The Lie of Hammer Base

--01--

Sol finished the day's meeting and walked back to his room wearily.

The dusk of the gods destroyed Asgard where they had lived all their lives, and now he hastily ascended the throne and led the surviving people to the earth in a spaceship.He spent three days on the spaceship, dealt with business for three days, and now he was too tired to carry Mjolnir.

It turns out that being a king is so tiring.The father has sat on this throne for thousands of years, and even that troublesome younger brother--

Thor pushed the door open, then froze.

I saw a certain evil spirit sitting on the edge of his bed with peace of mind, seemingly concentrating on reading a book.The black hair hangs down carelessly, but it can't cover his eerie green eyes.Thor glanced at the title of the book—"A General History of Magic in Asgard".Loki could memorize this book fluently when he was five hundred years old, so how could he take it out and read it seriously now?Don't think about it, someone must have used the book as a cover to stay in his room on purpose.

Seeming to have noticed Thor's arrival, Loki raised his head and smiled gracefully: "Brother."

Sol was a little dazed.Ever since the experience of sharing weal and woe in Ragnarok, the relationship between Loki and himself seems to be improving rapidly.A few years ago, they were still life-and-death enemies, but now it's as if nothing happened.A certain person not only said "Brother" well-behaved, but even went so far as to occupy his own room...

——If something goes wrong, there must be a demon!Sol was keenly aware of something, and asked vigilantly, "Why are you in my room?"

Loki didn't change his face, and without taking his eyes off the book, he said calmly, "Oh, hide from people."

"...Who are you hiding from?"

"That crazy woman Valkyrie." Loki raised his head this time, and Sol saw a mocking smile in his eyes, "By the way, I mixed those fine wines she collected into water. You probably don't really want to see me."

"..." Sol didn't know what to say for a while.Sure enough, the country is easy to change, and the nature is difficult to change, and pranks are simply the motivation for Rocky to live.I don't know why, but at the same time he was helpless, but at the same time he felt a little relieved.It is better to always be on guard against your younger brother's pranks than to be on guard against him invading the earth all the time.

It doesn't matter, there will be a long time to come.Sol secretly thought, they all survived, this is the greatest consolation.

"By the way, Loki." Thor suddenly remembered something, "I'm going to hold a dinner party on the spaceship tomorrow, will you attend?"

"You want me to attend? Why?" Loki frowned. He never liked to join in the fun since he was a child.

"Only this time...for my sake, come here." Thor lowered his voice.

you must come.

This is something I... owe you for a long time.

--02--

Rocky wore a gorgeous dress, combed his slightly long black hair, followed Sol to the hall without saying a word.

It has to be said that Rocky is an elegant and charming prince in this dress.However, the Asa protoss gathered in the hall only paid attention to greeting and complimenting Sol, no one was willing to look at Loki, as if he did not exist.

Saul saw everything in his eyes and felt extremely uncomfortable.This has been the case since childhood. Everyone knows that Odin values ​​the eldest prince, and the second prince is a dispensable existence.Therefore, Loki struggled in the cracks of contempt, neglect, and prejudice, and even learned to get used to humiliation, choosing to avoid these grand banquets.At that time, was his heart completely cold?

However, the former self calmly accepted the compliments that attracted much attention, completely unaware that there was a silent younger brother behind him, who was painfully longing for the attention of others.

Not anymore.Sol was thinking secretly.From now on, he will never do this again.

Loki seemed to have long been used to the indifference of others, and just sipped the wine alone.At this time, Valkyrie just came to say hello to Sol - this Valkyrie has never cared about the courtesy of monarchs and ministers, and threatened Sol with force when she saw that Sol was not pleasing to the eye.Thinking of Loki's prank, Thor was really afraid that she would break Loki's bones on the spot.Fortunately, Valkyrie didn't seem to want to care about this matter, and left after saying hello.

Seeing that everyone was almost here, Sol coughed heavily.The noise in the hall quickly disappeared, and everyone focused their attention on the king, waiting for his next words.

Sol looked around, with a serious expression, and slowly stood up.It seemed that he had made a major decision, and he said, "My friends, after careful consideration, I have decided to solemnly announce to everyone here—"

He paused, and said the rest of the words: "Make Loki Odinson Prince of Asgard."

