Hephaestus Service.

I went to Hephaestus' workshop and stood by the door before slowly knocking, in my back, there was the large bag of my Fafnir's exoskeleton.

"You can enter!" I heard the voice of the blacksmith god, no one but Hephaestus, coming from within.

I pushed the door just to see Hephaestus, and unexpectedly, he wasn't ugly or ungainly as he was mentioned in mythology, aesthetically speaking, it was rated as average, not ugly.

But compared to the other Olympians, he is, of course, below average.

He was already limping in his right foot, but there was a mechanical support in his leg to help him walk normally. He was 1.90 meters tall with brown hair and a blond beard.

Upon seeing me, he put his hammer to the side and said, "Hey, I don't recognize you, you must be the Asgardian."

"It's true." I said to him while smiling. It seems that gossip is moving so fast that everyone knows me in this place. "I want to aske you to make some equipment for me, if you didn't mind, of course."

"Right," he said while looking disappointed, "This is the only reason anyone is looking for me these days."

Well, it seems that I should not have touched the subject directly, perhaps I should have asked about Hephaestus' character before coming, maybe gossip is not a bad thing after all, and it seems that Hephaestus suffers from issues of exploitation before.

"Why don't we introduce ourselves first?" I said to him while I smiled, but he just stared at me causing me to introduce myself first and reach out, "My name is Valli trigevson, I am an asgardian."

"Hephaestus, god of blacksmithing, forge, fire, and the blacksmithing and a few other things, nice to meet you."

"Right, then, can I ask you something? It might be personal," I said to him as I continued trying to build a friendly atmosphere between us.

He looked at me for a moment before saying, "Of course, ask."

"Did you really try to rape Athena and get Erichthonius as a son?" I told him while I was whispering.

"No!" He quickly said, "This nonsense is just a rumor that Aphrodite spread in the human world because i punished her for her cheating!" He quickly said as he seemed to remember some kind of dark past.

"I'd love to know more about this story." I told him" but I have to admit, spreading such kind of rumor is really a d * ck move.'

"Long story short, I discovered she was cheating on me with Ares so I locked them in cages and insulted them around the whole of Olympus before I parted with her." He said while they looked annoyed, "and yeah, it's a d * ck move! just think about it, how can a semen produce a son alone ? "

"Let's be fair, didn't Athena grow up inside the head of Zeus?" I told him while choking my laughter.

"That's right ... hahaha." Hephaestus said while he finally cried, "But make sure she or Zeus doesn't hear you, they might be very vengeful."

That is, if Zeus wasn't actually watching me ... Fortunately Olympus is out of Heimdall or Odin's line of view so this place is safe, I can do whatever I want.

"So what do you want me to do for you?" Hephaestus said as he pushed a chair for me and sat on another chair.

I lowered the bag off my back and sat on the chair while I pulled out Fafnir's exoskeleton pieces "I'd like you to make a full body armor for me using these materials, it's a dragon exoskeleton."

"Let me see this," said Hephaestus as he rudely took the materials from my hand, apparently using a skill similar to my 'analysis' before saying again, "Yes, these are good materials, although in order to build a proper armor, I have to add some adamantin of my stock, if you can pay I can do this"

I thought for a while about how I could pay, since he couldn't give him a little money for his services. "There is a metal with a great ability to absorb energy and vibration. If you are ready to help me, I can give you a quantity of it when I get it."

"And you don't have it right now?" He said while looking at me suspiciously.

"No, but I'll share it with you if I get it. What do you think?"

Hephaestus pondered a little before saying, "Well, but beware if that was a lie, I can take revenge."

" sure, but, can I ask you for something else? Or two things?"

"What do you need?"

I smiled a little before I started trying to convince him.