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,

he had fully understood what I was planning. However, his

"What about your family?"

worry about

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

you're 876. The Monolith must have found out as well. Since they can't come here, in all likelihood, they are going

my eyes, I calmly looked

"They won't do shit."

replied after a while. A smile soon crept up

you believe I didn't

naive to think that he would be the only one to figure things

find out about my identity the

made preparations a long time ago.

towards Octavious, I lazily said, "My family is safe,

instead of displaying anger, Octavious merely

thought

once again, he leaned back on

thought that far, then I have no choice

Octavious interlocked his fingers.

should

Why should you help

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

with me?

he smoke something before coming

did I ever say that I

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

How laughable.

my head up, I stared straight into Octavious's eyes. The smile on

well, and listen

do I need it now. All I'm

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.

fight, have you not? You've also seen that I'm on good terms with the dwarves, and not only that,

spoke, the sharper my

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

at my watch, I tapped on the screen and

was a replica of the contract Octavious and the others

little. His voice turned deep, and he asked, "Where did you get

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

circumstances. The moment we arrived in

that I was able to find the holes within

was here, but he headed back to the human domain the moment he got rid of Jasper. He had to sort out his house

a copy and not the real thing, but it was

look over

pointed toward two highlighted parts in the

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

slowly recited before pointing toward another section of

A does not have the means to properly identify 876, Party B will provide Party A with a tracking system as well as a blood measuring system that will verify the identity of

my head and looked

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

my arms before

head or even possibly the traces of serum

to my question, Octavious merely closed his eyes and continued to

I shrugged it off.

provide Party A with a tracking system as well as a blood

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