Chapter 1627 Fishing Day (20)

Hela arrived earlier than expected, but she still followed the rule that all alien visitors must wear Earth clothes in the pop-up notice that SHIELD and the Sanctum Sanctorum jointly made outside the Earth, which was invisible to ordinary humans. And it seemed that she did more than that, because her clothes were obviously matched, not just like Thor and Sif who used magic to make a decent outfit.

The slender goddess of the underworld wore a slim black dark striped turtleneck sweater on the upper body, a Louis Vuitton classic pattern waistcoat, a lotus bud-style hip-wrapped long skirt on the lower body, and a slightly fine velvet matte leggings, which was a new Chanel model this year, and pointed high heels with a slightly professional style on her feet.

The most eye-catching thing is that she was wearing a gorgeous pure white mink cape, which was wide in the middle and narrow on both sides. When unfolded, it looked like a bamboo leaf, and the two ends of the bamboo leaf were decorated with gorgeous gemstone tassels. The end of the cape was held in her arms, and even her nails were done with black and gold nail art, slightly longer than her fingers, with a sharp and aggressive look.

Her black hair was tied behind her head in a semi-arc knot, with an arc-shaped hairpin inlaid with rubies underneath. Two strands of curly hair in front of her forehead fell on both sides of her cheeks, and her skin was sickly pale.

"Don't look at me like that. I often came to Earth to play when I was a child." Hela's voice was very hoarse. When she opened her mouth, the tone that seemed to be burned by fire was squeezed out first with a breathy sound, and then with a substantial tone that seemed to be squeezed out with great difficulty, which made people shiver unconsciously.

"Very beautiful, ma'am." Nick praised sincerely, then patted Thor on the shoulder and said, "Look at me, every time I ask you to wear human clothes, it's like you're dying."

"Come on, every time I'm about to reach Earth, I remember your troublesome rules and can only use magic to dress myself up." Thor also complained, "You should put the notice at the entrance of the solar system, at least at the entrance of your dimension, right?"

"You want me to go back to Asgard? Interesting." Hela's tone was very flat, but the ending sound was slightly raised.

"We are discussing this matter." Thor lowered his head and stamped the ground with his boots, saying, "I know this is a bit abrupt, but Asgard has been in trouble recently. They are not big things, but they have occupied too many people's energy."

"I never thought Asgard was such a complicated country before." Thor shook his head and frowned, saying, "I never thought it was so difficult to rule Asgard."

It is actually quite rare to hear a ruler talk about the difficulties he encountered. Most kings are used to showing their strength and perfection, showing a confident attitude that they have answers to any problems. Thor used to do this.

But obviously, the recent situation in Asgard made him feel a little confused. As he said, the endless troubles are like a thorn in the side, but there is not even an enemy to fight against in these things.

He could no longer charge at the enemy with his weapon raised and kill to his heart's content as he did in the past. Instead, he had to sit in the government hall all day to check the income and expenditure statements, keep an eye on the progress of the project construction, listen to the intelligence from the economic society, and observe the movements and reactions of the personnel in various departments after the reform.

Under this ruling mode, Thor had no one to refer to. The civilization of Asgard had been fighting for the first half of its life, but it happened that he had to look at sociology and interstellar situations. Military governance and civil governance are completely different, and Thor could not learn without a teacher.

Of course, Hela had never practiced civil governance, but she at least went to the extreme of military governance, so her opinions were still worth referring to.

"No matter when, there are many contradictions within Asgard. This country has never been simple." Hela's voice spread out, more rational than expected: "War eliminates this contradiction, because when expanding outward, everyone is busy competing for external interests."

"If you give up the path of war, you can only let them check and balance each other and constantly consume in internal conflicts to stabilize your rule."

At this time, Nick said: "If there is only one interest group in a class or group, they are bound to come to you for trouble. If you split them into two, they will go to each other for trouble, and what you have to do is to change from dealing with the trouble they cause you to constantly balancing the confrontation between the two sides."

"The problem facing Asgard now Yes, Frigga withdrew too early. She and Sif did not have any confrontation. All the power was handed over to Sif, so the interest groups that originally obeyed Frigga were busy making trouble for Sif. "

"You mean, I should split them into two?"

Nick shook his head slightly and said, "You should build another team outside of them and let them form a check and balance. This is why I advised you to find Hela. If Frigga cannot play the role of the leader of another group, then the eldest princess of Asgard will come."

Thor slightly widened his eyes, but Nick said calmly as usual: "Among them, there must be conservatives who turn to Sif because of fear of Hela, and those who think that following Hela is more promising will naturally unite around her. "

"It's the same with Loki. Doesn't she have no followers? With only her, everyone can choose to follow or not follow her. But if there is Hela, they can only choose to follow Loki or Hela, because those who don't stand on the side may be cleared by Hela."

"Then there will inevitably be a group of people who stand with Loki because they hate or fear Hela. Following for the sake of interests is much more stable than following for the sake of emotions."

