Type-Moon Greece, I really don't want to be a hero!

As she spoke, Hestia tiptoed over to touch Jason's head, smiling brightly.

Hearing this, Jason breathed a sigh of relief.

"The great Queen Hera... Goddess Hera, go find Goddess Athena..." Atalanta tilted her head.

"Speaking of which, little Atalanta might not know yet." Hestia blinked, then said with a smile, "Little Jason was originally Hera's child, but was later snatched away by Hecate. Hera was very angry about this, so she has been making trouble recently and bullying little Jason.

But Hera really likes Heracles in white."

"Eh?!" Atalanta opened her eyes wide and said to Hestia, "But the goddess Hestia, Hercules in white, and Jason... aren't they the same person?!"

"Yeah, now only Hera doesn't know!"

......hiss!

Atalanta gasped.

She looked at Jason.

"Jason, may I disembark now?"

Atalanta asked in a very serious tone.

"Sorry, this is a single-ticket boat. Once you get on, you can't get off!"

Jason also refused seriously, then looked at Hestia and said in a low voice with a hint of complaint: "Goddess Hestia, why are you telling her this..."

"Oh, it's okay. Little Atalanta is not an outsider... But little Atalanta, if you have some free time recently, you'd better collect something and offer it to Artemis."

Hestia said to Atalanta, who was looking at her with confusion, "Artemis has been very angry with you recently. Didn't you almost not get on the ship in the previous life?

She is still angry now."

"Lady Artemis is mad at me?!" Atalanta said with her eyes wide open: "How is it possible? How could I have done something to make Lady Artemis angry? I..."

As she spoke, recalling the unfortunate days some time ago, Atalanta instantly understood the reason.

Surprisingly, it’s the goddess Artemis!

"But, Goddess Hestia, I clearly remember that I have never done anything to make Goddess Artemis angry.

I pray earnestly every day, without slacking off for even a single day!"

Atalanta, the most devout believer, couldn't help but panic when she thought that the goddess Artemis was angry with her.

At the same time, she was very confused and didn't understand what she had done wrong.

Jason, on the other hand, felt something was amiss...

"Hmm...it seems Artemis is angry because you're too close to little Jason."

"......ha?"

Atalanta blinked.

"Yes, if I remember correctly, that's what I heard." Hestia nodded and said, "This is what Apollo told me."

Atalanta was silent for a moment.

"Goddess Hestia, you said that Goddess Artemis was angry because I was too close to Jason. That means... in Goddess Artemis' heart, am I still as good as him?"

Atalanta pointed at Jason and asked Hestia in disbelief.

Hestia thought about it for a while and found that it was indeed the case, so she nodded to Atalanta honestly.

So the next second, Jason noticed that Atalanta's gaze towards him became fierce again...

Can you blame me?

Jason felt very depressed.

He said that he didn't want Artemis' love yet.

After all, Artemis' love was too heavy for him to bear...

Recalling Artemis's innocent and bright face, she told Jason that she had hidden him and played with him every day. It was just the memory of the two of them.

Jason couldn't help shivering.

"Ahem, Goddess Hestia, what can I do for you?"

Jason, whose arm was held by Hestia, asked, changing the subject.

"Oh, yes, I almost forgot." Hestia tapped her head, then looked at Jason and said, "Little Jason, are you angry with Athena?"

Jason's eyes widened slightly when he heard this.

"Goddess Hestia, what are you talking about..."

Atalanta looked at Jason and blinked.

Because she found that Jason was panicking now...

Eh, angry?

Aren't you offering her tribute?

Atalanta found herself confused.

"Pegasus told me, so I hurried over to see you." Hestia pointed to Pegasus standing beside her.

Jason looked at Pegasus, and under Jason's silent gaze, Pegasus shuddered violently and began to chirp.

It said that it had heard it accidentally from Cerberus, the three-headed dog of Hell, and Cerberus had heard it by chance from the casual conversation between Hecate and Persephone...

"What happened, little Jason? Haven't you always liked Athena, and hasn't Athena always liked you?"

Hestia blinked and said to Jason, "Why do you suddenly hate her?"

"I don't hate her..."

"Little Jason, this seems to be the first time I've heard a lie from you." Hestia couldn't help laughing.

