Yuri got finished contacting Hlorja and sighed softly. We all waited for Hlorja to show up, but everyone was worried about the state it'll leave Sakanami in. I wasn't worried about Sakanami and more about how to keep Atalia safe from the war. I didn't want her to be anywhere near our battles.
I noticed a woman warp to our location and stared at her.
She was a beautiful woman with pale skin, a lithe yet curvaceous figure with a medium bust, medium length blonde hair, and light green eyes. She was a wearing a sheer nylon bodysuit, a white bra with golden accents, and a pair of sheer white harem pants with a red cape with Hlin's Goddess Symbol on the back. She wore white and gold bridal gauntlets with a golden ring on her middle fingers. She also wore gold rings around her neck, her wrist and ankles with white ribbons attached to the rings.
"Hlorja. I'm glad you could make it." Yuri said.
"Hi, Hlorja!~" Fhae said happily.
Hlorja smiled at Fhae and bowed. "Lady Fhae, Commander Yuri. I came here here as soon as you called. I am deeply saddened by what Organization X has done, but I will protect you all as I've always do—"
Hlorja looked at me and her heart went Doki Doki. I looked at Hlorja and blushed as she stared at me. Atalia looked at me then looked at Hlorja.
Hlorja grabbed Yuri's arm and pulled her to the side. "You didn't tell me he was that attractive.."
"What..?" Yuri asked. "Why would I waste my breath on such trivial things?"
"This is important..! I now know what I've been missing out on..." Hlorja said.
"Now isn't the time to be getting wet over him. We actually need help. Plus even though he's blushing, he's still rather pissed and I don't blame him. His daughter was hurt after all." Yuri said.
Hlorja looked at me and Atalia then held her arms. "I see. Alright, I'll make sure you all get to Holm safely and I'll be sure to give extra protection to him and his child."
Yuri nodded and walked over to me. She gently rubbed Atalia's head and smiled as Atalia nuzzled her hand. "Hlorja agreed to give us her protection and if anything goes wrong, she's especially skilled in combat so we will be fine. She's an X Rank after all."
I looked at Yuri and nodded. "Thank you..."
Yuri caressed my cheek and smiled sweetly. "Everything will be okay, Dante. You can drop your guard around us.."
I let out a soft sigh and calmed down. Yuri gently kissed my cheek then pecked my lips. I pecked her lips as well and watched her walk off.
"Alright, Ladies! We will be taking our airship! I wanted to avoid that since we are easier targets in the air, but with Hlorja we should be perfectly fine. I'll summon Astra Expedition and we should be on our way." Yuri said.
Everyone nodded and waited for our airship to arrive.
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I sat on the airship and watched as Atalia slept against my shoulder. She was holding my sleeve and clinging to me tightly. I smiled at her and watched as Hlorja sat beside me.
"Hey, she's a heavy sleeper isn't she?" Hlorja smiled.
"She is. I'm shocked that she's able to sleep through this aircraft. I can barely get any sleep." I said.
Hlorja softly chuckled and crossed one leg over the other. "I can help you sleep."
"Seriously?" I said with a raised eyebrow. I scoffed softly and smiled then looked away. "I wonder how you can help me with that."
"I have my ways. After all, I am associated with Frigg and Freyja because I'm the reincarnation of Hlin, one of Frigg's maidens." Hlorja said.
I looked at Hlorja and gave a soft chuckle. "I had a feeling you were gonna take it there. Are my charms just that good that I have you captivated off the first meet..?"
"You are a charmer.." Hlorja said softly and gently stroked my hair.
Grace watched and crossed her arms. Komine looked at Grace and her ears flicked. She looked back at me and Hlorja then held her arms.
"Look at her. First day meeting him and she's all over him. What a joke.." Grace said.
"It sounds like you're jealous." Komine said.
"Pfft! Me, jealous of Hlorja? Get real. I would never be jealous of anyone." Grace said, rolling her eyes.
"To me it seems like you are." Cornelia giggled as she sat beside Grace. She looked at Hlorja and me. "Look at her, she knows how to flirt. After all I did teach her my ways~ Oh look at that.."
Hlorja placed her hand on my leg and giggled softly while making eye contact with me. I smiled at her and listened to her backstory while she gently twirled a strand of my hair around her finger.
"That is the ultimate seduction move. She's drawing him in and he's taking the bait~" Cornelia giggled.
Grace softly grumbled and crossed her arms. "I can do way better than that.."
"Oh so you do like him." Cornelia said.
"Hell no! Dante is just an associate, nothing more!" Grace said with a red face.
Cornelia leaned into Grace's ear. "That's not what you thought three days ago...Your room is next to mine and I clearly heard you two. It sounded like you to had a lot of fun..~"
Grace blushed even more and closed her legs then closed her eyes. "N-Not true..!"
"So you weren't moaning his name..?" Cornelia whispered and softly chuckled. "You're a terrible liar, Wicked Valkyrie..~"
"And you're pissing me off, Witch." Grace grumbled and closed her legs even more. She stood up and scoffed. "I'm going to a different room!"
Cornelia watched Grace walk off and noticed a bit of sweat rolling down her thighs. "Oh yeah...she's crazy for him. I don't blame her...He knows how to treat a woman.."
"Cornelia what did I tell you about teasing Grace? Now she's all worked up for nothing." Yuri said and sat down.
"It ain't my fault she has it down bad for Dante. I mean come on, you're saying you don't want a little piece of him? He'll change your entire view on men." Cornelia said.
"Unlike you and Grace, I'm not crazy for sex. You literally need it to survive, except your lust for gold is way more powerful. That's why you're obsessed with Dante. Grace just hasn't had genuine male interaction since she was 17. She has all the pent up energy which drives her mad. Me, I'm perfectly fine." Yuri said.
