Chapter 66: Bargain!

Chapter 66: Bargain!

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Pov. Thor.

After weeks of thinking about recent events, I knew I needed to prepare for war.

Weeks have passed since my introduction to the 'avatar of Gluttony', who happened to be enraptured with the city the Aeolites had come to live in and decided to ask my permission to 'stay a little longer'.

I was obviously apprehensive, after all, she was responsible for a mission given by Tsukuyomi himself.

But according to her, it was a 'long run' mission so Tsukuyomi didn't expect the young Oni's return soon.

Another thing that caught my attention was that Enlil, for some weird reason, asked me again to contact Thoth as soon as possible, I did this favor in exchange for transferring Kamish to my land and Ereshkigal when I was free of obligations. , visiting her son whenever she wanted.

I probably extorted too much, for Enlil didn't like my demands at all...

But the strange thing was that after he complained for a few minutes he soon agreed; something that leads me to believe that the situation that demanded Thoth was much more serious than I thought...

That's why I asked him to stay in touch if he needs anything else, with the guarantee that he won't extort again. Enlil appreciated the gesture but only said that something strange was happening in the Ziggurat of Marduke.

Another peculiar fact had happened...

I'm going to be an uncle.

It was an impressive fact indeed.

When it comes to birth with divine blood, all gods and goddesses are not very fertile when interrelated, although this changes when the relationship is between a god and a mortal.

Therefore, the natural birth of a deity, with divine parents, was cause for celebration.

However, the divine parents who were going to have my nephew didn't please some clans...

The divine parents were Baldr and Nanna.

An Aesir and a Jotun.

Worse, an Aesir heir and an heir to the most populous clan in the Jotuns.

Baldr, when he discovered that Nanna was pregnant, promptly asked her to marry him and went to Nanna's father confidently and offered his share for the making of the Kostr.

Nanna's father did not approve of the dowry, although the dowry was beyond fair...

It was easy to see that Nanna's father did not like his daughter to marry an Aesir, after all, there was that small detail that after the great Asgardian war the race that most married the Jotuns were the Aesir and, therefore, nothing beneficial would come out of yet another Kostr between Jotun and Aesir, even if it is between heirs.

I, not so discreetly, said fuck it.

Baldr loved Nanna, Nanna loved Baldr, they will have a child and by extension my first nephew...

For me, that was enough.

It was then that I acted as a 'support' to then 'convince' Nanna's father in a 'semi-peaceful' way.

The wedding that took place months later was one of the most important in Asgard and among all the kingdoms.

Everyone was invited, but only one didn't show up...

Loki was not present.

In fact, it's been a long time since I've seen a sign of Loki, it somehow made me worried, but not worried that he was okay...

No, far from it...

I was worried he was up to something.

So, just in case, I stayed with Viljestyrke Archer activated throughout the event.

After the wedding and celebration, here I was, in my humble home in Midgard, in the basement to be more specific, where my private forge was located with access to the fjord in case I asked the Telkhines for help.

I was in deep concentration at the time, after all, I was doing the first piece of my other project...

The Hnefatafl.

The original plan for this set was simple...

With the fusion of a piece with someone chosen, it would give access and the possibility to use the Viljestyrke Archer, and Viljestyrke Knight in a full way.

Regarding the hierarchy, I decided to be a little more fair and simple.

With a total of 12 pieces of 'king's guards', the hierarchy will work in descending order of power, with the 12th being the 'weakest' among the guards...

What I was doing at the moment was building the first prototype; more specifically, the second piece of the same prototype.

So far, this is the second piece I've built...

The Kingsguard.

"Very well, for now, everything is quiet I just need to be a little more careful when adding a Yggdrasil seed," I said, whispering as I smoothed nervously as I performed the action.

At this time I added the Yggdrasil seed to the small blue piece with red details very carefully, after all, it was quite difficult to find something so small.

As soon as I put the missing piece on I let out a sigh I didn't even realize I was holding and wiped my forehead with sweat. I then picked up the small piece from the table and observed it closely, looking for any flaws.

"Well, everything looks according to " I said, until I was interrupted by someone opening the door quickly.

"Thor! My archenemy!" said the voice of the person who broke into my forge.

