Usually in this day and age vampires have aides who are volunteers that offer to give their blood as sustenance. These are usually humans who are close to other vampires or distant relatives of those that have been turned in the past. Since the vampire community is public there is no effort to keep themselves hidden, although most humans will still go through their whole lives without ever meeting or realising they have met one. In fact, some humans that hear of them still pin it down to people being part of some extreme crazy cult, this was probably the most surprising news that came to Cassius out of everything he's experienced so far.
All vampires would be given blood bags as an allowance and those who had the funds could purchase surplus if needed. Although Cassius tried to adjust to this lifestyle at first sipping blood from a bag from a straw that wasn't fresh tasted stale to him. 'How do you even stomach this?' he scowled laying on a couch in the study while Estefan was busy completing paperwork on the desk. 'Do you not crave the hunt, finding the right prey, cornering them, fresh warm blood' Cassius eyes closed as he recalled the scent. He's been using the blood bags for the day until the arrangements were made for a live aide.
'Warm blood? Haha don't let Vesper hear you, he'll call you a boomer' Estefan chuckled. 'It will be hard to find an aide that's willing to physically volunteer to your requirements on such short notice, please be patient sire.'
Not only did Cassius require a live aide, he also couldn't have an aide that had recently been fed on from another foreign vampire, since the stronger you are the more sensitive your taste is.
'It will only be the one time; you know I don't like to rely on such things' Cassius replied. The awakening is a strenuous process on most vampires and the longer you were in slumber the more blood you needed to recover. For Cassius given his power he would take some time to get his full strength back as well as enough blood. Most vampires lived on blood however it used to be easily addictive, cases of addicts have reduced over the years due to the use of blood bags as they weren't as palatable and eliminated the element of the hunt. For vampires who are natural predators this was huge part of why so many became addicted.
'In the meantime I have enrolled you into your university course, orientation is tomorrow.'
'Ahhhh yes, what was it? Media of some sort' Cassius replied as he sat up crossing his legs.
'Yes Sire I believe it will be the quickest and most seamless way for you to learn about the current world and systems, as well as helping you adjust to the how humans interact now. They say everyone should experience campus life once' Estefan explained never stopping his paperwork.
'Would you like me to schedule you in for the next vampire council?' Estefan paused his work for a moment peeking above his glasses at his master's reaction.
'No, I'm not here for them, I'm only here to help our young lord and then I'll be going back to slumber'
Estefan looked up in joy 'So you will help him! He's young and naive but he's a hard worker! Vesper will be so happy to hear that, he's hungry for strength'
Cassius gave a slight smile at Estefan's reaction 'hard worker, that's an interesting trait for a Crimson family member'.
The Crimson family was one of the original Vampire founding families, which meant they had lived for eternity and were immeasurably strong. For such families their strength came from their inherited blood as well as the coming-of-age ritual, this was something similar to the passing of blood that Cassius did for Vesper but on a grander scale.
'Where is our young lord?' Cassius asked as he finished his blood bag and blew out the straw from his mouth. Despite his strength and position, Cassius had lived for so long that there was a comical and light way to how he approached life.
'I'm afraid it will take some time for his body to adjust to your blood Sire, he still hasn't woken up.' Estefan replied still completing what seemed to be never ending paperwork.
'Well looks as though I will have to prepare for university ... once again' Cassius exhaled in a nonchalant manner.
The quiet slow life was not one Cassius was used to when being awoken from slumber as family members would only do this when they are in dire need although the change was refreshing.