Chapter 1122 Father and Son (42)

"In fact, I know that Loki has all kinds of problems." Odin frowned and began to talk about himself again. He said: "Because he is weak, the Asgardians do not recognize him. Frigga spent more time teaching him, so he is more like a girl and sensitive."

"But in fact, this is not a shortcoming at all. Anyway, he does not have to be the God King of Asgard, he does not have to take responsibility, and he does not have to pursue perfection."

"Or, the Asgardians do not discriminate against him that much. He thinks that the main reason why the Asgardians discriminate against him is that the Asgardians do not respect him as much as Thor."

"But the Asgardians respect Thor, not because the young Thor at that time was much stronger than Loki, but completely for my sake. He is the heir I designated. How dare they not respect him?"

"But I can't tell everyone that you also want to respect Loki like this just because he feels sad about it. Wouldn't the authority of the heir that I established before be shaken again?"

Odin in front of him He waved his hand vigorously and said, "I know those rough men in Asgard too well. They don't know how to perceive subtle colors. After sitting in front of me for a year, they can only see that I have grown a few more beards. They can only understand the literal meaning of the order."

"I said that Thor will inherit the throne in the future. They treat Thor like the God King. If I say that you should treat Loki the same way as Thor, then they will think that Loki may also be the God King in the future..."

Odin put his finger on his temple helplessly and said, "Frigga often told me that I always don't care about Loki, but I can't care about Loki as much as I care about Thor. I'm not afraid that the Asgardians misunderstand that he still has a chance. I'm just afraid that he misunderstands himself."

"I know you may want to blame me for not giving him the throne and not compensating him somewhere else, but believe it or not, if I really compensate him somewhere else, some Asgardians and himself will definitely think they are good enough again."

Schiller touched his lips with his fingers and found that this really formed a closed loop.

In the matter of the struggle for the throne, Odin was right not to give Loki any hope. As long as there was no hope at the beginning, there would be no disappointment.

But if he didn't give hope, he had to keep giving it. If he gave it halfway, it might make the other party more painful and all previous efforts would be in vain.

But this kind of fatherly love with low recognition and low concern could not be understood by Loki in his youth. He could only understand that Odin didn't love him and would only think that Odin was partial.

The root cause of this deadlock is that in the family relationship of the royal family, in a sense, partiality is correct. Only by treating everyone equally can it lead to greater disasters.

Some people may think that it would be better if he didn't pick up Loki at the beginning?

But at that time, Loki was about to die. Comparing death with the current situation, of course the current situation is better. Even if he didn't get recognition from his father, he at least had his mother and brothers.

The biggest problem in the father-son relationship between Odin and Loki is that Odin made the right choice, but Loki was also a victim.

"Actually, I didn't expect Thor to succeed to the throne so soon." Odin said hesitantly, "I thought he would stay on Earth for hundreds of years."

"Without Thor's support, Loki might feel better, but I didn't expect everything to happen so quickly. Thor suddenly succeeded to the throne, and Loki didn't have any opposition. I was ready to deal with Frigga's crying."

"After that, Loki suddenly became a goddess. I was overjoyed. Loki is worthy of being my smartest child. He came up with a better solution than me. If she marries Thor, won't she be able to enjoy the same honor as the God King?"

"I thought Loki thought so, so I wanted to discuss it with Frigga, but I didn't expect that he didn't seem to be very willing..."

Odin shook his head and said, "I still don't understand what's going on."

When Odin felt confused, Schiller had already laughed softly. When he found that Odin was silent, he still said with a smile: "Has anyone ever said that? Your family is so absurd."

"You don't turn at every turn that should be turned, and you suddenly turn at every turn that shouldn't be turned." Schiller gently rubbed his fingers, rubbing his eyebrows and said: "Inexplicable, a mess, a few people made a more interesting scene than dozens of people... Is this the royal family?"

"As a doctor, aren't you laughing a little too happily?" Odin looked into Schiller's eyes and said: "Don't gloat over other people's misfortunes, isn't that your basic professional quality?"

"In theory, it's like this." Schiller couldn't help laughing again, he said: "But you should be glad that I can laugh, because the situation of your family is at best just a joke. If I look serious, you should know how serious the situation is."

"Okay, stop laughing, I came here because I plan to make some changes." Odin poured himself another full glass of wine, "gulp gulp" down half a glass, wiped his mouth, and said:

"Thor's rule is already very stable, so I don't have to worry about what the Asgardians have other ideas, but recently, I found that it seems that I went too far before."

