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,

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

"What about your family?"

worry

seemed as though it went to deaf ears as Octavious

876. The Monolith must have found out as well. Since they can't come here, in all likelihood,

looked back towards the scenery of

"They won't do shit."

a while. A smile soon crept

I didn't think this far

he would

that the Monolith would find out about

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

back towards Octavious, I lazily said, "My family is safe, and they

my surprise, instead of displaying anger, Octavious merely closed his

you've thought things

eyes once again, he leaned back on his

have no choice but to listen to

Octavious interlocked his fingers.

tell me. Why should the Union help

Why should

eyes opened wide before I eventually laughed. Turning to look at Octavious,

with me? ...I need your

something before

I ever say that I

seek help from the one

How laughable.

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

well, and listen

nor do I need it now. All I'm doing right now is giving you

I didn't ask him to come to me for my sake, no, it was

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

didn't answer. I

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

more I spoke, the sharper

others back at the Monolith, but I also

at my watch, I tapped on the screen and a holographic image appeared

the holographic image was a replica of the contract Octavious

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

The answer was

on my situation with the Union, so he knew of my circumstances. The moment

reading through it that I was able

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

was just a copy and

a look over

my hand, I pointed toward two highlighted parts in the

A (Union) fails to provide adequate

toward another section of the

Party A does not have the means to properly identify 876, Party B will provide Party A with a tracking system as well as a blood measuring system

my head

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

to cross my

head or even possibly the traces of serum found inside of his

my question, Octavious merely closed his eyes and continued to not

I shrugged it off.

B will provide Party A with a tracking system as well as a

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