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 lips before turning

gist of the situation. I'm sure you also

"Yeah..."

the side

and the demoness

likely a clause that stated that neither party could harm the

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

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

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

explains why his soul is in

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

the situation, the two of

wasn't that surprised by this, however. One was the elven queen while the other was the wife of one of the top

of luck. They were

over Ren's forehead, Natasha

he is still alive, we can already

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

he's made it past the round of sixteen of the tournament we can

analysis reached this point, her brows proceeded to knit

would be ranked around in order to survive the contract

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

situation, she suddenly realized something. And that was that the only possible

how was that possible? She was already shocked by the fact that her daughter had reached rank, but rank?

fact that she knew

her analysis was wrong, but instead,

you thought, he indeed rank is

possible? Didn't he get

twitched. Turning her head to the side, she

how should I say this...he

would he do

smile, Maylin

he said that he

who had been listening throughout their whole time, powerlessly

that happened was because of

she felt many different things

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

same time, she was also

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

why Ren acted the way he did, and it was exactly because

told her the situation from the

wasn't unreasonable. Ren had never taken

most likely didn't know about the

contracted with was in fact

he met her

that demon had not targeted her again, but it was

her eyes, Amanda bit

her that Ren

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

"Oy!"

of her thoughts was her mother's

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

"M...mom!"

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

you're awake.

"Eh?"

her hand, Natasha flicked Ren's

"Ouch!"

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forehead flicked,

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

"Looks like you're fine."

away from me. It was then that I was able to see the