Chapter 3
After Rossweisse and I explained to the other members of the Gremory group about what happened with the letters that Rossweisse received from her grandmother about her and some of the other members of the Gremory group going to Asgard, I asked all those wishing to learn Norse defensive magic to put their hands up.
Xenovia, Asia, Koneko, Akeno, Rias and Irina all put their hands up. Seeing that Rias and Akeno wanted to learn some defensive magic surprised me.
"Rias, Akeno. Why do you two want to learn defensive magic? As members of the Gremory group I though that you would be focused on all-out attack".
Hearing me say this Rias began concentrating demonic power in her palm whilst Akeno collected lightning in her hand.
"Me and Akeno each have our own finishing moves now and with members like you and Kiba, attacking power within my peerage isn't what I'm worried about. With my Extinguish Star and Akeno's Holy Lightning we have more than enough long range and short range sure kill moves."
Looking at the pure concentration and high voltage demonic power and lightning within their palms shakes the house from the foundation up.
Seeing their sudden growth I myself realised that I have to keep working hard to keep up with the abnormal growth of the Gremory group.
"Will Kiba be coming along with us?" I asked because Kiba hadn't been over to visit along with Gasper since the Qlippoth attack.
"No, Kiba told me that he wanted to continue training under his master for a while so that he can help a lot more the next time that Qlippoth attack. Oh, and Gasper is currently training under Azazel at the Grigori institute so that he can find out more about his Forbidden Invade Balor." said Rias
After finding out about the Forbidden Invade Balor when the Gremory group believed me to be dead, all of Grigori erupted over the discovery of a possible 14th Longinus.
Azazel got permission from Rias and Sirzechs to conduct tests to further extent their knowledge on the Longinus.
"By the way Issei, in the letter that my grandmother sent me she said that when we all travel to Asgard Odin has requested our presence. She said that he had something that he wanted us to do. Apparently it has something to do with the uproar that Loki caused. The problem has now calmed down so Odin wants to send a messenger to help calm the ant-truce faction." Rossweisse said whilst reading from her grandmothers letter.
"Seeing that Old Geezer again… Can't wait for that. You girls may want to properly cover up in his presence."
Knowing that that perverted old man would be eye balling the girls from the Gremory group annoyed me. Especially when one of them was my girlfriend.
"Oh you shouldn't worry about that Issei, when we visit Odin his wife Frigg will be beside him. Odin won't dare try to jeopardise the relationship he has with Frigg by looking at other girls." Rossweisse said
I had heard from Rias that if Odin sat at the top of Asgard's hierarchy then sat behind him was his wife Frigg who ruled from the shadows. Ensuring that the order was kept. Her and Odin share a strong bond and are said to be madly in love.
"After seeing him last time he visited I'm very surprised that he has a wife that he's in love with"
After our conversation we discussed at what time we should leave to head to Asgard.
Rossweisse said that from the Yggdrasil HUB travelling to Asgard would take around an hour by train.
Therefore we decided that we would leave tomorrow morning.
Giving us enough time to conclude any outstanding matters that needed to be resolved and allowed each member one more opportunity to collect a contract before leaving Kuou Town for a while.
As time passed I saw each member of the household leave to go shopping for last minute items to which Rossweisse recommended the 100 yen store and other member leaving to fulfill contract requests.
Which left me and Rossweisse alone in the house together.
"Rossweisse what are you doing?"
Noticing her in the kitchen I saw her watching over a heated pot.
"I-I decided that I would make you something to eat since all the usual members of the household that cook are now out."
Seeing the amount of wasted ingredients in the bin I could tell that she wasn't very experienced when it came to cooking.
Walking into the kitchen myself I grabbed an apron and looked into the pot.
"Issei, what are you doing? I said that I would make dinner" Rossweisse said, looking up and down at my attire.
"Rossweisse I know that you don't have much experience with cooking and I thought that it would be fun if we made a dish together" I said as I grabbed a spoon out of our cutlery draw and had a sip of the broth that was in the pot.
"I-it does sound like something that a couple would do together, making dinner for each other."
