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 attention back toward

think I get the gist of the situation.

"Yeah..."

from the

believe that Ren and

was most likely a clause that stated that neither party

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

and the curse broke, 'she', the demoness, suffered from the backlash of the curse

and staring at his sickly figure, Natasha placed her finger underneath her chin and

is in

Maylin and Natasha, Angelica's eyes

she could even explain the situation, the two of them had already figured everything

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

of luck. They were quite

hand over Ren's forehead, Natasha further

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

she glimpsed in Angelica's direction. The

ranked 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 [II] contracts, leaving me with no choice but to believe that

point,

would be ranked

more, Natasha's head snapped in Ren's direction. This time her face had a

come up with a proper analysis of the situation, she suddenly realized something. And that was that the only possible way for Ren to have survived the situation was for him to have reached a

had reached rank, but rank? What kind of

became even more prominent from the fact that she knew that he

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

you thought, he indeed rank

possible? Didn't he get eliminated from

her head to the side,

I

would he do

smile, Maylin

that he

were discussing the reasoning behind Ren's elimination, Amanda who had been listening throughout their

everything that happened was

were currently a mess as she felt many different

even touched by what Ren did. After all, he did just try to sacrifice his

time, she

into words, but she really hated the way Ren did things. She hated the way that he just did things without caring

did, and it was exactly because she

situation

never taken

could tell that Ren most likely didn't know about the fact that the demon he had contracted with was the

was in fact the same demon that had contracted

he

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

her eyes, Amanda bit her

to her that Ren still did

realization saddened her, 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

mother was, she saw her with her back bent and her face a few

"M...mom!"

her seat. However, her mother's following words

you're awake.

"Eh?"

hand, Natasha

"Ouch!"

***

flicked, my eyes snapped

face a couple of inches away from mine. Caught off guard

was able to instantly recognize the woman before me. She may have looked like Amanda

"Looks like you're fine."

was then that I was able to see the current situation in the room, and when I did, I almost