Bai Pu had phrased it very skillfully.
Changing from a gladiator to a legionary warrior was not much of a rise in status by itself.
But the prerequisite was "joining the Demitri Family."
The Demitri Family was a renowned noble house in the imperial capital, one of the Empire's great aristocratic families! Even a low-ranking guard of the Demitri Family would enter the Imperial Legions as a captain, commanding a group of warriors.
More importantly, it meant gaining the backing of the Demitri Family.
One only had to look at how eagerly Karamango fawned over Galileus to understand just how powerful that backing was.
Still, Karamango valued Bai Pu, his money tree, very highly.
Bai Pu was actually pessimistic about whether Galileus's authority could make that iron rooster Karamango give him up...
But one started by asking a high price and bargained from there. If this condition could not be met, there would always be a more compromising solution.
The key is triggering the second stage of the continuous mission.
Lady Rixi indeed revealed a troubled expression.
"Dio, my relationship with my husband Galileus... may not be as harmonious as you imagine. He came from a minor noble family and only married me because of the Demitri Family's influence. Now that he has achieved fame and holds a high position, he no longer values me as much as he did when we were newly married.
"He would not make such a drastic move over one of my little hobbies, snatching the most promising gladiator from a gladiator owner and bringing him into the legions."
Of course I know you and Galileus aren't on good terms.
*If you two were so devoted to each other, you wouldn't have thrown the necklace he gave you into the cheering box. And his reaction