I could only sigh in defeat when I recognized the voice and turned towards the owner.

Frey.

" The last time you showed up at my house centuries ago, I killed half of a race and, in the next day, I had the biggest hangover of my life Also, archenemy? Since when?" I asked, raising an eyebrow.

This seemed to make Frey angry.

"You know very well what I'm referring to! My sister will not only be your servant, or worse... Your bed warmer!" Frey said.

... Huh?

"I never said she would be. In fact, your sister is cleaning the house after spending decades living in my house without my knowledge and doing absolutely nothing Which reminds me that I have to skin one squirrel in particular," I said, frowning at the end.

Ratatoskr.

You bastard... You are the physical representation of a headache.

Frey looked insulted, but I didn't care when I quickly summoned a teleportation circle, which made Frey's eyes widen.

"Hey! Where are you going?!" Frey asked.

I answered truthfully.

"To your mother's house," I said.

... Ah?... That sounded more wrong than I initially thought.

"You bastard! It's not enough my sister, but you want my mother too?! Come back here!" shouted Frey, who soon ran towards me.

But luckily, I soon came out of my forge with the last word.

"Whatever you do to my house, I will do to your spine So don't break anything!" I said.

And then I disappeared.

In the blink of an eye, I was on a cliff, next to a frozen beach in Midgard. The source of this content nov(el)bi((n))

This was the home of Skadi and Njord.

I was here to request a simple favor from Skadi.

Due to her being associated with winter, consequently influencing all of Midgard, I always had to ask her for more 'corrupted ice', after all the stock I had was limited, and the biggest amount of ice I got was when I demolished the Castle Winter of Utgard a long time ago.

But the ice I collected from the castle would eventually run out, so I looked to my nearest ice source...

Skadi.

Although she refused to create corrupted ice out of nowhere, she was more than willing to 'clone' what remaining ice I had.

In return, she would get a small favor from me.

A good example was the favor of a few years ago.

Frey, out of stupidity or blindness, fell in love with the Jotun's sister whom one of his weapons accidentally killed in the past, and was willing to give Sumarbrander as a dowry for Kostr. For sheer stupidity, Skadi asked me to talk some sense into Frey, which I did...

"Fuck no," I said.

I then started walking.

With each step creating waves, beyond that, I seemed to be human again and I felt like I was fighting against the current.

I just smiled as I thought it would be a good workout.

"... I suppose that's the saying... 'Don't skip leg day'!" I said, smiling slightly.

My walk across the ocean of Asgard went on for quite some time, as I listened to Heimdalr cry out in warning most of the way, with me ignoring the 'gatekeeper of the gods'.

When I got to the beach, everyone around looked at me as if I had grown two heads, I just shrugged and headed towards my destination, while doing a communication rune, trying to contact my purpose of coming to Asgard.

When I saw the person on the other side of the rune I smiled brightly.

"So are you at home with your parents?" I asked.

I stared into Sif's face, which started to blush briefly.

"Yes Again, are you sure about this?" asked Sif.

I waved.

"Relax We're just becoming official," I said.

Sif seemed to grumble a little, but sighed and smiled at me.

"I'm waiting for you big guy," said Sif.

The rune image soon disappeared, symbolizing the end of communication, I then quickly created a teleportation circle with the destination being Sif's home. Once I found the house, knocked on the door, and was greeted by Sif, I wore a bright, nervous smile as she wore...

A dress?

"you know, it's weird seeing you in a dress after all these years," I said.

Sif looked annoyed.

"It's a special occasion... You don't like it?" asked Sif.

She should know by now that it's past time to worry about such trivial things... But I guess it doesn't hurt to tease a little.

I leaned towards Sif while giving her a teasing smile.

"Oh, I like it, easier to take off I suppose, although... When we're in my bed I think I'll ruin that dress, as well as any other clothes you wear" I said, whispering the last part close to her ear.

This seemed to have an effect, for she soon blushed and, if it were possible, a cloud of steam erupting could be seen from her head.

"S-S-S-Stop your jokes and let's get this shit over!" said Sif, as she grabbed me and pulled me into the house.

A few seconds later I was sitting on some kind of wooden bench, with Sif beside me, while I was stared at by her parents.

