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time?” I ask while I avoid looking at her face.
    “ ASS!” Cheza screams as she slaps me. “What, do you think I became a giant whore while you were gone!?”
    For some reason, the first thing that pops into my head is a fifty foot tall naked Cheza… the second thing is a whorish Cheza that caters specifically to giants… Cheza’s right though; I am being an ass. I should apologize…
    (All of them. At the same time. And the bedpost too)
    “ Well I think that it’s a possibility!” I exclaim.
    ‘ That probably wasn’t the right thing to say,’ I realize after Cheza breaks my nose and storms out of the room.
    “ Having girl troubles?” Hel asks; she must have come in while Cheza was leaving, which I was unable to notice because it is a little hard to see through my involuntary tears.
    “ Yeah a bit, although it is mostly just my stupid mouth. Is there something that you needed ma’am?” I ask.
    “ Well I just wanted to thank you for your help. With this insurrection quelled, the last remnants of my father’s plan have gone up in smoke. I was able to get you reinstated at the University of Washington so you can finish your degree, if you’d like. The Agency has already taken care of your social security number and your death certificate so that you are officially alive.” Hel replies.
    “ Wait, what about Loki and the war?” I inquire.
    “ Nobody seems to know where my father is, but the war is nonexistent now. It seems that Chezarei can no longer be used for my father’s plans because her blood has become diluted.” Hel explains.
    It seems that I inadvertently protected Cheza simply by giving her my blood. I feel kind of lost now… the only thing that had been on my mind before I died was protecting Cheza, but that isn’t even necessary anymore.
    “ What about the vampires and the werewolves? Weren’t your brothers sort of like their kings?” I ask.
    “ Not exactly; they ruled over or controlled those they created, but vampires and werewolves have been around longer than my brothers and I. Both have their own hierarchies and tend to govern themselves. The ones that my brothers created have freedom now so they’ve just assimilated into the existing structure.” Hel explains.
    “ Speaking of your brothers, why were they so easy to kill? Jormungandr was supposed to be a god according to the mythos, but Cheza easily killed him with a couple of ice spikes. Apep was similarly easy to kill for a god.” I mention.
    “ Fenrir and Jormungandr weren’t gods, just a type of demigods. I would be the same if I hadn’t been promoted to this station by Odin. As for Apep, his defeat ages ago caused a drop in status so he wasn’t a god.” Hel answers.
    “ Huh…” I reply. So what do I do now?
    “ I guess going back to school wouldn’t be too bad of an idea… is Jason going to be coming back to school with me?” I ask.
    “ No, he will have to remain in the Underworld because he is still technically dead.” Hel informs me.
    “ Oh…” I reply quietly, feeling guilty.
    “ Jason will be able to return to Midgard eventually; even I’m able to return to Midgard for one day in exchange for every year I spend in the Underworld because my body is half alive.” Hel explains. Well, that explains how she met Jason’s dad and how Jason managed to be born on earth.
    “ It’s about time for you and Chezarei to return home. Bring the winged girl with you; she doesn’t belong here anyway. Consider this a parting gift.” Hel says and approaches my bedside.
    Hel kisses the tips of her index and middle fingers on her right hand, and touches my Haglaz rune. There is an intense burning sensation, but it isn’t nearly as bad as it was when I first received the Haglaz. I look down at my right pectoral and see that the H-shape has a second bar in the center that is parallel to the first one.
    “ This should allow you to port to the Underworld from anywhere, except from other pantheon’s domains. That is