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,

had fully understood what I was planning. However, his next words caused

"What about your family?"

Don't worry about

as though it went to

must have found out as

calmly looked back

"They won't do shit."

after a while. A smile soon crept up

believe I didn't

think that he would be the only one to figure

very beginning, I knew that the Monolith would find out

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

family is

instead of displaying anger, Octavious merely closed

thought

his eyes once again, he leaned back on

choice but to listen

Octavious interlocked his fingers.

me. Why should the Union help

Why should you

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

you messing with me? ...I need

something before coming

in the world did I ever say

seek help from

How laughable.

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

well, and listen

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

misunderstood the situation. I didn't ask him to come to me

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

answer.

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

the sharper

simply venting out my frustrations. Not only did I see Monica and the others back at the Monolith, but I also had

my head and gazing at my watch, I tapped on the

a replica of the contract

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

know," I replied. The answer was obvious anyways. It was from

Union, so he knew of my circumstances. The moment we arrived in Issanor, as the Vice-Leader of the Union,

that I was able to

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

copy and not the real thing, but

look over

my hand, I pointed toward two highlighted parts

Party A (Union) fails to provide adequate effort in the capture of wanted fugitive

before pointing toward another section

system as well as a blood measuring system that will verify the identity of the captive. If the two criteria are met, Party

my head

could be?...You know,

my

head or even possibly the traces

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

I shrugged it off.

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

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