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 lips before turning her

gist of the situation. I'm sure you

"Yeah..."

nodded from the side before

Ren and the demoness over here have signed

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

toward the ceiling of the room, Natasha plucked her lips outwardly. She then crossed her

broke, 'she', the demoness, suffered from the backlash of the curse and as a result broke the boy broke the contract with

figure, Natasha placed her finger underneath her chin

his soul is in the

Maylin and Natasha, Angelica's eyes opened up a

she could even explain the situation, the two of them had already

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

luck. They were quite competent in their

Ren's

alive, we can already assume that the contract that he

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

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

Natasha's analysis reached this point,

that he would be ranked around in order

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

And that was that the only

was already shocked by the fact that her daughter had reached

kind of thought became even more prominent from the fact that she knew that he was

perhaps her analysis was wrong, but instead,

exactly like you thought,

possible? Didn't he get

Turning her head to the side, she softly

I say

...Why would he

smile, Maylin

he said that he was

had been listening throughout their whole time, powerlessly

that happened was because of

emotions were currently a mess as she felt many different things at the

what Ren did. After all, he did just try to sacrifice his

at the same time,

it into words, but she really hated the way Ren did things. She hated the way that he just did things without caring about himself or what

was exactly because she understood this that

told her the situation from

wasn't unreasonable. Ren had never taken

didn't know about the fact that the demon he had contracted with was the one responsible for

contracted with was in fact the same

he met her

again, but it was only now that

Amanda

to her that Ren still did

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

"Oy!"

Amanda out of her thoughts was her mother's

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

"M...mom!"

became 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 stop

"Eh?"

Natasha flicked Ren's

"Ouch!"

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flicked, my eyes snapped

of inches away from mine. Caught off guard by the

I was able to instantly recognize the woman before me. She may have looked like Amanda at a

"Looks like you're fine."

mother 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 wished I