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 lips

gist of the situation. I'm sure you also

"Yeah..."

from the side

enough evidence to believe that Ren and the

likely a clause that stated that neither

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

suffered from the backlash of the curse and as a result broke the boy broke the contract with 'her' and was thus put into this type of

staring at his sickly figure, Natasha placed her finger underneath

soul is

and Natasha, Angelica's eyes opened

situation, the

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

jobs because of luck. They were quite competent

hand over Ren's forehead, Natasha

still alive, we can already

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

the round of sixteen of the tournament we can exclude rank [I] and [II] contracts, leaving me

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

he would be ranked around in order

Natasha's head snapped in Ren's direction. This time her face had

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

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

prominent from the fact that she knew

her head to look at Maylin, hoping that perhaps her analysis was wrong,

thought, he

Didn't he get

twitched. Turning her head

how should I say

...Why would he do

smile,

said that he

reasoning behind Ren's elimination, Amanda who had

everything that happened was because

a mess as she felt many different

by what Ren did. After all, he did just

the same time, she was also

trouble putting it into words, but she really hated the way Ren did things. She hated the way that he just did things without caring about himself

understood why Ren acted the way he did, and it was exactly because she understood this that she felt the way she

her the situation from

Ren had never

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 one responsible for

back, Amanda had a feeling that the demon Ren contracted with was in fact the

he met her

that demon had not targeted her again, but it was only

eyes, Amanda

her that Ren still

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

"Oy!"

of her thoughts

head to look in the direction of where her mother was, she saw her

"M...mom!"

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

tell that you're awake. You can stop

"Eh?"

hand, Natasha

"Ouch!"

***

flicked, my eyes

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 as a

recognize the woman before me. She may have looked like Amanda at a first

"Looks like you're fine."

It was then that I was able to see the current situation in the room,