Ikuta wasn't exactly a fan of the end of everything " Then what is the chaos right now ? " Vedrfolnir stares at Ikuta " Your heart has so much hope I suppose it's okay to tell you this since you can handle it but , without the gods protecting mortals you mortals are on your own without any blessings from the greats "
" Oh wow " " You're not frightened perhaps your will can handle even more , but I won't tell you more than you can handle for now I would like it if you can go to Mimisbrunnr and purify the knowledge and "
Vedrfolnir gives Ikuta his blade back " You should learn how to organize the knowledge in this blade it will help in your quest in purifying the knowledge " Ikuta wondered how much Vedrfolnir knows about him " Now child animate Nidhogg's body "
Ikuta nodded and activated the magic and watched Nidhogg move . She looked around blindly and Vedrfolnir patted her bones " Hello Nidhogg sorry I had to eat you but I will have to animate you with Necromancy once we get you to a more suitable place I'll teach him how to use magic to bring back your flesh "
Ikuta observed how Nidhogg moved " She doesn't have her organs I had to eat her since she would starve because she wouldn't eat me so I did , I know a spell that can bring back her body but unfortunately in this weather it would backfire severely to waste energy " " why didn't you leave ? "
" Because we would be detected and we don't have as much power to hide ourselves so I am counting on you , young master " ' so many people are calling me that already ' " okay " Ikuta looks at the direction of the cave " do you know the ice giant Berg ? " " Oh yes he tried to eat us before "
Ikuta wondered what kind of interactions Vedrfolnir had with Berg " He's a different kind of frost giant but seeing the book that has his life's work it seems he decided to leave his teachings to you "
" Yeah but when I looked at the cave he froze and in there was a lot of other giants there " " That's because that is where all the giants were frozen due to their Niflheim ability " Vedrfolnir answered " Also we should depart soon who knows what kind of pest is trying to be parasites to our young mistress "
Vedrfolnir perched on Nidhogg who shooked her bones in annoyance " While we walk I can teach you the magic to bring her flesh and bones back " " Oh thanks " on the way Ikuta learns more about the spell and reached the mountain of frozen ice giants .
" Are you sure about stopping by here ? " " Yep I wanna set up a beacon and do I need to grab Hvergelmir ? " " No need that spring is ruined just like all three wellsprings have been ruined we can come back another time "
Ikuta wondered why they couldn't do it know " Why not do it now ? " " Because it would run out the stag is the source of water , we need to him first to supply the water or else mistress could desire more and harm you inadvertendly "
" Wow , there's so much I have to do " " I must say it was a dangerous thing for you to soak yourself in the poisonous well " " Huh ? "
" Don't worry child the way poison works is the dosage the poison is still not enough to kill you considering that the boiling spring is constantly the same because of the weather moreover that giant Berg had used some of the poison for ink so you won't be poisoned that much "
" Oh I thought I would be stuck in bed " " It would take more than that diluted poison spring to get stay at bed " Ikuta finished setting up the beacon and a dark beam appeared up something recognizaeble than any light due to the frost that reflected any light .
" Okay this should bring them here and maybe since I was the one who took care of everything it would mean I was the one who helped right ? "
" That would certainly be right but I'm sure mortals have laws about properties that you have to follow " Vedrfolnir responded , unaware of Ikuta's status as the big company owner.
" Good do you think I could make some flowers with Niflheim's frost ? " " That could be possible your contract in providing the young mistress her nutrients , will allow you to gain the nature affinity slowly but surely "
" I want it now though " " Young master the only way to attain that wish of yours is if you heal the wellspring of Mimisbrunnr and give it to young mistress now " " Wait why specifically Mimisbrunnr ? "
" Because nature is meant to adapt and to do that they need to learn which is why our young mistress is benefiting from your knowledge of nature as well as your healthy body and understanding how a life can thrive "
" Oh like evolution ? " " Exactly it's why Yggdrasil was able to survive in Ginnungagap " " But there is forbidden knowledge right ? " Ikuta thinks of how this could happen and didn't ask about the last spring since he will likely have to go for the first two .
