Single Mother of a Werewolf Baby

Chapter 241: Seven Judges of the Supernatural Council

Everyone was engrossed in the lecture of Supreme Judge Solon. Introduction to Supernatural Ethics & Law was proving far from the dull exercise they had expected.

Solon’s voice carried with clarity and weight, resonating with every cadet. "Before we drown ourselves in the ’boring’ laws, I want you to know my fellow Judges. They will share this course with me. Some of you may know their names, but I want you to hear of them from my lips. The Judges stand without hierarchy... each worthy of equal respect for their service to Midgard. But let us begin with Judge Hatshepsut, the Pharaoh-Queen of Egypt."

He paused, then continued, "Hatshepsut was among Egypt’s most successful rulers, presiding over two decades of peace and prosperity. She did not carve her legacy through conquest, but through creation... monumental building projects, the restoration of trade networks, and the enrichment of her people. Her most celebrated expedition was to the Land of Punt, which returned laden with gold, ebony, incense, and exotic beasts. She commissioned hundreds of works, structures that still stand as testaments to genius in stone. As a woman ruling in a man’s world, she cloaked herself in divine right and proved that power could be founded not on destruction, but on stability, prosperity, and splendour."

His gaze sharpened. "As a vampire princess, she embodies the aristocratic ruler whose reign endures as eternal as the monuments she raised. Her authority is absolute, her wisdom accumulated over millennia, her court woven from ancient oaths and bloodlines. She is the embodiment of law’s permanence."

Solon’s eyes swept the class before he went on. "Now, Judge Theodora, the Co-Augusta of the Byzantine Empire. She rose from the seemingly humblest of origins... an actress, the daughter of a bear-keeper... to become the most powerful woman of her age, wife and equal partner to Emperor Justinian I. Her moment of greatest renown came during the Nika Riots, when the city burned and the Emperor’s council urged flight. It was Theodora who stood unyielding and declared, ’Royal purple is the noblest shroud.’ Her defiance steeled Justinian, saved his throne, and preserved the empire."

"She was a fierce champion of women. Under her will, laws were passed to outlaw the forced prostitution of young girls, to grant women rights in divorce, and to secure mothers’ guardianship over their children. She established convents as sanctuaries for the broken and the fallen. To Theodora, law was not abstract principle, but a living shield for the most vulnerable."

carrying a different weight. "As a Banshee, her voice is more than speech... it is fate itself. The cry that quelled rebellion and

with ruthless conquest, culminating in the blood-soaked fields of the Kalinga War. Yet in that carnage he was transformed. The

and prisoners, and reverence for nature itself. He sent emissaries of peace to lands far beyond India, spreading this message of compassion. Ashoka is the proof of redemption... a conqueror who laid down the sword and used absolute power not to enslave, but to enlighten and

perilous and divine. The Naga may take human or serpentine form, they are always the guardians of sacred law and hidden treasures.

then turned. "Now, Judge Yu. Yu the Great of Xia, the founder of the Xia Dynasty. Emperor Yu was not merely a ruler, but a mythic force at the very roots of Chinese civilisation. In his time, cataclysmic floods devoured the land. His adoptive father failed to control them and was executed. The burden

on futile barriers. For over a decade he roamed the land, cutting new river channels, dredging waterways, and opening paths for the floods to reach the sea. It was a well-known fact that he passed his own home three times in thirteen years but never entered, so unyielding was his devotion. In the end, he subdued the waters, carved order from chaos, and made the land fit for life and cultivation. During this time, he awakened his dormant dragon bloodline by himself and founded the Xia Dynasty, the first in China’s long dynastic line. Yu is the archetype of the lawgiver... he did not merely write laws, but imposed harmony on the primordial chaos, crafting the

with storms and lightning. He does not merely command water... he is the embodiment of water, and with it, he is

Empire. Hammurabi is immortalised for crafting one of the oldest and most complete written legal codes in human history, the Code of Hammurabi. Carved into a towering black stone stele for all to see, its 282 laws declared the principle of ’an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.’ Yet it’s

modern sensibilities, its achievement was profound. For the first time, law stood above the ruler. Justice became a public, predictable system... visible, knowable, and applicable to all within the empire. It

seemingly brutal, and uncompromising. Yet, it was effective at that socio-economic context. His presence on this council is the reminder that

of Sparta’s iron society. He is said to have drafted the Great Rhetra, the constitution that forged an entire