Mission (1)

I was currently in my bedroom in my own home, in the position of the lotus meditating deeply, manipulating the magical energy coming from my soul and implanting it in my bones and muscles, and this would, in theory, boost my physical strength to a minimum of 40% and a minimum of 90% Maximum.

Already 14 years have passed without me being sent out for any mission, the thing is not that there were no people to stir up havoc in the Nine Realms, but that the greatest warriors were usually sent, often in order to ensure the integrity of their reputation.

After all, if a newcomer is dispatched and is unable to complete the mission, this will damage Asgard's reputation, and it may appear that it is unable to protect the Nine Realms anymore, which no one wants.

At least I was getting paid in full, which is what enabled me to settle for my family in a different house in the same neighborhood, hey, nobody wants to be far from their family, especially when you can live for thousands of years.

The stages of development of the Asgadians are very similar to humans, there is the stage of childhood, adolescence and maturity that is at the age of 30 or 35, which lasts for the remainder of your very long life.

Asgard itself is a magical place, the physical laws in this pocket dimension are very different from the ordinary universe, such as the fact that everything is denser than the earth, or that there is a sequence of day and night without any sun or moon, and the fact that Asgard is a flat planet but there is gravity.

And that Yggdrasil, the world's tree, is a metaphysical place that connects the nine realms, so I suppose that the World Tree is real, well, Odin himself said that he gained his strength by sacrificing his eye and staying hanged for seven days and nights.

I also studied a lot of magic theory, especially the one that falls under the categories that I practice.

In previous years I focused less on runes and more on magic of mind, chemistry and illusion, as I am sure this will be useful to me later.

After all, even though I don't have the infamous future-predicting talent, but my sixth sense is still so good, I pity anyone who will gamble against me.

While I was meditating, I heard three heavy and regular beats coming from the front door, I opened my eyes quietly and murmured in my mind, I am a man in my fifties, can I not have some peace?

I sighed ridiculously and went to open the door, when I did, I was greeted by the unfamiliar appearance of a proud Royal Guard, he was standing proudly and upright at my doorstep.

"Is there something wrong, sir?" I asked him while I raised my guard a little, but I really don't have any reason to be careful.

"Are you Valli Trigevson?" The royal guard said in a quiet, but grim voice.

"Yes, who's asking about me?" I asked him upon hearing that he was searching for me specifically.

"I don't know much, but you are invited to the throne room, the all father wants to talk to you," the royal guard said in his steadfast voice.

Well, that's unusually ... why would Odin want to talk to me? I mean, I may be out of the ordinary but I haven't done anything to gain his attention, it's better to play it safe and heed this call.

"Well, can you give me a few minutes to dress appropriately? It wouldn't be nice to meet the king in these casual clothes," I said, referring to the fact that I am wearing a simple white shirt.

"Two minutes," said the royal guard as he retreated one step, upon seeing this I gave him a slight smile and closed the door in front of him.

I quickly switched out of my civilian clothes and wore a flexible black armor covering my entire body, with the exception of the head only, the shield itself contained runes to resist physical damage and increase speed.

Led by the royal guard, I was led to the throne hall quickly, I tried to get some information from the guard, but it seems that he really does not know anything, or that he is good at keeping secrets, most of the time I scold him because the Aeser's strengths are not their brains. However ... I don't think it's worth the trouble.

When we entered the throne hall where Odin was, the all-father was sitting on his throne with his wife Frigga standing next to him, the royal guard who had come with me moved away to the side.

I approached until there was a certain distance between me and the throne before I bowed on one knee, as knights used to bow to kings and nobles in the Middle Ages.

Technically, we're already in the Middle Ages, just not on Earth.

"all father," I said in a moderate, but strong voice.

"all father!" All the guards in the hall said echoing my words, which made me want to scratch my ears, but I temporarily resisted that urge.

"you may stand," Odin said in a voice that sounded like a whisper, but I am sure everyone in the room heard him clearly, I immediately stood up and looked at him, he stared directly at me in the eyes, and I did not cross our line of sight, only for a moment, and But I felt as if we had stared at each other forever.

"My adopted daughter, Brynhildr, has been sent on a very dangerous mission to retrieve Das Rheingold from Midgard." Odin spoke slowly and calmly and I listened carefully.

By the way, in this world, brynhildr of the Valkyrie is Odin's adopted daughter, she is not the heir because she is not the biological daughter, so Thor is still the future king.

Also, Valli, I was named after Odin's dead son who died during the War of the realms, really, just as I suppose Hela is his daughter, how many children does he have?

"However, Fafnir, a dwarf who turned into an evil dragon thanks to his great greed, has taken Brainhild as a prisoner, most of the high warriors are too busy so I have decide to give the mission to someone else, Valli Trigevson, you are officially on a mission to save Princess brynhildr from the clutches of the evil dragon. You can get the rest of the information from Heimdall."

So, in fact, you sent your daughter in order to steal a dragon's treasure and you were expecting the dragon to let her do this? And when the worst result happened, you don't want to send your valuable warriors out because it's too dangerous? Also ... maybe I should let Siegfried do all the work ...

Wasn't he the hero of this story? See you in Hell, Odin! That was what I wanted to say, but ...

"I accept this mission, all father."