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.

exposed to such an amazing class filled with prodigies like Kevin and the others, she had started to subconsciously think

This was not correct.

in terms of ranking,

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

did not notice, she was

to understand

for your kind words, but I'm still

"Don't reject me jus—"

to what I had to say, Ava lowered her head and

Tiiriing— Tiiriing—

as I was about to respond, my phone suddenly

'What now…'

me for

take your

tightened. Checking the foremost notification,

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

"…"

head, I turned

with this. Turning my attention back

I forgot to

"What is it?"

you join, this

my dimensional space,

"A flute?"

she looked at the flute

regular flute, have a

handed Ava the

"T-this..."

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

seeing it right. This is

chin up, the edged

enough to entice her to

her fate, Ava wouldn't

join without even flinching. Looking at Ava whose eyes

still wish

***

At the same time.

he still going to

she

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

desperation, she decided

yet to reply to her

definitely ignored

Emma put her phone away. There was no way Ren had

do?', placing her hand on her chin, Emma

her back, Emma

Amanda can

up. Amanda

her room, she decided to ask

did text Amanda today, she had still not gotten a

such, Emma decided to directly go to

it didn't take long for

—Knock! —Knock!

before the door that lead to Amanda's

"Hm, no response?"

after knocking, Emma

—Knock!

not hear

Plausible. Emma knocked again.

no

as she shook her head,

for a solid

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

***

9:48 P.M.

saying that

"Yeah"

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

after you showed her the

guess the offer

flute of Artemis as well as the lucrative contract, she

me

blindsided me as I was confident in what I had to

around the fact that Ava had

position,

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

are your plans now that you

Smallsnake asked.

things through. What

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

"Haaa...That's great"

was a piece

failing to recruit Ava this morning,

could take this

guess there are times when

life went. Nothing was ever going

just loved to

Ren, I have to go.

"Alright"

eyes, I hung up the

—Tak!

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

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

"Angelica"

"What is it human?"

opened her eyes

I ask

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