Type-Moon, I heard that after death, you can ascend to the Throne of Heroes?

What's more, Nuoyan, who had previous experience, also found that when it came to activities that required exerting energy, such as painting and playing the piano, a golden apple could allow him to get into the state as quickly as possible.

When Atalanta heard this, she nodded slightly and said nothing.

"So sorry, River God Asopos, we're almost leaving."

Nuoyan looked at Tianma beside him, and Tianma stood up and spread his wings.

"Can't I stay? I haven't done anything to repay you. If my daughter knew about this, I would be too ashamed to see her again..."

Looking at the river god Asopus who looked ashamed, Nuoyan thought for a moment, then suddenly laughed and said to the river god Asopus: "Well, respected river god Asopus, can you promise me one thing?"

Hearing this, the river god Asopus's expression suddenly became pleasantly surprised. He patted his chest and assured, "Tell me, kid. No matter what you ask for, I can definitely do it!"

"That's great." Nuoyan smiled and said, "In fact, I have always had a dream, which is to become a hero of this continent, and let the bards sing my name and my legend, so...

Dear river god Asopos, please promise me that you will tell my deeds to the 100 people you meet from today onwards and spread my message..."

Nuoyan paused for a moment, glanced at Atalanta, and after realizing what was happening, he changed his words and said, "No, it's about our deeds, and the names of Atalanta and me!"

"Me?" Atalanta was stunned.

At the same time, listening to Nuoyan's words, he instantly remembered the scene where those thieves stopped him on the spot, with looks of despair on their faces.

So he quickly shook his head and said, "No, no, no, I don't need it!"

"Atalanta, what are you talking about? We are together this time. How can I enjoy such an achievement alone?" Nuoyan said to Atalanta with a righteous look on his face.

"No, really!" Anxious Atalanta was about to say something.

"Are you satisfied with just this?" After a while, the river god Asopus looked at Nuoyan in disbelief and said, "I said that no matter what you say, I will agree..."

"Yes, respected river god Asopus." Nuoyan nodded with a smile, "That's all, I am very satisfied."

"...I understand." The river god Asopos was silent for a while, and looked at Nuoyan with a loving face, "I swear in the name of the river god Asopos that I will spread your story throughout the entire continent!"

Having said this, the river god Asopus left.

"Wait, respected Lord Asopus, I don't need it, I really don't need it!" Atalanta wanted to stop the river god Asopus.

However, the river god Asopus laughed happily a few times, and after taking a few steps, he was embraced by a surge of river water and was carried back into the river, disappearing in front of the two men.

"That's great, isn't it, Atalanta?"

Looking at Nuoyan, who was smiling so brightly at her, Atalanta found that she couldn't tell for a moment whether he really wanted to share the honor with her or he just thought it was interesting and did it on purpose...

"Nuoyan, tell me...is your teacher really that confused?"

"Eh?" Nuoyan was stunned and looked at Atalanta who was talking to him seriously.

"After all, how could he let you go down the mountain!"

After a while,

The Pegasus spread its silver-white wings and ran across the blue sky.

Atalanta, who was sitting behind Nuoyan, looked at Nuoyan in front of her with some amusement. She took out the little notebook of vengeance without any hesitation and engraved her name in it.

Chapter 5.5 Artemis's 'hunt' (k)

Calydonian Kingdom,

Inside the palace.

The breeze under the night sky brought the fragrance of flowers and the freshness of grass and trees, gently blowing on the ground. A noble lady in a red dress, holding a lamp coal, walked back and forth between the palace and the secret room.

Her name is Althea, she is the queen of the Calydonian Kingdom and also the mother of the red-haired young man Meleager. Although time has left certain marks on her face, she still looks beautiful.

And in the secret room that only she can enter, is stored the most precious treasure in the world in the heart of this mother.

That was the life of her child, Meleager!

This is a secret known only to Althea herself.

On the night when Meleager was born, not long after, Althea fell asleep with her infant child in her arms. In her dream, she came to the ancient and magnificent Temple of Fate.

And in that temple, he met the respected goddess of fate - Lachesis.

Lachesis, the second of the three goddesses of fate and the sister of Clotho, controls the length of the lifeline in the spindle of fate.

Although she is not blind like Clotho, because Lachesis is in charge of life, she will suffer from illness for eternity. At first glance, she looks like a sickly woman. She will cough violently after speaking a few words, and may even faint on the spot.

