New law of Beast Taming

Chapter 289 289: The trip to gather ingredients [pt1]

"Crescenta, what's wrong? Are you not going to head back now?"

Sakura asked her cousin with an innocent voice. But the real look in her eyes said that she had enjoyed her cousin's humiliation. Crescenta knew that as well and she was speechless to see this.

She wanted to curse Sakura out, but the public setting of this confrontation as well as the way Lady Suzuki had left her had been humiliating enough.

Crescenta had to swallow her words and stand back.

"Enough of you both playing around. We have too much to get done and you both are behaving like children. I wonder what the future of our house would be."

Elios Tsurugi had a habit of wanting to become the most important person in any setting and that habit jumped out once more as she watched the two females fight.

She tried to show that she was not bothered by these small in-fighting but it was difficult to do when no one paid attention to her.

Even after she openly reprimanded the two teenagers, she was still ignored by Sakura who seemed to be paying attention to her phone.

"Ugh, looks like there is another board meeting today that I need to attend. I have no time to waste here. Whatever you all want to say to me, say it to me secretary and they will note it down for you. I need to go and freshen up."

Elios felt her heart boil but her face had a calm smile.

"Of course, Sakura. Go and attend your board meeting."

That sweet voice was filled with a hint of danger and anger. But Sakura did not notice this as she walked away with heavy footsteps.

As soon as she was gone, Crescenta looked at her lonesome aunt and decided to drag her towards an empty room. Once inside, she smashed her fist against the wall.

"Aunty, you promised me that Charlie Suzuki would be mine and she would fall for me if I tried to seduce her. But this is not working. Did you hide anything from me?"

Crescenta asked as she looked at her aunt. But Elios negatively shook her head.

"Whatever information we were about to find about the divine leader had been passed down to you. You should know about all her preferences and such. If she is still not responding to you, then you must not have spent much time with her."

Elios blamed Crescenta for her lack of progress. But Crescenta knew that it was not the case. She had been trying her hardest to get close to Charlie. But the older female just avoided her when she approached.

Not to mention, the whole fiasco with Sakura that the divine leader must be hiding.

'I must never let my aunt know that Charlie Suzuki's real lover is Sakura. Otherwise, whatever support I am receiving from the main family would disappear.'

"Crescenta, you must try harder and seduce Charlie Suzuki. I am trusting you because you are said to be the best in this field. I hope you understand what kind of responsibility this is."

Elios put her hand on Crescenta's shoulder. She looked Crescenta directly in the eyes to highlight the importance of this task.

'Tsk, who does this person think she is to order me around? But no, I need to calm down and think right now.'

In the end, all the teenager could do was shake her head in agreement. She did not have enough resources at hand to deal with someone troublesome.

...

For Amane, it turned out to be a restless night where she twisted and turned in the bed. She was not able to find a position she liked enough to relax in.

When the sun rose on the horizon, Amane's eyes were still open and blood-shot. Her eyes burned due to the lack of sleep and they periodically shut down as well.

But just as Amane was about to fall asleep, her brain jolted in unexpected shock and she was awake once more.

At this point, even Amane had to question if she was alright or not.

Since Amane was feeling tired and lousy in the morning, she decided to have an early breakfast. For the first time since she had been detained, she saw someone else at the dining table.

Professor Corin had a bowl in front of him and his food had a questionable color, but Amane ignored it all and took out her frozen food from the fridge. She popped it into the microwave and waited for it to heat up.

Frozen food sucked, but food was food and Amane had learned not to question what she put inside her mouth at this point.

"So, did you have a good night's sleep? You look awfully tired today and you are also awake before 10."

Amane picked up her heated food and sat down at the dining table. She did her best to ignore Professor Cardin's curious eyes looking at her with curiosity.

"I will take your silence as you admitting that your night did not go as well as you hoped it to go. If you want any help sleeping, then I have just the thing for you. You can swing by my room and pick up my special sleeping pills."

The dwarf sounded excited when he offered Amane these pills. And that was how Amane knew that she needed to keep as far away from this man as possible.

"No, thank you. I don't think I want any pills you are offering me. I am quite satisfied with what I have right now."

Amane assured the dwarf before she scooped her questionable food and put it into her mouth.

It tasted like rubber and Amane was pretty sure that the texture felt like raw banana which was impossible to eat. How it had gotten mixed with food, or could even be called food, she did not know.

But what Amane did know was that her appetite had been killed off because of it.

"Ugh, suit yourself. I was trying to help you because I know you would not have the energy to endure today otherwise. But if you do not want to take my advice, it is up to you. You will be the one in trouble once we hit the field."

"Hit the field? What do you mean by it?"

Amane asked, now cautious about what Professor Cardin was saying. Her curious eyes were what gave Professor Cardin a pause and he suddenly realized that he had a chance to attract Yoko's attention once more.

Perhaps, this was the opportunity he had been looking for all this time.

"Those in the senet were concerned a few months back about our 'lack of activity' and 'freedom.' They said that we should have basic human rights as well and we should be allowed to do some 'recreational' activities occasionally."

"So once a week, we are allowed to head out into a place of our choosing and do any activity we want to do. Of course, we both must do it in pairs and agree on our place of visit. Otherwise, it would be impossible for us to head out."

"Since you were late, I have already put forth the request to visit the Valley of Criticus. So, you will have to deal with this and get ready."

Amane had heard about the Valley of Criticus. According to her research, it was a miraculous land with a lot of rare plants and animals. There were hardly any beasts in that vicinity so she had decided to ignore it.

Now that she had an opportunity to visit it, she wanted to take the chance to study it to the fullest. Maybe she would find something interesting in there.

"You are excited to visit that valley as well. I can see it in your eyes, Yoko Tsurugi. Ah, I knew it the second I saw you. You are just like me, an adventurous soul who wants to experiment and see how far you can stretch your boundaries."

"I don't know why you think trying to be 'human' would help you out. In my opinion, it would be far better for you to cast away your human shell and become an entity for the sake of finding out the truth of this world."

'Woah, this got too serious too quickly.'

Amane was not surprised to see Professor Cardin speak such words. Most researchers Amane had met in her life had wanted to know the truth of this world.

"No, thank you. The secrets of the world can remain where they are. I would rather let them remain a mystery to me so that I can keep on enjoying my current life."

Knowledge only brought misery to people. The more you knew, the more you suffered. Amane was an avid believer in knowing just enough and not crossing a limit.

They both were halfway through their breakfast when their doorbell rang and Stella entered the safehouse. She looked surprised to see Amane up and about.

But then she noticed Professor Cardin in the dining room as well and Stella's face showed an irritated look.

"Yoko Tsurugi, I was told that you often slept past 10 AM. I was not expecting you to be awake today."

Stella's feet made no noise as she walked inside. Her alert eyes tried to look around for any oddity that could have caused Yoko to be awake at such an ungodly time of 06:30 in the morning.

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