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 of it,

fully understood what I was planning. However, his next words caused the frown on my

"What about your family?"

Don't worry

replied. However, it seemed as though it went

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

I calmly looked back towards the

"They won't do shit."

after a while. A smile soon crept up on

you believe I didn't think

he would be the only one to

find out about my identity the moment I revealed

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

I lazily said, "My family is safe, and they won't have any trouble with you

anger,

thought

again, he leaned back on his

thought that far, then I have no choice

Octavious interlocked his fingers.

Why should the Union

Why should

eventually laughed. Turning to look at Octavious, I looked

you messing with me? ...I need your

smoke something

did I ever say

actually think that I would seek help from the one

How laughable.

straight into Octavious's eyes. The smile on my

well, and listen

make something clear. I never needed your help, nor do I need it now. All I'm doing

ask him to come to me for my

forward a little, I asked, "I'm sure

didn't answer. I

terms with the dwarves, and not only that, I've saved the asses of

spoke, the

venting out my frustrations. Not only did I see Monica and the others back at the Monolith, but I also had many

I tapped on the screen and a

replica of the

changed a little. His voice turned deep, and he asked, "Where

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

The moment we arrived in Issanor, as the Vice-Leader of the Union,

reading through it that I was able to find the holes within

he headed back to the human domain the

contract, it was just a copy and not

a look

pointed toward two highlighted parts in the

will be null if Party A (Union) fails to

before pointing toward another

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

my head and looked

things could be?...You know, the tracking system,

proceeded to cross my arms

the device that was found in Aaron's head or even possibly the

to my question, Octavious merely closed his eyes and continued to not say

I shrugged it off.

B will provide Party A with a tracking system as well as a blood measuring system that

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