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 lips before turning her attention back toward

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

"Yeah..."

nodded from the side

Ren and the demoness over

the contract, there was most likely a

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

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

sickly figure, Natasha placed her finger underneath her chin

explains why his soul is in the state

analysis from Maylin and Natasha, Angelica's eyes opened

explain the situation, the two of them had

the other was the wife of one of the top executives in the

of luck. They were

her hand over Ren's forehead,

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

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

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

analysis reached this point,

be ranked around in order

direction. This time her face had

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

already shocked by the fact that her daughter had reached

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

open as she turned her head to look at Maylin, hoping that perhaps her analysis was wrong,

exactly like you thought, he

Didn't he get eliminated from the tournament

mouth twitched. Turning her head to the side, she

how should I say this...he eliminated

...Why would he do

smile,

he said that he was

Amanda who had been listening throughout their

everything that happened was because of

a mess as she

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

at the same time, she was

She hated the

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

her the situation from the start, Amanda

Ren had never taken part in her mother's

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

the demon Ren contracted with was in fact the same demon that had contracted

how he

wondered why that demon had not targeted her again, but it was only

Amanda bit

to her that Ren still did not

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

"Oy!"

out of her thoughts was her

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

"M...mom!"

at the sight as she stood up from her seat. However, her mother's following words caused

tell that you're awake.

"Eh?"

Natasha flicked Ren's

"Ouch!"

***

having my forehead flicked, my

away from mine. Caught off guard by the sudden situation, I felt my cheeks warm up a little as a bitter

the woman before me. She may have looked like Amanda at a first

"Looks like you're fine."

head away from me. It was then that I was able to see the current situation in the room, and