The Chief Father's Woe

Upon hearing Heimdall's explanation, Loki was momentarily stunned.

He tilted his head slightly, furrowed his brow, and pondered deeply—what kind of divine child could warrant such an evaluation from Heimdall?

After a long pause, he nodded in understanding. He knew!

This son of Ego must be just like Thor, the son of Odin—another muscle-headed brute with nothing but brawn!

After all, in Loki's mind, someone like Thor was already the lowest standard for a divine child.

…

Seeing Loki nod, Heimdall also nodded solemnly in response.

"Alright, let's go!"

As he spoke, he picked up the Bifröst Bridge and transported himself and Loki outside the spaceship of the Star-Pirates' temporary leader.

He didn't possess the abilities of Hela or Heisenberg, and his divine power was even weaker than Loki's, who now wielded the Cosmic Cube and the Frostbox.

Without the Bifröst, merely teleporting two people had already caused a slight ache in his temples.

Upon landing, he patted Loki's arm.

"The Star-Pirates still roaming the cosmos are bold ones—let's take them out. You handle it.

As for that divine child, he's heading toward Earth. We'll deal with the pirates first, then go find him!"

"As you say, our Gatekeeper!"

Loki nodded, casually pulled out the Frostbox, and then rode the icy winds, arriving outside the spaceship's porthole.

The Star-Pirates inside were so terrified by Loki's appearance that they screamed outright. But before they could beg for mercy, they were mercilessly frozen into unmeltable ice by the relentless frost.

At that moment, panicked voices echoed across the Star-Pirates' temporary communication channel.

"We're in trouble! Damn it, I said we should've jumped straight to Earth!

The Asgardians are here, the captain's ship is done for!!!"

"Screw this, let's run! I've already got wreckage worth six thousand units—sell it, and I'm golden! Ahhhhh!!!"

Listening to the chilling screams, Quill, who was en route to Earth, jolted in shock!

He quickly opened the communication channel and hacked into his temporary teammates' ship systems.

Instantly, he saw countless icy frosts in the hacked surveillance feed. The pervasive chill even threatened to freeze his eyeballs through the video!

"Fk fk fk!!!"

Quill shut off the video and dashed toward Earth without looking back. With his wit, he wouldn't make the foolish mistake of jumping into deep space to flee!

He was an Earthling, after all. All he had to do was hide his ship on Earth and blend in with the humans—who'd suspect he was a Star-Pirate…

Pfft pfft pfft!!!

Who'd suspect he was an alien mercenary?

That's what Quill thought, and that's what he did. After continuous acceleration, he parked his ship near his old home in Colorado within minutes.

Then, he stepped out of the invisible ship, slipped on his headphones, and strutted boldly into the crowd.

Returning to Earth for the first time, Quill was ecstatic. He practically danced down the street like a king of the dance floor.

As he walked, he flirtatiously winked at every girl who caught his eye.

So, when Loki and Heimdall arrived before Quill moments later…

Quill was handcuffed in the police station, charged with indecent exposure, while two officers struggled to keep straight faces during his interrogation!

The Bifröst's light froze both the officers and Quill in place. The three stared in shock at the glow, and the officers immediately drew their guns!

Quill tried to draw his weapon too, but his hands were cuffed to the table.

Unable to reach his gun, most people would probably just sit tight.

But not Quill!

Whatever he had in his hands, he instinctively wielded it as a weapon, pointing his portable music player at the two figures emerging from the Bifröst!

The moment Heimdall and Loki landed, they saw the guns in the officers' hands and…

Quill's music player aimed squarely at them.

In an instant, Loki's face was a picture of confusion as he glanced at Heimdall.

He pointed at Quill and asked, rolling his eyes,

"He's definitely him?!"

"Uh, yeah."

Heimdall sighed and rolled his eyes in resignation.

The two exchanged a silent glance, the silence stretching for a full three seconds.

Finally, Heimdall sighed and stepped forward to explain to the officers and their arriving reinforcements.

"I am Heimdall, Gatekeeper of Asgard. This is Loki of Asgard. We've been ordered to take the alien Peter Quill into custody!"

As soon as the words left his mouth, the officers immediately lowered their weapons.

Honestly, when they saw how Heimdall and Loki had arrived, they'd already mentally drafted their wills.

Meanwhile, countless sci-fi movie plots were spinning through their minds.

Until they heard Heimdall's explanation!

"Haha! Damn, I thought I was a goner!!!"

"Turns out you're friends from Asgard! Have a seat, I'll get you some coffee!"

The two officers, who'd witnessed Asgardians descending to Earth for banquets over the past dozen days, immediately bolted from the interrogation room.

They even dragged their colleagues, who were about to back them up, leaving Quill—the disaster magnet—and the interrogation room completely forgotten.

They weren't CIA or SHIELD. As ordinary cops, they weren't about to obsess over every mysterious incident like in the movies.

