" Exactly Young master however please refrain from any heavy spending after that assassination attack we have been searching for whoever tried to do it and keeping up the donations " " Oh yeah " ' I know why I'm being targetted but she has a lot to do already '
" Then I'll try to make money , how long until it's all gone ? " " At our rate and your sudden adventure through Niflheim , maybe about two weeks " " Wow that's a lot "
" It is but it's a small price to pay this way , Faulks must've had assassins because of his true nature but you don't young master which is why it's strange that you have some assassins " Ikuta knew this must be because Richard took more control over the black cult rather than the donations .
' I can't really sell anything right now ' he called Yukina ' Ikuta you're back ? " ' Yep but I'm still at Niflheim can you call Vedrfolnir ? " ' Sure " " No need to do it for me young mistress I can do it myself through our contract " ' You may send it through the dark flame young master I already had Nidhogg dig out a hole to pour it "
' Oh okay also I got Odin's eye and it's very hard to see even if I covered it I still can't stop seeing " ' No worries you will get used to it plus the eye will still have to blink but rather have you purified it already ? "
' Yep , I absorbed the rest of the forbidden knowledge except for the last one that Yggdrasil " " Excellent young master the last forbidden knowledge is likely the knowledge that killed Yggdrasil and even though forbidden knowledge is harmful , carrying the burden of knowing could mean you have a future for a field outside what we know "
Vedrfolnir blurted out surprising his father " so he didn't get it , smart kid " ' I don't what happened there but at least I got Vedrfolnir to say it " ' I'll be sending the purified Mimisbrunnr now "
The hole was filled with Mimisbrunnr and Ikuta asked another thing ' Can I let others use your map ? " ' Why yes however you should ensure that they don't steal it , as for destroying it I doubt you would be able to I enchanted it to be able to fix itself "
' Okay then did you see the rainbow ? " ' Oh of course I did can you tell me if that was the Bifrost I don't think you have light magic to make that kind of light power "
' Nope it was the Bifrost Odin's eye told me that after I absorbed it , it tried to find a host kinda like how Odin's flaming eye was trying to find another eye "
' You do certainly act like Odin a lot , with a desire for knowledge and growth " ' Thanks " Ikuta tells about the Bifrost that came out ' I see if that's the case then you will have to come home to prepare for your journey for the Bifrost "
After getting Mimisbrunnr and parts of the Bifrost as well as some monsters he felt that his days of adventuring were almost over by now " I wanna play some games "
Petra announced the news of Ikuta's venture to Niflheim and Ginnungagap while Ikuta waited to tell her that he could let others use the map to increase the company's finances .
" What do I do about you ? " He asked the monsters who obediently didn't try to kill anyone or break anything because Ikuta gave them the best food " Hmm " Ikuta looked at the monsters remembering that Petra announced that he practically bought them from Ginunngagap .
" Is the lifeforce that tasty ? " he didn't get any answer remembering that his digestive fire was basically meant to digest and transform food into energy as efficiently as possible .
Remembering how his father had emphasized the education of training his body's efficiency to improve each organ's ability to do their jobs so that the lifeforce quality increases .
" Or is it because it's energy-efficient " he looked at the monsters who return their gaze to Ikuta ' They have different colors probably from old worlds I've been looking at them with the seeing dark all the time so I kept forgetting they look different . '
He was glad that they didn't all have dull colors and went to one who simply stayed still watching Ikuta whom they never saw being able to fight as a non-threat . They simply let Ikuta close and he looked at them wondering how they were able to survive in such an environment out .
Petra returned to Ikuta " Young master will it be possible for you to help us research these creatures ? " " Yeah what for ? " " Many people would like to learn how they can survive outside a vacuum of space "
Ikuta looked at the monsters who never released their gazes from Ikuta " Yeah but how long do I have to stay here ? " " You don't have to stay here we have already prepared a transportation portal to bring you home with them I have already acquired some partners ready to let us use it free of charge with a condition and even prepare a place for them to stay "
" Oh you don't have to do that who knows what they will do , I already have a house we can use the transportation portal there and instead conditions how about this " Ikuta gave her the map " You can let them use the map just ask for the price " " Are you sure ? " " Yeah I'll just say the giant gave it to me "
Petra didn't want to ask any further " Okay I'll ask them to pay for using the map for a day they'll be interested in this kind of treasure " ' But they may ask if he has more '
" That should solve the portal right ? " " Yes it might lengthen the time we still have until we have to stop our donations and charitable operations "
Ikuta smiled happy to solve the problem and thought of how we could increase the money so his travel isn't so restricted ' I should check in Harkness ' Ikuta sat back down to call Harkness ' The cult is growing a lot and the Lich Richard has his eyes on you "
' Already ? " ' Yeah but he wants to make sure everyone is here just in case , which is good but he's also moving into a more secure location probably the sea " Ikuta was nervous about the potential confrontation .
