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.

Natasha pursed her lips before turning her attention

gist of the situation. I'm

"Yeah..."

the

enough evidence to believe that Ren and the demoness over here have signed a

a clause that

room, Natasha plucked her lips outwardly. She then crossed

fruit and the curse broke, 'she', the demoness, suffered from the backlash of the curse and as a result broke the boy

figure,

his soul is in the state that it

the analysis from Maylin and Natasha,

explain the situation, the

however. One was the elven queen while the other was the wife of one

their jobs because of luck. They

over Ren's forehead, Natasha

we can already assume that

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

[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

reached this point, her brows proceeded to knit

that would mean that he would be ranked around in

direction. This time her face had a little

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

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

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

hoping that perhaps her analysis was wrong, but instead, Maylin's

thought, he indeed rank

Didn't he get eliminated from

mouth twitched. Turning her head to the side, she softly

how should I say

would he do

smile,

he said that he

Maylin were discussing the reasoning behind Ren's elimination, Amanda who had been listening throughout their whole time, powerlessly sat back down on her

that happened was

emotions were currently a mess as she felt many different

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

at the same time, she

She hated the way that he just did things without caring about himself or what

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

her the situation

wasn't unreasonable. Ren had never taken part in

didn't know about the fact that the demon he

with was in fact the same demon that had

so, how he met

her again, but it

eyes, Amanda bit her

clear to her that Ren still

was only natural. Especially since they hadn't known each other long enough to develop a full sense of trust between

"Oy!"

out of her thoughts was

direction of where her mother was, she saw her with her back bent and

"M...mom!"

from her seat. However, her mother's following words caused her to freeze on

can tell that you're

"Eh?"

hand, Natasha flicked Ren's

"Ouch!"

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flicked,

inches away from mine. Caught off guard by the sudden situation, I felt my cheeks warm up

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