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."

pretty much the

I was planning. However, his next words caused the frown on my face to

"What about your family?"

worry about

it seemed as though it went to deaf ears

it is not just I who figured out that you're 876. The Monolith must have found out as well. Since they can't

my eyes, I calmly looked

"They won't do shit."

after a while. A smile soon

didn't

naive to think that he would be the only one to

that the Monolith would find out about my identity the moment

time ago. At the moment, they should be in

said, "My family is safe, and they

anger, Octavious merely closed his

you've thought things

again, he

then I have no choice but to listen to what you

Octavious interlocked his fingers.

me. Why should

Why should

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

me? ...I

smoke something before

I ever

think that I would seek help from the one organization that turned its back on

How laughable.

The smile

and listen

I need it now. All I'm doing right now is

didn't ask him to come to

asked,

answer. I

dwarves, and not only that, I've saved the asses

the sharper my

the others back at the Monolith, but I also had many

tapped on the screen and a

replica of the contract Octavious and the others had signed

His voice turned deep, and he asked, "Where did

know," I replied. The answer was

Union, so he knew of my circumstances. The moment we arrived in Issanor, as the Vice-Leader of the Union,

reading through it that I was able to find

Waylan, things would've been easier if he was here, but he headed back to the human domain the moment he got rid of Jasper. He had to

a copy and not the real thing, but it

look over

I pointed toward two highlighted

to provide

toward another section of

tracking system 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

my head and looked

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

to cross my arms before sarcastically

device that was found in Aaron's head or even possibly the traces of serum

question, Octavious merely closed his

I shrugged it off.

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

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