How the Good and the Villain Saved Each Other

Hidden in the mecha, no one can see.

"Grab my hand and point the scepter at 'the' place." Loki commanded pointingly, and Tony understood exactly what he meant, so he grabbed that pale and slender hand and slowly moved The scepter was aimed at the giant wolf's chest.

Fenrir was half lying on the ground, ready to give Loki a fatal blow, but when the scepter touched his chest, a faint blue light penetrated into his heart along his body before he could react , and then, everything was out of control—in a trance, it saw Loki smiling at him, a cute smile.

"Tell me, where is the Water of Vision?" the man asked it in a nice voice.

"You go south for half a day, beside a big black rock." It heard its own voice answer, no, it shouldn't tell Loki this, it has to keep this secret in exchange for freedom, but it just can't help it, It has a desire in its heart, extremely urgent, that is to meet all of Loki's demands, so as to win his favor.

"Thank you for your cooperation. Stay here obediently. I wish you a happy day." Loki said so, raising his hand to gently stroke its neck hair, making it involuntarily make a comfortable purr, and then took Tony's hand Going south, leaving Fenrir alone can only watch their backs gradually disappear into the mist, and let out a long wolf howl in frustration.

☆, Ch.39. Escape

"Are you hungry?" Loki asked Tony as they walked.

"Believe me, when I work, I often don't eat or sleep for 48 hours in a row. It's nothing." Tony waved his hand indifferently. To be honest, he was really hungry, very hungry. He only drank half a glass of whiskey for a lunch, and he answered this completely because he didn't want Loki to worry about himself.

"I have a way to get food, but after all, you can't do without your iron shell." Loki sighed, "But it doesn't matter, if I find the water of illusion, I can send it to you." You go back to the atrium. Although it is more convenient and quicker to use the Cosmic Cube, I really can't live to use that thing a second time in the short term."

"Why go to the atrium?" Tony frowned, "We should go to your light elf friends, they might be able to cure your eyes."

"Because I'm not sure you can get along well with them," Loki flicked his tongue and said jokingly, "and the light elves are a race with distinct loves and hates. If they like you, they will like you very much, and if they hate you, they will directly put deport."

"A Stark will be hated by people?" Tony opened his mouth wide and made an expression of "are you kidding", but Loki couldn't see it at all, "They would rather be friends with you than get close to me? Compared with you Well, I'm quite the cherub - the chubby, harp-playing kind, harmless and endearing."

"But you can't keep your mouth shut," Loki shook his head. "I'll go to Alfheim to fix my eyes, but I'll go alone."

"Forgive me for the offense, but you are blind now, and you need someone to take care of you." Tony stopped and crossed his arms, as if I would not leave unless you agreed.

"You think I have to rely on you because I'm blind?" Loki sneered, "Can you tell the difference between east, west, and north here? Can you successfully coax Fenrir to be obedient? Can you travel through space? You can't even walk. I can't find it, even if I can't see it, I don't need a human to get in the way."

He quickly realized that his words were too harsh, so he softened his tone and switched to that magnetic and persuasive tone: "Listen, honey, this is not the earth, use your The high-tech set will work. There are too many terrifying creatures hidden here that you can't imagine, and the titanium alloy mecha that you think is indestructible is simply a piece of soft cake in their eyes."

"It's gold-titanium alloy," Tony corrected solemnly, "Also, you're doing something you hate."

"What?" Loki rarely showed doubts, he really didn't understand Tony's meaning.

"Sol always calls the magic you're proud of a trick, and you hate that, don't you?" Tony said sharply, "You can be defeated, but you can't tolerate someone denigrating your worth, even if that person It was done entirely out of your protection."

Loki was silent, seeming annoyed that Tony compared himself with Sol, and seemed to be annoyed at himself.

"Please, tell me something. I have spent all my patience on you in my life. I have never been so soft-spoken to Pepper." Tony urged and pushed Loki.

"It's different," Loki shook his head, vehemently denying his mistake, "You're just a mortal...you're too fragile..."

"So what!" Tony yelled disapprovingly, grabbing Loki's shoulders and shaking vigorously, "Even if I break like porcelain, I will do anything for you, loving you makes me extremely powerful , I can move mountains and fill seas for you, I can go to heaven and earth for you—”

"But you can't live for me," the blind protoss said sadly, he finally removed the heavy disguise, revealing the soft and sad inside.He turned around and rested his head gently on Tony's cold mech, "You will die, even if it's not today, but you will leave eventually, and you will leave me alone. Saying those things is just trying to make you live longer."

