Chapter: 76
It was the next morning, and Azazel and Penemue were both smirking at me. I sat down next to them in the empty dining hall. They had acquired what looked like a mini breakfast feast from somewhere, and I immediately started piling food on my plate to join them.
"Someone had fun last night, huh? And most of the morning too, apparently," Azazel said while wiggling his brows.
I turned my head to the side and blushed. Being locked away for 1000 years had made Hela quite ravenous. I think our activities went on for over 12 hours straight… Goddesses had some serious stamina. What was worse was that when we exited the room all that time later, the floor just outside the door was soaking wet…and it wasn't water. According to Hela, Sif had been listening in almost the entire time. Apparently she was down bad, and was a lot more interested in me than her stoic self let on. I'd need to speak with her later about all that. Hela had told me that while she intended to truly court me, she still knew I was a Fallen Angel and we weren't the most—er—faithful race there was when it came to having only a single partner. Hela told me she had no problem with that if I was bringing more beautiful women to the bedroom in the future. I could only shudder at the thought of her officially meeting Natasha…
"You're not pregnant, are you, Layla?" Penemue asked me out of the blue. "You were spacing out for a second there…"
I spat out the juice that I had just raised to my lips to sip. "WHAT!? No, I'm not—I don't think…" I hoped I wasn't, at least.
[You're not. Your body can only get pregnant if you intend to.]
There was the system chiming in and saving me from an existential panic. Penemue raised her hand and cast some magic on me and sighed in relief afterwards. "Oh good, you're not."
Wait a minute… Why would they even suspect I was pregnant in the first place? Hela and I were both women, and it's not like I said anything about her using 'that' spell in the bedroom. I gave the two of them a glare. "Were you two spying on us!?" I said angrily.
"Pfft… of course not. We wouldn't do that. Right, Penemue?" Azazel said while not quite meeting my eyes. Penemue had trouble doing so as well. I glared at the two of them but decided to drop it for now. I would have vengeance and find a way to embarrass both of them later though…
…
A few hours later, I found myself standing back at the Bifrost. We had flown over Asgard instead of walking through its streets. The rioting had calmed quite a bit, but it hadn't fully stopped yet. Hela was going to have her hands full dealing with all of that.
"Are you sure you have to leave so soon?" Hela whined as she wrapped me in a tight hug. I ignored the fact that she was also blatantly groping me in front of everyone as well. Over her shoulder, I could see Sif glaring daggers at Hela. Loki had wisely decided to stay in the palace lest the people of Asgard catch sight of him and try to attack. His mother, Frigga, had stayed with him. After a few more seconds, and with some effort, I broke our hug. I didn't want to immediately leave so soon as well, but I had to.
"I'm afraid so, Hela. I have to get back to Midgard and take care of some things." There was no way I was letting Norman Osborn take back MY hard-earned company. He'd ruin a whole bunch of my plans if he did.
[You literally stumbled upon all of those shares by luck though…]
'Yeah, well, I spent points on my Luck stat to make that happen… Hence, it was hard work.
I also wanted to check in with Tony, possibly wipe the New York section of the Hand out, and see what the Death Eaters over in England were up to. I had a lot on my plate at the moment.
"Good luck, Layla. Try not to get up to anything absurd, although given your current track record, I'm sure you will anyway. Ah, you remind me of a younger me…" Azazel remarked. He and Penemue had decided to stay in Asgard for a couple of extra days. Azazel needed the technology here to help him rebuild his artificial sacred gear. Once he acquired all the parts he'd need, they would come and join me.
"The Bifrost is open to you, Lady Layla. Give Thor my regards," Heimdall said as he sheathed his sword into the podium and a blue portal materialized nearby.
"You can tell my idiot brother he's free to return to Asgard whenever he wants. It is advised that he doesn't, however, until he regains his powers. I will see you again soon, Layla." Hela smiled at me before I stepped through the Bifrost to return to Earth.
