Responsibility and Crossing the River by Feeling the Evil Gods

When Evan woke again, he found himself back in the luxurious bedroom at White Swan Castle.

Behind the violet silk curtains, dawn had yet to rise over the horizon. Only a scattering of fading stars could vaguely be seen in the night sky.

That impromptu journey across worlds had placed no burden on him as a "Divinity Creature."

"Mm..."

Beside him, a cascade of glossy black hair lay strewn across the pristine pillow, while the lovely Olivia slept soundly in his arms.

A smile unconsciously touched Evan's lips. In his eyes, his wife's beauty was not inferior in the slightest to that of the High and Mighty Goddess.

As he gazed at the girl's incomparably beautiful sleeping face, the turbulent emotions stirred by his trip to the heavenly realm and the Goddess's promise gradually calmed.

Yet his gaze grew increasingly resolute:

Goddess, Goddess, although You truly have been more than loyal, and there is indeed nothing here in the duchy that I cannot let go of, I cannot become a deserter even if it is only for this woman!

From Hecate's perspective, she believed she had already offered Evan the best possible choice.

The evil gods knew better than anyone how precious a ticket that guaranteed a hundred-percent chance of surviving the cataclysm was.

But Evan was far greedier than that!

Aside from Uncle Gell, Aunt Daphne's potential was limited. As the Goddess had said, she could not withstand the erosion of endless time and was simply unqualified to face the future "Era Cataclysm."

His father-in-law, mother-in-law, the entire Tree of Life School, his friends, subordinates... and so on—regardless of whether they had a chance to rise further, they seemed fated to perish.

Yet among the family members closest to him, Olivia, Sister, and Angie all still had a chance