So as soon as they met, Lachesis handed the burning firewood to Althea and told her that it was the life of her child, Meleager!

Meleager's entire life will burn like this dazzling flame, and he will become a world-famous hero until this flame is extinguished.

Later, Althea woke up from the cough of the goddess of fate. Just when Althea thought it was just a dream, she turned her head and saw the burning firewood beside her...

From then on, Althea would return to the secret room every night. Only when she saw the flame burning could she fall asleep peacefully.

There is no doubt that she is a kind mother, Althea loves her children, but...it is also her who ended Meleager's life with her own hands!

The soft moonlight shone into the house through the window. Althea returned to the room alone, opened the door, and saw the red-haired young man sitting inside and dozing off.

"Meleager, you're back?" After looking at him for a moment, Althea said with great surprise.

Meleager woke up when he heard the voice, and seeing his mother walking towards him, he quickly stood up and said, "Well, mother, I am back."

"When did this happen? Why didn't I receive any news? Oh, by the way, the hunting sacrifice of the moon goddess Artemis... Are you hurt, kid?"

As Althea spoke, she came to Meleager, put down the lamp, checked him carefully, and only breathed a sigh of relief when she was sure that he was intact.

"Of course I'm fine, but..." As he spoke, Meleager told her what happened in the hunting sacrifice.

"And just now, I have met my father and told him everything... My friend Promise not only won the hunting sacrifice, but the gift he asked for from the goddess Artemis was about the hunting of that monster!"

Meleager looked a little proud as he said this.

On the night after the hunting sacrifice, Meleager saw Actaeon, who had turned into a giant deer monster. Naturally, he also learned from him, who called himself Tony Tony Chopper, about the gift promised to Artemis.

"Isn't this a good thing?" The noble lady Althea replied with surprise after hearing what Meleager said.

"Of course, I think so, but...my uncle Tox doesn't think so."

Meleager said helplessly to his mother: "He thinks that my friend has no chance of winning the hunting sacrifice and is not worthy of such an honor. Therefore, he even publicly announced that this honor should belong to us!"

As he said this, Meleager looked obviously angry.

Tox, he was the hunter who had been questioning his promise the day after the hunting sacrifice ended.

At the same time, he was also one of the relatives of Meleager who was killed by the angry Atalanta in the future because he could not stand Atalanta getting the boar skin and tried to snatch it away.

Althea looked at the angry Meleager in front of her, opened her mouth but obviously didn't know what to say, and her face showed a helpless expression.

She knew that this was what Tokes would say. Althea knew better than anyone how arrogant and conceited her brother was.

"Child, do you think that honor should belong to you?" After thinking about it, Althea asked.

"Mother, what are you talking about? How could I possibly think that!" Meleager looked at Althea with an expression of disbelief and said, "I know my friend's true strength better than anyone else... I know my friend's bravery!

You know, his dream is to become a hero, and he doesn't care at all even if he loses his life to become a hero!"

"I seem to have heard you talk about such a person before." Althea tilted her head slightly and said, "It seems to be your classmate when you were studying. His name is... Nuoyan?"

Althea said he was very impressed.

There's nothing wrong with wanting to be a hero, but someone who is so determined to die on the road to becoming a hero that he even forces everyone to stop him from leaving the mountain is unheard of!

"Yes, it is him." Meleager nodded and replied, "Mother, you should know that he is my best friend.

And remember, it was a gift from Artemis, the moon goddess. He could have asked the great goddess for something else, wealth, power or strength.

But even so, he still promised the goddess a gift of hunting the Calydonian boar... So my mother, I ask you, how can I tolerate my uncle in this situation and slander him like this! "

......

......

under night,

A forest in ancient Greece.

Nuoyan lit a bonfire, which illuminated the darkness in the forest. The Pegasus that had been flying all day folded its silver-white wings and was eating tender grass on the grass nearby.

Although it had been flying for a whole day, Pegasus did not feel tired. After all, in order to take care of Nuoyan and Atalanta...mainly to take care of Nuoyan, it did not fly fast.

But even so, it would only take tomorrow for it to arrive in Calydon with its promise.

Atalanta was not here at the moment, she was out hunting for tonight's dinner.

Just when Nuoyan had just set up the simple tent and was about to sit down to rest for a while, the Pegasus suddenly raised his head and looked into the distance.

Then he tilted his head to look at Nuoyan, walked to Nuoyan's side, and sniffed the scent on Nuoyan's body.

"What's wrong, Pegasus?"

