Chapter 99

The vampires fell silent. Somehow, they had never thought about what the entire scheme of managing human life should look like and which areas it should cover.

"Well, there's, for example, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs," Semen said, then fell silent himself, realizing it wasn't their concern.

"That's what the triumvirs are handling," someone added.

Again, silence descended.

"Service," a timid voice came from the corner.

Everyone looked towards where the sound had come from. Stefania, sitting quietly like a mouse, looked at them with fear in her eyes.

"Go on!" Konstantin commanded.

"Someone should take care of service. Clean up trash. Serve food," she continued hesitantly.

Alexander understood her point and nodded.

"Well, most of it we can do ourselves, but the idea itself is interesting. There's terrible chaos sometimes in Semen's dining area. But he'll straighten it out on his own. However, soon we'll want some familiar things..."

Eugene stood up and stretched.

"Who will we appoint? I propose that all prisoners of war be transferred to this area we tentatively call 'service.' Duties on clear days should also be assigned to this service, relieving me of that responsibility. And by the way, besides cleaning, there's also fire protection. An important area."

"I have someone. Katerina Filippova. She worked with this at our sanatorium. She'll manage. She'll establish order and put the prisoners to work, but who among the vampires will go to help her..." Oksana pondered. "I think she'll manage."

"Any objections?" Alexander surveyed everyone around. "Well, then, let's approve her. If she doesn't succeed, we'll replace her. Now, about the laws."

"Sasha (Aleksander), you understand we need to think about this," Eugene was almost asleep and didn't even try to open his eyes.

"Yes, but right now I suggest we adopt not our laws, but a general rule. We must obey the laws that existed in our world and not break them. This includes not killing humans if they do not attack us. Wait!" he exclaimed, seeing objections from many, "I understand that in battle, restraining ourselves is practically impossible. But take Maria, for example."

All eyes turned to the girl.

"She demands experiments on humans. The experiments are simple and seemingly safe. But we don't know how it will all turn out. And yet, all this could lead to death. And I'm not even mentioning that soon we will need experiments where we will likely kill people — experiments on turning humans into vampires, for example!"

Everyone nodded in agreement.

"So here's the thing. No experiments on humans with unknown results. All dangerous experiments should only be conducted on humans guilty of crimes punishable by death. We should not kill humans just like that!"

"I agree!"

The decision was unanimously approved.

"And then for dessert. All judicial power belongs to the Triumvirate, and legislative power is our assembly's responsibility."

Once again, there were no objections, essentially confirming what already existed.

"Then tomorrow night we'll bring these questions up for general discussion. We'll quickly get approval and continue working."

With that, the meeting concluded. Alexander approached Stefania.

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