"That's right." Thor still had no idea that Loki had orchestrated this entire affair, and was still fixated on brotherly love.
"Though Loki sometimes liked to joke around, he was still a very reliable person..."
Aeo had no desire to persuade him, nor did he know how. Loki was at fault, but there was a reason for it. From the very beginning, Odin had adopted him with half goodwill and half calculation, raising him to adulthood.
At his core, Loki had merely been a tool, a piece in Odin's political game. The plan was that one day, Thor would become the divine king of Asgard and rule the Aesir, while Loki would inherit Laufey's position, lead the Frost Giants, and keep the Nine Realms firmly in the hands of Asgard and Jotunheim.
And that wasn't all. That old bastard Odin had kept lying to Loki, telling him he would become a king someday, making Loki believe that he would eventually rule Asgard and receive the admiration of all. But what happened? Damn it, Thor was to be the king of Asgard, while he himself turned out to be a bastard. How could someone as proud as Loki accept that? It was hardly surprising that he became tsundere and rebelled.
Still, as one of the heirs to a powerful civilization, Loki's love-hate relationship with his brother and father was Earth's suffering. After all, every one of them was a "god." Whether their intentions were good or malicious, the damage caused by their conflicts was far more explosive than the petty clashes between nations on Earth. Alien invasions happened at the drop of a hat...
While all sorts of thoughts ran through his mind, Aeo showed none of it on his face. "That's for the best... By the way, the Mjolnir you