Following Retrograde March's footsteps, the destination surprised both of them.

"This is … Inari Shrine, right?"

Qing Guang casually dealt with the Tracing Army hidden near the shrine. The battles over the past few days had allowed him to familiarize himself with his new vision. Now, facing these enemies that he had previously found difficult to deal with was as easy as chopping vegetables.

"Let's go in and take a look."

"Hey, what if we go in and offend the gods?"

As the Fu Mourning God, Qing Guang was more superstitious than Ivan. He didn't want Ivan to step into the realm of gods.

"Hey, is anyone there?"

Qing Guang immediately covered Yi Fan's mouth and ordered him to shut up with a ferocious look. He stepped forward and used a very respectful tone to apologize to Yi Fan. Then, he stated his purpose for coming and offered up the local specialty that Yi Fan had bought for Little Fox Ball in his inventory — — Oiled Tofu.

After a while, a middle-aged man slowly walked out of the shrine, followed by a fox that was as tall as a child.

Inari Shrine?

No, it should be a shikigami or a servant.

Ivan's attention wasn't on the fox. He looked at the man who looked very different from the one in his memory. The moment their eyes met, it was as if time froze.

"Master?"

Ivan came back to his senses and reached out to touch Qing Guang's head to calm his worries.

"Anyway, don't just stand there, come in."

Qing Guang secretly looked at the middle-aged man. Although they didn't say anything, Qing Guang still felt the waves in his master's heart, as well as the endless longing.

It seemed that this man was really his master's father, the one that was killed by his master.

Qing Guang didn't quite understand. He didn't quite understand what his master was thinking, but at least it didn't seem like there was any deep hatred between the two of them.

Little Fox carried the tofu into the main house. Before leaving, he nodded at the man and made a "please go ahead" gesture. The man smiled at Little Fox and thanked him. Then, he led Ivan and Qing Guang into a smaller wooden house.

The house was very clean and simple. It was unknown what kind of sandalwood flowers were emitting a pleasant smell.

"… You're finally here."

It was a very gentle female voice. It sounded like she was longing and sighing.

Ivan's grip on Qing Guang's hand tightened, and his indigo blue pupils shrank.

Using Tsurimaru's words, this really scared him.

Even if he was mentally prepared, his heart was still shaken when he faced with it.

It seems that he still hasn't mastered it.

After calming himself down, Ivan pulled Qing Guang forward a few steps and knelt down in front of the dignified woman sitting on the tatami. "Greetings, mother."

Qing Guang panicked. He nervously copied Ivan and blurted out, "G-greetings, mother."

The woman didn't look too surprised, but Qing Guang's face turned red.

Ivan smiled and stroked his hair. "You're right."

Qing Guang's head was almost down to his chest.

The woman chuckled and opened her eyes. Those gentle eyes were like the vast ocean that contained all things.

"What a handsome child." The woman gently lifted Qing Guang's chin and covered her mouth as she smiled.

Qing Guang was very nervous. He didn't expect to meet his master's parents in such a situation. He didn't know what to do.

In fact, Ivan didn't know what to say. He had never seen his mother since he was born. His father always smiled at him. Ivan originally thought that he didn't have much feelings for his mother.

But this time, although her appearance and life experience were different, Ivan recognized her at a glance. It was as if it was engraved on his soul.

That soul fetter made him accept it without any rejection. Moreover, it gave birth to a sense of closeness.

Suddenly, they fell into an awkward silence. The man drank tea, the woman looked at them with a smile. Ivan held Qing Guang's hand and stared at it.

Qing Guang felt extremely uncomfortable all over. Even the cancer of embarrassment was acting up.

"That …" Qing Guang felt that if he didn't say something, he would suffocate to death.

"I have a general idea of why you are here." The woman shook the bell beside her hand. Soon, a furry little fox came in.

Qing Guang was surprised. "Little, little fox ball?"

But it looked like a five-year-old fox cub. It was too cute!

"Mother, you called for me?" The little white ball moved to the woman's side obediently.

Ivan was also surprised. Didn't they say that Fu Mourning God took a hundred years to become a spirit?

Fox's Assistance again?

The little fox was also very curious about these two strangers. After being introduced as Ivan was its elder brother and Jiazhou Qing Guang was its sister-in-law, its red eyes lit up with joy. It held a comb and asked its elder brother to comb its fur.

