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

The old man, not at all flustered, spoke to Jason in a calm voice, "He is the founder of the nearby kingdom called Corinth, and was also its former king.

He was originally an extremely intelligent man, but he offended the king of gods Zeus and was thrown into the underworld, but he did not die.

Because before going to the underworld, Sisyphus asked his wife not to bury his body. When he arrived in the underworld, he told the god of death that a person who was not buried was not qualified to stay in the underworld, and asked for three days' leave to return to the world to deal with his own affairs.

As a result, he returned to the human world, but was too lazy to walk, so the Olympian gods punished him and told him to push the huge round rock up the mountain at sunrise. If he did not push it up at sunset, the rock would naturally roll down.

At the same time, if he can roll the boulder to the top of the mountain by sunset, then he can be forgiven."

Jason listened to the old woman's words, looked at the huge rock rolling to the foot of the mountain, looked at the steep mountain, and the ragged old man.

"...a story of meaningless actions repeated forever." Jason said softly, looking thoughtful.

"Yes, that's right." The old woman smiled faintly and turned her head to look at Jason. "This is the story of a meaningless action that repeats itself forever, and this is the punishment Olympus gives to this man.

Because he will never be able to push the boulder to the top of the mountain, everything he does will be meaningless."

Hearing this, Jason looked at the unnaturally stopped boulder, then looked at the steep mountain, and nodded in understanding.

It is obvious that divine power has been exerted on this huge rock.

But...what does this have to do with me?

Jason looked at the old woman in confusion.

"Child of Hecate, the goddess of roads, and also a child offering tribute to the Olympian gods, you came here this time to receive the oracle from Athena, the goddess of wisdom, right?"

The old woman smiled at Jason. When Jason nodded, she pointed at the boulder and the man pushing it up the mountain and said, "So... if I asked you to help him, what would you do?"

"Help him?" Jason was slightly stunned.

Then he looked up at the man who walked down, glanced at Jason and the old woman, and left. He went to the side of the boulder to rest and waited quietly for the next day to continue his meaningless actions.

At the same time, Jason keenly discovered that his eyes were dead... This was also normal. Doing such endless, meaningless and life-burning work day after day, it would be strange if his eyes were not dead.

"Yes." The old woman smiled and said, "Help him... If I said so, what would you choose to do?"

Looking at the old woman, Jason fell silent.

Break the boulder? ...Well, that's a very simple and crude answer, as long as you're not afraid of being bullied by those gods later.

Help him push the boulder to the top of the mountain? ...The punishment given to him by the gods is to make him do this over and over again in his life, endlessly.

Because the gods believed that there was no more severe punishment than to perform such useless and hopeless labor.

And the old woman... in fact, she was the goddess who came down from Mount Olympus and searched for Jason for many days. It was only because Amphitrite came to the land that she learned of Jason's whereabouts.

Queen Hera is the mother of Zeus and others, and the second generation Queen Rhea.

At the same time, it was because she had been searching for Jason on earth for many days that she accidentally met this man named Sisyphus and learned about him.

After knowing this, Rhea decided to take care of the matter because she felt that such punishment was a bit too severe for this human being.

Of course, the more important reason was that Rhea learned the truth about why this man was punished so severely...When Zeus abducted Aegina, the daughter of the river god Aesop, it was this man who accidentally saw it.

He then went to tell the river god Aesopus, so that the river god Aesopus could secretly take his daughter Aegina away.

And it was because of this that Sisyphus offended Zeus, which led to the current outcome.

Other things are fine, but this kind of thing...

At the same time, when Rhea had the idea of taking care of this matter, she thought of Jason again.

When he thought of Hestia, Athena, and Hermes, or to be more precise, all the gods in Olympus were paying attention to him.

I also heard a lot about Jason and knew that he was a child who often gave surprises to the gods.

So Rhea naturally thought about what the child would do... and thus this scene came about.

Although Jason did not understand the consequences of his previous words, he still understood that this was a test given by God.

So at this moment, Jason looked at the huge rock and the decadent man Sisyphus, and began to think seriously about the solution.

Chapter 4: Giving meaning to meaningless things (k)

So Jason, how are you going to... handle this?

Rhea's curiosity did not last long.

Because the next day, Jason had already started to act.

The next morning, when Sisyphus stood up, Jason got up and came to him.

Rhea was hiding in the dark. When she saw Jason coming to Sisyphus, she naturally subconsciously thought that Jason had chosen to help Sisyphus push the huge rock that was given divine power by the gods.

Although Rhea didn't think there was anything wrong with this approach, she still felt like her expectations were slightly dashed.

"Child, are you here to help me move this boulder?"

Sisyphus, with his full beard and ragged clothes, naturally thought that Jason had come for this reason, so he said to him coldly: "Give up, son! I have asked countless passing heroes for help so far, and there are many who are stronger than you, but no one can help me push it to the top of the mountain!"

"No, I'm not going to help you push the boulder to the top of the mountain."

Jason's reply then made Sisyphus and Rhea, who was hiding in the dark, stunned.

"If you're not going to help me...then why are you here?" Sisyphus frowned.

"I am indeed here to help you, because a great god has given me an oracle, but I will not help you push the boulder to the top of the mountain, nor will I destroy it."

Jason said this with a smile, and under Sisyphus's puzzled gaze, he urged him to start today's work.

Then, Jason really just watched from the side, watching Sisyphus push the boulder up the mountain from sunrise.

However, he was not idle during this time. While following Sisyphus up the mountain, he took out his sea-blue harp and continued to hone his skills.

Because Jason's piano playing was so beautiful, Sisyphus no longer wanted to drive Jason away.

Soon after, at sunset, the boulder suddenly fell from Sisyphus's hand, and as it fell, Jason, who had been motionless, suddenly moved.

