New law of Beast Taming

The corridor was empty and had nothing of importance in there. That was how Helen felt when she first stepped into it. She was not even sure what Yoko Tsurugi hoped to find in that hallway in the first place.

But Yoko seemed to have a purpose as she checked all the surfaces and soon stopped before a dead wall.

Her gaze was full of suspicion and thought as she looked at the wall in front of her before turning toward Helen.

"Hey, do you know a way to open a hidden door? Or, do you have anything that we can use to force a wall open without alerting half of the monastery?"

Helen watched in alarm as Yoko Tsurugi got ready to punch the wall. Was she intending to bring the whole wall down somehow? How was that going to help them in any way?"

"H-Hey, stop it. There is no need for you to get so violent with the wall. You said that there was a hidden door here? I will find a way to crack it open. So just give me a minute."

Helen promised as she led Yoko away from the door. It amused Yoko to see Helen in such a panic.

All Amane had wanted to do was to send her energy through the crack in the wall and see if some kind of reaction would be triggered or not. But that did not seem to be the case this time.

Helen quickly felt around the wall and at first, she did not notice what Yoko had told her about. She could not figure out where the hold in this wall was.

But then she felt it, the subtle breeze that caressed her hand when she moved it all over the wall's surface. It was subtle but still present in that wall.

"Hmm, I can feel the crack. I will try to get it open now."

Helen entered her slim finger into that hole to feel around. She had a feeling that this hole held some kind of contraption that could force it open.

But no matter how much she moved her finger inside that hold, she could not find anything. Moreover, her finger was beginning to hurt due to the tightness of the hole.

"Fuck, I don't think I can reach any place if I do this. I might need to try to think of some other way…"

"Give me some space. I will try to get this door open somehow."

Amane pushed Helen out of the way before sending her aura through the wall. She was easily able to find the contraption she needed to press and used her aura to make it work.

The wall finally moved and Helen looked forward with a shocked expression on her face.

"W-What the hell? How did you do this? The door? How did you know how to open it? You did not even touch it properly."

Helen questioned but Amane had already stepped into the room by then. Helen looked around the room but there were only stairs that led the paid down.

"We might need to walk down a few flights of stairs before we reach our destination. Get ready to follow me."

Amane started walking and Helen had no choice but to follow her as well. Soon, both made it to the end of the first flight of stairs and Amane looked forward.

She could make out something glowing at the end of this last flight of stairs and she hurried up.

"H-Hey, wait for me. I am about to catch up as well."

Helen begged as she felt something crawling up her leg and then her torso. That slimy texture felt familiar and it drove a yell out of Helens' mouth. That instantly attracted Amane's attention and she looked back with a serious frown on her face.

A tentacle-like thing was trying to cover Helen's body and dragging her into the depths of the room. But before the monster could take Helen away, Amane served its body from its tentacle and held Helen close.

"Helen, are you alright? Are you feeling better?"

Amane asked as she rubbed Helen's back. Helen is trying not to gag right now. The slimy texture had been nowhere near her face, but it still felt like it had tried to kill Helen by suffocation.

"What the hell is that thing? Is it related to the same tentacle-like monster from before? But why is this one so slimy? Or is it wet? I cannot tell what is going on."

Helen questioned as she held her body close to Amane's.

For some reason, these monsters were trying to avoid Yoko and their limbs tried to teach out for Helen behind Yoko's back.

Helen had a feeling that she would survive if she hid behind Yoko's back and did not make a sudden move. This monster would not be able to get her.

What Helen did not realize was that the tentacle monster's real body was behind her back and it tried to reach for her once more. If not for Amane's fast actions, Helen would have died.

Helen's legs collapsed as soon as she saw the monster's body almost reading her.

"W-What the hell? Just what is this place? And how do we get out of here alive? I want to live my life fully."

Helen questioned as she felt her heart threaten to burst out of her chest due to the fright of all that was happening. She vowed to stay close to Yoko no matter what happened now.

"This place is a problem. Someone is using this place to cultivate illegal breeding experiments which may or may not also involve humans. Any guesses as to who the culprit could be?"

Amane asked Helen and she looked confused. No one came to her mind immediately.

But upon thinking about things a little more, Helen began to get a clear picture and she did not like what she thought of.

There was only one person with enough authority in this place who also had access to all these hidden places. And that person was Head sister Karen.

"Surely not! I know that Head sister Karen is somewhat sketchy at times, but surely, she would not compromise all our safety like this. Why would she want to kill us?"

Helen asked as she tried to make reasons to reject the reality she saw in front of her face.

"Maybe it was someone else pretending to be the head sister? Or is someone else trying to frame her by doing this? That sister would not…she would not…"

Helen's mind seemed to find it difficult to wrap around what happened. Her eyes were getting wet and Amane did not want to bother dealing with her.

"Helen, we do not have much time if we want this beast to not break out of the barrier. Look, there are so many human bodies in the water. They are likely being used as energy pots for this beast."

The water that the monster was living in had turned a limy-green colour. It made it difficult for Amane or anyone else to be able to investigate its depths. But it was still possible to spot the contents inside the water.

"O-Oh god! There are humans in there? But why? And how? I-Is that Lily's body? Why is it here? I thought she died outside of the monastery?"

Amane knew that it was only the shock of this situation that was making Helen act so foolishly and not her actual IQ. But Amane still wanted Helen to start thinking and acting.

"Helen gets a grip on yourself. What the hell do you think you are doing while walking toward the water? Your body will be pulled into the depths as well."

Amane warned and Helen instantly took a step back from the water. She had not even realized how close to the edge she had been all this time.

But once she realized what was happening, Helen breathed out in relief and looked toward Amane with a serious expression.

"Look, I don't know what is going on here and at this point, I am too afraid to ask this question. But I do want you to help bring the truth of this place to light. People deserve to know what happened to their loved ones."

Helen had a better moral compass than Amane had for the cure. She was perfectly willing to leave this place if she got the dragon's corpse out of the way.

But she also had a feeling that this pool was covering the dragon's corpse so she would need to empty it somehow.

"You know, I have a brilliant idea to help you all see the truth of this place. For now, you need to go out and get people to empty this building. Once you are done, whistle me using his device and I will break this place open."

Amane handed Helen her whistle and sent her out. There were things Amane needed to check before she could get on with blowing the roof of this place and exposing the truth of this place to everyone.

'Ah well, everyone is about to get a big shock and I will also have a lot to make up for. But until then, I am sure that this place will give me a lot of answers.'

Amane reached out for the water with her hand and submerged it. Energy rushed toward Amane and she was unable to stop it in time. It rushed through her arm and into her body.