Alfonso looked at the middle-aged man in front of him, he wasn't sure who he was, however, given the fact that he had an elegant outfit and a butler at his side, it seems that he was an important figure here.

"Hello Mr.Actenios, is a pleasure to meet you, however, it seems that you already know about me? " Said Alfonso.

"Haha, it's quite hard if you are someone from Leitol to not have heard about the fallen prince Alfonso Lockheart, please, don't take it as an insult, to have develop that godforsaken place to this extend in just one year, it seems that the rumors about you are false" Said Griftor.

Alfonso looked at the man for some seconds, his words seemed nice and he couldn't find fault in them… but something just wasn't right, however, he couldn't pinpoint what exactly.

"I have the luck to have good and capable people by my side, if I didn't have them, I would be buried with the rest of Wasteland Valley for some time now" Said Alfonso.

"You are quite modest, Mr. Lockheart, let me introduce you, this one here is Maximilian, my good friend and butler" Said Griftor.

"…" The butler didn't say anything and just bowed.

"Let me introduce you, this is my head of agriculture and my girlfriend, Demeter" Said Alfonso.

"Nice to meet you" Said Griftor while extending his hand.

"Nice to meet you" Said Demeter, however, she didn't reply to the hand-shaking.

Griftor didn't seem mad about this and just retracted his hand.

"Mr.Lockheart, I came to meet you because I was a good friend of the former Lord of Arcadia" Said Griftor.

"Oh? I am listening" Said Alfonso.

"You see, the former of Arcadia was not only a good friend of mine but also a business partner of me and my colleague" Said Griftor.

"Colleague?" Asked Alfonso.

"That would be me, Mr. Alfonso" A voice interrupted their conversation.

Alfonso looked up and saw a pink haired man with a stupid smile on his face, he had an umbrella on his hands and was wearing and outstanding outfit, not because it was the most elegant one or the most expensive one, but because he was dressed like a Pierrot.

"And who you might be?" Asked Alfonso.

"My name is Mario, Mario Violette" Said the Pierrot.

"From the Violette's merchant association?" Asked Alfonso.

"Bingo~" Said Mario.

"Then, Mr.Violette is also a friend of the late lord of Arcadia?" Asked Alfonso with sarcasm.

Enrique looked at the scene with fear, he knew that Mario and Griftor were too powerful figures that were backup by a scary house, as the lord of Arcadia, he couldn't manage to offend neither, however, he couldn't offend Felio either, so, he wasn't sure if he should say something or not, whatever side he choose, he would lose.

"Mm~ not exactly~ however, I did have some unfinished transactions with him~ my father has been pestering me about this for so long~, after all, I was in charge of this part of Leitol" Said Mario.

Alfonso looked at Mario and the form he talked and smiled; he couldn't help but recall a certain kid that always fucks with him.

"I can't stand that way of talking" Murmured Alfonso.

"What did you say~?" Asked Mario.

"Nothing, anyway, since these two gentleman are speaking so opently, I shall do as well, the war in Tulip town was originated from Arcadia, the fact that they lost and the lord died escaped from my hands, so, I don't know what kind of compensation are you two looking for, but, you are looking at the wrong guy" Said Alfonso.

"Are you refusing to take responsibility?" Asked Griftor.

"I don't have to refuse anything since I don't have any responsibility" Said Alfonso firmly.

"I heard that the one who gave the fatal blow was Mr. Lockheart~" Said Mario.

"I don't know how are you so certain are you in something that you didn't even see with you own eyes, but, res, that's right, I was the one who killed him" Said Alfonso.

The smile in Mario grew wider.

"Then you must take responsibility~ Alfonso~" Said Mario.

"And how do you expect to take responsibility I wonder?" Asked Alfonso.

"Well, I had a loss of 2 million gold coins, if you paid me that, I will let bygones be bygones~" Said Mario.

The people on the surroundings grasped air when they heard the huge amount that Mario was asking for.

"And you?" Asked Alfonso looking to Griftor.

"He was my friend, but I can also let bygones be bygones if you pay me 2 million as well" Said Griftor.

Alfonso looked at the two men and smiled.

"Gentleman, we all know that you don't want the money, two million is just a huge random number that you two though that I couldn't' pay, and you are right, I indeed can't pay that amount, so, how about you take out that façade and tell me what are you real intentions?" Said Alfonso.

Mario and Griftor looked at Alfonso with some surprise.

"So, he saw through it with one glance huh? Smarter than what we planned" Though Mario.

"You are insulting me, Alfonso, I am a businessman~ as a businessman, I don't involve personal feelings in my decisions, however, since you don't want to resolve this as businessmen, I am afraid that I don't have another choice but to cut all trades of my Violette's merchant association from everyone that's close to you, of course, that includes Wasteland Valley" Said Mario.

Alfonso looked at the Pierrot with some coldness, untypical from him, he felt that rage was slowly but surely rising from the very inside of his core.

"I can't let the will of Chrono domain me" Though Alfonso.

He took a deep breath and tried to relax, he managed to suppress part of it, however, some of it was still lingering on his heart.

"Unless?" Asked Alfonso.

"Unless~?" Replied Mario.

"You want something, speak, what do you want?" Asked Alfonso.

Mario made a smirk on his heart and looked at Alfonso straight into the eyes.

"A certain someone wants your woman, how about it? Let me have her and I promise you that the Violette's association will help you increase your routes of commerce to all Leitol in less than two years, that certain someone also promise you that forget about the past if you swear loyalty to him" Said Mario.

Alfonso looked back at Demeter who was ready to kill the Pierrot in front of them and chuckle.

"In all Leitol, there are too many persons who wants Demeter, but there are only a couple of them that can make the Violette's merchant association make a move, I can only think of three people" Though Alfonso.

Alfonso though for some time before finally smiling, he looked at the Pierrot and he opened his mouth.

"How does my Big brother's dick taste?" Asked Alfonso to the Pierrot.

Everyone on the party was stunned.