第１２７７堀：魔力枯渇現象調査についての問題 (Part2)

I chose to do it that way because relying solely on my own perspective would lead to tunnel vision.

Furthermore, asking them to adopt our methods—or rather, asking them to collect the data we need—would effectively strip them of their own manpower. It’s not exactly an appealing proposition for them.

"I see. From the perspective of another nation, if we’re forcing equipment on them and demanding they conduct the survey, it implies we’re also demanding they lend us the necessary personnel. That’s... hard to accept. Even I would refuse. I’d tell them to handle it themselves within their own borders."

"Exactly. That’s why it’s such a difficult situation."

"Auh. I’m sorry."

"No, there’s no need to apologize. Asking when you don’t understand is a good trait. Just remember that the way something is received changes depending on the perspective you view it from, and apply that to the future."

"Yes."

Yayui has some similarities to Riel. She’s clear about what she doesn’t understand, and she occasionally says things that are surprisingly sharp. As for Riel, she’s been putting a lot of effort into school security for the exchange students lately, so perhaps keeping Yayui by my side like this is the right call.

"Now, to summarize what we’ve discussed: whether it’s for locations that will increase in the future or places we are already investigating, we need to handle things within Weed, at least to gather the quality of data we require."

"But honestly, we can’t manage that with just us. I mean, the magic power depletion phenomenon is already being handled by the Intercontinental Exchange Alliance, so I think we should properly establish a new department for this and recruit personnel on a large scale. Relying on increasing the number of monsters is already reaching its limit. But as for the budget calculations, I’ll leave that to you."

"I agree with Agil’s opinion. Well, I don’t know much about the finances, but we’re physically at our limit, so I think we should seriously consider increasing our staff."

I was told this point-blank by the two leaders of the magic power depletion survey.

Well, I knew that, but still...

"In other words, you want me to secure personnel for the magic power depletion survey and properly prepare the training environment and the department itself..."

"That’s right. That would be the ideal."

"The start-up will be slow, but it’ll make things easier in the long run. Look, we can put Narjia, Wazfi, and Hivia in charge."

"That sounds good. Oh, wait, but Wazfi and Hivia aside, wasn’t Narjia a specialist in magic tools?"

"That’s where we split the departments. We can just make it so they create the magic tools necessary for the survey."

That sounds suspiciously like a scam.

Still, it leads to ensuring the safety of the staff, so is there really a problem?

No, wait, I’m saying this too easily...

"...*Sigh*. That means we’ll need more space, budget, and supplies again. Well, this is a necessary expense, so we can manage it with DP, but the problem is the personnel to handle the training. We can’t exactly have the monsters do it..."

"I’ll take care of that, along with Agil. If the heads of Weed’s research are at the top, the prestige alone should increase the number of people wanting to work in the magic power depletion survey department, right?"

"I hope so. I mean, in that case, what happens to my diplomatic duties? No, can I force that through? Prism is already coming and going from Weed anyway, so maybe she’d be better than me for selling Enaria’s image..."