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 attention

gist of the situation.

"Yeah..."

the

to believe that Ren and the

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

then crossed her arms together and

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 this type of

at his sickly figure, Natasha placed her finger underneath her

is in the

analysis from Maylin and Natasha, Angelica's eyes opened

even explain the situation, the two of them had already figured everything

the other was the wife of

of luck. They were quite competent in

hand over Ren's forehead, Natasha further

alive, we can already assume that the contract that he

mid-sentence as she glimpsed in

told me that he's made it past the round of sixteen of the tournament we can exclude

this point, her brows

ranked around in order to survive the contract

direction. This time her face had a little

the situation, she suddenly realized something. And that was that the only possible way for Ren to have survived the situation was for him to have reached a rank of

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

thought became even more prominent from the fact that she knew that he was around the same age as

to look at Maylin, hoping that perhaps her

thought, he

that possible? Didn't he get

Turning her head to the side, she softly

should I say this...he eliminated

would

smile, Maylin

said that he was

Amanda who had been listening throughout their whole

happened was

emotions were currently a mess as she

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

same time, she was

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

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

he told her the situation from

wasn't unreasonable. Ren had never taken part

about the fact that the

in fact the

so, how he met her made

it

eyes, Amanda

Ren still did not trust

realization saddened her, but it did not discourage her. This was only natural. Especially since they hadn't known

"Oy!"

out of her thoughts was her

in the direction of where her mother was, she saw her with her back bent and her face a few

"M...mom!"

became flustered at the sight as she stood up from her seat. However,

tell that you're

"Eh?"

Natasha flicked

"Ouch!"

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flicked,

Caught off guard by the sudden situation,

before me. She may have looked like Amanda at a

"Looks like you're fine."

before finally moving her head away from me. It was then that I was able to see