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."

the gist of it,

what I was planning. However, his

"What about your family?"

worry about

However, it seemed as though it

as well. Since they can't come here, in all likelihood, they are going to target your parents. Was this the freedom

I calmly looked back towards the scenery

"They won't do shit."

a while. A smile soon crept up on

I didn't think

naive to think that he would be the only one to figure

I knew that the Monolith would find out about my identity the moment I

had already made preparations a long time ago. At

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

instead of displaying anger, Octavious merely closed his

thought

he leaned back on

you've thought that far, then I have no choice but

Octavious interlocked his fingers.

me. Why should

should you help

opened wide before I eventually laughed. Turning to look at

you messing with me? ...I need your

smoke something before

did I ever say that I

seek help from

How laughable.

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

well, and

nor do I need it now. All I'm

though he had completely misunderstood the situation. I didn't ask him to come to me for my

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

didn't answer. I

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

the sharper my words

only did I see Monica and the others back at the Monolith, but I also had many other

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

of the contract Octavious and the others had signed

voice turned deep, and he asked, "Where did you get a

already know," I replied. The answer was obvious

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

that I was able to find

but he headed back to the human domain the moment he got rid

contract, it was just a copy and not the

a look

I pointed toward two highlighted

to provide adequate effort in the capture of wanted

pointing toward another section of

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 and looked at

could be?...You know,

cross my

even possibly the traces of serum found inside of

question, Octavious merely closed his eyes and continued to not

I shrugged it off.

as well as a blood measuring system

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