" You can go to Uroarbrunnr much much later because our young mistress is very young she won't decay anytime soon " " So that's why , I first I have to be able to understand knowledge so that I can purify the forbidden knowledge and then search for the Stag "
He was confused about how to do it " I will help you in accomplishing the understanding of wisdom as a physical form , but it's only gonna be aboue how one can link one topic to another which is what you need to study but seeing as you are knowledgeable in several fields it won't be difficult "
They arrived at the portal and were greeted by Petra who was standing at the cold with escorts ready to welcome Ikuta " Hello Petra I'm back like promised " Petra sighed and looked at the bones and Vedrfolnir , she didn't know who they were but one thing tells her is that .
" I have prepared a feast for your return young master I hope you enjoy it " ' I'm gonna ignore those two things ' she knew this was gonna reach the news " You sound to be in a very influential position young master " Vedrfolnir said .
She felt compelled to ask about Ikuta's new friends " Young master can you tell me who this eagle and the animated bones are ? " Ikuta didn't think this far and made them invisible with dark magic " You didn't see them okay ? " " Understood only young master left the portal today "
Petra was glad that Ikuta went that far and took him to feast while Ikuta snuck some food to Vedrfolnir . Being only bones Nidhogg couldn't tell what was happening other than touching around her and hearing and the sense of heat .
" Young master I have told everyone who saw to keep quiet about the eagle and that " Nidhogg was annoyed to be called that " Okay and tell them that I found Hvergelmir and a mountain made of frozen ice giants I marked it with a beam of darkness so you should be able to see it when you get in . "
" Young master , are you intending to keep Niflheim as a property ? " " Can I ? " " It won't be a problem but in the first place there is nothing to gain from it " " She is right young master Niflheim's frost has nothing to exploit other than the rare primordial ice which wouldn't really be fitting to use "
Petra kept her mouth shut to ask who Vedrfolnir is " Then that just means we can keep it because no one wants it , right ? " Ikuta asked " Yes we can although we spent a lot for the beacons you wanted the cost of owning it shouldn't be outbid by anyone at all , so we can claim property rights , but they might question why you did it "
' I would too but I know that , dad had used Muspelheim to make the spicy noodles I ate that day ' " It's okay with that but what will happen if we do buy Niflheim though ? "
" Some of the companies will pull back their support now that we have full ownership since it will be company property rather than a threat similar to the dungeons we own which meant we are responsible for Niflheim's portal to our world "
Ikuta thinks of the beacon " Oh then I'll fix the problem then " Ikuta was excited to try out his new knowledge on ice runes " I won't need to buy anything for this too I just need to use the big book of knowledge and search for what I need after all it was the giant who opened it "
Petra wonders how she could explain this to the media again " So the giant you met opened the portal and now you can close it ? " " I can close it but I need to understand the book first .
" Young master , I will make sure that I announce that you got the teachings of the giant responsible for opening the portal , but is it possible for us to have a copy of the giant book I would like to patent it for you ? "
Ikuta thinks for a while " Sure but can you finish it when I'm asleep ? " Petra nodded " Of course we'll make sure you keep the original book " " That's good " " If you want to do that please do not touch the ink "
" Why ? " " It's poison " Vedrfolnir said " It is ? " " Yeah you should hope nobody tried to lick it because you can touch it but if you stain it with any water the poison will spread just like a normal ink would " " We will , thanks for the warning "
" So we will meet young mistress tommorow ? " " I was thinking after tomorrow I don't think the plane will be big enough to read the book and I still have to fix the problem , but we can get Niflheim right ? "
" Yes did you have any plans for them ? " Petra asked wondering what Ikuta wants " Well I could try to use this to teach those without affinities Niflheim's affinity but Berg doesn't like that so how about I make a garden " he looked at Vedrfolnir and Petra left guessing this might be private sealing the tent with sound proofing.
" Since I have Niflheim's ability if I bring a part of Yukina here wouldn't that mean she could grow plants here ? " Vedrfolnir was surprised by Ikuta's idea .
