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.

prodigies like Kevin and the others, she had started to subconsciously

This was not correct.

to the other students, in terms of

being a monster tamer. A

notice, she was in

needed to

kind words, but I'm still not

"Don't reject me jus—"

lowered her head and muttered in

Tiiriing— Tiiriing—

about to respond, my

'What now…'

me for

take your

phone, my already furrowed brows tightened. Checking the

your help. What gift should I buy for Kevin's

"…"

my head, I turned off my

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

I forgot to mention when giving you

"What is it?"

you join, this

pale green flute from my dimensional space, I

"A flute?"

Ava as she looked at the

regular flute, have a

handed Ava the

"T-this..."

as Ava's eyes opened widely.

seeing it right. This is your ticket to the

my chin up, the edged of my

to

change her fate, Ava wouldn't reject me,

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

do you still wish to

***

At the same time.

still going

she looked at her

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 what gift

desperation, she

had yet to

definitely

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

should I do?', placing her hand on her chin, Emma

bothering to text her back, Emma had no

Amanda

eyes lit up. Amanda

she decided to ask for Amanda's

text Amanda today, she had still not gotten a

to directly go

it didn't

—Knock! —Knock!

the door that lead

"Hm, no response?"

knocking,

—Knock!

not hear

Plausible. Emma knocked again.

no

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

for

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

***

9:48 P.M.

you're saying that she rejected your

"Yeah"

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

showed her the artifact and

the

of Artemis as well as the lucrative

caught me off

me as I was confident in what I had to

around the fact

been in her position, I would've immediately have

A cheat like item that would make any monster tamer drool

are your plans now that you

Smallsnake asked.

not sure, I'll have to think things through. What about you? How's

is going well. Though he still hasn't signed the contract yet, Leopold

"Haaa...That's great"

this was a piece of good

failing to recruit Ava this morning, my mood had soured

this

there are times when things just

just how life went. Nothing was

just loved to throw curveballs at

to go. Call me if you need

"Alright"

my eyes, I

—Tak!

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

the doors that led to the training grounds, I looked at Angelica who was

"Angelica"

"What is it human?"

opened her eyes

ask

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