Generally speaking, children were closer to their mothers, and Asgard's First Family was no exception.
To Odin, his three children were truly three little treasures. Thor and Loki made a daily habit of screwing over their father and considered angering him a mandatory routine. If Odin went a whole month without trembling all over and coughing up blood several times, it meant the two of them had not done their jobs properly.
But the two of them behaved much better in front of Frigga. At most, they threw little tantrums like spoiled children. They had never truly acted out. Perhaps this was what people meant by the greatest good being like water, overcoming hardness with softness.
And it was not just those two troublesome brats. Even Hela, the most rebellious of the troublesome daughters, was the same.
Because Hela had followed her father into battle from a young age, serving as Odin's sharp blade and vanguard, there was almost no father-daughter affection between them. Their relationship was entirely that of superior and subordinate, like a master and his weapon. That was why, when Hela rebelled back then, she did not hesitate in the slightest.
But Hela's feelings toward Frigga were completely different. Frigga had always treated her with deep motherly affection, especially compared to Odin. Every time Hela returned from a campaign, Odin either asked about her victories or her casualties. Beyond that, they had no other exchanges.
Frigga, however, fussed over her with concern and patiently listened, wearing a proud smile as Hela bragged about her outstanding performance on the battlefield. Hela often suspected that her old man had been some sort of free gift with a phone top-up, while her mother had somehow given birth to her all by herself.
Though she had once resented Frigga for doing