' I might see a real-life kraken ' ' I also found the Bifrost or at least some of it's parts Vedrfolnir will send me to get Eikthyrnir but I'm not sure if he would listen " ' Then while you are looking for a way to do that , I'll try to improve my dark affinity so I can bring back the saintess "
Ikuta looks at the monsters wondering what he can do to learn more about them the same way Petra was looking into how they can survive in space . The news headlines on Wednesday evening were all about Ikuta as the boy who leaped through space .
Everyone was surprised by the distance of the other nine realms drawn into the map and flooded to get more information but the property rights bought by the company , attracted lawsuits of people trying to increase the price of buying the rights to Niflheim to loosen the company's grip over the realm .
" Is what they said young master but you don't have to worry about this " " Of course I do I already know what I want to do with Niflheim I want to keep using it as a source of batteries plus there's a lot that I need to keep "
" We can't do such a thing young master " " Then tell them that I get to keep the importants parts like the mountain of giants and the tallest mountain my teacher is inside one of them and I pretty much built the tallest mountain "
" That is true " ' However many will try to downgrade the unbelievable talent you have young master ' " However with the portal , we are still able to protect ourselves from losing our rights over Niflheim it is a big place and they are planning to set rules on it "
" Who owned Niflheim in the first place ? " " It was the person who owned the lot who sold it to the government and the companies pitched in to help but we ultimately bought it which we are now facing controversy after I let other rent that map "
Ikuta couldn't believe so much happened in his sleep " Ugh so because they think Niflheim was useless they didn't stop us and now they're complaining ? Doing adult business is so hard " Ikuta put the paper back on Petra's desk .
" Did you sleep yet ? " Petra was surprised and Ikuta quickly hit the right spots to make her fall asleep " Hmm sorry I made you work so hard " Ikuta looked at the papers wondering what he should do .
' Adult stuff is really hard ' The law was one thing he never chose to learn because to him something about society was never gonna help him in fighting his father .
At least that's what he thought when he was just a child but he never knew it was so important because his father was the one who took care of everything .
' I hate this so much but for now I should at least try to make an effort ' Ikuta grabbed a paper concerning the portal giving Ikuta full credit along with the company for the creation of the portal , there is also a lasting argument about the frozen mountain of ice giants and the tallest mountain with a thorn that pierced that sky .
Ikuta knew he could easily just teleport them out but the law would be after him " At least for the gate Petra just has to set up a toll fee but I still don't get to keep Niflheim " He still prefers keeping the entirety of Niflheim for the plans of making a garden .
" Fine " He decided he would just have to pay the money for it and wondered if it was enough " I'll have to wait for a while , it's still thursday , I just have to get something to sell " he doesn't know what to sell that could make the money .
" This is hard " of course he had nothing to sell at all so now all he could do was let the lawsuit continue but is certainly irritated . Ikuta looked at the giant thorn's tip with his extra eye and looked " Oh that's right the thorn is too big "
The thorn hit a rock platform at Ginnungagap and Ikuta quickly ran to the beacon and strengthened the barrier . Platforms from Ginnungagap fell and so did some terrifying monsters who all survived by hoping through the falling platforms " Huh ? "
Adventurers ran to look at the damage and watched monsters similar to the ones that Ikuta bought " Hey what do we do ? " Ikuta grabbed a megaphone " The barrier is still okay I already made it stronger "
Ikuta put the megaphone aside remembering how Vedrfolnir said that the protection period is gonna end soon and guessed it might have to do with Ginnungagap's uncontrollable proliferation of creation .
" Also can someone order lunch for me ? " the escorts went to order things while Ikuta went outside to see the monsters staring at Ikuta the same way the monsters had stared at him and guessed that they weren't a big of a threat since they likely drank the spring water of life .
He invited them over joining them with the herd of his monsters " Ahha I got " Ikuta found the thing that could let him keep Niflheim " Everyone I need your help please " the adventurers looked at each other confused and Ikuta told them what to do .
