My greatest hero

chapter 75

Thor took Loki to the throne room to tell Odin about his visit to Jotunhiem. He walked him there so he knew loki wouldn't try to get out of it, and left him once they got there so he could talk to Odin alone. Loki walked in and saw that Odin was talking (like he always was) with someone, there wasn't a war going on so loki knew it couldn't be that important, but also knew that Odin was going to make him wait.
"Father I need to speak with you" he stated. Odin turned his attention to loki.
"I'm a bit busy now, come back another time" he said, loki was getting irritated, he didn't want to have to wait. 'The one time I decide to tell you the truth you just had to be busy didn't you?' He thought to himself.
"I need to talk now" loki said, trying to get Odin to stop talking with the other person, but he pretty much just ignored loki.
"Okay well, I went to jotunhiem yesterday, just thought i'd let you know" he said in a casual tone, but loud enough to make sure Odin heard, He stopped talking and turned back to loki. "But you're right, what you're doing is way more important than that, I'll just come back another time" he said with a smirk as he started to walk backwards toward the door before turning around to leave. "Loki, come back here" Odin commanded.
"Well make up your mind, am I leaving or staying?" Loki asked sarcastically. Odin told the other person to leave them alone.
"Sorry, I'm really stressed and was trying to lighten myself up" loki said, realizing he'd been pretty rude and disrespectful. "You went to Jotunhiem. For Eira?" Odin said. loki nodded as he took a deep breath, he really didn't want to have a breakdown in front of Odin. "Yes. I knew where she was, I figured I could make a deal with them to get her back" he said. "Based on you being stressed, I'm assuming it didn't work" Odin stated, loki sighed and told him the whole story, not just about his visit, but about how Eira had been having dreams, about Leif telling him about the mind tricks, about how he went to Brynjar's house and saw him making deals, everything he could remember.After he finished he felt better to have gotten it all out in the open, he'd been keeping some secrets for a long time, but he also felt more vulnerable for some reason, he didn't really know why, maybe because now he only knew as much as everyone else, and before he'd been one step ahead. "I'll send a small group of men after her, hopefully we'll be able to take her back without starting a war" Odin said thoughtfully. "Father, if it's alright with you, I'd like to go alone." Loki said, Odin looked a little confused.
"Why alone? And why you?" He asked. "Well, she is the queen, so if we take her, then we'll no doubt start something. But I think if I went alone they'd know we didn't mean any harm" he said "I also thought i'd bring this necklace of hers to maybe jog her memory" loki said, pulling the sun necklace out of his pocket. "And what if that doesn't jog her memory?" Odin asked, trying to see if loki had a complete plan or not.
"I'll try to convince her to come to asgard on her own, maybe tell her that some of our counsel thinks she means war and she should come and speak to them in person" loki said, he wasn't really sure, but at least he had a backup plan. Odin smiled, knowing loki had thought this all through.
"What?" Loki questioned, Odin hardly ever smiled, and he couldn't remember the last time he smiled at him.
"I'm proud of you, loki. Your mother would be too" Odin said, loki didn't really know what to say to that, but it made him happy, especially when he mentioned frigga. "Yes, I'll let you go to jotunhiem" he continued.
"Thank you" loki said, as he turned to leave.
"You'll make a wise king" he heard Odin say, of course he turned back around to face Odin.
"Thor is the heir to the throne, I'm not ever going to be king" loki said.
"And are you okay with that?" Odin asked."I'm loved by my father and brother, people respect me, I'm married to the most wonderful woman in the galaxy, after everything I've been through, I've finally come to realize that there are more important things than ruling everyone. So yes, I'm perfectly fine with that" loki said back, and he knew he meant every word.
"And that's why you'll make a great king. Thor has refused to take the throne, so that makes you the next heir" Odin said. Loki hadn't thought that Thor was still refusing the throne, he hadn't thought about being king in a long time, and he didn't really know how to fell about it. But he didn't really care at this point, he was focused on getting Eira back home safely, and was glad Odin had given him permission to go.