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.

Ava was exposed to such an amazing class filled with prodigies like Kevin and the

This was not correct.

other students, in terms

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

the others did not notice, she was

to understand

for your kind words, but I'm still not

"Don't reject me jus—"

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

Tiiriing— Tiiriing—

respond, my phone suddenly rang. My

'What now…'

me for a

take

my phone, my already furrowed brows tightened. Checking the

What gift should I buy for Kevin's birthday? Can you

"…"

head, I

deal with this. Turning my attention back

forgot to mention when giving you

"What is it?"

this will be

my dimensional space, I gently

"A flute?"

Ava as she looked

not just any regular flute, have a

I handed

"T-this..."

eyes opened widely. Holding onto the

it right. This is

my chin up, the edged of my lips curled

be enough to entice her

change her fate,

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

still

***

At the same time.

he still going to ignore

grumbled as she looked at her

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

she decided

yet to

he definitely ignored

There was no way Ren had not seen her message yet,

do?', placing her hand on her chin,

her back, Emma had no idea how to

Maybe Amanda can

Emma's eyes lit up. Amanda could definitely

of her room, she

she did text Amanda today, she had still not gotten a response from

Emma decided to directly

the same building, it didn't take long

—Knock! —Knock!

the door that lead to

"Hm, no response?"

knocking, Emma

—Knock!

not hear

Plausible. Emma knocked again.

no one

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

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

and return to her room. She'll

***

9:48 P.M.

you're saying that she rejected your

"Yeah"

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

you showed her the artifact and

I guess the

showing Ava the flute of Artemis as well as the lucrative contract,

caught me off

was confident in

my head around the fact

to have been in her position, I would've

A cheat like item that would make any monster

your plans now

Smallsnake asked.

not sure, I'll have to think things through. What about you? How's the situation with Ryan

well. Though he still hasn't signed the contract yet, Leopold and I have already met him once. He

"Haaa...That's great"

least this was a

this morning, my mood had

could take this piece of news

are times when

but this was just how life went. Nothing was

to

have to go.

"Alright"

my eyes, I

—Tak!

I proceeded to

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

"Angelica"

"What is it human?"

her eyes

ask

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