"I understand—" Tony's shoulders slumped little by little, he shook his head and smiled wryly, reaching out and slowly combing Loki's night-like hair.He is smart, rich, and has always felt that he is omnipotent, and he can always find a way no matter what difficulties he encounters. After all, he is an outstanding scientist and he firmly believes that technology can change everything.But he is also very clear that maybe one day, technology will allow people to have a life as long as a god, but he is determined not to wait for that day to come.

Death, lying between him and Loki, was like a deep chasm, but he was helpless.

He should go to Alfheim and find a chance to meet the light elf princess Thor mentioned. It sounds like she should be a noble and beautiful lady who loves Loki enough to provoke a lot of troubles in this little bastard. A host of enemies later sheltered him, and a female at that, and their union would create a baby creature as loving and hating as Loki.

If he had to give Loki to someone, maybe she would be a good choice.

Tony thought so, and despite jealousy gnawing at his heart, he finally understood why the emperors of ancient China always tried their best to find the way of longevity, because when you get a treasure, you want to hold it in your palm forever At that time, no one was willing to let go, but what else could he do but let go?Who can hold his head high in the face of death?

They cuddled together silently until an angry and high-pitched howl came from behind them before they separated.

"Wow, it reacted so quickly?" Tony wrinkled his nose in disappointment, it was Fenrir's voice.

"Mind control has a very limited time limit for giant creatures," Loki said vigilantly, "It is summoning the direwolves of Niflheim to encircle us. Those creatures are cunning and ferocious by nature, and they are very difficult to deal with. We must deal with them as soon as possible." Get out of here through the phantom water."

As if responding to Loki's guess, wolf howls came one after another in the distance, seeming to be calling, and seeming to be answering, they had to put down their disputes, and ran southward hand in hand. Not even a place to hide.

"This can't be done," Loki said suddenly, his breath was very steady, he didn't look like a person running wildly at all, "their speed is too fast, we will be stopped halfway before we reach it. You continue to run south , I will block them a little bit, we will see you at the Water of Illusion."

"No," Tony tugged at Loki and refused to let go, "We must go together."

"You have to trust me, Tony," Loki persuaded patiently, "You have to know that I will be invisible, and it will not be a problem to escape from the attack of those beasts."

"It's not that I don't believe you," Tony explained in a broken voice. Given that he is now a small burden with less than 8% of energy remaining, he really thinks that splitting the army into two groups is the correct strategy, but—"I don't know the way at all, here Without the Antarctic and the North Pole, ghosts don’t know how you can tell the difference between the south, the south, and the north.”

"You idiot, can't you do anything without Jarvis?" Loki said angrily.

"You can't call me an idiot, or there won't be any smart people left on the planet," Tony retorted, panting heavily, "and, are you willing to admit that you're in love with an idiot? Then you're no better off go?"

"Shut up, Stark!" Loki gritted his teeth and roared, he pulled Tony to stop, and at the same time he held the spiritual scepter and slashed fiercely towards the ground, a not-too-deep ravine followed the blue light emitted by the spiritual gem Appeared quickly.

"The direwolves are so capable?" Tony looked at the crude trap Loki made, even a large dog could easily cross the trench.

"Don't worry, you have to be patient." Loki muttered, and began to create the second and third ravines, and the last one was obviously much deeper than the first two.Then he bent down again, touched the edge of the third ditch with his hands, and at the same time softly chanted a spell that Tony couldn't understand at all, and saw ice growing out of his hands bit by bit, from slow to fast , until the third trench was completely sealed, making it look like the frozen land.

"Okay," Loki stood up satisfied, "they'll proudly jump over the first ditch, and then the second, laughing at the stupid trap I set up, and once they let their guard down and set foot on the camouflaged ground, The thin ice will shatter in an instant, and the group of four-legged animals rushing to the front will all fall down, while the second group will hesitate because of this, and their suspicious temperament will make them finally choose to go around and chase us. Come to not only solve some enemies, but also buy time."

"You're such a cunning guy," Tony shook his head, with an expression of "this guy is so scary, I don't know him", "And I guess Asgard must also teach psychology courses, maybe there is a special one. The section is about direwolf psychology."

Rocky shrugged with a smirk: "Honey, I think we should chat while running to save time. I don't mind talking more about psychology or something."

