Benjamin Graves only thought that, without his wand, doing so would likely harm many wizards. Left with no choice, he continued to restrain his emotions.
President Bill said casually, "Mr. Graves, I'll say it again: wizards must take responsibility for all the disasters that happened before."
He noticed Benjamin Graves's clenched fists. "You should put yourselves in my shoes and consider things from my perspective, so you can understand my difficulties."
Benjamin Graves frowned deeply and tried to argue. "But..."
President Bill raised his brows and continued over Benjamin Graves's voice. "The impact of this disaster goes far beyond the damage to the streets. The greater losses are actually the human casualties."
"I understood the Magical World's difficulties, which is why I didn't make you bear that portion of the losses. Think about it... How many people were injured in the crisis? Medical expenses alone would be an astronomical sum!"
"If you still have any doubts, I can absolutely arrange for people to calculate all the various costs in the shortest possible time."
"Then we can come back here, list every expense, and let you see clearly exactly what we have paid."
Benjamin Graves was momentarily speechless. Without his wand, he truly felt some lingering fear over what President Bill had said.
If that portion of the losses was also pushed onto them, the situation would only become worse.
If he still had his wand, he would not have minded sitting down to calculate the figures, or even assigning his own people to help with the tally.
But the problem now was that wizards had lost their most important means of casting spells. That was also why President Bill dared to so openly pin all the losses on the wizards.
He knew very well that the current string of crises