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."

pretty much the gist of

was planning. However, his next words caused the frown on my face

"What about your family?"

Don't worry about

seemed as though it went to deaf ears as

as well. Since they can't come here, in all likelihood, they

my eyes, I calmly looked back towards the

"They won't do shit."

smile soon crept up on

you believe I didn't think this far

naive to think that he would be

the very beginning, I knew that the Monolith would find out about my identity the

ago. At the moment, they

I lazily said, "My family is safe, and they

surprise, instead of displaying anger,

thought

again, he leaned back on his

then I have no choice but to listen to

Octavious interlocked his fingers.

me. Why should

Why should

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

with me? ...I

something

in the world did I ever say that I needed

would seek help from the one organization

How laughable.

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

and

nor do I need it now. All I'm doing

as though he had completely misunderstood the situation. I didn't ask him to come to me for my sake, no, it was for

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

answer.

good terms with the dwarves, and not only that,

I spoke, the sharper my words

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

I tapped on the screen and a holographic

was a replica of the contract

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

answer

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

only after reading through it that I was able to find

here, but he headed back to the human domain

the contract, it was just a copy and not the real thing,

look

my hand, I pointed toward two highlighted

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

before pointing toward another

A with a tracking system as well as a blood measuring

raised my head and

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

proceeded to cross my arms before sarcastically

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

to my question, Octavious merely closed his eyes and continued to

I shrugged it off.

A with a tracking system as well as a blood measuring system that will verify

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