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 gist of the situation. I'm sure you

"Yeah..."

the

believe that Ren and the demoness over here

was most likely a clause that

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

demoness, suffered from the backlash of the curse

toward Ren and staring at his sickly figure, Natasha placed her finger underneath her chin

why his soul is

the analysis from Maylin and

the situation, the two of them had already figured everything

elven queen while the other was the wife of one of

didn't get their jobs because of luck. They were quite

hand over Ren's forehead, Natasha further

he is still alive, we can already assume that the contract that

glimpsed in

the round of sixteen of the tournament

this point,

ranked around

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

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

had reached rank, but rank? What kind of monster was this youth before

that she knew that

that perhaps her analysis was wrong, but instead, Maylin's next words caused

like you thought,

possible? Didn't he get eliminated from the

mouth twitched. Turning her head to the side, she

how should I say

...Why would

a smile,

he said that

Amanda who had

happened was

as she felt many different things

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

at the same time, she was

words, but she really hated the way Ren did things. She hated the way that he

it was exactly because she understood this that she felt

her the situation from the start, Amanda would've

never

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

had a feeling that the demon Ren contracted with was in fact the same demon that had contracted with Elijah,

how he met her made

targeted her again, but it was only

eyes, Amanda

that Ren

since they hadn't known each other long enough to develop a full

"Oy!"

out of her thoughts

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

"M...mom!"

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

that you're awake. You

"Eh?"

her hand, Natasha

"Ouch!"

***

forehead flicked, my eyes

of inches away from mine. Caught off guard by the sudden situation, I felt my cheeks warm up a little as a bitter smile appeared

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

"Looks like you're fine."

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