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.

like Kevin and the others, she had started to subconsciously think that

This was not correct.

in terms of ranking,

however was that she was above average whilst being a monster tamer. A

notice,

needed to understand

kind words, but I'm still

"Don't reject me jus—"

to say, Ava lowered her head and muttered in a low voice. She once again tried to reject

Tiiriing— Tiiriing—

I was about to respond, my

'What now…'

for

take

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

your help. What gift should I buy for

"…"

head, I

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

I forgot to mention when

"What is it?"

you join, this will

flute from my dimensional space, I gently

"A flute?"

looked at the flute on

just any regular

I handed Ava

"T-this..."

I watched as Ava's eyes opened widely. Holding

This is

my chin up, the edged of

enough to entice her to join,

with the opportunity to change her fate, Ava

Looking at Ava

do you still wish to

***

At the same time.

going to

grumbled as she

agonizing over this issue for a whole

she decided to

had yet to reply to

definitely

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

should I do?', placing her hand on

to text her back, Emma had no

Amanda can help

eyes lit up. Amanda could definitely

of her room, she decided to ask for Amanda's

she had still not gotten a response from her which was strange

such, Emma decided to directly go to

same building, it didn't take

—Knock! —Knock!

before the door that lead

"Hm, no response?"

knocking, Emma

—Knock!

perhaps not

Plausible. Emma knocked again.

again, no one

shook her head, "What do I do

of Amanda's room for a solid

the end, she chose to give up and return to

***

9:48 P.M.

you're saying that

"Yeah"

of my room with my phone on my ear,

showed her the artifact

guess the offer

as well as

me off

confident in what

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

her position, I would've immediately have agreed to sign the

item that would make

your plans now that you

Smallsnake asked.

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

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"

this was a piece of good

failing to recruit Ava this morning, my mood had

very least I could take this piece of news

when things

this was just how life went. Nothing was ever going

life just loved to throw curveballs

Ren, I have to go.

"Alright"

I hung

—Tak!

space, I proceeded to

looked at Angelica who was sitting crossed-legged

"Angelica"

"What is it human?"

opened her eyes

ask

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