If Time Traveler hadn't affected him directly, he couldn't have done anything about it. And while the requirement for direct impact had somewhat lessened with the Time Anchor Divine Metac, it still existed.
Now he didn't need to be directly affected in the present. He only had to be directly affected by things Time Traveler would do in the past before the Time Anchor Divine Metac would work. But whether in the past or present, any changes to him caused by reversing time would set the Time Anchor Divine Metac in motion.
This slight inconvenience was on top of the fact that he had to keep the Time Anchor Divine Metac activated at all times, because it wouldn't automatically work even with the right circumstances.
He could manage keeping it active all the time, so it wasn't a problem for him. But the requirement of direct interference was somewhat tricky and confused him when he thought about it.
