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

of the situation. I'm sure you also have

"Yeah..."

the

that Ren and the demoness over here

a clause that

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

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 with

toward Ren and staring at his sickly figure, Natasha placed

why his soul is in the state that it

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

even explain the situation, the two of them had

that surprised by this, however. One was the elven queen while the other was the wife of one of the top executives in the

get their jobs because of luck. They were

Ren's forehead,

still alive, we can already assume

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

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

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

would mean that he would be ranked around in order

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

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

already shocked by the fact that her daughter had reached rank, but rank? What kind

the fact that she knew that he

to look at Maylin, hoping that perhaps her analysis was wrong, but instead, Maylin's next words

you thought, he indeed rank is

Didn't he get eliminated from the

Turning her head to the side, she softly

how should I say this...he

...Why would he

smile, Maylin

he said that he

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

everything that happened

emotions were currently a mess as she

what Ren did. After all, he did just try to sacrifice his

time,

putting it into words, but she really hated the way Ren did things. She hated the

was exactly because she understood this that she felt the way

told her the situation

unreasonable. Ren had never

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

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

how he met

always wondered why that demon had not targeted her again, but it was only now that

her eyes, Amanda

Ren still

but it did not discourage her. This was only natural. Especially since they hadn't known each other

"Oy!"

out of her thoughts was her mother's

saw her with her back bent and her face a

"M...mom!"

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

tell that you're

"Eh?"

Natasha flicked

"Ouch!"

***

flicked,

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

because I was able to instantly recognize the woman before me. She may

"Looks like you're fine."

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