New law of Beast Taming

Everything came to a standstill once Charlie Suzuki’s voice echoed in the rift. No one expected her to be the one to be sacrificed. No one wanted to say anything, too afraid that they would break the serenity of the atmosphere.

But someone had to be the bearer of bad news. Someone had to ask the tricky question and confirm what Charlie Suzuki meant.

"Mother, this is not funny! What do you mean you want to be the pivot here? You are the one person who should get out no matter what. The divine guild is dependent on you! What will happen to everyone if you end up dying?"

Helios questioned before he stepped in front of Charlie Suzuki to block her way. He looked determined to stop her from moving past him.

And Helios was not the only one determined to stop Charlie from stepping deeper into the rift. The other children inside the rift held their ground as well. They had already decided the outcome of this conflict.

"You kids are getting ahead of yourself. Do you think you can stop me from doing what I want? How naive can you be? It’s almost cute how adorable you all are."

"But it’s time, I cannot allow you kids to play your game any longer. You all are being bad kids and need to listen to me."

Charlie Suzuki was serious. She sounded more severe than any other time Sean could remember. He was sure that Charlie Suzuki had ways to ensure her words would be followed.

And that included forcing her kids out of the rift.

"We refuse."

"You cannot control us. We are no longer kids who need to listen to you."

"Either you head back as well. Or we will stay behind with you. It’s your choice, mother."

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Sean was the only one who had yet to make his offer. But he could no longer delay his words. He needed to get in his words now.

"Mother, I know I did many awful things to get to this point. But I am not ashamed of what I did. Still, give me a chance to redeem myself. Please head out. I will be the one to hold this rift open. So please-"

"How naive. Can you all sprout pretty words and make me back down? You all are kids compared to my age, and no matter how old you get, you will remain kids for me."

Charlie Suzuki brought out a small hand fan and waved it at people before her. The only ones who recognized what would happen were Sean and Helios. They had seen their mother use this fan before.

"Mother, rethink your choice. Please."

Sean called one last time before everyone else was blown away. The use of power caused the rift to begin to shake. It could not withstand the withering at such a rapid rate.

"Tsk, this rift is a pain in my ass. Just how greedy can you be? You have my power to devour but still want to go after my kids? I cannot allow that to happen."

Charlie Suzuki formed a wall between the rift and the kids she had thrown out. They should be able to escape from the end she had thrown them in.

If they dared to return for her, Charlie would kill them herself. But she hoped and prayed that her kids were obedient enough to listen to her.

The power of the rift tried to crush Charlie. Hortencia’s core no longer fuels this place, but the rift was made up of a goddess’s power in the first place.

Combating such a thing and calming it down were impossible tasks for ordinary people. Thankfully, Charlie had gathered this power for centuries, and now it was time to use it.

"It’s a shame I will not be able to meet my kids or even Amane again. We were living a peaceful life as well. How ironic this situation is for me."

"I cursed Amane my whole life for sacrificing herself when she had the choice. And here I am, doing the same thing for my kids. A parent’s heart is similar across time."

Charlie opened her hand, and magic flew out of her body. Whatever she had stored inside her was going into the rift. The rift was hungry and absorbed it well.

"Mother, what can I do to help?"

Charlie looked back to see Sean running up to her. Sean looked worried about her, so he managed to come back.

"You! Why are you back? More importantly, what are you doing here in the first place? Did no one listen to me?"

Charlie asked, and she tried to slow down her flow of magic. If she was going to send Sean back, she needed to slow down the sealing of the rift.

Otherwise, they both would get stuck in the rift.

"I am the only one who came back to assist you, Mother. So don’t worry about others. However, what are you going to do about the rift? You can head back if I take your place now, right?"

Sean asked the question with a hopeful voice and a hopeful face. He was willing to die if it meant sending their mother back outside.

"Of course not. The rift has already accepted my sacrifice and started to close in. It can no longer be stopped. Sean, you still have time, so get out of here. You can still live."

Charlie assured him, and Sean had a hard time believing her. Charlie knew that Sean would only head out once he got another mission to accompany his first one. So, she condensed her power into two notes. 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

They both fluttered toward Sean, and he caught the note with hesitant hands.

"Sean, I will leave it up to you to take this note to Yoko and others. This is the last time I can tell them everything I want to."

"So, we are still being abandoned, right?"

Tears flowed down Sean’s face when he looked at the note in his hand. He could not bring himself to open it up. It felt too much like the ’final goodbye’ he had been avoiding up until now.

"Abandoned? If you want to think of it like this, then yeah! You are being abandoned. Now hurry up and get out. You have work to do, Sean."

Sean gritted his teeth and started running out. He had work to accomplish, and that made his decision easier.

Meanwhile, Charlie continued to look toward Sean’s smaller form until he was no longer visible. The rift crushed her body, and keeping a human form was tough.

Soon, pain assaulted Charlie’s body, and it began to break down. There was no coming back from this.

The rift would dissolve Charlie and mix it into its power. Then, it would retreat into the depths, waiting for someone else to try to take control of it.

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"Sir Helios, what news should we pass on to the others? Should we tell everyone else? What about the other siblings? Do you think they will understand what happened?"

Helios looked at his subordinates with a lost expression on his face. He did not know what to do anymore.

No one was prepared to lose the divine leader and not so devastatingly. It would cause chaos as soon as this news went out.

"We must believe in Sean. He is the only one who can get Mother to back down from her foolishness and come back. We must believe in him."

Helios clasped his hands together and prayed for Charlie Suzuki to come back.

He needed the divine leader back more than he needed his mother. The world needed a stable figure to keep it standing.

The rift opening shined brightly, indicating that someone was coming out. Hope bullied its way into everyone’s hearts as the rift continued to open slowly. They all had to hope that the divine leader was back.

A hand appeared from the rift first. But Helios could tell that it was not his mother’s hand. Sean was the one who came back.

"Look, someone is coming out. We have been saved. The divine leader is back."

Someone yelled, and joy spread across everyone’s face. But once Sean appeared from the rift alone, that joy drained out quickly.

Everyone looked behind Sean to see if the divine leader would come out after him. But Sean shook his head, indicating the current situation.

The divine leader had refused to come out and instead sacrificed herself. The rift closed behind Sean for the final time before it faded.

Not even a wisp of it could be felt from anywhere else.

"Sean, what happened? You went back to convince Mother. But you came back with notes in your hand? Where is mother?"

Helios was never angry, no matter how tough the situation got. That was what kept him going all the time.

But now he was livid, and he wanted answers. He gripped Sean from his collar and held his body against the wall. He wanted to know what the hell happened.

"I tried my best to convince Mother. But she did not give me a choice in this matter. She sent me these notes, so take them. I cannot open them because I dare not check Mother’s last words."

Sean admitted and held the note out for Helios. Helios hesitated to take the note and read it because the goodbye would feel final. He still wanted a chance for the divine leader to make a miraculous recovery from the rift.