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.

filled with prodigies like Kevin and the others,

This was not correct.

the other students, in terms of ranking, she was

being a monster tamer. A

did not notice, she was in fact a

to understand

kind words, but

"Don't reject me jus—"

lowered her head and muttered in a

Tiiriing— Tiiriing—

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

'What now…'

me for a

problem, take your

furrowed brows tightened. Checking the foremost

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

"…"

my head, I turned off my

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

more thing I forgot to

"What is it?"

join, this will be

from my dimensional space, I gently placed it

"A flute?"

Ava as she looked at the

not just any regular flute, have a

I handed

"T-this..."

watched as Ava's eyes opened widely. Holding

it right. This is your ticket

up, the edged of my lips curled

be enough to

her fate, Ava wouldn't reject me,

even flinching. Looking at Ava whose eyes did not leave the flute once, I once

do you still wish

***

At the same time.

still going to ignore

as she looked at

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

desperation, she

to reply to her

definitely ignored my

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

I do?', placing her hand on

Ren not even bothering to text her back, Emma had no

Maybe Amanda

lit up. Amanda could definitely help

room, she decided

gotten a response from her which was strange

such, Emma decided to directly

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

—Knock! —Knock!

the door that lead to Amanda's

"Hm, no response?"

after knocking, Emma

—Knock!

perhaps not hear

Plausible. Emma knocked again.

no

Emma muttered as she shook her head, "What

for a solid minute, Emma lowered

end, she chose to give up and return to her room.

***

9:48 P.M.

saying that she rejected your

"Yeah"

on my ear,

after you showed her the artifact and

the offer

of Artemis as well as the lucrative contract, she

me off

was confident in what

head around the fact

in her position, I would've immediately have

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

are your plans now that

Smallsnake asked.

through. What about you? How's

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

"Haaa...That's great"

least this was a piece of

failing to recruit Ava this morning, my mood

very least I could take this piece

guess there are times when things

life went. Nothing was

to

go. Call me if you

"Alright"

eyes, I hung up the

—Tak!

dimensional space, I proceeded

grounds, I looked at Angelica who was sitting crossed-legged

"Angelica"

"What is it human?"

opened her eyes

ask

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