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.

her lips

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

"Yeah..."

from the side before

evidence to believe that Ren and

the contract, there was most likely a clause that

then crossed her arms together and tapped onto

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 curse and as a result broke the boy broke the contract

and staring at his sickly figure, Natasha

is

Maylin and Natasha, Angelica's

the two of them had already figured

the other was the

luck. They

over Ren's forehead, Natasha

can already assume that the contract that

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

sixteen of the tournament we can exclude rank [I] and [II] contracts, leaving me with no choice but to believe that he signed a

reached this point, her brows proceeded

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

This time her face had

she suddenly realized 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

the fact that her daughter had reached rank,

she knew that he was

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

you thought,

that possible? Didn't he get eliminated from

mouth twitched. Turning her head to the

I say this...he

would he

smile, Maylin

that he

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

happened was because

she

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

at the same time, she was also

did things. She hated

and it was exactly because she understood

situation from the start, Amanda

Ren had never taken

could tell that Ren most likely didn't know about the fact that

that the demon Ren contracted with was in fact

he

her again, but it was only now that she

Amanda bit her

that Ren still did not trust

not discourage her. This was only natural. Especially since they hadn't known each other long enough to develop a full

"Oy!"

Amanda out of her thoughts was

saw

"M...mom!"

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

that you're awake. You can stop

"Eh?"

her hand, Natasha flicked Ren's

"Ouch!"

***

having my forehead flicked, my eyes

I saw was a familiar-looking face a couple of inches away from mine. Caught off guard by the

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

"Looks like you're fine."

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