There was a strange silence in the hall, and everyone showed a strange look that Sol couldn't understand. Immediately afterwards, whispers appeared, which soon turned into a heated argument.

Why, is it so hard for you to accept him as king?

Ignoring the crowd's reaction, Thor added calmly, "Without what he did in Ragnarok, we wouldn't be sitting here together, let alone throwing a banquet. He deserved it." He just sat down on his own, pretending to be careless and glanced at the evil god around him from the corner of his eye.

I saw the black-haired young man staring blankly at the people who were arguing, his eyelashes drooping slightly, as if he was in a daze or in deep thought.But Thor was sure he saw a gleam in those green eyes.

Maybe it can't make up for the missing care of the past millennia, but at least in this moment, you are in the spotlight.

Loki's lips moved in a soft whisper.I don't know if it was Sol's illusion, but he saw the corner of the evil god's lips raised a slight arc.

"idiot……"

"It's really superfluous."

--03--

"What's the matter with Sol recently?!" Sif shouted violently in her room after the dinner.Valkyrie on the side patted her on the shoulder, signaling her to be calm.

"After all, something like Ragnarok happened... Sol is also under a lot of pressure." Dr. Banner also comforted him.

"I know! But...you all saw it today, Sol actually named Loki as..." Sif sat back on the chair in frustration, and scratched her long hair angrily.

"Loki is a descendant of a frost giant, so logically speaking, he cannot be the prince of our clan. However, he is the nominal son of Odin, and he has indeed made contributions in Ragnarok... It is not too much to call him a prince. "Heimdall said aside.

"I didn't discriminate against Loki's identity as a frost giant, nor did I deny his achievements! But that's not the point!" Sif stared, "You all know that the point should be..."

"Okay...don't talk about it." Heimdall interrupted her and sighed softly, "Sol has indeed changed recently."

"That's right, a big man has started to wear rings every day." Valkyrie brightened up the atmosphere with a smile.

Thor wears a golden ring on his right hand.

There is no extra decoration on the ring, only a line of small characters are engraved on the inside: lietotherestofyourlife.This line of words gave the whole ring a sense of mischief, and it looked like the handwriting of the God of Lies.Sol knew that the ring belonged to Loki, and it was a magic weapon he made, but he didn't know when it came into his hands.

"This ring? It seems that I gave it to you on your [-]th birthday. Did you turn it out?" Facing Sol's question, Loki glanced at the ring lazily, and replied, "Yes It is used to store mana, but it is useless, at most it can create an illusion for the wearer, so just throw it away if you don’t like it.”

Thor thought about it and decided to keep wearing it.I can't help but feel a little self-blame in my heart. He didn't even have any impression of the birthday present that Loki gave him. How much did I ignore him before?

Hmm... By the way, wearing a ring given by others seems to have a special meaning in the atrium, what is it...

--04--

Sol participated in a small ritual.However, there were not enough conditions on the spaceship, and the ceremony was very simple. After cleaning his hands, Thor prayed to the ancestors as a king, praying for safety.

After the sacrifice, he went to the cab and estimated that he would arrive on Earth in about ten days.At this time, he finally began to think about an important matter—how would he get the people on Earth to accept Loki?You must know that his troublesome brother has ruined half of New York, and the Avengers may be ready to serve with bullets as soon as they see Loki.

Sol thought for a long time, but he couldn't come up with a solution that got the best of both worlds.Alas, let's ask his own opinion... Thor, thinking like this, pushed away Loki's room, only to find that it was empty.

The quilt was neatly folded, and dust fell on the table.Strange, Loki isn't in the room?Did it go out?However, this room is as clean as if no one has ever lived in it...

Sol didn't know why he was a little uneasy, and his heart was beating non-stop as if stimulated.Where did Loki go?He searched around the spaceship, including all the places Loki frequented, but he didn't even see a sign of Loki.

Another prank?

You bastard, you really think I'm easy to deceive.Thor was a little angry, logically speaking, Loki's sexual desire has not been lifted yet.Loki can move freely in the spaceship at the moment because of the authority granted by Sol on his own initiative. This is great, the god of pranks doesn’t feel grateful at all, and in a blink of an eye, it’s his brother — okay, not his — on his head up.

