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 lips before turning her

the situation. I'm sure you also

"Yeah..."

nodded from the

to believe that Ren and

there was most likely a clause that stated

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

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 into

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

explains why his soul is in the state

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

situation, the two

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

their jobs because of luck. They were quite competent

over Ren's forehead, Natasha

already assume that the

her brows, Natasha's words halted mid-sentence as she glimpsed in Angelica's direction. The

and [III]. Since Amanda previously told me that he's made it past the round of sixteen of the tournament we can exclude rank

analysis reached this point,

would mean that he would be ranked around in order

more, Natasha's head snapped in Ren's direction. This time her face

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

daughter had reached rank, but rank? What

became even more prominent from the fact that she knew that he was around the same age as her own

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

like you thought, he indeed rank is

he get eliminated from the

her head to the side, she softly

how should I say this...he

...Why would he do

a smile, Maylin

said that he was

Natasha and Maylin were discussing the reasoning behind Ren's elimination, Amanda who had

that happened was because of

emotions were currently a mess as she felt many different

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

at the same time, she was

way Ren did things. She hated the way that he just did things

it was exactly because she understood

told her the situation from the

had never taken part

although 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

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

he

again, but it was

her eyes, Amanda bit her

clear to her that Ren still did

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

"Oy!"

Amanda out of her thoughts was her

where her mother was, she saw her

"M...mom!"

her seat. However,

that you're awake.

"Eh?"

Natasha

"Ouch!"

***

flicked, my eyes snapped

moment I 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

was able to instantly recognize the woman before me. She may have looked like Amanda

"Looks like you're fine."

was able to see the current situation in