A few days after Dante's eting with Ira, the group prepared themselves for a final eting before they had to return to Novis.
Unexpectedly, the GTS eting was relocated from Ira's mansion to the more formal setting of the hotel's conference room.
All of the Jade Dragons who were present were invited to the eting, and besides Ira and her two grandkids, ten more individuals walked into the room behind them.
Fortunately, the room could hold a little over fifty people inside, so they were still pretty comfortable.
When Dante spotted the extra mbers of the GTS walking in, he detailed their attires, which all had golden linings and accessories.
'They aren't called the Golden Twilight Syndicate for nothing, I suppose…' Dante thought.
To start the eting, Curtis stood before everyone present and introduced himself as one of the leaders of the GTS.
Curtis explained that, for the past two years, they had been dealing with different kidnapping attempts on an idol who worked for their talent agency.
However, now that the company was being transferred to its original owners—the Jade Dragons—he wanted to warn them of the potential risks.
The GTS was sure that the culprits were from the Onyx Cartel, but they didn't want to start a war with them, as they suspected that they were hiding sothing extrely dangerous.
When Curtis showed the drawing of the ghoul, he explained that it was a monster that couldn't be easily summoned or created, and if the Onyx Cartel had more of those working for them, they would have to co up with a way to eradicate them.
'He is right… An undead creature here is bad news,' Dante thought.
After exchanging information relating to so of the locations for the Onyx Cartel's bases of operations, the eting was finished.
Ira approached Dante as he stood up from his seat, glaring at him with a sowhat disapproving expression.
The fox woman was wearing a white and golden hood that covered her fox features, knowing that it could attract people's attention, even if they thought they were fake.
"What's up?" Dante asked.
"Can you explain to why the hell is the Succubus Queen here? Also, is that Cerberus…?" Ira asked.
"Yeah, I summoned them… They are fine. Don't worry about them," he casually replied.
At that mont, Ira abruptly held the warlock's cheeks and turned his face to make direct eye contact, staring down his pupils with a severe glare.
*Sigh* "I see now… You went to hell," Ira comnted, prompting the warlock to break eye contact.
As the fox woman released her grasp on his cheeks, she said that she wouldn't ask for any details. "I'm glad you are safe…" Ira said, leaving the conference room.
Still, in her mind, the Golden Fox felt devastated at the fact that Dante had to go through sothing so painful. Even if she didn't know the details, she could read people's eyes like a book.
Ira even found herself blaming Xander for never returning to et the young warlock, wondering if he truly abandoned him.
The two mafia groups had entered into an official alliance after the eting, which ant that they would share their forces if any of them got in trouble.
The Jade Dragons and the GTS never had a bad relationship, but it was the first ti in history that two mafia families entered into an official alliance, so it was considered a big deal.
Before Ira and her grandkids left the hotel, Dante gave them each a healthstone that he had created as a gift, hoping that they wouldn't need to use it.
The fox woman inspected the black stone montarily and smirked with satisfaction, praising Dante for a refined synthetization.
The GTS leaders were confused at first, but after getting a brief explanation of how they worked, they wholeheartedly thanked Dante for the gift.
When the final day arrived, the Jade Dragons were taken to the private airport and returned to Novis, where the rest of the mafia family was waiting for them at the Jade Palace.
Dante entered his room with both of his roommates walking behind him, and Sophia instantly jumped and flopped face down on the bed.
"Nghh, even though there was so work stuff, I had a pretty good ti," Sophia said, her voice muffled by the pillow.
"I never thought I would see Ira again… I'm still a little shocked about it," Dante comnted.
'Is he shocked?' gan pondered, noticing that Dante looked the sa as always.
"By the way, why did Camille ask for those docunts for a talent agency? I knew she had a lot of businesses, but that one seems a little different from the rest…" Dante inquired.
The warlock was barely aware of what a talent agency was, but he still couldn't see how it could benefit the Jade Dragons.
Sophia rolled over with her face up, saying that it was one of the first companies that Camille had created.
"You see, famous artists get a lot of attention from people all over the world, and back then, there were plenty of talented artists who were receiving awful treatnt from their agents…" Sophia explained.
When Camille was eighteen years old, there was a huge scandal about a talent agency coercing both their male and female talent into doing all sorts of unspeakable things.
Camille thought it was absolutely repulsive, so she decided she would open her own talent agency that would treat their mbers with the respect they deserved.
Moreover, the Winter family had connections all over the world, so it wasn't difficult for the talent agency to find great opportunities for its talented individuals.
"I see… So, it's like a personal thing for her," Dante comnted.
"Yeah, it's also one of the companies under the Jade Dragons' command that makes the most money—That's why Camille transferred it. Because she truly didn't want to lose it," Sophia continued.
"Huh, who would have guessed the world of entertainnt would be so vicious…" Dante said.
Sophia looked at him with a more serious expression, clarifying to Dante that the entertainnt business was one of the nastiest on Earth.
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