Salted Fish Daddy and His Cute Nine-Tailed Baby

My name is Zog, a small official in a remote city in the Dawn Empire. I have only one pursuit in my life - to get off work on time and drink and sleep. As a senior "fishing" master who believes that "doing more is worse than doing less", I have hidden strength that can shock the world, but I only want to live a stable life in the most ordinary position and make a fortune silently. But for some reason, trouble always comes to me. An ordinary awakening mission to the countryside not only allowed me to accidentally uncover the secret of a top power's search for relatives, but also allowed me to pick up from the hands of a thief a fox orc "little ancestor" with a mysterious identity, a poisonous tongue, and an arrogant man who always cried for honey cakes. In order to pay the sky-high dessert bill for this cheap "son", I was forced to accept a ridiculously high-paying private commission - escorting a mysterious caravan to the long-abandoned "Red Blood Mine". I thought this was just an easy trip to make extra money, but I never thought that the roar of the Earth Dragon King was just a prelude. Under the mine, there was actually a huge underground ancient city that had been forgotten by time for thousands of years! The unexpected collapse caused me to be separated from my companions, seriously injured, and trapped alone in this dead ghost town. But my sword, the "Star-Eating Sword", which is connected to my soul, is emitting an unprecedented desire at this moment, as if something in the deepest part of the ancient city is calling it, and also calling me. On one side is the cheap "son" who is waiting to be fed, and on the other side is the ancient secret that can subvert the world. My retirement life seems to be completely ruined. Alas... Overtime work has begun.