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.

with prodigies like Kevin and the others, she had started to subconsciously think that she was

This was not correct.

terms of ranking, she was

however was that she was above average whilst being a monster

and the others did not notice, she was

needed to

kind words, but I'm still not

"Don't reject me jus—"

to what I had to say, Ava lowered her head and muttered in a low voice. She

Tiiriing— Tiiriing—

as I was about to respond, my phone suddenly

'What now…'

me for a

take your

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

I buy for

"…"

head, I

Turning my

forgot to

"What is it?"

this will be

from my dimensional space, I gently placed it on

"A flute?"

she looked at the flute

regular flute, have

handed

"T-this..."

I watched as Ava's eyes opened widely. Holding

you're seeing it right. This

my chin up, the edged of my lips

be enough to

to change her fate, Ava wouldn't reject

join without even flinching. Looking at Ava whose eyes did not

still wish

***

At the same time.

still going

she looked

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

of desperation, she decided to ask

to

definitely

away. There was no way Ren had not

I do?', placing her hand on her

text her back, Emma had no

Maybe Amanda

up. Amanda

out of her room, she decided to ask for

Amanda today, she had still not gotten a response from her which was strange since she would

Emma decided to directly go

didn't take long for Emma to arrive at

—Knock! —Knock!

that lead to Amanda's

"Hm, no response?"

minute after knocking, Emma got no

—Knock!

she perhaps not hear

Plausible. Emma knocked again.

no

she shook her head, "What do I

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

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

***

9:48 P.M.

that she rejected your

"Yeah"

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

showed her the

guess the

as well as the lucrative contract, she rejected

me off

as I was confident

now, I couldn't wrap my head around the fact

her position, I would've immediately have agreed to sign

like item that would make any monster tamer drool at

plans now

Smallsnake asked.

not sure, I'll have to think things through. What about

is going well. Though he still hasn't signed the contract yet, Leopold

"Haaa...That's great"

was a piece

morning, my mood had soured quite

take this piece of news

times when

just how life went. Nothing was ever going to go

life just loved to

to go. Call

"Alright"

eyes, I hung up

—Tak!

phone inside of my dimensional space, I proceeded to head to the

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

"Angelica"

"What is it human?"

opened her

ask you

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