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

This was not correct.

terms of

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

she and the others did not notice, she was in fact a prodigy

to understand

words,

"Don't reject me jus—"

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

Tiiriing— Tiiriing—

respond, my phone suddenly rang. My

'What now…'

me for a

problem, take your

brows tightened. Checking the foremost notification, I noticed that the sender was

should I

"…"

head, I turned off my

me to deal with this. Turning

there's one more thing I forgot to mention

"What is it?"

join, this will

my dimensional space, I gently placed it

"A flute?"

looked at

not just any regular flute, have

I handed Ava

"T-this..."

opened widely. Holding onto the flute, Ava's hands trembled

right. This is your

edged of my

enough to entice her to join,

her

Looking at Ava whose eyes did

still wish to

***

At the same time.

he still going to ignore my

she looked at her

Ren a text. It was regarding Kevin's gift. Despite agonizing over this issue for

of desperation, she decided to

had yet to reply

definitely ignored

There was no way Ren had

I do?', placing her hand on

text her back, Emma had no idea how

Amanda

up. Amanda could definitely help

she decided to

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

decided to directly go

building, it didn't take long for Emma to arrive at

—Knock! —Knock!

that lead to Amanda's room,

"Hm, no response?"

minute after knocking, Emma got no

—Knock!

not hear

Plausible. Emma knocked again.

again, no

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

of Amanda's room for a solid

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

***

9:48 P.M.

that she

"Yeah"

with my phone on my ear,

showed her

I guess the

the flute of Artemis as well as the lucrative

me off

me as I was confident in

now, I couldn't wrap my head around the

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

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

what are your plans now that you

Smallsnake asked.

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

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

"Haaa...That's great"

was a piece of

recruit Ava this morning, my mood

I could take this piece of news

times when things just don't work

this was just how life went. Nothing was ever

just loved to

Ren, I have to go. Call me if you

"Alright"

closing my eyes, I hung up the

—Tak!

proceeded to head to the training

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

"Angelica"

"What is it human?"

opened her eyes

I ask you

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