"I want you to reintegrate the remaining realms."
The moment Harry spoke, Thor and Eitri froze again. Neither had expected Harry's condition to be this.
In Thor's view, this was already his duty: protecting the people and the other nine realms—though there were only seven now.
That was also why he wanted a weapon that suited him. After all, Odin had not ruled the Nine Realms empty-handed.
Eitri, meanwhile, felt that Osborn had no need to help Thor do this. Why not simply unify the Seven Realms themselves?
But Harry did not want to exhaust himself playing king. What he wanted were tangible resources, manpower, and control. As for becoming king, that was not his pursuit, nor was it something he could accomplish in the short term.
On the other hand, while Thor sometimes looked like a husky and tended to be single-minded in his actions, he truly was not some foolish ruler obsessed with power and wealth. At most, he lacked administrative ability—and Osborn happened to be able to help him govern.
Letting Thor continue ruling the Seven Realms gave them proper justification and required little investment of effort.
The company only needed to use Thor's connections to enter the other realms on a large scale, extract resources, recruit talent, and control society.
A crown could keep this big guy working for them and maintaining his own military. Wasn't that great?
"That's it?" Thor found it hard to believe.
"That's it." Harry nodded. "You know, I've always believed that sustainable development is built on win-win deals, one after another. Everyone for me, and me for everyone."
Thor looked at him with solemn respect. "I owe you an apology for what I thought before—I always believed you were a merchant driven purely by profit."
Harry said he did not mind