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.

an amazing class filled with prodigies like Kevin and the

This was not correct.

other students, in terms of

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

not notice, she was

needed to

kind words, but I'm still

"Don't reject me jus—"

what I had to say, Ava lowered her head and muttered in

Tiiriing— Tiiriing—

about to respond, my phone suddenly rang.

'What now…'

for

take your

my phone, my already furrowed brows tightened. Checking the foremost notification, I noticed that the sender

help. What gift should I buy

"…"

my head, I turned

this. Turning my attention back to Ava, I decided to unravel my

forgot to mention when

"What is it?"

join, this will

my dimensional space, I gently placed it

"A flute?"

asked Ava as she looked at the

not just any regular flute, have

I handed

"T-this..."

Ava's eyes opened

it right. This is your ticket to

up, the edged of

to entice her to join,

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

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

you still

***

At the same time.

he still going

she looked at her

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

desperation, she decided to

yet to reply to

definitely ignored

no way Ren had not seen her message yet, in all likelihood he had ignored

I do?', placing her hand on

back, Emma had no

Amanda can

lit up.

room, she decided

had still not gotten a response from her which was strange since she would always

to

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

—Knock! —Knock!

the door that lead to Amanda's room, Emma

"Hm, no response?"

minute after knocking, Emma

—Knock!

not hear me

Plausible. Emma knocked again.

again, no

as she shook her head, "What do

of Amanda's room for

up and return to her room.

***

9:48 P.M.

saying that she rejected your

"Yeah"

my room with my phone on my ear, I responded.

her the artifact

the offer wasn't

as well as

me

blindsided me as I was confident in what

head around the fact

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

A cheat like item

your plans

Smallsnake asked.

have to think things through. What about you? How's the situation with

still hasn't signed the contract yet, Leopold

"Haaa...That's great"

a piece of

this morning, my mood had soured quite

very least I could take this piece of news as a consolation

when things just

went. Nothing was ever going to go as I

life just loved to

have to go. Call me if you

"Alright"

my eyes, I hung up

—Tak!

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

that led to the training grounds, I looked at Angelica

"Angelica"

"What is it human?"

opened her

ask

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