New law of Beast Taming

Sakura’s aggressiveness was visible on her face. She seemed less than thrilled to see Charlie Suzuki entering their home and talking to Amane. Her irritation was rather visible on her face.

On the other hand, Charlie was surprised to see the change in Sakura’s appearance as well as aura. It fascinated her as well as disturbed her.

But Charlie was not here for her anyway so she decided not to pay any attention to Sakura and turn toward Yoko Tsurugi.

"Ah, I wish I could have come here on a leisure trip. I would have asked you out on an official date already and we could have had so much fun. But alas, that is not the case this time. I am here because I need your help with something."

Charlie Suzuki put down the cup of juice she had been sipping on. Somehow, she made that look as if she had been drinking coffee and her serious look only added to the illusion.

Amane was surprised to see that her habit of being like this had not changed from her past. But what was surprising was the fact that Charlie had only shown this habit now.

"Alright, you want our help? Sure. So, what do you want my help with?"

Charlie looked received once she had Amane’s agreement and Sakura had a look of disapproval on her face. Amane ignored both as she waited for Charlie to speak up.

"I need to borrow your dragon, moony for some time. There have been reports of dragon shrines being raided by local beasts and we need to figure out what happened. Only a dragon can manipulate the delicate energy inside these shrines."

That…did make sense.

All the beasts were attracted to a stronger power, but they could never control this massive power. So, when it was triggered, it caused a lot of destruction for the local life.

Especially the weak and ignorant humans were the first victim of this released power. It could and would turn into a disaster if it was not kept in check.

"I agree. If the problem is energy from the dragon shrine, then there is no better solution than to have Moony deal with it. She would be able to help stabilize the energy. However,"

"That still does not eliminate the threat of what happened. We did try to investigate what happened, but too much magical energy in the air is making our investigation take longer than it should."

Charlie finished Amane’s words and she looked tired.

Being a leader sure was hard since everyone nagged you about different things. Charlie seemed to not like her current position much.

"So, someone is deliberately going around and opening the dragon shrine’s energies? But why? What would they gain by doing this?"

Sakura asked as she tried to understand the situation as well. Out of everyone, she was the one out of the loop the most. But Sakura was smart and she was able to keep up with the conversation.

"That is not the right question to ask, Sakura. There are a lot of reasons someone would want to open the door to the dragon’s shrine. Many rumors say you will gain unlimited power or eternal life if you have a dragon’s power. And people are greedy for such things."

Charlie sounded as if she had experience with explaining such things. And she might have with the number of kids she had adopted and raised in the divine guild.

Sakura did not say anything once she heard the news. She only looked at Amane to await her decision.

"Alight, I will go and get Moony. The last few days had been hectic but it is time for me to do my work as a beast tamer."

Amane stretched her body and went out toward the backside. She whistled and Moony was instantly on Amna’s shoulders.

The small dragon had grown up a little bit and it was no longer as convenient or easy to take her around as it had been before.

"Moony, you gained a lot of weight and muscles in the amount of time I have not seen you. What the hell were these servants feeding you?"

Amane joked around as the dragon nuzzled her neck. Moony was marking Amane as her person and warning others to not come near her.

It warmed Amane’s heart to see Moony regard her as an important person. And she nuzzled Moony back so that the dragon would not feel as lonely as she likely did.

The pair quickly made their way back to everyone and Amane looked at them all with a serious expression on their face.

"A dragon shrine is a dangerous place. If you want to stay alive, then be careful and do not do anything stupid. If you do not understand something, then call me. I will check it out with you."

This was as much a warning for Charlie as it was for Sakura. They both tended to overestimate their abilities and then get into trouble.

"Alright," "Understood."

They all agreed and Amane knew that it was time to head out now. The sooner they left, the sooner they would be able to find the dragon shrine and check out what happened.

As it happened, the first shrine dragon shrine that existed was quite near their home. It was a small thing and it did not have a lot of power.

"It used to be a lot bigger than this but as the power of the dragons disappeared from the land, so did the power of these shrines. Still, it is enough to upset a lot of people."

Charlie explained as she saw down to observe the shrine. It was a lot more worn out than she remembered.

Amane observed the shrine as well but she was almost thrown off-balance when Moony growled at the shrine and tried to attack it. Amane only managed to hold Moony back at the very last second.

"Moony, no! We are not in danger and we are not being attacked by anyone right now. You can relax your agitation."

Amane tried to calm down Moony, but the dragon was far more agitated than before. She had never smelled and felt someone as strong as her in the beast kingdom. So, the reason for her behavior was clear to everyone, even Amane.

"Moony, listen to me. If you do as I ask you to and do not fight, then I will give you a treat as soon as we head back home. You do want a treat, right?"

Amane asked the dragon and Moony instantly stilled. The promise of a treat was enough to bribe her into listening.

"Sheesh, if someone saw Moony, they would think that she was a young child and not a dragon. One day, someone would offer her a treat and Moony would agree to destroy the world for them."

Sakura’s words earned her a flick on the back of her head from the mentioned dragon. But Moony did not even look at Sakura when she did this. Instead, Moony concentrated dragon shrine and grabbed hold of its energy.

Then, she looked back at Amane as if asking what she should do with it.

"You are doing good, Moony. Now, slowly put the magic back into the stone and wait for it to absorb the power. Then we can seal it back up."

Amane broke the skin on her finger as she commanded Moony about what to do next. Moony did as she had been told to do and the energy in the surroundings was being pushed back into the stone.

"Moony, be careful. Do not take anything in other than the dragon energy, we do not want to deplete the nature of its resources."

Amane reminded the dragon and Moony instantly began to filter the energy she was taking in.

Soon, the draconic energy had been sealed up and Moony looked back at Amane with a proud expression on its face. Her body leaned more into Amane’s hands and demanded pets.

"Yes, you did great out here, Moony. And no, you will not get more treats than it is healthy so do not even think of sneaking out to take any more."

Moony made an irritated expression, almost as if she understood what Amane had deprived her of. It was a heartwarming exchange but it only solved this problem temporarily.

"We still have about 10 more places we need to investigate before we can relax. These dragon shrines have become a big problem for us now." Explore hidden tales at empire

Charlie Suzuki leaned down to check up on the energy flow. Since Amane had made the seal, it was flawless and no energy leaked out of it. But Charlie still decided to seal it up another time to stop humans from interfering.

Just as she was about to call it a day, her phone rang and Charlie quickly picked it up. And when she put the phone down, her face was pale and agitated.

"There was another broke dragon shrine seal found nearby. It is a fresh break, so should we go and check it out as well? It will not take long."

Amane was curious about this case and she wanted to know more. So, she quickly agreed with Charlie’s idea and walked behind Charlie.

Sakura started following as well, but her attention was suddenly turned toward the shadow following them from the sidelines.

Sakura wanted to look more into it, but when she paid attention to the shadow, it vanished. In the end, Sakura could only think of it as a reaction to her active imagination.