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,

what I was planning. However, his next

"What about your family?"

worry

as though

The Monolith must have found out as well. Since they

calmly looked back towards the

"They won't do shit."

A smile soon crept up on my

you believe I didn't think this far

think that he would be the only one

would find out about my

time ago. At

attention back towards Octavious, I lazily said, "My family is safe, and they won't have any trouble

my surprise, instead of displaying anger, Octavious merely closed

thought things

he leaned back on his

choice but to listen to

Octavious interlocked his fingers.

Why should

Why should you help

eyes opened wide before I eventually laughed. Turning to look at Octavious, I looked around the

you messing with me?

smoke something

did I ever say that I

from the one organization that turned its back

How laughable.

Octavious's eyes. The smile on my face completely disappeared as I

and listen

something clear. I never needed your help, nor do I need it now. All I'm doing right now is giving you

didn't ask him to come to me

my body forward a little, I asked, "I'm sure by

answer. I

fight, have you not? You've also seen that I'm on good terms with the dwarves, and not only that, I've saved the asses of some of

I spoke, the sharper

was simply venting out my frustrations. Not only did I see Monica and the others back at the Monolith, but I also had many other qualities that should

at my watch, I tapped on the screen and a

a replica of the contract Octavious and

His voice turned deep, and he asked, "Where

I replied. The answer was obvious

the Union, so he knew of my circumstances. The moment we arrived in Issanor, as the Vice-Leader of the Union, he helped me

through it that I

to the human domain the moment he got rid of Jasper. He had to sort out his

it was just a copy and not

a look

my hand, I pointed toward two highlighted parts

terms of the contract will be null if Party A (Union) fails to provide adequate effort in the capture of wanted fugitive 876, dead or

pointing toward another section of

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 met,

head and looked

what these two things could be?...You know, the tracking system, and blood measuring

proceeded to cross my

that was found in Aaron's head or even possibly

question, Octavious merely closed his eyes

I shrugged it off.

system as well as

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