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.

amazing class filled with prodigies like Kevin and the others, she had started to subconsciously think that she was not

This was not correct.

other students, in terms of ranking, she

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

not notice, she was in

to understand

for your kind words, but I'm

"Don't reject me jus—"

to say, Ava lowered her head and

Tiiriing— Tiiriing—

was about to respond, my phone suddenly rang.

'What now…'

for a

problem, take

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

need your help. What gift should I buy

"…"

my head, I turned

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

one more thing I forgot to mention when giving

"What is it?"

this will

flute from my dimensional space, I

"A flute?"

asked Ava as she looked at the flute

regular

handed Ava the

"T-this..."

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

seeing it right. This is your ticket to

up, the edged of

be enough to entice her

to change her fate, Ava wouldn't

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

you still wish

***

At the same time.

going to ignore

she looked at her

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

she decided

yet to reply to

he definitely ignored my

was no way Ren had not seen her message yet,

do?', placing her hand on her chin, Emma

even bothering to text her back, Emma

Maybe Amanda can help

lit up.

she decided to ask for

had still not gotten a response from

Emma decided to

the same building, it didn't take long for

—Knock! —Knock!

lead to Amanda's room,

"Hm, no response?"

after knocking,

—Knock!

perhaps not hear me

Plausible. Emma knocked again.

no one

muttered as she shook her

Amanda's room for

up and return to her room. She'll try to ask

***

9:48 P.M.

that she rejected

"Yeah"

my phone on my ear, I responded. On the other

her the artifact

guess the offer wasn't

Ava the flute of Artemis as

caught me off

blindsided me as I was confident in

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

been in her position,

flute of Artemis. A cheat like item that would make any monster tamer drool at

your plans now that

Smallsnake asked.

to think things through. What about you?

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

"Haaa...That's great"

least this was a piece

this morning, my mood had

could take this piece

are times when things just don't

went. Nothing was ever going to go

loved to throw curveballs

go. Call me if you need

"Alright"

eyes, I hung up the

—Tak!

of my dimensional space, I proceeded to

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

"Angelica"

"What is it human?"

opened her eyes

ask you

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