It has been several days since I killed my mother, and I don't know how I feel about it. Of course, I feel sad, yet at the same time, I feel liberated like a bird that has just discovered that its wings are finally big enough to fly, but mostly I feel nothing, like it was any other day, and her death happened during that day. But regardless of my feelings, there is something that I do not understand, I do not understand why she went so far as to erase my memory and even tricked me into believing that I was a slave, just so I would kill her, why didn't she just ask me, did she think that i would not do it, well as I look at her burial mound made from stones and earth, i could only think that she clearly underestimated me.

  Perhaps she had asked me before, and I had said no, so she had to resort to this. If I were my usual self, I would not have cared. Still, after her death, I am more curious now, but until more erased memories begin revealing themselves, I will never know, and that is more infuriating than anything. Still, now there is only one question: what happens next, and it is very obvious, but I can not do anything without further preparation, like who will be left behind to care for my nephews, and how in the nine realms am I going to get where I need to go.

  But first of all, I must leave behind a caretaker for Hrodvitnir's children, and I know who the best person to care for them is. I don't like him; in fact, I despise him, but he really is the best person for this job. One benefit of having him is that he doesn't have to be paid, or rather, he does not want to be paid. But who am I denying myself a slave who sells himself so cheap? Right, I am getting distracted. I have to go find him.

  So I walk back into my mother's house—or my house now, as I am the only one of her children, adopted or not, who lives here—and I wear my thick white fur coat made from a wolf that has been enchanted to hide me in the snow and make my transformation into my wolf form easier, after all not all Jotnar are as kind to the descendants of Ask and Embla as my mother and siblings are, so this is simply necessary, but regardless, I must go on.

  So, with my fur coat worn, I make my journey to another forest, Gálgvier, or Gallows Wood as it is said in the language of Men, where I know this cheap slave to be. It is a long journey, but as Sol slowly trotted over the blue sky, I was relieved that it was a bright one at the very least. However, as I grew closer to my destination, my anger grew hotter. But I calmed myself as I saw the person I was looking over the edge of the cliff as if waiting for something to happen, but before I could reach the jotunn, a red cock appeared out of now where and crowed and immediately the jotunn stood up, turned around and he began a long speech. To put it shortly, his entire speech was a call to action, to rise against the Aesir who have fought, slaughtered, taken advantage of, lied to, and manipulated the Jotnar. Everything that he spoke off was meaningless to me, The Aesir have done nothing to me except separate me from my siblings at a young age which was about to be remedied so I truly had no quarrel with them so i simple waited for my target finish his speech and i stood in front of him until he acknowledged my presence.

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  I saw his youthful face, almost my age, though I knew him far older. His steel-grey eyes, sharp and bright, met mine. He was dressed in shockingly light clothing, a blatant display of his Jotunn heritage. A wide, almost unnerving smile stretched across his face. But then, my gaze shifted to the crimson rooster at his side, a flash of memory: his near-successful trick, claiming the bird’s crow heralded Ragnarok. What utter bullshit! But I snapped back, remembering my purpose here.

  "Hello there, Frodi, what news do you bring from Járnvier?"

  "My mother's death, Eggther."

  "Angrboda is not your mother, stop calling her that, but she was going to die anyway, so tell me the real reason you're here."

  "Due to my mother's death, I must travel throughout the nine realms for an unknown amount of time, and during this time, I entrust you to care for my nephews while I am away."

  "Those pups trapped at her house aren't your nephews either, stop pretending as if they are your family, they are a group who have taken you in and raised and just because they call you family does not mean that you are, I'm tired of you lying about what you are not." Eggther stopped taking a small breath before he continued, "I'm still taking the job though, so when are you leaving right now or a couple of days later?"

  "I don't know."

  "Oh well, when you eventually figure it out, don't forget to tell those pups about me and inform me of your departure all right, if you mind, can you please leave me be?"

  "You're not even the slightest bit curious about her death, or do you just not care?"

  "It doesn't matter whether I care or not, we all knew that she was going to die, whether she was killed by past enemies or Elli."

  "What if she wanted me to kill her?"

  "Again, I don't care, and I haven't known her long enough to care. The ones you should be asking this question to are her children." Eggther said a bite that was unlike his usual jolliness, which meant that he was reaching his limit, so I kept my mouth shut and listened

  "Now, I have entertained your questions long enough, adopted child of Angrboda, now leave me alone with my cock and best friend Fjallar"

  I did as he asked because I suspected that he would severely injure me if I continued pestering him, but perhaps in an effort to ever so slightly delay the inevitable journey, I simply walked across Jotunheim like a mindless beast, confident that I would remain hidden or at the very least be ignored but i had forgotten on important thing i hadn't eaten a single thing but luckily i had stumbled upon the valley of yew trees known as Ydalir and i heard rumors of one of the Aesir who retires there every Midgard winter and perhaps he would save me hunger or if not i could steal food but there was only one day to find out and that was to go there.