" So you are saying that monsters are falling down from space around Niflheim ? " " Ahh yeah that's right the young master said that when he went out there were a lot of monsters who could break rocks easily "
" That sounds a little exaggerated " " We have proof " they showed a video of a monster crashing the rock with ease to grab some ice " Then why are they still around ? "
" Young master said he wants to keep them and would like to keep Niflheim to pacify them after all they seem to have found their way in and there might be more . "
Ikuta smiled seeing the results of asking the adventurers to act as his witness " Of course you can check the young master will leave in two days but the monsters from outer space will stay by him "
Petra woke up very refreshed " Hmm ? " " Hello Petra " Ikuta said laying his body on the back of a monster " Nobody is gonna make us pay more for Niflheim now " " What why ? " " While you were asleep the giant thorn I used to bring the monsters hit something I used this eye to see it "
Petra didn't question why she was asleep " So the problem took care of itself ? " " No I help I told the adventurers that the monsters would try to eat anyone and that only I was able to keep them well fed "
" Young master there is crew asking if they can talk to you " Ikuta wrapped his face covering his extra eye " I'm coming " Petra was baffled by the issue resolved while she was asleep and felt ease " How did you tame these monsters ? " " Trade secret " " What else can you tell us about Ginnungagap "
" The gravity is very crazy , but you can walk and stand on platforms but they each have their own gravity that you have to watch out it's why some of the monsters have talons " " What do you think of the monsters " " They're very cute they let me lay on them and I want to name them "
Ikuta's carefree attitude was totally different to the monsters behind him " I think Voidlings are nice " " What are your plans for Niflheim " " I wanna keep it "
" And what about " " The young master will take no more questions " Petra had the escorts push the Interviewers back out of the portal " Young master about those monsters now that more are going to come is there something we need to prepare so that they don't become a threat ? "
" Hmm I do have it " " Is it something that cost a lot ? " " It would be , I do need to keep eating a lot to make sure I can make lifeforce water for them to drink " Petra wondered if Ikuta was somehow connected to the abyss manager who had been selling it and stopped during the past month .
" What do we need to ensure you can make more of that water " " I need food lots of food I can even eat the bones too only if they taste good "
" Okay young master I will accept any orders of food you want to eat how should we send it ? " " You don't have to do that I'm sure it will be hard to send food plus sending the spring water back is also hard it is very valuable people will definitely steal it and if it spills into the sea it might be horrible "
Petra thinks about it " Plus you don't have to bring spring water back and forth , I just have to leave enough lifeforce spring water for the voidlings to stay in Niflheim and for the ones already here we can use that portal to go to one of dad's house it's really big and I'll regularly visit them to feed them myself I just need lots of food "
" So will it be okay to build a research facility by that place too " " yeah sure but won't it be expensive ? " " you have no worries with the research being funded by us we can easily recover and with the map that's is being rented our money is still fine "
Ikuta sighed with relief and looked at the voidlings ' I still have to ask Vedrfolnir more about them ' " Petra I'll leave some spring water with life force don't tell anyone about it " Petra nodded and Ikuta went out to dump a big supply of lifeforce .
He looked at the giant ice block and figured that the voidlings will eventually gather in that spot and guard it but all that stomach space in the abyss was kinda empty because of the amount he dropped out . He returns back and Petra had a question in her head .
" Young master if I may how were you able to reach Jotunheim so quickly ? " " Hmm well you know there's chaotic gravity already but there is also chaotic spatial distortions " Petra was surprised to hear such a thing .
" I didn't plan to mention it because I know that whoever finds out may come to me and ask more about Ginnungagap so I didn't write it down " " Then what are these spatial distortions ? " " They're like portals but really tiny , I had to use the dark flame to stabilize it "
' Vedrfolnir mention this which was why I had to train really hard ' " Then how did the voidlings survive with these spatial distortions around ? " " They can navigate through the spatial distortions and control it to just enough for them to move around but I think the only reason they avoid using it is because they are always saving there energy "
' But you breeze through it ' " You should probably warn anyone that whoever wants to go to Ginnungagap has to first tell me first " " Why ? " " Because these spatial distortions are like shards of glass they are stuck in one place so if you ran into it very hard it would be the same as dying in a Saw game "
Petra couldn't believe there was such a thing " Okay " so after he took a rest for the next days until Saturday morning when a portal opened taking him to one of the houses " I'm glad dad agreed to set one up here "
The voidlings were still focused on survival keeping an eye on their tree . Ikuta now has to try to be able to communicate with them " How will I even be able to do that ? "
There were barely any studies about behaviors after core and alchemist had made several lifeforms intelligent and several other lifeforms into livestock .
" At least I can ask Vedrfolnir to make me a map that only shows me " Ikuta could already tell that the Voidlings would behave as long as they knew Ikuta's general location so as long as he posted a map for them to stare at they will behave perfectly .
Ikuta got the map that Vedrfolnir took only a few hours to complete handing the roll to him . Ikuta found the perfect place to leave it which was the giant dojo that was for his intense training " Perfect "
He was very glad to have increased the intensity of his training making his father expand the area which is now being used for the voidlings " Ikuta posted the map beside the door and left the voidlings to stare at it .