It looked so cute that it was impossible to refuse.

Mmm mmm mmm … Things were a little confusing. Ivan asked as he combed the little fox ball, "How did you know, Mother?"

"That's a long story," the woman replied slowly.

The woman slowly narrated. Only then did Ivan know that his mother had a great background. She was the direct granddaughter of the Demon Spirit Witch Karlisas. She was born with the ability of prophecy and was highly regarded by the Demon Spirits.

At that time, his father was a famous handsome man in the human race. His strength was also extraordinary. During a mission, he coincidentally met his mother under the moonlight. Under the moonlight, his pair of indigo blue eyes seemed to contain the crescent moon. His mother immediately fell for him. After that, they began to pursue each other fiercely.

"Wait wait wait, why do I have to listen to your love story?"

Ivan turned to look at Qing Guang with a displeased expression. He saw that Qing Guang's eyes were glowing as he listened with great interest.

"… Alright, pretend I didn't say anything." His wife was the most important person in the world. Yi Fan made a gesture and closed his mouth.

The woman shook her head with a smile and continued to speak.

Love between different races was destined to end in tragedy, not to mention that both of them were the hope of their respective races, so their futures were even more bumpy.

The relationship between the human race and the Demon Spirits was not good at that time, but it was not that bad. His father was eventually moved by his mother's infatuation, and the two of them got together despite the opposition of outsiders.

After officially establishing their relationship, the two of them wanted to improve the relationship between the human race and the Demon Spirits to get everyone's recognition, but in the process, his mother discovered a big secret.

The war would never end. The Demon Spirits, the human race, and the vampires would eventually step into the war between the three races and trigger a Holy War. This was something they could not intervene in because the rules of this world were set like this.

Eternal war.

The soul would not dissipate after death, it would only be initialized and then reborn, and enter a new battle again. It was like a war game that would never end.

Perceiving the truth of the world, the two of them decided to leave this world, but the only way they could find was to let the soul leave this world and enter another world.

When they were about to carry out their plan, they discovered the existence of Ivan.

The plan had to be changed because they couldn't leave the child alone.

The Demon Spirits were transformed from vampires, and this child had the blood of three races flowing in his body. It could be said that he was an alien existence in this world, and even his mother could not predict the future of this child.

Fortune and misfortune.

On the day Ivan was born, thunder rumbled, the weather changed abnormally, and they were attacked by vampires. At that time, the situation was urgent, so his father had to send his mother's soul out of this world first, and then he had to kill his way out and raise the child.

That situation could be said to be the first Holy War between the three races, and the losses were heavy. The hope of the Demon Spirits was thus destroyed, and it was after that battle that the relationship between the three races became very tense.

Leaving this world required a very strong spiritual power from the three races to loosen time and space. After his mother died, the Demon Spirits and the vampires suffered a great loss, and their spiritual power was generally low. The human race developed rapidly, but his father was ostracized by his people because of his mother.

Ivan also knew what happened later.

Ivan remembered his childhood. From the time he could remember, only his father showed a gentle smile to him, and everyone else pointed at him and called him a bastard.

At that time, Ivan didn't care about other people's opinions, and in his heart, there was only the existence of his father, but his father suddenly disappeared when he was five years old.

After his father disappeared, the days were very difficult. He was hungry and full, and it was common for people to throw stones at him. Ivan didn't know how he survived that year, until when he was six years old, his teacher Rakhmanov took him away and gave him a new name. Ivan officially began his own life.

Later, when he was fifteen years old, he found traces of his father in the dungeon. In order to find his father's whereabouts, Ivan was even more ruthless in leveling up, and finally saw his father again when he was eighteen years old.

His father was as handsome as ever, but his whole body was tainted with the evil aura of a vampire. Only then did Ivan realize that his father was no longer human, but a second-generation vampire who had his blood sucked by a vampire.

The seed of his hatred for vampires was planted at that time.

After that, as things developed, the father and son had to fight each other with swords, and the final victory was Ivan.

Ivan had once broken down when he killed his beloved father with his own hands. At that time, it was his good friend Karen who had been supporting him. The two of them had gone through a lot together, and gradually, Ivan had gotten over it and was no longer bound by the past.