He took out his staff and, under Sisyphus's puzzled gaze, drew a horizontal line at the place where the boulder had just stopped and rolled down.

And after just drawing a horizontal line, Jason left.

After Sisyphus and Jason left, Rhea came here quietly. She looked left and right around the horizontal line, but couldn't figure out what it was. She could only suppress her doubts and leave.

Then on the third day, Jason continued to repeat this action.

At sunset, the place where the boulder stopped turned into a horizontal line.

Day 4, Day 5...

A week later, at sunset, when Jason drew the horizontal line as usual, Rhea appeared beside Jason.

She looked at the uneven bars on the ground, and the initial confusion in her eyes was gone, because Rhea already understood what Jason was doing.

"Child...is this your answer?"

Rhea, transformed into an old woman, said to Jason, "But from what I understand, you are fully capable of destroying this huge rock, or helping him push it to the top of the mountain... Can you tell me, child, why did you choose this method?"

"The reason is simple," Jason said, bowing to Rhea. "This is the punishment bestowed upon Sisyphus by the great gods. Without their consent, I have no right to disobey their punishment."

"But you, old woman, asked me to help him, so... I can only choose the middle way."

Jason smiled and came to the horizontal bars on the ground. He pointed to the horizontal bar on the ground and said to Rhea, "Look, this is the one I drew first. The next day, the other one was below the first one.

But on the third day, the fourth day, and until today, every horizontal line is higher than the day before..."

Jason hadn't finished speaking yet.

"The gods' punishment for Sisyphus was to let his life slowly waste away in this futile and hopeless labor... and yet you, with just a light stroke, have completely changed the meaning of this matter."

Rhea sighed softly, looked up at the steep mountain, and said, "This mountain is too high, so Sisyphus' heart is filled with despair, knowing that he will never be able to climb it, which corresponds to his useless and hopeless work.

But with just one stroke, you rekindled his fighting spirit... Although you didn't do anything, you actually broke the punishment given to him by the gods and completed the task I taught you, right?"

Jason smiled softly, neither nodding nor shaking his head in denial.

"But even with this, he still wouldn't be able to push this huge rock to the top of the mountain."

After a brief pause, Rhea continued, "Although you have rekindled Sisyphus's fighting spirit, if time passes too long, he will still be consumed by despair.

So you haven’t fundamentally solved the problem.”

"That's right." This time, Jason nodded.

As Rhea paused for a moment, then gazed at him curiously, Jason said with an unwavering smile, "Simply doing this will still not change his fate. After all, his personal power has its limits.

Therefore, my method is just to help him get rid of despair and make meaningless things meaningful.

As for the solution to this huge rock...I hope you, old lady, can give me some time."

"...Okay, I'll wait for you." Rhea, who turned into an old woman, smiled at Jason.

If she felt a little disappointed at first, now Rhea's heart is full of expectations.

Rhea was very curious about what other surprises Jason could give her!

And so, as time goes by.

Another three days passed.

Things finally took a turn for the better on the tenth day.

On the road that day, a strong hunter with hunting dogs happened to pass by and was attracted by Jason's beautiful singing.

What a handsome and elegant man... Could he be the great god, Lord Apollo, the god of light?

When the strong hunter saw Jason, he was instantly conquered by his charm.

So he ran to Jason and respectfully asked Jason whether he was Apollo, the god of light.

This scared Jason, and he quickly explained that it was not the case.

And told his name, which was Hercules!

Of course, these are small things.

Next, Jason began to invite the strong hunter to help Sisyphus push the boulder to the top of the mountain.

The hunter immediately thought this was impossible and was about to refuse.

But when Jason promised to give him some money as a reward after the task was accomplished, the soldier naturally agreed happily.

So later, under the puzzled gaze of Rhea and Sisyphus.

Jason followed the hunters and pushed the boulder up the mountain, and expressed regret when the boulder fell off at sunset.

At the location where the hunter helped push the vehicle, he drew a horizontal line and asked him to leave his name on it...

"Thank you for your cooperation. This is your Jin Bing... Brother Hunter, you are really amazing. You can actually push it so high. You are much more powerful than this guy."

He handed the golden soldier to the hunter and praised him profusely, even making the other party feel a little embarrassed.

Seeing this opportunity, Jason told him that he should go back and spread the news so that more people would know how powerful he was.

He even gave him some gold coins for this purpose, and promised that if he brought someone back next time, he would give him a silver coin as a reward!

So, just the next day, the hunter brought ten strong hunters, and Jason generously gave him ten silver coins.

He also said that whoever is willing to help Sisyphus push the boulder will be given a gold coin!

Naturally, the hunters became restless, but at this time Jason set a new rule that only one person could help.

And Jason left the hunter's name in the place where he helped the man push the stone that day.

The position this hunter reached for the second time was much lower than the previous one, so he was immediately subjected to merciless ridicule.

This made the second hunter feel that the gold coins he had obtained were no longer worth it.

They were so angry that they argued with each other until their faces turned red, and it almost turned into a duel!

But at this moment, Jason played the beautiful piano to calm them down, and said that if they felt unwilling and wanted to prove themselves, it would be very simple, just push the boulder higher, right?

So, on the third day, the hunters began to discuss who should follow Sisyphus to push the boulder. Because of what happened last night, everyone became eager to try.

Then who knows what will happen while they are discussing this, because the original hunter returned home and made a big fuss about it as Jason instructed.

As a result, whether people came to watch the fun or wanted to participate and get gold coins, they all ran over.

And so, as time passed, the fourth day... the fifth day.

By the fifth day, quite a few people had gathered here.

At this time, Jason no longer needed to give out gold coins for them to compete to follow Sisyphus and push the boulder up the mountain.