New law of Beast Taming

Albus had banged his hand on the table suddenly and the loud noise did not only startle Amane but Sherian as well.

Even the older female looked at her husband with a questioning look on her face, but Albus looked all happy and smiling. There was not a single care on his face when he looked at Yoko.

"Yoko, you are mistaken about a few things. First, you do not have a choice in anything. We are your parents and you are going to follow what we say. Second, that man you just met is a great person. Your life would be secure if you were with him."

Albus explained but somehow Amane had a feeling that he was holding his temper back for now.

Any second, her father would explode and that would be worth seeing. That was why, Amane decided to continue and defy him more and more.

"You said that the man I met is a great person, right? But I did not feel anything like it from him. Maybe you both are mistaken. And, I will marry the person I want by myself. Do not interfere in my affairs."

Amane made it very clear what she thought about this situation and her parent's involvement. It was both a warning and a threat from her side to not get involved.

It made Albus angry enough to bang his hand on the table once more and look up at Amane with an angry expression.

"Nonsense. Don't you dare make fun of me, Yoko! Now, get ready to be married, and do not complain. We are your parents and we know better."

There was certainly something wrong with Albus. He was still smiling but his voice was angry. It was creepy and even Amane found it disturbing.

So of course, Sherina found it even more odd when her husband could not stop smiling. He had never been like this before.

"Albus, control yourself. You should go inside if you are feeling sick or something. Let me be the one to inform Yoko of what is going to happen."

Sherina ordered but Albus, for the first time, ignored her and continued to sit in his place. It almost seemed as if he was glued to his seat.

"No, I will not back down. You will marry our benefactor Yoko and that is final. Hey, what are you doing? Where are you going? Get back here."

Albus reached out to touch Yoko but a black mass stopped him. Before he knew it, there was a mass of black fluttering creatures between him and Yoko.

The married pair instantly recognized what they were seeing and they were shocked still. The hoard of blood butterflies was blocking their path after all.

"You should be careful if you want to touch me or talk to me. My babies get triggered rather easily and that causes them stress. You don't want any accidental deaths, right?"

Amane asked and the pair in front of her flinched. They looked at each other before backing away.

The introduction of blood butterflies had changed a lot of things for the pair and they knew that they needed to tread carefully now.

"If you have anything else to discuss with me, then keep it to yourself. I am going to do what I want anyway."

Amane walked out of the room and her parents only watched. It was not until she was completely out of the room that the pair broke down their impassive faces.

"How is Yoko our child? Both of us are not half as unreasonable as she is. Just whom did she take after to be this stubborn?"

Albus asked but Sherina had her own worried. Not only was her daughter out of her hands, but her husband was worrying her as well. Albus did not seem like himself lately.

As soon as he had come back, his attitude had changed and his energy felt different as well.

"Albus, you would tell me if there was something wrong with you, right? You will not keep me in the dark about yourself, right?"

Sherina asked and she tried not to let fear bleed into her voice. She was not going to allow her fears to dominate her thoughts.

"Hmm? Of course, not dear. You are the most important thing in my life. I will never hide anything from you."

Albus promised his wife and she finally relaxed outwardly. But the anxiety inside her chest would not go away.

.........

By the time the morning came, the news of Yoko being married off to someone had spread everywhere.

All the servants and the elders knew that Yoko's parents had found a match for her. And while some were happy, others were terrified.

They all agreed with one statement - They needed to keep Sakura as the family head before Yoko's marriage. If so, then Yoko would have a hard time taking back the family head position.

And once she had a family, it would be impossible as well.

At the same time, they would have Sakura marry one of their people and take over the family that way. Things were going according to plan.

Of course, Sakura heard those rumors as well and slammed Amane's door open bright and early the next morning. There was panic in her eyes as she looked around and found Yoko's body.

"Yoko, why did you hide such important news from me? You are getting married? When did this happen? And why? You should have told me this before."

Sakura panted as she shook Amane's body. She did not even give her enough time to wake up and gather her thoughts.

Yoko's head spun and it took her a whole minute to gather her thoughts. And even then, she was not sure what she was hearing.

"Sakura, calm down. I am not getting married. My parents offered me a choice and I denied it. I have no intention of getting married this young."

Yoko assured Sakura and the younger one side in relief. She knew that if Yoko was saying this, then she would follow through with it. There was no need for her to be worried.

Since Sakura was in so much panic, Yoko also decided to tell her what happened and the result of her talk with her parents. That made Sakura sigh in relief and she looked calmer as well.

"I see. So that is what happened. You made me panic for no reason. And your parents! Aren't they too much? They are selling you out like this."

Sakura complained and Yoko agreed. It did feel as if she was being sold. And she was not a big fan of feeling like that.

"Hmm, I must agree with you on this point, Sakura. It does feel almost as if I am being sold. But you are also forgetting that I am a crazy person and there is no way I will allow myself to be sold like this."

Yoko assured and Sakura finally calmed down. She also realized that she might have overreacted and backed down.

"A-Anyway, since we postponed the party to tomorrow, we have a free day today. What are you going to be doing today?"

Sakura asked and Amane already had plans for the day. Since the phoenix egg was finally out of her body, she needed to incubate it artificially. To do so, special arrangements needed to be made.

"I have a few things to take care of today, but I can make time to meet you in the evening if you want to hit the parlor. There is some maintenance I need to get done on my hair and skin."
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It was an easy deal for Sakura to agree to. They both made plans and Yoko headed down to the beast shelter on her property.

As expected, Eclipse had made this place his home and the beasts looked comfortable with him as well.

The only one who seemed to not care about Eclipse was Moony. The dragon waited before Yoko was close enough to pounce on her. And then she rubbed her scales all over Yoko's face and neck.

Moony was trying to mark Yoko as her own.

"Aww, you missed me so much, Moony? But if you do this, you will cover me in your pheromones and scare the other beasts away. We cannot allow that to happen."

Amane tried to get Moony away from her shoulder, but the dragon kept a tight hold on her shoulder and refused to let go of her.

It was clear that the dragon had no intentions of letting Amane go. And this was rather concerning for her.

"Hmm, fine. If you want to stay on my shoulder for now, then you can stay. But do not frighten anyone else, okay?"

Amane asked and allowed the dragon to come back on her shoulder. The dragon made herself comfortable on Amane's shoulder and dismissed a lot of butterflies to do so.

There was no way for Amane to make the dragon back down so she took Moony back to the mansion.

There were a lot of elders and their servants present in the main house today since they made an excuse to prepare for the party. Under these circumstances, Sakura had accepted their plea to remain here.

But they were all scared shitless by the presence of the dragon in the manor.

Not that Moony noticed this. The dragon was groaning in pain and trying to bury her face in Yoko's shoulder. This all was very reminiscent of a dragon's maturity. But wasn't this happening too early?