24 Well of Mimir, Warning, and Doppelganger?
Frigga POV:
After receiving a personal and satisfying bow from the Norns. I turned around and lead Odin to the well of Mimir.
'Finally reaching this place, I can at last understand why Lady Death referred to it as a paltry well.' *HUMPH* Scoffing lightly and turning my head up I see the many vines, or roots of Yggdrasil that reach for the Well, and I presume that from these very roots other Odins, and Thors have sacrificed their lives for power in their desperate need.
"Here we are my King, now what is your plan?"
Odin looking solemnly, at I assume the place he heard himself be sacrificed for power to, answered my question.
"Well, my love, as you have explained before this Well of Mimir, will give me wisdom, magic, power, and knowledge by sacrificing to it. So, I will sacrifice all, even the least mighty of the magical trinkets I possess to it, as well as anything else I own other than my Gungnir, and the Space Gem."
Taking a second to process his response, I once again speak. "You at least thought about it, yet as I gained this might, and knowledge that so drastically changed me, I also learned of a way to allow you access to some of this true rune magic. At the price of some pain of course." I take a moment to let him process this news, as an ever so slight smirk makes itself the tiniest bit known on my lips.
Done processing these news, Odin trembles slightly at whatever thoughts he is having and shouts. "AND YOU DID NOT THINK TO TELL ME EARLIER?!"
Slightly irritated at his shouting and accusations, I calm myself, by remembering the promise of absolutely horrific pain he will feel after this.
"Earlier we were busy my king, and before that, I had no clue as to what you could do to gain more power from the well. Now, however, I know what you must do.
Essentially make as many oaths and curses as you wish for yourself, if you want, I can help you with the curses. Then focus all of them and the energy you absorb from each magical trinket onto your right eye, linking them all to your right eye specifically, probably by another oath and curse combination.
After each and every one of the previous steps is finished, gouge your own eye out, and sacrifice it along with all of those oaths, curses, and energies to the Well of Mimir. At last pick a very sharp tree root, or branch or whatever you wish to call them, have it pierce your heart and hang there looking down at the well, until the runes decide to show themselves unto you..., Oh! and do not forget to ask for wisdom, magic, and especially True Rune Magic."
At that he shivered slightly, but when he heard he would sacrifice all of the oaths and curses he had cast on him, his eyes gained a shine I had seen not, since before we met Lord Spectre.
As such I decided to break his bubble, before he could get any further, interrupting him just after he started speaking. "You mean all of th-" "NO, I do not actually mean all of them, though I could care less whether or not you sacrifice the oath to cheat on me you made, BUT!
If you so much as slightly brush against the thousand-year curse I cast on you before, to seal it on the eye to be sacrificed, not only will it be changed for a MUCH worse curse, but it will be for the next MILLION YEARS!"
At that, his face was visibly drained of all color, and he truly shivered uncontrollably for a few minutes.
"Now that the warning is out of the way, let us get this over with, as we have much more to do."
Is what I said before Odin started making all sorts of oaths, and I cast all sorts of curses on him, I especially focused on pain inflicting and increasing curses.
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Finally, after so many oaths and curses I had lost count, as well as the absorption of energy, Odin sacrificed his eye. And wow~ it was definitely worth it.
You could see it on his face: the pain, anguish, the not at all subtle full body trembling. Even as his vocal cords gave out from his screams, you could feel the air vibrating from the sheer intensity of his intent to scream!
'Sadly, this will take a while. I mean it will be good to teach him a lesson about messing with me, but still, it will waste my time!'
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"AHA! Do those mortals in the oracle not have doppelgangers? Hmm, or were they called something else?... Were they clones? Ah, yes! Clones! If I use rune magic-"
Odin had at last appeared to be done, as he so rudely interrupted my musings, with a scream.
"RAAAHHHHHH!!! HUFF! HUFF! HUFF! At long last I am Odin Borson, God of Wisdom, Magic, and now TRUE RUNE MAGIC! AHAHAHAHAHA!!!"
