BXBX NOVEL Volume 9 503 - Encounter with Odin
Volume 9 Chapter 503 - Encounter with Odin
Because Serafall became busy with her production and Ophis didn\'t get out much after being warned by Vali according to Le Fay, Akeno was left alone in the shop.
\'I\'m done cleaning. It\'s also time to restock the groceries.\' Feeling good after finishing a chore, Akeno realized something and couldn\'t help but laugh to herself, \'I got used to this… I won\'t lose to that Loli Maid anymore.\'
Too bad for her, the Loli maid kept evolving every day and it would take more than that to surpass her.
Thinking of such things, Akeno left for the supermarket. Her shopping went smoothly and she was about to go home, when she came across three people. More so, she knew two of them. Akeno and the group of three stopped walking after they came face to face.
Akeno contemplated if she should greet them since one of them had a complicated relationship with her. But then again, she already promised herself, that she would give this man a chance. Also, it would be too rude to ignore the leader of one of the largest Mythological Factions.
While bowing slightly, Akeno greeted the old man walking in front, "Good day, Odin-sama. I didn\'t expect you to appear in Japan." Since she was Rias\' Queen, she studied and familiarized herself with the faces of all notable leaders in the Supernatural World.
Odin had the appearance of an elderly man with long, grey hair and a matching beard. He wore a gold and white monocle over his left eye, without the usual addition of a chain. Odin wore a robe, which was short and blue with a gold lining on the top and bottom of the collar, the sleeves of the robe and at the front of his robes, all the way down to the bottom of the robe.
While stroking his beard, Odin took a quick peek to the man on his left with an intrigued smile before looking back to Akeno, "Ohoo~. If it isn\'t the child of Himejima."
Akeno frowned a bit and corrected his words, "Odin-sama, with all due respect, although I use the name Himejima, I consider myself not part of them. Please don\'t get it wrong. I\'m Rias Gremory\'s Queen, Akeno Himejima."
The casual elderly continued to stroke his beard and didn\'t take offense in Akeno\'s correction, "Ah, my bad, Akeno-kun. Allow me to introduce you to my companions. On my right side is my guard, Rossweisse."
The beautiful young woman on Odin\'s right side nodded at Akeno in acknowledgment. She had long, straight silver hair, aqua-colored eyes and appeared to be in her late teens.
"And to my left… Well, I don\'t need to introduce him to you." Odin pointed to the man on his right side. The man had the appearance of a middle-aged, gruff-looking man with black hair, a matching beard and a muscular body. His body was also emitting the familiar aura of a Fallen Angel and currently, he was making a complicated expression while looking at Akeno. Odin told her,"Azazel sent Baraqiel to become my other guard when I came to Japan. Cuz\' you know, some cheeky brats are running around, ruining things for fun."
Akeno returned Rossweisse\'s nod while she entirely ignored Baraqiel\'s introduction. Although she already told herself that she would give the man a chance, it was still a bit of a sudden meeting and she didn\'t really know how she should act around him. In addition to that, she still had some misgivings when she thought about how her mother perished.
"I see. Would you like me to contact Rias-sama, so that she could call Sirzechs-sama?", asked Akeno.
Odin shook his head and replied, "Nah~. It\'s fine. Azazel already arranged a meeting and I\'m just looking around. It\'s very rare for me to get out of that old hut of mine, after all. I also want to see what the Shinto Gods are up to these days. By the way, are you shopping?"
"Yes. It\'s for dinner."
"I heard that all of you were living with the Red Dragon Emperor, but I can see that you only bought enough for several people." The old man immediately pried into Akeno\'s business. It might be shameless of him, but he was actually doing this for the poor guy on his left.
"I don\'t live with them, Odin-sama.", answered Akeno simply. But after hesitating for a moment, Akeno continued, "If you don\'t mind, everyone, would you like to have dinner with me? I can cook some local foods for you."
Odin\'s eye widened a bit. He didn\'t expect that she would give them an invitation by herself. After all, he knew Baraqiel\'s history with her and it wouldn\'t be surprising if he amassed quite an amount of hate from her. He took a peek to his left side again and saw that Baraqiel was also startled, \'So he wasn\'t expecting this at all. You owe this old man after this.\'
Odin then faced Akeno with a big smile, "We accept your offer~. This should be better than most restaurants out there, right, Baraqiel?"
Baraqiel was startled again when Odin suddenly called his name and immediately answered, "Y-Yes! I think it would be great!"
On the other side, Rossweisse also nodded in agreement, "This is good. We don\'t have to go to one of those expensive restaurants then."
After hearing this, Odin showed her a mocking face, "You stingy Valkyrie. This is why you don\'t have a boyfriend."
"Wha!? What does it have to do with me not getting a boyfriend!?", shouted his frugal living bodyguard. Odin stabbed a fragile spot in Rossweisse\'s heart and she wanted to defend herself, "I know already! I can\'t get a boyfriend! But that doesn\'t mean you have to mention it every time! I\'m also trying my best, you know!?"
Akeno chuckled at what she thought was a quiet lady and told everyone, "Please follow me."
While walking, Odin asked Akeno about the current state of affairs with the Three Great Factions and Akeno faithfully answered his questions to the best of her knowledge. After about half an hour of walking, they reached the place where Akeno was currently staying, Urahara Shoten.
"This is… If I remember it right.", muttered Odin, before looking behind him, where he saw a pile of rubble across the street, "It\'s the place of a wanted criminal by the Three Factions and Olympus. Are you here to watch whether he\'ll come back or not? Kisuke Urahara, was it?"
"Something like that.", replied Akeno with a smile. However, she couldn\'t help but add, "But if he were to do something like what they are accusing him of, they would never be able to find the bodies."
Odin stroked his beard again, "Hoho~. Interesting."
Akeno opened the door and invited everyone, "Please come in. Although this is not my place, I\'m keeping the place clean."
Baraqiel became worried that Akeno was involving herself with something that she shouldn\'t touch.
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Editors:
28th00: Yep, they\'d never find the bodies. Hell, would they even know what happened? The Loli Maid will not give up her title as Best Maid! I wonder if Medusa and Grayfia would pause upon seeing each other and pull off a meeting like Armstrong\'s manly greeting from FMA, but the maid edition. Or would it be the "You have encroached upon my territory, heretic! Prepare to be dusted to oblivion!" type where fellow centuries-millennium\'s old Maids go "Rawr" at each other.
Alexander: Those are interesting options. However, we mustn\'t forget a very important point. Grayfia is a wife, who denies every kind of romantic relationship with Sirzechs, as soon as she starts her shift. Contrary to her, Medusa is a maid who wishes for a \'forbidden\' romance between her and her master. Considering this, a meeting between them could easily become an epic moment.