If it weren't for the events that followed, like the birth of Typhon, the encounter between Zeus and the great beings of the Abyss, the appearance of the Mother Tree, and the Primordial Gods' powerlessness before it... Perhaps even today, Coeus wouldn't dare to act rashly.
After all, without ascension, one could at most retire from the world.
But if decades of effort across epochs were only for others to reap, even losing one's freedom, that would be truly frightening.
"...I see."
"So, during this epoch, whether it's you or Theia, you are so cautious because you were frightened by Cronus's fate?"
Upon hearing this, there was a moment of realization as a great mystery seemed to suddenly be solved.
In fact, as the witness of those events, Asmodeus himself had forgotten how terrifying it seemed to outsiders.
Gaia had objects of suspicion while Erebus knew directly who it was.
