Compensation

"What is this? Why the crowd? I thought you guys wanted to negotiate with me." Daniel asks in confusion.

"Yes, your excellency. That's why we bring all the culprits of this incident here." Ardito replied as his unfeeling eyes gaze at the three young men.

"Stop calling me Your Excellency. It sounds like I'm some kind of a stuck-up arrogant royalty and I hate royalty. Call me Magitek, or Mr.Magitek if you prefer." Daniel ordered with annoyance.

"Yes, Mr.Magitek." Ardito nods, then looks toward the three young men and starts the conversation.

"Mr.Magitek, Since our people were rude toward you and tried to use violence against you. You can punish them in whatever you see fit. The only thing I ask of you is that please show some mercy, they were ignorant of the Curtained World. If you were to give them some leniency, we will owe you a great debt." Ardito tries to ask for leniency as his son is one of the people who made a grave mistake.

Daniel didn't say anything in return, he just quietly sip his tea and slowly place the tea cup on the tea table before he starts.

"If you wish for me to pass judgment, then you should hear why I'm coming here first." Daniel states then starts telling why he's here.

"I'm here because one of your people stole something I left with the hobo who lives at the shack outside of your abandoned apartment building." When Daniel speaks through here, a cold sweat starts to appear on the three young men's heads while one of them starts shaking in fear as Daniel continues.

"When I came back, I found out that their shack got demolished by your people, and what I left behind with them was also stolen along with their safe. I want to get that thing back along with what your people stole from the hobo and also want you to pay some compensation to those hobos." Said, Daniel.

Hearing this, Ardito slowly turns toward the three young men. His eyes only display deep fury toward them.

"You stole something from those hobos? Where is it?" Ardito calmly asks, trying to suppress his anger.

The three young men didn't dare to answer, they remembered that one of the safes was just plastic. Inside there are about a hundred thousand Tessia coins. While the other was a small metal safe but a very strong one. And now that safe was with the chop shop under the Veneziale family. They want the people there to open the safe for them.

Russo who saw his brothers keep their silence in fear. As the one who led them there, He gathered his courage and answer.

"One of the safes is the plastic safe, we destroyed it and used all that money. While the other one was a metal safe made from tempered steel that we can't open so… we leave it with Bull." Russo answered.

Ardito raises his hand and wants to slap his son senselessly but then he is stopped by a single fake cough from his guest.

"Ahem… Mr.Veneziale, I suggest you leave the punishment for later." Then he turned toward the three young men.

"I suggest you quickly bring that safe back to me because inside there was a very unstable magic container that is ready to self-destruct with a lethal force equal to 100 Kilos of TNT If there are any forceful disturbances to its body structure."

Hearing what Daniel said, all of the people's faces inside the VIP guest room went pale. Whether it was the three young men, the two capos who stood behind their son, Annie the maid, or even Ardito himself.

That destructive power was nearly equal to an air bomb used during WW2! They know where this Bull is, he is a Chop Shop owner and its location was within the market area in their territory! And Bull was also a person who is well known for his indelicacy when it comes to handling something fragile such as a U-Phone.

"Fucking idiots! What are you waiting for? Immediately bring that safe back from that goddamn gorilla!" Ardito roared in anger at the three young men and his two capos.

The three young men and the two capos quickly got on their feet and ran out of the guest room to bring that safe back. They can only hope that Bull' lazy nature should do the favor for them this time as they didn't want their market to become a big pile of rubble.

Seeing the antics of the people in front of him, Daniel let out a smile inside his mindscape so as to not let his little prank out in the open lest it destroyed his image of a mysterious mage.

As for whether that Bull guy had already opened the safe or not, he didn't care. Because he can just bullshit his way by saying that it was the wrong safe and the real one might still be under the pile of rubble at Murphy shack.

"While waiting for my things to return here Mr. Veneziale. Please sit, I have some business I think you should be interested in, and I hope I would get a very lucrative offer from you in exchange for the leniency I'm about to give to your people when they come back." Daniel spoke as his hand signaled for the head mafia to sit opposite of him.

"Oh, Thank you very much Mr.Magitek." The head mafia let out a sigh of relief as he sat in the chair opposite the mage. It seems that the mage in front of him was not unreasonable at all, the mage didn't treat them as if he were superior and even offered them an olive branch.

Even if it means that he needs to give the mage a lucrative deal after this but thinking about the long-term gain. It is enough to call it a profit if he were to get a connection with this powerful mage and could come under the mage protection.

If his family were to become the subordinate of this mage, his family influence would surely soar to a new height!

As for Daniel, seeing a subtle movement from Ardito's face, he was somewhat more or less aware of what he was thinking. He worked as a Game Designer for many years and he also needed to negotiate and make deals with many people back in his days, including the experience and mentality of the Grand Artificer card also make him catch on the subtle hints from the Head Mafia more than he could have hoped for.

Even though Daniel knows, he chooses to keep silent about it. It's not bad for someone to have a dream or two. In this way, the Head Mafia would strive to work for him and gain his trust which is not possible without serious investment and dedication on their part.

"How may I help you then, Mr.Magitek?" Ardito starts the conversation.

Daniel nods in satisfaction before bringing out his phone and checking the current gold price.

"It's like this, I plan to buy a lot of gold. I could pay you the market price for that but I hope your connection and status could get me a cheaper price." Said Daniel while looking at his phone screen.

Daniel got the market price of 99.99% pure gold and saw that it was much cheaper than 10 years ago. He let out a smile.

[Oh! It's about 2 Million per Kilogram of pure gold. That's good, this means I can get more of this stuff and open more booster packs] He thought to himself then showed his U-Phone screen to Ardito and let him see the current market price.

The head mafia looks at the U-Phone screen and knows that this is the base price of the market and he could get it cheaper with his influence and connection. His business instinct tells him that this shouldn't be a one-time deal, but it will become a long-term deal for him and his family if he were able to make a good impression on this powerful mage.

No! Even if he were to be in the red, he would sell it much much cheaper to the point that this powerful mage doesn't bother to look for another source other than him!

"How many do you want, Mr. Magitek?" The head mafia asks.

"I want as much as I can with 25 million Tessia coins." Daniel immediately answered.

He has about 30 Million Tessia coins in the bank so he leaves 5 Million just in case anything comes up and he suddenly needs money.

The Head Mafia calculated in his mind, with his influence, he could get about a 15% discount. This is great, he just needs to be in the red with this deal for a little bit and he could give this powerful mage what he wants!

"This is easy, when do you want the gold, sir?" The Head Mafia asks.

"As soon as possible," Daniel replied.

Hearing that, Ardito quickly brings out his phone and makes a call.

"Hello, It's me… bring me 20 gold bullion to the VIP guest room." The Head Mafia said to the person on the other side of his phone and hung up.

"Sir, It will be here in a few minutes," Ardito reassures with a smile.