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 lips before

the gist of the situation.

"Yeah..."

nodded from the side before

enough evidence to believe that Ren and the

most likely a clause that stated that neither party could harm the

of the room, Natasha plucked her lips outwardly. She then crossed her arms together and tapped onto the right side of her arm

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

toward Ren and staring at his sickly figure, Natasha placed

soul is in the state that it

Maylin and Natasha, Angelica's eyes opened up a

situation, the two of them had

elven queen while the other was the wife of one of

get their jobs because of luck. They were quite competent in their

her hand over Ren's forehead,

is still alive, we can already

as she glimpsed in Angelica's

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

Natasha's analysis reached this point, her

he would be ranked around in order to survive the contract

in Ren's direction. This time her face had a little shock in

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

shocked by the fact that her daughter had reached

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

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

thought,

Didn't he get eliminated from the

twitched. Turning her head to the side,

should I say this...he

would he

smile, Maylin

he said that

reasoning behind Ren's elimination, Amanda who had been listening throughout their whole time, powerlessly sat

everything that happened

were currently a mess as she felt

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

the same time, she was

did things. She hated the way

was exactly because she understood this that she felt the way

he told her the situation from the start,

had never

could tell that Ren most likely didn't know about the fact that the demon he had contracted with was the one

with was in fact the same demon that

how he

targeted her again, but it was only now

her eyes, Amanda bit her

to her that Ren still did not trust

it did not discourage her. This was only natural. Especially since they hadn't known

"Oy!"

of her thoughts was her mother's

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

"M...mom!"

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

that you're awake. You can stop

"Eh?"

her hand, Natasha

"Ouch!"

***

flicked, my eyes

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 warm up a little as a bitter smile appeared on

able to instantly recognize the woman before me. She may

"Looks like you're fine."

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