Reincarnated into a Game As the Hero’s Friend

Cheers and congratulatory filled the capital

The focus of those cheers is the army that has just returned.
With their success in retaking a fortress from demon army, which could be called victory, this level of celebration is natural.

The first person to enter the capital’s gate is the commander, His Highness Crown Prince surrounded by Royal Guard.
He rode his horse gallantly.
As expected, unlike me, a Crown Prince must be used to this kind of event.

Right behind His Highness is a carriage pulled by a war horse.
Standing on it is Hero Party, led by [Hero] Mazell Hearthing.
That guy must be surprised with the amount of crowd.
Good thing he recovers fast and started to smile while waving toward the crowd.

The dazed hero party started to follow him.

Me? No, I’m not in the parade.

“Everyone! It’s dangerous so please stay back.
Augen, take care of that side too!”

“Yes, sir!”

Currently, I am in the middle of controlling the crowd.

This happened because of injured knights that returned earlier to the capital.
At first, they were told to convey two pieces of news to the castle.

First, the success of Veritza Fortress’s retakes.

Second, the defeat of Demon King Army Third General, Dreax

But instead, they went and announced that news loudly throughout the capital.
I understand they did it because of how happy they are, but it created a huge fuss.

The next day, urgent messages are sent for nobles left in the capital to mobilize their private army and prepare for the main army’s return.
After all, it won’t be funny if after defeating a demon king general, the army ended up squashing citizens.

Hah… I also just returned you know.

Private armies of nobles, which consisted of knights, apprentice knights, and normal soldiers created a human barricade around the parade.
With that, they succeeded in preventing reckless people to charge into the parade.

But there’s one thing that I can’t prevent.

Noises

The sharp squealing of women, loud cheer, and congratulatory words.
Those noises hurt my ears.

“Well, I can’t blame them for reacting like this.”

In the game, no matter what event is unfolding, lines are spoken by NPC citizens never changed.
Only when a special event flag is activated that they will speak different lines.

But in reality, these citizens must constantly live in fear.
They never know when the demon king army is going to attack.
There are also ferocious monsters outside capital walls.

Because of that, both news of a fortress retaken and the defeat of a demon king army’s general must make them both happy and relieved.

I understand their feeling.
But for me, a mob character that’s not even a supporting role, this kind of sudden event is more of a huge pain.

Just like now, I ended up with the job of controlling the crowd.

I need to think about what to do if there are any injured people in the crowd.
There’s no c