" it would be possible but you must understand young master the adaptability of Yukina our mistress isn't that high just because your affinity is "
" Aww I really wanna see some blue flowers " " blue certainly is a rare colour to see in nature but there's no way to bring the mistress here if she is going to freeze maybe try it when you find Eikthyrnir and fix Mimisbrunnr "
Ikuta sighed " fine " he finished dinner and Petra had some staff copy the knowledge written in Berg's life work .
The next evening in the area Ikuta wakes up doing his own morning routine brushing his teeth and fixing his hair , going for a bath at Hvergelmir after knowing it's safe , eating breakfast and going back to Niflheim to exercise .
He looks at the sky remembering about Nyx ' I wonder if there is anything I can do about Hestia's deteriorating strength ' he knew that Hestia only mentioned this to Yukina but knowing a god's sense of time he might have much longer to solve it but would definitely want to solve it .
Turning to the ice mountain made of ice giants he knew there wasn't much to do other than display it as a warning to him and as a historical location for others . He thinks of Nyx seeing the night sky and is called by Vedrfolnir .
" young master ? " " Oh good evening " " what are you doing ? " " Just thinking about the gods " " Some survived ? " " Maybe I'm not sure if they are doing well " Ikuta pointed at the sky " But I remember there is a goddess Nyx who is the personification of night "
" I remember her she resides elsewhere maybe in Ginnungagap but is there a reason you are asking this ? " " Not really I just know that I won't be seeing the sun here if I want to keep sleeping the usual time "
Ikuta looked at the sky and asked " What is the void anyways ? " " Are you refferring to Ginnungagap and Khaos ? " " Are they the same ? " " Yes both mean yawning void or gaping void in their respective language of origin "
Ikuta was confused but listened to Vedrfolnir " It gave birth to many things not just the first realms but also your world , there are many seeds of creations that dwell in the chaos " Ikuta looked up to the skies "
" Are those supposed to be one of them ? " " Well a lot of worlds did sprout out of the seeds of creations stars are just one of them but there are also many deities out there however only a select few survive "
Vedrfolnir observed how Ikuta easily dismisses all the possible life that could've sprouted " That make sense " " Sadly they die out so fast nobody could see it happening " Ikuta walked back to the portal .
" I'll finish studying so that I can properly take care of the portal although from what I've been reading I think I need the help of the beacons to preserve the portal , so it doesn't open further or close completely "
Ikuta took back the original work of Berg's and flipped the pages . He was annoyed that he had to be doing some work instead of playing at home " I wanna play Party project "
He thought if Ezio was able to build a board so that he could nullify Ikuta's skill and win the game " I also wanna go home "
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" Okay I'm almost done " Ikuta engraved the last runes into the spell formula and watched the swirling portal become more orderly and allowing the swirl to disappear " Okay I'm done " Ikuta stretched his body and ready to leave the place .
He was glad to be able to finish and head home as he rested in the plane with a bunch of escorts while Petra claimed the ownership of Niflheim for the company .
She even took the data base of Berg's lifework to sell to others if they want to use it but with the patent , the use was limited upon Ikuta's permission as it would be easier to earn money through it .
Vedrfolnir looks at Ikuta's lifeforce feeding Yukina and Nidhogg " Don't worry I'm sure in a few days I won't have to animate you " he lied to Nidhogg protecting Ikuta's secret while he looked at him not knowing what had made him so strong in will .
' Being unaware of such knowledge is good , Odin's downfall was because of his desire for knowledge and thus I shouldn't do anything . However will he be able to handle what Odin's eye will give him ? '
Ikuta wakes up at the airport feeling hungry ' Ikuta Claire and Louis already prepared food for you " ' Thanks " " Young master I must ask , do you know any form of forbidden knowledge ? "
Without any change Ikuta lets Vedrfolnir read his lips "yes" " Then you should be able to take care of the forbidden knowledge " Ikuta looked at a truck that was coming " Vedrfolnir what was I supposed to do at Mimisbrunnr again ? "
" Oh I need you to purify the forbidden knowledge " his father heard this reacting to it " Oh there was ? " hearing his father's confusion confirmed that his father never touched the well .
