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 to subconsciously think that she

This was not correct.

in terms of ranking, she was above

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

others did not notice, she was in fact

needed to

words, but I'm

"Don't reject me jus—"

say, Ava lowered her head and muttered

Tiiriing— Tiiriing—

respond, my phone suddenly rang.

'What now…'

me for

take your

furrowed brows tightened. Checking the

should I

"…"

head, I turned off my

this. Turning my attention back

thing I forgot to mention when

"What is it?"

this will

out a pale green flute from my dimensional

"A flute?"

Ava as she looked

not just any regular flute, have a

handed Ava

"T-this..."

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

you're seeing it right. This is your

chin up, the edged of my lips

to entice her to

opportunity to change her fate, Ava wouldn't

flinching. Looking at Ava whose eyes did not leave the flute once, I

do you still wish to

***

At the same time.

he still going to ignore my

grumbled as 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

desperation, she

had yet to reply to her

he definitely ignored my

put her phone away. There was no way Ren had not

placing her hand on her chin,

to text her back, Emma had no idea

Maybe Amanda can

lit up. Amanda could

room, she decided to ask for Amanda's

she had still not gotten a response

to directly go

didn't

—Knock! —Knock!

door that lead to Amanda's

"Hm, no response?"

knocking, Emma got no

—Knock!

she perhaps not hear

Plausible. Emma knocked again.

again, no

as she shook her head, "What do I do

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

end, she chose to give up and return to her room. She'll try to ask Amanda

***

9:48 P.M.

saying that she rejected

"Yeah"

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

showed her the artifact

I guess the offer wasn't tempting

Artemis as well as the lucrative contract, she

caught me off

me as I was confident in what I had

I couldn't wrap my head around

position, I would've

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

are your plans now

Smallsnake asked.

things through. What about you? How's

signed the contract yet, Leopold

"Haaa...That's great"

a piece of

recruit Ava this morning, my

least I could take this piece of

times when things just don't

was just how life went. Nothing

life just loved to

to go. Call

"Alright"

I hung up

—Tak!

proceeded to head to the training room inside of my

looked at Angelica who was sitting crossed-legged in

"Angelica"

"What is it human?"

opened her eyes

ask you

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