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.

class filled with prodigies like Kevin and the others, she had started

This was not correct.

terms of ranking, she

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

not notice, she was in

needed to understand

you for your kind words, but I'm still not

"Don't reject me jus—"

to say, Ava lowered her head and muttered

Tiiriing— Tiiriing—

I was about to respond, my phone

'What now…'

for a

problem, take

my already furrowed brows tightened. Checking the

I need your help. What gift should I

"…"

head, I

not the time for me to deal with this. Turning

one more thing I forgot to mention when giving you

"What is it?"

you join, this will

flute from my dimensional space, I gently placed

"A flute?"

Ava as she looked

any regular flute, have

I handed Ava

"T-this..."

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

you're seeing it right. This is

edged of my lips curled

be enough to entice her to

change her fate, Ava wouldn't

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

still wish

***

At the same time.

going to

grumbled as she

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

desperation, she decided to ask

had yet to reply to

definitely ignored

teeth, Emma put her phone away. There was no way Ren had not seen her

do?', placing her hand on her

Ren not even bothering to text her back,

Maybe Amanda

eyes lit up. Amanda could

out of her room, she decided to

had still not gotten a response from

to directly

building, it didn't take long

—Knock! —Knock!

that lead to Amanda's room, Emma

"Hm, no response?"

after knocking, Emma got

—Knock!

she perhaps not hear me

Plausible. Emma knocked again.

again, no

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

in front of Amanda's room for a

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

***

9:48 P.M.

saying that she rejected

"Yeah"

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

her

I guess the offer wasn't

Ava the flute of Artemis as well as the lucrative contract, she rejected

me off

as I was confident in what I had to

wrap my head around the fact that

been in her position, I would've immediately

of Artemis. A cheat like item that would make

your plans now that you

Smallsnake asked.

sure, I'll have to think things through. What about you? How's

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

"Haaa...That's great"

this was a piece of

recruit Ava this morning, my

could take this piece of news

there are times when things

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

life just loved to

go. Call

"Alright"

my eyes, I hung up the

—Tak!

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

at Angelica who was sitting crossed-legged in the middle

"Angelica"

"What is it human?"

opened her

I ask

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