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.

her

of the situation.

"Yeah..."

nodded from the side

believe that Ren and the demoness over here have signed

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

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

can conclude that the moment I ate the fruit and the curse broke, 'she', the demoness, suffered from the backlash of the curse

and staring at his sickly figure, Natasha placed her finger

why his soul is in the state that

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

the situation, the

by this, however. One was the elven queen while the other was the wife of one of the top executives in the

luck.

her hand over Ren's forehead, Natasha

still alive, we can already

her brows, Natasha's words halted mid-sentence as she glimpsed in Angelica's direction. The pause was brief, as she

tournament we can exclude rank [I] and [II] contracts, leaving me with no choice

reached this point,

be ranked around

This

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

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

from the fact that she knew that he was around the same age

Maylin, hoping that perhaps her

like you thought, he

he get eliminated from

mouth twitched. Turning her head

I say this...he

...Why would he

a smile,

he said that

who had been listening

everything that happened was

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

hand, she was grateful and even touched by what Ren did. After all, he did just try to sacrifice his life

at the same time,

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

it was exactly because she understood this that she

told her the situation from

Ren had never taken part in her

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

fact the same demon that had contracted with Elijah, the elective representative

so, how he met her made

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

Amanda bit

Ren still did not trust

it did not discourage her. This was only natural. Especially since they hadn't known each other

"Oy!"

of her thoughts was her mother's

head to look in the direction of where her mother was, she saw

"M...mom!"

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?"

her hand, Natasha flicked Ren's

"Ouch!"

***

having my forehead flicked, my

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

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

"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