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

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

"Yeah..."

from the side

and the demoness over

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

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

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

figure, Natasha placed

is in the

from Maylin and

the two of them had already

elven queen while the other

didn't get their jobs because of luck.

Ren's forehead,

alive, we can already assume that

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

tournament we can exclude rank [I] and [II] contracts, leaving

analysis reached this point, her brows proceeded to knit

ranked around

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

of the situation, she suddenly realized something. And that was that the only possible

fact that her daughter had reached rank,

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

that perhaps her analysis was wrong, but instead, Maylin's next words caused the shock inside of her body

thought, he indeed rank is

Didn't he

head to

I say this...he eliminated

...Why would

smile, Maylin

said that he was

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

happened was because of

mess as she felt many

touched by what Ren did. After all, he did just try to sacrifice his life

same time, she

into words, but she really hated the way Ren did things. She hated the way that he just did

did, and it was exactly because she understood this that

he told her the situation from

unreasonable. Ren had never taken part in her mother's

wasn't exactly sure, she could tell that Ren most likely didn't know about the fact that the demon he had contracted with

contracted with was in fact the same demon that had

he met

that demon had not targeted her again, but it

eyes, Amanda bit her

to her that Ren

Especially since they hadn't known each other long

"Oy!"

of her thoughts was

of where her mother was, she saw her with her back bent and her face a few

"M...mom!"

from her

can tell that you're

"Eh?"

hand, Natasha

"Ouch!"

***

my forehead flicked, my

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 a

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

"Looks like you're fine."

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