Natasha had chosen her gift, but Lake had not stayed to watch how she selected it.
There was no need.
The main reason was that Lake knew if he stayed, Natasha might enter the treasury, casually pick out thirty-two gifts from whatever was within reach, and leave.
So Lake did not stay.
After finally finding the daughter who had been missing for so many years, the most important thing was not to stay by her side every moment or force her to call him Papa right away. The most important thing was to give her sufficient respect and trust.
Time might not be a cure-all, but in many cases, time could indeed heal most things.
As feelings endured, they might gradually grow fainter under the effects of time. But they did not fade into nothing. They simply became a different kind of feeling.
After leaving his treasury, Lake directly used the Chaos Force Tree to disguise himself with divine power. He tore open the corridor of space-time and arrived in the world where Vivian had come searching for her heart.
But...
The moment Lake landed beside Vivian, his Sixth Sense rapidly captured information about this world. He raised an eyebrow. "Good grief, can you really be this reckless?"
Vivian, who had been sitting opposite him and had already been prepared for his arrival, called over a waiter. After ordering Lake a bourbon, she smiled at him. "Well? Is this the Law of Life? At first, I thought it was a game, so I wasn't sure."
Lake came back to himself and looked at Vivian. "If you hadn't reminded me, I probably would have thought this wasn't it after arriving in this world."
There was no other reason.
The Law of Life was a supreme law.
Simply put, any god who