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.

exposed to such an amazing class filled with prodigies like Kevin and the others, she had started to subconsciously

This was not correct.

terms

however was that she was above average whilst being a monster tamer. A profession that grew much slower

others did not notice,

needed to understand

for your kind words, but I'm

"Don't reject me jus—"

had to say, Ava lowered her head and muttered in a

Tiiriing— Tiiriing—

I was about to respond, my phone

'What now…'

me for

take

brows tightened. Checking the foremost notification, I noticed that

I

"…"

my head, I

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

one more thing I forgot to mention

"What is it?"

you join, this will be

my dimensional space, I gently placed it

"A flute?"

asked Ava as she looked at the flute on the

not just any regular flute, have

handed Ava the

"T-this..."

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

right. This is your

edged of my lips

should be enough to entice

with the opportunity to change her fate, Ava

Looking at Ava whose eyes did not leave

you still wish to

***

At the same time.

still going to ignore my

as she looked

Kevin's gift. Despite agonizing over this issue for a whole week, she still couldn't figure out what gift

desperation, she decided to ask

to reply

he definitely ignored my

away. There was no way Ren had not seen her message yet, in all likelihood

I do?', placing her hand on her

back, Emma had no idea how

Maybe Amanda can help

lit up. Amanda could definitely

room, she decided to ask for

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

to directly

didn't

—Knock! —Knock!

lead to Amanda's room, Emma

"Hm, no response?"

minute after knocking, Emma

—Knock!

she perhaps not hear

Plausible. Emma knocked again.

no

she shook her head,

in front of Amanda's room for

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

***

9:48 P.M.

saying that she

"Yeah"

the balcony of my room with my phone on my

you showed her

the offer wasn't

Ava the flute of Artemis as well as the lucrative

caught me

blindsided me as I was confident in what I had to

head around the fact

position, I would've immediately have agreed

seeing the flute of Artemis. A cheat like item that would make any monster tamer

what are your plans now that

Smallsnake asked.

to think things through. What about you? How's the

contract yet, Leopold and I have already met him once. He came to the headquarters

"Haaa...That's great"

this was a

to recruit Ava this morning, my mood

take this

times when things just don't work

went. Nothing was ever going to go as

to throw curveballs at

I have to go. Call

"Alright"

closing my eyes, I hung

—Tak!

phone inside of my dimensional space, I proceeded to

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

"Angelica"

"What is it human?"

her eyes

ask

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