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,

However, his next words caused the frown on my face

"What about your family?"

worry about

replied. However, it seemed as though it went to deaf ears

I who figured out 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

looked back towards the scenery of

"They won't do shit."

smile soon

believe I didn't

would be the only one

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

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

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

surprise, instead of displaying anger,

thought

he

then I have no choice but to

Octavious interlocked his fingers.

tell me. Why should the Union

should you help

to look at Octavious, I looked around the

with me? ...I

he smoke something before

world did I ever say

from the one organization that turned its back

How laughable.

The smile on my face completely disappeared

and

make something clear. I never needed your help, nor do I need it

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

my hand and shifting my body forward a little, I asked, "I'm

didn't answer. I

good terms with the dwarves, and not

the sharper my words

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

I tapped on the

of the contract Octavious and the others had signed with

took out the contract, Octavious's face finally changed a little. His voice turned deep,

The answer was obvious anyways. It was from

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

I was able

he was here, but he headed back to the human domain the moment he

was just a copy and not

look

my hand, I pointed toward

the contract will be null if Party A (Union) fails to provide adequate effort

before pointing toward

well as a blood measuring system that will verify the identity of the captive. If the

head and

two things could be?...You know, the

to cross my arms before sarcastically

head or even possibly the traces of

to my question, Octavious merely closed his

I shrugged it off.

a tracking system as well as a blood measuring

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