Chapter 909: A walk in the garden (1/2)

Loki was stunned and then he frowned. He now has time to think

He is trying to understand why this particular scene was shown to him

But no matter how he thinks about it he doesn't understand.

He flew back down and landed back on the garden.

He looks at the sky and there is no longer any scenes showing a great battle between the Gods of Asgard.

There are only clear blue skies with white clouds that moves peacefully like all he had seen before is a dream.

'A dream inside a dream' he thought to himself

Then suddenly Loki senses some movement around him and he reacted instinctively as he turns his body around and look toward that area

He finally realizes that the fog around the garden had thicken suddenly.

The fog suddenly moves and it slowly covers the areas, encircling Loki. Loki eyes narrowed and a silhouette could be seen appearing inside the thick fog

'Teacher?' Loki said and then a wind blows and all the fog was pushed away revealing a person. This person had scraggly hair, wearing tight outfit with grey robe lined with red on its inner sleeve.

His appearance is thin and pallid.

But this person eyes are very piercing. Loki instantly recognize this person. Because even though the appearance is different, the soul fluctuation from this person is a soul fluctuation that Loki recognize.

And there is only one person that would be able to appear inside this replica of the primordial garden without Loki not being able to sense anything

It is Loki the Cosmic Trickster, Loki teacher. Loki frowned at his teacher sudden appearance. Clearly, he was not expecting that his teacher would directly meet him. He thought that the message would be relayed to him indirectly just like before.

It is obvious that this time he was wrong. Loki the Cosmic trickster saw his disciple face expression and then with a smile he said

'You don't seem happy I am here' There was silence for a few second before Loki the Cosmic Trickster smiles widened as he could guess what his disciple was thinking

'Did you expect me to just give you a puzzle that is hard to solve and let you interpret it?

Loki nodded.

'Peter' Loki the Cosmic trickster said and Loki face fell. Peter is his real name

It is nothing out of the ordinary. Instead it is one of the most ordinary names in Denmark. Loki true name is Peter.

It felt weird hearing his own name. it has been too long since anyone called him by that name. It made him felt a bit nostalgic.

(From this point on, Loki would refer to Loki the Cosmic Trickster)

Loki look at his disciple and smiles

'You presume too much'

Peter look at his teacher and said

'Are you helping me? Or are you trying to stop me?'

Loki smiles and instead of answering Peter question, he asks him another question

'What did you see?' Peter sighed. he knows that when he spoke with his teacher, he unusually asks more than he answers.

That is also one of habits that Peter had also imitated. Peter then said with a sigh

'Ragnarok'

Loki nodded and then he asks

'What did you think that I was trying to tell you by showing Ragnarok to you?' Peter frowned and then he said with an ugly expression on his face

'Are you trying to tell me that fate is fixed? That I could not change anything? Odin Allfather knows his fate that he would be swallowed by Fenrir and so he must accept it? Is that what you are trying to tell me?'

Loki laughed. He shakes his head and then he said

'This is what I don't like about smart people. Sometimes, just sometimes, they overthink too much' There was silence for a second and then Loki said

'I know you. I know that even if that is the message that I want to express to you, it is not like you are going to stop doing what you are doing. You are stubborn that way. I expect no less from my disciple' But then he waves his finger and said

'But, that is not what I was trying to show you. And that is not what I was trying to tell you' Loki sighed and then he asks a question

'Ragnarok. What do you think of it? Is it real, you think?' Loki ask Peter. Peter think for a while and then he shakes his head.

'That is impossible right' He then elaborate

'The scene that you showed must be the Norns prediction or vision of the future right?' But the moment Peter said it, his expression suddenly changes.

There is a possibility that he had never entertained before.

Before, when he was looking at the battle between the Asgardians and the forces of other Eight realms fighting the Aesir, he was astounded, awed and shocked. But he had never thought that it is something that happened before

He speculated it is the vision of the future. Because Loki had seen Thor and the other Aesir before. And they are still alive.

Odin is slumbering. Thor guarded the Halls of Odin. Surtr is still in Muspelheim. The Ship Naglfar is still chained and so is Fenrir.

Peter speculated that the scene that he seen is actually the vision of the Norns.

It is a reasonable speculation. After all, Peter also knows Erika. These Seers and Norns all shares the same source which is Borgan which connected all clairvoyants all over the Omniverse.

One of their abilities is that they could also project the exact vision they saw to be projected outside of their minds.

For the Norns who have powerful clairvoyant abilities, it is nothing for them to do such a thing. But, it wasn't until Loki ask him that question, that he realized something

Those scenes, those battles, were too vivid and too clear to dismiss it as simply a vision of the future by the Norns.

There is no vagueness, there is no mist or Veils trying to interfere with the vision. And then Peter look at his teacher with incredulity as one possibility enter his mind

'It is real?' He asks with a trembling voice. Loki nodded. Then he sighed and with a bitter smile he said.

'I am on your side, Peter. But, I could not help you. This is something that you should understand. But, what I can do for you, to help you, is to reveal to you some knowledge, some secrets that most people don't know'

There was a pause on his words. It seems Loki is trying to find the words that could help him explain

Then he said

'Asgardians, Olympians, they are not as lucky as you would have thought'

Loki said and Peter is trying to make sense of it all. He did not hear what his teacher is saying, only pondering about what his teacher means by nodding his head to his question

'teacher, what do you mean?' Peter ask.

Loki smiles and then said

'Walk with me' Then Loki walk forward

As Loki began walking along, a road suddenly appeared in front of him. It is a trail that is enough for two people to walk along the tall grass and the many trees that fills the gardens

Peter frowned but he follows his teacher, walking beside him but quickly catching up and walking beside his teacher.

They walk a few steps and then Loki began his story.

'The scene you saw is what happened in the past'

'In the past?'

'Yes'

Peter is trying to make sense of something. He was silent for a second and then he asks another question