Chapter- 3
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Jotunheim
Year 19512 of Laufey's Rule
The Court Hall, Gastropnir, Utgard
Helblindi stared at the crystal throne of the frozen realm.
The councilmen are fools
"Eager to step on it, boy."
Helblindi didn't turn his head. He knew the owner the voice.
"Why you didn't stand with your own blood but with those diplomatic maggots." He gritted his teeth.
"I consider you meant, the councilmen" the King paced forward.
"But they are no different to them, for all they do is eat your flesh and you let them."
"This old barbarian has no longer the muscles that they can feast on; I'm now but skin and bones." The old giant stood abreast to his elder son.
"So ironic, the giant King who once fought with gods, who led the army ever so powerful to compete with that of Odin's now- cannot even control his own councilmen."
"So ironic, the boy, the prince, who has seen the true war with his innocent eyes, who has walked on the bloodied roads, who has drunk the water tasted iron for years, yeans for more war."
"Yes I do!" he seethed
"Did you learn nothing from the mistakes of your father?" Laufey flatly said
"Yes, I learned nothing because there were no mistakes to learn from!"
"So many people died, our soldiers, died, because of my foolish aim."
"You wanted your people to live freely, you wanted them to live with respect, you wanted our women and children to live without the fear of being raped and abused by those so-called Gods, you wanted good."
"And what did I gain in the process? I lost your mother, your brother, I failed my people."
"No father you don't, they slaughtered them, because of them you, lost your wife, your son. Because of them!"
"Maybe- maybe it was not my fault, maybe it all were they, but, that matters none now."
Helblindi pursed her lips to speak but remain quiet.
There was no point for argument with the old fool
"You must burn your desires of war and battle unless you're a fool." He turned his face but stopped and turned back "And yes, there's no point but a waste of all time when talking with this old fool."
As he looked his father disappeared from his sight, he swayed his head back to stare at the throne chair.
He tilted his head into a lopsided grin.
"Fool's son fool"
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The Royal Gardens, Vingólf, The Royal Palace
"We're gathering after a long time ladies." the lady who sat on the chaise said.
"Tis not a very long time for me." Another lady who sat opposite, on the other chair said.
"You're the only one who feels that, lady Idunn." The lady on the chaise said.
Idunn straightened her back. "I do not feel bad for thinking differently. Lady Saga"
"None should." Saga smiled.
"My dear ladies I think we should enjoy ourselves, didn't you desire to sometimes just let go." A blond lady walked towards them but her gaze keen on her wine glass.
"Dear Freya, we do not desire to let go and even if we did we're not that considerable for you are the one and only that can just let go and even go far beyond let go."
The mockery by Saga earned quite a few chuckled and laugh by the ladies as well as their handmaidens and servants.
But it seemed that Freya didn't mind it at all but grinned widely. "Yes, I can go far beyond let go but I always have to stop as my attendant are always pretty shy."
Few women looked at each other and raise their brows seeing Freya's boldness and secretly admiring it.
"Have anyone heard of the latest tittle-tattle from the house of Týr?" the question came from Idunn.
"Not something to consider as 'tittle-tattle' as you've said but I've heard from Hlin that Sif isn't coming to play for a week or so."
"Oh, poor child, sometimes all I can do is pity for her." One Lady who stood beside Freya said.
"That we all can, because of adults, children suffer." Freya said.
"Just like Hlin did not get much of Eðir's love as he hardly meet us now, even in the holidays, but we can do nothing, he needs to work." Saga said.
"And Bragi too, he always remains in Gladsheim, I and he doesn't even get a bit of time together lest forget of Ara and Janeal." Idunn said.
"Okay, I understood you all are wailing harpies in your heart but I think we shouldn't talk about it now." Freya said
"You're saying like that because you do not have a family, we do, you don't—"
"Yes, Ladies Freya is right; we shouldn't talk about all our troubles but about something entertaining."
"Will you mind lady Saga if we too join your entertaining talks?"
All the ladies got froze in their position and bolted from their comfortable places.
They turned their head to see Queen Frigga with her sister, princess Floreya, and her daughter Mayilia.
"M-My Queen, P-princess." One woman stuttered.
"Yes we, do you not appreciate our presence." Floreya raised her brow in confusion.
"Oh no, princess. It was just that your presence at this moment has just surprised us greatly. Isn't today- The court day?" overly flooded curiosity dripped from Freya's eyelashes.
"Yes it is, but the courted has ended, were we bored with no upcoming chores so we thought to have a fashioned chat with ladies of Asgard." Frigga smiled.
"That is great, your majesty for we are too very much glad that you've thought us commendable enough to converse with." Saga said with a smile in return.
Then the ladies of Asgard had very a fashioned conversation with the Queen and the princess.
It was not frequent enough to say that it was usual for Queen of Asgard to have come to Vingólf for talks. Vingólf was the place where all the ladies of Asgard of noble blood or so can enjoy themselves as do men in Thrúdvangr.
The gatherings happened every day for all nobles and sometimes luxury gatherings for just the highest of nobles and royal blood.
It was usual for the queen to be part of those, luxury and grandeur filled events and gatherings but… being a part of get-together where, all the nobles came, was pretty uncommon.
The highest of the nobles present today were Freya, Saga, Idunn, Hildr and some more.
After talking for not so long Queen Frigga asked Saga to walk with her to which Lady Saga undeniably agreed to.
As they began to walk they started talking about the courtly matters and then about family.
"How are the princes, my Queen?"
"Thor is eventful getting dirt over him and improving his skills with mjlonir."
"And the younger prince?"
"Loki, as usual causing mischief and surely today he has planned to do a prank on my handmaidens that I know." Frigga smirked thinking what Loki has planned.
"He isn't in any disposition to become an elder it looks so."
"And I'll love if he doesn't, either, at least I could feel a sense of youth thinking my one child is still a boy."
"I, too, as the days going by, Hlin is growing more like a woman, it looks to me she'll bleed before her age to be a lady."
"There, still, about a hundred year, will Loki reach his Warrior maturity. He still appears to me, but a boy."
"My Queen…" Saga hesitated to speak
"Say"
"Will prince, go to Bilskirnir for warrior training like prince Thor did but he doesn't…"
"No, he will not. And for that is the reason why I wanted to talk to you"
Saga raised her brows in confusion.
"What my queen?"
"Lord Delling has done teaching Loki aesir magic and now I want Loki to learn Vanir magic but I do not want him to send anywhere to study and I know you've taught in Vanir university—"
"But My Queen I'm no sorceress."
"That I know, I said as you've been in contact with many vanir scholars and sorcerers, I want you to find one to teach Magic to the prince, here, in Asgard."
"I have one lady in mind, perfect to teach prince, but I haven't been in contact with her for many years. But I will surely find one for prince that's for sure."
"That was all I had perceived for you to say."
After that, they began to talk on other matters but there was a question on Saga's tongue but she did not dare to speak.
Queen Frigga was too, a sorceress, not only a but one of a powerful sorceress, that of vanahiem. Then why did she not want to teach his son?
For a moment Saga tries to assume that because maybe she was the queen and had many duties to offer but…
That still didn't make any sense, for she was training Prince Loki to use daggers and small weapons on a daily basis, then why can't she produce more time to teach him magic?
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Note: so a new chapter for today! I have written this story till the fifth chapter and now I'm stuck I don't what to do. just pray guys for me!