Reincarnated into a Game As the Hero’s Friend

Chapter 223.1

Since then, I have spent a hectic time doing paperwork, taking requests to the Adventurers’ Guild and asking 

them to make some arrangements, dealing with the affected areas, and bringing work to the refugees.

Once, at Max’s request, I took Lily, who was dressed almost like a lady, and Annette, who was dressed like a chambermaid, to observe the training of the Zeavert Knights. Currently, my father and mother were the heads of the family Knight Order, but since it would eventually be passed on to me and Lily, they wanted me to show my face.

Lily was very positive in this regard, saying that she wanted to thank them for their role in her rescue, and the younger members of the knighthood were also very excited that a cute girl had come to visit, so it was a good thing.

Lily nodded her head when I asked her to think about offering something to the Knight Order in her name from time to time. It was important to gain the trust of the knighthood.

It was good that I got a chance to speak with Count Vogler in such a hectic situation. He was the one who was overall responsible for the previous refugee escort mission and the supply of the Anheim relief force. During the refugee escort mission, depending on how things went, I might have ended up directly working with this guy.

He was a calm, middle-aged man, and, if I may put it this way, he was an internal affairs type person who was unusually good with numbers and letters in this world. He was a member of the same faction as my father, but I had a strong image of him as a staff member of Grand Duke Seyfart, so I didn’t have much of a personal connection with him. I had only said hello to him when I was on the refugee escort mission.

“Long time no see, Viscount Zeavert.”

“Long time no see, Count Vogler.”

He was a sociable guy with a lot to talk about. He must have been popular in his youth. Likewise, he also casually praised me for the defense of the royal capital. He might be described as a genius, but he was simply quick-witted. He was around 40 years old, but I have a feeling that he would soon become a minister or something.

I was able to talk a lot with Count Vogler about the supply side of things. Basically, it was about the logistics department, which was reformed by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

Until then, the logistics department was used for more of an on-the-spot, flexible, or at best, ad hoc procurement, but now it was being used for refugee evacuation and the supply experience at the Great Temple of Finnoi, the Anheim defense, and the compensation and reconstruction of the villages after the attack on the royal capital.

Basically, although it’s still called the logistics department, it should actually be called the Supply Corps as “supply chain” was a broader concept.

(T/N: For ease, we will be using the term “Supply Corps” from now on.)

“I am more surprised that you sir can understand this concept.” (Vogler)

“Of course, after all, I don’t want to end up starving on the battlefield, sir.” (Welner)

I also have a lot to say about this. In particular, items with short expiration dates, such as common perishables, should be on a first-come first-serve basis, but if it were to be done too strictly, it would only increase the man-hours and management effort of the supply corps.

To put it bluntly, this being a world with little bureaucracy, if we didn’t make such procedures easy to manage, we might go bankrupt at some point.

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