Infinite Transmigration Starting from Violet

The 10-kilometer journey can be completed in just half an hour by taking a horse-drawn carriage via a shortcut.

Inside the carriage, Lu Ye looked at Violet, who was clutching the large axe with obvious affection, and asked, "Do you like it very much?"

“Yes!” Violet nodded firmly. “I like it.”

“But it really surprised me,” Lu Ye said. “I thought you would choose a flute or a ring, which would be more suitable for a girl… But it doesn’t matter, everyone likes different things.”

“Yeah, it looks really powerful,” Violet said. “When I was using that… nodachi before, I felt that although it was long enough, it wasn’t heavy enough.”

Lu Ye remembered that Violet was talking about Sekiro. For a time, Violet did fight with a nodachi that was taller than her. Although she had grown taller, she had changed her weapon from a nodachi to a large axe, but it was still taller than her.

But it's reassuring.

Violet now possesses an additional Imperial Arms, which means her strength will increase significantly, and her safety will be guaranteed.

"By the way, that little knife at your waist... was it a gift from Mine?"

As he spoke, Lu Ye pointed to the dagger tucked into Violet's waist.

How did you know?

Violet blinked, looking surprised, her eyes radiating an aura of "How do you know everything?"

"Because I just saw you talking to Mine..."

"Oh, this was indeed given to me by Sister Mine. It's very hard, so it can be used for self-defense and also brings good luck."

"Brings good luck?" Lu Ye was taken aback.

“Hmm,” Violet drew her dagger and showed Lu Ye the inscription engraved on it, “It says that as long as you are with your beloved and important person, you will be safe.”

Lu Ye thought to herself, "That's strange."

They're already carrying knives and going out to kill people, how can they expect to be safe?

No, it should be that this is precisely why people want peace.

Looking at the inscription on the sword, Lu Ye thought to himself that the Mine people were really quite nice.

But soon, a question suddenly occurred to him.

"Wait, this dagger... could there be another one?"

“Yes,” Violet carefully put the knife back, “Mine has one too.”

Lu Ye paused, thinking to himself, "So it turns out you're the one who wants to be Violet's 'beloved and important person'?"

Damn it, this is really bad.

A love rival has appeared, and it turns out to be a woman!

At that moment, Leone, who was driving, peeked in.

"Lu Ye, can you do me a favor? It seems like one of the reins is broken, and the horse on the right needs your help."

"Oh, here it comes."

After telling Violet to get some rest, Lu Ye went to his parking spot.

He took the reins from Leone: "I've never ridden a horse before, what should I do?"

"Just hold it and when I tell you to swing the rope, just swing it from top to bottom."

Lu Ye understood; Leone didn't need him to drive. He was just an "insurance" at best.

But he had no objection; sitting outside, enjoying the night breeze, and looking at the moon was quite nice.

"Don't be discouraged if you weren't chosen for a Teigu," Leone comforted her. "Normally, a person can only possess one Teigu; if they have more, their body won't be able to handle it."

"Leone, do you know what Esdeath's Teigu is?" Lu Ye asked.

"Isn't it an Imperial Arm that creates ice? What's wrong?"

"To be precise, it's an Imperial Arm called 'Demon Manifestation: Essence of the Demon,'" Lu Ye said. "It has no physical form; it's a jar of blood. Everyone who drank it before went mad. Only Esdeath survived, and she drank all of it."

"I see... So that's why you wanted to try and obtain a second Imperial Arm." Leone understood.

Chapter 259 Let's take a look

Lu Ye said that wasn't the case; he was just trying to give you a brief introduction to Esdeath's Imperial Arms.

By the way, let me divert attention from the embarrassing situation of all three of my Imperial Arms failing to match...

“But let’s take it slow,” Leone said. “We should be able to find a suitable Teigu in the future. After all, Esdeath drank so much blood of super dangerous species and was fine. So what if she uses two Teigu? But... I really want to fight her! Even though I’ve seen the aura emanating from that woman with my own eyes, I still can’t help it.”

