New law of Beast Taming

Unfortunately, the weird smell went away as soon as Albus noticed how everyone else was behaving and he instantly took a step back this was the first time he had backed down and Amane's suspicions grew.

"I told you before to not come here. Not only does your aura make the beasts feel awkward, but they will also attack you. I told this to you for your own sake."

Eclipse sighed as he looked at Albus. He might dislike the man, but he did not want him dead.

Albus pretended to cry when Eclipse cared for him. Fake tears hit his eyes and his lower lip quavered in understanding.

"Y-You are such a good person, Eclipse. I do want to adopt you. Come here."

Once more, Albus made a jump toward Eclipse but he hid behind Amane's body. She was the toughest and meanest person he knew.

And if not, then she was the person who would be able to save Eclipse from becoming this man's victim.

As expected, Amane snapped her finger and chains appeared between Albus and Amane's locations. They stopped Albus and now he looked curious. He had not seen such a power before.

"Wow, what are there Yoko? Can I touch them?"

Albus asked as he reached toward a chain. Usually, these would not harm a human until Amane wished them to. So as soon as Albus touched these chains and flinched in pain, Amane should have realized that something was wrong.

But somehow, she did not realize it and instead chalked this coincidence up to her irritation at Albus.

"Ouch, what was that shocking feeling? Yoko, these chains are weird and unnecessary. Why don't you put these chains down and come play with me?"

Albus asked with a hurt expression. He held his slightly burned hand near his body but he should get it treated before it was too late.

"I don't want to come out right now. You should head back for now and I will follow you as soon as I can. Who knows? I might also be in a mood to play with you afterward."

Amane offered and she noticed the greed and want in Albus's eyes. He wanted Amane to come out and bond with him.

"Fine, if that's what you want, then I guess I cannot complain to you about what is happening. I will take my leave now. If you want to meet me, then ask a servant to fetch me. I will always be ready to accompany you."

Amane looked at her 'father' as he left the beast-keeping area. The griffin that had been about to reach out and bite him stopped when he was faced with Amane's disapproving look.

Eclipse also sighed in relief and his body sagged as soon as Albus Tsurugi exited the beast space.

"That was nerve-wracking. I know that your father means well, but something about his presence puts my instincts on high alert. And I know that this is not a normal feeling. I am sorry for behaving like this."

Albus apologized but Amane shook her head. There was no need for Albus to apologize when he was just following his body's orders.

"Don't worry. You are not the only one who feels weird around Albus. Even my senses and the beast's senses don't like Albus. He must be hiding a secret behind his resurrection. I refused to believe that he is 100% human."

There were too many coincidences that did not make sense if Albus was human. But most importantly, he had given a rotten smell that smelled familiar to Amane. But she could not recall where she had smelt it before.

'Or maybe my brain is hallucinating it with another smell from a long time ago. A lot of chemicals have begun to smell similar now.'

"By the way Yoko, I heard that you have held a family dinner tonight. I hope you won't be too put off by me not attending it. I don't think I will be able to stomach the food if I eat with everyone."

Eclipse admitted and Amane felt sorry for the child. She wanted to do something for him but then her attention snapped to what he had said.

"A family dinner? I don't remember saying or hearing anything about it. As far as I remember, no one talked to me about such a thing."

Amane admitted as she tried to recall if she had said such a thing or not. But nothing came up for her regarding this.

"That's weird. The servants who came to inform me of the family dinner specifically said that the *family head* had decided on this. Naturally, I thought that they meant you. Does this mean that they were not referring to you?"

Eclipse asked with a surprised expression.

It was universally agreed upon that Yoko was the Tsurugi family head no matter what happened. She had too much power and charm to not be the family head.

But Yoko only took a second to think things over before a laugh bubbled out of her chest.

"Oh, this is funny. Eclipse, the servant who came here did not belong to me, right? Did they have a ribbon on their shoulder?"

Eclipse put pressure on his brain to remember any detail he could. He vaguely remembered having seen a ribbon but he did not know for certain.

"If the servant had a ribbon, then they likely belonged to the elders of our family. It seems that the elders decided to accept Sakura as the family head and never got the memo that I am back."

Yoko's voice sounded calm, but it hid the storm that was brewing beneath the surface. Eclipse gulped as soon as he noticed the tense atmosphere in front of him. He did not want to think about what would happen to the elders now.

And frankly, Eclipse did not care about this at all. He was happy being in his place and he knew that keeping up with Yoko was far more important than keeping up with any of the others.

"Don't worry Eclipse. You can keep out of the family dinner if you want to. I will solve the situation for you and make an excuse for you. After all, you are my charge as well as my responsibility."

Amane admitted and Eclipse sighed. He could tell that Yoko was in one of her moods again. But since she had granted her permission for Eclipse to not come, he was more than happy to comply with her.

He remained in his seat and watched Amane head out. Once she was out. Eclipse took in a deep breath and then looked at the shelter.

Moony and other beasts had come out to greet Amane but she was already gone. Eclipse was about to console the moon dragon who had arrived late when the door was slammed open once more.

"Moony, you come with me. I want your presence to be beside me tonight. I am sure that it will be fun to have you there."

The moon dragon looked delighted to be called by Amane and landed on her shoulder. Eclipse was left watching as the pair exited the room once more.

......

"Albus, how long are you going to sulk for? You are even making our guest uncomfortable."

Sherina elbowed her husband to snap him out of the daze he had fallen into. She hated it when this happened since Albus ignored her during this time.

As expected, Albus ignored her and continued to look down at the glass of water in his hand. And that annoyed Sherina enough to snatch the glass out of his hand and force him to turn his head toward her.

"Huh, oh Sherina? What is happening? Do you need something from me? Moreover, you need to hear this. I only wanted to reconcile with Yoko and assure Eclipse that I liked him. Why did things turn out like this?"
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Albus asked as he finally snapped out of his daze. For the first time since Sherina had known Albus, he looked exhausted. His eyes quivered and he seemed out of sorts. He was also distracted enough to ignore Sherina.

That was not what worried her. But she was worried about him potentially ignoring their guests.

"Albus, you are being rude to our guest. You need to pull yourself together for now."

Sherina assured Albus and he somehow managed to pull himself together and looked at their guest with a happy expression.

"I am so sorry that you had to see that weird display from me. I was just going through something personal back then, but now I am ready to face you once more. Tell me what you are here for?"

Sean looked at the pair in front of him with interest. This was his first formal meeting with them and he could already tell that they had character.

And, they felt nothing like Yoko did. Compared to Yoko, these people were small cubs who were just learning to walk.

"I was asked by someone to pass on this letter to you. I don't know who the person was but I don't think he wanted to harm you. So, I decided to do this favor to the stranger."

Sean passed the sealed letter to the couple in front of him. They hesitated before taking the letter but then they opened it.

And a curse passed Albus's mouth as soon as he read the letter. As much as he tried to straighten out his expression, Sean could tell that something was wrong and the pair was in trouble.