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 attention

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

"Yeah..."

nodded from the side

evidence to believe that Ren and

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 with her

he handed Amanda the fruit, we can conclude that the moment I ate the fruit and the curse broke, 'she', the demoness, suffered from the backlash of the

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

soul is in the state that

analysis from Maylin and

explain the situation, the

the elven queen while the other was the wife of one of the

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

Ren's

already assume that the contract

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

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

Natasha's analysis reached this point, her brows proceeded to

would mean that he would be ranked around in order

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

situation, she suddenly realized something. And that was that the only possible way for Ren to have survived the situation was for him to have

was already shocked by the fact that her daughter had reached rank, but

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

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

thought,

he get eliminated

her head to the side,

should I say

would he do

smile, Maylin

said that

discussing the reasoning behind Ren's elimination, Amanda who had been listening throughout their

that happened

as she felt many different

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

the same time, she was

way Ren did things. She hated

the way he did, and it was

the situation from the start, Amanda would've

never taken

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

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

he met

again, but it was only now

eyes, Amanda bit

her that Ren still did not trust

but it did not discourage her. This was only natural. Especially since they hadn't known each other long enough to develop a full sense of trust

"Oy!"

of her thoughts was

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

"M...mom!"

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

I can tell that you're awake. You

"Eh?"

Natasha flicked Ren's

"Ouch!"

***

my forehead flicked, my

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

woman before me. She may have looked like Amanda at a first glance, but there was definitely a

"Looks like you're fine."

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