# 1285
Chapter 1286: The Source of Twilight
Asgard.
"I think after Loki returns to Asgard, he'll definitely come find you again…"
Just as Lin Qiye was speaking with Si Xiaonan, he seemed to sense something, his expression changing instantly.
"He's been discharged?! How is that possible?!"
Lin Qiye's eyes were filled with disbelief.
"What did you say?" Si Xiaonan saw Lin Qiye's sudden change in expression and asked, puzzled.
Lin Qiye didn't answer. He immediately turned to look beside him. At this moment, the void seemed to be twisted by an invisible hand, swirling into a vortex as a figure slowly walked out from it.
It was a handsome man with golden hair and blue eyes. He carried a harp on his back, his elegant Western court attire gleaming under the sunlight. He walked with head held high, the smile at the corners of his lips growing more pronounced.
"Bragi!" Lin Qiye called out.
"Qiye, I'm all better!" Bragi laughed as he walked forward, giving Lin Qiye a big hug, "Thank you so much, I'm completely healed now!"
"No… this can't be right… You shouldn't have been able to leave!" Lin Qiye pushed Bragi away, confused and baffled. "I never fully cured you, your illness… how did you get discharged from the hospital?"
Lin Qiye was very clear in his heart that Bragi's extremely high treatment progress was entirely because he had convinced Bragi that Iðunn was still alive. With this change in mindset, his condition naturally improved more and more, but in truth, his illness had never been completely根治ed.
His illness, at its core, was two different souls residing within one body, alternating with each other, inseparable… Before resolving this issue, Bragi shouldn't be considered fully healed, and his treatment progress could never have reached 100%.
Just like Merlin from before—although his own consciousness had long since recovered to health, his treatment progress could only be maintained at 99% until before leaving the hospital when Lin Qiye extracted the final trace of foreign soul. Only then was he considered completely rehabilitated. According to Lin Qiye's speculation, Bragi reaching 95% should have been his absolute limit.
Now Bragi walking out of the hospital on his own had completely overturned Lin Qiye's understanding.
"I could walk out, which means I'm already better." Bragi thumped his chest and laughed.
"I know you wanted to give me a surprise. I, Bragi, will forever remember your kindness. Later, I'll bring my wife to properly thank you!"
"Wait! Bragi…"
Before Lin Qiye could finish, Bragi's figure transformed into a streak of light, disappearing rapidly into the horizon.
Although Bragi wasn't skilled in combat, he was still a Chief God. When he exerted his full speed, there was no way Lin Qiye could catch up.
Watching Bragi's form vanish into the horizon, Lin Qiye's expression grew grim.
"This is bad…"
"Qiye, what's going on?" Si Xiaonan asked, puzzled. "That man just now… why did he feel so much like the rumored missing God of Poetry and Music, Bragi?"
"I'll explain later!" Lin Qiye turned sharply, gazing seriously into Si Xiaonan's eyes. "Xiaonan! Quickly, tell me where the goddess Iðunn lives!"
"What?"
"Iðunn! I need to know where she originally lived!"
"…Alright, follow me."
Si Xiaonan nodded and led Lin Qiye quickly toward a certain direction. As an agent who had lived in Asgard for several years, she was very familiar with the place.
Inside the house, Number 27, seeing this, hesitated briefly before transforming into a wisp of smoke and following Lin Qiye, entering his lungs.
"Why did you come?" Lin Qiye asked in a low voice.
"Thor and the others will be back soon. If I stay in the room, I'll be easily exposed." Number 27 said coolly. "Besides… being by your side, I can also step in to save you when needed. Consider it payment for saving me before."
Lin Qiye didn't say anything more. At this moment, his heart was set only on Bragi, who was rushing toward the heavens.
The current Asgard was no longer the Asgard that Bragi knew. If the Norse Gods noticed the hundred-year-missing Bragi suddenly appearing, they would certainly become suspicious and interrogate him about where he had been all these years.
Moreover, Asgard was currently caught in the intense struggle between Thor and Loki for the position of God King—a critical and tense period. No one knew whether Bragi's appearance would disrupt this situation. And with the coming Ragnarök looming… the current situation had completely exceeded Lin Qiye's control.
He had to find Bragi as quickly as possible and keep him by his side, otherwise something major was sure to go wrong.
…
At the same time.
Asgard, a valley.
The goddess of "Now" Verdandi and the goddess of "Past" Urðr stood solemnly at the edge of a cliff, seemingly still contemplating the matter of Ragnarök.
Skuld lay on the lawn, bored and rolling around. The verdant green grass clung to her colorful braids, emanating the fresh scent of earth.
"Sister, I want to go play with the little cutie with the bandages~"
Skuld pressed close to her two sisters, her eyes pleading.
"No, Skuld." Urðr shook her head repeatedly. "Right now Asgard is shrouded in the shadow of Ragnarök. You can't leave us and act on your own… Besides, that man was chosen by the Gods of Great Xia. Getting too close to him isn't a good thing."
"Ah… but… Big Brother is really nice. He saved so many people."
"That's not a matter of whether he's nice or not…"
Urðr stopped halfway through her sentence, letting out a long sigh and shaking her head helplessly.
Verdandi was silent for a long while. She turned to look at Skuld beside her, reaching out to pat her head. Her eyes were complex and filled with unspoken words:
"In fact… letting Skuld follow that man might be a good thing."
"Why?" Urðr asked, confused.
"If it's truly as she prophesied, this Ragnarök will only be more terrifying than the mist a hundred years ago… Even we aren't confident of surviving it, right?"
"You mean…"
Verdandi gazed at the faintly visible Asgard at the edge of the distant forest, lost in thought.
Just then, Skuld, who had been contentedly enjoying Verdandi's petting, suddenly opened her eyes and quickly climbed up from the ground.
"What's wrong, Skuld?" Urðr asked.
"I found him…" Skuld murmured, looking into the distance.
"What?"
"Sister, I saw the source of that red color in the twilight…" Skuld raised her hand, pointing in a certain direction. "He's there."
Hearing these words, both goddesses' expressions changed simultaneously.
"What did you say?!"