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 words, Natasha pursed her lips before turning her attention

I get the gist of the situation. I'm sure

"Yeah..."

the side

to believe that Ren and the demoness over here have signed

was most likely a clause that stated that neither party

toward the ceiling of the room, Natasha plucked her lips outwardly. She then crossed her arms together and tapped

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

his sickly figure, Natasha placed

is

from Maylin and Natasha, Angelica's eyes opened

even explain the situation, the two of them had

however. One was the elven queen while the other was the wife of one of

jobs because of luck. They were quite competent in their

Ren's forehead, Natasha further

can already assume that the contract that

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

Amanda previously told me that he's made it past the round of sixteen of the tournament we can exclude rank [I] and [II] contracts, leaving me with no choice but to believe

analysis reached this point, her brows proceeded

be ranked around in order

snapped in Ren's direction. This time her face had a little shock in

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

the fact that her daughter had reached rank, but

prominent from the fact that she knew

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

like you thought,

possible? Didn't he get eliminated from the tournament

mouth twitched. Turning her head to the side, she

should I

would he do

smile,

that

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

that happened was because of

emotions were currently a mess as she felt many different things at the

After all, he did just try to sacrifice his life for the sake of her

the same time, she

was having trouble putting it into words, but she really hated the way Ren did things. She hated the way that he just

why Ren acted the way he did, and it was exactly

told her the situation from the

unreasonable. Ren had never taken part in

she wasn't exactly sure, she could tell that Ren most likely didn't know about the fact that the demon he had contracted with was the

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

so, how he

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

her eyes, Amanda bit

Ren still did not trust her

it did not discourage her. This was only natural. Especially since they hadn't

"Oy!"

out of her thoughts was

direction of where her mother was, she saw her with her back bent and her

"M...mom!"

flustered at the sight as she stood up from her

I can tell that you're awake. You can

"Eh?"

Natasha flicked Ren's

"Ouch!"

***

my forehead flicked, my eyes snapped

face a couple of inches away from mine. Caught

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

"Looks like you're fine."

was then that I was able to see the