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.

words, Natasha pursed her lips before

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

"Yeah..."

from the side

evidence to believe that Ren and the demoness over here have signed a

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

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

demoness, suffered from the backlash of the curse and as a result broke the boy broke the contract with 'her'

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

explains why his soul is in the state that it is

Maylin and Natasha, Angelica's eyes opened up a

she could even explain the situation, the two of them had already figured

that surprised by this, however. One was the elven queen while the other was the wife of one

luck. They

hand over Ren's

we can already assume that the contract that he signed

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

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 signed a tier [III]

this point,

that he would be ranked

head snapped in Ren's direction. This time her face had a

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

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

became even more prominent from the fact that she knew that he was around the same

to look at Maylin, hoping that perhaps her analysis was wrong,

thought, he indeed rank

he get eliminated from

head

how should I say this...he

would

a smile, Maylin

said that he

Amanda who had been listening throughout their whole time, powerlessly sat back

that happened

were currently a mess as she felt

and even touched by what Ren did. After all,

at the same time,

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

acted the way he did, and it was exactly

situation from the start,

Ren had never taken part in

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

in fact the same demon that

how he met her made

it was only now that she understood that Ren had taken

her eyes, Amanda bit her

became clear to her that Ren

natural. Especially since they hadn't known each other long enough to develop a full

"Oy!"

her thoughts was her mother's

head to look in the direction of where her mother was, she saw her with her

"M...mom!"

up from her seat. However, her

tell that you're awake. You can

"Eh?"

Natasha flicked

"Ouch!"

***

my forehead flicked, my eyes

from mine. Caught off guard by the sudden situation, I felt

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

"Looks like you're fine."

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