New law of Beast Taming

Chapter 154 154: The Chairman's well-kept secret [pt1]

Amane walked out into the cold air. The sun was beginning to shine its rays over the horizon and the sky had taken a bloody red color.

Early birds would start to wake up soon. So, Amane needed to hurry up and make her move.

She called for Hibi to come back to her and the snake-like creature slipped on her shoulder and pointed toward a direction. It had seen the chairman and Elder Clent going toward the hidden underground location.

"Nice work Hibi. I will give you a lot of treats once we go back home."

Hibi shivered in Amane's arms at the thought of getting a treat. Positive reinforcement worked better in the beasts since they were able to do a better overall job.

Giving Hibi a few more pets, Amane walked toward the opening of the underground area.

Hibi led her to the side maze where the hedges covered the walls. It was impossible to where the maze ended.

The whole maze was also covered in a powerful aura that made trying to sense the exit impossible for normal people.

Hibi guided Amane through the maze and soon they reached a wooden door that was likely the entry to the underground area. Amane knocked on the door twice before it opened to let her in.

The outside world had been cold but the undergrounds were warm and moist. Foreign mana was being used to artificially keep this place up and running. A lot of care had been put to make sure the Siren remained calm and comfortable.

"I wonder where all these funds for maintaining this place came from. It cannot be from a normal bank account and I am sure Chairman Frank did not have this much aura inside him."

Amane wondered as she walked deeper toward the center of the pool.

She was about to make it to the center when she felt something under her foot. It felt vaguely like skin and bones so she looked down.

It was the Siren she had been looking for. The poor thing was dry and unmoving as it tried to escape.

So, Amane pulled its body up and threw it into the pool of water she could see just in front of her. It should be enough to rejuvenate the Siren.

A few minutes passed and nothing happened. The Siren had sunk into the pool and not resurfaced.

Amane was about to head into the water and check up on the Siren when she felt a scaly hand grab hold of her wrist and pull her into the water. Or well, the Siren tried to pull Amane into the water.

But no matter how much that creature tugged at Amane, she refused to move from her place. She only looked at that Siren with her cold eyes and the Siren backed down.

It seemed to look annoyed by Amane's refusal to come in the water and it looked concerned as well. It likely thought of Amane as another Siren trapped on land because of her aura.

"I am alright, kid. You go and have fun in the water. We can't have you drying out on us, right?"

Amane patted the Siren's head with her hand and the Siren leaned into her touch before diving back into the water. But it still swam up to check up on Amane occasionally. It seemed concerned that Amane would disappear on it.

This happened for a few minutes before Amane decided to do what she came here to do. She held her hand out and the Siren immediately grabbed hold of it.

"Hey kid, do you want to go back home into the sea? This cave and pool are not enough for you, right? You are craving freedom, aren't you?"

Amane asked and the Siren showed no signs of understanding her. But it did grab her hand and tried to pull itself out of the pool.

Amane took pity on the Siren and pulled it out. Her aura warped itself around both and prevented the Siren from going dry.

The Siren looked fascinated once he noticed the energy bubble covering its arms. It had never experienced anything like this before.

For the first time, its skin had not dried out when it tried to step outside the water. And that experience fascinated the Siren enough for it to walk around a little more and try to find its limits.

When it still did not dry out, it quickly broke off into a run. But it did not get to go very far because there was a familiar face blocking the Siren's way.

"-my child, I am back…what is going on here? Yoko Tsurugi, what is the meaning of this?"

The chairman was back and he had food in his arms. The kind of food he had usually harmed a Siren's throat and the Siren hissed in disagreement when it looked at the food.

"What am *I* doing here? Chairman, the better question would be to ask why you have a Siren kept as a prisoner below your office. This will cause an uproar if the news got out."

Amane's voice might sound calm, but she was threatening the chairman to keep him quiet.

"Huh? Holding a Siren captive? Miss Yoko, you are mistaken. That creature behind is no Siren, it's my son. It's a human being that was cursed to become a t-that thing."

The Chairman pointed toward the Siren when he spoke. He sounded convinced of what he was saying. Amane did not know if she should be in awe or look at the Chairman in disappointment.

"No, I can prove that the Siren behind you is my son. Just give me a moment and I will…"

The Chairman took out his phone and held it in front of Amane. The face shown on his screen did look very familiar to Amane.

She held the phone and the Siren's face side-by-side and they looked identical.

"A Siren can usually take on the appearance of someone their target is familiar with. This Siren likely marked you as its prey and is trying to fool you."

Amane explained but the Chairman was not ready to believe that kind of words.

"No, that's not true. I-I know for a fact that the Siren behind you is my son. W-Wait, I will show you the proof I keep. L-Look at this crystal and my son's reaction."

The chairman held out a small red crystal in front of the Siren and the Siren reached out for the crystal.

Usually, Sirens were cautious creatures who did not do these things. But this Siren seemed like a special case.

"M…ot…he…r…"

The Siren opened his mouth and spoke. Amane could not even deny that what she heard had not been human speech. It had been that clear-sounding to her.

A Siren might look humanoid to one's eyes but they had no vocal cords. Even the elders of their species never developed them.

As soon as Amane had heard those words coming out of the Siren's mouth, she grabbed its face and used her aura to investigate the Siren.

The more she looked, the weirder she found the energy makeup of this creature to be. It was a mix of everything blended into one and it had a lot of different energies fighting inside one body.

And this body was dying as a result of all this conflict.

"D-Do you believe me now? This creature used to be my son. So don't harm him and let us live in peace."

The chairman begged as he took a stand right before his 'son.' He spread his arms out, almost as if he was trying to protect the Siren from Amane.

"You sure have fucked up big times if that creature behind you is your son. He's more beast than human at this point and he is also dying. So, are you going to explain to me how all this happened?"

Amane had not been curious until now but she did deserve to know what was going on here. The Chairman looked up into Amane's eyes for a solid minute and debated whether he should tell her or not.

But he decided to tell his story to Yoko Tsurugi in the end.

She was a beast expert and his child seemed to get along well with her.

The chairman also needed someone else to take the Siren under their wing if he ever died. He had approached Elder Clent for that role but the Siren had refused to even show itself when the elder had visited it.

"Alright, I will tell you what happened. It all started when my son died a little while after my wife passed away. My son was too young back then and I could not bear the thought of him being gone."

"So, I promised anyone who could bring my son back an unconditional reward for their efforts. And finally, someone took on this bet and came forward with a solution for me."