Upon hearing this, Jason was speechless for a moment. He found that he was so anxious that he actually lied to the gods!

"What happened?"

Then Hestia's voice softened, and she smiled at Jason and said, "Will you tell me, child? Don't worry, I won't tell anyone about what happened today. I swear on the River of Oaths!"

Upon hearing this, Jason couldn't help but look at Hestia.

Hestia also looked at Jason tenderly, and reached out, gently touched Jason's eyes, and said with a smile: "My child, your eyes are still so beautiful... I don't want to see them polluted, and I don't want to see you sad.

So can you tell me?"

Jason opened his mouth speechlessly. He realized that Hestia really cared about him.

Jason was silent for a long time, recalling his childhood encounter with Hestia and the events that happened with her. Finally, he gritted his teeth and said, "Goddess Hestia, I... have never wanted to be a hero."

"Yeah, I know." Hestia nodded with a smile.

"But Goddess Athena wants me to be a hero... I know that this tribute is not so much a tribute from me to Goddess Athena.

It's more like Goddess Athena wants to use this opportunity to let me completely break free from my constraints and become a truly responsible hero!"

Didn't Jason understand what Athena was really thinking?

No, he had always understood.

"...This is indeed the best tribute to Athena."

Hestia stared at Jason in a daze for a while, then finally spoke softly.

Through Jason's words, Hestia understood the true meaning of this journey of the Golden Fleece.

Accomplishing feats that change one's destiny and escaping from a difficult fate are not actually the tributes that Athena values.

What she really cared about was Jason's transformation in this incident.

Jason becomes a true hero... This is the tribute that Athena is most looking forward to seeing.

Simply put, for Athena, the tribute she valued most was actually Jason...

And Jason also knew this.

He had long understood Athena's thoughts...When Jason learned that Athena had handed over his and Jason's original fate to Hera, he actually guessed Athena's true intentions.

After all, Athena, Jason was also very familiar with her.

But it was precisely because of this that Jason was angry.

Did Athena do anything wrong? ...She didn't do anything wrong.

And this is indeed for Jason's sake and for Jason's good.

Because Athena already knew about the godslaying, and knew that Jason would sooner or later get the sword that killed the gods!

That's why she helped Jason and made him stronger as soon as possible.

But she overlooked one thing...

"I don't want to be a hero."

Jason has always said from beginning to end that he does not want to be a hero.

Then naturally, he didn't want to pull out the god-killing sword at all!

Although, what he did along the way was already heroic.

He was getting closer and closer to the God-killing Sword.

But he actually didn't want to do that at all!

When things come to him, he will accept them and work hard to complete them, but Jason... has actually always been unwilling!

Let me ask you, when the name of Hercules in White was heard throughout the world, and when his great deeds spread to every corner of the Greek continent, did Jason ever smile because of this? Was he happy?

Obviously, no.

That's why Jason felt angry even though he knew what Athena was thinking.

Because he really thought about telling Athena everything, hoping that Athena could help him find a way to get rid of it all.

He...really didn't want to be a hero.

Because being a hero is too tiring.

But in Athena's heart, Jason should be a hero.

Even in Athena's opinion, the person who deserves to be a hero the most in the world is Jason!

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PS: I have exceeded the target today, so I hope it’s not too much to ask for some votes!

For some unknown reason I feel like I'm digging more and more holes... When will I finish writing this Age of Gods? Oh, I feel a little helpless myself.

But the plot has been written to this point, and there are holes waiting for me to fill. I can't just find a random excuse and run away without caring about anything.

I haven't touched the Zeus storyline yet.

A story should have a beginning and an end.

Chapter 5.5: Athena's Heart Arrests! (k)

"The noble goddess Hestia should be brought to Jason by Pegasus by now, if nothing unexpected happens."

Acadia region,

Centaur Sage, in a pavilion in Chiron's Cave.

Chiron brewed good tea from the clear spring and placed it respectfully in front of the goddess Hecate.

When did these two teachers come into contact?

How did they know what happened to Jason, who was far away on the other side of the sea?

"Well, it should be here." Hecate said calmly, "I deliberately let Pegasus leave the underworld to meet Hestia. She won't let it go after she gets the news."

Hearing Hecate's answer, Chiron looked at her and couldn't help but smile.

"What are you laughing at?" Hecate raised her eyebrows slightly.