The moment I said a "Special Guest" Titania quickly realized the new girl I brought wasn't a Player but an inhabitant of their world, quickly stepping back and glancing at her… with rather judgmental eyes.
"It is an honor to meet the Queen of Fairies, Queen Titania herself." Brisingra bowed before her. "I am the Princess of the Dwarven Kingdom of Svartalfheim, Brisingra. I apologize for my sudden appearance…"
"She's a really nice girl that helped us fend off Fafnir." I said. "And also, she brought with herself a few documents and… Well, this huge sword!" I showed her Gram.
The sword shone with bright divine and spiritual energy, as I let Titania hold her with her delicate and beautiful hands.
"T-This sword…" She said in surprise. "I can sense… I think we need a lot to discuss. Brisingra, it is also nice to meet you. It has been a long time since dwarves that weren't… a player, had entered my domain. I apologize for my silence; I was simply a bit surprised that a dwarf like you held the aura of an elf as well."
"W-Well, I am half and half." Giggled Brisingra. "I've heard from dad and other dwarves that half dwarf and half elves have never existed before… So I must be a rarity."
"It is certainly impressive." Titania smiled. "Now, let us go inside. Nieve, everyone, it is also nice to meet you all! I assume you've all grown stronger, based in the mighty auras you exude. Florie is already on her way here. She has been working on the fields farming for vegetables and fruits for a while."
After that, and once Florie arrived and meet with us, we explained to them everything that happened, so they could learn the context behind every event. We also let Brisingra explain the whole case about Freyja, and also how they lost their precious hammer because of such an unfair trade they were not aware was from a stolen item.
And well, also about Freyja's sacrifice as we fought Fafnir, and how her last fragments merged with the Gram I brought, leading to what Titania had felt before.
"I see… So that's what happened to my sword." She sighed. "That was a sword I forged long ago through my own soul, spiritual energy, and tears, alongside a special crystal known as the Yggdrasil's Crystalized Heart. It was the weapon that the Ancient Mushroom Hero used to slay the Demon King of Miasma the first time he was born."
"Such a legendary sword…" Sighed Brisingra. "We know that whatever we do, we'll never be able to pay back for such a precious item, but… We offer this Gram as a compensation, made from a few of its fragments." Titania once more held Gram and nodded.
"I see, so you're still here, my dear Freyja…" Titania sighed, caressing the sword's slightly pink colored blade. "I can sense her soul within this blade. She's not dead, she has simply changed her shape. Now, two legendary blades are one, this is… a miracle beyond comparison. Hero Sigurd and Hero Luminous. I wonder if the two would had gotten along if they ever meet…"
"I'm sure they would had been good friends." Brisingra smiled. "Our Hero Sigurd fought against his own father and then, later on confronted Thanatos himself with that very sword. Maybe it was destined to come back to you now, Lady Titania."
"Maybe so… But I feel sword doesn't belong with me anymore." Titania sighed. "Although the issue with that Player has yet to be fully resolved, this sword, albeit unvaluable, cannot be held within my poor and delicate hands. Freyja was special, as it was very light and mostly made of magic.
But this mighty and heavy sword made of hard metal, it holds a power I cannot properly wield anymore." She glanced back at me.
"So Planta, please, keep it for now." She smiled, offering me the sword back.
"E-Eh? Me?!" I asked in shock. "B-But that's… I-Isn't it a National Treasure?! I can't keep it! Wouldn't it make the nation more vulnerable?"
"That might work in other countries, but we Fairies are known for being protected by nature. And this huge forest now blessed by your existence is more than enough." Titania smiled. "The living spiritual walls outside, the watchtower, and your castle, and all those buildings you're making, alongside the fields and plantations of bountiful herbs, fruits, and vegetables, aren't those gifts enough?
We are more unified than ever before now. And it is all thanks to you and your friends. Even more now that you hold the might of the techniques of the Heroes within you, the [Heroic Legendary Sword Arts]."
I held Gram gently, and then nodded while feeling slightly bad.
"O-Okay, I'll keep it." I sighed. "After all, I can't use those Sword Arts if I don't have a Heroic Weapon… But still! I'll make something good for you as well, Titania! It might not be as good as Freyja, but it'll help you out."
"Oh my, you're so nice and thoughtful, my dear." She giggled. "I'll be looking forward to such a gift. As long as it crafted by you, it will surely be worth as much as Freyja."
"Heheh… You're making me blush a bit with all that praise, Queen Titania…" I sighed.
"Sorry, I am just really happy to have you with us, it feels like… I'm talking with my long-forgotten mother, the original Yggdrasil. Your presence, your voice, your eyes… It makes me feel the warmth that mother gave to me." Titania sighed. "A-Ah, sorry, that sounded weird, right?"
"A bit weird, yeah." Jenny nodded. "Are you lesbian by any chance, Queen Titania?"
"Les… bian?" Queen Titania wondered. "What a disrespectful talking slime this is!"
"I-I'm sorry! Please forgive her!" I cried. "Jenny, Queen Titania is aromantic and asexual… She just doesn't feel that way. She just see me as her family."
"Uwaah! Okay, sorry! Uurgh, don't squeeze me that hard!" Queen Titania was squeezing Jenny with her Spiritual Aura shaped like a big hand.
"A-Anyways, I'll gladly take Gram then! I'll use this sword to protect this beautiful forest." I smiled.
[The ownership of the [Radiant Divine Spiritual Heroic Sword: Gram Freyja] has been officially given to you!]