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,

planning. However, his next words caused the frown

"What about your family?"

Don't worry about

it seemed as though it went to deaf ears as Octavious

out as well. Since they can't

eyes, I calmly looked back

"They won't do shit."

A smile soon

believe I didn't think this

that naive to think that he would be

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

had already made preparations a long time ago. At the moment, they should be in

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

surprise, instead of displaying anger, Octavious merely

you've thought

he

have no choice but to listen to what

Octavious interlocked his fingers.

me. Why should the Union

should

before I eventually laughed. Turning to look at

me? ...I

smoke something before coming

world did I ever say that I

think that I would seek help from

How laughable.

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

and listen

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

ask him to come to me for my sake, no, it was for their

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

didn't answer. I

I'm on good terms with the dwarves, and not only that, I've saved the

spoke, the sharper my

was simply venting out my frustrations. Not only did I see Monica and the others

and gazing at my watch, I tapped on the screen

the holographic image was a replica of the contract Octavious and the others had signed with

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

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

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

after reading through it that I was able to find the holes

he headed back to the human domain the moment he got rid of Jasper. He had

and not the real thing, but it was

look over

toward two highlighted parts in the

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

toward another section

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, Party A is requested to

my head and looked

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

cross my arms

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

closed his eyes and continued to not

I shrugged it off.

system as well as a blood measuring system that will verify the

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