Chapter 188: Chapter 188
"The quality of Asgards young men has truly fallen." I could hear Hela complain as I entered the tent.
"Aye, they have. Too many men want to be warriors but are too lazy to go through the proper training to become one." A man responded to her.
Inside the tent, Hela was talking to a large Asgardian, who I recognized as General Tyr, along with Queen Frigga. I'd seen the General a few times in my visits to Asgard but never spoken with him. A teenage boy, who looked like him, was standing next to Tyr. It was possibly his son.
All eyes turned towards me and Asia as we entered.
"Layla, my love! I'm glad you are here." Hela said sincerely. "And who is this with you?"
"Hello everyone, I hope we're not interrupting." I said. "And this is Asia Argento. I'm currently looking after her."
"H–hello everyone." Asia said. She was nervous under all the Asgardians' curious gazes.
"So this is the girl you've told me about? It's nice to finally put a face to a name. As the current ward of Layla, you are welcome in Asgard, Asia." Hela told her.
"Thank you." Asia replied with a quick bow.
"So what's going on with all the troops outside? There must be thousands of them." I asked.
"We are having all eligible men in Asgard trained for war." General Tyr said.
I suspected that the Frost Giants had succeeded in making an alliance with the inhabitants of Muspelheim then. No doubt, Surtur would jump at the chance to destroy Asgard.
It doesn't mean that they have to join the army." Frigga said with a sigh, "but we hope that many do after they become true warriors."
"I'd like for these men to have a few decades of training before they go off to battle, but we're going to have to be rushing everything down to only a few years."
"A few years?" I asked. "I didn't think the Frost Giants would wait that long."
"Our intelligence says that they want to attack during the convergence when all the realms will be connected for a day. They could both march their armies onto Asgard from dozens of locations at the same time." General Tyr spat out. "Those arrogant monsters! We'll crush them all and destroy their realms while we're at it!"
Asia gasped. "But what about all the people who don't want war who live there?" Asia had some tears forming in her eyes. Looking at an innocent girl like her cry could bring even the most tyrannical of men to pause.
Asia's innocent demeanor seemed to work on General Tyr as well. "W–well…I suppose we can spare the women and the children. Once we overthrow Laufey and Surtur along with their armies, the rest should surrender." He said to her.
"Father, these talks of war seem to be too much for Lady Argento. Why don't I show her around Asgard while you all talk?" Tyr's son suggested. He walked up to Asia with an adorable blush on his cheeks. "It is lovely to meet you, my Lady, I am Baldur. Might I show you around Asgard?"
Asia was still too innocent to know when a boy was crushing on her but I could tell she wanted to go with him. Probably just to possibly make a friend. She turned to me to get my permission and I told her it was fine. Baldur and Asia stepped out of the tent.
"Hah! I've never seen my boy so smitten with a girl at first sight." Tyr laughed heartily.
"He better not try anything with her or I'll chuck him into the ocean." I said.
Tyr chuckled at my words. "Nay, Baldur was raised a proper gentleman. He will be perfectly cordial with her!"
"He better be…" I muttered.
"That girl has some good potential for magic. What's your relationship with her?" Frigga asked me.
"She was a Holy Maiden of the church back on Earth DxD. The church members sold her out to an evil devil though and I rescued her. My sister Gabriel is very fond of her and is planning to turn Asia into an Angel soon and adopt her as her own daughter." I explained.
Tyr whistled. "Gabriel, the scourge of Heaven? That woman has taken more evil lives than anyone I know of even after 1000 years!"
"She has…mellowed out quite a bit since then." Our fight against Belial was the first time I had actually seen her in genuine combat.
"Do you think that young Asia could speak with me later? It's been a long time and I'm interested in taking another magical apprentice." Frigga asked. "It could also help foster a better relationship between Asgard and Heaven." Frigga said to Hela who looked thoughtful.
"Asia is going to be attending school soon on Earth. I don't see why she couldn't come here on weekends though." I replied. Frigga seemed pleased with my response. I suspected she was a bit lonely considering her husband was dead and Thor and Loki were not on Asgard. Hela wasn't her biological daughter and even if they didn't have a negative relationship, they weren't exactly close either.
Hela and I took a walk through the camp amongst all troops and conscripts. Men stopped practicing and bowed to both of us wherever we went.
We reached the end of the camp and took a seat underneath a large shady tree. "So what was the reason you came by? Not that I'd ever not want you to." Hela asked me.
I grinned at Hela. "How would you feel about storming Olympus with me and arresting all of the gods there?"
"…What?" Hela asked, stupefied.
I laughed and started explaining the situation of what happened with the Olympians a few days ago.
By the end of it Hela looked very intrigued. "How daring the mortals of Midgard have finally become! I wish my own people had half the courage!" She lamented.
"So you'll help me?"
Hela smiled and cupped my cheek. She leaned forward and kissed me gently. "Of course, I would always help you with whatever you need. Besides, Zeus and Odin were old friends. I would love nothing more then to bring down more of Odins's legacy." She said with a pleasant smile as if she wasn't talking about helping me destroy a pantheon.
"Thank you, Hela." I figured that the majority of the Olympians were canon fodder, but the Big Three should all be Ultimate class. Even if I was immortal now, I didn't want to go in alone and embarrass myself in the off chance that the three of them combined could fight me off. I didn't think they could, but I figured it was better to bring back up just in case. "How can I ever repay you?" I asked her invitingly.
Hela's pupils dilated when I blatantly implied that I would be happy to repay her help with sex. I was expecting her to pounce on me right then and there, but she shook her head. "Now, now. We'll have plenty of time later. You still have your ward, Asia, to look after don't you. And I have to finish speaking with the General."
I whined because I was feeling horny now but I agreed with her.
"Here's an Idea." Hela suggested. "Why not leave young Asia with mother tonight? You and I can go on one of those Midgardian dates that I've heard about."
An actual date and not just straight to the bedroom? That sounded interesting.
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