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.

confirm her words, Natasha pursed her lips before turning

the gist of the situation. I'm

"Yeah..."

from the

and the demoness over here have signed

the contract, there was most likely a

lips 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

sickly figure, Natasha placed her finger underneath her

why his soul is in the state that

the analysis from Maylin and

the situation, the two of them had already figured

that surprised by this, however. One was the elven queen while the other was the wife of one of the top executives in the human

didn't get their jobs because of luck. They were quite competent in

Ren's forehead, Natasha further

already

her brows, Natasha's words halted mid-sentence as she glimpsed in Angelica's

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 he signed a

this point, her brows proceeded to

mean that he would be ranked around in order to survive

This time her face had

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 rank of

fact that her daughter had reached rank,

even more prominent from the fact that she knew that he was around

perhaps her analysis was wrong,

like you thought, he

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

twitched. Turning her head to the side, she softly

how should I say this...he

would he

a smile,

said that

reasoning behind Ren's elimination, Amanda who had been

that happened was because of

currently a mess as she felt many different

one hand, she was grateful and even touched by what Ren did. After all,

time, she

things. She hated the way that he just did things without caring about himself

understood why Ren acted the way he did, and it was

the situation from

Ren had never

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

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

how he met her

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

Amanda bit her

became clear to her that Ren still did not trust

since they

"Oy!"

out of her thoughts

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

"M...mom!"

at the sight as she stood up from her seat.

that you're awake. You

"Eh?"

hand, Natasha flicked Ren's

"Ouch!"

***

forehead flicked,

I opened my eyes, the first thing I saw was a familiar-looking face a couple of inches away from mine. Caught

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

"Looks like you're fine."

muttered before finally moving her head away from me. It was then that I was able to see the current situation in the room, and