Looking at the extremely aggressive older sister beside him, Lu Ye finally understood why Najenda had set time limits for Leone's combat roles. Perhaps influenced by the Imperial Arms, or perhaps it was her true nature, Leone was a cheerful woman who could become frenzied in battle, like a real feline, indulging in the joy of the hunt.

"By the way, what made you join 'Night Raid'?" Lu Ye couldn't help but ask.

“Well…” Leone thought for a moment and said, “Do you know where my ‘Teigu’ came from?”

“How would I know?” Lu Ye said.

“I got it on the black market,” Leone said with a smile. “I grew up in the slums, and lying and stealing are my specialties… When this Imperial Arms was discovered, even the military came to retrieve it, but I managed to get my hands on it beforehand!”

"That's amazing?"

“Of course, but the reason I took the Imperial Arms wasn’t to make money, but to kill,” Leone said. “Actually, after I grew up in the slums, well, because I was pretty good-looking, I worked as a maid in a noble family for a while. Those nobles had some entertainment activities, such as hunting and horse racing… But you know what, once people have money and feel superior, they don’t care so much about the lives of other people.”

"really."

Lu Ye had a deep understanding of what it meant to be a member of the Imperial Capital Garrison.

In this country that breeds evil, sometimes the rich can really do whatever they want.

For example, when he first arrived in the capital, he encountered the Arya family. Oujia actually knew what they were up to, but since the Arya family paid him enough, he turned a deaf ear. After all, they were just farmers from out of town, and the deaths of a few wouldn't cause any trouble. He even supported the Arya family's "hobbies" because the more people they killed, the higher the protection money he could demand.

For example, when they first received the mission to kill Oja and the oil merchant Gamal who colluded with him, the two conspired to use ordinary citizens as scapegoats to make Gamal, who had committed all sorts of evil deeds, innocent people became wronged souls, and the victim's newlywed wife was forced to sell herself for revenge.

Then there's Berlik, whom we'll kill next. He uses an unknown drug to gain people's trust, conceals its side effects, and repeatedly deceives innocent girls, taking advantage of their bodies for pleasure... To him, his followers are nothing more than tools to make money and provide for his own gain.

They lord it over the people, like bats perched on lambs.

“Those nobles had a disgusting hobby,” Leone said. “They loved raising horses and racing them. To check the horses’ leg strength and hooves, they came up with the idea of ​​using children to test the horses’ physical abilities.”

"Using a child... to examine a horse's limbs?" Lu Ye was taken aback.

"Doesn't that sound absurd?" Leone's expression seemed to darken. "It was just an excuse. They just wanted to ride horses and trample the children that had been placed on the racetrack beforehand, to see who could trample the most children to death."

Lu Ye didn't speak.

This is a cruel game.

Under the moonlight, the sounds of carriage wheels and horses' hooves mingled in the air.

Just from Leone's simple description, Lu Ye could imagine the scene.

Elegantly dressed people rode on horses, laughing and waving the reins, while the frightened horses trampled the weak and unable-to-dodge children under their feet. Some children, initially able to barely get up despite the pain of broken bones due to the adrenaline rush, were trampled by the nobles. They rode their horses, frolicking on the field, while their well-fed horses, weighing hundreds or even thousands of kilograms, trampled the children's bodies again and again, crushing their frail bodies until their bones groaned in agony, until they breathed their last, their faces forever frozen in that moment of agonizing pain.

“I find them disgusting,” Leone said. “Most of those children were actually from the slums, tricked from their parents by nobles under the guise of adoption. This included the child of one of my friends. They thought their children would grow up healthy under the care of nobles, but they didn’t know their children would be treated that way and die that way.”

“Some time later, one day, I was cleaning the house and looked out the window. Those nobles were playing that game again,” Leone said, gazing at the brightly lit city in the distance. “I counted, and they’d already killed three batches of children, about sixteen in total. That day, when I got off work, my friend came to me. She wanted to ask how her child was doing. I didn’t know what to tell her, so I finally told her that her child had been assigned to a school inside the capital. She was very happy to hear that and gave me two bags of biscuits, asking me to give them to her child. She said her child loved the biscuits she made herself and wanted me to give one bag to the nobles as a way of repaying their kindness.”

