They all call me an Outer God.

"You are truly my pride. Of all the children I've sponsored, you are my favorite."

"By the way, I'll take you home today."

The man said this to Ria, and then led him to his car.

The car door opened, and the man's biological son sat in the back seat. The man looked at him with genuine affection, a stark contrast to his gaze towards Ria.

"It's a pity my son doesn't have your brain. If he were a normal person, he could at least go to school, right?"

Liya remained silent, but the man urged, "Why aren't you getting in the car? Hurry up and get in."

Lia then got into the car.

He was standing very close to the man's biological son, so close that Ria could smell the fishy stench emanating from him and hear his silly laughter.

"...Brother, I like it, I want a hug."

"Just hug him. He's still young and doesn't understand."

"Okay, sir."

Lia remained calm, then reached out and pulled the child beside her into her arms, gently stroking the pustules on his head and his slimy tentacles.

He couldn't help but praise, "Your child...is truly adorable."

"Snapped!"

The abscess ruptured, revealing the source of the foul odor. A small fish poked its head out, its beady black eyes darting around, before quickly dying due to lack of water.

"elder brother……"

The boy looked up at Ria, whose face had no features, only a face full of tumors.

"Even cuter."

Lia said expressionlessly, then habitually rotated the guy's head 360 degrees, and before he knew it, his head had fallen off.

Ria put the other person's head back, and immediately blood vessels extended and automatically reattached the head.

The boy continued to cling to Ria, clearly really liking him. Ria also understood that she had always attracted this kind of creature, but did that man really not see what his own child was, and always treat it as a human?
"In my memory, he wasn't the monster he is now back then; he was definitely a human. How did he turn into this?"

"Or is it that it has always been like this, and the only one who has changed is me, and the difference is that I can see more now..."

"No, that's not right, how could a supernatural being be here?"

Ria's head started to hurt again. At this moment, the boy opened his mouth and bit Ria. It hurt a lot, but Ria was already used to this kind of pain. She just grabbed his head and made him let go.

Upon closer inspection, I noticed a bloody mark on my arm that hadn't healed.

Lia silently covered it with her sleeve.

The man promised to take her home, and he kept his word, taking her to the house she remembered. Then the man confessed to Ria that this was the first time he had ever seen his son like someone so much.

"Isn't it only natural that people like me? After all, I'm so likable and outstanding."

Ria mercilessly hurt the man with her words, then turned and walked towards her front door.

His injuries had not healed, indicating that he had lost most of his supernatural abilities here.

But Ria was very happy.

He saw his parents again, parents who were neither dead nor turned into some inexplicable monster.

Home was once his anchor, but after Ria discovered it was a fragile scam, he completely abandoned that anchor and chose a more stable goal.

However, this does not mean that Ria does not want to go home.

He longed to go home more than anyone else. The disappearance of the dream made him believe he would never see them again, but fortunately, he could now reconstruct his memories through hallucinations.

"Dad...Mom..."

"Xiaoya is back. That uncle brought you back, right? We should thank him properly; he's helped us so much."

"Hurry up and wash your hands and come eat. Why do you look like you're about to cry? Who bullied you at school? If anyone bullies you, tell us. Your dad and I won't allow anyone to bully our Xiaoya. We have to beat them up!"

"It's alright, no one is bullying me, how dare they?"

Ria took off her glasses and rubbed her eyes: "Your son is a very good fighter."

Perhaps it's because he's getting younger, but Lia has become a bit sentimental. He helped his mother put the food on the table and helped wash and chop the vegetables, looking busier than anyone else.

My mother was still her usual nagging self, complaining about the water bill going up again, complaining about how she wasn't used to life in the big city, saying that this was only a third-tier city, and that if it were a first-tier city, it would be incredibly prosperous, and complaining about which mother-in-law had beaten which daughter-in-law, lamenting how difficult it was to be a woman.

My father still has a big appetite.

Lia watched all this silently, occasionally calling out, "Mom, you're right." After finishing his meal, he helped wash all the dishes, then stood by the window looking at the wound on his arm.

"Although it's slow, it's still healing, and that's a constant reminder that this place is fake and that I don't have much time left."

"He set up this illusion for me to make me fall into depravity."

He gazed out the window and couldn't help but laugh at himself: "I have to say, this person is very good at manipulating people's minds. Even though I knew it was a trap, I still fell into it. Let's just consider it a short indulgence. For me, it's an indulgence, but for you, it's a scheme that requires a lot of effort to weave. Aren't you tired?"

This is what Ria thought to herself.

In the evening, someone knocked on the door.

Ria opened the door and was caught off guard to see the monster standing outside, holding a brick in its hands, offering it to Ria like a treasure, saying, "Here, this is for you—"

"For me?"

Ria reached out to catch it, but the child picked up the brick and tried to hit Ria with it. However, the brick slipped and fell onto his own head.

At that moment, all Lia thought was: It's over.

A brain that was not particularly bright to begin with is now likely to suffer even more.

"Hey hey hey..."

The monster grinned foolishly, but Ria noticed that one of its tentacles had somehow turned into a leg.

"This is...a gift...from Dad."

This is human tissue that the man obtained for him; I wonder which unlucky guy it came from.

At this rate, Ria believed it would soon be her turn.

But the monster remained in that foolish state, and he took Ria's hand with his tentacles: "Let's... go... out."

Ria then realized that the man was not there, and that his residence was far from her current home, meaning that the monster had found this place on its own.

How did he know where he lived?
Lia didn't quite understand, and did she even have that memory herself?

"Where are you taking me?"

The monster was running too fast, and Elijah's current physique made it difficult for him to keep up. But when he noticed that Elijah was struggling to keep up, he stopped.

The monster suddenly made a "gurgling" sound and then pointed to the top of its head.

"Take you home."

(End of this chapter)