Unexpected Good News

White Dragon Port's Wall District.

"This is today's distribution ticket batch. Arrange for someone to take it over and hand them out."

Willow sat inside a modestly decorated house and handed over a thick stack of uncut tickets.

After waiting for this task to be finished, Willow turned her eyes toward the large magical device nearby. About half the stored energy in the green Energy Core had already been consumed.

This large machine occupied roughly a quarter of the entire house. It was a device the Alliance had specifically designed for duplicating documents.

To print the distribution tickets Fran had requested, the Territory Mage Working Group had been forced to arrange for someone to transport the machine directly to White Dragon Port.

The purpose of the distribution tickets was very simple: They basically allowed residents to claim supplies with their tickets.

But the distribution tickets were also extremely important, because this was the only way to ensure that residents received their supplies.

If they used some method that involved registering names, then with these residents—most of whom could barely recognize a few characters—there would inevitably be a few trying to cheat and slack off. The people managing them simply could not be relied upon.

After all, deception, theft, and registering under false names were far too common. They were practically standard skills among the lower-class residents.

Once residents finished their work, the distribution tickets were handed directly to them for safekeeping. The mages only needed to manage the tickets.

Of course, the appearance of distribution tickets had also increased the management costs, forcing several mages to personally handle the related work.

Willow was one of them. Every day, she had to print the specified number of distribution tickets according to demand, ensuring that each batch contained neither too many nor