Chapter 1122 Father and Son (Forty-Two)

"Actually, I know that Loki has various problems." Odin frowned and began to talk to himself again. He said: "Because he is relatively weak, the Asgardians do not recognize him. Lijia spent more time teaching him, so he is more like a girl and has a sensitive mind. "

"But in fact, this is not a shortcoming at all. Anyway, he doesn't have to be the God King of Asgard. He doesn't have to take responsibility, and he doesn't have to pursue perfection."

"In other words, the Asgardians actually don't discriminate against him that much. He feels that the main reason why the Asgardians discriminate against him is that the Asgardians don't respect him as much as Thor."

"However, the Asgardians respect Thor not because the young Thor at that time was much stronger than Loki, but because of my face. He is my designated heir. How dare they not respect?"

"But I can't just tell everyone that if you respect Loki so much just because he feels sad about it, won't the authority of the heir that I established before be shaken again?"

Odin waved his hands vigorously in front of him and said: "I know the gang of fools in Asgard too well. They don't know how to appreciate the subtle colors. They can only look at it after sitting in front of me for a year. Unless I have a few extra beards, they can only understand the literal meaning of the order."

"I said that Thor will inherit the throne in the future. They treat Thor like a god. If I say that you should treat Loki like Thor, then they will think that Loki may also be a god in the future. king……"

Odin put his finger on his temple helplessly and said: "Frigga often told me that I always don't care about Loki, but I can't care about Loki as much as I care about To. I'm not afraid of the Asgardians." There is still a chance for him to misunderstand, I am just afraid that he will misunderstand himself.”

"I know, you may want to accuse me of not giving him the throne and not compensating him elsewhere, but believe it or not, if I really compensate him elsewhere, some Asgardians and himself will definitely I feel like I can do it again.”

Schiller touched his lips with his fingers, and he discovered that this really formed a closed loop.

Odin was right not to give Loki any hope when it came to the fight for his heir. As long as he didn't have hope at the beginning, he wouldn't be disappointed.

But if he doesn't give hope, he has to keep denying it. If he gives it again halfway, it may make the other party more painful and cause all previous efforts to be in vain.

But this kind of fatherly love with low recognition and low concern could not be understood by the young Loki. He could only understand that Odin did not love him, and could only think that Odin was partial.

The root cause of this dead situation is that in the royal family relationship, in a sense, partiality is correct, and a bowl of water with equal talent may lead to greater disasters.

Some people may think that it would have been fine if he had not picked up Loki back then?

But at that time, Loki was about to die. Comparing death with the current situation, of course the current situation was better. Even if he did not get recognition from his father, at least he still had a mother and brothers.

The biggest problem with the father-son relationship between Odin and Loki is that Odin made the right choice, but Loki was also a victim.

"Actually, I didn't expect Thor to succeed to the throne so quickly." Odin said hesitantly, "I thought he would stay on Earth for hundreds of years."

"Loki might feel better without Thor as a foil, but I didn't expect that everything happened so fast. Thor suddenly succeeded to the throne, and Loki didn't have any objection. I was ready. Be prepared to deal with Frigga's crying."

"After that, Loki suddenly turned into a goddess. I was overjoyed. Loki is indeed my smartest child. He came up with a better solution than me. If she marries Thor, wouldn't it be possible? Do you enjoy the same honor as the God King?"

"I thought Loki thought so, so I wanted to discuss it with Frigga. Unexpectedly, he himself didn't seem to be very willing..."

Odin shook his head and said, "I still haven't figured out what this is all about."

When Odin felt confused, Schiller had already laughed softly. When he found that Odin was silent, he still said with a smile: "Has anyone said it? Your family is really ridiculous."

"You don't turn at every turn that should be turned, and you make sudden turns at every place that shouldn't be turned." Schiller gently rubbed his fingers with his fingers and said between his eyebrows: "It's inexplicable, a mess, a few people It created a scene that was more interesting than dozens of people... Is this the royal family?"

"As a doctor, aren't you smiling a little too happily?" Odin looked into Schiller's eyes and said, "Don't gloat about misfortune. Isn't that your basic professional quality?"

"Theoretically, it's like this." Schiller couldn't help but laugh again. He said, "But you should be lucky that I can laugh because your family's situation is just a fun at best. If I looked serious, so you should know how serious the situation is."

"Okay, don't laugh. The reason why I came here is actually because I plan to make some changes." Odin poured himself another full glass of wine, drank half the glass in a "gulp, gulp," and wiped it. He opened his mouth and said:

"Thor's rule is already very stable, so I don't have to worry about what other Asgardians have other ideas. However, recently, I found that it seemed to be a bit too much."

