Useless Vigilance

Within Asgard's magnificent grand hall.

Odin sat upon the throne with his eye closed, Gungnir, the Eternal Spear, in his left hand, his bearing imposing and majestic.

Beside him was his queen, Frigga.

Frigga, whom Odin had instructed to protect him, could not conceal the worry in her beautiful, noble eyes.

She did not know what had happened.

Her child Loki had committed an unforgivable wrong, while her husband Odin seemed to be facing some unknown danger and had told her to protect him.

Unease filled Queen Frigga's heart, leaving her deeply worried.

She desperately wanted to visit Loki in his cell. She had raised that child from infancy; though he was not her biological son, the affection she felt for him was genuine.

She was also worried by Odin's sudden abnormality.

"What exactly happened... Odin..." Queen Frigga murmured blankly, unable to make sense of the string of recent events.

Why were all of you revolving around an ordinary human?

Loki had committed his crimes because of that human, nearly dying in the World Tree's vortex. Then he had lured alien forces into invading Midgard, disrupting the balance of the Nine Realms, all because he seemed determined to kill that human.

Thor had become friends with that human and had escorted Loki back. As a mother, Frigga's feelings were incredibly complicated.

And now, Odin had also asked her to protect him, though she had no idea what he intended to do.

Queen Frigga only felt that her family had become a complete mess recently, no longer as harmonious and beautiful as before.

Who could have imagined that all of this had been caused by a mere mortal?

Several male gods revolving around a mortal man...

Frigga's confusion did not last long before a guard, looking tense and having hurried over