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.

Kevin

This was not correct.

to the other students, in terms of ranking,

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

notice,

to understand

words, but I'm still

"Don't reject me jus—"

head and muttered in a low voice. She once again

Tiiriing— Tiiriing—

as I was about to respond, my

'What now…'

me for a

take

my already furrowed brows tightened. Checking the foremost

your help. What gift should I buy

"…"

my head, I turned off

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

I forgot to mention when giving

"What is it?"

this will

my dimensional space, I

"A flute?"

looked at the flute on

any regular flute, have

handed Ava the

"T-this..."

as Ava's eyes opened

right. This is your ticket to the

up, the edged of my

should be enough to entice her to join,

with the opportunity to change her fate, Ava

at Ava whose

still wish to

***

At the same time.

he still going to

grumbled as she looked at

Kevin's gift. Despite agonizing over this

she decided

had yet to reply

definitely ignored my

Emma put her phone away. There was no way Ren had not seen her message yet, in all likelihood he

her hand on

even bothering to text her back, Emma had no idea

Maybe Amanda can help

up. Amanda could definitely

her room, she decided to ask

still not gotten a response from her which was

decided to directly

it didn't take long for Emma to arrive at

—Knock! —Knock!

the door that lead

"Hm, no response?"

minute after knocking, Emma

—Knock!

she perhaps not hear

Plausible. Emma knocked again.

no

as she shook her head, "What do

of Amanda's room for a solid

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

***

9:48 P.M.

saying that she

"Yeah"

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

her the

guess the offer wasn't

the flute of Artemis as well as

caught me

confident in

wrap my head around the fact

in her position,

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

your plans now

Smallsnake asked.

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

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

"Haaa...That's great"

a

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

least I could take this

times when things just don't

life went. Nothing was ever

to throw curveballs

I have to go. Call me

"Alright"

I hung up the

—Tak!

my dimensional space, I proceeded to head to the training room inside of my

at Angelica who was sitting crossed-legged in the middle of the

"Angelica"

"What is it human?"

her

ask you

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