“But her child will never receive that bag of cookies,” Lu Ye said softly.

“Yes,” Leone said softly. “The next day, while I was working, I overheard the nobles talking. They said they had recently found something similar to an Imperial Arm on the black market and wanted to buy it to present to a minister in order to gain a better position and more wealth. So I thought to myself, if they can kill people so easily, they probably wouldn’t have any complaints about being killed themselves.”

"That's why you got your hands on the Imperial Arms," ​​Lu Ye said.

“That’s right,” Leone said. “Teigu are powerful weapons known to everyone. They were created by the founding emperor with the full strength of the nation to maintain his rule. After obtaining this Teigu, I experienced the feeling of power for the first time… You know, if a docile rabbit gains the power to kill a lion, it will no longer be afraid of lions.”

Lu Ye nodded; he felt the same way.

Just six months ago, he was a weakling who was almost killed by a pirate on the ship to Raiden. Later, he wore power armor and went up against the colonel. In the end, he learned the Ashina Mushin-ryu style and even cut down the Divine Dragon.

Nowadays, unless he encounters an opponent of Esdeath's caliber, he is generally not afraid, even if he is a Teigu user.

“You can probably guess what happened next,” Leone shrugged. “On the night I got the Imperial Arms, I killed all those nobles. It was easier than mopping the floor. They begged for mercy before they died, but all I could think of were the cries of those children before they died.”

“Later… to avoid being discovered, I fled the capital overnight and lived in the suburbs for several weeks,” Leone said. “During this time, I thought about it and realized that since I had this power, I no longer needed to live the life I had before. I decided that this power should be used for everyone in the slums… for the people of the capital. So when I returned to the capital, I started assassinating some villains. Later, when I was killing a villain, I met Akame and then joined ‘Night Raid’.”

Looking at Leone, Lu Ye suddenly felt that she was very tall and imposing.

"So, are you starting to admire me, your older sister?" Leone put her arm around Lu Ye's neck and chuckled.

"Too close, too close!" Lu Ye's face was pressed against Leone's "side peak," and the scent of Leone's shower gel on her skin filled his nostrils, making him blush a little. The cheerful older sister was really a bit helpless.

"You're still too green!" Leone laughed, but her face was also slightly flushed.

However, Lu Ye was "captured" and could not see the shy scene of the older sister.

"They say it's for the people of the capital, but they're just trying to scam us," Lu Ye said. "I remember when we first met, they tried to cheat us."

“Hmph, the Night Raid Squad needs funding to operate too,” Leone said. “Besides, I approached you with the intention of saving people. Ordinary country bumpkins who come to the capital will be taken advantage of. It’s better to be swindled out of money by me and use the last bit of money to go home than to die in the capital.”

"What sophistry?" Lu Ye snorted.

“This is not sophistry. Do you know how most people from the countryside fare when they come to the capital?” Leone said somewhat unhappily. “They either become slaves or are tricked into doing illegal work. Almost none of them manage to live a good life.”

“Alright, alright, I believe you,” Lu Ye said seriously. “But more than that, I’m more interested in your experience as a maid.”

"Huh?" Leone was taken aback. "Didn't they just say that?"

"No, no, no, who wants to listen to those nobles? I'm more interested in maids!"

"So you wanted to see me in those kinds of clothes?" Leone grinned mischievously. "You already have such a lovely girl like Violet... I never would have guessed you were such a womanizer."

"This doesn't count as being fickle; it's more like a yearning to appreciate beautiful things."

“Is that so…” Leone thought for a moment, then suddenly leaned close to Lu Ye’s ear, “How about I wear it for you if we can complete this mission successfully?”

Lu Ye was taken aback. "I was just kidding, big sister. You actually took it seriously?"

Unexpectedly, Leone took my attempt to ease the tension seriously.

But...why not?

Thinking this, Lu Ye suddenly handed the reins to Leone, then pulled open the carriage curtain and climbed inside.

Leone blinked, not understanding what he was doing, driven by feline curiosity.

"Violet, Violet."

Lu Ye moved closer to the girl.

"Huh?" Violet was still fiddling with her beloved axe, not understanding why Lu Ye had suddenly come in.