The Author's POV

Chapter 434

Upon confirming that I was indeed 876, the very air in the room chilled by a few degrees.

When I felt this, I merely smiled.

There was not an ounce of nervousness inside of my body.

Octavious Hall was a pragmatic man. He was someone who calculated profits above all else. Although he didn't look like it, from where I sat, I could tell that he was fuming.

If there was one thing that Octavious hated, it was losing control.

In a way, he was like me, except that he sought a different type of control. He sought control for the sake of his minuscule pride, while I sought control for the sake of being able to quickly adjust over the slightest of changes.

Even then, seeing his current complexion, I couldn't help but think to myself.

'Guess Gervis overdid it…'

There could only be one reason I could think of for him to be like this, and that was because he had been threatened by Gervis.

Well, it was inevitable. I had to guarantee my own life, after all.

"Does your confidence stem from Gervis's backing?"

Octavious finally spoke, his cold voice reverberating throughout the whole room.

I tilted my head for a second before eventually nodding.

"In a way, yes."

"So you're not afraid I will ignore his warning and kill you right here on the spot?"

"Yup, not at all." I shook my head. Then, glancing at him from the corner of my eyes, I softly added. "To be honest, I fear Melissa more than you."

This was not a joke.

As I've said before. Octavious was a pragmatic man. He wasn't the type to act rashly.

Since Gervis had obviously threatened him, it was clear that he couldn't make any rash moves, and as such, I wasn't worried about my safety.

But unlike him, Melissa would attack me even if she was threatened. There was a clear difference between the two.

"I see."

Octavious nodded. Surprisingly, he didn't look too fazed by the fact that I mentioned his daughter.

Did he perhaps already figure out that I was the one working with her regarding the magic cards…? If so, things were going to be even easier than I thought.

After a brief moment of silence, he opened his mouth again. His voice sounded much calmer than before.

"Your goal is freedom, isn't it?"

My brows knit.

"…Yes."

At my confirmation, Octavious quickly followed up with another question.

"And you're trying to frame Aaron as 876 in order to gain freedom, correct?"

"Right."

was pretty much the gist

had fully understood what I was planning. However, his next words

"What about your family?"

Don't worry

However, it seemed as though it went to deaf

The Monolith must have found out as well. Since they can't come here, in all likelihood, they are going to target your parents. Was

my eyes, I calmly looked back towards the scenery of

"They won't do shit."

while. A smile

you believe I didn't think this

think that he would be the only

I knew that the Monolith would find out about my identity

ago. At the moment, they should be

I lazily said, "My family is

surprise, instead of displaying anger, Octavious merely closed his eyes and

thought things

his eyes once again, he

have no choice but to listen

Octavious interlocked his fingers.

Why should the Union help

should you

I eventually laughed. Turning to look at Octavious, I looked

me? ...I need your

something before

world did I ever say

would seek help from

How laughable.

I stared straight into Octavious's eyes. The smile on my face completely disappeared as I leaned in

and listen

need it now. All I'm doing

ask him to come

shifting my body forward a little, I asked, "I'm sure by now you've seen

didn't answer.

have you not? You've also seen that I'm on good terms with the dwarves,

I spoke, the

frustrations. Not only did I see Monica and the others back at the Monolith, but I also had many other qualities

gazing at my watch, I tapped on

in the holographic image was a replica of the contract

Octavious's face finally changed a little. His voice turned deep, and he asked, "Where did you get a copy of

probably already know," I replied. The answer was obvious anyways.

already briefed him on my situation with the Union, so he knew of my circumstances. The moment we arrived in Issanor, as

I was

human domain the moment he got rid of Jasper. He

and not the real thing, but it was

a look

pointed toward two highlighted parts

will be null if Party A (Union) fails to provide adequate effort in the capture of wanted fugitive

toward another section of the

tracking system as well as a blood measuring system that will verify the identity of the captive. If the

raised my head

could be?...You know, the tracking system, and blood measuring

to cross my arms before sarcastically

was found in Aaron's head or even possibly the

response to my question, Octavious merely closed

I shrugged it off.

a tracking system as well as a blood measuring system that will verify the identity of

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