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.

confirm her words, Natasha pursed her lips before turning her attention

of the situation. I'm sure you also

"Yeah..."

from the side

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

the contract, there was most likely a clause that stated that

lips outwardly. She then crossed her arms together and tapped onto the right side of her

the fruit and the curse broke, 'she', the demoness, suffered from the backlash of the curse and

at his sickly figure, Natasha

his soul is in the

and

the situation, the two of them had already figured

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

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

hand over Ren's forehead,

he is still alive, we can already assume

words halted mid-sentence as she glimpsed in

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

this point, her brows proceeded

that would mean that he would be ranked around in order to survive

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

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

was already shocked by the fact that her daughter had reached rank, but rank? What kind of monster was this youth before

from the fact that she knew that he was around the same age as her

her

like you thought, he

he get eliminated from the

twitched. Turning her head

how should I say

...Why would he do

smile,

said that he

who had

happened was because

emotions were currently a mess as she felt many different things at

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

time,

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

was exactly because she understood this that she felt the way

told her the situation from

wasn't unreasonable. Ren had never

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 responsible

feeling that the demon Ren contracted with was in fact the same demon that

how he met her

it was only now that she understood that Ren

eyes, Amanda bit

to her that Ren still

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

"Oy!"

of her thoughts was her mother's

mother was, she saw her

"M...mom!"

up from her seat. However, her mother's following words

I can tell that you're awake. You

"Eh?"

Natasha flicked

"Ouch!"

***

forehead flicked, my

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

instantly recognize the woman before me. She may have looked like

"Looks like you're fine."

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