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Chapter: 77
"This feels like it's taking a lot longer than I remember," I said out loud as I gazed all around me. I'd been traveling through the rainbow light for a while now. The trip up to Asgard had only taken a few minutes, and this one was taking well over 10 right now.
[Weird, nothing seemed to be wrong with the portal before you stepped inside.]
I couldn't argue with that. The portal looked like it was working fine, and Heimdall should have noticed if anything went wrong. Maybe the journey down was just slower than up? It's not like I was an expert in Asgardian portal technology or anything. I felt like I was still moving, and the rainbow lights were still passing me by at crazy speeds. There was nothing I could do but float here and wait...
An entire extra 20 minutes later, I finally saw the end of the tunnel. Finally, I was arriving on Midgard. That took WAY longer than it should have.
CRASH!
[-100HP!]
"Ooof! What the hell!" I grunted in pain. Instead of landing gently, my body had been slammed into the ground hard. Now I KNOW that was NOT supposed to happen.
CRASH!
"Argh, my arm!" A familiar woman's voice shouted behind me after a second crash echoed out.
"Sif! Holy shit, are you okay?" I exclaimed.
[No, she's not okay… her left arm is facing the wrong direction.]
Oh shit, it was. That wasn't good! Sif was clutching her broken arm in pain. I ran up to her, and Twilight Healing manifested itself on each of my hands. I focused the green healing aura onto Sif's and willed her to be healed. I could feel my MP drain noticeably. It seemed the broken arm was the least of her injuries. She didn't have my durability, and that impact had damaged some of her insides as well. Thankfully, I have the best healing Sacred Gear to remedy that.
"Healing magic?" Sif opened her eyes as I soothed her pain. A look of relief appeared on her face. "You are just full of surprises, Layla."
"Why did you follow me, Sif? Weren't you needed on Asgard?" I asked. Had she jumped into the Bifrost right after me? Is that what threw it off? That shouldn't have made a difference.
Sif looked a bit guilty as she responded. "I-I wanted to spend more time with you as well. Hela came in and snatched you up so quickly… I felt jealous." Sif admitted bitterly. "As for myself being needed on Asgard, I am not. I was never the most popular Goddess. I actually had something of a negative reputation for how I acted for the past few hundred years…"
I smirked. She had tried to get one up on the Goddess of Death by following me to Midgard. With Asgard currently on fire, Hela would be too busy straightening out her people for the next few days to interrupt Sif and me. "What did you do that made people not like you?" I asked.
Sif looked shy. "I may or may not have threatened bodily harm upon any harlot who tried to win Thor's affections," Sif admitted before looking at me in panic. "I never actually went through with it though. I now realize, as well, why Thor never wanted to be with me. I tend to get… clingy with my love interests. I will do my best to not be as intense with…" Sif trailed off and looked at me hopefully. I knew what she was going to say.
"You won't get too clingy with me?" I teased her and she shyly nodded. "I don't mind honestly." I said. It seemed like the blond goddess might have been a bit of a yandere. She never seemed to go fully off on her love rivals though.
…
Heimdal felt some sweat start to form on the back of his neck. What was taking so long. It had been a shock when Sif had decided to slip past Hela and hop into the Bifrost after Layla, but it wasn't a big deal at the end of the day. Yet, something strange happened after Sif jumped in… Layla and Sif never touched down on Midgard. With his Farsight, he could clearly see the rainbow beam make contact upon the desert of Midgard, and yet neither of the women had arrived with it. Where did they go?
"Is something wrong Heimdal?" Hela–his new ruler–asked behind him. "Is that harpy Sif already trying to put the moves on my future Queen?" She spat out angrily.
Asgards guests, Azazel and his paramor Penemue also looked concerned.
"Um… Layla and Sif disappeared."
The three other people took a moment to contemplate what he just said. Heimdal braced himself as he knew he was about to get yelled at.
"""WHAT!?"""
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