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."

much the gist of it,

was planning. However, his next words

"What about your family?"

worry about

it seemed as though it went to deaf

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

eyes, I calmly looked back towards the

"They won't do shit."

smile soon crept up on

believe I didn't think this

to think that he would be

would find out about my identity

had already made preparations a long time ago. At

my attention back towards Octavious, I lazily said, "My family is safe, and they won't have any

surprise, instead of displaying anger,

thought

he leaned back

you've thought that far, then I have no choice but to listen to

Octavious interlocked his fingers.

should the Union

Why should you

Turning to look at Octavious, I looked around the room before I pointed toward

you messing with me? ...I need

something before

did I ever say that I needed their

I would seek help from the one

How laughable.

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

and

nor do I need it now.

misunderstood the situation. I didn't ask him to come to me for my sake, no, it

my hand and shifting my body forward a little, I asked, "I'm sure by now you've seen my worth, have

answer.

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 some of your precious people a while

the sharper

simply venting out my frustrations. Not only did I see Monica and the others

my head and gazing at my watch, I tapped

replica of the contract Octavious and the others had

face finally changed a little. His voice turned

I replied. The answer

him on my situation with the Union, so he knew of my circumstances. The moment we

only after reading through it that I was able to find the holes

he was here, but he headed back to the human

was just a copy and not the

a look

my hand, I pointed toward two

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

toward another section of

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

I raised my head and looked at

things could be?...You know, the tracking

proceeded to cross my

found in Aaron's head or even possibly the traces of serum found inside of

my question, Octavious merely closed his eyes and

I shrugged it off.

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

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