Hela listened to Nick's narration like a bystander, and seemed quite interested. Finally, Nick concluded: "After the war, the country is like a stagnant pool of water. Without external support, the hungry wolves will start to make trouble for the owner. You must introduce fresh water, let the people below bite each other, and let them solve the troubles themselves in the competition."

"It sounds very evil." Thor frowned and said.

"Power struggles are evil." Unexpectedly, Steve said, "It has always been like this since ancient times, so I always avoid getting involved."

Hela's eyes fell on Steve's face. Steve frowned slightly and turned his head away. Captain America rarely made such a retreating gesture. He was frank and fearless in front of most people.

But Hela's eyes were too aggressive. She was not like Natasha's slightly charming eyes when she teased Steve, but a very pure scrutiny or even staring eyes, as if looking at a toy in the window, and the message conveyed was only "I am interested, so I will get it."

Of course, Hela didn't really want to get Steve. She seemed to be just used to looking at men with such eyes. Considering that she was a royal princess in a completely traditional patriarchal society like Asgard, this was even more surprising.

The more Thor came into contact with Hela, the more he understood why even Odin thought Hela was too extreme. She was a strange flower that grew in a barren field. It was as if she was completely uneducated and socially domesticated, and was not watched by anyone. The wilder she was, the stronger she was.

"Loki has been a little..." Thor took the initiative to bring up this topic, but he also knew that Hela and Loki had some conflicts at the beginning, so he didn't know how to start.

In the end, it was Sif who tentatively said, "Loki and Frigga seem to be a little troubled by their love life. She seems to have a conflict with some parts of herself. Can you go and talk to her?"

What surprised Thor and Sif was that Hela nodded after a little thought. She agreed so readily that Thor was a little doubtful. Now Thor's state is "there are always people who want to harm Loki".

"Loki sent Gwen to Dr. Schiller, but she should return to the cabin to put down the things she bought. You should meet her there." Nick patted his chin in the direction of the lakeside cabin and said.

Just as he said, when Hela was walking up the steps in front of the hut, she met Loki who had just put her things away. Loki was startled by her. If there hadn't been a wall behind her, she would have run to the other side of the lake.

Hela turned around without even looking at Loki, and said to herself: "Let's go for a walk by the lake."

Loki looked at her back as she left, stood there in thought for a while, and followed her.

The two walked to the reed marsh on the pebble beach, staring at the endless lake. The heat of the sun made a layer of mist float above the thick ice, and the shadows of the distant mountains looked even greener in the gradually darkening sky.

"Why don't you choose to continue to be a prince?" Hela asked.

As if she knew she would ask this, Loki smiled and said, "Because Frigga wanted a daughter, she didn't want to force me, but I can see that she is very happy to have a princess accompany her."

"Do you think it's because of me?"

Hela's question was so direct and to the point that Loki was silent for a long time before she said, "Maybe at first, she wanted to make up for your regret, but in fact you are more like Odin, and I am more like her. Which mother doesn't want a daughter who is exactly like herself?"

"But you feel it's difficult because being a prestigious person in Asgard is not easy. Women face too many difficulties and gain too little. "

Loki pursed her lips and looked into the distance, saying: "I don't want to describe this too much. In fact, this is not the biggest difficulty I have encountered in my life. What makes me a little confused is that it seems that you all do very well, but I can't. "

"Because you still look at the problem from a male perspective." Hela tilted her head slightly and looked down at Loki. Hela's height was already very high, almost the same as Thor, and when Loki became a woman, her height was even shorter, so there was a height difference between the two of them.

"I don't understand." Loki shook his head in confusion.

"Men don't have natural reproductive functions, so they will sow as much as possible and chase every woman of the right age in their prime. Their primitive instinct tells them that this will give them more opportunities to leave offspring. "

Hela's tone was heavy, even a little stuffy, as if the cold wind near dusk could not blow it away, but fell heavily to the ground and pierced into the soil.

"Women are the opposite. We have the ability to reproduce, but we must be responsible for the safety during the reproductive period and the quality of the offspring, so we have to find the strongest one among all men."

"Men are promiscuous, and women admire the strong. In essence, the impulse to reproduce urges us to do this. This is the primitive instinct that allows a civilization to continue. No one can blame it."

"We all look for the best within the range we can find, not the most suitable for ourselves. They desire us, and we choose them. We all follow this rule."

"It sounds so... barbaric."

"Instincts are always barbaric, simple and straightforward, and completely driven by desire. This can make reproduction more efficient and allow civilization to continue longer."

Hela turned her head back and stared into the distance and said.

"Don't think that they are insulting you by affirming your reproductive value. When they stare at you as an object of reproduction, you should also stare at them in the same way."

"When they consider whether you can give birth to offspring with their genes, you should also consider whether they can provide good genes? Do they have a safe environment and abundant assets to ensure the safety and well-being of you and your offspring?"

"If they don't have any of these, it proves that his best partner is a million miles away from you. You can just let go of this dreamy and unreal stare and don't care about it."