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

get the gist of the situation.

"Yeah..."

the

that Ren and the demoness over here

in the contract, there was most likely a clause that stated that neither party could harm

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

'she', the demoness, suffered from the backlash of the curse and as a result broke the boy broke

sickly figure, Natasha placed her

explains why his soul is

from Maylin and Natasha, Angelica's eyes opened up a

situation, the two

however. One was the elven queen while the other was the wife of one of the top

their jobs because of luck. They were quite competent

hand over Ren's

can already assume that the contract that he signed

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

told me that he's made it past the round of sixteen of the tournament we can exclude rank [I] and [II]

analysis reached this point, her brows proceeded

mean that he would be ranked around in order to survive

Ren's direction. This time her face

the only possible way for Ren to have survived the situation was for him to have reached a rank

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

of thought became even more prominent from the fact that she knew that he was around the same age as her

her analysis was wrong, but instead,

thought, he indeed rank

possible? Didn't he get eliminated from

mouth twitched. Turning her head to the

should I

...Why would

smile, Maylin

said that he was

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

that happened was because

a mess as she

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

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

way he did, and it was exactly because she understood this that she felt

told her the situation from the

wasn't unreasonable. Ren had never taken part in her mother's

that Ren most likely didn't know about the fact

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

how he met her made

targeted her again, but it was only now

Amanda bit her

clear to her that Ren still did not

discourage her. This was only natural. Especially since they hadn't known each other long enough to develop

"Oy!"

out of her

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

"M...mom!"

as she stood up from her seat.

tell that you're awake. You can stop

"Eh?"

her hand, Natasha flicked Ren's

"Ouch!"

***

having my forehead flicked, my eyes snapped

face a couple of inches away from mine. Caught off guard by the sudden situation, I felt

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

"Looks like you're fine."

able to see the current situation in the room, and when I did, I almost wished