Reiji reluctantly walked over to Setsuna.
Setsuna gently stroked his red hair and introduced him with a warm smile.
"Reiji, this is your great-great-great... grandfather's best comrade-in-arms from back then, and also your great-great-great... grandfather."
"Wha~!? No way."
Seeing Reiji frozen in shock, Thor deliberately stepped forward with a gentle expression and stroked his red hair as well.
"Good grandson, I never expected it either. You actually count as my real grandson."
Seeing the look of approval on Setsuna's face and Thor's utterly lecherous grin, Reiji's eyes twitched. He felt as though he had been taken advantage of, yet had nowhere to complain about it.
In the end, he could only grit his teeth and force out, "Great-great-great... Grandpa."
After a round of affectionate grandfather-grandson conversation,
Setsuna used GN Particles—or rather, Pravsky Particles carrying his consciousness—to notify his former Celestial Being companions of Thor's arrival.
Those companions immediately dropped everything they were doing and rushed toward the castle in a panic.
Before they arrived, however, Thor pulled Setsuna and Marina into a conversation.
Reiji leaned against a nearby pillar, pricking up his ears to eavesdrop.
Thor had suddenly barged in earlier, so the Pravsky Particles had treated him as an intruder. Fortunately, Setsuna had noticed in time, and no unavoidable trouble had occurred.
After a series of explanations, Setsuna understood that the Thor before him was not yet the Thor who had given him advice and helped him create this independent world.
This was only Thor from the period shortly after he had obtained the GN-X from the Tri-Nation, having arrived here from that point in time.
Still, Setsuna was delighted. He sincerely stated that no matter which period Thor came from, he was still the same Thor who had fought shoulder to shoulder with him.
He then roughly recounted