They continued to run forward, with creepy roars behind them, and screams after a short while. It was obvious that Loki's trap had achieved the desired effect, but they had no time to look back and check the results carefully, so they could only run wildly ——Victory is just ahead, and they can already vaguely see the boulder that Fenrir mentioned through the thick fog.

The water pool is hidden behind the boulder that Fenrir mentioned. It is very hidden, and it is very difficult to be found in the dense fog.Different from the water pools on the earth, there is no grass around the Mirage Water, and the inside is also lifeless, as if what is in full bloom here is not the source of life, but a dark pool of venom.

Loki stood at the edge of the pool with uncanny precision for a blind man, getting close enough not to wet his bare feet.He slowly raised his hands and crossed them on his chest, chanted a spell in a low voice, his whole body began to glow, his ice-blue skin transformed, and gradually returned to his original humanoid appearance, followed by a dark green The gold-rimmed robe appeared on his body, like a soft petal, covering his naked body and the healing wounds on it.

"How much energy do you have left?" He turned his head and asked Tony. "The road is difficult to find, and there will be unexpected situations from time to time. We may have to stay in the water for a long time."

"There's still 40%, I think it's enough." Tony said carelessly, "But listen now, I've decided, no matter what you think, I won't let you drop me, I'm not a mail bag, You can unload me at any station, I have autonomy, I can go wherever I want."

Loki bit his cheeks and listened carefully to Tony's declaration, then nodded.

"I have also decided," he said, with a playful light in his blind eyes, which made Tony fascinated and affectionate at the same time, "I will take you to Alfheim first, and take you back when I recover my sight." Asgard takes the golden apple. If you only have 100 damn years to live, I'd at least have a young, handsome Stark, not one with gray hair and wrinkled face."

Happiness came so suddenly that Tony was stunned. He blinked and said in disbelief, "You...you agree?"

"Hmm," Loki seemed to roll his eyes, "but there is a prerequisite for all of this, and that is that you have to tell me the truth."

"'Honesty' is my middle name," Tony boasted. "What do you want to know?"

"I want to know how much energy you have left," Loki sighed, his pale skin almost transparent under the moonlight, "or, after taking off Mark's suit, how much can the arc reactor support your life?" when."

"How do you know?" Tony asked curiously, always confident in his ability to lie.

"Come on, this couldn't be more obvious, okay?" Loki said with an "are you kidding me" expression on his face, "Think about your little belly, Tony Stark has never been a hiking enthusiast, if the reactor With plenty of energy, you wouldn't want to run around like that—you'd just fly."

Tony stroked his forehead with his hands, this was indeed a flaw that couldn't be bigger, why didn't he think of it?

"But you can't always look at people with old eyes," he argued unwillingly, "I have successfully trained my abs now, and I am willing to accept your review at any time, and—my reactor has less than 10% of its energy left. "

"Where is your scientific spirit?" Loki urged impatiently, "Be precise, not approximate—how much is less than 10%?"

"6.32%." Tony replied honestly, and then asked with concern: "You won't change your plan because of this, will you?"

Mark 7 is different from other types of battle suits before. It is a heavy armor specially designed by Tony for combat. It has comprehensive performance and can cope with various extreme environments but consumes energy relatively quickly. In Niflheim, Mark 7 In addition to the energy consumption of mechanical operation, the No. [-] has to create suitable air for Tony to breathe at all times, as well as maintain the internal and external heat circulation, all of which increase the energy consumption rate.

Loki didn't speak, he frowned, obviously thinking.

"I can take you to Alfheim with me," he finally pronounced, much to Tony's relief, "but you must promise me that no matter what happens in the process of passing through the Water of Illusion, You can’t use the Mark VII anymore—no armor-piercing projectiles, no laser weapons, no arc pulse guns, all weapons can’t be used, for your life, you must not waste energy anymore, understand?”

☆、Ch.40. Water Monster

"What will we meet? The Loch Ness Monster?" Tony asked jokingly. His mentality now is a bit like that of a kid who went back to an amusement park for the first time. Although there will be scary roller coasters and jumping machines in front of him, as long as he is with Rocky, Even the most difficult adventures seem to be turned into entertainment and enjoyment.

"Believe me, there are things in there that you will never want to see in your life." Loki was still worried, "Don't turn on the lights, don't have any light; don't talk, unless you are really, really dying, otherwise put Keep your mouth shut tightly."

"Well, it's the first time in my life I've been so low-key." Tony muttered dissatisfied.

