While Athena was speaking calmly to her daughter and advising her gently, she and her daughter suddenly heard a strange wailing sound—a sound unfamiliar and unlike anything they had heard before. The moment Athena's daughter heard it, she quickly turned toward her mother, who was still smiling with a strange calmness, and asked her in a voice filled with curiosity and confusion:
"What is that sound, Mother?"
Athena looked at her daughter, and her smile widened slightly, as if she fully understood the source of the sound. Then she said in a reassuring tone:
"It's nothing, my daughter… just the sound of a miserable person."
The daughter did not understand what Athena meant by her words, but she did not ask further. She felt that her mother did not wish to answer the question, or perhaps that the time was not suitable. So she changed the subject and said:
"In which direction should I go on this island, Mother?"
Athena smiled slightly when she heard her daughter's question, then pointed with her hand toward one direction and said:
"Go in that direction. You will meet old friends of mine there. They will take good care of you in that place, my little one."
As soon as Athena said that, the girl nodded her head and replied:
"Alright, Mother. I will go there."
The girl felt great curiosity about who her mother's friends were, but she did not ask any questions. Recklessness and impatience were not among her traits. On the contrary, she had excellent control over her emotions and did not allow anything to affect her easily. She also knew deep down that she would meet those people sooner or later.
A short distance away from Athena's home, inside the house of the ruler of Asgard Island, Odin had already entered his home. As soon as he stepped inside, he saw his three daughters standing in the middle of the place. He smiled immediately upon seeing them, then closed the door behind him and said in a calm tone:
"What brings you here, my girls?"
The three girls looked at their father, then all spoke at the same time in a cheerful tone:
"Thank you, Father, for not punishing us for lying earlier."
Odin looked at his three daughters and laughed, saying:
"Hahaha! You knew, didn't you, that I knew the truth? And yet you continued to lie while knowing that… what courage!"
The girls' smiles did not fade, even as they felt the powerful aura emanating from their father. They continued speaking in the same cheerful tone and said:
"We already knew that you wanted us not to tell the truth, Father."
Odin raised an eyebrow while smiling and said:
"And how did you know that, my daughters?"
The aura emanating from Odin did not fade; instead, it grew slightly stronger. Yet this did not affect the three twins. They answered their father's question calmly and at the same time, saying:
"We saw you in our dream, Father, and you were telling us to lie."
The moment the twins said that, the pressure filling the place eased. Odin looked at his daughters calmly, then said:
"Have your powers awakened, my daughters?"
The girls shook their heads in denial and replied:
"No, Father, we have not awakened our power yet. That dream was because of your power, Father. It flows in our blood."
Odin looked at his daughters for a moment, then shook his head with a smile and said:
"No… this is different, my little ones. Your prophetic and spiritual power was stronger than mine when I was your age."
The three girls looked at their father in clear astonishment after hearing his words, but Odin paid no attention to their surprise and continued calmly:
"It seems that you will awaken a power related to visions and prophecy, my little ones."
When the girls heard Odin say that, their faces drooped slightly. Odin immediately sensed that he had been misunderstood, so he quickly said:
"This is a wonderful thing, my girls. Many of our descendants in the future will have powers specialized in attack, defense, or even healing. But we will not have many who possess prophetic power. You should be happy, not sad."
The girls raised their heads and looked at their father in surprise, then said together:
"And who said we are sad, Father? We are just happy, and thinking about whether we will be able to speak to our grandfather using our power like you or not."
When Odin realized that he had misunderstood them, he felt a bit embarrassed, but quickly smiled and said:
"Yes, my little ones, I believe you will be able to speak to your grandfather very soon, if your spiritual and prophetic power continues to grow at the same speed it is growing now."
When the girls heard that, wide smiles appeared on their faces, and they began to rejoice greatly and said excitedly:
"Then we will be the first to speak to our grandfather Asgard after you, Father!"
Odin listened to his daughters' words, but before he could reply, one of them suddenly said:
"Does that mean we can boast about it in front of the other children, sisters?"
Another replied quickly:
"Yes! Especially Athena's eldest daughter—we should tease her with it."
Odin looked at his daughters as they spoke and planned to tease all the children because they could speak to their grandfather, but he raised an eyebrow in surprise when one of them continued:
"Should we tease our uncles too? Like Poseidon? I think seeing him turn red with anger would be very funny."
Another shook her head and said:
"No, sister, that one is very easy to anger. I think we should tease Hades instead. It would be better—I haven't seen him angry in a long time."
The third looked at them arrogantly and said:
"You foolish girls, isn't it better to tease Athena and her eldest daughter at the same time? That would be a wonderful sight."
The other two looked at her in astonishment, then said at the same time:
"How did we not think of that? You are truly a genius! Teasing Athena and her daughter will be amazing."
The third continued happily:
"Especially since we rarely see Athena angry."
Odin looked at his daughters and felt a slight headache from their way of thinking and planning. He waved his hand and said:
"Go now and talk outside. I want some time alone, my girls."
The three girls looked at their father, but they did not linger, nor did they ask why. They headed straight toward the door of the house, discussing enthusiastically their plans to tease Athena and her daughter, and the scene that would occur— as if their father's annoyance and the serious look on his face were of no importance at all.