Looking over at her quizzical expression I could tell that she was over thinking this.
"Rossweisse, you are putting too much effort into thinking about what to do as a couple. You should do whatever you want to do and If I, as your boyfriend, am to be included in those events then I can count myself lucky."
After saying to Rossweisse that she was able to do whatever she wanted. I realized that what I said had the opposite effect of what it had meant to as Rossweisse began to contemplate 'what she really wanted to do'.
Noticing my gaze Rossweisse came to stand next to me and overlapped my hand that was currently holding the spoon.
"A-at the moment, I want to make dinner with my boyfriend and feed it to each other afterwards. I-is that okay with you Issei?"
Before I knew It a huge smile wrapped around my face as I understood what she meant by saying 'feed it to each other'. This is the infamous say 'ah' moment that all new couples go through. I have been waiting for this moment all my life!
"Of course it is, I can't wait!"
Trying to hurry the cooking along I took one more sip of the broth to check the test. Tasted pretty damn good to me.
"I-issei I want to taste it aswell..."
Hearing this I prepared the spoon to dip into the steaming broth once again to give to Rossweisse to try.
"Coming right u-"
but before I could complete my sentence Rossweisse had locked lips with me and had wrapped her arms around my neck.
'N-not in a million years did I expect Rossweisse to be the aggressive type' I thought as I returned the kiss and put my hands around her waist.
Both of us went bright red from kissing and embracing in such an embarrassing way.
I realised that we had been ensnared in each others embrace for far to long and I began to smell burning.
Opening our eyes to meet each others panicked gaze we both separated from each others lips and split from our loving embrace.
After turning off the stove I realized that the dinner that we had made was ruined and couldn't hold in my laughter.
Both Rossweisse and I erupted into laughter and once we had calmed down decided to order takeaway and a movie.
Opening the door I got given the food and paid the courier. Rossweisse was already sat down on the sofa in front of the TV.
Putting the food on the table I noticed that Rossweisse was staring at the space between my legs. At this point I was sitting down already so I gently picked her up and placed her between my legs.
"Wh-what are you doing?" Rossweisse asked with an astonished look on her face.
"I could tell that you wanted to do something like this while we watched the movie, or would you rather we sat apart for a couple of hours?" I asked in a mischievous tone
Looking at me she had bright red cheeks and was pouting a little bit and looked so cute sitting between my legs.
"F-fine, I did want to do this. I was just too embarrassed to ask." Rossweisse said whist looking away.
"Hehe, remember Rossweisse, I'm your boyfriend now and I want to do as much as possible to make you happy. So, next time I want you to tell me what you want to do no matter how embarrassing it is, okay?"
Lifting and turning her body to face me Rossweisse was now straddling my waist and wrapped her arms around my head whilst looking lovingly into my eyes. Matching her stare we kissed once again.
'I like this aggressive Rossweisse' I thought as we shared a moment of pure passion in each other embrace. Returning to her original position between my legs Rossweisse and I stayed like this throughout the entirety of the movie and slowly ate the food we ordered laid out in front of us.
Before we knew it members of the household had already started returning from their jobs and Rossweisse and I slowly separated ourselves and began cleaning the coffee table and sofa. After cleaning the room me and Rossweisse went upstairs to my room and fell asleep each in others arms.
When I woke up I realised that Rossweisse was no longer snuggling up with me in my arms. Looking around the room I found that she was no were in sight.
Walking out of my room I decided to check If she was in her room. As I was opened the door I noticed that she was nowhere in sight.
Deciding to head downstairs to check where she had gone I decided to take one last look around her room whilst I could.
As I walked into the room I noticed clothes everywhere but decided to focus on what really peaked my interest.
Walking over to the cupboard that had been previously locked I noticed that the lock had been undone and the door hadn't been shut all the way.
Opening the door a mountain of stuffed animals buried my feet.
'A-ah'
Noticing the sheer number of plushies Rossweisse owned baffled me but in a way I found it adorable for someone with so much composure to own so many stuffed animals.
As I began to grab handfuls of the plushies and began stuffing them back into the cupboard I could hear something moving under the sheets on Rossweisse's bed.