Loki sighed, he really wanted to have a good talk with this guy in front of him, let him understand the danger hidden in the water of phantom, but he knows Tony too well, he is just a trouble before you can warn him Listen, little bastard, the more prudish you are, the more jokes he'll give you.In fact, he didn't expect Tony to be obedient. Although the magic power in his body was a little messed up by the Cosmic Cube, he was confident that he could protect this little human no matter what happened.

He resignedly gathered the robe on his body, then took out a transparent silk thread as thin as a spider's silk, tightly wrapped himself and Tony's arms, and finally warned: "Don't use the propeller, and don't row yourself. Water, I will take you with me, all you have to do is pretend to be asleep, or really fall asleep."

"No this, no that, no blabla, are you a little pepper?" Tony pouted impatiently, "How long will this journey where you can't do anything?"

Loki shook his head: "Water of Illusion is not an ideal passage, and I only walked through it once. Come on, let's hurry up, or you may starve to death on the way."

He pulled Tony into the water step by step, and threw a pure gold soft fabric similar to a women's headband into it. The thing first floated on the surface of the water for two turns, and then—

"Be careful!" Loki suddenly turned his head and yelled at Tony's side, his ashen eyes locked on the direwolf that was quietly lurking there ready to attack, and precisely strangled it by the neck when it rushed towards Tony. At the same time, Tony also launched the palm cannon, and directly sent the direwolf that was biting Loki's back into the air.

"Hey, don't be brave!" Loki yelled to Tony after crushing the Adam's apple of the beast in his hand, "You must save energy."

"At this time you should say 'Thank you, dear, it's nice to have you by my side'." Tony replied slickly, and fired a small missile to blow up the four or five wolves that rushed up.

"Can we get into the water now?" Tony glanced vigilantly at the pack of wolves that had surrounded them by the water and was counting the few hot weapons he had left. Do you want to continue fighting with a pack of wolves after the fight?

Loki flicked his scepter and shattered the skulls of the two rushing direwolves: "Wait until the headband sinks."

"So, that's really a hairband? It's from a certain woman?" Tony turned around and asked in the midst of his busy schedule. He and Loki's arms were still tied together, making it extremely inconvenient to move around. Standing on their backs, taking care of each other at all times, they are fairly handy in dealing with wolves.

"Oh my god, that's just a signpost, so I can find the signpost of Alfheim, why is your little head still thinking wildly at this moment?" Loki replied loudly, urging the soul gem fiercely, dazzling The blue light directly smashed a reckless direwolf into powder, which made the few around it growl in fear, and their movements also became erratic.

Tony shook off a direwolf that was biting his right arm mech. He no longer had any hot weapons, and his attack power had obviously dropped by more than one notch. When will it sink?"

"Now!" Loki's voice rose sharply. He ignored the beasts that were rushing towards them, but carefully wrapped the two of them with magic, and then pulled Tony into the water of illusion. The angry howl of the wolf was completely left behind.

As soon as he entered the water, Tony followed Loki's instructions and shut down all the working systems of the Mark [-] except for oxygen generation and constant temperature. He stayed in the mech bored and was dragged by Loki to shuttle through the water without seeing anything. Can't do anything.This feeling of being out of control and being at the mercy of others is really bad. His beloved steel suit has almost become a steel cage, wrapping him airtightly, and the water waves around him indicate Huge aquatic creatures brushed past them, making him terrified.

But Loki was by his side, even through the thick metal armor, he could still feel the breath and temperature of that person, carefully wrapping around Tony, as cold and fresh as the ice field, like a poignant dance song.

In this moving melody, he began to imagine their life after returning to the earth.

First, you have to bear the rage of Nick Fury, the rage of Clint Barton, the rage of Natasha, the rage of Dr. Banner (preferably not the rage of Hulk), and the nagging of Captain America; In the bargaining session, at the cost of Rocky's joining the Avengers in exchange for the right to move freely on Earth, maybe Tony can propose to be Rocky's guardian, so that they can live in Stark Tower together. He designed a lounge with a grand piano and several rows of large bookcases, all of which are made of wood, with swirl-shaped patterns carved on them, completely in line with the evil god's aesthetics, and he will definitely like it very much.

However, it seems that his building has been reduced to half ruins during the Battle of New York. I wonder if Pepper will find a way to restore it to its original state.

