Chapter 787: Parade Organizing Committee

Chapter 787 – Parade Organizing Committee

I am a civil servant in service of the Demon King’s Kingdom.

I usually work with many colleagues at my workplace in the royal capital.

My position is not high….but it’s not low either.

Perhaps you can call me a middle manager or something.

No, even calling me a middle manager is too high.

I’d say I’m a middle manager assistant.

My actual job is like that.

Maa, it’s a position with a certain amount of responsibility.

Yeah.

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Until one day.

Yeah, it’s a certain winter day.

I received a job offer at the office.

A parade was to be held and I was asked to make arrangements.

It was demon king-sama’s wish and it has a “top priority” tag in it.

Immediately after, around 60 colleagues, including myself, were summoned.

It was a big deal.

No one civil servant in the kingdom has so much free time on their hands to immediately start working on a new job.

We all have our own jobs to do.

Even so, 60 of us were gathered. Why?

When I asked my colleague, who’s not my superior but often gives me instructions…..I discovered a hopeless fact.

First, the preparation time is short.

The shortest anyone can imagine.

It’s currently winter but we have to hold it in spring.

Hearing that short preparation time, we can’t help but scream at how absurd it was.

If we are going to have a parade in the royal capital, we would need at least six months to prepare!

Ideally, we should have been given with a year.

Furthermore, spring is only softly defined and there isn’t even an exact date.

The exact day is when the spring seed planting is done?

I don’t think that can be called exact.

One wonders if they really intend to hold the event but even the Domestic Affairs Minister(Randan-sama) has given an official notice to hold the event as soon as possible.

It seems like they are serious about holding the event.

Second, the route is too long.

The details of the route have not yet been decided but demon king-sama intended not only to involve the royal capital but also the villages and cities connected to it via the teleportation gates.

The actual distance may be short because of the teleportation gates but the fact that there are multiple gates that can only be passed through by a few at a time means that it will be deathly difficult to organize traffic.

In addition, the gates will be closed during the parade.

This means the circulation of goods will be stopped from the start to after the parade.

If measures are not taken, there will be chaos.

Furthermore, there are several forces planning to participate in the parade.

Honestly speaking, if it is a military parade, there would be fewer problems.

The participants will be fully managed and the hierarchy is already established.

However, that is not the case this time.

They are gathering participants not only from the military but also from villages and cities.

Isn’t this something you have to prepare for several years?

It is certainly not something that can be decided in winter and done in spring.

Everything is too hopeless.

However, rest assured.

There’s not only despair.

There’s also hope.

I heard that one of my colleagues directly appealed to demon king-sama to not be reckless.

Now, we can expect some extension…..eh?

You call that an extension?

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Almost everyone asked to resign but they were all rejected by the boss in the afternoon.

There’s no point in despairing so we moved on.

First, a general meeting was held in a big room.

The reason was that we had to confirm and divide up the work.

For now, a committee was formed to organize the parade, and three demons were appointed as leaders and vice leaders…..they were chosen solely on the basis of their abilities regardless of their current position and peerage.

The three of them immediately tried to escape but were caught by the rest.

That was a close call.

I didn’t expect them to even use magic.

The big building we had rented nearly burst into flames but we were lucky it was only a small fire.

One of them fled outside the royal capital but we were able to catch up with him because he had been attacked by a demon beast.

I guess his luck runs out.

Well, he is the kind of man who is entrusted with leading this job.

No way he can be considered as lucky.

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Once everyone was present, the meeting of the parade organizing committee resumed.

The rented space had been flooded due to fire fighting but there was no time to spare to find a new location.

What had to be done to make the parade happen?

1. Confirm the participants

2. Secure the route

These are the two most important things.

We needed to confirm who would be participating in the parade and we had to consider their marching positions in the parade.

Fortunately, we have rough instructions from demon king-sama regarding the participants’ wishes and their marching positions.

My boss has twice confirmed that this order was indeed correct so there shouldn’t be any problem.

However, it is troubling that the current situation is ambiguous with only a few people, including the representatives, from each village or city where the teleportation gates are located.

If possible, we would like to have around 10 from each place.