Sol didn't want to search anymore, so he called a guard and asked, "Do you know where Loki is?"

In fact, Sol didn't expect the little guard to answer, after all, Loki's pranks never showed any flaws for others to see.However, the little guard's expression became very strange in an instant. After hesitating for a long time, he actually answered in a muffled voice: "Your Majesty, Loki... the prince, he is in the Hall of Valor..."

"What is he doing in the Hall of Valor?" Thorton felt that he could no longer keep up with Loki's thinking.The Hall of Valor is a room specially set up by Thor on the spaceship. It can be regarded as a small indoor cemetery. Most of the warriors who died in Ragnarok have a tomb there.Thor thought about it for a long time and didn't understand what Loki was doing there.

The questioner is unintentional, but the listener is intentional.The little guard thought that Sol was asking him seriously, and the expression on his face suddenly changed from strange to about to cry, as if he would die if he couldn't grasp the answer, he couldn't restrain his hair. trembling.

Thor finally sensed something was wrong.

The needle-like uneasiness quickly expanded, and a memory and emotion that had been hidden in my heart for a long time seemed to break free in the next second.It was fear, Thor was horrified to realize that he couldn't help being afraid.He lowered his face and tried to ask again in a calm tone: "What is Loki doing in the Hall of Valor?"

"No... not to... him, he has been..." The little guard couldn't bear it anymore, he couldn't speak at all, and just kept shaking his head at Sol, and then shook his head again.

There was a buzzing in my ears.Sol only felt that his blood was freezing bit by bit.

All suspicious but never suspected bits and pieces surfaced.People turned a blind eye to Loki, no longer pursued the mischievous Valkyrie, the terrified and weird expressions of all the guests when Loki was made the prince, the dusty room, the little guard who couldn't speak clearly...

Loki is in the Hall of Valor.

Loki has always been in the Hall of Valor.

--05--

"I said, take me to the Hall of Valor! Now!!!"

When Valkyrie came, he heard Thor's roar from a distance.At this time, many people had gathered around, some of them came to watch the excitement because they didn't know it, and some were trying to stop the out-of-control Thor, and shouts of "Your Majesty, calm down" were heard endlessly.

"Don't understand!? Take me to the Hall of Valor—this is an order!!" Thor angrily shook off a guard's hand, impulsive, crazy, and annihilated rationality, which he only had when he was young and frivolous Symptoms exploded at the moment.

For a moment, Sol felt that he was still the irritable and irritable prince, so arrogant that he was arrogant.If it was in the past, there must have been a cunning younger brother who would sneer and sneer beside him. That nimble silver tongue could turn the sun and the moon, and he was so annoyed that he wanted to turn around and punch that person.

Sol turned around.

he is not here.

Not only is he not here today, he won't be here tomorrow, he won't be here tomorrow, tomorrow, and for tens of thousands of days and nights to come.

Once this thought popped up, I couldn't suppress it anymore.In an instant, Sol's mind was filled with that dark green figure, his laughter, his tears, his contempt, his jealousy, his disdain, his envy, his lies, his pranks, his roaring And collapse... Those moments that I didn't care about before suddenly turned into beautiful and heartbreaking bubbles, and I couldn't hold them anymore.

The lost clues are gradually connected in grief.

Perhaps, everyone's ignorance of Loki is not because of inner prejudice and contempt, but because of the person around him, only he can see.

Perhaps, the Valkyrie didn't suddenly become tolerant, but because her wine hadn't been watered at all, and the prank that was never performed, only happened in his imagination.

Perhaps, when Loki was announced as the prince, the strange expressions on everyone's faces were not because of surprise, but because of panic.Because, because... the dead should not exist.

Be a liar, be a liar.This is another one of countless pranks.Otherwise, who has been by my side these days, sitting on my bed reading a book, laughing like never before... Who is it?

Sol subconsciously touched his finger, but found that the golden ring on his right hand had disappeared at some point.

He remembered the words on the ring.

Lietotherestofyourlife.

--06--

Loki is dead.

Ragnarok was a tragic catastrophe. Even Thor, who had recovered his full strength, could not defeat Hela, the goddess of death.Just at the end of the road, Thor decided to give it a go, so he sent the evil god to the underground palace of Asgard to release the terrible flame giant.

