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, she had

This was not correct.

in terms of ranking, she was above

was above average whilst being a monster tamer. A profession that grew

not notice, she was in fact a

to

you for your kind words, but

"Don't reject me jus—"

to say, Ava lowered her head and muttered in a

Tiiriing— Tiiriing—

respond, my phone suddenly rang. My brows

'What now…'

for a

take your

out my phone, my already furrowed brows tightened. Checking the foremost notification, I noticed that the sender was

I need your help. What gift should I

"…"

head, I turned off my

the time for me to deal with this. Turning my attention back to

I forgot to mention when giving you the

"What is it?"

join, this will be

green flute from my dimensional space, I

"A flute?"

looked

just any regular

I handed

"T-this..."

eyes opened widely. Holding

seeing it right. This is your

the edged

should be enough to entice

change her fate, Ava

I would join without even flinching. Looking at Ava whose eyes did not leave the

do you still wish to

***

At the same time.

going

she looked at

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

of desperation, she

yet to reply

he definitely ignored

phone away. There was no way Ren

should I do?', placing her

to text her back, Emma

Maybe Amanda

eyes lit up. Amanda

out of her room, she decided to

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

decided to directly go to

it didn't take long for

—Knock! —Knock!

door that lead

"Hm, no response?"

knocking,

—Knock!

she perhaps not

Plausible. Emma knocked again.

no

shook her head, "What

Amanda's room for a

up and return to her room.

***

9:48 P.M.

saying that

"Yeah"

room with my phone on my ear, I responded.

you showed her

I guess the offer wasn't

of Artemis as well as

caught me off

I was confident in what I

couldn't wrap my head around the fact that

were to have been in her position, I would've immediately

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

plans now that

Smallsnake asked.

to think things through. What about you? How's

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

"Haaa...That's great"

least this was a piece

failing to recruit Ava this morning, my mood

this piece of news as a consolation

there are times when things just don't work

how life went. Nothing was ever going to go as I

to

to go. Call me if

"Alright"

eyes, I hung up the

—Tak!

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

doors that led to the training grounds, I looked at Angelica who was sitting crossed-legged

"Angelica"

"What is it human?"

opened her

I ask you

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