After leaving backstage, Noah headed straight toward The Ancient One with Hermione, thinking over possible countermeasures along the way.
Noah truly had not expected Hela to guess that he might become her opponent and take Thor's place in dealing with her. That was why she had directly made a proposal that would probably put even Odin in a difficult position.
How could matters of the Odinson Family possibly be interfered with by outsiders?
If that woman had not brought it up, Noah could have handled this as Thor's friend. But things were different now. She had directly defined the matter as an "internal family conflict," which was truly rather troublesome.
Although Noah could still make a move, and could even try a permanent solution to make that woman shut up for good.
Noah felt it would be better to ask Odin what he thought first. Hela was right about one thing: this was Odinson family business. It did not look good for Noah to involve himself so easily.
Hermione had remained silent. She had no idea what exactly had happened, but now that they had come out, she could not help herself when she saw Noah deep in thought.
"What's wrong, Noah?" Hermione tilted her head and asked curiously. "Is this troublesome?"
"Not really. I can only say that it's incredible that Hela's brain hasn't turned to mush despite being sealed away for thousands of years."
Noah sighed. "His Majesty Odin called me here for a reason: to deal with that woman. But she really is clever."
"She dragged the throne into the realm of family matters?" Hermione thought it over and roughly understood.
Asgard ruled the Nine Realms and, in a sense, was Earth's "big boss."
Noah had every reason to act against Hela in order to protect Tony's