Chapter 61
- So, is this a usual thing?
- Yes, although this time they're early. Usually it's done a couple of weeks later.
As soon as it got dark, the vampire leaders gathered together to discuss the situation.
- September here is a festive month, and people are busy with weddings, harvest, and so on. The road is empty. In October, it gets maintained, work crews go through it, clearing forests, renovating stone walls, clearing water sources, and so on. By the end of October, the first frosts hit here, but without snow. Goblins retreat into caves - they can't withstand the cold, and from the mines, they begin to export goods and bring in food for the winter. During winter, movement here ceases, and in spring, everything repeats itself, only under constant goblin attacks. In the summer, garrisons rotate.
- Fun, - Leonid, who didn't drink the blood of the warriors, listened with interest to Alexander's story, - So, it doesn't threaten us.
- I don't see any threats either, - Eugene agreed with him.
- Guys, this is an opportunity!
Alexander looked around at those gathered. They didn't understand where he was leading.
- Well, we recently talked about the need to legalize ourselves before the locals!
Konstantin slapped himself on the forehead. The others also smiled happily.
- We need to come up with a legend for ourselves!
Alexander stood up.
- I've already come up with one. You just need to approve it.
Everyone prepared to listen to him.
- We are Toshalians. We fled from our kingdom because of the wrath of one count. One of us is his bastard. The rest are the count's warriors under the command of the bastard, with families and servants. The bastard served the count faithfully for a long time as a centurion. Until one morning, the count went mad, deciding that his loyal servant wanted to take his place, and his rightful son's place. The bastard didn't raise a hand against his father, and the accused warriors had nothing to do either - so we all fled from Toshala to Orod. There, we wanted to hire ourselves out as guards for the silver mines, but were falsely accused of robbery on the road and forced to flee across the pass to the kingdom of Elur. Right behind us, following us closely, was the Orod army. Whose commander, not wanting us to warn the Elurians of the invasion, ordered us to be captured. We had a little skirmish with them here and won. And now we wish to settle on the lands of the local lord and found a free settlement. The local baron has a small garrison and will not dare to deal with such a large detachment as ours - neither now nor later. And we won't cause any trouble here - the road is royal, and if anything, the king's guards will intervene, so that means we don't threaten the baron himself.
- It's like an Indian movie, - Eugene smirked.
- Not the best plan.
- Well, let's come up with a better one then.
After a couple of hours, they couldn't come up with anything better and announced a general meeting of all the vampires. At which they informed about the upcoming changes in their status. The entire plan was confirmed. The only stumbling block was the figure of the "bastard".
Alexander, nominated for this role, did not receive unanimous approval. People started suggesting other candidates, among which, predictably, the name of Alexey Gennadyevich disappeared. And in other respects, the list of preferences remained the same: Alexander, Eugene, Konstantin. These three enjoyed the unequivocal support of the overwhelming majority, but each of them individually did not have such support.
Even joint persuasions from Kostya (Konstantin) and Zhenya (Eugene), asserting that they fully trusted Alexander, did not help the situation. To avoid escalating tensions, it was decided to maintain the leadership of all three.
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