New law of Beast Taming

The crime scene had been reduced to ashes. It was impossible to tell that it had been a resting horse before.

As expected, no one had also survived the chimera's attack this time. Or that was what most people believed to have happened.

But Amane was not one of those people. Her senses were picking up another human presence nearby and she decided to check it out.

"Lady Suzuki, ask the people to check up on dead bodies but not to move them. We do not want to trample with the evidence after all."

Amane ordered and the divine leader's expression turned amused. She quickly looked at her subordinates and they gulped their nervousness down.

They knew their leader quite well so they knew that the look in their eyes did not make a good combination with her smile.

"You all, be good and do as you are being asked to by Lady Yoko. Treat her as your superior and do not question her. Am I clear on this topic?"

Lady Suzuki was breaking almost all the rules of conduct by ordering this. But no one was brave enough to tell her this.

Not when Lady Suzuki seemed to be so taken by Lady Tsurugi's charms. It would only spell disaster if they tried to make Lady Suzuki take her words back.

Everyone looked helplessly at Sean. He was the only one who could make Lady Suzuki change her mind about this topic. And it was his responsibility as the leader of the police force as well.

"Mother, are you sure about handing the charge over? It might be too much for Lady Yoko…"

Sean finally caved in under his subordinate's pressure and decided to talk with his mother. Even he knew that his words were futile and held no ground. He had seen Lady Yoko at work before.

But he needed to establish order and show his soldiers that he was just as powerless in front of his mother as the other people were.

"Sean, I did not permit you to speak. And Lady Yoko will be your superior as well for now. So, follow her lead and do not complain."

Sean sighed and backed down. He ignored his soldier's shocked looks. He knew this was going to happen anyway.

Meanwhile, while all this was going on with them, Lady Yoko seemed to have her priorities. She was looking at the ruined building in front of her with a curious expression.

"Charlie, I think we might have our first breakthrough of this mission today. I can feel a human presence inside the building. It seems like we have a survivor."

Amane could feel the faint presence inside the building but she was not in any hurry to get the child out. She still had a lot of time before the child died.

She was not a cruel person, but Amane knew that she needed to gather as much evidence as she could before the scene was disturbed.

A quick study showed that the combination of the chimera was the same as the last one. Someone seemed to have made them in bunches to use.

The whole investigation took half an hour and then it was time to get the kid out.

The soldiers followed Amane's orders and turned the rubble around. But they were not able to find the child anywhere.

In the corner of the ruined room stood a cabinet. It was in relatively good shape even as it was being pressed down upon by the fallen ceiling. That was the place where Amane felt the life signal coming from.

'Ah, I found the kid. I believe that we have a smart one in our midst. This child also feels terrified so I should be careful."

Amane purposely made her footsteps to be loud. She wanted the kid to know that she was coming to retrieve them.

"Hey kid, I am here to help you out. There is no need for you to be scared anymore. Now, do not panic because I am going to open the door. I mean you no harm."

Amane spoke softly before she opened the door.

A flash of silver shined before her eyes and Amane felt pain in her shoulder. Something wet was also making its way down her arm.

The child in front of Amane was wide-eyed and her eyes slowly seemed to be focusing on the scene in front of her.

The child looked at Amane, then at the knife embedded into her arm, and then at everyone else.

"Yoko, are you alright? This little kid…"

Charlie growled out in a terrifying voice. Everyone feared Lady Suzuki and her anger.

They could all see that it had been an accident that caused Lady Yoko to get hurt. The kid had been terrified and lashed out in self-defense. But no one wanted to be the first to say it to the divine leader.

In the end, it was Amane who raised her hand and looked at Charlie with a blank look in her eyes.

"Lady Suzuki, stay back. Your temper and your anger are of no use right now. My injury is minor and of no consequence. It will heal soon so do not pay any mind to it."

Everyone expected Charlie Suzuki to rage and go against Lady Tsurugi's words. But that did not happen.

Surprisingly enough, Lady Suzuki backed down with a sullen look on her face. Even when Lady Yoko picked up the kid and brought her out, Lady Suzuki kept on looking at her.

The gaze was so fond and foreign on Lady Suzuki's face that people had taken a doubtful look to see if it was a hallucination or not.

"You can put the kid here. The medics would look at her and your shoulder. Yoko, take it easy as well. I do not like to see you injured."

Lady Charlie's voice was fond and soft. No one had ever seen her behave like this before. These were new grounds for everyone.

"Hmm, you are worried about this small wound? This will heal by the end of the day so do not worry. We need to be more concerned about the chimera that is lingering around. This one feels even more twisted than before."

Amane warned everyone. The people who had seen a chimera once before gulped in nervousness. They did not seem to be handling this news well.

Meanwhile, the kid shivered as she remembered what had happened to her. She still could not believe her fate.

'Am I alive? Did I get saved? I think I recognize the fox lady as someone important so I should be safe now.

Conflicting feelings arose inside the small kid's mind before she decided. She would give these people a chance.

She was afraid that people would not believe her if she told them that a monster attacked her family. They would think that she was a foolish person who was also sick in the mind.

But these people seemed like they would believe her words.

"E-Excuse me. I need to tell you something. The monster that attacked our home…"

The kid started to speak but the beautiful black-haired lady stopped her from talking. She looked around before making small gestures.

The elder fox-lady nodded and quickly ordered everyone else around her to leave them alone. The soldiers hesitated but one glare was enough to make them all run away.

The kid relaxed as soon as she was alone. She had not even realized she had been tensing before.

But the lack of people certainly helped her feel a lot better than before.

"Kid, speak what you want to know. I will make sure you have a normal life from here on. So, there is no need for you to be worried."

The black-haired teenager assured Penelope. Usually, the kid would not have believed any adult who made such claims.

But Penelope's brain and her heart believed the teenager. There was something about her presence that felt assuring to her. Her instincts were telling her to trust this female.

"I…am sorry for attacking you like that. It was all instinct and I am sorry again. I will make sure this does not happen again."

The kid bowed as low as she could. Blood was still flowing out of the wound as it had not been treated yet.

But the black-haired female seemed not to be concerned by her flowing wound.

"Do not mind this small scratch. I get them all the time when I deal with the beasts. Believe me when I say I could have avoided getting this if I cared enough for it. Now, if you have calmed down, then tell us what happened."

The black-haired lady was not being overly sweet and affectionate but she was not cold as well. Her professionalism helped Penelope feel better for some reason. It made her feel like she was not a victim this time.

"I…it happened suddenly yesterday. My adoptive parents as well as everyone else in this lab were a part of this organization and they decided to target us and…"

The kid was hyperventilating and crying at the same time.

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