Hill did not know whether he was overthinking things.
But he still felt that although this fantasy world seemed to have no concept of karmic retribution, and those powerful evildoers had indeed prospered from beginning to end, he could still sense some faint, indistinct Causal Lines.
There was actually something rather interesting about the stories on Toril... truly Good Alignment beings, or rather, those who had not caused much harm to the world, were easily saved, even figures like Lathander, the "White Demon King."
Whether it was himself or Azuth, they had both done things that harmed certain people—note, specific people, not all living beings... so they might get dragged into some troublesome matters, but if they held on, or if someone happened to lend them a hand, their fates afterward would become much brighter.
Of course, a more obvious example was probably Tyr, the Lord of Justice, who was unlikely to owe anyone anything subjectively, but might have sacrificed certain people in some of his decisions.
Even though Ao's schemes had been so meticulous, Tyr, who had not taken the bait, showed nothing but absolute wisdom and might afterward.
As long as he did not get involved himself, none of Toril's later messes could possibly be pinned on him.
Of course, Ao had also prepared for the possibility of losing Tyr... Athena and her two siblings truly made up for Toril's shortcomings in every respect.
And all three of them had clear heads.
Those three, who had managed to thrive under Zeus and Hera, were definitely much harder to deal with than Tyr.
Otherwise, Ao would not still have preferred for Tyr to remain.
But Ao's reaction also proved one thing: even someone as unscrupulous as Ao could not make repeated moves against Tyr.
He could slightly manipulate the