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.

amazing class filled with prodigies like Kevin and the others, she had started to subconsciously think that she was not

This was not correct.

to the other students, in terms

being a monster tamer. A profession

the others did not notice, she was in fact a prodigy

needed to understand

your kind words,

"Don't reject me jus—"

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

Tiiriing— Tiiriing—

respond,

'What now…'

me for

take your

brows tightened. Checking the foremost

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

"…"

I turned

the time for me to deal with this. Turning

I forgot to

"What is it?"

you join, this will

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

"A flute?"

looked at the flute

just any regular flute, have

I handed Ava

"T-this..."

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

you're seeing it right. This is your ticket to

up, the edged of

should be enough to

with the opportunity to change her fate,

would join without even flinching. Looking at

do you still wish

***

At the same time.

going to

she

a text. It was regarding Kevin's gift. Despite agonizing over this issue for a whole week, she still couldn't figure out what gift to buy for his

desperation, she decided to

yet to reply to

definitely

put her phone away. There was no way Ren had not seen her message

I do?', placing her hand

text her back, Emma had no idea how

Amanda

eyes lit up. Amanda could definitely

her room, she decided to ask for Amanda's

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

decided to directly go

it didn't take long for Emma to

—Knock! —Knock!

lead to Amanda's

"Hm, no response?"

after knocking, Emma got

—Knock!

she perhaps not hear

Plausible. Emma knocked again.

no one

shook her head,

in front of Amanda's room for a

the end, she chose to give up and return to her room. She'll

***

9:48 P.M.

that she

"Yeah"

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

showed her the artifact

guess the offer wasn't tempting

flute of Artemis as well as the

me off

as I was confident

around the fact that Ava

position, I would've immediately

cheat like item that would make any monster tamer

your plans

Smallsnake asked.

sure, I'll have to think things through. What about you? How's the situation with

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

"Haaa...That's great"

a piece

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

this piece of news as a

guess there are times when

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

to throw

go. Call me if you

"Alright"

eyes, I

—Tak!

I proceeded to head to the training room inside of

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

"Angelica"

"What is it human?"

her eyes

ask

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