Reincarnated into a Snow Griffin-Chapter 111

Not in the mood to fly us back nor willing to test if this creature did have any ulterior motives midair we stick to walking back to the inn, using this opportunity to talk the details about tomorrow’s expedition and meeting point when we are stopped mid stroll by no other than the fox lady from before, Misaki, however this time she does not even bother to display the well mannered friendly behavior from before, and instead had her browns frown and her tails twisting and turning behind her in a restless behavior while on the other hand she hides her crunching fists in front of her with her long sleeves.

"Misters, good evening to you all." She gives a little bow, but is easy to see past her fake polished words. "What a fine evening it is, but may I ask what you are doing with one of my foxes, especially this one, walking around this late at night?"

"Mistress doesn’t like to be cheated." Said one of the twin foxes that always seemed to be at her side.

"That’s right, making business behind her back, aren’t we?" Said the other with a foxy smile of her own.

"Cunning fox, cunning fox, warp your tail so you don’t get caught." Sings one of them, a giggle full of poison sounding next.

"Little fox thought to be clever and get some selling of his own it seems... What did you exchange for we wonder?" Their forking pupils resemble more a snake than a fox at that moment, talking these word only to put more wood in the flames.

And those flames burn bright behind the mistress fox eyes who crunched her long smoking pipe without even noticing it as she puffed smoke out.

"Indeed, this little fox, little fox, is getting strange ideas aren’t we?" This time is the fox mistress who speaks and if it wasn’t clear enough how mad she was before now it’s crystal clear that she’s far beyond that, that she’s livid with the situation and something tells me this is not just because we have been seen together.

"What is that to you?" The black asks dismissively beside me. "I don’t belong to you anymore, we are square, even, I had enough of this circus." 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

The way she laughs makes a crocodile’s smile seem friendly. "Oh dear boy that’s where you’re mistaken, you will always be mine no matter where you go and how long it passes, how could I ever let the troublesome golden egg chicken go away that easily uhm? Tsk tsk tsk, that was naïve of you to think dear foxy, black little foxy..."

I don’t know what these two are up to nor what past they had but one thing for sure, as I look up at the many shadows cast by the fox followers, is that we need to be cautious right now and avoid confrontation.

But I guess I just forgot to tell the demon fox that.

"Come on old rag you will get more wrinkles if you keep a face like that, is not like I’m worth the effort really, or perhaps you should give up some of your tails this time around, will do wonders to rejuvenate you..."

I think I saw a vein pop in her forehead, is she having a stroke? I think while I quietly move my hand closer to my fan, and while looking around us and spotting two smirking battle freaks beside me and an easygoing fox do I realize that, for someone so put away with the idea of companions, I had chosen mine pretty badly so far.

"Get them girls!" I sigh, this is going to be one of those nights, isn’t it?

Not only very keen to have the black fox back, the now provoked Mistress does not hesitate to send her small army at us right in the open, in the middle of the streets packed with people, and as much as I do not know the customs of the demon country I think even them would have some manners and not cause trouble for other so easily.

They didn’t think the same, it seems, but it did not surprise me anymore especially if this was the kind that rascal Ethan belonged to, that would actually explain quite a lot of things even.

So while the demons that had nothing to do with it run to escape her fury, both sides ignore the fleeing pedestrians as they start launching attacks that the other responds on the same level, and soon the foxes learn it had not been wise to confront us like this, especially the ones that jump down and are met with the sharp end of a double axe blades and the tip of a shark obsidian black blade.

It all happens fast and at once, the two battle freaks on our side moving with deadly speed and strength, and I do act as well but not against the small flies that literally start buzzing around us, but put myself between the black fox and then livid mistress who could not be more out of character as she is at the moment, with unmade hair and unkempt clothes by the rough movement as she dashes forward, long claws extended.

"How unseemly." I say before putting my fan in front of me and, with a flicker of my wrist, sending the invisible wind whip formed at its metal tip in her direction, the invisible yet loud attack missing its mark by little as she dodges back and to the side, losing her wooden sandals in the process as the lining breaks with the abrupt movement.

She lands on all fours and whips her long black hair back, hissing at me with her growing sharp fangs.

"There is no need for all this violence is there? We are not enemies after all." I say, but she only hisses back, my words falling on deaf ears after so much provocation.

How pointless this fight is, sigh.

I give another slash of the whip in front of me, marking a straight line in front of us, and crook my head at her.

It was not my intention to end the day in a fight, but if that’s what she’s looking for then I might as well give her a little taste of my whip.

I can hear the sound of fighting breaking loose behind me but I cannot afford to look away as the madam fox prowls on all fours like a wild beast and does not attempt to keep her facade of rich lady any longer as she lets her inner beast take place and do more than scratch the surface as her eyes shine red and no words come out of her now growing lips, and next thing I know she’s leaping at me once more with her claws stretched out, glinting in the air, meeting the end of my own Ice Blade formed over the wind whip as I swing my fan around and meet her attacks midway.

Which only infuriates her so.

And at that point old grievances are forgotten as we merely become two beasts, fire and ice, adrenaline pulsing and heart racing, clashing against each other.