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.

such an amazing class filled with prodigies like Kevin and the others, she had started to

This was not correct.

in terms of ranking, she

above average whilst being a monster tamer. A profession

others did not notice,

needed to understand

your kind words,

"Don't reject me jus—"

head and muttered in a low

Tiiriing— Tiiriing—

was about to respond, my

'What now…'

me for

problem, take

furrowed brows tightened. Checking

gift should I buy

"…"

my head, I turned off

this. Turning my attention back to Ava, I decided to

more thing I forgot to mention when

"What is it?"

this will be

dimensional space, I gently placed it on

"A flute?"

she looked at the

just any regular

handed Ava

"T-this..."

opened widely. Holding onto the flute,

it right. This is your ticket to the

up, the edged

be enough to

change her fate, Ava

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

you still wish

***

At the same time.

going to ignore

she

ago, she had sent Ren a text. It was regarding Kevin's gift. Despite agonizing over this issue for a whole week,

of desperation, she

had yet to

definitely ignored

There was no way Ren

do?', placing her hand on

to text her back, Emma had no idea how to

Maybe Amanda

Emma's eyes lit up. Amanda could

her room, she

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

such, Emma decided to directly go

lived in the same building, it didn't take

—Knock! —Knock!

the door that lead to

"Hm, no response?"

after knocking, Emma got

—Knock!

perhaps not hear me

Plausible. Emma knocked again.

again, no one

Emma muttered as she shook her head, "What do I

for a solid minute, Emma

she chose to give up and return to her

***

9:48 P.M.

that

"Yeah"

of my room with my phone on my ear, I

after you showed her the

guess the offer wasn't tempting

of Artemis as well as the lucrative contract, she rejected

caught me off

was confident in what I had

I couldn't wrap my head around the fact that

her position, I would've

item

plans

Smallsnake asked.

things through. What about you? How's the

Everything is going well. Though he still hasn't signed the contract yet, Leopold and I have already met

"Haaa...That's great"

this was a piece

to recruit Ava this morning, my mood had

I could take this piece of

times when things

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

just loved to

go. Call me if you need

"Alright"

eyes, I hung up

—Tak!

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

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

"Angelica"

"What is it human?"

her eyes

ask you

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