章 11: Goodbye, Asgard.

"finally!" I looked at the letter I found in front of my house, approved to be sent to nidavellir in order to complete my blacksmithing education.

The feeling I feel now is the same as how a student feels when he is accepted into a prestigious university, but without lying, I am really excited to go to nidavellir, not only to learn new things but because I will be able to live with a different kind of intelligent creature, and study their culture and Trying to understand their old habits and ways, going back to my previous life, this was one of my many dreams, unfortunately I didn't have the opportunity.

Additionally, this is my first time going somewhere other than Asgard outside of assignment, this could be an opportunity to relax, of course, I don't intend to give up my training.

Please go through the throne room when your decision is made, this phrase was written at the bottom of the message, it looks like Odin would like to talk to me for a reason, I don't know why.

Anyway, I went back inside my house and packed some clothes, before I opened the door to my magical laboratory, where I kept both the Volumen Hydrargyrum and the pieces of Fafnir's outer shield, as well as Fafnir's head that was in a container full of some magical liquids that keep him from Decomposition and corruption, since I will be leaving for at least a few years it will be without the intelligence and wisdom to leave my magical treasures in Asgard, someone might come and take them without anyone noticing.

And with that, before doing this, I passed by my family, Trigev and Helga, and said goodbye to them after speaking with them a little bit, since I would not see them for a few years or decades at least, and they let me while they told me to really watch out not to let miabug get into my clothes.

Some people may think that not seeing someone for a few decades is nothing for Asgardians because they live thousands of years and that a few years will pass in the blink of an eye, but the truth is that our perception of time is still similar to that in humans, the difference between us is how we view this time.

However, after doing this I immediately headed towards the throne room to meet everyone's father, one-eyed, the one-eyed only, who is not thor from Ragnarok, but his father, Odin.

On entering the throne room, I approached, again, until there was space between me and the throne before I bowed on a knee and called "all father"

"all father!" I don't know how Odin can handle it, said the royal guards in a strong and harmonious voice that pissed off my ears, I can't believe I ever thought of becoming one of those guys!

"You can leave," Odin said without mentioning any names, but the royal guards almost immediately left the throne room. Seeing this, I would be lying if I said I was a little wary.

Luckily I'm not paranoid, otherwise I might have blew several ansuz toward Odin and run away, long live mental stability!

"You can stand up," Odin whispered, but as soon as he said it I climbed up on my feet, looked at him waiting to see what was going on about this.

"I've heard that you want to go to nidavellir to learn blacksmithing, is that right?" He asked me, while I felt as if he was evaluating me.

"That's right, thank you, Your Majesty, for agreeing to my request," I said to him as I did everything in my power to try to show that I am truly thankful (which I was,but not so much).

"But you have been training as a blacksmith in recent years," he said as he raised his eyebrow.

"That's right, I was learning some basic concepts about blacksmithing in my spare time in the past two decades," I assured him.

"Can I know why you want to learn blacksmithing from dwarves?" He asked me with a frown at him.

I immediately understood why, the Asgardians are a proud people, and Odin is a proud and arrogant king who, of course, will not openly acknowledge the superiority of another species, especially the dwarves who work for us, now regarding my answer, I can lie, but ...

"I simply believe the general knowledge that the blacksmithing of dwarves are superior to our own," I said calmly, trying not to show any hint of sarcasm on my face.

I have not been satisfied with Odin since forever, I do not want to betray him because betrayal is not of my nature, but I will rub these hidden words on his face with a smile in my thoughts!

"I see…" Odin said as he kept staring at me hard, "You know, Valli, from the moment I saw you I knew there was something extraordinary about you, but I, with all my wisdom, couldn't figure out exactly what that was."

I froze in place for a moment, processing Odin's words, it occurred to me that he might know something about my future knowledge and the truth of my reincarnation, but I immediately denied this thought, if he had known he would not have been mysterious about him, and if he were hostile he would have already killed me.

On thinking of this, I relaxed again.

"You can leave," Odin said, as if he hadn't noticed my changes.

However, I did not turn away and stayed standing in my place.

"is there anything else?" Odin asked while looking frowning at me.

I was about to say something when I decided not to, it wouldn't be appropriate to try to go too far and test his patience, I mean, I don't need his permission at all! I will do what I want to do because I am a free man!

"No, I'll leave immediately," I said as I turned to leave.

Currently, Brynhildr is on mission outside Asgard so I can't say goodbye to her, and I can't leave a message in the royal palace, well, I'll apologize to her upon seeing her decades from now.

Anyway, I went home immediately and covered the bowl of Fafnir's head with a cloth while I carried the outer Fafnir skeleton as well, accompanied by the vase containing Volumen Hydrargyrum, and headed straight towards the Bifrost Bridge where I again met Himdall.

"Glad to meet you, Heimdall." I said to him as I waned a little, but I'm grateful he didn't smile, he's scary when he does.

"I believe that this feeling is mutual," Heimdall said, in his devoid ton of feelings, "I already know why you came, let's not waste any time, and also, when you go to nidavellir you will find someone waiting for you there, you will learn under this person, are you ready?"

"Of course," I said while cuddling my things near me, these things are more expensive than Heimdall! You better not destroy anything!

As usual, I was covered with my belongings with a path of light and pulled into the beautiful bifrost tunnel (while I was holding my stuff, yes, the container of Fafnir's head is in my back), after a few moments I appeared in what appeared to be a system of caves and underground tunnels with torches lighting the tunnel. In front of me, there was a two-meter dwarf looking at me.

"Are you Valli Trigevson?" I was asked by this dwarf, who is actually a giant!

"That's right, and who are you?"

"I'm alfrigg, I'll be your mentor for some time, follow me, and don't complain about hard work"