Chapter 253: Will You Fall for Me?
“That's right, once they confirm that we can become their white gloves, we'll have value to them.
Once a business grows to our scale, it can't be hidden anymore. Only by weaving together relationships of interest can we survive.”
After saying that, Leon sat down in the chair in the study. Adele closed the door, leaving only the two of them in the room.
Adele mulled over the facts Leon had told her in surprise for quite a while before finally speaking: “Is this kind of thing actually common?”
“It's just an exchange between money and power, is that really so unfamiliar to you?” Leon asked in return, “Didn't your grandfather also obtain his title by donating money to various projects when the local area needed funding for development?”
“What Grandfather did was nothing like the kind of deal you're making!” Adele immediately retorted.
“You studied law. Strip away the legal judgment and look only at the essence of the matter, can you really say with certainty that what your grandfather did and what I'm doing are fundamentally different?” Leon asked.
“That's sophistry! The fact that you're breaking the law is the biggest difference between you and my grandfather, how can you possibly remove that factor! The business my grandfather did wasn't something that could get him hauled before the Church Tribunal!” Adele wasn't so easily led around by Leon.
“That's how you see it, but what about Cardinal Stuart? He's the Church's Grand Inquisitor, the entire Tribunal is under his authority. Whether what's happening here is illegal depends on whether he chooses to investigate it.