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.

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

This was not correct.

in terms of ranking, she was above

being a monster tamer. A profession that grew much slower

not notice, she was in fact

needed to understand

you for your kind words,

"Don't reject me jus—"

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

Tiiriing— Tiiriing—

to respond, my

'What now…'

for

problem, take your

phone, my already furrowed brows tightened. Checking the foremost

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

"…"

my head, I turned off my

this. Turning my attention back to

I forgot to mention when giving

"What is it?"

join, this

out a pale green flute from my dimensional space, I

"A flute?"

looked at the flute

any regular

handed Ava

"T-this..."

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

it right. This is your ticket to the

edged of

enough to entice her to

change her

join without even flinching. Looking at Ava whose eyes did not leave the flute once,

still

***

At the same time.

going to

grumbled as she looked

she had sent Ren a text. It was regarding Kevin's gift. Despite agonizing over

she decided to ask

yet to reply

definitely ignored my

away. There was no way Ren had not seen her

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

back, Emma had no idea how to proceed

Maybe Amanda

Emma's eyes lit up. Amanda could definitely help

her room, she decided

text Amanda today, she had still not gotten a response from her which was strange

such, Emma decided to directly go

it didn't take long for Emma to arrive

—Knock! —Knock!

door that lead to Amanda's room, Emma

"Hm, no response?"

after knocking, Emma got

—Knock!

she perhaps not hear

Plausible. Emma knocked again.

again, no

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

for

end, she chose to give up and return to

***

9:48 P.M.

saying that

"Yeah"

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

showed her

guess the offer

flute of Artemis as well as the lucrative

me off

as I was confident in what I had to

now, I couldn't wrap my head around the fact that Ava had

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

after seeing the flute of Artemis. A cheat like item that would

are your plans now that you

Smallsnake asked.

I'll have to think things through. What about

well. Though he still hasn't signed the contract yet, Leopold and I have already met him once. He came to the headquarters

"Haaa...That's great"

a piece

morning, my mood had

take this piece of news as a

guess there are times when things just don't

but this was just how life went. Nothing was ever going to

just loved to throw

go. Call me if you

"Alright"

I hung up the

—Tak!

I proceeded to head to the training

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

"Angelica"

"What is it human?"

opened her

I ask you

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