Nightmare Demonic Fox King's descendant

Amidst his thoughts, with a mix of nervousness and excitement, the boy went towards the shack. As he neared the shack, he could hear two voices conversing loudly, one of them which he recognized as uncle Tan. He knocked on the door and slowly went inside. The conversation stopped, and the boy saw two old people look towards him. One was an old man with dishevelled hair and ragged clothes, who looked like a crazy beggar. The other was a refined-looking old man with a neatly trimmed beard and wearing luxurious robes. The beggar-like man was the uncle Tan who he knew all too well. He glanced towards the refined-looking old man and thought "This must be the old man's friend, the vice-head of the Ultra Sword Sect"

Behind the two old men was a woman, continuously pouring them tea. She was dressed similar to the maid called 'Autumn' he saw earlier. And seated in the side was the girl he saw earlier and her maid Autumn.

"This little brat must be the son of those two brats. He does look just like them" he said while sipping tea.

"He knows my parents?" wondered the little boy. He knew very little about his parents. He was brought into the forest by the old man when he was four years old. He remembered very little from before that. The old man who raised him said that he knew his parents, and they had entrusted their son to him before they went missing somewhere in the forest. He never said anything more than that. Now that he met someone else who knew his parents, he was excited to know more.

"Did you know my parents, grandfather?" asked the boy.

Just when the old man was about to reply, the other old man by the side flared up, saying "How come he is a grandfather when I'm just an uncle? This geezer is not much younger than me you know"

The boy looked towards him speechless, thinking "Aren't you the one who forces everyone to call you uncle because you are in denial about your age?"

"Shut up old geezer, don't think I don't know your weird ideas," said the refined old man, after which he turned towards the boy and said to the boy "I did know your parents. They were from a small sect that lived on the edge of the forest. The sect used to be reputable as guides and bounty hunters in the past, and many people including me approached them for their services. Unfortunately, a few years ago, the sect was submerged in a bad beast tide"

"Never mind that, my name is Alvin and this is my granddaughter Elsa. I brought her into the forest to see if I can find a suitable spiritual pet partner. Let me know if you have recommendations" said the old man. He glanced towards his granddaughter and found that she was faintly blushing. The maid also looked a bit fidgety while looking at the boy. "Did you meet before?" he asked in confusion.

"Yes, we met on the way to the lake," she said, before turning towards the boy and telling "My name is Elsa, nice to meet you"

"Uh, My name is Stygian, nice to met you too," said the boy.

The old man Alvin looked towards them with suspicion and was about to ask further. Afraid that he would find out the truth and become pissed, Stygian wanted to change the subject fast. He did the first thing that came to mind.

"Hey, I just found this cute and weak little fox wandering outside. It awakened its demonic bloodline already. It even awakened a skill; It can turn completely transparent for a while. Maybe this could be your spiritual pet partner. Here" he said, holding the silver fox out towards the girl.

The distraction worked, because be it the uncle Tan or old man Alvin, they looked towards the little silver fox. Slowly the expression on their faces turned serious.

"Did you really find this roaming outside?" asked the old man Alvin.

"Yes, it was wandering around on its own, when I accidentally stepped on it. It bit me in retaliation, and I captured it. It started to turn transparent in my hand, and hence I figured it not only awoke a bloodline when it was small and weak, but it also awoke a skill. I held on to it, and since miss Elsa is looking for a suitable pet, I decided to present it to her." said Stygian.

"HAHAHAHA!" laughed the old man Alvin "This time, we profited immensely. Those fools of the Red Tavern Group are going to be hopping mad, while everyone else is going to be so jealous of my baby granddaughter. Good brat, since you were generous enough to give this demonic beast to my granddaughter as her spiritual pet, I will accept it on her behalf"

"Lucky bastard. Well, it cannot be raised by this brat anyway. Your granddaughter, with yours and your son's support, might be able to do it. But since he gave you such a valuable gift, you better take good care of him in the future" said uncle Tan.

"That's a given, you can count on me you geezer," said the Alvin, smiling from end to end.

"What happened? Why are you so excited?" questioned the boy.

"After carefully taking a look at this little fox, we found out an astonishing fact. This little fox has the bloodline of a Demonic King. With proper nurturing, it can grow into a Demonic King. This was also one of the reasons the demonic beast-human war is about to start"

"You mean...?" asked Stygian, thinking of an astonishing possibility.

"Yes! This is the descendant of the Nightmare Demonic Fox King" declared uncle Tan with confidence.