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.

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

This was not correct.

other students, in terms of

shockingly however was that she was above average whilst being a

others did not notice, she was in fact

needed to

you for your kind words, but I'm still

"Don't reject me jus—"

lowered her head and muttered

Tiiriing— Tiiriing—

to respond, my phone suddenly rang.

'What now…'

for

problem, take your

tightened. Checking the foremost notification, I noticed that the sender was

help. What gift should I buy for

"…"

I turned off my

this. Turning my attention

one more thing I forgot to mention when giving you the

"What is it?"

you join, this will

out a pale green flute from my dimensional

"A flute?"

asked Ava as she looked at the flute on the

regular flute, have

handed Ava

"T-this..."

flute, I watched as Ava's eyes opened widely. Holding onto the flute, Ava's

This

chin up, the edged of my

should be enough to entice her to

change her fate, Ava wouldn't reject me,

without even flinching. Looking at Ava

do you still wish

***

At the same time.

going to

grumbled as she looked

agonizing over this issue for a whole

of desperation, she decided to ask

to reply to

he definitely ignored my

teeth, Emma put her phone away. There was no way Ren had not seen her message yet, in all

do?', placing her hand on her

not even bothering to text her back, Emma had no idea how

Amanda can

up.

of her room, she decided to

today, she had still not gotten a

Emma decided to directly

building, it didn't take long for Emma to arrive

—Knock! —Knock!

the door that lead

"Hm, no response?"

after knocking, Emma got no

—Knock!

perhaps not hear

Plausible. Emma knocked again.

again, no one

probably out" Emma muttered as she shook her head, "What do

Amanda's room for a solid

the end, she chose to give up and return

***

9:48 P.M.

saying that she rejected

"Yeah"

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

her the artifact and

guess the offer

as well as the lucrative contract, she rejected

me off

me as I was confident

head around the

in her position, I would've immediately have agreed

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

plans now

Smallsnake asked.

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

yet, Leopold and I have already met him

"Haaa...That's great"

least this was a piece of

Ava this morning, my mood had soured

the very least I could take this piece of

are times when things just don't

this was just how life went. Nothing was

just loved to throw curveballs at

I have to go. Call me if

"Alright"

I hung up the

—Tak!

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

grounds, I looked at Angelica who was sitting crossed-legged in the middle of the

"Angelica"

"What is it human?"

opened her eyes

ask

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