New law of Beast Taming

Camellia felt restless. Even if she was awake, it felt as if she had been sleepwalking all this time. She only remembered walking up to head sister’s room.

As for what happened after that? Camellia had no idea. She just knew that she had someone found herself in the common hall once more and sat down to eat dinner.

The other sisters looked at Camella’s lack of attention with a serious frown on their faces. They were worried about her, but Camellia could not put her finger on why they were worried.

After all, Camellia was feeling the best she had in her life. Everything felt so light and less burdensome. She was finally free of all her responsibilities.

"Sister Camellia, are you alright? You missed everything Sister Garnet said. You are usually one who reacts quite violently to her words."

One of the sisters whispered back to Camellia with a worried voice. The poor sister looked shocked to see Camellia’s relaxed and uncaring expression.

"Huh, did sister Garnet say anything? I am sorry but I was a little lost in my thoughts to notice. Can you say those words again?"

Sister Garnet and the others flinched once they heard sister Camellia’s relaxed tone. They had never seen the other this out of it and they did not know what to do to make her consciousness come back.

"W-Well, I said that what if we are all wrong out our guest and she was not the reason Lily died? After, no matter how strong a human is, they are no match for a beast. What if Lily just went out to take a walk and came across a beast by accident?"

Sister Garnet repeated her words and waited for Sister Camellia to tear her a new one.

But contrary to everyone’s beliefs, Sister Camellia was calm and did not fly off into a fit of rage. Instead, her eyes watered for a brief second and she looked away.

"Hmm, it might be possible, just as it might be possible for Sister Lily to be alive as well. After all, we never found her body, right?"

The rest of the sisters looked at Camellia with a sorry expression. They knew about Sister Camellia’s crush on Sister Lily, but it was an impossible thing to nourish now. They all knew that Sister Lily was dead.

Head sister Karen had said that herself and no one doubted her words. Sister Camellia would have to come to terms with this soon enough.

"I-I suppose that could be the case. But, let’s not count our eggs before they hatch. We should also get back to work now."

Sister Garnet quickly changed the topic before it could go down dangerous territories. She could also see the head sister Karen heading into the hallway. She had sister Helen as well as Yoko Tsurugi with her. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

For the past few hours, the three of them had been sticking together and talking about various things. None of the other sisters knew what they were talking about, but they were curious to know.

Suddenly, Yoko Tsurugi raised her head and everyone could swear that she looked directly at Sister Camellia with a serious frown on her face. Then, she turned toward sister Camellia and walked toward their group.

The sisters who had just been discussing her were freaked out. They had pretended to befriend Yoko Tsurugi in their mind before, but no one was ready for her to talk to them in real life.

"Sisters, is this seat empty? If so, then can I take it?"

Yoko Tsurugi asked as she pulled the seat backward. Since she was already about to sit, none of the sisters could say anything to her.

That seat Yoko Tsurugi was sitting on belonged to Lily before her death. But no one wanted to bring up a dead person.

"So, what were you all talking about? Your conversation sounded interesting."

Yoko Tsurugi asked as she looked at the sisters with a surprised and knowing expression. But the recipient of her focus was Sister Camellia.

None of the other sisters knew what they should do or say to make the situation less awkward.

"Ah yes, Yoko Tsurugi, I’ve heard from my family that you are part of one of the biggest beast businesses in the current times. Is it true that you can control the beasts?"

Sister Garnet asked to gain more familiarity with Yoko Tsurugi. She wanted to cultivate a friendship with the younger so that she could use it later.

The reason Sister Garnet was in this monastery was because of her parents and nothing else. They had forced her to participate in social welfare activities since it elevated the status of their house.

Sister Garnet was not interested in any of the monastery work but she did it anyway.

"Hmm, that is right. I can somewhat control beasts and see things other people are not aware of. On that topic, I wanted to ask you what is wrong with your aura, dear sister. Did you have an encounter with our resident beast?"

Everyone held their breath as they looked toward Camellia who was being addressed by Yoko Tsurugi. But Camellia looked just as calm and collected as ever.

She did not even indicate that she had heard Yoko in the first place.

But once she did look up, everyone could feel her hostility and anger directed at Yoko Tsurugi.

"Whatever I did is none of your business. I would appreciate it if you would butt out of my life and never contact me again."

Camellia quickly got up and picked up her food plate as well. She had finished most of her food and she quickly dumped the rest of it.

The rest of the sisters looked shocked at Camellia’s rough behavior but they could do nothing to stop her either.

"Wow, how weird. I never knew Camellia was this sensitive. Well, I guess I never knew Camellia as well as I thought I knew her."

Sister Garnet looked at Camellia’s retreating with a worried expression before turning back to Yoko Tsurugi. The younger had a worried and searching expression on her face that froze sister Garnet in her place.

When Yoko looked at Sister Garnet, she felt like a predator who was ready to strike at any given second. And that scared Garnet enough to make her drop her spoon.

"Sister Garnet, are you alright? You dropped your spoon and spilled your food everywhere. You should not waste your food like this."

Sister Garnet looked at the spoon in Yoko Tsurugi’s hands and quickly snatched it away. She could not believe that she had let her emotions get the better of her rationality.

"I-I am so sorry. I will take my leave now. I think I am getting sick as well."

Sister Garnet hurried out of the common room as fast as she could. She did not think she would be so affected by Yoko Tsurugi’s gaze and words. It felt as if she was about to be eaten alive by her any second now.

So, to make herself feel better, Sister Garnet decided to take a small walk. She walked toward the back of the monastery and heard someone gag in the bathroom.

There was no sick person in the monastery right now so that made Garnet worried. She opened the bathroom door and walked inside.

"Hey, are you alright? I am here to help…Ah"

Those were the last words Garnet was able to get out before she felt something pierce her skin and kill her instantly. She did not even get a chance to speak or call for help before she was dead.

The tentacle-like creature in front of her had a human face but inhuman eyes. Sister Camellia slowly came around and blinked her eyes.

She looked down at her hands which were covered in red and then around the bathroom. Sister Garnet’s dead body was lying in front of her but it was unmoving.

That made Camellia’s heart skip a few beats and she panicked. She knew what she had to do but she did not have the courage or the mental capacity of making things right.

’What should I do now? Oh god, I killed someone and I need to cover it up. So, what should I do to make things better?’

Sister Camellia did not realize that she was panicking after the wrong thing. Killing someone had not even phased her and she was just worried about getting caught as a result.

Unfortunately, the door to the bathroom decided to open at that exact moment and Sister Helen entered the bathroom.

"Sister Helen, are you alright?"

Sister Helen asked before she noticed the scene in front of her and froze. She had not expected to see someone’s dead body in the bathroom.

"What happened here? Who did this? Sister Camellia, did you see anything? Oh god, we need to inform everyone about this."

Sister Camellia gulped her nervousness down. She needed to make an excuse before the blame could be shifted to her.

"I-It was a green-colored beast. It looked plant-like and it was fast. It killed sister Garnet before I could even react. Oh god, what do we do now?"

Sister Camellia cried as she tried to maintain her calm. Or that was what she pretended to do. She could tell that she was gaining a lot of sympathy points with sister Helen.

"Don’t worry sister Camellia. I understand that you are in pain and shock. Don’t worry, I will help you out soon enough. But first, we need to clean out this place."