The Martial Unity

"There are several issues that we are facing, however," Sierra pointed out. "For one, the wealth needed to commission all these Martial Senior assassins will not go unnoticed. While we have extremely secure official channels, we cannot use official channels, considering the nature of the commission we are making. The Royal Family collaborating with foreign assassins to take out a domestic asset is a scandal that is bordering on treason. It will shatter your campaign."

The four Royals considered her words.

She had a point; while the Royals had access to a small share of the titanic Royal treasury as well as the wealth from their patrons, allies, benefactors, and partners, all of it was legal and official revenue that was above board and transparent.

They would face great suspicions from the Martial Union in their faction if that wealth, within their factions, was known to be going to a dubious source. They could not use their faction's official financial staff for something this sensitive and delicate. The patrons of their faction had access to the financial statements of the Randal, Rafia, Ranea, and Raemina Foundations so that they could have a good understanding of how their money was being used.

If they found that shady foreign assassination guilds and freelancer assassins were recipients of their money for confidential reasons, there would be more than just a few questions.

"We will have to use other channels," Prince Randal narrowed his eyes.

"I have a proposal," Princess Rafia remarked. "We should rely on the Underworld. Specifically, the Schambiei Mafia."

The three Royals narrowed their eyes in response.

wind of these transactions and commissions," Princess Rafia told them. "What we need is a third-party organization with high credibility and reliability when it comes

took over the task

Mafia was one of the six pillars of the Kandrian Underworld, just like the Carnil Mafia, which specialized in the supply of illegal substances and other resources. The Schambiei Mafia specialized in any and all illegal financial services, including unreported transactions, illegal under Kandrian law,

fact, the fact that the donor foundations of the four royals had transacted with criminal organizations like assassin guilds was enough to

criminals and shady businesses that weren't

where the Schambiei Mafia came in,

funds and transactions in and out of the Kandrian Empire without it being reported and recorded under Kandrian protocol. They did

to be laundered and deposit it in their reserve inside the Kandrian Empire. A branch of the mafia outside of the Kandrian Empire would then take the same exact amount out of their reserve and supply

gold traveled inside

The amount of gold in the Kandrian

was accept the gold and inform their foreign branch

by also transferring money from abroad into the Kandrian Empire, to ensure that their two

No footprint. No physical transfer.

charged a much higher tax and fee for each transaction than the equivalent legal services would, earning enormous

that it became the richest syndicate in the entire Underworld, earning it a place among the