Corruption
"Of course." Mr. Long smiled as he clapped his hands. The room instantly went quiet as all of the diners filtered out of it. Then a short esper pushed a cart into the room. It was filled with manullium ingots and several dozen purple mana-cores. "This should take care of all of my members' fees for the month as well as my next month's supply of mana potions."
"What about him?" The tall guard asked while glancing at Ed, noting his lack of a dragon tattoo.
"He's a freeman, so you'll have to collect the fee from him yourself." Tai responded as he went back to eating his meal.
"Here." Ed said as he pulled out the purple mana-core.
The tall man took the mana-core and nodded. "We'll be collecting again this time next month. As long as you meet your quota then I won't cause any problems for you."