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.

Natasha pursed her lips

think I get the gist of the situation. I'm

"Yeah..."

the side

and the demoness over here have

most likely a clause

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

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

toward Ren and staring at his sickly figure, Natasha

is in the

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

could even explain the situation, the two

surprised by this, however. One was the elven queen while the other was

their jobs because of luck. They were quite competent in their own

hand over Ren's

we can already assume that

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

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

reached this point, her

that would mean that he would be ranked around

Ren's direction. This time

realized something. And that was that the only possible way for Ren to have survived the situation was for him to have reached

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

prominent from the fact that she knew that he was around the same age as

perhaps her analysis was wrong, but instead, Maylin's next words caused the

like you thought, he indeed rank

How is that possible? Didn't he get

Turning her head to the side, she softly

should I say

would he do

a smile,

that he

elimination, Amanda who had been listening throughout their

happened

were currently a mess as she felt many different things at the

even touched by what Ren did. After all,

at the same time,

the way Ren did things. She hated the way

was exactly because she understood this that she

told her the situation from the start, Amanda would've

Ren had never

know about the fact that the demon he had contracted

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

how he

but it

Amanda bit her

Ren still

since they hadn't known each other long enough to develop a full sense of trust between each

"Oy!"

her thoughts was her mother's

her mother was, she saw her with her back bent

"M...mom!"

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

can tell that you're awake.

"Eh?"

hand, Natasha flicked Ren's

"Ouch!"

***

forehead flicked, my eyes

familiar-looking face a couple of inches away from mine. Caught off guard by the sudden

the woman before me. She may have looked like Amanda at a first glance, but

"Looks like you're fine."

mother muttered before finally moving her head away from me. It was then that I was able to see