New law of Beast Taming

Every nerve in Helen's body was making a conscious effort not to obey Yoko Tsurugi's words. Helen had no intention of being good to Yoko and becoming her bitch who followed her orders.

And yet, the commanding tone of Yoko's voice made Helen obey her unconditionally.

Before she knew it, Helen had tightened her grip on the jars in her hand and brought her hand down. She even clenched her fist to ensure that the content inside would not slip out.

'What the hell is wrong with me? I was not supposed to obey Yoko like this. I need to snap out of it. I still need to take revenge for what happened to Lily.'

Helen shook a little in her place but she kept her bearing and continued to look at Yoko Tsurugi with a shocked but understanding expression.

After all, there had to be a reason the beast had listened to Yoko unconditionally. Her aura had to be the reason behind that obedience.

Yoko could guess what Helen was thinking in her brain but she decided not to speak about it openly. She waited for Helen to decide what she wanted to do and once Helen had calmed down, Amane stood up as well.

"We have collected enough samples from around here. Now, let's move around so that we can look at the rest as well."

Amane did not think that she would find anything more interesting in the area. The samples she had collected were of rare plants she wanted to cultivate if she ever got the chance.

Helen stood up straight as well and her eyes sparkled with the need to know more. She was certain that Yoko Tsurugi would do something suspicious now.

But contrary to her belief, Yoko just looked around the vicinity with a bored expression and observed the surroundings. She seemed uninterested to do anything physical in front of Helen.

Soon it was time for lunch and Helen had to head back to help the other sisters. Yoko came with her as well but Helen made her wait in the main hall.

There was no way Helen would allow Yoko anywhere near the kitchen.

The other sisters looked at Helen with a sympathetic expression. Some even came close to her to tell her how sorry they felt for her.

One even asked if Yoko Tsurugi had conducted any 'experiments' on Helen and if Helen felt alright. Things were getting a little out of the hand for Helen but that was about what Helen had expected to happen.

She was neither angry nor disappointed with her fellow sister's words. And Helen decided to answer them properly this time.

"Yoko Tsurugi is an enigma. Just when I think I have her all figured out, she goes and does something weird or stupid. I cannot tell what her real self is like."

It was something that annoyed the crap out of Helen. She had never met someone this difficult to read before.

Moreover, it did not seem like Yoko Tsurugi had tendencies to hurt things. She behaved like a calm and rational lady. So, Helen could not figure out why she had gotten Lily killed like that.

Once lunch was over, it was time for Helen to go back to Yoko's side. The serious look in Helen's eyes was still present but the lunch break had given her enough time to think over her actions.

And Helen had realized something during this time.

'Maybe I was being a bit too harsh in Yoko Tsurugi. Maybe she is not the one responsible for Lily's death and it was all a coincidence.'

Thoughts like those were beginning to slip inside Helen's mind when she helped Yoko look around the inside of the building.

Yoko had wanted to look at the side section which puzzled Helen. No one wanted to look inside the monastery and especially not the back sections.

But still, since Helen had nothing to hide, she decided to take Yoko where she wanted to go. And soon they were in an abandoned hallway.

"So, if you have checked everything, we should head back. I need to start preparing for dinner and…"

Helen heard footsteps following them. But even if she was distracted, she could tell that those footsteps were not humanoid.

"Sister Helen, stand still. It seems like something is here to visit us."

Yoko Tsurugi's voice was amused but stiff at the same time. She sounded unhappy with this sudden new presence.

A dark green vein shot toward them and Helen was frozen in shock. She was sure that this was the end for her.

Yoko Tsurugi proved her wrong. She intercepted the green vein. Or well, she tried to. But the vein curved around Yoko's body and headed for Helen anyway.

Helen closed her eyes to not witness the attack. She did not want to physically see her wound because then it would hurt more.

Any second, the vein would stab Helen's body and the pain would erupt all over. Helen was just waiting for that to happen.

And she was waiting….

And waiting… Continue your saga on empire

But the vein did not reach Helen's body. Instead, someone shielded her body from the vein and pulled Helen close to themselves.

Helen opened her eyes, only to look at Yoko Tsurugi's pissed-off face.

Yoko looked annoyed but also vigilant as she stared the vein down. The green thing seemed to not understand what happened to its prey and continued to look around.

"Tsk, this useless thing. I will show it why it should not piss me off like this."

Yoko opened her hand and light shone inside. That light was thrown at the monster in front of Yoko and it cried out in pain.

Some of the tentacles fell and stopped moving.

Finally, the monster realized it was no match for Yoko and it retreated. Helen looked down at the green bits and they looked familiar to her.

'Ah, these are the same parts I saw inside Yoko's room in the morning. Since that monster decided to attack both me and Yoko, it cannot be Yoko's pet. Ah, I messed up big times.'

Helen knew that she was the major reason that rumors about Yoko had spread among the servants. And now she felt guilty because of it. She had not meant to put Yoko on the spot like that.

'I need to find a way to clear out the air about Yoko Tsurugi. Other sisters should not fear her at all.'

Helen felt guilty and resolute at the same time. Now she knew what she had to do to help Yoko out.

"You both! Are you alright? Did you both just get attacked?"

Head sister Karen quickly made her way toward them both with a worried expression on her face.

Helen must have hallucinated the annoyed expression on Head sister Karen's face because she was back to her original worried self when Helen blinked.

"Hmm, we are both alright. That monster tried to kill us both but we managed to defeat it without problem. But that does pose a big question about the security of this place."

Amane hinted at the lack of security in this monastery to the head sister. But Karen only sighed and was ready to answer her.

"We had not had this problem before because of the secure barrier around here. Unless something was purposely interfering with the barrier, these monsters would not be able to enter this place."

Helen had a feeling that the head sister was trying to blame Yoko for what happened.

Had Yoko not saved Helen's life, Helen might have suspected her as well. But for some reason, Helen's gut was telling her that it was not Yoko Tsurugi's fault that this happened.

"I-I don't think this monster snuck past the barrier just now. I-I mean, it looked mature so it must have been around for a while now. That means that there is a fault in the barrier somewhere."

Sister Helen's words caused not only the head sister and Yoko, but everyone else to look at her in shock as well. But Helen held her head high and refused to back down.

She wanted everyone to think about this situation themselves and then conclude.

"Hmm, now that you pointed it out, I can see what you mean. Aren't these kinds of monsters the lowest of the low? The tentacle monsters should be small and easily killable. And yet, this was quite big and strong as well."

One of the sisters accompanying head sister Karen commented. Amane noticed the barest hint of panic that entered the head sister's eyes at these comments but she quickly manages to recover.

"Hmm, maybe this monster managed to slip in for quite some time. But the main question is - why did it decide to attack now of all times? We need to look more into it."

The head sister quickly changed the topic and she gained authority over the situation.

Amane did think of trying to upset the head sister by snatching the authority from her but that would only serve to isolate her even more.

"Sister Camellia, please come with me. There are a few things we need to talk about."

Head sister Karen gestured for Sister Camellia to follow her back to her room. Sister Camellia was the one who had pointed out the oddity in the monster's behavior before so Amane was suspicious of what the head sister wanted from her.

But it also seemed like she was the only one who was worried about this so Amane chose to keep her mouth shut for the time being.