The city was engulfed in clatter.
Especially in the downtown, you couldn’t even catch people’s movements.
In order to get a look of everything, we climbed onto the school’s roof.
In the meantime, I was spying on the town with Evil Vision.
“What’s going on!?”
Yufilia leans forward and shouts.
“The public order of this country is good. Normally, things like this wouldn’t happen.”
Tiraiza overlooks the town, and looks for the cause.
“That’s true, this is unnatural.”
Iris’ expression becomes grim.
“However, this country is currently not in a normal state.”
Everyone looked over at me.
There’s currently anxiety about finances in this country.
People are anxious that the country can’t pay it’s debts.
If they’re actually unable to pay, it’ll be treated as the economy crashing.
What’ll happen when the country collapses?
The country will vanish?
There’s no that’ll happen.
It doesn’t mean that someone will die the moment it collapses.
“Jamie, do you have any money?”
“What are asking suddenly? I don’t usually walk around with much.”
Jamie takes out her wallet, but that’s not it.
“Where do you deposit the money you don’t carry?”
“In the Adventurer’s Guild. They’ll hold onto the money for you there.”
“Then what if they run out of that money?”
“Don’t mess with me.”
“Yeah, that’s what’s going on right now.”
Looking closely, the center of this mess is the bank.
I point at it.
There are some people gathering at the Adventurer’s Guild, but not that many.
“Banks are places that store money, and they need credit.”
“Well, you can’t deposit your money at a place you don’t trust.”
Tiraiza nods.
“However, isn’t the one in trouble right now the government?”
“Yeah, but when the government is unstable, others get pulled in.”
The thing called money is always circulating.
An individual deposits money in a bank, and the bank will lend that money to others.
The government is included in those who’ve borrowed.
If the government can’t return the money they borrowed, the banks won’t have any money to return to the depositor.
“That’s true, but it still hasn’t been decided that can’t return it yet. Why is there such a mess at this stage?”
“Because it’s too late by the time it’s been decided. Before it became such an uproar, some people took back their money. The ones making an uproar right now are the late ones.”
I answer Yufilia’s doubts.
In the first place, at times like this the bank doesn’t have enough money to return to everyone.
Suppose 100 people leave 100 in a bank.
The bank gains 10000 units.
The bank lends someone this money.
The bank profits from it’s profit margin.
Suppose you’re lent 70%, or 7000.
There’s only 3000 units left in the bank.
What’ll happen if 50 people say they want to withdraw their money?
In actuality, the bank can’t pay.
Banking has held these problems since the beginning.
“On top of that, the bank closes it’s doors at times like this, which stirs up even more of the crowd’s anxiety.”
“And after it’s going to become a riot……”
“If the people who want to withdraw their money were allowed to withdraw as much as they like, a riot won’t break out. That is, if they have the money for that.”
Well, there isn’t and they can’t withdraw, which is why it turned into this mess.
The economy is something that’s alive.
If it’s not stable, it’ll wither and die.
“Other than that, what can we do?”
“Suppress them with military force or something.”
“We can’t do that, it’ll harm our country’s dignity.”
Yufilia said that, and ran off with a grim look.
“It’s pointless to try and convince them. Agitated crowds won’t calm down through that.”
“We’re chasing after her.”
Tiraiza follows after her.
“There’s no need to worry, n.o.body in the crowd will be able to hurt Yufilia.”
“That’s not the problem.”
Iris is angrily inflating her cheeks.
I chased after them while thinking it couldn’t be helped.
“Everyone, please calm down!”
Yufilia arrived near the bank, and shouted on top of a tall platform.
“Yufilia-denka!”
At the appearance of royalty, as expected, the crowd quieted down.
“The country is currently in the middle of a crisis. However, this is not due to the demons, or anything that is threatening our lives. I’m sure we can find a solution.”
There’s power in Yufilia’s words, and there were some who calmed down because of it.
However, it’s not like there’s no one who voiced their complaints.
“Don’t be deceived! The money we’ve earned through our sweat is about to disappear you know. We can’t live on without money.”
“That’s right! This is the government’s fault.”
One of the angry people throws a stone at Yufilia.
Of course, Yufilia won’t be hurt by that.
“The n.o.bles can live elegantly without any problems even in this situation!”
“I’m jealous.”
Getting excited by that, abusive language comes one after the other.
Having complaints poured onto her, Yufilia is overcome with surprise.
When those voices get louder, the mess gets even bigger.
Rather, it may be larger than before.
We take Yufilia, and move to a different place.
Yufilia was shedding tears.
Because she was unable to meet the people’s expectations.
Because she was unable to gain the people’s trust.
Her body isn’t hurt.
However, her heart is hurt.
“What should we do?”
Tiraiza looks to me.
I picked up a leaflet that had been on the floor.
On it, this was written.
The government is in the middle of a financial crisis, but I have nothing to do with it.
Aren’t many people thinking that?
That’s wrong.
Actually, if the government can’t return their money, you’ll lose the money you entrusted to the bank.
As for why that’s so, an explanation was clearly given and ill.u.s.trated.
It is written that that before it happens, you should withdraw most of the money from your account.
This leaflet must have been distributed in large quant.i.ties.
“This is……”
When Tiraiza took the paper and read it, her hands were *purupuru* trembling.
“I can’t forgive this……”
Tiraiza’s face blushes with rage.
“What are you going to do if you can’t forgive it? Cast magic into that crowd?”
“I’m not going to do that.”
“Will you raid the country that you think made the leaflet? Without having any evidence?”
“Well then what should I do----!?”
Tiraiza turns and faces me, and watches me walk back and forth.
“Your face is a little scary.”
Iris moves away from me.
“This mess will continue for a while. When it pa.s.ses a certain limit, it’ll transform into a riot.”
“We have to do something before that.”
“You guys do what you have to do. I’ll be doing what I want.”
I said that, and transferred to the Dark Temple.