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

the situation.

"Yeah..."

the

that Ren and

likely a clause that stated that neither party

lips outwardly. She then crossed her arms together and tapped onto the right

the curse broke, 'she', the demoness, suffered from the backlash of the curse and as a result broke the boy broke the contract with 'her' and was thus put into this type of

staring at his sickly figure, Natasha

his soul is in

and Natasha, Angelica's

situation, the two of them had already

One was the elven queen while the other

of luck. They were quite competent in their own

over Ren's forehead, Natasha

already assume that the contract that

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

made it past the round of sixteen of the tournament we can exclude rank [I]

Natasha's analysis reached this point,

that he would be ranked

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 for him

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

that she knew that he was around the same age

that perhaps her analysis was

thought, he indeed rank is

Didn't he get eliminated

twitched. Turning her head to the side, she

I

...Why would

smile, Maylin

said that he

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

happened was

were currently a mess as she felt many

After all, he

the same time,

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

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

the situation from the start,

had never taken

that Ren most likely didn't know about the

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

he met her made

targeted her again, but it was only now that she

eyes, Amanda

that Ren still did not

her. This was only natural. Especially since they hadn't

"Oy!"

Amanda out of her thoughts was her mother's

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

"M...mom!"

as she stood up from her seat. However, her mother's following words

you're awake. You can stop

"Eh?"

hand, Natasha flicked

"Ouch!"

***

flicked, my

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 appeared

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

"Looks like you're fine."

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