Chapter 40

Having learned all the information from, as it turned out, the valkyrie, I went to the colosseum accompanied by her. Yes, my guess was unexpectedly correct, since the building next to the tower was what I first thought when I flew past with the Grandmaster's guards. Brunhilda herself admitted that she also participated in champion fights several times, but only for the sake of money and when she was sure that the participants did not represent her competition.

By the way, about the girl herself. I don't know why, but it's as if she decided to pour out her soul to me — this is the only explanation that I can explain the actions of the Asgardian. Although after her story, it really became clear to me why the girl did this. It boiled over. It just boiled over, so she just needed to talk to someone, and I was very well suited for this role, since I didn't know her and it was easier for Valkyrie from this. Moreover, when the girl spoke, she somehow looked strangely in the direction of alcohol.

And her story was by no means so simple. She started from far away, right from the birth of Hela, Odin's first child. From the very birth, her strength amazed even the All-Father himself, so he began to teach his daughter at a very early age, which is why she began to gain strength very quickly. After a while, Hela was able to stand on a level with her father.

Soon she was called a kind of executioner of Asgard, because Odin suddenly decided to take her with him to the war, which was soon called the Conquest of the Nine Worlds. It lasted for more than ten years and ended not in the most pleasant way... for Hela. The All-Father, with some fright, decided to become a peacemaker and unite all nine worlds in peace.

No, I don't blame him or anything like that, but why he did it, no one knows. Although Odin himself said that he realized his mistakes and wanted to atone for them by uniting and taking the nine worlds under protection. Something seems to me that there is some secret hidden here, for example, someone very powerful did not want the All-Father to become even stronger, and decided to put pressure on him. And what? What is not the reason? Then everything falls into place.

And the fact that Hela did not want to bend under someone and wanted, with the support of her father, to continue the conquest, and the fact that One went against his own daughter, locking her in a separate dimension-Helheim. And the story about the attempt to seize the throne is such a kind of excuse before the subjects, so that they do not resent it. The All-father even erased all references to his daughter.

Well, what kind of capture? In her position, this was not even necessary, because she would have been able to become a ruler anyway, even after a while — it's not always Odin who will rule, because he will get tired someday anyway, and Hela was almost as good as him in strength or skill. Even during the war, she proved to be an excellent leader. So there's definitely something wrong with this story.

But I got distracted. So, after almost sixteen hundred years of her imprisonment, Hela is trying to escape from her prison. This is where the story of Brunhilda herself begins, because Odin sent his army of valkyries to prevent their escape. Again, a strange moment, since the All-Father knew that they simply could not cope with the goddess of death, as Hela was once called.

The king of Asgard himself barely managed to cope with it, and then he also sent valkyries, who, as expected, could not overcome the former executioner of Asgard. Brunhilda was the only one who was able to survive, and even then, she was very lucky that Odin himself soon decided to intervene in this matter. But he still couldn't kill Hela, so he completely sealed Helheim.

The warrior after this incident fell into depression, because she was the leader of all the valkyries and the fact that only she survived put a lot of pressure on her and the girl decided to just leave Asgard. Here my chuika feels that there was definitely something wrong here. Well, the Allfather could not sacrifice an entire army of valkyries... unless he had a reason for it.

And it seems to me that I can guess what One could be thinking about then. The valkyries used to serve under Hela, who organized them, and he was afraid that they might betray him, although he reorganized that squad for himself so that the valkyries would serve him already. No, these are just my assumptions from what I heard, and I can't guarantee that this is true, because there may be a lot of nuances that Brunhilda herself does not know.

Naturally, I kept my thoughts to myself, but seeing how she was all haggard, I decided to somehow support the former valkyrie, although this is a stranger to me... a reasonable person. But it was really physically painful for me to look at her torment, because part of it is my fault, because I opened up old wounds. We just entered the guest room, which was empty, but Valkyrie immediately sucked on one of the bottles of alcohol.

- Listen, Brunhilda — - I sat down next to her and took the bottle from her hands — she had already managed to drink half of it, - Why do you vegetate your life in such a place? Find yourself some goal, and not this is all — " I look around the whole place and hold it on the alcohol in my hand.

— What do you understand? - the girl spoke rudely, looking up at me, and then lowered her head again — - Do you think I didn't try? But all I know is how to fight…

— Is that why you became a mercenary?" - I'm asking.

- Exactly — - the warrior said somehow angrily, - Who needs someone who can only swing a sword, except for mercenaries? That's right, no one.

— Have you tried to learn something new or even find someone who could give you happiness and become a mother? - I offer it to her.

- Study? - the girl looked at my face in surprise, — I didn't even think about it somehow...-it was obvious that she was thinking hard, — Why? For all the time I've been alive, the only thing I've done is learn how to fight in battle. No, the sisters, of course, sometimes taught me some things, for example, literacy or history, but this is not the same? - I shake my head negatively.

— What about the man?" - I'm interested.

— Yes, somehow I wasn't up to it — - was she embarrassed? — I was more interested in training, because it's not for nothing that I became the leader of the valkyries.

— Why haven't you found someone yet?" — I was really interested, because Brunhilda was a beauty, by my standards, of course, but I don't know what idea of beauty is here.

— And... it's... like... - an embarrassed warrior is a nice sight, I'll tell you — - The fact is that a valkyrie's man should be stronger than herself or at least equal to her. It was customary for us to do this, and I was the strongest then, and I am still the strongest now, because it's not for nothing that I hold the post of the Grandmaster's bodyguard.