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 started to

This was not correct.

to the other students, in terms of ranking, she

was that she was above average whilst being a monster tamer.

and the others did not notice,

to

you for your kind words, but

"Don't reject me jus—"

lowered her head and muttered in a low voice. She

Tiiriing— Tiiriing—

as I was about to respond, my phone suddenly rang. My

'What now…'

me for

problem, take your

my already furrowed brows tightened. Checking

I need your help. What gift should I buy for Kevin's birthday? Can you

"…"

head, I turned off my

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

thing I forgot to mention when giving

"What is it?"

join, this

my dimensional space,

"A flute?"

as she looked

not just any regular flute, have

I handed

"T-this..."

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

you're seeing it right. This is

edged of my lips curled

should be enough to

with the opportunity to change her

at Ava whose

do you still wish to

***

At the same time.

he still going to ignore my

grumbled as she looked at

had sent Ren a text. It was regarding Kevin's gift. Despite agonizing over this issue for a whole week,

desperation, she decided

yet to

he definitely ignored

put her phone away. There was no way Ren had not seen her message yet, in all

do?', placing her hand on her

to text her back, Emma

Amanda can

Emma's eyes lit up. Amanda

her room, she

still not gotten a response from her which

Emma decided to directly go to

didn't take long

—Knock! —Knock!

door that lead to Amanda's

"Hm, no response?"

after knocking, Emma got no

—Knock!

perhaps not

Plausible. Emma knocked again.

no one

shook her head, "What do I do

room for a solid

return to her

***

9:48 P.M.

you're saying that she rejected

"Yeah"

of the balcony of my room with my phone on my ear,

after you showed her the artifact

the offer wasn't

Artemis as well as the

me

as I was confident in what I had

around the fact

her position, I would've immediately have agreed to

Artemis. A cheat like item that would make any

your plans now

Smallsnake asked.

things through. What about

yet, Leopold and I have already met him once. He came to

"Haaa...That's great"

least this was a piece of

morning, my mood

very least I could take this piece

times when things just

was just how life went. Nothing was ever going to

life just loved to throw curveballs at

have to go.

"Alright"

closing my eyes, I

—Tak!

I proceeded

looked at Angelica who was sitting crossed-legged in the middle of the

"Angelica"

"What is it human?"

her eyes

ask

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