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.

Kevin confirm her words, Natasha pursed her

get the gist of the situation.

"Yeah..."

the

enough evidence to believe that Ren and the demoness over here have signed a mana

likely a

outwardly. She then crossed her

moment I ate the fruit and the curse broke, 'she', the demoness, suffered from the backlash of the curse and as a result broke

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

soul is

to the analysis from Maylin and

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

while the other was the wife of one of the top executives in

of luck. They were quite

Ren's forehead, Natasha further

already assume that the contract that he

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

it past the round of sixteen of the tournament we can exclude rank

point, her brows

ranked around in

in Ren's direction. This time her face had a little shock in

analysis of the situation, she suddenly realized something. And that was that the only possible way for Ren to have survived the situation was

shocked by the fact that her daughter had reached

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

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

you thought, he indeed

Didn't he get eliminated from the tournament

Turning her head

I say this...he eliminated

would

smile,

that he

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

that happened was because

she felt many different things at the

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

same time, she was

Ren did things. She hated the way that he just did

was exactly because she understood

told her the situation from the start, Amanda

had never

didn't know about the fact that the demon he had contracted with was the one

in fact the same demon that had

he met her

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

her eyes, Amanda

to her that Ren still did

did not discourage her. This was only natural. Especially since they hadn't known

"Oy!"

her

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

"M...mom!"

became flustered at the sight as she stood up from her seat. However, her mother's following words caused her

you're awake. You can

"Eh?"

Natasha flicked

"Ouch!"

***

forehead flicked, my

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

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

"Looks like you're fine."

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