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."

much the gist of it,

However, his next words caused the frown on

"What about your family?"

worry about

it seemed as though it went to deaf ears as

just I who figured out that you're 876. The Monolith must have found out as well.

calmly looked back towards the

"They won't do shit."

smile soon

believe I didn't think this far

that naive to think that he would

very beginning, I knew that the Monolith would find

preparations a long time ago. At the moment, they should be in safe

said, "My family is safe, and they won't

anger, Octavious merely

you've thought

he leaned back on his

that far, then I have no choice but to listen to what you have to

Octavious interlocked his fingers.

should

should you help

to look at Octavious, I looked around the room before

me? ...I

something before

did I ever say that

they actually think that I would seek help from the one

How laughable.

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

well, and

do I need

misunderstood the situation. I didn't ask him

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

answer. I

I'm on good terms with the dwarves, and not only that, I've saved the asses

I spoke, the sharper my

frustrations. Not only did I see Monica and the others back

at my watch, I tapped on the screen and a holographic

of the contract Octavious and the others had signed

the contract, Octavious's face finally changed a little. His voice turned deep, and he asked, "Where did

The answer was obvious anyways. It

the Union, so he knew of my circumstances. The moment we arrived in Issanor,

was only after reading through it that I was able to

human domain the moment

the contract, it was just a copy and not the

a look

pointed toward two highlighted parts

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

slowly recited before pointing toward another section

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

I raised my head and

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

proceeded to cross my arms before sarcastically

or even possibly

question, Octavious merely closed his eyes and continued

I shrugged it off.

a tracking system as well as a blood

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