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.

pursed her

I get the gist of the situation.

"Yeah..."

nodded from the

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

a clause that stated that

Natasha plucked her lips outwardly. She then crossed her arms together and tapped onto the right side of her arm with her

the backlash of the curse and as a result broke the boy broke the contract with 'her' and was thus put

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

also explains why his soul is in

Maylin and Natasha, Angelica's eyes opened

the two

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

luck. They were quite competent in their own

hand over Ren's forehead, Natasha further

still alive, we can already assume that the

as she glimpsed in Angelica's direction. The pause was brief,

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

analysis reached this point, her brows

ranked around in order to

Natasha's head snapped in Ren's direction. This time

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

fact that her daughter had reached rank, but rank? What kind

from the fact that she

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

you thought,

How is that possible? Didn't he

Turning her head

I say

...Why would

a smile, Maylin

he said that he

who had been listening throughout their

everything that happened was

as she felt

what Ren did. After all, he did just try to

at the same time,

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

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

her the situation

had never taken part in her

she wasn't exactly sure, she could tell that Ren most likely didn't know about the fact that the demon he had contracted with was the one responsible

was in fact the same demon that had contracted with Elijah, the elective representative back at

so, how he met her

targeted her again, but it

her eyes, Amanda

became clear to her that Ren still did not

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

"Oy!"

of her thoughts

the direction of where her mother was, she saw her with her back

"M...mom!"

from her seat. However, her mother's following words caused her to freeze

that you're awake. You can stop

"Eh?"

Natasha flicked

"Ouch!"

***

forehead flicked, my eyes snapped

opened my eyes, the first thing I saw was a familiar-looking face a couple of inches away from mine. Caught off guard by the sudden situation, I felt my cheeks warm up a little as a bitter smile appeared

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

"Looks like you're fine."

her head away from me. It was then that I was able to see the current situation