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.

filled with prodigies like Kevin and the others, she had started to subconsciously think that

This was not correct.

students, in terms of ranking, she

being a monster tamer.

notice, she was in

needed to

words,

"Don't reject me jus—"

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

Tiiriing— Tiiriing—

about to respond,

'What now…'

me for a

problem, take

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

I buy for Kevin's

"…"

I turned

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

there's one more thing I forgot to mention when giving you the

"What is it?"

this will

pale green flute from my dimensional space, I gently

"A flute?"

looked at

not just any regular flute,

handed

"T-this..."

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

it right. This is your ticket to

edged of my

to

change her fate, Ava wouldn't reject me,

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

do you still wish

***

At the same time.

still going

grumbled as she looked at her

agonizing over this issue for a whole week,

she decided to

to

definitely ignored

Emma put her phone away. There was no way Ren had not seen her message yet, in all likelihood he had

her hand on

not even bothering to text her back, Emma had no idea how

Amanda can

Emma's eyes lit up. Amanda

out of her room, she decided to ask

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

such, Emma decided to directly

building, it didn't take

—Knock! —Knock!

door that lead

"Hm, no response?"

minute after knocking, Emma

—Knock!

she perhaps not hear

Plausible. Emma knocked again.

no one

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

in front of Amanda's room for a solid

up and return to

***

9:48 P.M.

that she rejected

"Yeah"

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

her

the

of Artemis as

caught me off

blindsided me as I was confident in what I had

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

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

of Artemis. A cheat like item that would make any monster

are your plans now that

Smallsnake asked.

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

signed the contract yet, Leopold and

"Haaa...That's great"

was a

to recruit Ava this morning, my mood

least I could take this piece of news

are times when

went. Nothing was ever going to go as

to throw

to go. Call me

"Alright"

eyes, I hung up

—Tak!

I proceeded to head to the training room inside of

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

"Angelica"

"What is it human?"

opened her eyes

ask

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