New law of Beast Taming

People looked at Elios Tsurugi's tense smile and snickered at her misfortune. Only her employees looked beneath the surface and felt their hearts stop in fear of her mood.

"M-Madam, are you alright? Do you need us to do anything for you?"

The employees quickly tried to bring their boss in a good mood. Their employment depended on Elios Tsurugi's good mood.

"Get lost. All of you get lost and do your work. If I need you, then I will call for you. Until then, you need to stay away from me."

Everyone gulped their fears down and took a step back from Elios Tsurugi. Her glaring eyes were enough to make them all shudder in fear. Even the passer-by looked uncomfortable and turned their eyes away.

The employees flinched and jumped away from their boss. They did not dare to look at her in case they would incur her wrath even more.

Eliso Tsurugi knew that she had failed her first plan but this was far from over. But this was only the start of her plan. She still had a lot of things left to do and tricks to pull off.

'Fine. If those kids want to play with me on an even playground, then I will show them who I am. I will pressure them slowly and drive their business away.'

Elios Tsurugi picked up her phone and made a call. She had kept in contact with the Tsurugi family elders for these kinds of situations and now it was paying off.

Elder Hao picked up the phone call in under a minute and he sounded surprised to hear from Elios.

"My child. What can I do to help you out? Whatever it is, you can tell me."

Elder Hao was one of her parent's friends and he was also the one who introduced Elios to the Tsurugi household. He had reaped a lot of benefits once Elios had taken her position.

It was thanks to Elios that Elder Hao was the head of the elders. She had put in a lot of effort to make people submissive to her.

"I need a favor, Elder Hao. I want you to send me anything and everything about Yoko Tsurugi and my child. The more you can dig into it, the better it would be. I will also give you a lot of benefits."

Elios offered it all to Elder Hao and she knew that this was an offer the elder would not be able to refuse.

Knowing Elder Hao's temper and his character, there was no way he would get along with Yoko Tsurugi. He was someone Elios could count on.

"I see. So Akabe dragged you into our family affairs as well, dear child. I would advise you to stay out of this mess if you care for your life, but I can tell that you are not interested in hearing me out."

"Very well then. I will tell you all about Yoko Tsurugi and her weakness. But you better be careful because Yoko Tsurugi is not an easy opponent to face."

It was easy for Elios to imagine what happened between Elder Hao and Yoko Tsurugi. And since it was Elder Hao who asked Elios to remain vigilant, she knew that things were serious.

But at the same time, Elios had dealt with such kids before. There were a lot of upcoming businesses that tried to compete with hers but ended up getting crushed. These kids needed to be put in their place soon.

...…

"Yoko, are you sure you want to leave my mother like this? She would not let us go this easily."

Sakura was worried about what her mother's next move would be. She knew her mother well and this terrified her a lot.

But Yoko looked unbothered by what was going to happen next.

"Sakura, stop worrying. If your mother wants to come after us, then let her. We will just end up crushing her even harder than before."

Amane assured Sakura and that did make her feel better. It was not a complete confirmation that things would be alright, but this was something.

But little did they both know that things were about to get a lot more complicated. And not the way these two expected things to get complicated.

That morning, Sakura was woken up by a phone call quite early in the morning. She was still half-asleep but she managed to pick up the phone.

"Hello, how may I help you?"

Sakura rubbed her eyes as she stood up. She stretched her arms above her head and worked all the cracks out of her body.

"I-I would like to cancel my appointment with your family and take my offer back. I no longer wish to do any business with you."

Those words woke Sakura right up. She had not expected to get such a surprise as soon as she woke up that day.

"Huh? Wait, who is this? Do I know you? Hey, tell me more about your…"

The phone call ended on the other side. Sakura was left looking at her phone with a look of disbelief on her face.

"I…what was that?"

That was the start of things going downhill. Throughout the day, Sakura kept on getting such calls from a lot of people. Some wanted to cancel their orders, the others wanted to make useless inquiries.

It was getting overwhelming for Sakura to handle alone. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

"I would like to cancel my order with your family as well. I-I should cut the call now."

Even the most loyal of customers took their order back and that smelled of some bullshit. Sakura could not help but frown and her blood boiled after seeing all this.

"Sakura, is everything alright? You have been seething for quite some time now."

Amane asked as she noticed Sakura's mood. It was dark and Sakura looked ready to kill someone. But then, Sakura took some calming breaths.

"Everything is alright. Well, there is a small problem but I will deal with it on my end. There is no need for you to be worried about anything, Yoko."

Sakura tried to appear calm and not stressed. She did not want Yoko to be worried about anything.

Whatever was happening around here was her problem to solve. She knew that she could help Yoko out with this.

"Sakura, there is no need for you to take this burden alone. If you want my help, then speak up. I am always here to help you out."

That was what Yoko told Sakura and Sakura was thankful for her support. But this was something she wanted to do alone. She needed to make sure she had everything ready on her end.

'I don't need to get Yoko concerned for no reason. I can take care of things on my own. I will also prove that I am the right person to keep by your side, Yoko.'

"No, there is nothing wrong here. I will get going now since I have more work to do."

Sakura needed to look more into things. She was sure that her mother was involved in these things in some way but she needed proof.

...…

Amane watched Sakura's expression change in various ways. Her cousin was taking a lot of pain right now and she seemed to have realized what was happening as well.

"Well, that old woman is starting to get on my nerves. She was cute before and I did not mind her, but I think I will have her removed now."

Amane flexed her hand and waited for the phone call. She knew that she would get one from Charlie soon.

And as expected, Charlie called her in the next fifteen minutes.

"Yoko, how are you doing? I heard the news of your family and the difficulties it is facing. So, do you know who is responsible for all this? Do you need my help with anything?"

Charlie sounded excited to help Yoko out. And the sentiments were appreciated by Yoko, but they were not necessary.

"Hmm, I don't think I need your help with anything, but I will let you know if I find anything worth my notice. You can relax until now."

As much as Amane would like to dump everything on others' shoulders, she knew she could not make a habit of this.

Elios Tsurugi was only able to do all this because she did not fear Yoko and her influence. What Yoko needed to do was crush Elios and show her that her position meant nothing.

"I see. But if you need any help from my side then tell me. I will be willing to help you out."

Charlie's offer was so tempting. Especially when you looked at her position as the leader of the divine guild and you suddenly had one heck of an ally.

"Hey Charlie, I changed my mind. I need you to do a few things for me. I think getting your help would be much more fun than letting things stay like this."

"Ah sure, you can ask for help. You can use me and my resources as much as you want to. I don't mind anything you do to me."

This was what Charlie offered Amane and Amane could not help but feel spoilt by her friend. This was too tempting of an offer.

"Aww Charlie, you will make me swoon if you keep on saying words like these. But for now, just help me get a few things and that would be all."

Amane had a plan now.

If Elios was thinking of depriving her of her opportunities, then Amane would do the same to Elios.