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.

exposed to such an amazing class filled with prodigies like Kevin and the others, she had

This was not correct.

students, in terms of ranking, she was

however was that she was above average whilst being a monster tamer. A profession

notice, she was in fact a prodigy

to understand

words,

"Don't reject me jus—"

what I had to say, Ava lowered her head and muttered in a low voice. She once again tried

Tiiriing— Tiiriing—

about to respond, my phone suddenly rang.

'What now…'

for a

problem, take your

furrowed brows tightened. Checking the foremost notification, I

gift should I

"…"

my head, I

time for me to deal with this. Turning my attention back to Ava, I decided to unravel

thing I forgot to mention when giving

"What is it?"

join, this will

dimensional space, I gently

"A flute?"

as she looked at the flute on the

just any regular flute,

handed

"T-this..."

I watched as Ava's eyes opened

This is your ticket

chin up, the edged of my lips

to entice her to join,

the opportunity to change her fate, Ava wouldn't

been in her position, I would join without even flinching. Looking at Ava

still wish

***

At the same time.

he still going to

she looked at her

agonizing over this issue for a whole week, she

desperation, she decided to

yet to reply to her

definitely ignored my

way Ren had

do?', placing her

bothering to text her back, Emma had

Maybe Amanda

lit up. Amanda could definitely

her room, she decided to ask for

had still not gotten a response from her which was strange since she

decided to directly go to

didn't

—Knock! —Knock!

door that lead

"Hm, no response?"

after knocking, Emma

—Knock!

not hear me

Plausible. Emma knocked again.

again, no one

out" Emma muttered as she shook her head, "What do I

Amanda's room for a solid

she chose to give up and return to her room. She'll try to ask

***

9:48 P.M.

you're saying that she

"Yeah"

my phone on my ear, I

showed her the artifact and

I guess the

flute of Artemis as well as

me off

was confident in what I had to

couldn't wrap my head around

in her position, I

item that would make

what are your plans now

Smallsnake asked.

sure, I'll have to think things through.

the contract yet, Leopold and I have already met him once.

"Haaa...That's great"

least this was a piece of

this morning, my mood had soured quite

least I could take this piece of news as a

times when things just don't

was just how life went. Nothing was

loved to throw curveballs at

Ren, I have to go.

"Alright"

I

—Tak!

my dimensional space, I proceeded to head to the training room inside

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

"Angelica"

"What is it human?"

her eyes

I ask you

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