New law of Beast Taming

The dining hall was filled with tension. The people sitting in the middle of it were here not to eat, but to face the upcoming war.

The elders had the same opinion of this dinner - Yoko Tsurugi had called this dinner to try and put them in their place. She did not want the elders to go against her and she even intended to suppress Elder Hana's maid.

The poor and humble maid was someone they all felt sympathy for. The poor girl tried her hardest to stay alive and help others. But Yoko Tsurugi seemed to have no intention of letting her live.

So as a protest, the elders had brought out an extra seat at the table for the poor maid to sit at. And it was also the seat Sakura Tsurugi often occupied right at the front of the table.

All the elders knew the significance of this move but no one tried to stop Elder Hana when she helped her benefactor into that seat. After all, they all wanted to be close to the maid.

Everyone except Elder Cornia seemed enthralled by this 'special' maid in front of them. Only Elder Cornia saw the maid as a ticking time bomb with no value.

Even after seeing the miracle being performed right in front of her, her instincts said to be careful of this maid since she was in trouble.

"Everyone, I welcome you to this family dinner. But I can see that some unwanted pests managed to crawl their way up to our family table as well. This is such an unfortunate turn of events."

Yoko Tsurugi stood at the head of the table and looked down at the maid and Elder Hana. Elder Hana held her head up but the maid was gasping for breath already.

"Yoko Tsurugi, don't say such things about my benefactor. She is the reason I am alive and…"

"Alive? Are you though? Your energy doesn't seem to be quite humanoid from where I am sitting."

The whole hall tensed as soon as Yoko's voice echoed through it. They had not expected Yoko to make such a bold statement.

Even Elder Hana seemed taken aback by what she heard.

But everyone was focused on the maid who had gone pale and lifeless suddenly. Her wide, unseeing eyes tried to recall when she might have given away the secrets of Elder Hana's resurrection, but she could not recall anything.

'Don't tell me that this the rumors I heard about Yoko Tsurugi were true? I thought people were exaggerating when they said that Yoko Tsurugi can feel the beast's aura and control them. But if it's true….'

Then that would mean that Yoko Tsurugi knew the truth about this resurrection all this time.

'No, calm down. Everything is alright. Even if Yoko Tsurugi knows the truth, she does not have evidence to prove her words. Everything will be alright after this dinner.'

The maid thought this to herself and calmed down. On the surface, she made a panicked expression and quickly stood up.

"I am sorry, Lady Yoko. I was not aware that someone like me could not sit at the Tsurugi family table. I will quickly take my leave now."

The maid hesitated for a whole minute, waiting for anyone to speak up. But the only one who did was Elder Hana.

"Non-sense. You are my benefactor and you deserve to sit here more than anyone else. You are not going anywhere."

Elder Hana spoke up with resolution but it was Yoko Tsurugi's amused reaction that drew everyone's attention.

"Fine, do what you want to. I don't want to ruin this family dinner so I will not argue with you this time."

The maid was surprised at what she heard. Not only her, but everyone else was surprised when Yoko Tsurugi backed down.

In their experience, this was not a situation that ended well for anyone but Yoko Tsurugi. So, they unconsciously tensed up and braced themselves.

The only one who did not know about this trait and the upcoming chaos was the maid. She happily settled down into her seat and felt content. She had managed to get Yoko Tsurugi to be on her side.

The dinner was unsettling. No one had much of an appetite but they still ate quite a few spoonsful.

Elder Hana, on the other hand, looked famished. She was clearing any and every dish she could get her hands on.

"Elder Hana, is the food that good that you are developing an addiction to? Well, I would be careful if I were you. After all, there are health drugs mixed in the food that causes psychic beasts to go out of control."

That one sentence was enough to get the maid to act.

"Elder Hana, no. You cannot eat any more of this food. It's bad for your treatment."

The maid tried to stop Elder Hana from eating anymore. She did not want the secret of Elder Hana's birth to get out.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

But she was too late to do anything now. Elder Hana had ingested a significant number of drugs already and she could no longer stop.

The more the maid tried to stop Elder Hana, the more of a threat she was being seen as by the beast inside the elder.

"W-What is going on here? Elder Hana, calm down. No one is taking your food away from you."

Elder Dao tried to calm Elder Hana down but it proved to be of no use. Elder Hana was not calming down at all.

Her behavior became even more eccentric as she kept eating the things in front of her. She could not stop even if she wanted to.

"Wow, I heard that these drugs were effective but even I did not know they were these addictive."

Amane whispered and the other elders in the room turned toward her.

"Yoko Tsurugi, what did you do to elder Hana? Did you drug her? Shame on you for trying to harm an innocent person."

Elder Fushi tried to pin the blame on Amane but Elder Hana's body broke out into white and familiar-looking lines.

"Hmm, you can curse me all you want to but it won't change the fact that we all ate the same familiar drugs as Elder Hana. The reason Elder Hana is behaving like this is because she is not a human, but a beast pretending to be one. Isn't that right, our dear maid?"

The maid Amane addressed the maid with the most pathetic expression Amane had seen up to date.

Her eyes were wide and her face was pale. But words of denial were already ready to leave her mouth.

"I-I did not…this is not…"

The maid knew she had been caught. Perhaps, she had never fooled Lady Yoko in the first place.

Just when everyone was about to turn to her and question her, Elder Hana's body erupted into a blast of light and her head fell off. It had been held together by an enzyme and that enzyme was no longer functioning.

"E-Elder Hana became a zombie. W-What should we do now? The zombie is coming toward us. She will kill us all as well."

The elders panicked as they watched Elder Hana walking toward them. They were right in one saying - they would be killed by Elder Hana if they were caught.

The Jorōgumo inside Elder Hana was hungry for more drugs and power. It wanted more of a taste of what it desired.

No one was safe from the Jorōgumo control, be it humans, other beasts, or even its benefactor.

"Shit, this is bad. At this rate, we will all get killed off. Yoko Tsurugi, you are the reason we are in this mess so do something about her."

Elders all around Amane asked her to fix this situation. Only Elder Hao stood his ground and cast a barrier around everyone.

The Jorōgumo tried to break the barrier but it was too strong for it. Find more chapters on empire

"Tsk, this is not going to work. We need a better strategy to take care of the beast. What are all of you doing? You are elders so you should be out here, assisting me. Why are you hiding behind a little girl?"

Elder Hao looked pissed off. He could not believe that the other elders were willing to throw away their pride in exchange for their lives. He would rather die than ask someone else for a favor.

"Tsk, as much as I hate to admit it, you sure are a gutsy man I cannot overlook. I will take care of this beast so get everyone else out of here."

Amane promised and watched as the Jorōgumo let toward their side. She raised her hands and moved her fingers in a familiar pattern.

Threads of her aura erupted around the Jorōgumo and bound its body.

The Jorōgumo was about to break free when Amane decided to tighten her hold. But there was no need for her to make any further move because the body in front of her was burned to crisps by a blue flame.