Asgard, the Asgardian Palace.
Li Ang hadn't expected things to turn out this way.
When they brought Loki back to the gleaming Golden Palace, they found Odin the God King already awake. Dressed in his finery, he sat on his throne, watching them.
Frigga the Queen of the Gods stood beside Odin, a smile on her face.
They seemed to have known the outcome all along.
Odin spoke. "Thor the Thunder God, you made the wise decision not to let the flames of war spread across all of Asgard."
"You've grown. You're becoming a mature Crown Prince..."
Odin praised Thor the Thunder God.
Thor was delighted.
He'd originally wanted to fight Karnilla.
But after seeing how underdeveloped Nornheim was, he'd changed his mind.
These negotiations were also meant to make amends to the people of Nornheim.
After all, they were Aesir, too.
At those words, Loki's face turned ashen.
He'd thought Odin would blame Thor for being weak, but Odin's response had caught him off guard.
Odin had wanted to ease tensions for a long time.
He simply couldn't do it himself anymore, so he'd left it to Thor.
After praising Thor, Odin turned to Loki.
"As for you, Loki!"
The smile vanished from Frigga's face, too. They were both deeply disappointed in Loki.
They'd known for a long time that he was the God of Mischief and would do plenty of unreliable things.
But they were still disappointed in what he'd done.
"Loki, as a prince of Asgard, you should be thinking about the future of the Asgardian Palace. Instead, you plotted against it..."
"You'll be imprisoned for ten years. You may not leave during that time..."
Loki's expression didn't change. He was used to it by now.
Thor always won in the end. Loki hadn't expected him to