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."

was pretty much the gist

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

"What about your family?"

worry about

as though it went to deaf ears as

as well. Since they can't come here,

looked back

"They won't do shit."

while. A smile soon

believe I didn't

he would be the only one to

that the Monolith would find out

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

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

of displaying anger, Octavious

thought

again, he leaned back on his

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

Octavious interlocked his fingers.

me. Why should the Union

should you help

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

me? ...I need your

smoke something

in the world did I ever

from the

How laughable.

The smile on my face completely disappeared as I leaned in

and

your help, nor do I need it now. All I'm doing right now is

didn't ask him to come

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

didn't answer. I

that I'm on good terms with the dwarves, and not only that, I've saved the asses

I spoke, the

simply venting out my frustrations. Not only did I see Monica and the others back

tapped on the screen and a holographic

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

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

probably already know," I replied. The answer

moment

after reading through it that I was able to find the

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

copy and not the

look over

hand, I pointed toward two highlighted parts in

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

recited before pointing toward another section of the

blood measuring system that will verify the identity of the captive. If the two criteria are met, Party A is requested to bring the individual to

I raised my head

what these two things could be?...You know, the tracking system, and blood measuring

to cross my arms before

even

closed his

I shrugged it off.

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

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