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

think I get the gist of the situation.

"Yeah..."

nodded from the

and the demoness over here have signed a

likely a clause that stated that neither party could harm

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

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

figure, Natasha

his soul is in the state that it is

analysis from Maylin and Natasha,

the two of them had already

the elven queen while the other

because of luck.

hand over Ren's forehead, Natasha

already assume that the contract that

as she glimpsed in Angelica's

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

reached this point, her

he would be ranked around in order to survive

snapped in Ren's direction. This time her

that the only possible way for Ren to have survived the situation was for him

by the fact that her daughter had reached rank, but rank? What kind of monster

became even more prominent from the fact that she knew that

head to look at Maylin, hoping that perhaps her analysis was wrong, but instead, Maylin's next words caused the shock inside of her

exactly like you thought, he indeed rank

he get

Turning her head

I say this...he eliminated

...Why would

a smile, Maylin

that he

had been listening throughout their whole time, powerlessly

everything that happened was because

emotions were currently a mess as she felt many

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

same time, she

it into words, but she really hated the way Ren did things. She hated the way

it was exactly because she understood this that she felt the

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

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

most likely didn't know about the

that the demon Ren contracted with was in fact the same demon that had

so, how he met her made

it was only now that she understood

Amanda

became clear to her that Ren still did not trust

saddened her, but it did not discourage her. This was only natural. Especially since they hadn't known each other long enough to develop a full

"Oy!"

of her thoughts was her mother's

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

"M...mom!"

stood up from her seat.

that you're awake. You can stop

"Eh?"

Natasha flicked Ren's

"Ouch!"

***

flicked, my

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

may have looked like Amanda at a first glance, but there

"Looks like you're fine."

muttered before finally moving her head away from me. It was then that I was able to see the current situation in the room, and