Moving over to the foot of the bed I slowly pulled back the covers and saw Rossweisse with her cheeks aflame a shade of crimson looking completely bewildered.
"Rossweisse, why were you under the covers in bed in your room?" I asked
"W-well because I wake up early I didn't want to disturb you in your sleep and sneaked out so I could get on with my work." Rossweisse said making sure to not match my gaze.
"Ok. Thank you for not disturbing me when you left. However, from what I can tell Rossweisse you have been under these covers since you left my room."
hearing me say this she began fidgeting and began pulling the sheets of her bed back over her body and covering the bottom half of her face, leaving only the eyes and the top of her head uncovered.
Getting on top of her covered body I pinned her arms down to bed and sat upon her chest.
"I-issei, w-what are you doing?" Rossweisse muffled through the sheets.
"Well Rossweisse, I don't believe that you are telling me the truth. I have a feeling that there's something that you're not telling me."
Making sure that she could see my unrelenting stare, she remained silent. Clearly I would have to use a different method to get the answer out of her.
"Rossweisse, if you don't tell me why you left the bed this early in the morning then for every ten seconds that passes I will kiss you" seeing Rossweisse begin to panic whilst being pinned down gave me a strange feeling in my chest.
'Akeno, for passing onto me this s side, I thank you'
Thinking about how lucky I am to see Rossweisse's panicking face set my heart a flutter but also made me feel bad, thank god that I still had a single cell of humanity in me otherwise I wouldn't of been able to hold myself back.
After 10 seconds I placed a kiss on the side of her neck, making her face bloom into a rosey red.
"I-issei you don't need to do this, I-I'll tell you why I left already."
Not listening to a word she said I was in my own little world and completely forgot about the 10 second interval. Kissing Rossweisse all over.
Finally I succumbed to my desire and began kissing her on the lips. At the start Rossweisse was very fidgety but after a while gave in and accepted my kiss, almost pushing me me back with the force of her own.
As I began to unbutton her shirt she quickly grabbed my hands and planted one last kiss on my lips.
"I-Issei I think that we should wait a while before we do anything erotic. W-we've only been dating for a couple of days and I don't want to rush into anything that we may regret later. D-don't get me wrong Issei, I also want to do l-lots of erotic things with you too but I think we should wait an appropriate amount of time until we're both ready.
Feeling a bit rejected and downhearted. I took what she said to heart and reconsidered what I was doing and realised that I let my perverted side get the best of me
"S-sorry Rossweisse, you're right. It's best if we wait until we're both ready and prepared for this moment."
Pulling her into a loving embrace on the bed I then asked
"So what was the reason that you sneaked out of my room this morning?"
"W-well, It was my first ever time sleeping with another man in the same bed." Rossweisse said with a shy look on her face.
"But you didn't seem uncomfortable about it last night? You should have said something to me if you were uncomfortable about it." I said with a worried tone.
"N-No last night I really wanted to sleep with you. I was really happy when we were cuddling up on the sofa and I always feel safe in your arms. I'm glad that I was able to spend the night with you because I was able to easily drift off to sleep."
Admittedly I found it very difficult to fall asleep last night because I was so conscious about where Rossweisse was sleeping.
It took me about two hours to slowly drift off to sleep whilst holding Rossweisse in my arms.
"So why did you sneak out?" I asked
"W-Well, when I woke up you our bodies were completely ensnared, almost inseparable. It took me a good 10 minutes just to get myself out of your embrace" Rossweisse said with a small laughter.
"You should of woke me up. Knowing that you weren't next to me when I woke up really worried me. I-I'm sorry if I was holding onto you too tightly, It must have hurt If you were struggling to get free..." Lowering my head as I said this with a slightly depressed tone.
Noticing this Rossweisse slowly turned around and hugged me tightly.
"I'm glad that you were holding on to me tightly, It shows how much you care about me. I felt so warm being in your embrace" Retracting herself from the hug she brought her lips closer to mine until they met at the centre.
Pressing our lips together full of passion for a good minute left us out of breath and with cherry red cheeks.
