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

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

"Yeah..."

from the

Ren and the demoness

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

crossed her arms together and tapped onto the right side of

fruit, we can conclude that 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

and staring at his sickly figure, Natasha placed her finger

his soul is in the state

Maylin and Natasha, Angelica's eyes opened up

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

while the other was the wife of

get their jobs because of luck. They were

over Ren's forehead, Natasha

we can already assume that the contract that he signed

halted mid-sentence as she glimpsed in

Since Amanda previously told 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

reached this point, her brows proceeded to knit

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

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

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

that possible? She was already shocked by the fact that her daughter had reached rank, but rank? What

that she knew that

as she turned her head to look at Maylin, hoping that perhaps her analysis was wrong, but instead, Maylin's next words caused

like you thought,

is that possible? Didn't he get eliminated from the tournament

Turning her head to the side, she

should I say this...he eliminated

...Why would he do

a smile, Maylin

said that

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

everything that happened was

emotions were currently a mess as she

hand, she was grateful and even touched by what Ren did. After all, he did just try to

at the same time, she

the way Ren did things. She hated the

and it was exactly because she understood

her the situation

Ren had never taken part in her

about the fact that the

feeling that the demon Ren contracted with was in fact the same demon that had contracted with Elijah, the elective

how he met her

again, but it was only

Amanda

clear to her that Ren still did not

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

"Oy!"

Amanda out of her thoughts was her

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

"M...mom!"

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

I can tell that you're awake. You can

"Eh?"

her hand, Natasha flicked

"Ouch!"

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forehead flicked,

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

the woman before me. She may have looked like Amanda at a first

"Looks like you're fine."

mother muttered before finally moving 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 almost wished I