Chapter 182 (2/2)

”Fair enough,” said Joseph, waving his hand at that, then continuing . ”I think I'm going to have Justice Spots put into place throughout the kingdom, utilizing the LAW rune to determine guilt for the most part . Because everyone has such a high acceptance with following the law, I think they will take care of most of the problems that can arise among my people .

”Because there are so many different types of people in the kingdom, it will probably take decades to work out all of the problems . I imagine we have managed to deal with all of the immediate and urgent cases by this point, and I'm sure there will be more as people settle . I am going to revise the current laws majorly, once I return from the Mother of Dragons . I'm thinking there will be three main laws . ”

”Only three?” squeaked William .

”Yes, three main laws . There will be a handful of lesser laws, but three should cover most every problem that arises with our template . ”

”The template is pretty strict when it comes to following the law,” conceded William .

”I'm going to need you, Theodore, the prime minister who came with the prince, and Walter, from the north, along with Ormir, the previous beast-kin king, to oversee the influx of new law requests while I'm gone . I'll go over them when I return . It's a good thing that their lives were utter shavist before they came here . They can see that we're trying, and are more forgiving of our inexperience . ”

”That's good?” asked William, looking at him curiously .

”Dad, I have so many different laws in my head, that I'm struggling to make some good basic laws . If I wasn't so busy running around keeping the world from being destroyed, I could focus on them more, and do a better job . ”

”Can you at least tell me what those three laws you have in mind, are?”

”Alright . The main statement for our kingdom, will be: Every member of the Wizar race is a citizen of the kingdom and every citizen of the Kingdom of Wizar is considered a Wizardian citizen, or Wizard, regardless of legal status, i . e . slavery . The main core laws will be:

1) A Wizard may not harm the kingdom, or through inaction, allow the kingdom to come to harm .

2) A Wizard must protect the existence of Wizards if such action does not conflict with the First Law .

3) A Wizard may not harm a Wizard, or through inaction, allow a Wizard to come to harm, if such action does not conflict with the First or Second Laws .

”These laws will apply to allied countries and their citizens, at a lower priority than to Wizards . And they don't apply to non-allied countries . ”

”That works,” said William, thoughtfully . ”That allows the execution of criminals as harmful to the kingdom, but also demands the Wizar sacrifice themselves if a threat to the kingdom appears . This also applies to you?”

”Yes . It also means that payment of taxes is for the good of the kingdom, so Nidhogg should be happy . ”

William laughed and shook his head . ”That also takes care of suicide and murder; forces people to look out for each other, yet allows people to sacrifice themselves for the better good of someone else . We can get rid of all of the laws that everyone has been complaining about . ”

”Yep, and it defines feeding the people who refuse to work, as harmful to the kingdom, and the problem disappears . This should prevent a.s.sault of all kinds, and winning in a fair compet.i.tion of business, law, etc . will not be considered harming someone . This will also allow for us to add some lesser laws, that apply to those who have social norms different to others, without causing too much trouble .

”I want the age of adulthood to be decided by the base race, but make it a quarter of that race, because of the Wizar template accelerating the growth by four . ”

William nodded and took down the notes . Joseph knew he had perfect memory, just like him, but he didn't have the magic to copy notes without writing them, in order to pa.s.s them on to the council .

”Are you leaving now, then?”

”Yes, before too many more lambs are eaten,” chuckled Joseph, climbing out of the chair and heading for the door .

”Finally!” grumbled Stella .

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