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

This was not correct.

in terms of ranking,

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

not notice,

to

your kind words, but I'm still

"Don't reject me jus—"

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

Tiiriing— Tiiriing—

to respond, my phone suddenly rang. My

'What now…'

for a

problem, take

furrowed brows tightened. Checking the foremost

need your help. What gift should I buy for

"…"

head, I

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

one more thing I forgot to mention when giving

"What is it?"

this will

pale green flute from my dimensional

"A flute?"

looked at the flute

any regular

handed

"T-this..."

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

seeing it right. This is

edged of my

should be enough to entice her to

to change her fate, Ava

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

still wish

***

At the same time.

still going to ignore my

she looked at her

gift. Despite agonizing over this issue for a whole week, she still couldn't

of desperation, she decided to

had yet to reply

definitely ignored

Ren had not seen her message yet, in all

placing her hand on her

back,

Maybe Amanda

eyes lit up.

room, she

she had still not gotten a response

such, Emma decided to directly go

building, it didn't take long for Emma

—Knock! —Knock!

lead to Amanda's room, Emma

"Hm, no response?"

minute after knocking, Emma

—Knock!

perhaps not hear

Plausible. Emma knocked again.

again, no one

Emma muttered as she shook

front of Amanda's room for a solid minute,

chose to give up and return to her room. She'll

***

9:48 P.M.

you're saying that she rejected your

"Yeah"

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

after you showed her

guess the offer

the flute of Artemis as well as the

me

was confident

couldn't wrap my head around the fact that Ava had

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

flute of Artemis. A cheat like item that

are your plans now that you

Smallsnake asked.

things through. What about you? How's the situation with Ryan

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

"Haaa...That's great"

least this was a

failing to recruit Ava this morning, my mood had

take this piece

times when things

was just how life went. Nothing was ever going to

to throw curveballs at

have to go. Call

"Alright"

closing my eyes, I

—Tak!

of my dimensional space, I proceeded to head to the

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

"Angelica"

"What is it human?"

her

I ask

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