Rhagnar looked at me seriously, though he flashed Sif a slight smile.

On the other hand, Idhuna...

"Let's be clear Just because you fucked my daughter several times doesn't mean I like you" said Idhuna.

Rhagnar sighed.

"Idhuna, show more respect to Prince Thor. Also, it's our only daughter's future we're discussing, and she seems to like Thor," Rhagnar said.

Idhuna just snorted in response.

"You weren't the one who had to help Sif out of her pain after fucking-" said Idhuna, before being interrupted by Sif.

"Mother! No!" screamed Sif, jumping out of her chair and covering Idhuna's mouth with her hands, preventing her mother from speaking further.

"We don't talk about that here!" said Sif.

Idhuna removed Sif's hands from her mouth as she sneered.

"I didn't know I raised a pussy in my house. You have Einherjar blood, dwarf blood, and goddess blood; you are a quarter goddess, granddaughter of Gefsiun, and, by extension, a descendant of Jr. But it looks like you have the blood of a fucking Elf, are you going to be a nature lover now, brat?" asked Idhuna.

I soon noticed that Sif had a popping vein on her forehead.

"Don't fuck with me, old fucker!" said Sif.

A vein soon appeared on Idhuna's forehead.

"Don't call me old! Know that I'm only a little over two and a half millennia old, I still have the energy to drink, fuck your dad, and most importantly, kick your ass!" said Idhuna.

It was then that Sif and Idhuna bumped their foreheads and stared at each other until they were interrupted by Rhagnar.

"Okay, that's enough! Let's get back to what matters!" said Rhagnar, gesturing to me.

Idhuna soon looked at me.

"There is no point in arguing, in a Kostr you must offer something of equal or greater value as a dowry for me and Rhagnar to authorize you to propose to Sif, I can curse and shame her, but I love my daughter, I will not let you marry her to waste the rest of her life when she might as well marry someone who is NOT related to anything dangerous!" said Idhuna.

"Thor is not dangerous!" screamed Sif, trying to defend me.

"Our neighbors pissed their pants when they heard only your lover's name! How by Hel is that not the same thing as dangerous?!" asked Idhuna.

Sif was silent, before looking at me.

"... I hate to admit it, but she's right... You're scary to anyone who doesn't know you," Sif said.

... Baldr doesn't have that problem, but I won't complain...

Also, I must admit that maybe my ego was inflated a bit.

I saw Rhagnar sigh, before looking at me.

"My wife brings up certain points, if Sif marries you she may be doomed to not having a social life, I don't wish my daughter to be excluded, so" said Rhagnar.

Before Rhagnar could continue I took something from my storage collar and placed it in front of Idhuna and Rhagnar.

It was the pearl I found in the giant oyster, a long time ago on my trip to Greece.

Rhagnar just glanced briefly at the pearl, before raising an eyebrow and looking at me again.

"As I was saying, it's not possible " said Rhagnar, before he was interrupted...

By Idhuna.

"... Sold!" said Idhuna, grabbing the pearl and looking at it with a twinkle in her eyes.

Rhagnar looked at Idhuna in shock as Sif screamed at her mother.

"... 'Sold'?! I'm not your fucking object you old " Sif said, before being interrupted by me.

I soon grabbed Sif and lifted her off the ground, holding her princess style, and then walked towards the door.

"I'm glad you accepted Kostr, we'll send out the invites as soon as we decide the day!" I said, not looking back.

I soon looked at Sif.

"... Now it's my turn to ask... Do you really want to go through with this?" I asked, after all, she might still want to give up.

Sif just stared at me, until she cracked a smile and reached out a hand and placed it tenderly on my cheek, and kissed my lips.

"... More than ever... I love you" said Sif, still with a smile, now blushing a little.

... Well, that's it, ladies and gentlemen...

I'm engaged.

And the feeling is...

Good.

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Well, that's all folks!

I hope you enjoyed the chapter!

For those who speak Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, or any Nordic language:

I need a little help!

I tried to remember something, or even tried to search, but I can't remember the names of the Hnefatafl parts!

I know there are three:

King.

Kingsguard.

Mercenary/Viking enemy.

Anyone who knows the name of the Hnefatafl pieces in any Nordic language, please send me the translation!