Chapter 180 (1/2)

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at 10th of July 2019 12:35:11 PM

Chapter 180

There was a knock on the door, and Joseph glanced up with half a cookie hanging from his mouth . These things were addictive!

”Joseph?” called William . He was supposed to deliver the extra reports to him,

Joseph sighed, finis.h.i.+ng his cookie, and picking up his gla.s.s of milk, before unlocking the door .

”I figured I would find you in here, hiding,” said William with a grin . ”I have those reports you wanted, but didn't leave them on your desk, so that they might be misplaced…”

The grin on his father's face, let Joseph know that he was only teasing, but the spike of immediate anger, almost made him crush the gla.s.s in his hand . Taking a moment to finish the milk, he was able to calm down enough to return the grin to his dad .

”Thanks . I should probably stop hiding and get to work . The Mother of Dragons probably won't like having to wait for too long . ”

Stella stepped forward, holding the plate of still warm cookies, and handed it to William, before laying her hand in Joseph's arm .

Joseph took the forms and teleported away with Stella to his office, as his father looked down greedily at the cookies . Joseph wasn't sure if his mom would get any, but after the feast she had the other day, she would probably be fine .

Stella went over to her bench and picked up her book to go back to reading it . She wasn't a very fast reader, but she didn't give up on it, either .

Reading through the reports, he started to pace, as he thought . Of all of the different types of creatures that now called his kingdom home, there is at least one culture or species that violated every one of his laws . Even among the dwarves, should he acquire any of them, they incorporated alcohol into their marriages, making his law against buying drinks for women mean dwarves could never get married in his kingdom .

So many laws resided in his head, but they all pertained to only one race at a time . Even if there were many cultures, the laws were still only for one race, and that was often human .

He could try and made addendums, to the existing laws, but he didn't want them to become so complicated, that the simpler folk couldn't understand them . Even if the educated norm in his kingdom rose, it would be several generations before that could be the case .

He wanted to blend the many cultures together, not segregate them, which is what the addendums would end up doing . Besides, if he had a law for one culture, and not another, what of the children that were mixed with both?

After pacing for several hours, his father showed back up .

”Do you have any decisions to make, yet?” he asked .

”I think so,” said Joseph, moving to a chair and sitting down .