That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Light Novel, Chapter 277

Chapter 277

“…That’s what I wanted to hear . That kind of self-purification among comrades is important . I think that is what Lord Rimuru believes . And when one of us goes astray, it is necessary to draw a clear line . That is what I think . ”

And so Diablo explained his idea to Souei .

The reason that the president of the Tempest Development of Human Resources Academy could not act this time was that there was no concrete evidence .

Even if the other schools were acting suspiciously, it was up to the views of people to determine whether it was right or wrong .

That meant that you could not judge what someone was doing as being evil just by your own intuition .

This was why there was a system of deciding by a majority, and you could not go against it .

So of course, it did not make sense to just blame the president .

The real problem was the lack of a surveillance system .

Monetary aid and bribery . They had different names but the result was the same . In that case, it was necessary to find proof of these actions .

What was needed was the establishment of a system that you could report to when you thought that something suspicious was happening .

“Regarding that, that was my mistake . I had my spy search the place, but no detailed reports had come up . ”

“I too have become lax due to the peace . Though, your spy may need to be punished…”

“That’s my concern . Now, you were talking about drawing a line . What do you mean?”

Souei’s eyes were telling him to get to the main subject .

Diablo continued to smile as he did just that .

“In other words, they attacked that line . ”

“What…?”

“Let me ask you a question . Do you think that people from other countries can meddle in the politics of our country?”

To Diablo’s question, Souei replied with, ‘Impossible . ‘

It was true .

Tempest’s political structure was separated into an Upper House and Lower House, and bills that were passed by the Lower House would still be discarded if the Upper House rejected it .

The Upper House was made up of the elite, and only those that Rimuru chose were allowed to join it .

The administration itself had Rigurdo at the top, and the members of the Lower House were elected by citizens . But in matters of legislation, the Upper House held much more power .

And during times of war, all of the institutions would serve under the Upper House .

As long as this system was in place, even if a foreigner gained citizenship, it would be difficult for them to meddle in the country’s politics .

Even if they managed to join the Lower House, they could not gain the highest level of power in decision making .

“Exactly . But what about in matters of business? Or in important institutions such as research?”

Souei’s answer was exactly the same .

His answer was that it was ‘impossible . ‘

Rimuru was surprisingly stingy when it came to money, and he had acquired all vested interests in advance .

There was no chance of getting in afterward .

As for the research institutions, heavyweights of the country such as Ramiris and Veldora were involved there, and of course, they left no room for people of other countries to enter .

“Yes! In other words, if those of other countries wanted to enter these important institutions, they will have to wait for the next generation . If they tried then…”

“I see . That’s the connection to the academy…”

Yes . Diablo nodded .

It meant that the enemy was at least smart enough to know that it was a waste of effort to try and force people in now .

So they would likely plan in the long term instead of just thinking in the short term .

You could say that these were formidable opponents .

-Corrupt the students and create discrepancies in their abilities .

If that happened, brilliant people will naturally flow into Tempest .

The students of Tempest would faithfully follow Rimuru’s words, and would not act with hostility towards any humans . That’s why they were probably holding their heads down now .

And like this, the enemy forces would start to control them and gain new authority .

This was a long plan that took this all into account…

However, because Rimuru had a distrust of the students at the academy, they had succeeded in catching the enemy’s plan by the tail .

“That is Lord Rimuru . He must have seen through everything . ”

Diablo said in an emotional voice .

Really? Souei seemed to doubt it, but he knew that voicing it would just make Diablo angry, so he kept quiet . He did feel like there was not any contradictiond in Diablo’s theory, and he couldn’t think of any other purpose .

And so he brushed it aside and asked Diablo a different question .

“So, why Ingracia? Can’t we just go to the empire and find proof of the bribery?”

Diablo kept smiling as he answered .

“Indeed, I thought of that too . However, I had one doubt when it came to that . ”

“Doubt?”

“Yes . A simple thing, really . These people are no longer nobles, so where did these funds come from?”

“…I see . There is a need to investigate that . ”

“Yes . Even if we found proof of this bribery, what if it’s not real…you cannot bribe someone without money, after all . The Ingracia Kingdom was one of the kingdoms that were left because of Lord Rimuru’s kindness . I don’t think the money came from the western countries, but it will be necessary to find out clearly where the money came from . ”

“I understand . You are probably correct to think in this way . ”

Souei said and closed his mouth .

The only thing left was to find out who was behind it all…

Diablo’s idea was simple .

They were not sure of the size of the enemy forces and the leader . That was all true, but it was clear that it was someone involved with the academy .

They should remain calm and slowly apply pressure to this enemy .

If they did that, the enemy would reveal itself without a doubt .

Diablo came to this conclusion . And now, they would just wait quietly for their departure time .