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

fully understood what I was planning. However, his next words caused the frown on my face

"What about your family?"

worry

replied. However, it seemed as though it went

The Monolith must have found out as

calmly looked back towards

"They won't do shit."

A smile soon crept up

didn't think this far

that naive to think that he would be

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

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

lazily said, "My family is safe,

my surprise, instead of displaying anger, Octavious merely

thought things

his eyes once again, he leaned back on his

then I have no choice but to listen to

Octavious interlocked his fingers.

me. Why should the Union help

Why should you

to look at Octavious, I looked around the room before

messing with me? ...I need

he smoke something before

the world did I ever

from the one organization that turned its back on

How laughable.

The smile on my

well, and

something clear. I never needed your help, nor do I need it now. All I'm doing

he had completely misunderstood the situation. I didn't ask him to come

and shifting my body forward a little, I asked,

didn't answer.

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

the sharper

frustrations. Not only did I see Monica and the others back at the Monolith, but I also had many

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

of the contract Octavious and

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

answer was obvious

had already 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

was only after reading through it that I

he was here, but he headed back to the human domain the moment he got

a copy and not the real thing,

look over

my hand, I pointed toward two highlighted parts in the

be null if Party A (Union) fails to provide adequate effort in the capture of wanted fugitive 876, dead

pointing toward another section of the

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

I raised my head and looked at

things could be?...You

to cross my arms

even possibly the traces of serum found inside

Octavious merely closed his

I shrugged it off.

a tracking system as well as a blood measuring

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