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.

words, Natasha pursed her lips before turning her

think I get the gist of the situation. I'm sure you

"Yeah..."

nodded from the

Ren and the demoness over here have signed a

was most likely a clause

outwardly. She then crossed her arms together and tapped onto the right side

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

Ren and staring at his sickly figure, Natasha placed

his soul is in the state that

from Maylin and Natasha, Angelica's eyes

the two

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

get their jobs because of luck.

Ren's

can already assume that the contract

her brows, Natasha's words halted mid-sentence as she glimpsed in Angelica's direction. The pause was brief, as she

between [I] and [III]. Since Amanda previously told me that he's made it past the round of sixteen of the tournament we can exclude rank [I] and

reached this point, her brows proceeded to knit

ranked around in order to

direction. This time her face had

that the only possible way for Ren to have survived the situation was

was already shocked by the fact that her daughter had reached rank, but rank? What kind of monster was this

prominent from the fact that she knew that

she turned her head to look at Maylin, hoping that perhaps her analysis was wrong,

exactly like you thought, he indeed

that possible? Didn't he get eliminated from the tournament

her head to

how should I say

would he do

a smile, Maylin

said that

reasoning behind Ren's elimination, Amanda who had been listening throughout their whole time, powerlessly sat back

happened was because of

as she felt many different things at the

and even touched by what Ren did. After all, he did just

time, she was

it into words, but she really hated the way Ren did things. She hated

understood why Ren acted the way he did, and it was exactly because she understood this that she felt the way she

her the situation from the start, Amanda would've

never taken part

although she wasn't exactly sure, she could tell that Ren most likely didn't know about the fact that the demon he had

the demon Ren contracted with was in fact the same demon that had contracted with Elijah, the elective

he

demon had not targeted her again, but it was only now that she understood that

eyes, Amanda bit

clear to her that Ren still did not trust

but it did not discourage her. This was only natural. Especially since they hadn't known each other long enough to develop a full sense of trust

"Oy!"

Amanda out of her

the direction of where her mother was, she saw her with her back bent and her face a few

"M...mom!"

as she stood up from her seat. However, her mother's following words caused her to

can tell that you're awake. You can stop

"Eh?"

hand, Natasha flicked Ren's

"Ouch!"

***

forehead flicked, my

familiar-looking face a couple of inches away from mine. Caught off guard by the sudden situation, I felt my cheeks warm up a little as a

may have looked like Amanda at a first glance, but

"Looks like you're fine."

It was then that I was able