Scalar mesons and low-mass sigma: Does the $\sigma$ reveal the confinement singularity?

I present a short review of the current understanding of the scalar meson sector, with special attention to the problem of the low-mass $\sigma$. The dispersion relation $N\mathrm{/}D$-method used for the restoration of the low-energy $\pi \pi$ $(I{J}^{PC}={00}^{++})$-wave amplitude is discussed. The low-energy $\pi \pi$ amplitude was determined from the data in the energy region 280–500 MeV and it was sewn with the previously found $K$-matrix solution for the region 450–1950 MeV. The $N\mathrm{/}D$-amplitude has a pole on the second sheet of the complex-$s$ plane, near the $\pi \pi$ threshold at $\sqrt{s}\simeq 430-i325$ MeV, that corresponds to the low-mass $\sigma$-meson. I discuss the hypothesis that this pole may be related to the confinement forces, thus being the eyewitness of confinement.