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.

like Kevin and the others, she had started to subconsciously

This was not correct.

terms of ranking, she was

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

and the others did not notice, she was in fact

to understand

kind words, but

"Don't reject me jus—"

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

Tiiriing— Tiiriing—

was about to respond, my

'What now…'

for a

take your

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

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

"…"

head, I

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

one more thing I forgot to mention when giving you the

"What is it?"

you join, this will be

out a pale green flute from my dimensional space,

"A flute?"

asked Ava as she looked at

any regular flute, have

I handed Ava

"T-this..."

Ava's eyes opened widely.

it right. This is

edged of

be enough to entice

to change her fate, Ava wouldn't reject me,

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

do you still

***

At the same time.

still going to

as she looked

had sent Ren a text. It was regarding Kevin's gift. Despite agonizing over

of desperation, she

had yet to reply

definitely ignored my

no way Ren had not seen her message yet, in all likelihood he had

her hand on her chin, Emma

text her back, Emma had no idea how to

Amanda

lit up. Amanda could definitely

her room, she decided to ask for Amanda's

a response from

to directly go to

building, it didn't take long for Emma to

—Knock! —Knock!

lead to Amanda's

"Hm, no response?"

minute after knocking, Emma got

—Knock!

perhaps not hear me

Plausible. Emma knocked again.

no

out" Emma muttered as she shook her head, "What

of Amanda's room for a solid minute,

return to her room. She'll

***

9:48 P.M.

you're saying that

"Yeah"

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

after you showed her the artifact and

I guess the offer

of Artemis as

me off

was confident

wrap my head around

position, I would've immediately have agreed to sign

seeing the flute of Artemis. A cheat like item that would make

plans now that

Smallsnake asked.

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

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

"Haaa...That's great"

least this was a piece

to recruit Ava this morning, my mood had soured quite a

I could take this piece of news as

when things

went. Nothing was ever going to

just loved to throw curveballs

to go. Call me if you

"Alright"

closing my eyes, I hung

—Tak!

my dimensional space, I proceeded to head

the doors that led to the training grounds, I looked at Angelica who was sitting

"Angelica"

"What is it human?"

her eyes

ask

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