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

of the situation. I'm sure

"Yeah..."

nodded from the side before

evidence to believe that Ren and the demoness over here have signed a mana

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

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

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

Ren and staring at his sickly figure, Natasha placed her

also explains why his soul is in the state that it is

the analysis from Maylin and Natasha,

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

wasn't that surprised by this, however. One was the elven queen while the other was the wife of

their jobs because of luck. They were quite competent in

hand over Ren's forehead, Natasha

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

in Angelica's direction. The pause was brief,

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

reached this point, her brows proceeded

mean that he would be ranked around

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

proper analysis of the situation, she suddenly realized something. And that was that the only possible way for

fact that her daughter had reached rank, but rank? What kind

prominent from the fact that she knew that he was around the same age as her own

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

Didn't he get eliminated from

twitched. Turning her head to the side, she

I say

...Why would he

smile,

that

elimination, Amanda who had been listening throughout their whole time, powerlessly sat back down on her

everything that happened was because of

she felt many different things at the

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

same time, she was also

way Ren did things. She hated the way that he just did things without caring about himself or what the others

the way he did, and it was exactly because she

her the situation from the

had never taken part in her mother's

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

in fact the same demon that

how he met

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

eyes, Amanda

to her that Ren still did

was only natural. Especially since they hadn't

"Oy!"

her thoughts was her mother's

direction of where her mother was, she saw her

"M...mom!"

up from her seat. However,

I can tell that you're awake. You can

"Eh?"

her hand, Natasha flicked Ren's

"Ouch!"

***

my forehead flicked, my

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

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

"Looks like you're fine."

It was then that I was able to see the