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 words, Natasha pursed her

the situation. I'm sure you also have an

"Yeah..."

from the side before

evidence to believe that Ren and the

in the contract, there was most likely a clause that stated that neither party could

lips outwardly. She then crossed her arms together and tapped onto the

the demoness, suffered from the backlash of the curse and as a result broke

Ren and staring at his sickly figure, Natasha placed her finger underneath her chin

why his soul is in the state that it

to the analysis from Maylin and Natasha,

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

the other was the wife of one of the top executives in the

because of luck. They

Ren's

still alive, we can already assume that

as she glimpsed in

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 exclude rank [I] and [II] contracts, leaving me with no choice but to believe that he signed a tier [III]

point,

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

head snapped in Ren's direction. This time her

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

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

kind of thought became even more prominent from the fact that she knew that he was around the same age as her

that perhaps her analysis was

thought, he

that possible? Didn't he get eliminated from

head to the side,

should I

...Why would

a smile, Maylin

that

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

that happened was because of

a mess as she

all, he did just try

the same time,

was having trouble putting it into words, but she really hated the way Ren did things. She hated the way that he just did

and it was exactly because she understood this that she felt the way she

her the situation from the start, Amanda

had never taken part in

wasn't exactly sure, she could tell that Ren most likely didn't know about the fact that the demon he had contracted with was the

in fact the same demon that had contracted

he met

had not targeted her again, but it was only

eyes, Amanda bit her

Ren

discourage her. This was only natural. Especially since they hadn't known

"Oy!"

her thoughts was

saw her

"M...mom!"

the sight as she stood up from her seat. However,

can tell that you're awake. You

"Eh?"

Natasha flicked

"Ouch!"

***

having my forehead flicked, my

opened my eyes, the first thing I saw was a familiar-looking face a couple of inches away from mine. Caught off

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

"Looks like you're fine."

moving her head away from me. It was then that I was able to see the current situation in the room, and