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 it,

I was planning. However, his

"What about your family?"

Don't worry about

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

have found out as well. Since they can't come here, in all likelihood, they are going to target your parents. Was this

looked back towards the scenery of

"They won't do shit."

after a while. A smile soon crept up on my

believe I didn't

think that he would be

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

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 with

instead of displaying anger, Octavious merely closed his

you've thought things

he leaned back on his

far, then I have no choice but to listen to what you have to

Octavious interlocked his fingers.

me. Why should the

Why should you help

at Octavious, I looked around the room before I pointed

me? ...I need your

smoke something before

in the world did I ever

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

How laughable.

Octavious's eyes. The smile on my face

well, and listen

nor do I need

he had completely misunderstood the situation. I didn't ask him to come to me for my sake, no, it was for

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

answer.

I'm on good terms with the dwarves, and not

the sharper my

only did I see Monica and the others back at the Monolith, but I also had many other

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

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

finally changed a little. His voice

I replied. The answer was obvious anyways. It was from

briefed him on 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

that I was able

things would've been easier if he was here, but he headed back to the human

it was just a copy and not the real thing, but it

a look over

toward two

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

pointing toward another section of

Party A with a tracking system as well as a blood measuring system that will verify the identity of the captive. If

my head and looked at

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

proceeded to cross my arms before

in Aaron's head or even possibly

response to my question, Octavious merely closed his

I shrugged it off.

as a blood measuring system that will verify the identity of the

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