Faced with the doubtful Nuoyan, Tianma did not answer. After confirming that the smell was the same and there was no danger, it called softly twice, then turned around and spread its wings.

Then he ran back into the night sky.

Just as Nuoyan looked up and looked at this scene in confusion...

"Nuoyan, have you noticed that your hair seems to have grown a lot longer?"

The familiar sound of silver bells rang softly beside Nuoyan's ears, and before Nuoyan could come to his senses and turn his head, the next second he felt the other person coming to him and reaching out to stroke his hair.

Because they were quite close, Nuoyan could even smell the unique fragrance of the goddess.

So Nuoyan naturally understood why Pegasus suddenly left, and also knew who came behind him at this time.

Nuoyan was not panicked. After all, he had expected her arrival... To be exact, her appearance only now was somewhat beyond Nuoyan's expectations.

"Really...it does seem a bit long." Nuoyan answered after coming back to his senses...If you count carefully, about three or four months have passed since he said goodbye to Jason.

Because he was very busy, Nuoyan didn't pay attention to it. It was only when the goddess behind him reminded him that Nuoyan realized that his hair was almost falling to his shoulders.

So Nuoyan continued, "Then I will cut it off after the Calydonian boar hunt is over. Or... kind goddess Athena, can you help me cut it off?"

Having said that, Nuoyan turned his head and looked behind him.

Then he saw the smiling goddess with silver hair and golden eyes. Under the light of the bonfire, she appeared in Nuoyan's emerald green eyes, as elegant and beautiful as ever.

Athena's beauty is naturally beyond doubt. After all, in the Golden Apple incident in ancient Greek mythology, she was one of the three goddesses who were qualified to compete for the golden apple "dedicated to the most beautiful goddess".

As for the other two, they are Aphrodite, the goddess of beauty, known as the most beautiful goddess, and Hera, the queen of heaven, who has the most honorable status among all goddesses.

"Hey, do you want to cut it?" Athena blinked and said, "But if you cut it, it would be a pity, your hair is so beautiful...

And don’t you think that since your hair has grown longer, you look more elegant and lovely when you paint or play the piano?"

"Is there?" Nuoyan asked doubtfully, after all, he couldn't see it himself.

"Of course there is." Athena nodded. The golden eyes reflected the boy in front of her. He didn't look like a hero at all. He was born with the artistic aura of a poet or painter. She nodded affirmatively and said, "So don't cut it. Just keep it like this."

"But if I don't cut it, it will be too long and uncomfortable, and it will be troublesome to organize it."

Athena laughed when she heard this, then reached out and took out a few silver strands from her beautiful long hair, wrapped them together as a simple hair tie, and then came behind Nuoyan again and tied up Nuoyan's hair.

After simply tying her hair into a ponytail, Athena took a few steps back, blinking her golden eyes, and looking at Nuoyan at this moment.

Just a simple change in hairstyle made Nuoyan look much fresher and more handsome. Coupled with his artistic temperament, Athena couldn't help but nod her head repeatedly.

He sighed and said: "If you pair it with a decent gift, I think even Apollo would be unable to help but cast an admiring gaze at you."

...No, why is it Apollo, the god of light!

Recalling the "glorious" achievements of Apollo in ancient Greek mythology, at this moment, Nuoyan suddenly wanted to cut his hair.

"No." As if she had seen through Nuoyan's thoughts, Athena threatened with a smile: "You can't cut it, it's so beautiful. If you cut it, I will be angry!"

Nuoyan was silent for a while.

Forget it, if I really meet Apollo, I will find Asclepius and the others. If that doesn’t work, I can still go find that handsome man from the Spartan Kingdom, or Paris!

Thinking of this, Nuoyan simply stopped caring about his hair.

Instead, he looked at Athena and said seriously, "Goddess Athena, I have completed the oracle you gave me."

"Yes." Athena nodded and replied softly: "I know, I have been watching and watching you."

"Thank you, Goddess Athena, but... I actually have a question about this matter." Nuoyan said, looking at the night sky, the direction where the Pegasus left, and continued: "Now Pegasus is willing to follow me, and it can indeed help me complete the hunt for the Calydonian boar, but...

I don’t think I can bear the moment of it running and falling like a meteor again.”

Nuoyan's body had not recovered at all at this time, and was even weaker than before.

When hunting, Nuoyan estimated that he would be halfway through his flight, and the Calydonian boar would not understand what was going on, and he might fall down like a victim of a scam.