The escorts take the book stuffing it in the truck , Claire and Louis bought Ikuta a sandwich for him to eat and he follows them to the drivers seat " How was the trip ? " " It was very good now I'm on a quest to heal the wellsprings but I still need to learn from Vedrfolnir how to do it "
" Yes you unfortunately will however young master Nidhogg's body is due for some flesh and organs " " Oh yeah I'll do it soon " " You will need lifeforce which you have plenty of "
" Wait what ? Are you going to use the lifeforce ? Ahh man , at least you are going to eat some food I just emptied it a while ago "
Ikuta was worried about that but was glad he got to go home , however , this sandwich he has sure has quite a lot of fire mana in .
" Vedrfolnir welcome I see that Nidhogg is turned to bones ? " Ratatoskr mentioned " Yes I have to animate her while the young master will perform the magic to bring the rest of her body back "
Ikuta eats a lot of food and starts to learn under Vedrfolnir waiting for it to digest and finally , Nidhogg waited on the grass while Ikuta uses the ritual and brought her body back " Wow it is so good to have flesh and bones "
Nidhogg looked at Vedrfolnir " And couldn't you have been gentler in eating my body ? " " I was aiming to do it quick and painless " Vedrfolnir said " Yeah right "
Nidhogg grumbled " Now then young master let me teach you more about the forbidden knowledge and how knowledge is linked so you may use this sword for yourself in the future "
Ikuta sat in his bedroom and listened to Vedrfolnir " Ahem , so knowledge is a very intricate field to go around , in order for you to separate forbidden knowledge you have to be able to identify what shouldn't be knowledge first which technically is a lot but you don't have to know everything as there is a trick to it "
He sighed with relief and listened to Vedrfolnir " Knowledge is always connected to each other the study of plants is always connected to herbivores which are then connected to carnivores , predator and the adaptability of life cause the instincts of prey is caused by the threat of death , you just have to find why these things are connected except forbidden knowledge who;s connection is so weak to other knowledge "
Ikuta understood that since many of the science , studies are always somehow related to each other , while some subjects are so disconnected from each other , if you were to go around it there would be a connection .
Vedrfolnir looks at Ikuta who thinks of everything and sees his thoughts as a very interconnected web of knowledge " It seems you know a lot " " I studied very hard because I don't know what the future will give me "
Vedrfolnir smiled " That is a great idea young master , to go to the unknown one must prepare knowledge it's why Odin seeks the wellspring of knowledge " " Is Mimir really the one who owned the well ? "
" No , I gave him the task of taking care of the well because the three of us were too busy fighting for Yggdrasil but since the young mistress is still a small sapling compared to her mother we can bring the well closer "
" Then how does it get filled with knowledge ? " " Of course through the connection of Yggdrasil " " Then why do I have to get it if Yggdrasil was the one who made it ? "
Ikuta was confused since he thought the wellsprings were made to feed Yukina " It's like an inheritance for the young mistress " " Oh makes sense so she learned some forbidden knowledge which is why it's dirty ? "
" Precisely young master " Vedrfolnir said with glee " It is so nice to hear how smart you are compared to that rat Ratatoskr and Lizard brain I would've wished I didn't meet them if it wasn't Yggdrasil's command that I do to help me in tending to her "
Vedrfolnir hears Ratatoskr and flies to Ikuta's back " Where is that bird ? I heard him insult me " " Uhm I think he's gone " " Oh I am so gonna beat him up for trying to embarass me " Ratatoskr returned back down to sweep and Vedrfolnir's voice was heard through Ikuta's mind .
