Bounty Mercenary Group
Chapter 51 - 51 51 Can I Marry You

51: Chapter 51: Can I Marry You?

51: Chapter 51: Can I Marry You?

For some reason, upon reflecting on this, Violet immediately thought of a famous saying by the great leader, “The countryside surrounds the city, and armed forces seize political power.”

Since she had the manpower of those who were constantly engaged in battle, and who were struggling between life and death, and a castle as a base, why wouldn’t she do this?

This is all to save the mercenaries from the Empire’s exorbitant taxes!

Why should she give up one third of the commissions earned through risking her life, allowing the nobles of the Empire to squander it?

Behind every Gold Coin, there were sweat, tears, and blood of the mercenaries.

Maybe it should be explained more straightforwardly.

That is, if this exorbitant taxation continues, even if Violet doesn’t rebel, the mercenaries would eventually become intolerable.

However, when she inadvertently voiced her innermost thoughts, it genuinely startled the old housekeeper.

Not only was an official from a small town disappeared, but all the mayors of the surrounding small towns were also made to disappear.

Kidnapping an Imperial official is a capital offence according to the law!

But since kidnapping a town mayor is a capital offence, kidnapping ten town mayors would still be a capital offence, so why wouldn’t she do it?

The old housekeeper muttered to himself, but quickly thought of something, and spoke it out immediately, hoping Violet could stay calm.

“Captain Violet, I’m afraid your plan may regretfully not be feasible,” he said, gravely.

Violet raised her eyebrows, somewhat incredulous.

“Why?” she asked.

The old housekeeper cleared his throat, hoping not to make a single pronunciation mistake that might cause Violet to misunderstand.

Then he said, “To prevent such a situation from happening, the Empire dispatches a group of people every year to inspect the work of the town mayor.”

This act is not only for collecting the wealth accumulated by the small towns over a year but also to ensure the safety of the mayors.

If anything like a disappearance happened to them, they could quickly report to their superiors.

However, Violet noticed especially that only once a year would there be an envoy inspecting the small towns of the Empire.

According to Violet’s analysis, based on the Empire’s administration system, this envoy could likely be a fixed person.

Any position connected with taxes would be a lucrative post for an administrative system.

At the end of the annual round, that guy would surely make a fortune.

Humans are always greedy.

Violet believed that if these men were truly loyal, they wouldn’t last long in such a position that required tact.

A sinister smile appeared on Violet’s face.

A year’s time was enough for her to do many things.

By then, if this guy agreed to cooperate, he could take the same amount of money back.

If he refused, this guy would die on the roadside due to an infestation of magical beasts.

This time, Violet didn’t voice her thoughts.

She picked up the book on the table and put it away.

The task of hunting in the Magical Beast Forest for Gold Coins, Violet decided to entrust to Grian.

At least for now, Grian was someone she could trust, and as a former captain of the Mercenary Guild, although there was a significant difference between a team of ten people and nearly five hundred people, she believed he could handle it.

So far, she didn’t plan to fall out with the Mercenary Guild, which would be her primary source of income in the coming years.

According to the information she got from Villes, the Mercenary Guild, a large organization, was everywhere on the continent.

It had long since escaped the control of the Empire, and even the control of their backstage boss, the Glorious Noble.

In different areas, to do business well naturally meant to get along with the local leaders, i.e., the Glorious Nobles.

Money always had a special charm!

Even the Glorious Nobles, no matter how proud their glory was, they couldn’t do without the support of money.

Therefore, Violet believed that perhaps one day, when she indeed had enough power, she could get a piece of the pie.

She didn’t want to be an enemy of the Empire, she just wanted to run her own small business in peace.

Unfortunately, the taxes they wanted to levy were making Violet feel powerless, and in this world, without power meant a lack of security.

Maybe, it’s time for this world to change.

She looked up at the sky.

At that moment, a stranger’s shouts came out.

It seemed as if he had been stopped and could only let Violet hear him through his loud yelling.

At the moment, on the first floor of the Mercenary Guild, the former town mayor’s servant was struggling to break free from the bulky man restraining him, as he was eager to see Violet.

“Captain Violet!

Captain Violet!”

His echoing shouts disturbed Violet who was thinking about things.

She looked curiously at the old housekeeper, who also looked bewildered and didn’t know what had happened.

Under these circumstances, Violet decisively abandoned the remaining meaningless chattering, and walked down the stairs.

This was the first time that the town mayor’s servant had seen Violet’s face.

Even out of the instinct and habit from a modern society, what she did was just simple grooming, combined with her naturally beautiful temperament.

All these things together presented a woman like an elf in front of the servant.

The purple robe covered her body tightly, but it revealed a kind of unusual, indescribable charm.

And the Magic Mace in her hand, was a symbol of nobility and strength.

This scene stirred up a wave of emotions in his heart like a stormy sea.

He swallowed subconsciously, watching as Violet descended from the stairs, standing there until Violet cocked her head, looking at him questioningly and saying,

“Was that you calling me just now?”

The servant who’d just regained his senses nodded hastily.

For a while, his brain was blank, and he completely forgot why he was there.

He hung his head, his gaze darting around the ground, and suddenly remembered the Gold Coins he had in his arms.

He somehow found a burst of wild strength, violently broke free from the hulking man’s hold in the Mercenary Guild, took out the money pouch from his pocket, and knelt on one knee, handing it to Violet.

What he said next stunned everyone.

The words slipped out without thinking, “Can I marry you?”