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

his

"What about your family?"

worry about

though it went to deaf

The Monolith must have found out as well. Since they can't come here, in all likelihood, they are going to target your parents. Was this the freedom that you

eyes, I calmly looked back towards the scenery of

"They won't do shit."

after a while. A smile

you believe I didn't think

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

would find out about my identity the moment

ago. At the

is safe, and they won't have any

anger,

thought things

once again, he leaned back on his

have no choice

Octavious interlocked his fingers.

tell me. Why should the Union

should you

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

me? ...I need

he smoke something before coming

I ever

help from the one organization that

How laughable.

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

and

I never needed your help, nor do I need

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

asked, "I'm sure

answer. I

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

spoke, the sharper

my frustrations. Not only did I see Monica and the others back at the

tapped on the

was a replica of the contract

I took out the contract, Octavious's face finally changed a little. His voice turned deep, and he

probably already know," I replied. The answer was obvious

my circumstances. The moment we arrived in Issanor, as the Vice-Leader of the Union, he helped me get a copy of

through it that I was able

the human domain the moment

a copy and not

a look

toward two

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

toward another section of

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.

head and looked at

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

cross my arms before sarcastically

device that was found in Aaron's head or even possibly

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

I shrugged it off.

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

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