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,

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

"What about your family?"

worry about

coldly replied. However, it seemed as though it

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.

calmly looked

"They won't do shit."

after a while. A smile soon

I didn't think this

would be the only one to

beginning, I knew that the Monolith would find out about

long time ago. At the moment, they should be in safe

said, "My family is safe, and they won't have

of displaying anger,

thought things

once again, he leaned back on

then I have no choice but to

Octavious interlocked his fingers.

Why should the Union

should

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

with me? ...I need your

he smoke something before coming

the world did I ever

actually think that I would seek help from the one organization that

How laughable.

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

and

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

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

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

didn't answer. I

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

more I spoke, the

Not only did I see Monica and the others back at the Monolith, but I also had many other qualities that should prove

I tapped on the screen and a holographic image appeared

the holographic image was a replica of the

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

already know," I replied. The answer was obvious anyways. It was from

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

was only after reading through it that I

human domain the moment he got rid of Jasper. He had to sort

a copy and not

look over

hand, I pointed toward two highlighted parts in the

terms of the contract will be null if Party A (Union) fails to

before pointing toward

the means to properly identify 876, Party B will provide Party A with a tracking system as well as a blood measuring system that will verify

my head and looked

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

my arms before sarcastically

or even possibly the traces of

question, Octavious merely closed

I shrugged it off.

as a blood measuring system that will verify

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