238. Just A Game

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To help Hela was like helping someone drowning who needed help, but after you help them, they sue you for hurting her. Similarly, Hela liked that she could go out and hug Fenris, but she was angered at the fact that Hector took her powers away.

Yes, she could not do anything noteworthy about it. From seeing Hector talk around, she realized that this man didn't care about anything and would do whatever he thought was right.

So she made a tactical compromise and decided to go with Hector. She will plan the next steps after assessing what the situation was outside.

Hector knew she was thinking about this and would try to do something. But Infinity Stones were absolute in this universe. This means that she cannot bypass the restrictions on her. She can't use magic or her divine powers. She was just a physically strong being.

"Great, let's go to Asgard then. I think Odin will be shocked to see you." Hector created a portal.

Hela scoffed, "Of course, he will be shocked to see me still alive and sane."

"Wowo!" Fenris howled at Hela.

"Bwahaha... you go, girl, straighten her now. Tell her how amazing is normal life—no need for dumb fighting. Just eat, sleep, fuc... I mean, have fun."

"Oh, why did you not complete that? Go on." Diana nudged him teasingly.

"Cough!—let's move on." He walked into the portal, leaving Diana and Moony chuckling.

...

"You can't catch me, pretty boy. Your flying speed is one-third of mine!"

"That's because it's not my power. I'm just using a jetpack. You need to slow down." Loki helplessly shouted at Jean.

"Stop bitching, Loki. Catch me if you can. Okay, I'll give you an offer. If you can catch me, I will let you do that." Jean teased the man.

Loki's face lit up, and he smacked the jetpack to make a new hole in it. He was absolutely ready to get his ass burned for that ass. "You will let me fu-*BAM*"

"What were you about to say?"

Out of nowhere, the harbinger of death, the most feared being in the universe, appeared and knocked on Loki's head, sending him crashing into the water below.

"GRANDPA!" Jean chirped and flew straight into his arms in a warm hug.

"Haha, how is my little Phoenix? I hope this bad boy didn't trouble you too much. He's yet to win my approval to date you. After all, there are not many beings as untrustable as Loki in this universe."

She giggled at the remark. "He's all right. I can sense whenever he's lying, and he knows I can easily kill him if he dares to mess with me. Until now, he's been a good puppy."

"Diana! Moony and Fenris too? Aww... let me hug you all." Jean excitedly flew to everyone one by one and grabbed them into a big hug.

Moony gave her the usual greeting, a pat on the head. After all, he was her teacher. "Woof wowow."

"Hehe, yeah, I see it. Fenris is your good friend. And who is this sexy goth lady? She's smokin' hot." She noticed Hela.

Hector laughed. He was surely not the best influence on this girl in terms of language. But she turned out a good human; that's all that mattered. "She's Hela, Odin's eldest daughter. She used to be the goddess of death and war. She was locked inside a prison for five thousand years. Just got her out."

"Prison? What for?" Jean asked.

"For wanting to start a giant genocidal war because she was bloodthirsty." He blurted.

"That's tough. Well, let's go and eat something. I've been flying around Asgard this whole morning. Old man Odin invited me to a big dinner as well." Jean grabbed Hector's arm and pulled him along.

As they walked, Hela looked at her home once again. Nothing had changed, however. But to her eyes, there was a change. The environment felt a lot more cheerful. The people seemed confident.

In no time, she was taken into the Royal Palace and then to the throne room, where Odin was hearing the matters of the United Galactic Federation in the sector around Asgard's location.

"My friend, look whom I found." Hector boomed.

Odin looked up at Hector with a smile. But it instantly vanished once Hela came into view. He stood up and summoned his spear. "How did she get out?"

Hector waved his hand and took away Odin's spear. "Calm your nipples, Odin. My godly friend, I took away her powers. Now she's the same as any average Asgardian. She can't harm you or anyone in Asgard. Besides, don't you want your family united again?"

