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.

Ava was exposed to such an amazing class filled with prodigies like Kevin and

This was not correct.

to the other students, in terms of ranking, she was above

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

did not notice, she was in fact a prodigy

to

your kind words, but I'm still

"Don't reject me jus—"

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

Tiiriing— Tiiriing—

respond, my phone suddenly rang. My

'What now…'

me for

problem, take your

furrowed brows tightened. Checking the foremost notification, I noticed that

What gift should I buy for Kevin's birthday? Can

"…"

I turned off

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

there's one more thing I forgot to

"What is it?"

this will be

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

"A flute?"

as she looked at the flute on

just any regular flute, have a

handed

"T-this..."

I watched as Ava's eyes opened

it right. This is your ticket to the

the edged of my lips curled

be enough to entice her to join,

change her fate, Ava wouldn't reject me,

her position, I would join without even flinching. Looking at Ava whose eyes did

still wish

***

At the same time.

still going to

she looked at her

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

she decided to ask

had yet to reply

definitely ignored my

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

I do?', placing her hand on her

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

Amanda can help

Emma's eyes lit up.

her room, she decided to ask

today, she had still not gotten a response from her which was

Emma decided to directly

in the same building, it didn't

—Knock! —Knock!

lead to Amanda's

"Hm, no response?"

minute after knocking, Emma got no

—Knock!

not hear me

Plausible. Emma knocked again.

no

as she shook her head, "What do I do

room for

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

***

9:48 P.M.

saying that

"Yeah"

my phone on my ear, I responded.

showed her the artifact

the

flute of Artemis as well as the lucrative contract, she

me

confident in what I had

head around the fact that

in her position, I would've immediately

A cheat like item that would make any monster tamer drool at

what are your plans

Smallsnake asked.

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

contract yet, Leopold and I have already met him

"Haaa...That's great"

least this was a piece

Ava this morning, my mood had soured quite

least I could take this piece of news

times when things just don't work

this was just how life went. Nothing was ever going to go as

loved to

have to go. Call me if you need

"Alright"

my eyes, I

—Tak!

of my dimensional space, I proceeded to head to the training room inside

looked at

"Angelica"

"What is it human?"

her

I ask

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