"Although Loki is not the heir, he is still the noble prince of Asgard, but some people seem to..."

Odin's expression did not change, he was still smiling, but his tone gradually carried some murderous intent.

"No matter whether Loki is my biological son or not, no matter whether he is weak and sick and cannot inherit the throne, no matter whether he meets the expectations of the Asgardians for the prince, no matter how much trouble he has caused..."

Odin sat up straight, and Schiller felt that an indescribable sharp momentum emanated from the old god king. He knew that Thor still had a long way to go if he wanted to cultivate such momentum.

"I said, he is my child, I said, he is the prince of Asgard, then everyone must respect him enough, because this is respecting me."

"I don't want people to respect him more than Thor, but they'd better not take the opportunity to perfunctorily provoke me for fun..."

"They should obey Loki, and they should also respect Thor more. It's not my job to judge the situation and grasp the scale. It's what these ministers should do. If they don't grasp it well, it proves that they are unqualified, which has nothing to do with us father and son."

The topic shifted here, Schiller smiled, looked at Odin and said: "...Are you going to settle accounts?"

Odin shook his head and said: "In terms of politics, I have nothing to settle accounts, but those who don't use their brains, or are too lazy to use their brains, really should go home and retire."

"Then have you ever thought that their habit of not using their brains is actually cultivated by you?" Schiller leaned back in his chair, put his hands on the back of the sofa and said.

Odin's answer surprised him again. Odin said confidently, "Yes, that's right. I trained them."

"In the past, I asked them to do whatever I pointed at them. They didn't think too much, didn't question, and obeyed me completely, treating me as their only father."

"But now, I ask them to think independently and learn to observe the situation, otherwise they will be eliminated... Do you think I'm too much?"

Odin looked at Schiller, who didn't nod, because now, Odin's momentum prevailed. If he gave an answer that Odin didn't like to hear, it would be tantamount to a minister disobeying him, which would only put him in a more passive situation.

"But this is the emperor."

Odin's voice was filled with an undisguised indifference and cruelty: "This is a necessary quality for a good emperor."

"When I need them to bite people, they must be extremely vicious, crazy and cruel, and when I need them to stay obedient, they'd better be docile and quiet, and don't even make a sound, otherwise, there will be no place for them in the future."

"And, I firmly believe that there are no meritorious officials in this world. I am still me without any of my ministers, and they are nothing without me. They need me, so it's better to understand everything. I want them to understand the truth."

Schiller put the wine glass on the table. At this moment, he saw the long river of time spanning thousands of miles from Odin.

There are countless majestic figures among them. Perhaps, they have also used their words and actions to interpret what it means to be "the most ruthless emperor."

Tyrants are not mediocre emperors. They may be cruel, indifferent, or even ruthless, but if we only look at their achievements, they may still be good emperors. In other words, in feudal society, the more arbitrary and powerful they are, the more they will benefit for a short time and for generations to come.

Schiller sighed softly. If there is anything he is not good at, it may be the so-called "emperor's mind".

This sounds like a very mysterious subject, but to put it bluntly, there is only one sentence - "learn to be arrogant and learn to be ruthless."

And this is precisely turning yourself into a criminal and a patient. You must learn to put aside morality and feelings, and artificially create a madman, which is completely opposite to what Schiller did.

At the end of the conversation, they didn't drink much wine, but both of them felt a little drunk. It was the first time that Odin said so much to a person. In addition to glory, the emperor was also lonely.

It was also the first time that Schiller really faced a great king, and in the communication with him, he met more emperors of the ages face to face.

At the same time, he also understood why Odin was called the "Father of the Gods". He was as powerful as his father, but also as authoritative as his father.

In the end, Schiller could only ask one question:

"You said that Thor is like you, and if he becomes you, will you really feel happy?"

"Who am I?" Odin asked: "In fact, I am not Odin, I am the father of Asgard, and Asgard is my child..."

"For a boy to become a father, he must go through the process of abandoning himself. He needs to constantly strengthen all his characteristics that can take on the family, be diligent, hard-working, and have the courage to take responsibility..."

"But is he really such a person?" Odin shook his head gently and said, "Maybe not."

"But as long as he gets more happiness from this identity of a father than he does alone, it doesn't matter who he is."

"One day, Thor will become a father, and so will Loki." When Odin's voice fell, Schiller saw a trace of pain on his face for the first time.

When the voice of the white-haired God-King fell in the room, the sun was setting in Asgard.

“I just hope that one day, they will understand that the pain I feel from those decisions that seem to be unloving to them is no less than what they feel.”