"What do you mean by calming my nipples?" Odin had his focus on something else, it seemed.

"It's just a figure of speech. Don't fret about it. I think I'm being influenced by the internet culture back home. Let's go and eat something now. You can get to know Hela during it."

There was nothing much to get to know. Hela hated Odin, and Odin felt guilty about it. He tried to talk to her, but she gave him the cold shoulder.

"I did not wish to lock you in forever, Hela. I was waiting for the right way to bring you to the correct path. I used to be a warmonger during the days of establishing the nine realms. But we were wrong; killing was not the way to rule. Unfortunately, you refused to see the mistakes."

Hela merely scoffed, "Says the man who used me for conquering and then locked me in Hel. You were a warmonger and an opportunist. You saw me as a threat to your rule."

Odin seemed visibly hurt by that statement. "You are my daughter, Hela. Everything I have is yours. Why would I fear you? What I feared was your bloodthirst. The Universe has been united. There is nothing to win over. That man is the ruler of the whole universe."

Hela glanced at Hector, who was in the middle of playing a tug of war with the white wolf. She could not believe that this man ruled the multiverse. Sure, he took away her powers, but she knew that even Lady Death or other cosmic beings could have done the same.

However, none of them claimed to rule the entire universe.

"He's a unique, higher dimensional being. Don't just judge him for his Midgardian looks. I'm sure he can defeat me and wipe out Asgard in the blink of an eye if he wants to. But he's a gentle being." Odin felt Hector could be a topic to talk about and break the ice.

Hela silently kept staring at Hector. His face, his beard, his cheerful personality. The man felt too strange for her as she felt attracted to him for no particular reason. As if... he was the supreme god of death.

"Is he married?" She questioned.

(●__●)

Odin alternatively glanced at Hector, Diana, and then at his daughter. Eventually, he sighed. "You're a few months late, dear. That woman is his wife, Diana, also known as Wonder Woman. She too can destroy Asgard if she wants to."

Hela nodded silently. "Understandable... powerful people seek other powerful beings... *cough* I was not thinking of anything, Odin. Do not try to shame me!"

Odin dumbly looked at his daughter's face. "I didn't try to shame you, dear. I say what I see."

"Then I believe your other eye has also gone bad." She barked back and got to eating. She stared at Fenris, however, because the wolf was playing with Diana instead of sitting with her.

~They took my Fenris from me too. This is unacceptable.~

...

After the feast, it was time for some leisure. So Hector took out Uno and played with the whole family. Odin, Hela, Fenris, Jean, Loki, Thor, Frigga, Moony, Fenris, Hector, and Diana sat in a small circle.

"All right, I told you the rules. If you have any doubts, you can ask Jean or me. One more thing, never forget to shout Uno when you're throwing your second last card. If you don't do that, you will have to pick four cards from the pile." He warned them about these rookie mistakes. It destroyed families, after all.

So Hector started by flipping the top card and started the game. Slowly, the game progressed as normal. But then Moony barked. "Wuwo!"

Hector soon smirked and threw a draw four as he had no matching card and sat before the fluffy bot.

As soon as this happened, Moony threw his usual tantrum and started making low howling noises. But he knew he couldn't act like a spoiled brat in front of Fenris, so he picked four cards.

Then the game continued until Odin announced he was on the last card. But sad for him, Hela sat before him and put a draw two, ending the old man's minute of the excitement.

"Uno!" Diana announced.

The game went on as usual until Moony's turn came as he sat beside Diana. However, he threw a regular card and continued the play. Diana ended up throwing the last card and winning.

Hector was offended as he knew Moony's cards. "This is pure bias. You had two plus two and let her win. This is wrong, Moony."

"Wuf!" Moony sassily shrugged his head away.

"Wait, how did you know he had two plus twos?" Diana asked him, narrowing her gaze, silently telling him that she saw everything.

"Bwahaha... I was just taking a guess. Let's tally the scores and start the next round. Just chill, guys. It's just a game."

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