After getting home I took a bath to dismiss the wave of disappointment I attained from searching the sorcerer's memory. While relaxing in the bath, I thought about my plans regarding Vilgax.
Even though he is ambitious and a bit power-hungry, I doubt he would abandon his family for them. Luckily I have the perfect scapegoat if something were to happen to his family.
Vilgax Pov:
I spent a few days in the city I subjugated. My thoughts were still on the mysterious magic user. It unnerved me that I didn't have any information about him and the Omnitrix has no clues either.
After my brief stay, I travelled back home with most of my army, but what awaited me back home was a scene that would fuel my rage for many years to come. My beautiful wife and inlaws dead, impaled through the heart.
I wanted to cry, but then I saw the message their killer left me and my grievous heartache gave way to a burning desire for righteous vengeance.
"For the injuries you gave me, I returned it to your loved ones tenfold." I read the piece of paper bitterly, trying to control my anger to think more clearly.
It took me a week to arrange a funeral for them and another few weeks to get a grip on myself, lest I take my rage out on everyone around me.
"Omnitrix, please tell me you have new information on him. Anything that would give me a chance to get justice for my family." I pleaded.
"No sir, but I doubt that he is from this realm since this planet is quite primitive." It says. "From the clothes he wears, it seems that he is from an organisation. So I doubt we could fight and defeat so many powerful individuals."
"Is there a method for us to get more powerful?"
"Yes, but that would require me getting the DNA of powerful creatures and I doubt Midgard has any."
I punch a nearby wall to get rid of my frustration, which breaks my hand. I don't care though since I can just change into a creature who has an excellent healing factor.
"Fortunately, my master has a spaceship on the planet."
My laughter breaks out after hearing that. The maids and other people would probably be unnerved by this, but I don't care I am only focused on my newest goal.
Loki Pov:
I turn off the holographic screen that allows me to see everything around the Omnitrix. If anyone were near me they would feel the satisfaction that is radiating off me. Vilgax has taken and the Omnitrix only has to lead him to the ship I left on the planet and then he can make himself useful for me.
I teleport to my secret lab and begin with my project and that is the creation of creatures. Other godlike beings have their own created followers/children such as God with his angels and I also will have mine.
I am a master at biology, so that area is covered the only problem is the soul. Sure I can somewhat manipulate the soul with the few spells I have in that area, but creating a new soul is an entirely different thing. A soul isn't necessarily needed, but I don't want a half-ass creation. I don't want to create just another AI, but something that can also use magic as well.
This endeavour led me to go to Midgard and become a part-time wet nurse to study how the soul forms in a newborn. If anyone knew what I was doing, I would without silence him, because my pride would never have the Loki The Wetnurse circulate.
That is how I spend the next few months and I didn't use a clone because they have limited mana and I used magic to study how the souls formed. After my research ended I began my creation of my first child of sorts.
I like snakes so I decided to just rip off Norse Loki and create Jormungandr The Midgard Serpent. I have knowledge of all kinds of snakes and different types of giants, so the task wasn't too difficult. Unfortunately just like everything else it was a delicate and time process that took me months to complete. I used a few of my own cells to make him a true son.
Unfortunately, he would only grow to be about 800 meters, which is around the tallest skyscraper from my previous life. So he won't get the chance to encircle Midgard. I didn't have to worry about his size though since I gave him the ability to control his size as well as invisibility.
I look at the 1-meter long serpent and I somehow already felt a little bit of kinship towards him. Now I just have to figure out how to explain how I attained him and any rumours that I fucked a snake will lead to me violently retaliating. I think about Aelsa and how pouty she will be when she finds out my first child I created artificially.
"Hello, little Jormungandr." I rub the scales on his forehead as he leans into my hand. "You can call Loki or father if you would like to. I expect great things from you my son, they may be terrible or good so long as they are great." I feel like a Japanese parent already placing high expectations on him, I chuckle ruefully at the thought before looking at him again.
He looks at me with intelligence that no normal snake could possibly have. He hisses at me, crawls around my neck and makes himself comfortable on me. The good thing about him is that he is absolutely loyal to me since when forming his soul I basically coded in him. Unless someone has a soul stone hanging around they will never be able to destroy the bond.
The little guy looks like a small and more cute version of the serpent from the god of war 4 games. So much for living without responsibilities I think to myself before teleporting to the palace and then I walk towards the treasury where the casket of ancient winters is kept.
Once Odin sees Jormungandr he will assume that I sired him the normal way and his Odinforce would confirm Jormungandr is of my blood, which will let him assume that I questioned how a child of mine came out like this. Which led me to study my own DNA compared to other Asgardians. I know how he thinks, I have known him for a few years short of 200.
So it is time to show him that I know that I am a jotunn. I am going to make a show of it since even though I don't care that I am a frost jotunn and appreciate being adopted if I easily forgive him it would be suspicious since he knows I don't forgive or forget. Even if he didn't find it suspicious I won't show forgiveness since that will show that he can lie to me without repercussions in the future.
I arrive before the casket without the guards knowing since I was invisible, but not without gaining the Allfather's notice, since he himself warded the place so that he knows when people enter. I move forward and touch it and look towards my hands as it turns blue. Jormungandr still on my shoulder begins to hiss and I look in the direction he hisses at.
"You know I expected my year to go entirely differently. I always thought of myself to be smarter than everyone else, thought myself undeceivable. Only to find myself outplayed by you Allfather, congratulations for you have deceived the deceiver." Odin seems to have aged as I finish my words.
"My son I never meant for you to find out this, I only meant to protect you from the truth."
"Liar! I am sure if it was up to you I would never have known." I look at him. If someone were to see my face at the moment, they would only see pure hatred.
"At first I thought I was cursed that is why my Jormungandr came out different or maybe you disgraced mother by taking a frost giant to bed, but to find out I am not actually your son was quite the shocking revelation." I take a breath to calm down while internally waiting for someone to give me my Oscar.
"Someone else may have sired for you, but we were the ones raised you, cared for you, loved you, where your real father abandoned you." He says and sighs. "I don't expect you to forgive, but I was afraid you would discard us if you found out the truth, you were always the independent one."
I faux hesitate and act vulnerable. "Who is my father and why me, not the 1000s of other frost giants babes."
"Laufey and I took you in because you were but an innocent child."
"No. You took me for a purpose. What was it? TELL ME!"
"I thought we could unite our kingdoms one day. Bring about an alliance, bring about permanent peace, through you."
I start to maniacally laugh. "You are kidding right and now what is the next step since your plan has failed so spectacularly. Discard me, strip me of my status as prince and throw me on some wasteland or maybe something more permanent to keep me quiet?"
"Do you think so little of me, that I would harm you? My love for you was anything, but fabricated, if there is anything you can trust it is that."
I look at him one more time before saying. "Maybe I can, maybe I can't. Goodbye Allfather." I quickly make my way past him to my room.
I internally curse for a bit. I hate drama and being part of it just increased my annoyance towards it. Even though most of the things I said in there was false it needed to come out so that I could use my ice powers and so on, maybe I can even get him to give me the casket as an apology gift.
The only thing I am annoyed by is him trying to use me as a pawn for his kingdom, but it isn't as if I'm not getting any benefits from my adoption so I let it slide. I won't become king of Jotunheim even if someone overs my an infinity stone for it so it's not as if his original goals for me can happen.