He returned home with a big smile " Welcome back Ikuta " Claire said " How was your trip ? " " It was so fun also can we expand that house ? " " We will " " Hooray "
Ikuta went out to see the spring with Yukina's roots " Ikuta , come look " Ikuta turned to a branch that sprouted a golden apple " It's a golden apple " but there was nothing written on it unlike the apple of discord in the story .
" Young master " Ikuta turned to Vedrfolnir " The prism of the bifrost and the light please ? " " Oh yeah " Ikuta lifted the heavy prism out and Vedrfolnir checks it " This is good you got the beginning piece of the bifrost "
" So we can go to Valhalla as soon as I give enough energy to the light ? " " No it would be pointless to do such a thing " " Huuuh ? " " Firstly you would still need to gather the end pieces first which had absorbed the light "
" Wait why did it do that ? " " Because you didn't turn off the white light , here let me show you " the white light shut itself surprising Ikuta " Should I have just left it on that mountain ? "
" No , you'll still have to emit the light either way after all the end pieces before were broken and this prism emitted the light to point at where the new end pieces are to collect them and create a new one "
" So it can repair itself ? " " Excellent guess young master , it was the failsafe to repair the bridge " " So who was supposed to gather the pieces then ? "
" Normally whoever was at the other end could use the bridge to take the pieces to Heimdall but he's died so you'll have to hope whoever was at the other side will be okay about handing you the new piece then "
Ikuta had no way of doing that " But you don't have to worry about that there is practically nothing in those realms every realm no longer has any intelligent life well except for Helheim who's life are technically the dead "
Ikuta remembered what Helheim is and figured he might have to check on that later on " You can relax it's not like you have any problems replacing Hvergelmir as Young's mistress's food source "
" But I still need to feed the voidlings " " That is true " Vedrfolnir didn't plan to argue with Ikuta's decision to feed the voidlings " You'll eventually run out of lifeforce to feed them so you are going to need Eikthyrnir but you also have to feed Eikthyrnir "
" We might also run out of food " ' How about asking Hestia ? " ' Oh yeah her problem too " The deteriorating strength of god's was something that Ikuta had to solve and Hestia's power was growing weak .
Ikuta whispered to Vedrfolnir to ask " What do I need to heal a god " Vedrfolnir was surprised to hear this but looking at Ikuta and the branch he realized it was the thing that both Yukina and Ikuta wanted .
" Well I could tell you the story about the aethers " " isn't Aether supposed to be Erebus's and Nyx's son ? " " They never had children " " Really ? what about Hemera ? "
" She doesn't exist some of the gods people think exist don't exist because they are just what mortals make stories of to explain the laws of the universe "
" Then why did Nyx say she is the personification of the night ? " " She's just being gentle about her words " Vedrfolnir said " But it is close , she is technically the goddess of space and stars so the stories of some constellations have to do with Nyx " " But she isn't related to Ginnungagap ? "
" Not at all Ginnungagap's chaotic nature is something else but forget all that the Aethers are something usually found in the dwelling of the gods this is something that gods use to heal themselves from damages "
" Is there a lot ? " " Yes of course there is or else it wouldn't be able to supply it and gods can't just go on without aether at all you know they would need to preserve their godly divinities and while it is possible to make them it is costly "
Ikuta calls Harkness about this ' So Hestia wants these and you never asked her why ? " ' No " Harkness sighed and mentioned ' Remember how the corpses of divinities were treated ? " ' They were burned away " ' What was the fire then ? " ' Ohhh "
Inside Hestia's abode were coffins of gods with their spirits inside all of them were dead " Ohhh I'm so sorry about everything " Hestia said to the coffins of her family ' I've always been avoiding everything that was happening in Mount Olympus and I can't take it anymore why did I have to be such a coward '
Hestia cried with tears falling as she gathered them and drank them to make sure her godly essence wasn't completely sapped . Nyx felt deep sorrow for her as compared to Nyx she was able to protect her children which was the opposite of how Hestia was too weak to protect her siblings like Demeter and Hades who had done nothing wrong .
" Just be glad that they can be bought back think of it as a way you can compensate " Nyx said " I know do you think that boy will really be able to help ? " Nyx gazed far into Ikuta's home " Yeah he certainly will .
" Won't I be punished for barging into that place ? " " As if , the bees will be grateful to learn that you are the patron of the world tree's child " Ikuta was given a task and the location to a dungeon ' It probably won't take very long '
" But they may ask to take residence which is kinda your goal so you'll have to have to deal with how much ambrosia you are allowed to get " " Okay I'll just tell the portal travel association I'll be using the dark flames to move then "
He remembered one of the papers that Petra had concerning how Ikuta had teleported the sword and made her face the overdue payment ' I'll make sure to get enough money back '
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