Tensura / The Void Watcher (Editing)

Chapter 41: Into a Slime's heart

3rd POV:

Due to the mess and chaos caused by the announcement earlier, the meeting was forced to an abrupt end as Rimuru dismissed everyone in the room and had already left on his own.

He simply wasn't ready for that many questions being thrown at him by his subordinates thanks to his children from the future. How is he supposed to know that much when they were forced to explain everything?

In all irony, such orders were given by his future self.

'Please just ask them all of it, not me.'  He thought, letting out a sigh, he teleported himself to somewhere not the main parts of the city, just somewhere else...

Stepping on the ground once more as he teleported, he looked around to find that he was teleported to the school where once Shizu's, now his students were studying.

Staring at the building for a while, he shook his head and decided to pay a small, silent tour around the facility during school time, hoping that it would just be himself.

Entering and pushing open the main entrance, he was immediately greeted by a surprised school staff, carrying piles of paper and bags, yet despite the stuff in her hands she still immediately bowed to him politely.

"That's not needed, besides..." Rimuru said as he summoned a few void chains from several small portals and held her belongings in mid-air.

"I would first secure these from falling on the ground before doing any extra formalities."

"T-thank you, my lord!"

Nodding, Rimuru recalled the chains and allowed the staff to grab them and carry them back in her arms like she did a few moments ago.

"May I ask what brings you here, my lord? In all due respect, surely you have more important matters than being in these trivial places, considering that you are the great leader of Tempest..."

Hearing the staff, Rimuru thought for a few seconds in his head for a proper response before answering her.

"I thought that taking a break from some troubling matters would suffice, so I wanted to take some quiet tours around the parts of the city that I don't visit frequently. You know, some kind of ways to get in touch more with my citizens?"

"Oh, I see! How considerate of you, my lord!" The staff exclaimed, before coughing and returning to a more formal tone. "May I ask if there's anything I could help you with?"

"Oh well." The slime said. "Do you know which class Chole Aubert, Kenya Misaki, Ryota Sekiguchi, Alice Rondo, and Gale Gibson belong in? Are they in the same class?

Hearing those kids' names, the staff was shocked as she replied to him.

"Them? They're the students of a friend of mine, and you are in luck, as they all are in the same class!"

"Good to hear, which class would that be then?"

"I believe it is class 4A. It's on the 4th floor, and the first classroom is near the stairs."

"Thank you."

Waving goodbye to the staff as she bowed again before hastily leaving the scene, Rimuru headed towards the stairs.

He chose to take steps himself instead of being immediately teleported to his destination.

On his way, he walked through the other parts of the school, sneakily checking on the other classes and silently observing the young monsters and even some humans together having lessons.

He also went to the library on the 2nd floor, picking a few books to read as he had the entire day to spend, considering how he simply had no work for the day and chose to be alone.