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."

much the gist of it,

planning. However, his next words caused the

"What about your family?"

worry

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

I'm sure that it is not just I who figured out that you're 876. The Monolith must have found out as

my eyes, I calmly looked back towards the scenery

"They won't do shit."

after a while. A smile soon

believe I didn't

think that he would

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

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

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

my surprise, instead of displaying anger, Octavious merely closed

thought things

his eyes once again, he leaned back

thought that far, then I have no choice but to listen to

Octavious interlocked his fingers.

tell me. Why should the Union

should

eventually laughed. Turning to look at Octavious, I looked around the room before I pointed

me? ...I

smoke something before

did I ever say that I needed their

that I would seek help from the one organization that turned its back on

How laughable.

straight into Octavious's eyes. The smile on my face completely

well, and

I never needed your help, nor do I need it now. All I'm

him to come

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

didn't answer. I

seen my 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 your precious people a while

spoke, the sharper my

the others back at the Monolith, but I

my watch, I tapped on

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

a little. His voice

replied. The answer

so he knew of my circumstances. The moment we

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

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

a copy and not the real

a look

hand, I pointed toward two highlighted parts

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

before pointing toward another section of

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

could be?...You know, the tracking

cross my

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

closed his eyes

I shrugged it off.

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

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