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.

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

This was not correct.

students, in terms of ranking, she was above

shockingly however was that she was above average whilst being a monster tamer.

she and the others did not notice, she was in

to

kind words, but I'm still

"Don't reject me jus—"

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

Tiiriing— Tiiriing—

to respond, my phone suddenly rang.

'What now…'

for a

take your

Checking the foremost notification,

I buy

"…"

head, I turned off my

deal with this. Turning my attention back

thing I forgot to mention when giving

"What is it?"

you join, this will be

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

"A flute?"

Ava as she looked at the flute on

regular flute, have a

handed

"T-this..."

as Ava's eyes opened widely.

it right. This is your ticket to

the edged of my lips curled

enough to

her fate,

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

you still wish to

***

At the same time.

going to

grumbled as she looked at her

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

desperation, she

had yet to reply

definitely ignored my

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

her

not even bothering to text her back, Emma had no idea how

Maybe Amanda can

Emma's eyes lit up. Amanda could definitely help

her room, she decided to

still not gotten a response from her which was

such, Emma decided to directly go to

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

—Knock! —Knock!

lead to Amanda's

"Hm, no response?"

minute after knocking, Emma got no

—Knock!

perhaps not

Plausible. Emma knocked again.

again, no one

muttered as she shook her head,

in front of Amanda's room for a solid minute,

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

***

9:48 P.M.

you're saying that she

"Yeah"

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

showed her the artifact

the offer wasn't

Ava the flute of Artemis as well as

caught me

as I was confident in what I

around

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

item that would make any monster tamer drool

what are your plans now that

Smallsnake asked.

things through. What about you?

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

"Haaa...That's great"

was a piece

morning, my mood had

I could take this

times when things just don't

was just how life went. Nothing was ever going to

life just loved to throw curveballs

go. Call

"Alright"

eyes, I hung up

—Tak!

proceeded to head to the training room inside

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

"Angelica"

"What is it human?"

opened her

I ask

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