620 DCXX. The Exiled Guardian (1/2)

”Uhm... I don't know, I should ask my Queen and...”

”Come on, just a little walk! I promise it'll take a short time! You will explain to me what are the most important monuments and where the Gods that we humans worship live! Talk to Frigg, I'm sure she'll understand...” Dag continued, smiling.

”All right, I promise I'll talk to her! Now hurry up, Freyr and Freya are waiting for you!” Fulla replied aloud, stopping and greeting Dag with her hand, making him realize that she did not have permission to get so far away from her queen, that in a few seconds would leave the throne room, demanding her presence.

Dag reciprocated the greeting and accelerated the pace to reach his mentors, who had silently witnessed the whole conversation.

”You shouldn't spend your time with a slave, she's just a distraction” Freyr said, expressing his opinion.

”If you want to achieve good results quickly, you will only have to focus on the fight” Freya added, reinforcing her brother's words and continuing to descend the stairs of the palace.

”I guess I can take a few breaks between workouts, right? What I asked Fulla to do is to guide me through the streets of Asgard, I'm curious to find out how the city of Aesir is made. I'm sure anyone in my place couldn't wait!” Dag replied with conviction, not letting himself be subdued by his interlocutors, knowing that he was under Odin's protection.

”Who spoke about breaks?” Freyr asked suddenly, turning his head towards him.

”Uhm? I'll never pause my training?”

”Your workouts will only be interrupted when you'll not be able to stand anymore... and as soon as you don't give up, you will start again harder than before. Only in this way will you be able to improve your mortal body, pushing it beyond its limits” the God of beauty continued.

Dag swallowed empty, not believing that his mentors intended to take him to the highest level of his potential.

”It's not just the passage of time that's different here on Asgard. Your body will get tired with more difficulty, you will be able to last longer. By training with these external conditions, you will develop skills that you will continue to use even when you'll go back to Skjold, or anywhere else. You will feel light as a leaf and hard as a rock. But it will be a difficult condition to achieve, sometimes you will wish to die, begging us to kill you instantly” Freya said, trying not to deceive Dag and making him understand that the feat he was about to accomplish would not be an easy walk.

”I should have died so many times already, my lady. The idea of death no longer scares me, I am ready” Dag replied with ardor, breathing intensely and beginning to focus on his next goal: to meet the expectations of his two mentors.

They immediately realized that that boy had been chosen by Odin because he was different from other human beings, he was stubborn and determined and would not give up in front of anything, he would be ready to face with his head held high even an enemy much stronger than him.

”All right then. I will not tell you anything else, you're going to find out with your own eyes” Freya replied, satisfied.

Along with his two mentors, Dag descended the stairs of the Vàlaskjàlf and found himself on the streets of the city where, once again, the sweet notes of Bragi's harp resounded, as he was playing that melody sitting somewhere.

On one side of the palace, a large road interrupted right at the Bifrost, which Dag had been able to see during his ethereal journey, noting that the holy rainbow bridge had been broken.