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

of the situation. I'm sure you also have an idea

"Yeah..."

from the side

believe that Ren and the demoness over here have

contract, there was most likely a clause that stated that neither party could harm the

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

the demoness, suffered from the backlash of the curse and as a result broke the

at his sickly figure, Natasha placed

soul is in the state that it is

to the analysis from Maylin and

the two of them had already figured

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

luck.

over Ren's

still alive, we can already assume that the contract that he signed

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

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 choice but to believe that he

analysis reached this point, her

mean that he would be ranked around in order

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

come up with a proper analysis of the situation, she suddenly realized something. And that was that the only possible way for Ren to have survived

the fact that her daughter had reached rank, but

she knew that he was around the same age as her

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

exactly like you thought, he

How is that possible? Didn't he get eliminated from the tournament

mouth twitched. Turning her head

should I say this...he

...Why would he do

a smile,

he said that he

Maylin were discussing the reasoning behind Ren's elimination, Amanda who had been listening throughout their whole time, powerlessly sat back

everything that happened

currently a mess as she felt many different things at

Ren did. After all,

the same time, she was also

She hated the way that he just did things without caring

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

her the situation

never taken part in her mother's

could tell that Ren most likely didn't know about the fact that

the demon Ren contracted with was in fact the

he met her

not targeted her again, but it was only now that she understood that

eyes, Amanda bit

her that Ren still did

This was only natural. Especially since they hadn't known each other long enough

"Oy!"

Amanda out of her thoughts was her mother's

of where her mother was, she saw her with her back bent

"M...mom!"

up from her seat. However,

that you're awake. You

"Eh?"

hand, Natasha flicked Ren's

"Ouch!"

***

forehead flicked, my

inches away from mine. Caught off

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

"Looks like you're fine."

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