Thus, Quill gulped nervously before Heimdall and Loki.

Then, glancing around, he casually lifted his music player toward them.

"If I say this is a full-power Dyson sphere energy conversion system linked to a high-energy source capable of destroying the Nine Realms, would you believe me?"

"Pfft!!!"

Loki couldn't hold it in and burst out laughing.

Quill, realizing even he didn't believe his own words, quickly tucked away the music player and explained again.

"Just kidding, it's just a legendary portable music player, a unique Earthling device.

I'm Peter Quill, 100% Earthling. Check my genes if you don't believe me—I'm no interstellar pirate!!!"

"Heh."

Heimdall smirked at Quill's defense.

"Before you claim you're not a pirate, maybe work on that pirate accent of yours?"

"I have an accent?!" Quill froze. "This is proper American English! You're calling this a pirate accent? You're slandering me! This is slander!!!"

As soon as Quill finished, Loki exchanged a knowing glance with Heimdall and chuckled.

"This guy's got a real talent for comedy, huh!"

Loki laughed so hard he slapped his thigh, still chuckling as he spoke.

"Such a storyteller—come to Asgard and write scripts for me, divine child!"

Saying this, Loki elbowed Heimdall.

Heimdall nodded, and the Bifröst activated once more.

Moments later, Quill stood bewildered and astonished at the gates of Asgard's palace!

The moment he landed, Quill began explaining frantically!

"Wrong guy! You've got the wrong guy! He actually called me a divine child!!!

I'm just an ordinary Earthling! Can Asgard just abduct Earthlings like this? I demand to be…!"

Before he could finish, Quill froze like a startled deer, screeching as he darted behind Heimdall.

Not far away, the ground trembled with a thunderous roar as a dragon over 130 meters long charged toward Quill!

"Holy crap, a dragon!!!"

Quill wailed, his handcuffed hands struggling to pull a weapon from his thigh holster.

Raised among the Ravagers, even a coward like Quill had the courage to shoot at a dragon.

But just as he drew his energy weapon, another Bifröst beam struck beside the dragon!

An intense heat wave instantly engulfed the palace vicinity, causing over three thousand handmaidens to look up in shock, their faces glistening with sweat!

Meanwhile, Loki exuded a chilling frost aura, its coolness prompting the scorched Quill to lunge toward him.

Loki's face darkened as he felt Quill press firmly against his backside!!!

Quill's face was the picture of bliss, and he moaned ecstatically,

"Ahhhh~ So refreshing!"

Invisible black lines formed on Loki's forehead. He grimaced, stomped his foot, and kicked Quill aside.

Meanwhile, the Bifröst vanished, and Heisenberg appeared before them.

Surveying the cracking stones beneath his feet and the nearly scorching air around him, Heisenberg furrowed his brow and retracted his armor's aura.

In Nidavellir, the dwarves hadn't felt the heat, so he'd left his armor's temperature unchecked.

With the heat gone, Heisenberg's helmet retracted, revealing his face.

Heimdall and Loki immediately bowed in respect.

Watching the two bow before him, and seeing Heisenberg in his gothic dark armor, Peter Quill, who'd just scrambled to his feet, gulped nervously.

Tucking his ray gun back into his holster, he forced a smile and barked at Heisenberg,

"Earthling Peter Quill greets Odin, Your Majesty!!!"

The words barely left his mouth before Heimdall and Loki whipped around, their faces filled with admiration for Quill.

Loki even struggled to contain his laughter.

Quill instantly knew he'd messed up.

After a moment's thought, he grit his teeth in frustration and knelt with a thud.

As he knelt, he muttered incessantly,

"This isn't the first time I've knelt, but I haven't been forced to kneel by the captain since I grew up!

If it weren't for you being the legendary, greatest of gods, eternal ruler of the Nine Realms, the universe's conqueror, Odin, Your Majesty, I'd never kneel!

Odin, Your Majesty, I confess—I'm from outer space, but I'm no Star-Pirate, I'm a mercenary!

And I'm a native of the Nine Realms, an Earthling, Your Majesty!!!

Plus, I never expected Your Majesty to be so young and handsome—you're my eternal idol!"

Saying this, Quill chuckled nervously and raised his hands toward Heisenberg.

"So, idol, release this fellow Earthling!!!"

Listening to Quill's nonsensical ramble, Heisenberg exchanged a baffled glance with Heimdall.

He'd just crafted a suit of armor—how had they brought this lunatic to Asgard?

Who is this?!

This is the true protagonist of the Avengers, the legendary father's woe!

With achievements far surpassing Loki's, he's undoubtedly the world's greatest father's woe!

After all, Loki merely killed his biological father and imprisoned his adoptive one.

But this chief father's woe…

He not only killed his biological father but also drove his adoptive father to death.

And he even participated in killing his father-in-law…