The Author's POV

Chapter 232

After calling Ava and setting up an appointment with her, I asked Smallsnake to send me an official contract.

Today I was planning on recruiting Ava.

The location of our meetup was the same cafe' Amanda had brought me a couple of months back.

It was fairly secluded and was ideal for these kinds of deals.

"Over here, Ava"

Not long after I entered the cafe and sat down, I spotted Ava's figure entering the place. Standing up, I called out for her.

Spotting me, Ava headed in my direction.

"Thank you for coming"

"Ah-h, no problem Ren"

Lowering her head, Ava shyly sat down on the seat opposite of me.

"Would you like to order anything? It's on me"

I offered as I handed her the menu.

"No, thank you" Ava shook her head, "So...what did you want to talk about?"

'Straight to the point, I see...'

Well, it was understandable.

The relationship between Ava and I could only be considered to be as 'close acquaintances'

We weren't really friends, and given Ava's shy nature, I more or less understood why she wanted to get this over with quickly.

"Here"

Taking out a stack of papers from my dimensional space, I slid them over to Ava.

In it were the details of the contract that Smallsnake had sent me.

It had all the information regarding the salary, working hours, benefits, and other things that she would get if she worked for me.

"What's this?"

Looking at the papers, Ava tilted her head to the side.

"Just read it"

"Okay..."

Taking the papers, Ava started to read them.

After a couple of minutes, I watched as Ava's brows knit together tightly.

Lifting her head up, she asked in a soft voice,"Y-You're trying to recruit me?"

"Indeed" I smiled, "I want to recruit you to my mercenary group. Are you willing?"

"..."

Ava didn't respond immediately. She proceeded to flip through the papers one more time.

"...Sorry"

After a short pause, Ava closed the papers and pushed them back in my direction. Putting my hand on the papers, I raised my other hand.

"Before you refuse, listen to what I have to say"

Watching her push the papers back, I wasn't disheartened one bit.

From the very beginning, I was prepared to be rejected.

A 16-year old boy recruiting you to a newly established mercenary group that barely had any members.

No matter how you look at it, this deal looked shady.

I understood that.

That was why negotiations existed.

"Ava, you're talented. No, to call you talented would be an understatement. You are extremely talented"

Smiling, pushed the papers back, and started praising her. In response to the praise, Ava's face turned red.

"M-me?"

"Yes, just the fact that you can contract with two beasts at once is proof enough"

Typically monster tamers could only tame one beast at a time. This applied to even the strongest monster tamers on earth.

However, Ava could tame two at the same time.

This alone proved that she was extremely talented in the art of monster taming. She needed to understand this.

"B-but, they won't listen to my orders"

"You're too hasty Ava"

"What do you mean?"

"Don't compare yourself to the others. Just the fact that you're rank is enough proof that you're talented. If you compare yourself to other people then, of course, you will look a lot less talented compared to them. However, keep in mind that you're a monster tamer"

Monster tamers tend to develop at a much slower pace than the others.

This was because they mainly focused on training their pets rather than themselves. Their slow progress was in every right, understandable.

with prodigies like Kevin and the others, she had

This was not correct.

other students, in terms

above average whilst being a

others did not notice, she was in fact a prodigy

to understand

words, but

"Don't reject me jus—"

head and muttered in a

Tiiriing— Tiiriing—

respond, my phone suddenly rang.

'What now…'

for

problem, take your

out my phone, my already furrowed brows tightened. Checking the foremost notification, I

gift should I buy

"…"

my head, I turned off

time for me to deal with this. Turning my attention

one more thing I forgot to mention when giving

"What is it?"

you join, this

flute from my dimensional space, I gently placed it on

"A flute?"

looked at the

just any regular flute, have a

I handed Ava

"T-this..."

flute, I watched as Ava's eyes opened widely. Holding onto the flute, Ava's hands

This is your ticket to

edged of

should be enough to

her fate, Ava

been in her position, I would join without even flinching. Looking at Ava whose eyes did not

do you still wish to

***

At the same time.

going to

as she looked at her

was regarding Kevin's gift. Despite agonizing over this issue for a whole

she decided to

yet to reply

he definitely ignored my

her phone away. There was no way Ren

do?', placing her hand

text her back, Emma

Amanda

up. Amanda

out of her room, she decided to

she did text Amanda today, she had still not gotten a response from

Emma decided to directly go to

they lived in the same building, it didn't take long for

—Knock! —Knock!

that lead to Amanda's

"Hm, no response?"

knocking, Emma

—Knock!

perhaps not hear

Plausible. Emma knocked again.

no

shook her

for a solid minute, Emma lowered

the end, she chose to give up and return to her room.

***

9:48 P.M.

saying that she rejected your

"Yeah"

room with my phone on my ear, I responded. On the other side of the

you showed her the

guess the offer

the flute of Artemis as

caught me

was confident in

my head around the fact that Ava

in her position, I would've immediately

Artemis. A cheat like item that would make any monster tamer

are your plans now that

Smallsnake asked.

to think things through. What about you? How's the situation with

well. Though he still hasn't signed the contract yet, Leopold and I

"Haaa...That's great"

a piece

recruit Ava this morning, my mood had

take this

guess there are times when things

how life went. Nothing was ever going to go as I

just loved to throw curveballs at

to go. Call me

"Alright"

my eyes, I hung up the

—Tak!

my phone inside of my dimensional space, I proceeded to head to

doors that led to the training grounds, I looked at Angelica who was sitting crossed-legged in

"Angelica"

"What is it human?"

her eyes

I ask

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