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 she was not

This was not correct.

in terms of ranking, she

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

she and the others did not notice, she

to

kind words, but I'm still not

"Don't reject me jus—"

and muttered in a

Tiiriing— Tiiriing—

I was about to respond,

'What now…'

me for

problem, take

tightened. Checking

need your help. What gift should I buy

"…"

I turned

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

forgot to mention

"What is it?"

join, this will be

my dimensional space, I gently placed it on

"A flute?"

Ava as she looked at the

any regular flute,

handed Ava

"T-this..."

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

seeing it right. This is your ticket to

up, the edged of my

be enough to

her fate, Ava wouldn't reject

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

do you still

***

At the same time.

still going to

grumbled as she

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

she

to reply

definitely ignored my

Ren had not seen her message yet, in all

her hand on

back, Emma had no idea how to

Amanda can

lit up.

out of her room, she decided to

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

to directly go to

it didn't take long for

—Knock! —Knock!

the door that lead to Amanda's room,

"Hm, no response?"

minute after knocking, Emma got no

—Knock!

she perhaps not hear me

Plausible. Emma knocked again.

no one

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

for a solid minute, Emma

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

***

9:48 P.M.

that she rejected

"Yeah"

of my room with my phone on my

her the

the

flute of Artemis as well as the lucrative

caught me off

blindsided me as I was confident in what I had

wrap my head around the fact that Ava had

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

cheat like item that would make any monster tamer drool at its

what are your plans now

Smallsnake asked.

to think things through. What

he still hasn't signed the contract yet, Leopold and I have already met

"Haaa...That's great"

a piece of good

recruit Ava this morning,

this piece of news as a consolation

are times when things

just how life went. Nothing was ever

just loved to throw curveballs

I have to go. Call

"Alright"

eyes, I hung up

—Tak!

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

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

"Angelica"

"What is it human?"

her

I ask you

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