Well, putting our wishes aside, we need to contact the participants.

At this point, we only want them to participate unilaterally and it is our job to persuade them to participate.

I don’t know if it’s fair to say but it seems that Shashaato City and Village Five have already been informed.

Well, even if that is the case, we still have to communicate with them again.

As for securing the route, I wonder how the parade will be organized in each area……

This can’t be decided without understanding the wishes of each region, or rather, the current situation.

It’s good thing we have teleportation gates so we can get there right away.

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The boss picks some people and assigns them those jobs.

I was not chosen.

What I was assigned was to manage the invited guests.

Parades are held for various purposes but basically, they are held for the people of the host city.

Therefore, the invited guests are also the influential people of the host city……

There are some people who are in a place that has nothing to do with the host city and they get angry and say, “What the heck is wrong with you for not calling us for the parade?”.

For my part, I would like to say that they don’t have to get involved in such a troublesome matter but it’s true that it would feel like they were alienating them if we don’t invite them.

I understand how you feel.

Even so…..

I want you to think about the size of the Demon King’s Kingdom.

The Demon King’s Kingdom is about half of the world.

Some contacts will even take six months before the reply arrives.

In this case, even if I send them a “Notice and Invitation to the Parade”, there is a high possibility that by the time we receive their replies, the parade is already over.

In that case, I think it is better not to send them a “Notice and Invitation to the Parade” but I can’t do that.

As I mentioned earlier, they might feel alienated if they don’t receive any invitations.

What should I do then?

I think the best thing to do is to contact the influential people in each area and ask them to restrain them.

It would be best if the local authorities would appease those who are disgruntled by saying something like,

「We received an order that a parade was to be held in the royal capital but it was decided so suddenly though we wanted you to participate, you won’t be able to make it in time. We are very sorry about that but the demon king is concerned about your well-being.」

Yeah, that sounds good.

The problem is that demon king-sama would have to apologize but this should round up this problem.(I hope)

Only if demon king-sama agrees!

…….

Let’s ask demon king-sama if it can be done.

There will be those who’ll complain but it’s the safest plan that can be settled in just a few years.

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A few days later.

A report came into the parade organizing committee that caused tremor among everyone.

The number of participants from Shashaato City exceeded 1500.

The number of participants from Village Five was 2000.

The expected number of participants is 3000.

…..

This parade is supposed to last half a day, right?

Eh?

More than 5000 will travel through the teleportation gates?

That’s different from 5000 soldiers!

How much effort do you think it will take to get an average person to line up and move?

Refuse!

Narrow down the number of participants!

The reporter replied to the angry parade organizing committee mob in a low voice.

「Demon King-sama has instructed us to accept all participants from all parts of the country……especially those who are from Shashaato City and Village Five.」

………

The parade organizing committee turned into an anti-demon king committee for a moment but their respective loyalties held them together.

Loyalty is great.

I’m something of a loyal myself.

And I’ve only discovered it just now.

I think demon king-sama is very happy that I have a wife and a daughter.

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The parade is now a several day event.

Securing places for the participants to sleep, toilets, etc was added to my job.

Ah, I also have to think about food for the participants.

Just thinking about all of these made my head ache.

A new report came into the committee while I was massaging my head.

Hnn?

The number increased further?

I’m not surprised anymore.

「No, that’s not the….ehto, it’s…….」

What?

Say it.

「They say dragons and wyverns will join the parade desu」

…….

I see.

Maa, I don’t know how demon king-sama did it but dragons and wyverns will be flying in the sky, right?

Isn’t that a good thing?

Also, do we need to prepare for the food of dragons and wyverns?

We better check up our food inventory…..

「I am told that we don’t need to worry about their food. However, that….I mean, I heard that the wyverns will fly but the dragons will walk.」

……

Why?

「It’s a parade…..they want to march desu」

Ehto….do you know how wide the dragons are?

「I don’t know the details but I think the width of the route we selected might not be wide enough……」

My colleagues who were securing the routes screamed.

I don’t work on routes but I did not rejoice.

Because the increased workload on the other team will be passed on us.

Also, I am certain that this won’t be the last. Something similar would happen again.