The New God of the Forge

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Odin the all father of asgard was sitting alone in his chamber while the rest of asgard was celebrating their victory over the fire giants and the death of surtur. He would have liked to join them but the present situation baffled him and he could not stop thinking of the future.

In order to not worry his people he quickly ordered a giant banquet to be prepared for a celebration that would last days which all asgardians cheered for, when it has started he had snuck away to visit the norms and what he saw baffled him, they were kneeling down in pain screaming that fate has been severed, that nothing is now certain. For odin who always prided himself in his wisdom and knowledge such a thing was terrifying for him, how could he keep asgard safe ? Will his people be okay ? All those questions entered his mind and he unfortunately had no answer for any of them.

He sighed and went to get a drink, he needed to get his mind of this topic or it would drive him mad. After he got his drink he walked around and saw the god responsible for all his problems.

Odin : hephaestus what are you doing here away from the celebration.

Shirou : forgive me lord odin, I am not really accustomed to social gatherings and parties.

Odin : I see...I must thank you, if not for you my kingdom would have been destroyed.

Shirou: I am happy to help, though I am sure you would have defeated surtur and sent him back without me.

Odin : humbleness in the face of praise, I am not sure if I should call you a noble or a fool.

Shirou : I have been called a fool many times in my life and have never cared for what people thought.
Rin in particular made sure to call him an idiot atleast 5 times a day.

Odin : good thinking.

Shirou : not to be rude lord odin but do you have something on your mind, you seem to be distracted.

Odin : nothing that should be of your concern boy.

Shirou : I mean no disrespect but I merely think that it would be best to share your problems than to keep them to yourself.

Odin looked at shirou for a bit before sighing.

Odin : the future is no longer clear to me, surtur should not have been slayed today, the norms have said that fate is no longer seen.

Shirou : I see, you think you no longer have control of things since the future is no longer set in stone. But if I may give you some advice ?

Odin : speak.

Shirou : a small quote I once heard, it says yesterday is history, tommorow is a mystery,  but today is a gift, that's why they call it the present. It means that we should not worry about the future so much and enjoy the present since we do not know what tommorow will bring.

Odin: you are no king, you don't have to care for people.

Shirou : true, but I once knew a king who wanted their kingdom to be eternal but it fell in the end. Everything has an end but if you continue to try to avoid it you will look back and regret not truly living.

Before odin could reply thor appeared with a bear in his arm.

Thor : hephaestus come the night is still young and the barrels are still full, let us drink like we never had before.

Shirou tried to deny him but was pulled by thor to the party forcefully leaving ofin alone.

Odin: live in the moment huh ? How long had it been since I have done that.

At the party

Shirou was dragged by thor and handed a drink of med forcefully and under the crowd who continued to urge him to drink he had no choice but to comply.

Later he had to avoid a barrage of gods who wanted to fight him, goddesses who wanted to sleep with him, freya seemed to be especially insistent and forceful but thankfully a hand dragged him away at the right time, shirou turned to see who he needed to thank and to his surprise it was eyra who wore a dress. He was about to comment but was shot a glare that immediately silenced him.

Eyra : don't say anything,  my mother forced me to wear this.

Shirou : you look good if it makes you feel better.

Eyra : I look like an idot. I am a proud warrior of asgard but here I am wearing a maiden's clothes.

Shirou : well it makes you the most powerful maiden there is.

Eyra : I will punch you if you do not shut up.

Shirou : yes ma'am

Eyra : so what was that world you summoned?

Shirou : it was my soul, it contains every weapon I have ever seen.

Eyra : that is a powerful ability,  I don't think our forge gods can do that.

Shirou : I like to think I am special.

Eyra ( sarcastically) : and humble.

Shirou : thank you, I see you have noticed that.

Eyra : anyways can you summon it again later, I want to try some weapons I saw.

Shirou : sorry I only bring it out when there is an emergency,  also some weapons are cursed and can harm the user.

Eyra : come on please.

Shirou : i will show you some weapons as a compromise.

Eyra : deal.

Shirou : also thank you for saving me from freya.

Eyra( mockingly) : yes the poor slayer of surtur needed to be saved from the hands of a goddess of love, a tale that deserves to be written in a song.

Shirou : I can tell you from experience that goddesses of love can be dangerous.

Eyra : Your exaggerating, what can a goddess of love do but sleep around.

On olympus

Aphrodite stood grinning as she looked down at hecate and nike who had a blank expression.

Aphrodite : you whores honestly thought you can steal my husband away from me ? You who nothing more than mere minor goddesses.

Aphrodite walked up to hecate and gave her a slap on the face.

Hecate ( montone ) : forgive us mistress.

Aphrodite : oh there will be much for you to do, both of you will be major factors in dethroning zeus and placing me and hephaestus as the new king and queen of olympus and when that happens I may gift you to him as toys.

Nike : thank you my lady, your generosity knows no bounds.

Aphrodite : indeed, but first we must get more allies and when zeus is defeated, hera will fall as well.

With a wicked smile Aphrodite dismissed her new pawns and began planning events that will change history.

The End

What do you think ?

What will happen ?

What will aphrodite do ?

Will nike and hecate be saved ?

What about hera ?

How will history be changed?

Who will get shirou's love ?

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