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 turning

I get the gist 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

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

She then crossed her arms together and tapped onto the

the demoness, suffered from the backlash of the curse and as a result broke the boy broke the contract with 'her' and was thus put

staring at his sickly figure, Natasha placed

is in the state that it

to the analysis from Maylin and Natasha, Angelica's eyes opened up a

the two of them

while the other was the wife of one of

luck.

over Ren's

is still alive, we can already

she glimpsed in Angelica's direction. The pause was

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 that he

this point, her brows

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

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

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

that her daughter had reached

prominent from the fact that she knew that he was around the same age

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

exactly like you thought,

How is that possible? Didn't he get eliminated

head to the

should I

...Why would he do

smile,

he said that he

Amanda who had been listening

that happened was because

mess as she felt many different things at the

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

the same time, she was also

the way Ren did things. She hated the way that he just did things

did, and it was exactly because she understood this that she

situation from the start,

had never taken part in her

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

contracted with was in fact the

so, how he met her made

again, but it was only now that she understood that

her eyes, Amanda

Ren

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

"Oy!"

her thoughts was her

look in the direction of where her mother was, she saw her with her back bent and her face a few inches away from Ren's

"M...mom!"

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

tell that you're awake.

"Eh?"

her hand, Natasha flicked Ren's

"Ouch!"

***

my forehead flicked,

I 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

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

"Looks like you're fine."

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