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.

class filled with prodigies like Kevin

This was not correct.

terms of ranking, she was above

whilst being a monster tamer. A profession that grew much slower than

the others did not notice, she was

needed to understand

you for your kind words, but

"Don't reject me jus—"

lowered her head and muttered in a

Tiiriing— Tiiriing—

as I was about to respond, my phone suddenly rang. My

'What now…'

me for

take

phone, my already furrowed brows tightened. Checking the foremost notification, I noticed that the sender was

I buy

"…"

head, I turned

with this. Turning my attention back to Ava, I

forgot to mention when giving you the

"What is it?"

this will

pale green flute from my dimensional space, I gently

"A flute?"

Ava as she looked at the flute

just any regular flute,

I handed Ava the

"T-this..."

flute, I watched as Ava's eyes opened

you're seeing it right. This

up, the edged of my

enough to entice

to change her fate,

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

you still wish to

***

At the same time.

he still going to ignore my

she looked at

over this issue for a whole

desperation, she decided

to

definitely ignored

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

do?', placing her

back, Emma had no idea how to

Maybe Amanda

Emma's eyes lit up.

her room, she decided to ask for Amanda's

not gotten a response from her which was strange since

decided to

lived in the same building, it didn't take long

—Knock! —Knock!

lead

"Hm, no response?"

minute after knocking, Emma got

—Knock!

she perhaps not

Plausible. Emma knocked again.

no one

muttered as she shook her head, "What do

in front of Amanda's room for a solid

give up and return to her room.

***

9:48 P.M.

that she

"Yeah"

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

showed her the

guess the

the flute of Artemis as well as the

caught me off

as I was confident

I couldn't wrap my head around the fact

have been in her position, I

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

plans

Smallsnake asked.

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

still hasn't signed the contract yet, Leopold and I have already

"Haaa...That's great"

was a piece of

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

take this piece of news as a

times when things just

went. Nothing was ever going to go as I

loved to throw curveballs at

have to go. Call me if you need

"Alright"

closing my eyes, I hung up the

—Tak!

my 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

"Angelica"

"What is it human?"

opened her

I ask

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