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

the situation.

"Yeah..."

from the side

evidence to believe that Ren and the

there was most likely a clause that stated that neither party

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

the 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 'her'

Ren and staring at his sickly figure,

soul is in the state that it is

to the analysis from Maylin and

explain the situation, the two of them had already figured everything

by this, however. One was the elven queen while the other was the wife

luck.

hand over Ren's

is still alive, we can already

Natasha's words halted mid-sentence as she glimpsed in Angelica's direction.

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

reached this point, her

he would be ranked

This time her face had a

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

the fact that her daughter had reached rank, but rank? What kind of monster

from the fact that she knew that

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

like you thought, he

How is that possible? Didn't he get eliminated from the tournament

mouth twitched. Turning her head

I say this...he eliminated

would he

a smile, Maylin

said that he

had been listening

everything that happened was

as she felt many different

by what Ren did. After all, he did just try

at the same time,

She

he did, and it was exactly because she understood this

the situation from the start, Amanda

never taken

tell that Ren most likely didn't know about the fact that the demon he had contracted with was the one responsible for her

fact the same demon

how he met her made

it was only now that she understood that Ren had taken care of

her eyes, Amanda

became clear to her that Ren

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

"Oy!"

out of her thoughts

mother was, she saw her with her back bent and her

"M...mom!"

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

can tell that you're awake. You can

"Eh?"

Natasha

"Ouch!"

***

my forehead flicked,

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

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

"Looks like you're fine."

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