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.

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

This was not correct.

to the other students, in terms of ranking,

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

she and the others did not notice, she was in

to

your kind words, but

"Don't reject me jus—"

had to say, Ava lowered her head and muttered

Tiiriing— Tiiriing—

to respond, my phone

'What now…'

me for a

problem, take your

furrowed brows tightened. Checking the foremost

should I buy for Kevin's birthday? Can you tell

"…"

my head, I turned off

was not the time for me to deal with this. Turning my attention back to Ava, I decided to unravel my

more thing I forgot to mention when giving you

"What is it?"

this will be

from my dimensional

"A flute?"

as she looked at the flute on the

not just any regular

I handed Ava the

"T-this..."

eyes opened widely. Holding onto the

seeing it right. This is your ticket

my chin up, the edged of

enough to entice her to

change her fate, Ava

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

do you still wish to

***

At the same time.

he still going to

she looked

had sent Ren a text. It was regarding Kevin's gift. Despite agonizing over this issue for a whole week, she still couldn't

of desperation, she decided to

to reply

definitely

was no way Ren had not seen

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

back, Emma

Amanda

eyes lit up. Amanda

out of her room, she decided to

had still not gotten a

Emma decided to directly

same building, it didn't take long for Emma to arrive at Amanda's

—Knock! —Knock!

door that lead

"Hm, no response?"

knocking,

—Knock!

perhaps not

Plausible. Emma knocked again.

no

Emma muttered as she shook her head,

room for a

return to her room. She'll

***

9:48 P.M.

saying that she rejected

"Yeah"

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

after you showed her the

the offer wasn't

Ava the flute of Artemis as well as the lucrative

me off

me as I was confident in

around the fact that Ava had

position, I would've immediately have

cheat like item that would make any monster tamer drool at its

your plans now that you

Smallsnake asked.

through. What about you? How's the situation with Ryan

hasn't signed the contract yet, Leopold and I

"Haaa...That's great"

a

failing to recruit Ava this morning, my mood had soured

could take this

are times when things

went. Nothing was ever going to go

just loved to

go. Call me if you need

"Alright"

I

—Tak!

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

doors that led to the training grounds, I looked at Angelica who

"Angelica"

"What is it human?"

her eyes

ask you

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