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.

Kevin confirm her words, Natasha pursed her lips before

the gist of the situation. I'm sure you also

"Yeah..."

from the side

enough evidence to believe that Ren and the

likely a clause that stated that neither party could

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

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 boy broke the

figure, Natasha placed her finger underneath

why his soul is in the state that it

to the analysis from Maylin and Natasha,

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

however. One was the elven queen while the other was the wife of

their jobs because of luck. They were

Ren's

we can already assume that

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

[III]. Since Amanda previously told me that he's made it past the round of sixteen of the tournament we can exclude rank [I] and [II] contracts, leaving me with no choice but to believe that

point,

be ranked around

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

come up with a proper analysis of the situation, she suddenly realized something. And that was that the only possible way for Ren to have survived the situation was for him

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

even more prominent from the fact that she knew that he

her analysis was wrong, but instead, Maylin's next words

exactly like you thought,

possible? Didn't he get eliminated from

her head to the side, she

I say this...he

would he do

a smile,

he said that

who had been listening throughout their whole time,

happened was because

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

Ren did. After all, he did

at the same time,

hated the way Ren did things. She hated the way that he just did things without

the way he did, and it was exactly because she understood this that she

the situation from the

had never

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

demon Ren contracted with was in fact the

how he

not targeted her again, but it

her eyes, Amanda bit

to her that Ren still did not

only natural. Especially since they hadn't known each other

"Oy!"

of her thoughts was

of where her mother was, she saw her

"M...mom!"

from her seat. However, her mother's following words caused

can tell that you're awake.

"Eh?"

Natasha flicked

"Ouch!"

***

having my forehead flicked, my eyes

I saw was a familiar-looking face a couple of inches away from mine. Caught off guard by the sudden situation, I felt my cheeks warm up a little as a bitter smile

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

"Looks like you're fine."

was able to see the current situation in the room, and when I did, I almost wished