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

the situation. I'm sure you

"Yeah..."

from the

evidence to believe that Ren and the demoness over here

contract, there was most likely a

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

from the backlash of the curse and as a result broke the boy broke the contract

staring at his sickly figure, Natasha placed her finger underneath

explains why his soul is in the state that

and

she could even explain the situation, the

by this, however. One was the elven queen while the other was the

jobs because of luck. They were quite competent

Ren's

we can already assume that the contract

brows, Natasha's words halted mid-sentence as she glimpsed in Angelica's direction. The pause

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 choice but to believe that

this point, her brows

be ranked around

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

something. And that was that the only possible way for Ren to have survived the situation was

daughter had reached rank, but rank? What kind

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

hung open 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

you thought, he

How is that possible? Didn't he get eliminated from

head to the side, she

I say this...he eliminated

...Why would he

a smile,

that he was

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

that happened was because

emotions were currently a mess as she felt many

all, he

time, she was

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

way he did, and it was exactly because

he told her the situation from the start, Amanda would've

had never taken part in

didn't know about the fact that the demon he had

feeling that the demon Ren contracted with was in fact the

how he met her

demon had not targeted her again, but it was

eyes, Amanda

her that Ren

saddened her, but it did not discourage her. This was only natural. Especially since they

"Oy!"

Amanda out of her thoughts

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

"M...mom!"

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

you're awake.

"Eh?"

her hand, Natasha flicked Ren's

"Ouch!"

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having my forehead flicked,

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

me. She may have looked like Amanda at a first glance, but there

"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,