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,

This was not correct.

the other students, in terms of ranking, she was

above average whilst being a monster tamer. A profession

notice,

needed to understand

you for your kind words,

"Don't reject me jus—"

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

Tiiriing— Tiiriing—

respond, my phone suddenly

'What now…'

me for a

problem, take

furrowed brows tightened. Checking the

should I buy

"…"

I

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

I forgot to mention when

"What is it?"

this

out a pale green flute from my dimensional space, I gently

"A flute?"

as she looked at

not just any regular flute, have a

handed Ava the

"T-this..."

as Ava's eyes opened widely.

it right. This is your ticket to the

up, the edged of

be enough to

her fate, Ava wouldn't reject

without even flinching. Looking at Ava whose eyes did not leave

still

***

At the same time.

going to ignore my

as she looked

agonizing over

of desperation, she decided to

yet to reply to

he definitely

Emma put her phone away. There was no way Ren had

do?', placing her hand on her chin,

back,

Amanda

Emma's eyes lit up. Amanda

of her room, she decided

gotten a response

such, Emma decided to directly go

lived in the same building, it didn't take long for Emma to arrive at

—Knock! —Knock!

lead to Amanda's room, Emma

"Hm, no response?"

knocking,

—Knock!

perhaps not hear

Plausible. Emma knocked again.

no

Emma muttered as she shook her head, "What do

room for

to give up and return to her room. She'll

***

9:48 P.M.

saying that she rejected

"Yeah"

my phone on my ear, I

her the artifact

the offer wasn't

the flute of Artemis as well as the lucrative contract,

caught me off

blindsided me as I was confident in

around the fact that Ava had

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

A cheat like item that would make any monster tamer

are your plans now that you

Smallsnake asked.

things through. What about you? How's the situation with Ryan

going well. Though he still hasn't signed the contract yet, Leopold and I have already

"Haaa...That's great"

was a piece of

morning, my mood had

take this piece of news as a consolation

guess there are times when

was just how life went. Nothing was ever

life just loved to throw curveballs

I have to go. Call me if you need

"Alright"

closing my eyes, I hung

—Tak!

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

looked at Angelica who was sitting crossed-legged in the middle of the

"Angelica"

"What is it human?"

opened her

ask you

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