Munou To Yobareta Ore, Yottsu No Chikara Wo Eru

"To Sumerian... back...?

... Wait.

The fact that they're involved means that...

"... have you noticed, Lord"

"Yes... beyond what they're involved... there must be someone called" incompetence. "

"... come on, you're lying, right?

"Yes... and he put up the name of a country called Sumerian. Not a particular individual."

"One, I mean, use someone called" incompetent "... in a country guru - huh!?

As if to stop me, Mr. Blance's fist slapped him hard on the desk.

"Oh, my country is" incompetent "... like Armenia!? I'm not kidding.

"... relax, Brance. It's not entirely decided yet."

"Ha! From what I've heard, I've had a lot of free time since you left Rae!? Hmm, I mean help Lord or me... I guess it means I have some grounds! We've known each other a long time. Isn't that right!?

"... well, yeah"

"Shit!"

"Mr. Blance......"

Right......

If my country was working outrageous behind it, it would still be sad, and I'm sure it would be just as... regrettable.

Even I would have been betrayed if Nieberg had been...

"Let me hear it... it"

"Oh... but I really don't know if" incompetence "is involved. That's the first thing I'm gonna say."

... So you're pretty sure there's something going on, whether or not "incompetence" is involved?

Master Orlando, king of Celts, did refer to Sumerian as "a country without bad rumors".

He also praised King Sumerian, and what the hell is going on in this country...

"You don't have to worry about it... just talk to me"

"Okay. Well, there was nothing I could call a clue, so I did a lot of research anyway to find a small anomaly. From demographic changes to crime rates, and then there's adventurers in and out, and the laws that have been revised in recent years. So, there are two things that caught me. One is the growth rate of this country."

"Growth rate...... you mean the country has grown big?

"Yes, five years ago, with the death of his predecessor King Sumerian, Robert, the eldest son and heir to the throne, succeeded him... Sumerian is growing rapidly from there. The site area of this town, the capital, is about 1.5 times larger than it was five years ago. Moreover, most of them have been added in the last year or two. Clearly, it's an anomaly."

"Sure...... that's too soon"

"Oh. There's still some explanation over here, though. For example, when something happens... Well, in a tangible way, if it goes to war with some country. I turned the accumulation I was planning to use at that time, and the policy of attracting adventurers worked out so well that I could afford the funds... And then, this is just my guess, but King Robert is close to Zadiak, King Olympus. So it is possible that he was receiving financial assistance in a way that was not on the table"

I see.

It certainly seems like a possible story.

"Well, it's true that a huge amount of money is moving that I did. I have to say, it's more suspicious than unclear where it came from."

"That's what they say... for sure. So, what's the second? You're probably hooked on that one, aren't you?

"Oh. The second relates to this country… the number of missing persons"

The missing person... I immediately associated myself with Sophia.

Her parents, too, disappeared neglectfully about six months ago... no way, what does that have to do with anything?

I came out telling him to rest at home because he's not in the book yet...

"Like I said, I looked into this country pretty closely. This is not good. It's common sense, but when the country grows big, the population grows, and so does the crime rate in proportion. I guess the sinners feel the smell of gold in places where people get together a lot. So, this town didn't leak most of it, and the crime rate exploded with the population growth. But there's a guy who's got it under control."

"Ah, Mr. Visor......"

"That's right. One of Sumerian's three fingers… Visor of" Blast Lotus ". Needless to say, the other two."

Sumerian Adventurer Guildmaster, Wolfrick of "King's Wings" and Mr. Blance, who is here now.

All three are the best SS ranked adventurers in Sumeria.

"The Visor's power was immense. attitude without any mercy towards criminals...... Regardless of the way it was done, the crime consequently dropped dramatically and peace returned to the town. But there's something that hasn't changed at all since the country began to change."

"Is that the number of missing persons…"

"That's right. Currently, the population of Sumeria is about a million. So, there is a town called Focken on Kneeberg territory, but there are roughly three million people here. Approximately 200 requests for searches of missing persons were made in that Focken in a year. Some of them won't be on the table, so it could actually be more than double that. However, the number of search requests sent in Sumerian, which should have a smaller population than that of Focken, exceeds 400 in a year."

"Yong-ha!?

"Just double what I know!?

Mr. Byrne snorts.

This... is definitely unusual.

"Nevertheless, as I said earlier, if the population explodes, various problems will overflow. So it is also possible that this figure is due to the fact that we have not yet settled down. But the numbers I just said were only given out by the public. In other words, the number of adventurers is not included"

"Huh? Oh, that's..."

"The Unreturned Request that Focken's Adventurer Alliance understands… The number of adventurers who stayed on request and didn't return to the Alliance. That's about a hundred cases a year. In contrast, there are about 500 Sumerians."

"Huh!?

Not so......!

"However, the number of adventurers is different in Sumerian and Focken in the first place, and the level of requests is different. Now that we have a joint cross-border request, we have quite a few difficult requests coming in here from Olympus and Celtic."

"Too many of them... Shh, at least 500 people... right?

"No, not in this case again. Just because you haven't returned, you may actually be on the run." Unreturned equals dead "is not the point. Besides, we may be partying, so we don't know the exact number of people."

"Oh, I see..."

"As a result, there are about 150 non-return requests in Celtic per year. Olympus is similar. This is a better number than Sumerian requests and the difficulty, so I'd say they're both pretty good."

"Well... those two countries have gathered all over the place. The people who are coming to this country right now are the ones who are flashing from around there. It's only natural that the quality is somewhat poor, and it's strange how many people escape -"

"Yes... that's it"

"Ah?"

"Well, because... what does that mean?

"Adventurer Guild Headquarters receives monthly reports from each branch. Sumerian numbers are not strange if they are audited. But nevertheless, no investigation has yet been carried out"

"Oh no... no way..."

"Oh... one reason I can think of is that the guys at HQ are also thinking about what Brance just said. Many disappeared because" more people have exploded "and more requests for non-return because" the quality of the adventurer has not kept pace with the requests ".

... It's a possible story.

In fact, I thought so, too.

Mr. Byrne was talking deliberately, just like we thought.

And that stays... that's why there's still no investigation in there.

"... you all seem to understand"

Silence was the answer.

And Mr. Byrne continued his words quietly.

"I... think that Sumerian deliberately created the present situation. And some of the disappeared are... people caught by Sumerian."