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.

confirm her words, Natasha pursed her lips before turning her

I get the gist of the situation. I'm sure you

"Yeah..."

from the side

have enough evidence to believe that Ren and the

was most likely a clause that

then crossed her arms together and tapped onto

broke, 'she', 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 into this type

his sickly figure, Natasha placed her

also explains why his soul is

Maylin and Natasha,

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

wasn't that surprised by this, however. One was the elven queen while the other was the wife of one of the top executives in the human

their jobs because of luck. They were quite competent in their

over Ren's forehead, Natasha further

still alive, we can already assume that the contract

halted mid-sentence as she glimpsed in Angelica's

[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]

analysis reached this point, her brows proceeded to knit

would be ranked around in

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

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

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

she knew that he was around the same age as her own

hung open as she turned her head to look at Maylin, hoping that perhaps her analysis was wrong,

thought, he indeed rank is

is that possible? Didn't he get

mouth twitched. Turning her head to the side,

how should I

...Why would

smile, Maylin

said that he

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

everything that happened was

as she felt many

After all, he did just try to sacrifice his life for

time, she

the way Ren did things. She hated the

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

told her the situation from

wasn't unreasonable. Ren had never taken part in

about the fact that the demon he had contracted with was the one responsible for

fact the same demon that had contracted with Elijah, the elective representative back

he met her made

that demon had not targeted her again, but it was only now that she understood that Ren

Amanda bit her

to her that Ren

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

"Oy!"

Amanda out of her thoughts

mother was, she saw her with her

"M...mom!"

her

can tell that you're awake. You

"Eh?"

hand, Natasha flicked

"Ouch!"

***

flicked, my eyes

I saw was a familiar-looking face a couple of inches away from mine. Caught

was able to instantly recognize the woman before me. She may have looked like Amanda at a first

"Looks like you're fine."

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