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.

her words, Natasha pursed her lips before turning her attention back toward

get the gist of the situation. I'm sure

"Yeah..."

the side

believe that Ren and

was most likely a clause that stated that neither

the ceiling of the room, Natasha plucked her lips outwardly. She then crossed her arms together

that the moment I ate the fruit 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' and was thus put

figure,

explains why his soul is in the

and Natasha, Angelica's eyes opened up

explain the situation, the two of them had already figured

One was the elven queen while the other was the wife of one of the top executives in the human

get their jobs because of luck. They were quite competent

hand over Ren's forehead, Natasha

can already assume that the contract that

mid-sentence as she glimpsed in Angelica's direction. The pause

he's made it past the round of sixteen of the tournament we can exclude rank [I] and [II] contracts, leaving me with no choice but to

reached this point, her

that he would be ranked

This time her face had a little shock

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

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

she knew that he was around the same age as

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

you thought, he

he get eliminated

mouth twitched. Turning her head to

how should I say

...Why would he do

a smile, Maylin

he said that

had been listening throughout their whole time, powerlessly sat back down on

everything that happened was because

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

grateful and even touched by what Ren did. After all, he did just try to sacrifice his life for the sake of her

at the same time, she was

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

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

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

had never taken part in her mother's

know about the fact that the demon he had contracted with was the one responsible for her

had 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 that she understood that Ren had

Amanda bit

Ren

her. This was only natural. Especially since they hadn't

"Oy!"

her

was, she saw her with her back

"M...mom!"

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

I can tell that you're awake. You can stop

"Eh?"

her hand, Natasha

"Ouch!"

***

my forehead flicked, my eyes snapped

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

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

"Looks like you're fine."

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