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.

class filled with prodigies like Kevin and the others, she had started

This was not correct.

terms of ranking,

she was above average whilst being a monster

the others did not notice, she

to

for your kind words,

"Don't reject me jus—"

her head and muttered in a low voice. She once

Tiiriing— Tiiriing—

respond, my

'What now…'

for

take

my phone, my already furrowed brows tightened. Checking the foremost

your help. What gift should I

"…"

my head, I turned

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

there's one more thing I forgot to mention

"What is it?"

this

from my dimensional space,

"A flute?"

she looked

regular flute, have a

handed

"T-this..."

Ava's eyes opened widely. Holding

seeing it right. This is your ticket to the

up, the edged of my lips

be enough to

the opportunity to change her fate,

her position, I would join without even flinching. Looking at Ava whose eyes did not leave the flute

still

***

At the same time.

still going to ignore my

grumbled as she looked at

hour ago, she had sent Ren a text. It was regarding Kevin's gift. Despite agonizing over this issue for a whole week, she still couldn't figure out

she decided to ask

yet to reply

definitely

put her phone away. There was no way Ren had

her hand on her chin,

her back, Emma had no idea how to

Amanda

Emma's eyes lit up.

she decided to

had still not gotten a response from

such, Emma decided to directly

in the same building, it didn't

—Knock! —Knock!

the door that lead to Amanda's room, Emma

"Hm, no response?"

after knocking, Emma got no

—Knock!

perhaps not hear me

Plausible. Emma knocked again.

again, no

she shook

for a solid minute, Emma lowered

return to her room. She'll try to ask Amanda again

***

9:48 P.M.

that she

"Yeah"

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

showed her the artifact

I guess the offer wasn't tempting

as well as the lucrative contract,

caught me

was confident in what I had

couldn't wrap my head around the fact that

have been in her position, I would've immediately have agreed to sign the

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

your plans

Smallsnake asked.

I'll have to think things through. What

the contract yet, Leopold and I have already met

"Haaa...That's great"

this was a piece of good

to recruit Ava this morning, my mood

take this piece of news as

there are times when

was just how life went. Nothing was ever going to go

loved to

have to go. Call

"Alright"

eyes, I hung

—Tak!

space, I proceeded to head to the training

led to the training grounds, I looked at Angelica who

"Angelica"

"What is it human?"

opened her eyes

ask

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