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."

pretty much the gist of

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

"What about your family?"

worry

as though it went to

now, I'm sure 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. Was this the

looked back towards the

"They won't do shit."

while. A smile soon

I didn't think

wasn't that naive to think that he would be

find out about my identity the moment I revealed

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

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

instead of displaying anger, Octavious merely closed his eyes

you've thought

his eyes once again, he leaned back

you've thought that far, then I have no choice but to listen to what you have

Octavious interlocked his fingers.

me. Why should

Why should

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

me?

smoke something

did I ever say that I

actually think that I would seek help from the one organization

How laughable.

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

and

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

ask him to come to me for my

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

didn't answer.

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

Monica and the others back at the Monolith, but I also had many other qualities

tapped

the holographic image was a replica of the contract Octavious and the

a little. His voice turned deep,

The answer was obvious

my situation with the Union, so he knew of my circumstances. The moment we arrived in Issanor, as the Vice-Leader of the Union, he helped me get a

I was able to

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

contract, it was just a copy and

a look over

toward two

be null if Party A (Union) fails to

pointing toward another

with a tracking system as well as a blood measuring

raised my head and looked at

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

my

device that was found in Aaron's head or even possibly the traces of serum found

response to my question, Octavious merely closed his eyes

I shrugged it off.

as a blood measuring system that will verify the identity

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