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

This was not correct.

the other students, in terms of

was above average whilst being a monster tamer. A

others did not notice, she was in fact a

to understand

you for your kind words,

"Don't reject me jus—"

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

Tiiriing— Tiiriing—

was about to respond, my phone suddenly rang.

'What now…'

for

problem, take your

furrowed brows tightened. Checking the foremost notification, I noticed

What gift should I buy for Kevin's

"…"

head, I turned

Turning my attention back to Ava, I decided to

I forgot to mention when

"What is it?"

join, this will be

out a pale green flute from my dimensional space, I gently placed it on the

"A flute?"

looked at the

regular

handed

"T-this..."

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

seeing it right. This is

my chin up, the edged of my

be enough to entice her

her fate, Ava wouldn't reject me,

flinching. Looking at

still wish to

***

At the same time.

he still going to ignore

as she looked at her

sent Ren a text. It was regarding Kevin's gift. Despite agonizing over this issue for a whole week, she still couldn't figure out what gift to buy for

she

to reply

definitely ignored

was no way Ren had not seen her

should I do?', placing her hand on her chin,

bothering to text her back, Emma had no idea how to proceed

Maybe Amanda

Emma's eyes lit up. Amanda could definitely help

out of her room, she decided to ask

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

to directly go

they lived in the same building, it didn't take

—Knock! —Knock!

the door that lead to Amanda's

"Hm, no response?"

after knocking,

—Knock!

perhaps not hear me

Plausible. Emma knocked again.

again, no

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

for a

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

***

9:48 P.M.

that she

"Yeah"

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

after you showed her the

guess the offer wasn't

Artemis as well as the

caught me off

me as I was confident in

my head around the fact that

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

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

what are your plans now that

Smallsnake asked.

think things through. What about you?

Though he still hasn't signed the contract yet, Leopold and

"Haaa...That's great"

least this was a piece of good

failing to recruit Ava this morning, my mood had soured

could take this piece of news as a

times when things just don't work

was just how life went. Nothing was ever going

just loved to throw

Ren, I have to go. Call me

"Alright"

I

—Tak!

space, I proceeded

at Angelica who was sitting

"Angelica"

"What is it human?"

opened her

I ask

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