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

This was not correct.

students, in terms of

a monster tamer. A profession

notice, she was in fact a

needed to understand

your kind words, but

"Don't reject me jus—"

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

Tiiriing— Tiiriing—

respond, my

'What now…'

me for

problem, take your

out my phone, my already furrowed brows tightened. Checking the foremost notification, I

should I buy for Kevin's birthday? Can

"…"

my head, I

this. Turning my attention

there's one more thing I forgot to mention when

"What is it?"

you join, this

my dimensional space,

"A flute?"

asked Ava as she looked at the flute on

just any regular flute, have a

handed Ava

"T-this..."

opened

This is your

up, the edged

enough to entice her to join,

to change her

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

do you still

***

At the same time.

still going

she looked at her

Kevin's gift. Despite agonizing over this issue for a whole week, she still couldn't figure out what gift

desperation, she decided

yet to reply to

he definitely

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

do?', placing her hand

even bothering to text her back, Emma had no idea how

Maybe Amanda can

up. Amanda could

she decided

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

decided to directly go

in the same building, it didn't take

—Knock! —Knock!

the door that lead

"Hm, no response?"

after knocking, Emma

—Knock!

not hear me

Plausible. Emma knocked again.

again, no

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

front of Amanda's room for a solid minute,

and return

***

9:48 P.M.

that she rejected

"Yeah"

outside of the balcony of my room with my phone on my ear, I

you showed her the artifact and

I guess the offer

flute of Artemis as well as the lucrative contract, she rejected

me

blindsided me as I was confident in

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

been in her position,

after seeing the flute of Artemis. A cheat like item

are your plans now

Smallsnake asked.

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.

"Haaa...That's great"

this was a piece of

failing to recruit Ava this morning, my

least I could take this piece of news as

there are times when things just don't work

but this was just how life went. Nothing was ever going to go

to throw curveballs at

have to go. Call me

"Alright"

my eyes, I

—Tak!

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

training grounds, I looked at Angelica who was

"Angelica"

"What is it human?"

her eyes

I ask you

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