Name: Can Even an Eldritch God's Little One Become a Savior?
Author: Obsession Is a Dream

Synopsis

*Updated daily. No little flower means I wrote 2,000 words. This is a niche genre, please don't let chapters pile up 🥺🥺*

Su Pan has never spent a single day apart from his older brother, for as long as he can remember.

When he was still babbling, his brother fed him one spoonful at a time, dressed him, and raised him like both a father and a mother.

Su Pan has always felt guilty.

He thinks he's been a burden to his brother, keeping him from going to school.

He puts on his little backpack and gets ready to take part in an event, planning to give all the money he earns to his brother.

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Yog-Sothoth, a Great Old One of the Cthulhu Mythos, an indescribable existence with the highest ability, beyond the reach of even the Esper Corps to detect.

Ever-changing, it rules over the Western District.

It finds a human child.

In the year 2057, the world stands on the brink of collapse. Pollution from the outside world quickly corrupts humanity, turning people into all kinds of alien beings and twisted monsters.

In this state of affairs, there are very few human children left, let alone one who has never been tainted.

In a moment of inexplicable impulse, Yog reaches out a hand.

...Softness, innocence, hope.

It soon discovers a problem.

Its treasure cannot see this ruined world.

Every morning at eight, after making breakfast, it goes upstairs, kisses the still-sleeping human child on the forehead, and helps him put on his shoes.

"Go on. I'll be waiting for you at home."

It sends the child onto the bus.

With milk between his teeth, Su Pan chatters away as though he were talking to human classmates untouched by corruption, despite being surrounded by twisted monsters, some missing their heads, others their arms.

The monstrous bus driver watches Yog-Sothoth's hand, powerful enough to blast a whole town to smithereens, gently stroke the child's head.

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Does not relying on your older brother anymore mean you've grown up?!

After chatting with his closest classmate, Su Pan realizes something very important.

His parents died when he was young. From the moment he opened his eyes, his brother was the one taking care of him. His brother works from dawn till dusk to support them, and couldn't even afford to go to school himself! (Wrong!)

Su Pan bursts into tears!

He has to earn money to support his brother, too!

*

Yog-Sothoth's world comes crashing down.

It is another ordinary, happy day, but this time its treasure doesn't get off the bus.

Tentacles spread across the town, covering every corner as they search for him.

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To earn money, Su Pan joins a show.

And then a strange sight unfolds: players trembling in a death game realize that the monsters seem to have taken a particular liking to this human child.

Amen, we're saved!

Su Pan before joining the show: I'll earn money to support my brother!

Su Pan after joining the show: Huh...?

Why are they calling him the savior?

What is a savior?

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[Reader's Note]

1: A beloved-child story with everyone doting on the kid

2: You don't need to know the Cthulhu Mythos to enjoy this

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Here's a preview of my upcoming novel, After Becoming a Child in a Dragon-Slaying Protagonist Story

Overnight, Qi Yanzhi falls from the heights of being everyone's envy. His once-glorious family is slaughtered, and he is left carrying a blood feud.

He memorizes the faces of all his enemies.

He swears to kill them with his own hands.

Covered in blood, the young man stumbles through the valley.

Suddenly, he stops.

He hears a child crying.

*

Qi Anning has been adopted by his older brother for three years.

Qi Anning loves his big brother most of all!

His brother has taken care of him since he was little, bringing him tasty treats and treating him so, so well.

Then one day, something called a System suddenly appears in his mind.

The System says this world is a story, and his brother is the story's worst villain. He'll kill lots and lots of people and, driven by his inner demon, become the Demon Lord.

Then the protagonist will kill him!

Qi Anning is stunned!

His brother, with his graceful, otherworldly bearing, comes home looking as gentle as ever and quietly asks whether he's been eating properly today.

The child looks up through tears.

"Big brother, please don't die!"

Qi Yanzhi: ...Huh?

*

Qi Yanzhi saves the child.

Perhaps the pain of losing his family is simply too much to bear, and that's why he shows this moment of kindness.

But it's obvious that he's not suited to raising a child.

His grand plan for revenge and the inner demon that could consume his reason at any moment both urge him to leave the child behind.

But looking into the child's eyes, in the end, he lets himself give in.

"Your name is Anning."

An for safety, Ning for peace.

*

Qi Yanzhi is exceptionally gifted. Before long, he becomes the greatest swordsman in the world. With revenge keeping him so busy, he comes home less and less.

Qi Anning: This is bad!

Big brother hasn't come home in ages. What if he's about to die?

Qi Anning bursts into tears and picks up his little sword and bundle.

Big brother!

I'm coming to save you!

*

Once the inner demon takes hold, there's no escaping a fate of endless calamity.

The greatest swordsman in the world, high above all others, teeters on the brink of losing control.

Just as everyone thinks he's about to fall, they hear a clear voice.

"Big brother, I came to find you!"

Qi Yanzhi freezes.

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Here's a recommendation for my pen pal Qiuyueqiu's novel, Can a Cannon Fodder Fall in Love with an Evil God? [Cthulhu]

Huan Yan transmigrates from the modern world to... the modern world. The only difference is that prison comes free with the package. Before he can even clear his name, his brain is physically stirred into a pulp.

Researchers extract an evil god from his memories, and amid unending chaos, Huan Yan sleeps very poorly.

When he comes to after the dizziness, he meets a pair of cold eyes and can't help throwing up.

He's always been prone to motion sickness from 3D.

The handsome, broad-shouldered man twitches his mouth and announces arrogantly in a theatrical voice, "Sacrifice, you have seen my true form."

Anyone who looks directly at an Old One turns to mush.

But Huan Yan looks the man up and down, thinking only that he's really handsome, with perfect proportions.

Huan Yan: "May I ask if you're 190 centimeters tall?"

Hastur: "?"

This mortal dares to judge it by human standards. How bold!

Hastur lashes out with a tentacle to devour Huan Yan, only to discover that it has turned into human fingers, which are groping all over Huan Yan.

Huan Yan falls into thought.

Hastur falls silent.

This looks an awful lot like it's forcing its love on this human.

Huan Yan touches his hair. This is kind of embarrassing.

Hastur's face turns livid.

Could it be that being imprisoned on a planet for so long has made even carbon-based life forms stop fearing it?

A horrifying entity that hunts down life splits its hideous mouth, ready to attack Huan Yan. It takes just one step before meeting the god who must not be seen, and quickly turns to ash.

Hastur is certain that something is wrong with Huan Yan, who projected it into existence.

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At some point, all rumors begin to manifest in physical form. To fight them, people decide to summon an evil god.

But an evil god needs someone to perceive it, and only Huan Yan can do that.

Anyone who looks directly at the evil god turns to ash. Only Huan Yan can make contact with it.

Huan Yan: So I gave the evil god a beautification mod?

Hey, why does the evil god still wear a permanent half-mask? It's a masked type, too.

*

Huan Yan always remembers that different species shouldn't fall in love.

A little bickering is one thing, but how can he really fall for it?

When death comes, Huan Yan thinks he's at peace.

But Hastur can't stay calm. Its boundless fury sweeps through the universe. The King of Drama, who loves tragedies, refuses to accept a bad ending!