"Fox Cub & Bamboo Spirit" 

Thus, it was normal for the fox tribe of the beastmen race to visit this place often just to worship the nine-tailed fox. 

There were a few legendary fox beasts, such as a heavenly nine-tailed fox and the demonic nine-tailed fox, but no one knew where the heavenly nine-tailed fox was, so the foxes here all went to the demonic nine-tailed fox. 

The fox, the owner of the domain, also loved his own kind, including those from the fox tribe of the beastmen race. 

The beastmen race existed because of a marriage between a sacred beast or a legendary beast who could transform into a humanoid form with the human race or other humanoid races, anyway. 

It could be said that these sacred beasts and legendary beasts were the ancestors of the beastmen and the merfolk of the sea. 

The merfolk race should be included in the category of beastmen, but they separated themselves and created an independent race that conquered the five oceans and the seven seas.