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

However, his next words caused the frown on my face to

"What about your family?"

Don't worry

though it went to deaf

figured out that you're 876. The Monolith must have found out as

calmly looked back

"They won't do shit."

after a while. A smile soon

I didn't think this

that naive to think that he would be the only

I knew that the Monolith would find out about my identity the moment I revealed my

already made preparations a long time ago.

family is safe, and they won't have any trouble with you

my surprise, instead of displaying anger, Octavious merely closed

thought things

his eyes once again, he leaned back on

have no choice but to listen to what you have

Octavious interlocked his fingers.

tell me. Why should the Union

should you

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

you messing with me? ...I need

something

the world did I ever say that I

actually think that I would seek help from the

How laughable.

eyes. The

well, and

your help, nor do I need it now.

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

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

answer.

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

more I spoke, the sharper my words

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

my head and gazing at my watch, I tapped on the screen and a holographic image appeared before

the holographic image was a replica of the contract Octavious

finally changed a little. His voice turned

know," I replied. The answer was

my circumstances. The moment

it that I was able

headed back to the human domain the moment he got rid of Jasper. He had to sort out his

it was just a copy and not the real thing, but it was

a look over

my hand, I pointed toward two highlighted parts in

to provide adequate effort in the capture of wanted fugitive 876, dead

slowly recited before pointing toward another section of the

as well as a 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

my head and looked

what these two things could be?...You know, the

proceeded to cross my arms before

even

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

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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