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.

words, Natasha pursed her lips before turning her attention

the situation. I'm

"Yeah..."

the side

Ren and the demoness over here have

likely a clause that stated

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

he handed Amanda the 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

toward Ren and staring at his sickly figure,

why his soul is in the state that it

the analysis from Maylin and

situation, the two of

wasn't that surprised by this, however. One was the elven queen while the other was the wife of one of the top executives in

didn't get their jobs because of luck. They

Ren's forehead, Natasha

still alive, we can already assume that

words halted mid-sentence as she glimpsed in Angelica's direction. The

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

analysis reached this point, her

he would be ranked

once more, Natasha's head snapped in Ren's direction. This time

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 to have reached a rank of

her daughter had

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

perhaps her analysis was wrong, but instead, Maylin's

like you thought, he indeed rank

is that possible? Didn't he get eliminated from

twitched. Turning her head to the

should I say

...Why would

smile, Maylin

that

who had been listening throughout their whole time, powerlessly sat back down on her

everything that happened was

currently a mess as she felt many different things at

even touched by what Ren did. After all,

the same time,

trouble putting it into words, but she really hated the way Ren did things. She hated the

it was exactly because she understood this that she felt the

he told her the situation from the

never

didn't know about the fact

contracted with was in fact the same demon that had contracted with Elijah, the elective representative back at the

how he met

that demon had not targeted her again, but it was only now that she understood

Amanda bit

that Ren still did not

Especially since they hadn't known each other long enough to develop a full

"Oy!"

out of her thoughts was

saw her with her back bent and her face a few inches

"M...mom!"

as she stood up from her seat. However,

I can tell that you're awake. You can

"Eh?"

Natasha flicked Ren's

"Ouch!"

***

flicked, my eyes

first thing 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

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

"Looks like you're fine."

able to see the current situation in the room,