"Did you think your family would have simply accepted defeat and left you as the head of Lucas Corp after going behind their back like this? You can't possibly be that naïve."

Harold didn't have an answer to that. In truth, Harold hadn't bothered thinking beyond getting the company from Dante. Harold had been so angry when he discovered that he was cut off from the family that he decided he would use every penny of his inheritance to try to spite them. So when Harold heard that the family was interested in taking control of the Lucas Corp business, Harold immediately started working towards taking it away from Dante! Harold didn't know what he would even do with the company, but as far as he was concerned, he needed to harm his family, and he was willing to do anything to achieve that!

The look in Harold's eyes told Dante all he needed to know about the situation, and Dante was certain that Harold hadn't even thought beyond the current moment! Harold hadn't predicted Dante being able to shrug off his compulsion, but even if Dante hadn't shrugged it off, Harold wouldn't have had any clue what to do with the company!

Dante sighed as he lifted his gun away from Harold, and he told Risa to let Fredrick go. Risa stood and released Fredrick so he could also stand and stretch, but Risa stayed close to him with her eyes fixed on his movements, and Fredrick knew that if he even twitched the wrong way, Risa would take him out again.

Dante crouched so he was eye-to-eye with Harold, and he spoke in a slightly disappointed tone.

"So this was all you planned for. You were going to come in here, make me sign this contract, and then wait for your family to come take your head so they can become the new owners? Or what, did you think your family would be so impressed that they would simply allow you back into the family? Are the Rogues so fucking soft? Tell me, what did you do for them to kick you out of the family?"

Dante asked this question while tilting his head to one side, and Harold turned away with a slight frown on his face. Dante frowned, and his eyes turned red.

"I said, tell me what you did."

[Compulsion] has been activated.

Harold was shocked when he saw the red eyes of compulsion staring back at him, but he didn't even have the time to say another word as he immediately fell under Dante's skill and spoke in a slightly dazed tone.

"I had a falling out with the Prince of England. It could have cost our family hundreds of billions since the Royal Family is a major partner to the Rogue family, so instead, the family gave me ten billion dollars as my inheritance before disowning me to appease the Royal Family - GASP!"

Harold gasped and came back to reality once he was done talking, and Dante hummed while nodding gently. Yeah, that was definitely something that Dante could understand. If there was any member of the Lucas family who had a falling out with a partner as large as the Royal Family, then Dante wouldn't hesitate to disown them, either. At its core, this family was no different from a business, and having someone like that in the family was just bad for business.

But Dante could also understand where Harold was coming from, and in a way, Dante respected what Harold was trying to do. It was stupid and he was going about it in a completely idiotic way, but that doesn't mean the intent behind it wasn't a reasonable one. If Dante was thrown out of his family, then he would also want to spite them to hell and back, and he would do everything in his power to make sure they suffered for not taking his side.

Harold was looking at Dante with wide, disbelieving eyes as he tried to comprehend what had just happened. Dante just used [Compulsion] to force him to talk! How in the world did Dante do that!? Harold knew that Magical Skills were unique to every Djinn! You had to be born with a magical skill before you could train it and then master it! But Dante had just used a skill that only Harold was supposed to have!

"What sort of Djinn are you?"

Harold asked this in shock, but Dante just waved away the question with his gun. Dante pointed the gun at Harold in a non-threatening way, and he spoke up with a small smile.

"You know what, I like you. You're an idiot, but you're a vindictive idiot, and in this world that's a lot more dangerous than just being an idiot. You see, you went about this all wrong. I understand wanting to spite your family, but you shouldn't have been going for someone like me. I'm far too dangerous for you to handle, and if not for the fact that you could be useful to me, I would have killed you already. Instead, I'm going to give you a chance."

Harold swallowed as he saw the threatening aura around Dante becoming even more oppressive! Dante wasn't even trying to seem threatening, but the way Dante was casually talking to Harold, like they were long-lost brothers, even though Dante was only a moment away from shooting him in the head if he said the wrong thing, only served to make Dante seem more dangerous!

Harold stammered out a question.

"W-What chance?"

Dante smiled.

"I'm going to give you a chance to work under me. My company's stocks aren't for sale, and nothing you do in this world will allow you to get your hands on them, but I have a plan I'm working on right now to acquire the Bellagrini Corporation and become the majority stakeholder so I can take over the company. But you see, it's a little difficult to walk into their company and ask them to sell their stocks to me. I'm something of a demon in their eyes, and they'd probably start shooting at me before I can even get the first word out. Haha. But you, on the other hand, are a Rogue. A high-standing member of society, and not only that, but you're the desperate Rogue trying to make a name for himself. If the Bellagrini are going to sell their company stocks to anyone, then it will be you. But you really should have taken a business class before trying to come up with your proposal. Ten billion dollars isn't going to buy you a majority amount of my stocks. I'm worth two hundred billion on paper, so your money can only buy you five percent of my stocks if I'm generous, and it won't get you much of the Bellagrini stock either. No amount of compulsion is going to change that."

"T-Then how…"

Dante's grin turned predatory.

"Well, you might be poor, but I sure as hell am not. You and I are going to form a coalition company where I'll put forward nine billion dollars for every one billion you put forward. A partnership, if you will. Ten billion dollars isn't going to get you anywhere with the Bellagrini, but if you walk into their company with a hundred billion dollars, I can assure you that you'll walk out with those stocks."

Harold couldn't believe what Dante was proposing here! It was absolutely insane, but it was also fucking brilliant! If Dante was actually serious about this, then Harold knew that buying the Bellagrini stock wouldn't even be hard at all! Using Harold's name and Dante's money together would give Harold such a massive boost in the eyes of the Bellagrini that they would likely fall over themselves just to try and work with him!

But was this really going to work? Harold knew that the Bellagrini hated the Lucas, and there was no way they would ever agree to take their money! How in the world was Dante going to make this work without them finding out!?

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