"Now that's bullshit and you know it, Yuri." Cornelia said and crossed one leg over the other. "You take a good look at Dante and you're telling me you don't want to know what it feels like to be desired? You literally have not interacted with a man, genuinely, in like ever. That's what makes me and Fhae different from the rest of you."
"Now hold on, don't rope me with them." Loki said. Loki was cleaning her Laevateinn and looked at Cornelia and the others. "I've had plenty of interaction with my fair share of men."
"Oh we know." Vaja said. "You're extremely shady."
Loki rolled her eyes and smiled. "Okay, Vaja. Have you even had a boyfriend?"
Vaja blushed and scoffed. "Don't spin this on me. You ratted yourself out and now you get defensive."
"It's okay Vaja. Sunna has never kissed a man. It's alright to have your very first time. There's no need for you all to keep hating men." Loki said.
Sunna blushed madly and looked at Loki quickly. "What did I do..? I'm literally just minding my own business..."
Cornelia watched me and Hlorja and gasped softly. "It looks like the show is heating up a bit.."
Hlorja began rubbing my leg and stared into my eyes. "I can't lie...it's been a long time since I've last interacted with anyone. It feels nice to have spoken to you like this..."
I chuckled and held her hand. "As much as I want to, I'm sticking by Atalia until she wakes. My fatherly instincts overrides my own desires. You did play a good game though, but you heavily underestimate me.."
Hlorja blushed softly and smiled. "Not even a kiss..?"
I rose her hand off my leg then interlocked our fingers together. I pecked her lips gently and pulled away. "That's all you're getting for right now.."
"For right now..?~ So you plan on giving me more later..?" Hlorja asked softly.
"You've got eight other Valkyries to beat. It's first come first serve. I don't chase after women, they chase after me." I said softly.
Hlorja bit her bottom lip shifted a bit. "Getting me all hot and bothered now...You really know how to talk to a woman that gets her all riled up."
I chuckled softly and winked at her. "It is my specialty..."
Hlorja stood up and let go of my hand. "I'll definitely be seeing you around..~"
Cornelia watched Hlorja walk off and whistled. "Now how's that? Dante got one of the strongest Valkyries enticed and I can definitely see her trying her hardest in beating us, but I'm not letting that happen.."
"You're so childish...I'm not battling you over a man. If he wants me, he'll come get me." Yuri said.
"Yeah that's not happening..~ He's too smart to chase after a woman. That never ends well and you know it. He knows how to play his cards...He knows what we want. He knows if we want it, we go to him..." Cornelia said and looked at Fhae walking over to me. "Just like what Fhae is doing."
Fhae leaned down and whispered something in my ear. I looked at her then nodded. Fhae smiled and caressed my cheek then walked off with confidence.
"Well, love expert? The hell did she do?" Loki asked.
"It's so obvious, she took her chance. The old classic seducing whisper. Fhae is one of my biggest rivals because she actually has an upper hand against me with her Elven Abilities." Cornelia said.
"This is ridiculous." Yuri said and stood up. She walked off and sighed.
Komine's tail swayed from side to side as she watched me. She watched me gently adjust Atalia so she was more comfortable. "Outside of everything...he's very good with Atalia. His caretaking abilities are better than ours by a longshot."
"I wonder where he gets his skills from." Loki asked.
"Me too.." Komine said.
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The next two days went by smoothly and we soon landed on Holm's Valkyrie Base. We got out of the airship and grabbed our luggage. We were greeted with two beautiful Valkyries.
The first woman had beautiful skin, glimmering yellow eyes, long, flowing and wavy rose gold hair with a day symbol hair clip in her hair. She had a curvaceous build, medium bust, and stood at 5'4" in height. She wore a shoulderless white dress, white fur accessories around her arms and heels to match her attire.
The woman next to her had pale skin, dark blue eyes, and straight dark purple hair with a night symbol hair clip in her hair. She wore a tired look on her face with a sweet smile. She had a voluptuous body with a large bust as well and stood at the same height as the first woman. She wore a blue and black geisha kimono with white stars scattered about on her kimono. She wore black geta shoes and wielded a spear behind her.
"Dante, meet the reincarnations of Dagr and Nott. Day and Phoebe. They are twin sisters...Well Day is actually a bit older than Phoebe." Yuri introduced.
Day and Phoebe bowed toward me. I greeted them back and felt Atalia holding my hand tightly. I looked down at Atalia.
"What's wrong, Princess?" I asked.
"I sense powerful energies here. I wanna go check it out." Atalia said.
I looked at Yuri. "Well?"
Yuri nodded. She looked at Day. "Mind leading the way?"
Day nodded. "Follow me. We were just about to start the ritual to summon Ymir. There's only one thing stopping us from completing it and it's the fact we need a drop of human...nectar."
"Atalia, cover your ears." I said.
Atalia covered her ears and looked up at me.
"What the fuck? You need—" I started.
"I know it sounds weird and trust me we thought the exact same...but any fluid will work! Human Blood, Tears, Urine, Sperm, Sweat. Anyone of them will work but it has to be from someone from Earth to cover for the Midgard Rune." Phoebe softly said with a yawn.
I sighed softly and crossed my arms. "I'll sacrifice some blood over to you all. How long will this ritual take to complete?"
"Nine days. One day for each Rune to activate completely. It's a long process, we know but we spoke to Woden and he says it works. Hopefully we won't have to bring her twin to life. We don't need any more issues than we already have..." Day said softly.
"Yeah I bet, but alright. Let's get this over with.." I said.
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