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

This was not correct.

to the other students, in terms of ranking, she

was above average whilst being a monster tamer. A profession that grew much slower

she and the others did not notice, she was in fact

needed to understand

your kind words, but I'm still not

"Don't reject me jus—"

lowered her head and muttered in a low voice. She once again tried to

Tiiriing— Tiiriing—

as I was about to respond, my

'What now…'

me for a

take your

my phone, my already furrowed brows tightened. Checking

help. What gift should I

"…"

I

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

there's one more thing I forgot

"What is it?"

you join, this

green flute from my dimensional space, I gently placed it

"A flute?"

as she looked

any regular flute, have

I handed Ava the

"T-this..."

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

you're seeing it right. This is your ticket to the

edged of

to entice

opportunity to change her

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

do you still

***

At the same time.

he still going to

as she looked at

Despite agonizing over this issue for a whole week, she still couldn't figure

she decided to

to reply to

he definitely ignored my

was no way Ren

should I do?', placing her hand on her

to text her back, Emma had no idea how

Maybe Amanda can

lit up. Amanda

room, she decided to ask for Amanda's

still not gotten a response from her which

decided to

building, it didn't take long for Emma

—Knock! —Knock!

before the door that lead to Amanda's room,

"Hm, no response?"

after knocking, Emma

—Knock!

she perhaps not hear me

Plausible. Emma knocked again.

no one

shook her head, "What do

in front of Amanda's room for a solid minute, Emma lowered her

up and return to

***

9:48 P.M.

saying that

"Yeah"

on my ear, I responded. On the

her

guess the offer

as well as the

me off

as I was confident in

around the fact

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

item that would make any monster tamer drool

your plans now that you

Smallsnake asked.

have to think things through. What about

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

"Haaa...That's great"

least this was a piece of good

Ava this morning, my

take this piece of news as a consolation

when things

life went. Nothing was

just loved to throw curveballs

Ren, I have to go. Call me

"Alright"

eyes, I hung

—Tak!

proceeded to head to the training

grounds, I looked at Angelica who was sitting crossed-legged in the middle

"Angelica"

"What is it human?"

opened her eyes

I ask you

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