Looking at my husband, no, king with my most bewildered look yet, I pour the frost winds of Jotunheim on his sails. "No, you are most definitely not. Review your divinities again, you are the God of the Sky, and Wind, as well as a minor god of wisdom, crafts, time, the dead, and warriors. You only received knowledge on how to make and use runes through persistence and sacrifice, not effort, talent or divinity as evidenced by your lack of a magic divinity.
But worry not my king, as I myself only possess the main divinities of Magic, Wisdom, and Marriage, whereas I possess a minor divinity of hunting. Thus, you possess more divinities, though only minor ones wise, than myself."
Hearing my sermon his pride and very body seemed to deflate comically, as he double, triple, and quadruple checked to make sure whether what I said was true or not. In the end he could not deny I had spoken the truth.
Creating a portal to the Throne Room, we make our way through it as we are greeted by Brynhildr, Urd, Verdande, and Skuld who I presume informed Brynhildr of our impending arrival.
Having had enough of not being with my daughter, I dismissed myself as I left Odin..., who am I kidding, Brynhildr to take care of the mess, my newly wizened up foolish king and our three new royal advisors were definitely about to create.
In my chambers I return to my thoughts about a clone and decide to make one out of rune magic that looks, acts, and has the ability to do everything I can, while not being actually me, thus triggering Odin's curse. As my real body, the one bound by the curse would be outside Asgard taking care of and raising our daughter.
The clone would also be able to dissipate for whatever reason, as it could just inform me of anything important through runes, yet only because I can, I made it so that if for some reason the clone is killed or dispelled, all its memories, experiences, energies, etc. would return to me.
'Oh, that will be incredible. Just thinking about it makes me giggle. After all, having all of the memories of Odin being extremely confused and frustrated at not being able to feel pleasure, or procreate...
Wait! would the inability to feel pleasure not include food, battle, alcohol, and even more also?! IT WOULD?! Maybe I should remove and recast a, more tame curse...
In the words of Lord Spectre, "Meh, let him suffer" after all he deserves it, as he has already cheated on me, and will do so again after the curse is lifted anyway. Especially since he sacrificed his cheating oath, which means he will be able to cheat even after the last necessary child is born!
Well time to materialize the clone.'
My hands lighting up in contrasting black and blue light, form runes that start to create a clone with the specifications I have already thought of.
'And done!'
"Wow, I really look completely different from before, not that I mind at all. *I giggle a tad bit* Wake up Freyja Freyrdottir, your quest shall be to be me, for the next thousand years while I take care of and raise my daughter. At the end of the thousand-year time, you shall dispel yourself sending all your memories back to me. Is that understood?
Clone me responds, "It is clear, Freyja Prime."
"Freyja Prime..." I whisper under my breath. "It does not sound bad at all. Well, I will return in a thousand years. Do manage and lead the three new advisors and Valkyrie as their queen and All-Mother would.
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[Author Here: Announcement]
1. We will be returning to MC direct involvement soon.
2. We are nearing time skip season, so I have a couple of questions and answers to choose from. Please comment A, B, or C for the choice you would prefer.
A) Focus on and show Aldrif's growth and connection with her mom, teachers, the MC, and more in the soon to come chapters. Basically, have her own little arc, which will definitely include the MC unlike this previous and much longer than necessary sacrifice arc. Like this you will also be able to see her growth and change over time, to go from a bratty/shy child to a calm, composed, serious/comical huntress.
B) Time Skip over most of her growing phase, as she will take around 500 years to mature and reach a point she can't be taught anymore and decided to travel by herself. (Time that will literally go past a single time skip, because it is so small compared to the eras to come.) and show her growth, training, character, etc. through flash backs in random/specific situations.
C) Just time skip over her and her growth, and just show the changes to her character as a whole in the thoughts of the MC.
3. I have some thoughts, and ideas for plots and events that can happen in ANCIENT SPACE HISTORY of marvel already, especially mixing a bunch of other characters or races into it. But what would be some things you as readers would like to see? Feel free to comment.
