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

situation. I'm sure you also have an idea

"Yeah..."

the

enough evidence to believe that Ren and the demoness over

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

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

he handed Amanda the fruit, we can conclude that 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' and was thus put into this

at his sickly figure, Natasha placed her finger underneath her chin

explains why his soul is in the state that it is

Maylin and Natasha, Angelica's eyes opened up

explain the situation, the two of them had already

was the elven queen while the other was the

their jobs because of luck. They were quite

her hand over Ren's forehead, Natasha further

we can already assume

she glimpsed in Angelica's direction. The pause

he's made it past the round of sixteen of the tournament we can exclude rank [I] and [II] contracts, leaving me

point, her

be ranked around in order to survive the

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

come up 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 was for him to

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, but instead, Maylin's next words caused the shock inside of her body to

like you thought, he indeed

How is that possible? Didn't he get

her head

I say this...he eliminated

...Why would he do

a smile, Maylin

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

happened was because

as she felt many different things at

grateful and even touched by what Ren did. After all, he did just try

same time, she was also

She hated the way that he just did things without

did, and it was exactly because

situation from

wasn't unreasonable. Ren had never taken

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

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

he met her

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

Amanda

became clear to her that Ren still did not trust her

they

"Oy!"

her thoughts

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

"M...mom!"

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

I can tell that you're awake. You can

"Eh?"

hand, Natasha flicked

"Ouch!"

***

my forehead flicked,

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,

before me. She may have

"Looks like you're fine."

muttered before finally moving 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