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

However, his next words

"What about your family?"

worry about

seemed as though it went to deaf ears as

that you're 876. The Monolith must have found out as well. Since they can't come here, in all likelihood, they are going to target your

I calmly looked back towards the scenery of

"They won't do shit."

while. A smile soon crept up on my

I didn't think this far

that he would be the only one

the Monolith would find out about my identity the moment I revealed

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

my attention back towards Octavious, I lazily said, "My family is safe, and

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

you've thought

eyes once again, he leaned back on his

no choice but

Octavious interlocked his fingers.

Why should the Union help

should

look at Octavious, I looked around the

messing with me? ...I need your

he smoke something

I ever say that

actually think that I would seek help from

How laughable.

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

and

your help, nor do I need it now. All I'm

misunderstood the situation. I didn't ask him

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

answer.

on good terms with the dwarves, and not

the sharper my

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

watch, I tapped on the screen and a holographic

replica of the

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

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

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

it that I

easier if he was here, but he headed back to the human domain the moment he got rid of Jasper. He had to sort out

just a copy and not the

a look over

hand, I pointed toward

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

pointing toward

not have the means to properly identify 876, Party B will provide Party A with a tracking system as well as a blood measuring system that will verify the identity of the captive. If the two criteria are

raised my head

things could be?...You

proceeded to cross my arms before sarcastically

that was found in Aaron's head or even possibly the traces of serum found

response to my question, Octavious merely closed his eyes and

I shrugged it off.

with a tracking system as well as a blood measuring system

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