' Young master I believe we have to continue our lessons ? " ' How did you do that ? " ' It is simple I used to be depicted as a small eagle and an unnamed eagle , both of them exist but one is merely an illusion I cast to intimidate any pest , the tiny eagle was simply me in a much smaller form which I can change at will "
Vedrfolnir exited Ikuta's back " That is so cool " " It is but I don't have that capability anymore " Ikuta thinks of Hestia or more specifically the gods of Mount Olympus or related to the chaos " I wanna ask about the pantheon of Mount olympus "
" Oh I see if you referring to the father being killed by son family then I have plenty of knowledge about them , they are very powerful for being the descendants of deities from the primordial chaos but they fail to gain the property or benefit of primordial realms and ownership of them "
" Oh that's neat " " Exactly however Mount Olympus's granting of domains is quite a unique power , it's why Thor can't be seen as a god of thunder or hammers but just a very powerful god without any domain , but this doesn't faze the aesir gods though as they don't seek mortal help but did love to watch "
Ikuta knew about the pantheons and how stupid everything about them was " What about medusa ? " " That gorgon is a very unique monster her body has the power of petrification , especially her eyes however all of these serve more like stories " " Can you tell me some then ? "
" Of course , Young master " Ikuta learned more about black magic and white magic linking the two studies with magic he already understood " Yippee "
Ikuta watched the sword show both white and black lines and on the center of the blade was a perfect circle that is connected to the white lines and black lines .
" Congratulations young master but are you okay about using this ? " " Yep , I'll just tell them I learned black magic from the books Petra sent me " " But won't that hurt the girl ? " " Not really some of the books were sealed and since we unlocked them I can just say they were black magic , look I even made sure of it "
Ikuta showed a book on black magic " How cunning young master " Vedrfolnir didn't question why Ikuta had something like this " Claire I learned black magic can I go get it recorded ? "
He did exactly that and returned home with a smile knowing he could freely use black magic and he already had an alibi for the suffering he was going to get .
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" ARE YOU READY TO LOSE ? " Ezio yelled " Because I am ready to win " he locked in throguh all thirty turns " FINALLYYYYY , ALL THOSE PLANNING WAS WORTH ITTTTT " Ikuta sighed with a frown " I was so close "
Druk and Amber just accepted what Ikuta had been doing and Nisse stared at Yukina " Hello " " Hello " Nisse paid her no heed while Druk looked at Nidhogg " By the way Ikuta my brothers have been asking about that sword you have "
" Oh it's nice , isn't it ? I worked very hard to make this sword sacrificing my previous magic affinity just so that I could make it but it's too bad I lost the disenchanting but at least now it's become a sword that can absorb knowledge and magic "
" That sounds exciting " " Yep and since I enchanted the sword with white magic I can do this " Ikuta sheathes out the blade that had a different engravement on the other side 知識魔法 . Ikuta cuts himself and his blood soaks on the blade .
He released his finger watching it heal and the blade glowed " Now it can hold White and black mana , blood is what carries black magic and healing allowed the sword to absorb more white magic "
" Then you can make infinite mana ? " Ezio asked " No " " Why ? " Ezio was confused as to why it wouldn't work " Because Ikuta has to spill blood to supply black mana , white mana doesn't regenerate blood but only heals wounds , so he could die from bleeding too much " Druk explained .
" Which is why it's a very good weapon " Ikuta declared " I can use this to fight and I won't have to worry about killing on accident , like when I hit Louis too hard when I was fighting Faulks "
Amber looked at the sword fascinated by how blood dripped through it cleanly and stained the floor " Young master you are cleaning that " Ratatoskr said " Oh fine " Ikuta went to grab a towel while Ezio held it knowing it was okay to lose a little bit blood to the sword .
He held it admiring the beautiful lines and circle that Ikuta engraved on the sword " This is so beautiful " " I know " Amber said scaring Ezio " Wow why are you so close ? " Ezio was surprised that Amber would be attracted to a sword when Nisse wasn't .
" Let me hold it " Without getting an answer Amber took the sword holding it " Ikuta you made this right ? " Amber feels the sword .
She thinks of an idea " Hey uhm can you guys visit my home tommorow ? " Nisse nodded and Druk quickly thinks of the reason " Sure you are the only one we haven't visited "
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