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.

confirm her words, Natasha pursed her lips before turning

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

"Yeah..."

nodded from the

Ren and the

a clause that stated that neither party could harm the

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

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

figure, Natasha placed her finger underneath her chin and

also explains why his soul is in the state that it

Maylin and

even explain the situation, the two of

the elven queen while the other was the wife of one of the top executives

their jobs because of luck. They were quite competent in their

Ren's forehead, Natasha further

we can already assume

as she glimpsed in Angelica's direction. The pause was brief,

of the tournament we can exclude rank [I] and [II] contracts,

analysis reached this point,

would mean that he would be ranked around

direction. This time her face had a

the situation, she suddenly realized something. And that was that the only possible way for Ren to have survived the

fact that her daughter had reached rank, but rank? What kind of monster was this youth

became even more prominent from the fact that she knew that he

hung open 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

you thought, he indeed rank

Didn't he get eliminated from the tournament

mouth twitched. Turning her head to the side,

how should I say this...he eliminated

would

a smile, Maylin

that he was

behind Ren's elimination, Amanda who had been listening throughout their whole time, powerlessly sat back down on

everything that happened was because of

mess as she felt many different

even touched by what Ren did. After all, he did just try to sacrifice his life for the sake

time, she was also

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

it was exactly because she understood this that she felt the

he told her the situation from the start, Amanda

wasn't unreasonable. Ren had never taken part in her

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

Amanda had a feeling that the demon Ren contracted with was in fact

he

her again, but it was only now that she understood that Ren had taken care of

eyes, Amanda bit her

her that Ren still did

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

"Oy!"

her thoughts was

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

"M...mom!"

up from her seat. However,

can tell that you're awake.

"Eh?"

Natasha flicked Ren's

"Ouch!"

***

having my forehead flicked, my eyes snapped

of inches away from mine. Caught off guard by the sudden situation, I felt my

before me. She may have looked like Amanda at a first glance, but there was

"Looks like you're fine."

her head away from me. It was then that I was able