With Rossweisse reassuring me that she wasn't mad about me holding onto her in my slumber made me feel ecstatic and showed that our relationship was progressively getting more heated and passionate.
"Anyway Rossweisse are you all ready to go? I can help you if you need some help packing." once again noticing the condition her room was in there were clothes seemingly thrown across the room and a large suitcase at the foot of her bed.
"No, i've got everything I need. Could you help me clean my room?" said Rossweisse with an embarrassing tone.
Looks like she realised what kind of state she was planning to leave it in.
Rossweisse and I spent about 15 minutes cleaning her room and taking our luggage downstairs in preparation for going to Asgard.
As time passed more members of the household came downstairs with bags slung over their shoulders and suitcases being dragged behind them.
The last couple down were Akeno and Rias, both their suitcases seemed to be bursting at the seam.
Now that everyone was ready to go, Rossweisse once again placed her finger onto the seal of the letters she was sent and cast a small verse, then proceeded to clutch to the knob of the cupboard of the first floor.
Once again giving off a faint green shimmer the door opened to the train station and the Gremory group proceeded through, with luggage in hand.
Walking through onto the platform of the station I noticed that the air grew heavier and the atmosphere was certainly different to what I was used to at the Hyoudou house. Looking around I saw similar reactions within the group to this change in pressure.
"Don't worry about that feeling." Rossweisse said. "To ensure the safety of the Yggdrasil HUB they always have some of the non-important gods keeping an eye in-case of trespassers. Oh, and Odin will already be aware of our presence."
"H-how does that Old Geezer already know that we're here?" I asked, bewildered as to how he knew we had arrived whilst feeling intimidated by the pressure
"Within Odin's hall in Asgard, there sits a throne with which he is able to see throughout the universe. Therefore, when he sits there he is able to see everything, even if it is in a separated dimension like this one."
Hearing this the majority group reacted in a way that was to be expected.
"Y-you mean he can see everything? Even if its supposed to be kept behind closed doors?" Irina shyly asked.
Clearly feeling as though her privacy had be invaded. Which i'm sure that everyone in the group was feeling.
The only person not bothered by this was Rossweisse.
"Oh, I wouldn't worry about it, if all members participating in the activity or within a certain vicinity wants what happens to be private then Odin's range of view is blocked which is why he's not able to keep an eye on Qlippoth."
A feeling of relief swept across the group. Clearly they were worried about that old geezer watching them all the time.
To be honest I felt the same way. I know I wouldn't want him watching everything that me and Rossweisse have gotten up to and plan to do.
Looking around the 'Yggdrasil HUB' It looked very similar to the train station underneath Kuou Town.
The platforms seemed to be surrounded by robust stone, meaning It was in a hollowed out cave.
The cave was illuminated by illuminated flower buds hanging at the end of vines that drooped that down from the ceiling.
Around the cave there were window shaped crevices dotted around the cave at regular intervals. Looking at these holes from far, I could feel presences within each as their penetrative stares focused on our group.
Proceeding along the platform we had to change platforms from 'Midgard' to 'Asgard' where a locomotive engine was awaiting us.
Boarding the train I inspected the cabin we entered and moved up through out the train to see if there was anyone else aboard.
Row after row of empty seats stretched along through the different carriages of the train and after noticing that no one but our group was present aboard the train I headed back towards where our group was sat.
In the first class seats they had leather bound seats and retractable arm rests.
Noticing Rossweisse with a space next to her I sat down and saw that she was impatiently waiting for the train to begin its journey.
Seems that she was more excited about returning to Asgard than she let on.
Sitting across from me and Rossweisse were Rias and Akeno and on the other side of the carriage were Irina and Xenovia sitting across from Asia and Koneko.
All of them were looking out of their windows, clearly looking forward to the new scenery that they had never seen before.
After about 5 minutes of Rossweisse explaining to the girls what kind of things they would see, the train began shunting into motion, slowly chugging along the track and gradually picking up speed.
As I had a seat that was facing away from the direction that we were travelling I could see that the train was leaving a faint rainbow trail behind it, almost unnoticeable to the eye.
