DxD: The Dragon Oppai {Chapter 197: Why do you call him?! ] (Patreon)

Demeter seemed surprised, "It's curious to see how different your pantheon is to ours. We had to imprison our father. I can't imagine him giving any of us the throne by choice. He was afraid of us usurping him."

"Your pantheon has a nasty reputation. It is one steeped in cycles of betrayal and usurpation…among other immoral things. I don't blame you for it though…my father didn't swallow me whole like Cronus did to you Olympians," Odin said shaking his head.

"You probably think we're all petty and power hungry, don't you? We've had quite a few foreign gods try to shame our unions too." Hera crossed her arms defensively.

"You're speaking of the incestual unions I assume? That is quite common in many pantheons from what I've seen. We Aesir gods don't do that, but it was prevalent among the Vanir. In times past I might have shunned it, but it is not my place to judge what other gods choose to do. My duty is to protect the Nine Realms and to safeguard mankind," Odin replied diplomatically.

"What are Vanir and Aesir?" Poseidon asked.

"The Vanir were another pantheon of gods that joined our pantheon after a great war between us. We were quite different culturally and we did not get along in the beginning. We eventually settled our differences and became united. Our pantheon is certainly not perfect though. We committed some terrible deeds ourselves in the old wars with the Vanir and against the Jotnar. We gained much joining forces with the Vanir, and I imagine we will gain even more becoming allies of Olympus. We have come to accept cultural differences since then." Odin answered deeply.

Hera crossed her arms, "Hmph…well at least you're honest. I can respect that, King Odin. So do you think your son will be able to work with Athena and Artemis?"

"Thor is uncultured, but he respects the strong and the wise. All I can say with certainty is I trust my son will defend Midgard with his life. I hope he gains wisdom from working with other gods. Should we all survive this impending doom, he will be one step closer to proving himself worthy to be King." Odin replied.

Zeus sighed, "None of my sons are worthy enough to replace me. I would never entrust my children to rule Olympus. Athena is the only one even remotely worthy, but she is not as powerful as I am and until such a time, I would not trust her to do better than I can. I would sooner give my throne to Hestia or my brothers before I gave it to any of the children."

"You would name Hestia your heir over me too?" Poseidon said surprised.

"I would trust you, Poseidon, but the line of succession should be respected. Hestia gave me the throne. If she would not want it after I was gone, then it would rightfully be Hera's. She is the Queen of Olympus after all," Zeus answered.

"Good point, brother. I hope you don't get the wrong impression here though. I have no desire for you to perish." Poseidon said with acknowledgement.

"What makes Hestia so worthy other than simply being our big sister?" Hera asked uncertainty.

"She is wise and her power rivals my own. Our older sister would have been the ruler of Olympus had she wished for it. We spoke about it once, and she told me that I was better suited and that I deserved it for freeing you all from Cronus. If I perished, I doubt she would even want the throne though. She would probably prefer to simply do as she always has and help her younger siblings. You are technically still my heir, Hera, and that won't change anytime soon. I would not see the throne pass to any of the children unless all six of us siblings died," Zeus answered.

Hera frowned, "Well, I don't like the idea of you dying, so let's not talk about it any further."

Poseidon was quick to change the subject in the brief silence that followed, "So you said Thor is the most powerful Norse God, King Odin? How powerful would you say he is compared to our pantheon?"

Before Odin could answer, Zeus did, "Odin and I are quite relative in our power if that gives you any indication of how strong his son is."

Hera looked shocked, "Wait…his son is more powerful than you are?!"

"I had no idea the Norse Gods were stronger than our pantheon," Poseidon said, equally shocked.

Odin shook his head, "They're not…god for god I would say your pantheon is more powerful than the Aesir and Vanir combined. Thor is just an outlier. He also has many magical artifacts that enhance him beyond most gods in terms of power. His hammer Mjolnir for instance is part of the reason for this disparity. You Olympians are all more powerful than most of the other Norse Gods if I had to judge. Your goddesses are especially more powerful than ours. Athena for example is probably stronger than all of my sons except for Thor. She might be around Vidar's level. By Hermod's account Demeter is more powerful than Freya, Hera is more powerful than my wife Frigg, and Ares and Tyr are relative in power. It would be interesting to find out if his theory is correct, but ultimately it's irrelevant. We in Asgard respect you Olympians for your power."

"Hmmm…that's interesting. How exactly did Hermes become so friendly with you guys? Also, why do you call him Hermod?" Poseidon asked.

"That's a long story that I would prefer he tells you himself. We call him Hermod out of respect. We consider him an honorary member of our pantheon and gave him a Norse name as proof of it. His ability to travel between realms without the Bifrost is quite useful. He even rode to the Underworld to try and free my son Baldur's soul once," the allfather replied.