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"I need you to…" Arthur's most famous words. Merlin sighed as the long list was implanted in his brain.
He trudged down the hall, barely able to see over the pile of armor in arms. Merlin collided with something, and all of the armor crashed down to the floor, echoing throughout the halls.
"Morgana. I…I'm so sorry, I didn't watch where I was going." He bent down to pick them up. "Merlin, it is fine. It is not your fault. You could not see where you were going, Arthur is pushing you too hard." The ward smiled kindly and helped him clean up. "Do you need any help?" She asked. "That would be wonderful." They shared the load and walked to the armory.
"I got it from here. Thank you, Morgana." She nodded and left him when they got there. When she left, Merlin looked around, and set the items to do what ever they needed to do themselves, while he read the book that he kept in his inside jacket pocket.
When he was done, he loaded back up, watched his step, and headed back to Arthur's quarters.
The prince was out for the day, catching up on what he missed the day before, so Merlin dumped the stuff on his bed and left.
Merlin walked through the castle, and on a hunch, entered the library through the wooden doors. "Is there something I can help you with?" Geoffrey looked up from a giant volume. "You don't have any mythology books by any chance, would you?" Merlin inquired cautiously. "What kind?" "Anything, I guess." "Alright. Let me see, then." He rose from his chair and began to browse the shelves.
Merlin sat himself down and a table and waited, twiddling his thumbs. Then a stack of thick, dusty books fell in front of him. "There you go. Keep them here, mind you. I don't want them getting lost." Merlin nodded and began flipping through the first book, as Geoffrey sat back down at his desk.
The first book was labeled Greek Mythology. He turned through the massive book, finding many gods, but not anything like Loki.
The second one contained Roman. The gods were pretty much the same, just different names. This is going to take forever.
After that, there was Aztec. Loki didn't look like he could be in that religion, but he had to skim, just in case. He was right, no gods named Loki. They had names that even Loki, with his expansive vocabulary, couldn't pronounce.
The last one on the pile was Norse. Merlin had no idea what or where that is, but he looked anyway.
Finally! A small passage about him, it was a small book, so the descriptions were short, but it was fine. Merlin began to read.
"Loki, in Norse mythology, a cunning trickster who had the ability to change his shape and sex. Although his father was the giant Fárbauti, he was included among the Aesir (a tribe of gods). Loki was represented as the companion of the great gods Odin and Thor, helping them with his clever plans but sometimes causing embarrassment and difficulty for them and himself. He also appeared as the enemy of the gods, entering their banquet uninvited and demanding their drink; he was the principal cause of the death of the god Balder. Loki was punished by being bound to a rock, thus in many ways resembling the Greek figures Prometheus and Tantalus. Loki created a female, Angerboda (Angrboda: "Distress Bringer"), and produced three evil progeny: Hel, the goddess of death; Jörmungand, the evil serpent surrounding the world; and Fenrir (Fenrisúlfr), the wolf. The figure of Loki remains obscure; there is no trace of a cult, and the name does not appear in place-names."
Oh. Oh dear. Merlin feared the dragon may be right. This Loki is more trouble than he's worth. He gulped, closed the book, and handed them all back to Geoffrey, who didn't even look up. Loki, in the book, was terrifying. He had the most powerful magic. What he used it for, was anyones guess.
Then he heard the warning bell.
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