"Rossweisse, is it just me or is the train leaving a rainbow behind it?" I asked Rossweisse as out of everyone I expected that she would be able to explain it.
"Yes actually, we are travelling along a replication of Bifrost, in modern culture it is what is known as the Northern Lights.
Before the creation of the Yggdrasil HUB that allowed travel between Asgard and Midgard you had to travel along Bifrost, the burning rainbow bridge.
When the higher ups were creating the connections between the realms, some of the Valkyries and other members of Asgard wanted the reintroduction of Bifrost as those that travelled upon it found the vibrant array of colours to be calming and gave them courage before a battle.
So as to not displease these members they came up with the solution of the train leaving traces of a rainbow.
Bifrost is still intact and the gods still use it however nowadays it is only used during battles when large numbers are needed to travel through at once as it is a quick jump rather than a care free train journey." Rossweisse explained.
"So Bifrost would be used for when there are battles or gods need to travel quickly or they can use this train system instead?" Asia asked.
After hearing Rossweisse explain so much we all needed some time to take in so much.
Leaning my head against Rossweisse's shoulder, entwined my hand with hers, closed my eyes and slowly fell asleep.
After a while, I felt a poke and a light, soft feeling on my cheek. Slowly opening my eyes I realised that Rossweisse had woken me up, looking around the carriage, Akeno had fallen asleep on Rias' lap, Asia was stroking Koneko's hair as she slept, resting her head on Asia thighs and Xenovia and Irina had both fallen asleep with in their seats.
"Rossweisse, how long have I been asleep?" I asked whilst lifting my head from her marshmallow-like thighs.
'I've always wanted to do that' I thought.
"A-about an hour, We're just about to cross over the border into Asgard. I thought it would be a good time to wake you" she said with a lightly blushing face.
"Thanks for waking me up" I said with a smile as I leaned over and kissed her on the cheek.
"Just returning the favour". Causing Rossweisse to look away all the while still holding my hand.
Whilst resting my head on her shoulder I looked out the window with her.
"W-We'll be passing the border any second now." Rossweisse said while being shy about me being so close to her.
'I'm kind of excited to see Rossweisse's homeland' I thought as I looked at Rossweisse's face, brimming with excitement and clearly some nervousness about returning after such a long time.
Whilst having these thoughts the scenery in front of me suddenly changed from the interior of a cave tunnel to a wide space with many different buildings scattered around resting atop a floor of a cloud.
It was as if the entire realm of Asgard was above the clouds.
Looking at the different buildings there were many with roofs made of gold and silver, roofs made of many shields of different sizes and even a castle in the distance.
As the train continued to glide across the sky, many types of wildlife began entering my field of view. There were horses, goats, cows and many kinds of birds.
"Rossweisse, where does this train stop?" Rias asked with a concerned face.
"You see that castle over there? That's where Bifrost meets Asgard so Odin set the train to station there for convenience." Rossweisse explained as she pointed in the direction of the castle gradually moving closer to us.
"Does anyone live in the castle?" said Irina with a glint in her eyes.
"That castle is the residence of Heimdall, within Asgard he is the god with the position of watch-out for the oncoming events of Ragnarok.
Using his superior hearing and foresight he is able to warn the gods beforehand.
.The castle is the most suitable place for him to reside as it is located right where Bifrost meets Asgard." said Rossweisse with a difficult look on her face.
"Rossweisse, is something wrong?" I asked as I disliked seeing her have a face of displeasure.
"If my engagement with Magni had proceeded then Heimdall would have been my brother-in-law. Not that I carry any ill will towards him but it may be a bit awkward arriving where he resides."
"Don't worry Rossweisse, I'll be right next to you the whole time, If you ever feel scared or lonely just remember that I'm right here" Whilst I said this I strengthened the grip I had on her hand.
Seeing a relieved and happy smile sweep across her face brought me great satisfaction and I gave her a kiss on the cheek as the train began to arrive at the station.
Now that the Gremory group have arrived in Asgard, who else will they meet on their travels and what will happen whilst they're visiting?
END OF CHAPTER 3