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

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

"What about your family?"

worry

coldly replied. However, it seemed as though it

that it is not just 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 target your parents.

looked back towards

"They won't do shit."

while. A smile soon crept up

I didn't think this

to think that he would be the only one to

that the Monolith would find out about my

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

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

anger, Octavious

thought things

again, he leaned back on his

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

Octavious interlocked his fingers.

tell me. Why should the

should

Turning to look at Octavious, I looked around the room before

me? ...I need your

something before coming

in the world did I ever say

actually think that I would seek help from the

How laughable.

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

and

need it now. All I'm doing

him to come to

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

didn't answer. I

with the dwarves, and not only that, I've saved the asses of some of your precious

more I spoke, the sharper

did I see Monica and the others back

tapped on the

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

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

The answer was obvious anyways. It was

circumstances. The moment we arrived in Issanor, as the Vice-Leader of the Union, he helped me

after reading through it that I was able to

easier if he was here, but he headed back to the human domain the moment he got rid of Jasper. He had to sort

was just a copy and not

a look over

I pointed toward

will be null if Party A (Union) fails to provide adequate effort in the capture of wanted fugitive 876,

recited before pointing toward another

means 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 met, Party A is requested to

head and looked at

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

proceeded to cross my arms before sarcastically

head or even

my question, Octavious merely closed his eyes and continued

I shrugged it off.

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

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