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.

pursed her lips before turning her attention back

of the situation. I'm sure you

"Yeah..."

the side before

to believe that Ren and the demoness over here

a clause that stated that neither party

of the room, Natasha plucked her lips outwardly. She then crossed her arms together and tapped

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

his sickly figure, Natasha

why his soul is in the

analysis from Maylin and

situation, the two of them had already figured

while the other was the wife of one of the

get their jobs because of luck. They were

over Ren's forehead, Natasha further

we can already assume that the contract that

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

the round of sixteen of the tournament we can exclude rank [I] and [II] contracts, leaving me

Natasha's analysis reached this point, her brows proceeded

be ranked around in order to survive the

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

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

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

fact that she knew that he was around the

her head to look at Maylin, hoping that perhaps her analysis was wrong, but instead, Maylin's next words caused the shock

thought, he indeed

he get eliminated

Turning her head to the side,

I say

...Why would he do

a smile, Maylin

that

reasoning behind Ren's elimination, Amanda who had been listening throughout their whole time, powerlessly sat

happened was because

she felt many

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

at the same time,

way Ren did things. She hated the way that he just did

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

the situation from the start, Amanda would've

had never taken part

wasn't exactly sure, she could tell that Ren most likely didn't know about

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

how he met her made

her again, but it was only now that she understood that Ren

Amanda bit her

clear to her that Ren still did not trust

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

"Oy!"

out of her thoughts was her

saw her with her back bent and

"M...mom!"

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

that you're

"Eh?"

hand, Natasha flicked

"Ouch!"

***

forehead flicked, my eyes

I saw was a familiar-looking face a couple of inches away from mine. Caught off guard by the sudden

before me. She may have looked like Amanda at a

"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