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.

pursed her lips before turning her attention back

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

"Yeah..."

the side before

and the demoness over here have

likely a clause that

the ceiling of the room, Natasha plucked her lips outwardly. She then crossed

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

toward Ren and staring at his sickly figure, Natasha placed her finger underneath her chin and

also explains why his soul is in

the analysis from Maylin and Natasha, Angelica's eyes opened

she could even explain the situation, the two of them

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

jobs because of luck. They were quite competent in their

Ren's forehead, Natasha

alive, we can already assume that the contract that he

glimpsed in Angelica's direction. The pause

it past the round of sixteen of the tournament we can exclude

reached this point, her brows

be ranked around in

Natasha's head snapped in Ren's direction. This time her face had

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

daughter had reached rank, but

from the fact that she knew that he was around

head to look at Maylin, hoping that perhaps her analysis was wrong, but instead, Maylin's next words caused the

thought, he indeed rank

possible? Didn't he get eliminated from

her head to

should I say

would

smile,

he said that he was

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

everything that happened

as she felt

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

at the same time, she was

but she really hated the way Ren did things. She hated the way that he just did things without caring about himself or what

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

told her the situation from the start, Amanda

wasn't unreasonable. Ren had never

didn't know about the fact that the demon he had contracted with was the

contracted with was in fact the same demon that had contracted with Elijah, the

he met her made

but it was only now that she understood

her eyes, Amanda bit

clear to her that Ren still did

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

"Oy!"

her thoughts

mother was, she saw her with her back bent and her face

"M...mom!"

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

can tell that you're awake. You

"Eh?"

hand, Natasha flicked

"Ouch!"

***

flicked, my eyes snapped

eyes, the first thing I saw was a familiar-looking face a couple of inches away from mine. Caught off guard by the sudden situation,

before me. She may have looked like Amanda at

"Looks like you're fine."

It was then that I was able to see the current situation in