New law of Beast Taming

"Come and follow me to my room. I am sure we have a lot to discuss. I can see what young miss wants from me."

The young master in front of Sakura gave her a calm and happy smile. He looked far too happy and calm to see her approaching him. She could not help but be certain that this man had an ulterior motive while trying to talk to her.

And even though it had been Sakura who approached this man first, she could not help but be careful of him.

"No thank you. I don't think we have any reason to be alone in another room when this conference hall is perfectly safe and a good place to make acquaintances. I would rather us talk here."

For the first time, Sakura saw that the young master falter to reply to her words. He looked at a loss of what to do.

"Young miss, we should not put our new friend in an awkward position. I can see that the young master wants to be friends with you in earnest. Maybe we should accept his offer this time?"

Surprisingly enough, it was the maid who made this offer to Sakura. She seemed quite enthusiastic about this friendship that was blooming in front of her eyes.

Sakura felt suspicious about this situation. She could not help but get bad vibes all over.

"Alright. Since Layla is the one suggesting this, I will give you a second chance, that is what I will do. But you better not try and pull anything funny with me."

The strange young master calmed down and passed Sakura a calming smile.

"Of course not, my dear lady. I am only here to make you profit off my presence. Come and follow me."

Sakura finally followed that young master out of the room. There was not a lot of time left before the next meeting so she needed to wrap this up soon.

The young master led Sakura to his room and then closed the door once both Sakura and her maid were inside the room.

"My lady, do you feel as if you are powerless and hopeless at times? I can see that you carve power and authority as well. But fate has dealt you with a bad hand."

The man started to speak once he was all alone in the room with Sakura.

Most people would have been startled when they heard such a thing. But Sakura's mask was intact on her face.

Her current situation of being powerless was easy enough to guess if you paid a little attention to her household. So, she was not surprised to hear such words being said to her.

"If this was all you wanted to say, then I guess I should go now. It was nice to meet you again."

The young master panicked and he finally broke his character.

"No, wait. I just want to help you out. You see, I was once like you as well, hopeless and the last in line to inherit my family's title. But that is no longer the case for me. Here, look at what I can do now?"

The young master snapped his hand and fire erupted out of his hand. It was a strong blue flame that showed no sign of going out.

Sakura was vigilant against that flame but the young master showed signs of being able to control the flame at will.

"Don't worry. This is a flame I control so it will harm anyone now. I only gained this power once I realized that I needed to get stronger for my own sake."

"This is also why I want to help my lady. You remind me of myself when I did not have this power."

The young master put the flame away and it slowly disappeared in front of Sakura's eyes. It was an impressive feat and Sakura could not help but feel jealous.

"I see. This is great indeed. But I cannot say that I am interested in buying whatever you are selling, nor can I invest in your product. I am also not in charge of any important decisions made in our household."

"Now, if you will excuse me, I need to head back to the meeting space."

It was times like that that Sakura was thankful that she did not have the title of the family head. She could use Yoko's name and avoid a lot of troublesome things. This was a prime example of that happening.

"I know that my lady is powerless. But worry not, because I, Lord Morris, will help you out. Here, this is a drug for you, my lady. As soon as you inject it into your body, you will gain unparallel powers."

The young master handed Sakura a small bottle to hold on to. It had a red liquid inside it which looked almost like blood. But the density of it was saturated enough for it to not be blood.

"And this is-?"

"Something that would give my Lady Sakura a brand-new set of powers and the ability to control them. You don't need to thank me for this bottle. I am just doing what I need to do."

The man bowed and then took a step back. Sakura looked at the drugs in her hand with a blank look on her face. She no longer knew what she wanted to do with these.

'I cannot be careless and ingest this drug. Maybe I will have someone investigate what this drug is.'

It was…tempting to take this drug and gain more power. Sakura had been looking for a way to gain more power anyway.

But this situation made her suspicious of everything and she held her desire back.

"Thank you for this kind offer, young man. I will try this drug out if I need it."

Sakura bowed to Young Master Morris and quickly left the room. Her heart was pounding hard and she felt her hand sweat as she held the small bottle.

'Take the drug. Take it and gain more power.'

Sakura's heart told her to take this drug. But the more rational part of her told Sakura that it was a foolish decision to take anything unknown like this.

And no matter how tempting it was to gain powers, Sakura decided to store the bottle in her purse and leave.

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"My lady, are you not going to take this drug? It seems to have worked for Lord Morris."

The maid asked with a confused expression. She knew how much Sakura Tsurugi suffered from the lack of physical power to do anything. But she was still delaying taking this drug?

"I do not have time to take this drug right now. We cannot afford for anything to go wrong during the meeting. I will likely look more into this drug once we are done with the meeting."

Layla gritted her teeth when she heard those words. She knew that Sakura would investigate this drug more once the meeting was over.

And although Layla had full confidence in the scientists and doctors back at the base, she was still afraid that this drug and its secrets would be exposed to the public.

'I need to find a way to feed this drug to Sakura as soon as possible. Once she has this drug in her system, she will fall victim to The HIVE as well and we will be able to control her.'

The maid was happy now. She could see her goal right in front of her eyes. She was going to achieve what she had set out to do.

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"The trail is about to open. Those who are guilty would be punished by nature for all they have done. Are you all ready to witness Nature's decision?"

The priest yelled while looking at her fellow heretics. They all had solemn expression on poacher's faces today.

Mainly because their guest was among the people who were taking the trail. No one expected her to survive this ordeal.

"H-Hey, this is not fair. We did not do anything and we still must be in this place? Is there no justice system in this place?"

The poacher complained as he held his body closer. He was afraid for his life and he also knew that he was going to die. Something about the arena he had been thrown into scared his senses.

On the other hand, Yoko Tsurugi looked calm and composed. She seemed to not have any problem facing this trial.

The priest was envious of Yoko Tsurugi's calm nature, but she also felt satisfied to know that this was the last time she would see Yoko Tsurugi alive. The priest had made sure that the beasts would kill Yoko.

Now, it was only a matter of time until things returned to normal around the village.

"Do you have any last words before you all are put to fate's test? If so, then speak up now. This shall be your last warning as well as your last chance to do so."

The priest asked Yoko this question, mainly to make her more nervous about her situation. She wanted to see Yoko Tsurugi shaking in her place and begging to be let go.

Only, that did not happen. Yoko Tsurugi looked calm and composed. And she did not even flinch a little bit when she heard the priest's words.

"Hmm, I have a lot I want to say. But maybe I will say this after I am done with this trial and have proven my innocence."