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

of the situation. I'm sure you also have an

"Yeah..."

from the side

to believe that Ren and the demoness

likely a clause that stated that neither party could harm the

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

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

figure,

also explains why his soul is in the state

to the analysis from Maylin and Natasha, Angelica's eyes opened up a

even explain the situation, the two

wasn't that surprised by this, however. One was the elven queen while the other was the wife of one of the top executives in the human

of luck. They were

over Ren's forehead, Natasha further

can already assume that the

brows, Natasha's words halted mid-sentence as she glimpsed in Angelica's

of the tournament

point, her brows proceeded to knit

that he would be ranked around in order to

more, Natasha's head snapped in Ren's direction. This time

she suddenly realized something. And that was that the only possible way

was already shocked by the fact that her daughter had reached rank,

that she knew that

mouth hung open as she turned her head to look at Maylin, hoping that perhaps her analysis was wrong, but instead, Maylin's next words

thought, he indeed rank

he get eliminated from the tournament

mouth twitched. Turning her head to the

should I say this...he eliminated

...Why would he

a smile, Maylin

he said that he

and Maylin were discussing the reasoning behind Ren's elimination, Amanda who had been listening throughout their whole time,

happened was because

as she felt many different things at the

Ren did. After all, he did just try to sacrifice his life for the sake

the same time,

She hated

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

told her the situation from the

never taken part

most likely didn't know about the fact that the demon

was in fact the same demon

he met her made

demon had not targeted her again, but it was only now that she

her eyes, Amanda bit

became clear to her that Ren still

This was only natural. Especially since they

"Oy!"

out of her thoughts was

was, she saw her with her back bent and her face a few inches

"M...mom!"

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

tell that you're awake. You can

"Eh?"

Natasha flicked Ren's

"Ouch!"

***

flicked, my eyes

face a couple of inches away from mine. Caught off guard by the sudden situation, I felt

was able to instantly recognize the woman before me. She may have looked like Amanda at a first glance, but

"Looks like you're fine."

then that I was able to see the current situation in the room, and when