The fire giant lived up to expectations, defeated the goddess of death, and destroyed Asgard at the same time.All the people boarded the spaceship with their new king, and fortunately left this place of right and wrong.

But the evil god never escaped from the underground palace again.

After the flame giant broke through the confinement, everything around him was immediately engulfed by the sea of ​​flames.That is an eternal fire, a flame that can burn everything, even the most stubborn life will be burned to ashes, even the evil gods famous in the Nine Realms cannot be spared.

Everything happened so fast.And Loki, he was too close again.

Perhaps, before he could react, he became a victim of Ragnarok.That's right, his broken life ended heroically, without grievances or regrets before his death.

He was finally able to meet his mother.

But Raytheon is unwilling to accept this painful fact.He insisted on going back to the ruins of Asgard, searching in vain for a day and a night in the ruins without explaining to anyone.When the Valkyrie led the search and rescue team to find him, he was hit by the rubble of the second collapsed temple, and he was unconscious among the ruins, holding a ring tightly in his hand.

That's what Thor found, the only relic of the god of mischief.

Valkyrie knew the ring, which could create an illusion that only the wearer could see.It was the proud work of the Mischief God, forged of fine gold and gilded with the magic taught by Venus.Maybe that's why it survived the fire.

Thor was taken back to the spaceship and slept for a day and a night.When he awoke, he no longer seemed to remember his madness, nor showed any signs of grief.He presides over meetings and conducts business as usual, at most talking to himself in the air from time to time.He is still the steady king of Asgard, leading the people to fly to hope.

However, he never took off the ring on his right hand again.

--07--

"Valkyrie...is it really appropriate for us to do this?"

Sif carefully put Sol on the bed, and looked at the Valkyrie beside him with a little worry.

"What's the matter? Isn't it just knocking him out in public and bringing him back?" Valkyrie looked indifferent on the surface, leaning against the wall handsomely, but there was still faint worry in his eyes.

Is it our luck to have such a king, or his misfortune?He carried the heavy world on his shoulders, but he could only bury his own sadness in the illusion forged by magic.

In fact, you are the fabricator of this lie.

Valkyrie sighed, and found the golden ring from his pocket - Thor took it off and put it aside when the priest cleaned his hands, but forgot to put it on again when he left.

The golden ring shone with a faint luster, which looked elegant and mysterious in the dim light, reminding Valkyrie of its first owner.Did Loki foresee this day when he created the ring?She sighed, slipping the ring back onto Thor's finger lightly.

Don't lose it this time.

--08--

When Sol woke up, he found that Loki was leaning against the window, reading the seemingly endless "General History of Asgard Magic" by the moonlight.

"Are you awake?" Sensing his gaze, Loki closed the book and turned his head sideways, "What the hell did you go crazy for? Yelling hysterically in public, and finally being knocked out by Valkyrie and brought back... ... Tsk tsk, shame on you, Your Majesty."

As if he didn't hear his words, Thor silently stared at Loki's side face for a long time, as if he was trying to identify something, his expression was unpredictable.After a long time, he said slowly, "Where did you go just now?"

silence.

Loki didn't speak, just smiled and looked at him steadily.

The two fell into silence together.In the end, it was Thor who broke the silence first. He no longer looked at Loki, but stared at the ring on his finger: "...Did you say before that this ring can create an illusion for the wearer."

"Yes."

"This phantom, only I can see?"

"Yes."

"Then," Thor felt his heart beating faster in tension, "will it disappear? I mean, how long can this illusion... last?"

"As long as you want," Loki's green eyes became more charming in the moonlight, "for a lifetime."

lifetime.

Thor felt a long sigh of relief, and the nerves that had been tense for a long time finally collapsed.He got up from the bed, walked to the window, and bathed in the moonlight with the God of Lies.

"Then say it, forever."

Don't lie to me this time.

The two stood side by side, and time seemed to stop there.A solitary shadow on the floor was elongated by the silvery moonlight.

The author has something to say: In general, Loki is dead, and Sol can't accept this fact, so he uses the ring to create a phantom of Loki to accompany him for the rest of his life.