A week passed since Miyabi came to this world, but while he had been working in the City of Angelum with Liz after that, he realized that the mood of everyone in this city was particularly depressive, and the city had been slowly in a state of decline.
At the same time—
"Isn't it too expensive?" Miyabi asked the shop owner, as the food had become more expensive. While he could earn a lot of money after he did a quest with Liz, the price of the food compared to a week ago was so outrageous that he couldn't help but wonder whether he was being cheated.
"Even if you say that, there has been a late lack of supply of food and other goods. If you don't want to buy, then go away! There are a lot more people who are waiting to buy it than you!"
"W-Wait! I will buy them! Let me buy all of them!"
Miyabi felt that the prices of the foods and goods would be higher in the future, so he might as well buy a lot of them for a keep. If it were others, they wouldn't do so because they were afraid the food would be rotten, but as he had an inventory, he didn't need to worry about that.
Yet, he wondered what was happening.
Was this going to continue?
As he became anxious, thinking about the future, he couldn't help but sigh, thinking about how backward the situation of this world was. If this was the world of the modern world, he should be able to learn what was happening from the newspaper, but there was no such thing in this world, and he had been focusing on the quests all the time.
Still, when he returned to the hotel where they stayed, he saw how anxious Liz was.
"Liz, what's wrong?"
"It's Eleanor!"
"Huh? What's wrong with her?"
When Miyabi heard that there was something wrong with Eleanor, he understood why Liz was anxious since he knew that Liz was Elanor's fan.
'Eleanor...'
Miyabi couldn't help but think about the beautiful staff member who was also a former B-rank adventurer.
With long silver hair that was often tied in a loose ponytail and a beautiful, gentle appearance, she always soothed everyone's heart after a long adventurer's work, so what happened to her?
"I heard that she was going to enter the quest to eliminate the Sire's boss with Mel."
"Huh? Wait a moment! Wait a moment! Is Mel also included? By the way, what is Sire?"
Mel.
Miyabi couldn't help but think about the cute, small beast girl, who often helped him to guide him to the hotel where he stayed when he got lost.
Regardless, he was so confused as he really knew nothing.
"..."
Watching his confusion, Liz could only stare at Miyabi helplessly. There was no doubt that Miyabi was nice, but there was no doubt that this guy was too dense!
"Let's talk inside our room."
"O-Oh..."
Miyabi could only obediently follow Liz inside his room as they talked about "Sire."
"Sire."
Liz looked at Miyabi seriously and said, "It's a powerful bandit leader who appeared a week ago."
"Bandit leader?!"
As Miyabi was dumbfounded, Liz quickly closed his mouth. "Shh! Be careful! That guy is dangerous, and he might even send a spy to this city! There is even a possibility that they might be inside this hotel, listening to everyone's conversation!"
"...it isn't that serious, right? We're inside our room!"
"You..." Liz sighed and said helplessly, "It's good that you are so happy, so go lucky."
"...."
Miyabi felt that he was being insulted, but he knew that he was wrong, and he really knew nothing about "Sire."
"So, what is this Sire about? Is it a powerful old bandit group?"
"It's a new one, or rather, he suddenly appeared in this region and took control over all the bandits in this area, and due to his appearance, the work of those bandits became strange..."
"Strange? What do you mean?"
Liz sighed and said, "Usually, bandits just rob us, then leave like that, leaving the rest to the intermediate or underground group and many others. In other words, they are just a lawless group, but as Sire appeared and took control over the bandit groups, they became cunning and disciplined, and it was like... they had become the combination of an army."
"A-Army?!"
"Yes."
To be honest, even Liz was amazed by the ingenuity of the new leader of the bandits of the northern area, Sire.
Not only was he able to discipline all the bandits, but he could even turn all the money that he had robbed into a new business that spread in the northern area of the Fortia Kingdom.
To be honest, Liz wouldn't be surprised if Sire could become the biggest underworld king in the world of Fortia Kingdom or even on the continent.
According to the rumor, it was said that this new bandit group could master any information, and they were so good at guerrilla war that whether it was the group of adventurers and armies sent by the dukes were all caught and sent as slaves to other regions or countries.
"This guy is so ruthless..." Miyabi was shocked when he heard that everyone who was caught would be sold as slaves.
"You... really lack common sense, huh?" Liz sighed, wondering what kind of a peaceful kingdom that Miyabi was born to.
"....." Miyabi.
Still, this Sire was so troublesome as no one knew where he was, and at the same time, there were even reports that some bases of the bandits were found in a certain area as if they appeared out of thin air.
When Liz thought about this, she couldn't help but look at Miyabi, as he had the ability to build something amazing out of nothing, but she knew that this guy didn't have the ability to become a king of the underworld, but—
"By the way, Miyabi."
"Hmm?"
"Tone down your creation for a bit. Don't show your ability," Liz said solemnly.
"Why?"
When Miyabi was confused, Liz said, "If you don't want to be caught and executed in front of many, listen to me." She knew how furious the duke and the noble families in this region were due to this new bandit group, as she had heard how few of the noble families were killed by this bandit boss.
While those noble families were bad, as Liz heard, the fact that a group of bandits dared to kill several noble families meant that they had made the entire group of noble enemies, considering how they dared to tarnish the dignity of the noble families.
Unfortunately, the duke was still unable to grasp the Sire, and due to that, Liz was afraid if Miyabi showed his power, then he might become a scapegoat and be executed in front of everyone to calm down the civilians in this region.
Hearing Liz's analysis, Miyabi shuddered. At the same time, he wondered whether there was someone with a similar crafting ability in that bandit group, but then he was confused about one thing.
"But what does everything have to do with Eleanor and Mel?"
While Miyabi understood why Mel might be in danger as she might take a quest to hunt this bandit leader, why was Eleanor involved? After all, Eleanor was just a guild staff, right?
Liz appeared troubled, but she sighed, blushed, and then explained to this guy, who had always lacked common sense. "It was said... that the leader of this bandit group was only interested in a married woman, mature woman, or a mother. Whenever his group ravaged villages or cities, the Sire often kidnapped those types of women, whether civilians or nobles, so the guild sent Eleanor, who dressed up as a single mother with Mel, to assassinate this bandit leader..."
After all, as long as the bandit leader was taken out, everything would crumble, and by using this weakness, they would take down Sire.
"A married woman..."
Miyabi was speechless, feeling that the taste of the bandit leader was so unique!
But then, he also understood why the guild sent Eleanor, as she was a former adventurer and also beautiful!
If Eleanor came with Mel, then everyone would think of them as a pair of a mother and a daughter. While their race might be different, as a single mother, anything was possible, right?
Still, Miyabi felt helpless, wondering whether it was okay for one to send a woman and a little girl into such a dangerous place.
"...you really naive, huh?"
"...."
Watching the helpless expression of Liz, Miyabi realized that the value he had in his original world was different from the people in this world, which made it hard for him to accept all of this.
Still, hopefully, everything will be okay, right?
Regardless, while Miyabi was worried, his job was just a crafter, and he could do nothing to help those who were in need. He also wasn't sure what to do since, in his previous life, he was just an ordinary salaryman.