The only thing Tony can't handle is Asgard.Sol is not a problem, that guy is a younger brother, forgiving Loki is just a matter of minutes, the key lies in Odin, the legendary father of the gods, the creator of Loki's tragedy, I heard Thor said that he was because of He spent too much power and fell into a deep sleep. I don't know if he will wake up... It's better not to wake up so fast, or maybe Loki will be captured by him and locked up in God's Domain... If that's the case, he has to find a way to go Asgard saved him, and he can also take the time to meet Frigga, Loki's beloved mother, I don't know if she will like him...

The fun of thinking replaced the idleness of reality. Accompanied by such whimsical thoughts, or wild thoughts, Tony gradually settled down and fell asleep in the darkness and silence.After sleeping for an unknown amount of time, he was suddenly awakened by a sudden forceful tug.

"Jarvis, turn on the light..." Tony ordered in a daze, but he regretted it just after giving this order. He remembered Loki's order and woke up completely.And when he saw the thing dragging him through the headlights of the Mark Seven, it was like Phineus who saw the head of Medusa, and was completely choked by panic.

It was a creature beyond the limit of human imagination. It looked a bit like a combination of a snake and a giant octopus, but it was not quite. It was covered with thin black and blue scales that looked like armor, and it waved There are countless long and thick tentacles, and the tentacles are covered with large and small suction cups. The largest is like a standard round western dining table, and the smallest is as big as Captain America's shield. thorn, and one of the tentacles was firmly wrapped around the leg armor of Tony's right leg.

But these are not the things that scare Tony the most. Even though this guy is as big as the Stark Tower, even though the deep water area is the home of monsters, the scariest thing is the head of the thing, which is protected by layers of tentacles in the middle , the shape looks very similar to a human head, but it does not have a nose, but has a mouth on the front, back, left, and right sides, and a huge, yellowish-brown one-eyed is placed on the forehead, because it feels the long-lost The light looked straight at Tony.

"Damn it, Stark, turn off the light—" Loki was gnashing his teeth, the dark underwater, the vision is useless, the vision of the creatures living in it is constantly deteriorating, and only one important point remains, that is the light sensitivity Sex - they can't see what their prey looks like at all, but they like to hunt those shiny things, and Tony has no idea what he will attract to him.

But Tony is still hesitating, he doesn't want to turn off the headlights, because in this case, the loss of vision is almost equal to the loss of combat ability for him, and at the same time he is also afraid, he must see his enemy clearly, Know when it's going to attack you instead of being in the dark.

"No——" Tony swallowed, staring at the weird one-eyed eye, but the monster's movements didn't stop at all, and it rolled his legs and quickly dragged it towards the mouth.

Loki took a deep breath, it was too late to say anything now, he had been using magic to cover up the aura of the two of them before, so that those aquatic creatures would mistake them for dead things floating in the water, if Tony didn't say Damn light, this Grendel will only lose interest in them in the end, instead of preparing to devour them like he is now.

Cold sweat began to break out from Tony's head, and he could already clearly see the fangs protruding from the monster's mouth. Its body was so soft, but its teeth were so sharp, like a row of "Flying Eagle Warriors" inserted neatly upside down. with.

It's now!Tony said silently in his heart that he lost his thermal weapon, but still had this——

"Boom", a flash bomb exploded in the phantom water, and the dazzling white light instantly stung the monster's eyes. It let out a long, muffled cry similar to a whale, and suddenly closed its eyes. Only tawny one eye.

But at the same time, Tony also looked around clearly.

What a hellish scene it was, maybe hell wouldn't be as scary as this, he only cared about the one-eyed monster in front of him, but he didn't know that when he was at a loss, countless aquatic creatures with strange shapes were already attracted by the light Gather around the two of them and surround them.

Those huge giant bodies cast a shadow of death, almost crushing all his will to survive.Until this moment, the great Tony Stark finally realized how fragile and small he is, and how fragile and small the whole human being is.

Loki felt the trembling from Tony at the connection. This human being whom he loves and hates is being threatened by death. Let go of its claws.

So, he raised the scepter, pierced the sharp tip mercilessly into the monster's tentacles entangled with Tony, and kept stirring.

The monster screamed in pain again, jumped upwards because of the pain, and then sank crazily, struggling back and forth endlessly, but the tentacle that was entwined with Tony still refused to let go, and even became tighter and tighter. , other tentacles also quickly entangled towards the two of them.

