New law of Beast Taming

Amane picked up the dead chimera's body and turned it around. The stench of death was heavy in the air. Just smelling it was enough to make someone hurl anything they had eaten before.

But Amane was somewhat used to the smell and she did not even flinch when everyone turned their backs to her.

"Hmm, no sighs of forceful fighting. This chimera took its own life. And it looks like it also took the lives of a few more people. This seems like another cold case to me."

Amane pointed out with a tired sigh. This felt like wasted time to her.

Around her, the reporters flinched at her cold words and expressions. They had not expected a person as dignified as Amane to speak in such a cold manner.

"I see. So, we found out nothing this time as well, huh? I guess I will have to pull out the big guns."

It was tough to see, but Charlie had a somewhat annoyed expression on her face. Her eyes were sharp and that made everyone else step away from her.

Amane just raised her eyebrow in surprise at Charlie's words. She did not know what this 'big gun' was about and she did not even want to know at this point.

"In any case, our time here would be wasted so I will go home. I need to start on the poison drake's journey today."

Charlie Suzuki had a sulking look on her face that begged Amane to stay behind and play with her. But Amane was an expert in ignoring that face.

She easily picked up her belongings and left for her home.

The poison drake was standing at the ready when Amane reached home. And surprisingly enough, Sakura was also there.

"Yoko, are you going to fly with the poison Drake alone? It is not safe out there. Do you want me to come with you?"

Sakura asked with a hesitant expression. Amane understood Sakura did not have pure intentions with wanting to come with her on this mission. Sakura wanted to come mainly because of the connections she would be able to make.

And on other occasions, Amane would have been more than happy to take Sakura with her out. But not today. This time, there were signs of real danger all around her.

"I know you want to come with me Sakura, but not this time. I will invite our employer to come and visit us sometime. That way, you can discuss all you want with them later."

Amane promised this to Sakura and the worry in Sakura's eyes eased a little bit.

"B-But that is not what I wanted to come with you."

Sakura tried to deny but she was not able to fully speak up her mind. Mostly because Sakura knew that Amane could see through her.

Amane patted the girl's head and then boarded the poison drake.

"Aske Eclipse to help you out if you get in trouble. He knows what to do by now."

Eclipse had almost completed his training and Amane was ready to send him out in the world.

But the only thing Eclipse could not handle yet were the elders. Eclipse was a little clumsy when it came to human relationships and how to handle them.

And that was where Sakura came in., they both were an effective team as far as Amane could see.

"Yoko, just go. I can see ridiculous thoughts filling up your brain."

Sakura yelled back and Amane watched a blush cover her face. It was adorable and Amane was busy laughing to see the melancholic look cover Sakura's face.

"Fine, I am going now. You should take care of yourself."

Amane yelled before she commanded her drake to leap in the air. The drake followed her command and soon the pair disappeared into the air.

For a full hour, nothing happened. Amane was just about to let her guard down when she felt the disturbance of magic in the air.

"Here they come. Now kid, let's see what you can do."

Amane patented the poison drake's body and it leapt up in joy. The poison drake was finally able to make use of its massive body and reflexes.

It dodged all the bullets flying toward them.

Amane might not be able to see the ship being used to attack her and the poison drake but she could still feel the mana in the air.

As such, it was easy for her to take aim and shoot the massive thing down. She condensed her mana into a weapon and let go of the trigger. The huge arrow hit the mark and soon the plane was down.

It all took under a minute and Amane wanted to be bitter about the lack of preparations the elder council had done against her.

"Those fools think that this small trick would be able to take me down? Just how much are they underestimating me?"

Amane gritted her teeth in frustration. She did not even want to imagine what would happen next to make her irritation rise.

The poison drake gave out a purr in response to Amane's worried expression. And Amane just rubbed its sides to calm it down.

"Don't worry about anything. Just keep on moving forward. We are almost at our destination."

The poison drake somehow landed on the ground but the landing was not graceful.

On the other side of the cliff, an elf seemed to be waiting for them. Her blond hair and green eyes shined brightly in the morning light.

And those green lit up even more when they took in the poison drake's appearance.

"A-Are you miss Tsurugi? I w-welcome you to my estate. I am Kiana, your contractor. It is nice to meet you."

The female bowed in greeting and Amane tried hard not to notice the way her breasts juggled. Now that pair was certainly the biggest one, she had seen in her life.

The elf also noticed that stare and there was the emergence of a sudden blush on her face.

"Ugh, please come in. There is not much I can offer you right now but I should be able to show you someplace to rest for the time being."

The elf's blush had not ebbed even now but she pushed it all aside and welcomed Amane into her valley.

The eld also took a step toward the poison drake, but the drake took a step back to shake that touch off. It did not want to be touched by anyone but Amane right now.

There was confusion and hurt in the drake's eyes as her touch was rejected by that massive beauty in front of her.

"W-What is wrong with the drake? Does it not like me?"

The elf asked in a quivering voice. It seemed as if tears would fall from those forest eyes any second now.

Amane did not feel sorry for the elf, but she did feel like she needed to explain what was happening there.

"It's not only you, Lady Kiana. This kid here is shy and he will not accept any touch that he is not familiar with. You need to give it some time to accept you."

Amane could force the drake to obey the elf, but she did not want to. The drake was a living being that deserved freedom and choice.

Amane could not take that away from the drake at any cost.

"O-Oh! Is that so? Then I guess it is alright. I will wait for this kid to get used to me first."

The elf asked with an excited tone. Just the thought of being able to touch the drake and make use of it for her research was enough to excite the elf.

In her excitement, the elf forgot all about the warning and reached out for the drake. The drake did not like that and it flinched. It startled the elf as well and she took a step back.

This was getting awkward from the first meeting itself.

"Alright, both of you stop. Lady Kiana kindly steps back and gives the drake some space. I will settle it down and then come to meet you inside. How about we talk about what will happen next inside."

Amane offered this and the elf nodded. Amane got down in front of the drake and patted the drake.

There was envy in the elf's eyes as she watched Amane pet the drake. And that caused Amane to feel bad. She extended her hand toward the elf and rubbed the elf's hand a few times to spread her smell all around it.

Then she let the drake smell their combined smell and finally, it accepted the elf's petting.

The elf had stars in her eyes when she petted the drake. It looked as if the elf was melting being with the drake.

But the drake did not allow that lingering touch to last. As soon as Amane's scent was gone from the elf's skin, it pulled back and turned its head.