Odin felt deeply embarrassed as he avoided looking at his brothers.
He could not deny the anger burning in his chest toward his three daughters for interrupting him at such a sensitive moment. He had intended to step in and calm his brothers' fury toward the triplets, but his daughters' sudden behavior robbed him of that chance. In that moment, he realized he was no longer able to help them or find a way to spare them from the punishment that awaited.
Odin let out a deep sigh, then said in a sarcastic tone that barely concealed his irritation:
"Let's go out now, my brothers…
We wouldn't want to anger the girls."
Poseidon and the others looked at him with mockery, clearly sensing his embarrassment. Poseidon laughed and said teasingly:
"Can't you control your daughters, brother?
Or what? Hahahaha!"
Odin cast Poseidon a single glance—
calm, yet more than enough.
Poseidon immediately stopped laughing, coughed lightly, looked away, and said awkwardly as he stepped back:
"Don't worry, brother…
I'll handle the situation… heh."
Hades and Athena looked at Poseidon with obvious amusement, having seen how quickly he backed down after just one look from Odin.
As they walked toward the exit of the armory, Athena couldn't restrain her curiosity. She turned to Hades's eldest daughter and asked in a serious tone:
"How did you awaken your power, little one?
Spontaneous awakening is rare, and it's usually linked to harsh experiences or dangerous situations… it doesn't happen out of nowhere."
Hades's eldest daughter looked at Athena.
She was about to answer—almost ready to tell her everything: about the triplets' insolence, the provocation, the emotions that had overwhelmed her.
She opened her mouth and said softly:
"I awakened my power when—"
But the words stopped suddenly.
She froze in place, her face flushing with embarrassment.
She remembered the full truth.
She had awakened her power…
because she felt intense jealousy toward the triplets.
She couldn't say it.
She couldn't admit it in front of Athena or the others.
She fell silent and lowered her gaze to the ground.
Athena and the others looked at her expectantly. Hades was about to speak in defense of his daughter when an angry voice from outside the armory cut him off and drowned out everything else:
"You bastard!
Who do you think you are to ignore us?
Come out now and show me your face if you dare, you rude fool!"
Odin looked at Hades, barely suppressing a laugh that almost escaped him. With difficulty, he said in a tone he tried to make serious, though traces of amusement still lingered:
"Let's go, my brothers…
Let's see what's happening outside."
Athena glanced at Odin briefly, then fixed her eyes on the armory door and rushed toward it with quick steps. Hades and Poseidon followed her.
Odin lingered for a moment, sighed deeply, then looked at Hades's eldest daughter standing beside him and said:
"Come on…
Let's go too, you shy little one."
At his words, her face grew even redder. She realized Odin had already understood how she had awakened her power. She hadn't expected that, but she didn't dare defy him, so she walked beside him as they followed the others outside.
Outside Hades's armory, the triplets stood confidently, accompanied by Hades's sixth son, Poseidon's fourth daughter, and her elder brother.
Everyone was staring at the closed armory door in anticipation.
Hades's sixth son looked at the triplets and spoke in a falsely angry tone as he bowed slightly:
"Shall I go into the armory, my ladies,
and show whoever's inside who dares to defy your orders?"
The triplets exchanged quick glances, then spoke in unison with unwavering certainty:
"No. They're about to come out already."
As soon as they said that, the three children rushed toward the armory door, their hearts pounding with excitement, eyes fixed on the heavy wood, waiting to see who would emerge first.
The door opened.
They stared eagerly—
but the moment they saw Athena step out, Hades's sixth son froze, swallowing the insult that had nearly slipped from his mouth. Poseidon's fourth daughter did the same.
Her elder brother, however, couldn't hold back. He shouted loudly, his voice charged with emotion and fear that Hades's son might beat him to it again:
"Hurry up!"
Then he continued angrily:
"How dare you make the three seeresses wait this long?
Have you lost your mind?"
Poseidon's eldest son couldn't help but look proudly at his younger sister, as if his eyes were saying: Did you see? I beat him this time.
But the look of shock on his sister's face—and on Hades's sixth son's face—quickly dampened his triumph.
After a heavy pause, he slowly turned his head toward the armory door, trying to see clearly who was coming out.
At first, he couldn't see well due to his earlier excitement. But once he realized that the one he had shouted at was Athena herself, fear spread clearly across his face.
And that wasn't all.
Moments later, Hades stepped out—then Poseidon after him.
Tears welled in his eyes as he thought of the disaster he had brought upon himself. He was about to apologize, but shock robbed him of the chance.
Two more figures emerged from the armory.
When he looked closely, wiping his eyes to see clearly, his mind completely froze.
The last to step out was Odin…
with Hades's eldest daughter beside him.
Odin paid no attention to Poseidon's eldest son's words, not even glancing at him. Instead, he looked directly at his daughters with a gaze that carried a single meaning:
I can't help you now, my little ones. You're on your own.
But the triplets didn't care about their father's look, nor did they take Athena or the others seriously. Instead, they spoke in a provocative, audacious tone:
"Why did you take so long to come out of the armory?
Are you deaf or what?"
Pure shock crossed Odin's face—mirrored by his brothers and every child present. None of them could believe what they had just heard. They exchanged looks, astonishment and disbelief etched clearly on their faces.
Odin recovered quickly and said in an angry tone that tried—but failed—to hide his agitation:
"How dare you speak to us like that, you three?
Have you lost your minds?"