Nilah and I were holed up at home. I wanted to prove that I can behave and not get into trouble. So no magic and no going outside! They will be so surprised when they return and nothing happened! That will show them that I am chaotic by choice. I will prove myself as a normal functioning fox of society.

  Hey Nilah, how do normal people earn money?

  I couldn’t do any of my hobbies as they could easily devolve into chaos and I would have to go outside to do blacksmithing. Hopping into my dimensional pocket would be cheating. What do mortals do to earn money besides adventuring or working for the Yttroz Industries? What about Bread Agnis? Can I be a baker? I don’t think so. I can however sell ice cream! The fruits and poison came out of my dimensional pocket, and it was time to whip up some ice cream!

  I researched the popular flavors and identified any potential pitfalls in selling ice cream. None of the popular ice cream flavors seemed interesting to me. These guys don’t know what good ice cream is! The ice cream stand would be made out of ice to keep the ice cream cold. The rates were set. My ice cream would have the same prices as the stores. Those are overpriced but selling ice cream for cheap might attract too much attention.

  I was almost done when I read something concerning. Ice cream isn’t popular in November.

  Is this why they keep worrying about me Nilah? What do I do with all this ice cream?

  Nilah jumped at a bucket of ice cream and started to devour it.

  Well it seems that’s the only solution!

  Another mistake. It was too much ice cream. My pride didn't allow me to store the ice cream after I’ve made it. My stomach was making strange sounds and hurting. A great demonstration why pride was a deadly sin.

  I laid down and curled up on the couch, thinking that this must be when I’d die.

  To think that I would assassinate myself with ice cream… it does contain poison after all… I should’ve known better…

  Waves of pain spread out from my stomach to the rest of my abdomen.

  Nilah, If I don’t make it…make sure that Giana gets everything in my dimensional pocket. Don’t let Raishin get his hands on everything in it!

  Nilah licked my face and comforted me.

  Thank you for the support.

  The doorbell rang, and I fell off the couch as it startled me.

  Did you order something Nilah?

  Nilah gave me a blank stare. There was a 0% chance that she ordered something. I crawled to the door and pulled myself up.

  I got this. Act normal. Nilah, get ready in case Hisui has returned.

  The door opened and a woman and 2 kids stood in front of the door. They were some sort of mouse beast kin.

  “We have moved to the house next to you, and we came to greet our neighbor. The name is Alina, this here is Lyss and this is Kain.”

  “Mom! Mom! It’s the Silver Torrent! Our neighbor is a hero!”

  Hey kid, I’m not a hero. I’m a super villain.

  “Whoa! Is that ice cream?!”

  The noisy kids stormed into my house and started attacking my left-over ice cream.

  Ugh… this can’t be happening…I’m getting robbed by kids.

  “Lyss! Kain! Don’t be so rude! Excuse me for my children’s rude behavior…”

  “Whoa mom! Taste this! This is the best ice cream ever!”

  The kids were stuffing their faces with my ice cream…. For free… The mother ran in and collected her children but ended up eating some ice cream too.

  I’m the Silver Torrent as you guys have guessed, nice to meet you now I will kindly ask you to leave. My stomach is trying to kill me.

  “Oh! You must have eaten too much ice cream! I have a remedy for that! I will borrow your kitchen for a bit.” The mother said and rushed into the kitchen. I wanted to stop her but my stomach acted up.

  Nilah… please do something.

  ‘What a cute pet” the kids yelled and started to chase Nilah, which she didn’t like that at all.

  Nilah, don’t kill them…yet. Hey! Uhh whatsername? Brats, what’s your mother’s name again?

  “She’s called; mom!”

  What did you say about my mom?

  Nilah reacted and turned the kids into ice statues.

  “Hey where is your… Aaah! My kids!”

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  The mother dropped what she was holding and ran over to the kids. “T…they’re not dead, are they?”

  It was hard to answer as I was rolling over the floor in pain.

  This is hell…

  Nilah came to show her support.

  Thank you, Nilah. You! Take your kids. This isn’t a playground. They will thaw in 2 hours.

  “Yes!” The mother grabbed her kids and ran off.

  I recovered after 2 hours and was cleaning up the mess.

  What a clownfiesta.

  The doorbell rang again, interrupting my cleaning.

  Relly? How many neighbors do I have?!

  I walked at the door and opened it.

  “Hey, I came to apologize for what happened earlier.”

  It was the mother and her kids again.

  “We apologize, mister!” the kids said together. It was a bit cute.

  So they do have manners. Just make sure this doesn’t happen again.

  “Hey mister, why do you live here alone?” the young girl asked while peeking inside.

  I live here with Nilah, the fox that kicked your asses.

  “Isn’t that lonely?! Why don’t you entertain us?!” The boy said as he made a proud pose.

  You must be a comedian… Shoo shoo get lost.

  “I’m sorry about my kids. They got a bit wild after… My husband…he died fighting in the war between the Aquini Kingdom and the Igrini kingdom… we want to also thank you for helping that horrible war.”

  Telling them that I helped out by accident might not be the greatest idea.

  You’re welcome. Have a nice day.

  I closed the door and sat on my couch. Stupid kids, don’t they know they’re playing with their lives. The mother is the same, though. Isn’t it clear that I’m an omnivorous beast kin and they fit right in my diet?

  Nilah and I stuffed our faces with some chicken to make sure no kids disappeared mysteriously.

  The doorbell rang again and I heard giggling kids. Can they just leave me alone? I just ignored them. They kept ringing, though. How annoying! I can't even feel safe in my own home! The ringing stopped, and I heard giggling around my house. Fools! My house has top-tier security! Nobody can…

  The giggling could be heard from inside my house.

  What?! Impossible!

  Forget those brats! My barriers have a breach! Did I make a mistake somewhere?! The giggling struck fear in my heart.

  “Tasty ice cream!”

  Show yourself cowards!

  All the barriers seemed fine except for 1… it was a barrier I made when I was 16. It was the barrier that blocked anyone older than me… What a blunder!

  Sure, all my threats are older than me, but this condition has an enormous flaw. It gets weaker every year! But these brats have taught me that threats exist at any age. My security is only as strong as the weakest link, after all.

  The shitty barrier got replaced, and it was time to hunt down some brats.

  Hey brats…ever heard the fairy tale of the mice and the big bad fox?!

  “You mean the piglets and the big bad wolf!”

  Stupid brats…I shall thank you for volunteering to become my dinner! Better run before I devour you! Grr!

  The kids screamed. “A horror house! I love them!”

  Ugh, I hate kids… no sense of danger…

  [Eternal Winter] went out, and the kids turned into ice statues.

  Idiots…how are mice beast kin not extinct yet… infiltrating a fox den…

  I picked up the frozen snacks, controlled myself, and went to deliver them to their spawn point. I rang the doorbell, and a lion beast kin male opened. “Huh? I didn’t order. They look tasty though!”

  Oops sorry! Wrong neighbor!

  The correct house this time. I rang the doorbell of their spawn point, and their mother opened.

  Your kids are idiots, teach them to stay away from carnivorous beast kin if they want to grow up.

  “Oh I wondered where they went! Thank you! Do you want to come in for tea?!”

  I rubbed my temple.

  You know… this also applies to you…

  “I believe that we can all get along and live side by side!”

  Until you end up in the stomach of someone…They will thaw in 2 hours…

  Their mother wanted to say more, but I ignored her and went back home.

  Carnivorous beast kin, eh? Will Yv be fine? Is it possible that she will be the first casualty and not because of gods or other bullshit but one of us getting hungry…

  Nilah and I stuffed our faces again, and I got immobilized by another stomachache.

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