Damn it, Tony cursed in a low voice, Mark [-] has already started to send out the alarm, the strange power of this thing is comparable to that of Thor, the leg armor is entangled and deformed a little bit, and he is helpless, but even if they managed to escape it So what about the containment?They will still be captured by other monsters, and they have no chance of surviving unless——

The ten-second time limit for the flash bomb has passed, but just as the darkness fell again, a dark blue cube appeared in Loki's hands, and he held it high above his head, as if raising a round of the sun at noon.

That is the Cosmic Cube, their only way of life, and Loki's way of death.

The surrounding monsters also obviously became uneasy, and some even retreated hastily. Grund was still hesitating. It didn't want to give up the prey it got, and was afraid of this powerful and pure energy.

"Break the tentacles! Quick!" Loki yelled at Tony. With his current ability, at most he and Tony could barely be taken away. If there is a third creature in the moving space, especially Grund For such a giant creature, the space movement will undoubtedly fail, and he will die, and Tony will be eaten by the monster, leaving no residue.

Tony's brain is running fast, he knows what Loki is doing, he knows that he must get rid of the one-eyed water monster's grip within three seconds, but he has no weapons now, even the flash bombs are used up, who can tell him what to do? How do I keep from dying in this damn water? !

☆, Ch.41. Elf

"Jarvis, disassemble the armor——" Tony finally ordered and took a deep breath. At the moment when his voice fell, except for the left arm armor connected to Loki, all the rest of the Mark [-] All the parts fell off immediately, and Tony's whole body was also ejected, and his right leg was successfully freed from Grund's restraint.

Loki couldn't see this wonderful scene with his own eyes, but the momentary disappearance of the strong traction of his right arm made him immediately sure that Tony had succeeded. The water formed a huge vortex and wrapped himself and Tony in it, and in the next second, they disappeared abruptly, leaving behind the monsters in the darkness and the scattered steel armor.

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It took Tony a moment to open his eyes before he realized he was breathing well, God knew he'd been holding his breath shut like hell.He sat up slowly and found himself lying on a bed made of grass. He was wearing the original T-shirt with the logo of the rock band Black Sabbath (Black Sabbath) and dark blue cotton trousers, both of which were sticky. Muddy, obviously poisoned by sweat.

He got out of the bed with bare feet, and looked around vigilantly. This is a room that is neither too big nor too small. It has a wooden structure, but it has been repaired extremely delicately. The stone slabs on the ground are carved with patterns.The furnishings are extremely simple, only a bed, a few chairs and a small wooden round table, and a small straw fruit basket is placed on the table, which contains three or two white fruits that Tony has never seen before. Semicircular windows opened on both sides of the house, and two or three tender green branches came in from the outside.

He strained his ears to listen to the movement around him. It was very quiet, but it was not the depressing silence, but the real tranquility. Occasionally, there would be two thin birdsongs, and the "wow" of the wind blowing the leaves. "Wow" sound, and the continuous gurgling sound of running water.

Maybe it's not dangerous here, Tony thought to himself, but where is Loki? He risked using the Cosmic Cube again. This is not a good thing. He paid the price of blinding his eyes when he used it last time. What about this time?Why can't I be a good baby, listen to Loki and not ask for trouble?

At this time, the door opened without warning, and a tall blond man walked in, his footsteps were as light as air bubbles.His facial features were not the best that Tony had ever seen, but his whole person had an indescribable elegance and agility, like sunlight jumping on green leaves.

"Hello, human." The blond man said in broken English. Although the accent sounded weird, his voice was still as beautiful as a harp.

"And you are an elf, and this is Alfheim." Tony glanced at the man's pointed ears, and said with certainty that it seems that the descriptions of elves in those film and television works still have certain reference value. Of course, this is not the case. Not what he is most concerned about right now, what he is most concerned about is—"Where is Loki?"

"Excuse me, what's your relationship with Loki? You were lying wet outside the forest when we found you." The elf asked politely, as if they were not standing in a small log cabin, but Standing in the glittering ballroom.

"We're lovers," Tony replied eagerly, not taking the time to consider whether it was appropriate to say it directly. "Is he okay? Or—is he still alive?"

The elf looked Tony up and down again, and then frowned critically. Of course, even the frown was done gracefully.

"Although I don't think Loki would be attracted to a human being, I'm still willing to take your word for it," he said, with a strange look on his face that Tony couldn't read. The elders are healing him, I'm not sure how far they can go, but maybe you should take a moment to get yourself in order