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 subconsciously

This was not correct.

in terms

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

notice, she was in fact a prodigy

needed to understand

you for your kind words,

"Don't reject me jus—"

to say, Ava lowered her head and

Tiiriing— Tiiriing—

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

'What now…'

for

take

Checking

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

"…"

I

deal with this. Turning my

there's one more thing I forgot to mention when

"What is it?"

this

green flute from my dimensional space, I gently placed it

"A flute?"

Ava as she looked at the flute on

any regular flute, have a

handed Ava the

"T-this..."

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

seeing it right. This is your ticket

chin up, the edged

enough to entice

with the opportunity to change her fate, Ava wouldn't

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

still

***

At the same time.

he still going to

she looked

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 to

of desperation, she decided

had yet to reply to

definitely ignored

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

do?', placing her hand on

bothering to text her back, Emma had

Amanda

lit up. Amanda could

out of her room, she decided to

text Amanda today, she had still not gotten a response

such, Emma decided to

in the same building, it didn't take long for Emma to arrive at Amanda's

—Knock! —Knock!

before the door that lead to

"Hm, no response?"

after knocking, Emma got no

—Knock!

perhaps not hear

Plausible. Emma knocked again.

again, no one

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

of Amanda's room for a solid minute,

to give up and return to her room. She'll try to ask Amanda

***

9:48 P.M.

saying that she rejected your

"Yeah"

my phone on my ear, I responded. On

after you showed her the artifact

the offer wasn't tempting

as well as the lucrative contract, she rejected

caught me

me as I was confident in

wrap my head around the fact that

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

A cheat like item that would

your plans now that

Smallsnake asked.

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

yet, Leopold and I

"Haaa...That's great"

this was a piece of

this morning, my mood had soured quite

I could take this

there are times when

how life went. Nothing was ever going to go as I

to throw curveballs

have to go. Call me if you

"Alright"

I hung

—Tak!

my dimensional space, I proceeded

that led to the training grounds, I looked at Angelica who was sitting crossed-legged in the middle of the

"Angelica"

"What is it human?"

her eyes

ask you

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