

that was that the only possible

daughter had reached rank, but rank? What kind of monster was

kind of thought became even more prominent from the fact that she knew that he

Maylin, hoping that perhaps her analysis was wrong, but instead, Maylin's next words

thought, he indeed rank is

How is that possible? Didn't he get

twitched. Turning her head to the

I say this...he eliminated

would

a smile, Maylin

said that he

Natasha and Maylin were discussing the reasoning behind Ren's elimination, Amanda who had been listening throughout their whole time, powerlessly sat back down

that happened

as she felt

did. After all, he did just try to sacrifice his life for the sake

same time, she was

having trouble putting it into words, but she really hated the way Ren did things. She hated the way that he just did things

it was exactly

situation from the start, Amanda

unreasonable. Ren had never

know about the fact that

in fact the

so, how he met

that demon had not targeted her again, but it was only now that she understood that Ren had taken care of

her eyes, Amanda bit

clear to her that Ren still

Especially since they hadn't known each other

"Oy!"

her

in the direction of where her mother was, she saw her with her

"M...mom!"

immediately became flustered at the sight as she stood up from her seat. However, her

tell that you're

"Eh?"

hand, Natasha

"Ouch!"

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forehead flicked, my eyes

away from mine. Caught off guard by the sudden situation, I felt my cheeks warm up

was because I was able to instantly recognize the woman before me. She may have looked like Amanda at a first

"Looks like you're fine."

I was able to see