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 lips before turning her attention back toward

the situation. I'm sure you also have an idea

"Yeah..."

from the side

Ren and the demoness over here

and in the contract, there was most likely a clause that stated that

Natasha plucked her lips outwardly. She then crossed her arms together and tapped

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

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

is in the state that it is

from Maylin and Natasha, Angelica's eyes opened up a

situation, the two

the other was the wife of

jobs because of luck. They were quite

hand over Ren's forehead, Natasha

still alive, we can already assume that the contract

mid-sentence as she glimpsed in Angelica's

[I] and [III]. Since 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,

point, her

would mean that he would be ranked around

snapped in Ren's direction. This

up 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 to

had reached rank, but rank? What kind of

became even more prominent from the fact that she

hung open as she turned her head to look at Maylin, hoping that perhaps her analysis was wrong, but instead,

exactly like you thought, he indeed rank is

is that possible? Didn't he get eliminated from

Turning her head to the

how should I say

would he

a smile, Maylin

he said that he

behind Ren's elimination, Amanda who had been listening throughout their

that happened

she felt many different

even touched by what Ren did. After all, he did just try to

at the same time, she was

way Ren did things. She hated the way that he just did things without caring about himself

was exactly

situation from

never taken part in

although 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 one responsible

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

how he

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

eyes, Amanda bit

became clear to her that Ren still did not trust her

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

"Oy!"

Amanda out of her thoughts

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

tell that you're

"Eh?"

her hand, Natasha flicked

"Ouch!"

***

my forehead flicked, my

mine. Caught off guard by the sudden situation, I felt my cheeks

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

"Looks like you're fine."

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