"Although Loki is not the heir, he is still the noble prince of Asgard, but some people seem to..."

Odin's expression did not change, and he was still smiling, but his tone gradually carried some murderous intent.

"No matter whether Loki is my biological son, no matter whether he is weak and sick and cannot inherit the throne, no matter whether he meets the expectations of the Asgardians for the prince, no matter how much trouble he has caused..."

Odin sat up straight, and Schiller felt an indescribable sharp momentum emanating from the old god king. He knew that Thor still had a long way to go if he wanted to cultivate such momentum.

"I said, he is my child, I said, he is the prince of Asgard, then everyone must respect him enough, because this is respecting me."

"I don't want people to respect him more than Thor, but they'd better not take the opportunity to perfunctorily provoke me for fun..."

"They should obey Loki, and they should also respect Thor more. It's not my job to judge the situation and grasp the scale. It's what these ministers should do. If they don't grasp it well, it proves that they are unqualified, which has nothing to do with us father and son."

The topic shifted here, Schiller smiled, looked at Odin and said: "...Are you going to settle accounts?"

Odin shook his head and said: "In terms of politics, I have nothing to settle accounts, but those who don't use their brains, or are too lazy to use their brains, really should go home and retire."

"Then have you ever thought that their habit of not using their brains is actually cultivated by you?" Schiller leaned back in his chair, put his hands on the back of the sofa and said.

Odin's answer surprised him again. Odin said confidently, "Yes, that's right. I trained them."

"In the past, I asked them to do whatever I pointed at. They didn't think too much, didn't question, and obeyed me completely, treating me as their only father."

"But now, I ask them to think independently and learn to observe the situation, otherwise they will be eliminated... Do you think I'm too much?"

Odin looked at Schiller, who didn't nod, because now, Odin's momentum prevailed. If he gave an answer that Odin didn't like to hear, it would be tantamount to a minister disobeying him, which would only put him in a more passive situation.

"But this is the emperor."

Odin's voice was filled with an undisguised indifference and cruelty: "This is a necessary quality for a good emperor."

"When I need them to bite people, they must be extremely vicious, crazy and cruel, and when I need them to stay obedient, they'd better be docile and quiet, and don't even make a sound, otherwise, there will be no place for them in the future."

"And, I firmly believe that there are no meritorious officials in this world. I am still me without any of my ministers, and they are nothing without me. They need me, so it's better to understand everything. I want them to understand the truth."

Schiller put the wine glass on the table. At this moment, he saw the long river of time spanning thousands of miles from Odin.

There are countless majestic figures among them. Perhaps, they have used their words and actions to interpret what it means to be "the most ruthless emperor."

Tyrants are not mediocre emperors. They may be cruel, indifferent, or even ruthless, but if we only look at their achievements, they may still be good emperors. In other words, in feudal society, the more arbitrary and powerful they are, the more they will benefit for a short time and for generations to come.

Schiller sighed softly. If there is anything he is not good at, it may be the so-called "emperor's mind".

This sounds like a very mysterious subject, but to put it bluntly, there is only one sentence - "learn to be arrogant and learn to be ruthless."

And this is precisely turning yourself into a criminal and a patient. You must learn to put aside morality and feelings, and artificially create a madman, which is completely opposite to what Schiller did.

At the end of the conversation, they didn't drink much wine, but both of them felt a little drunk. It was the first time that Odin said so much to a person. In addition to glory, the emperor was also lonely.

It was also the first time that Schiller really faced a great king, and in the communication with him, he met more emperors of the ages face to face.

At the same time, he also understood why Odin was called the "Father of the Gods". He was as powerful as his father, but also as authoritative as his father.

In the end, Schiller could only ask one question:

"You said that Thor was like you, and if he became you, would you really feel happy?"

"Who am I?" Odin asked: "Actually, I am not Odin, I am the father of Asgard, and Asgard is my child..."

"For a boy to become a father, he must go through the process of abandoning himself. He needs to constantly strengthen all his qualities that can take on the family, be diligent, hardworking, and have the courage to take responsibility..."

"But is he really such a person?" Odin shook his head gently and said, "Maybe not."

"But as long as he gets more happiness from being a father than being alone, it doesn't matter who he is."

"One day, Thor will be a father, and so will Loki." When Odin finished speaking, Schiller saw a trace of pain on his face for the first time.

When the voice of the white-haired God King fell in the room, Asgard was at sunset.

"I just hope that on that day, they can understand that the pain I got from those decisions that seemed to not love them was no less than what they felt."

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