Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken (WN) - Chapter 288

Chapter 288

This woman, if I was not wrong, was one of the research instructors from the NNU Magic and Science Investigation Academy . I think her name was Irina .

Her silver-rimmed glasses shined coldly as she continued .

“You can obey us and cooperate . Or you can continue to live here freely . ”

Irina paused here and made sure that the students had understood her meaning .

Once she saw that they had been listening to her carefully, she continued .

“Now, we will request help from the mainland . We can go and defeat the Greed Circus if we want, but those people will likely be able to serve a different purpose . In any case, about all of you . We will take you with us if you agree to cooperate . Your safety will be assured and you will have a degree of freedom . Of course, you are also free to return to your own countries . However, you will have to undergo certain ‘restrictions’ and there will be ‘oaths’ to be made first . If you do not want to cooperate with us, that is your choice . You can just stay here and live freely…”

So saying, her eyes moved through the group as if she were looking into the eyes of each student .

“Now, what will you do?”

She said .

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The students were thrust into the worst kind of chaos .

Of course, part of the reason was that they were assuming that all of the teachers and Julius and the others, whom they had depended on, were dead .

“Wait! Who are you people?”

I was Master Pury who asked the question as she came out of a tent, her expression was severe .

Her exhaustion nearly ruined what was a pretty face .

It showed how long and how desperately she had continued to treat the wounded .

“Yes, Miss Irina . What exactly do you think you are…”

After Pury, it was Heinrich who came out next, as if to protect the students and find out what Irina’s true motivation was .

These two were the only teachers who were unharmed .

Neither of them liked to fight much, and so they would not have been useful in combat . Of course, it wouldn’t have mattered anyway, with the strength of these white-robed people in front of them .

“Yes, I suppose we have not introduced ourselves yet . We are the ‘Humanity Emancipation Alliance . ’ Our purpose is the end of the domination of the evil Demon Lords and to win back a future for ourselves . This plan was built with very long-term goals, so all of you will be useful in it as well . ”

Here we go . A weird organization .

The ‘Humanity Emancipation Alliance’? What is that?

All I selfishly wanted was to enjoy a little vacation…

Really? Where did I go wrong?

No, now that I think of it, perhaps I had gone wrong the moment I decided to ride that airship?

<<I am saying this just as a precaution, but please do not cast doubt on me . >>

No, no, I would never…

No matter how I look at it, there is guilt . How could I merely doubt?

I’ve been used . There is a mysterious organization… I’m not even sure if they are real…and someone wanted to crush them .

The real culprit behind this is surely…

<<You suspect me! You are horrible . Hmph . Hmph . >>

No, I don’t suspect you at all .

I am sure of it .

Nevermind .

If it comes to this, I will see it through .

<<That’s the master I know!>>

So it is according to your calculations, after all, Ciel! I thought this, but decided to not let it appear on the surface layer of my consciousness .

It was a little late, and there were some things that I thought were strange .

While I reeducate the students, I will have to do something about this Humanity Emancipation Alliance as well .

These organizations tended to be dangerous while they hide in the shadows, but are surprisingly easy to crush once they are exposed .

Thinking of it like that, Ciel’s plan was perfect .

The Humanity Emancipation Alliance was over the moment that I knew about them .

Well, even if that hadn’t happened, I am sure that Diablo or Souei would have caught them eventually .

“And I am a member of the Glory Knights, one of the factions within the Humanity Emancipation Alliance . I was pretending to be a student in order to investigate from the inside . ”

Magnus said this, just as I had decided to crush the Humanity Emancipation Alliance .

I see, since just about anyone could become a student, it was easy to sneak in .

But using the school for such a purpose seemed like nothing short of a declaration of war to me .

I mean, I could see why Ciel would not ignore such a foolish organization existing here .

She had looked for the perfect timing to get evidence and then had me move .

I was perhaps not the smartest, for being so easily lured by the word ‘vacation,’ but the people who were unlucky in this situation were those of the Humanity Emancipation Alliance .

Ciel was even more frightening than any Demon Lord once you made an enemy of her .

Irina and Magnus appeared to be in high positions within the organization .

They talked on of how wonderful it was, and of how horrible the Demon Lords who ruled…in other words, me and the other Demon Lords, were . They insisted on the validity of the right of humans .

After that, they went about trying to persuade the students .

This was so that they would testify that the students that they had abandoned had just been killed by the monsters .

Also, they wanted to place all of the students in important positions in the country once they had become older, therefore extending the power of the Humanity Emancipation Alliance .

Perhaps Julius and the others had denied their invitation to join .

And so they had become a nuisance to be rid of, once the opportunity presented itself .

And such an opportunity had arrived, and so it had now come to this .

“I suppose it will be too difficult to give us an answer this instant . We will return again once we finish going to the shore and requesting help from the mainland . I hope that you all would have come to a conclusion by then . It would not be a good thing for us, to have colleagues and fellow students die . And so I pray that you make the right decision . ”

Irina said and ended her speech .

Magnus had created a barrier around the area to keep out monsters, ensuring the safety of this place .

This was likely done to calm us and minimize the amount of hostility we might feel .

“Magnus . So, you were tricking everyone?”

“Ah, Satoru . Sorry to involve you in all of this, when you aren’t even a student . ”

“You, are you really fine with having allowed Julius, Karma and the others to be killed?”

“…I am not fine with it . But…those who think differently than you are only in the way . ”

Translations by AsianHobbyist Website .
Magnus muttered in a slightly saddened voice .

However, he seemed very convinced that he was in the right .

This idiot was a student at the school .

“Hey, Magnus . You made me very angry . You better remember that, the next time we meet . ”

Magnus did not understand what I meant, and he could only shrug .

And once he had finished setting up the barrier, he reunited with Irina and the others, and they left us .

And that was how the long night ended .