My Substitute CEO Bride (Nash Calicraft) novel Chapter 1952

In the end, Marie did not say much as some things were perhaps better left unsaid. However, she did reveal that her main reason for joining the game was the money so that she could be 'free'.

Sven tactfully did not press the topic further.

The fire's warmth made the both of them tired. Seeing Marie struggle to stay awake, Sven gently said, "Sleep. I'll keep watch."

"But you need to rest too... I'm fine, I can still hold on..." Marie said, yawning three or four times in quick succession.

Noticing her determination, Sven came up with an idea.

"How about we take turns keeping watch, then?" Sven suggested. "That way, we can both rest. You sleep first, and when I'm too tired, I'll wake you up. Does that sound okay?"

"Alright," Marie agreed reluctantly but decided to go along with Sven's sincerity and settled down to sleep.

When she opened her eyes again, it was already morning.

…

Time seemed to flow differently here compared to the outside world, or perhaps this was the real world's time flow.

The moment Nash touched the glowing orb, memories of the people killed on the island immediately rushed through his mind. While in a daze, the image of the God of Equilibrium

with his scales appeared before him. This time, Nash stood on one side of the scales while an image modeled after him stood on the other.

"Are you the God of Equilibrium?" Nash looked at the towering figure before the scales disdainfully. "Are you also a god of the West?"

"And who are you?" Balans asked.

"My name is Nash Calcraft, and you best remember it, for it will be the name of the one who ends your ridiculous game!" Nash was already fed up with this Heaven and Netherworld game as people were constantly encouraged to kill each other. Were humans simply tools for this god's amusement?