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

he had fully understood what I was planning. However, his next words caused the frown on my face to

"What about your family?"

worry about

as though it went to deaf ears

I who figured out that you're 876. 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

looked back

"They won't do shit."

while. A smile soon crept up on my

I didn't think this

wasn't that naive to think that he would be the only one to

knew that the Monolith would find

already made preparations a long time ago. At

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

displaying anger, Octavious merely closed his

thought things

eyes once again, he leaned

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

Octavious interlocked his fingers.

Why should the Union help

Why should

to look at Octavious, I looked around the room before I

me? ...I need

something before

I ever

seek help from the one organization that turned its back on

How laughable.

eyes. The smile on my face completely disappeared as I leaned in

and listen

clear. I never needed your help, nor do I need it now. All I'm doing right now

seemed as though he had completely misunderstood the situation. I didn't ask him to come to me for my sake, no, it was for their

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

didn't answer.

You've also seen that I'm on good terms with the dwarves, and not only that, I've saved the asses of some

more I spoke, the sharper

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

tapped on the screen and a holographic image

the contract

His voice turned deep, and he asked, "Where did you get a copy of

replied. The answer was obvious anyways. It was

had already briefed him on my situation with the Union, so he knew of my circumstances. The moment we arrived in Issanor, as the

through it that I was able to find the

here, but he headed back to the human

copy and not the real

a look

hand, I pointed toward two highlighted parts in

be null if Party A (Union) fails to provide adequate effort in the capture of wanted fugitive 876,

before pointing toward another

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

my head and looked at

things could be?...You know,

my arms before

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

Octavious merely closed his eyes and continued

I shrugged it off.

a tracking system as well as a

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