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

"You said you would listen to me..."

"The goddess I believe in is Artemis, the goddess of hunting. Therefore, I only eat the wild animals I hunt myself. If you want to exchange prey from me, you must give me a corresponding reward... I took care of you three years ago because of Artemis's orders!"

"cut......"

Jason curled his lips.

It's still the same old thing, not cute at all!

...Obviously, Jason had completely forgotten how much he praised Atalanta's loveliness in his heart when he first saw Medea.

"Then I'll buy it with money..."

"No, I don't need money now."

Atalanta rejected Jason again, saying, "Because of the Calydonian boar incident last time, the Calydonian prince... that's Mele or something, anyway, your senior brother gave me a large reward."

"...You really won't give me any?"

Jason looked at Atalanta, and Atalanta looked at Jason without giving in. Both of their eyes were very beautiful, like emerald gems.

Atalanta then replied directly: "I said, you must give me a reward that satisfies me, otherwise... it's impossible!"

Hearing this, Jason naturally felt helpless, but he didn't want to go catch prey so early in the morning.

Jason usually eats wild fruits, but now that he smells the aroma of meat, he naturally doesn't want to eat it.

So after turning his eyes and looking at the sunlight falling on the ground, Jason suddenly knew what kind of reward he should give to Atalanta.

"Okay, then I'll play the piano for you. If you think you can take this as a reward, just give it to me as payment."

After saying this, he ignored Atalanta's refusal.

Jason came and sat down on a rock, took out his lyre and began to play it softly.

He was obviously very confident that Atalanta would give him the reward.

However, Jason did have the capital to be confident, as he had the guidance of the Centaur sage Chiron and the Sea Queen Amphitrite, as well as the recognition of the Sirens and Muses.

How many people in the world would not be smitten by the music of Jason's piano?

Then, as the beautiful piano music rang out, Atalanta, who had originally frowned as she looked at Jason, was soon stunned.

She really didn't expect that Jason actually had such a talent... No, simple talent was completely unable to describe the sound of Jason's piano playing.

Not long after Atalanta stared blankly at Jason playing the piano, she came to her senses and found that a large number of small animals had gathered around her.

They all listened to the beautiful music and looked like they were enjoying it.

Even Pegasus came and squatted beside Jason.

And how to say it...Atalanta turned around and looked at Jason in front of her. He was wearing white clothes, his slender fingers gently plucking the strings of the harp, and his golden hair swaying slightly in the wind under the bright sunshine.

Besides being surprised, this scene was also deeply engraved in Atalanta's mind...

When the song ended, before Jason could speak, Atalanta reached out and threw the roasted hare to Jason.

Jason took it without hesitation and enjoyed it happily.

Looking at Jason eating the delicious barbecue, Atalanta could only take out some dry food to nibble on.

Jason felt sorry for her and took out some wild fruits for her, but she glared at him.

So Jason finally didn't even give her the wild fruits.

This made Atalanta chew the dry food more fiercely.

At the same time, Tenma looked at Jason with a somewhat speechless and somewhat strange look.

Because Tenma had known Jason for so long, he noticed that everyone he came into contact with tried to please him, acting quite sentimental and smooth.

Why is it that today, suddenly, so...

In fact, the reason is very simple. Don’t you see who those people are?

Either a god or a monster.

There is also his senior brother and his sister Medea who serves as his senior sister on the side.

It would be strange if Jason didn't try to coax them.

Therefore, when facing Atalanta...not to mention that Atalanta followed him on her own, Jason didn't want to bring this burden along at all.

It would be strange if he would continue to indulge Atalanta!

As for improving Atalanta's favorability... Jason would rather Atalanta's favorability towards him was negative!

After all, beautiful women in Greece, that's trouble!

Jason was very afraid of these things.

So when Jason had his breakfast and Atalanta had filled her stomach, the two continued their journey.

Jason sat in front and Atalanta in the back.

The holy Pegasus carried the two of them and soared under the blue sky... It was a pity that no one could see this scene except the gods who were observing secretly.

Because ever since the giant Antaeus threw a huge rock that almost hit Pegasus and Jason.

From then on, Jason has been using the magic of invisibility...

When Atalanta learned about this, she didn't know what to say for a moment... She could only say that she had thought that after the last incident with Calydon, she should have some understanding of Jason.

But in fact, in just one day, she refreshed her understanding of Jason over and over again.

So thinking about these things, Atalanta sat sideways on Pegasus, pulled up her light yellow hair at her earlobe, and looked at Jason's back.

I couldn't help but feel more curious about him.

How many secrets and stories are hidden within you? ...Unbeknownst to the world, a hero favored by the gods.

Just as Atalanta was thinking about this.

"Atalanta...Atalanta, Atalanta!"

"Hmm, hmm." Atalanta came back to her senses, pressed down her hair that was blown by the wind, and calmed herself down. She said, "What's wrong?"

"It's okay, there's just something I feel I need to explain to you... What I'm going to do this time is actually to pay tribute to Lord Hermes according to the oracle of Athena, the goddess of wisdom."

Hermes knew Jason, and Atalanta knew him too; they had both met before, but...

Athena's oracle?

And when Atalanta heard this, she naturally thought of that night when she met Hermes and heard his conversation with Jason.

“Wait, if I remember correctly, your tribute to Lord Hermes is related to someone named Io, right?

And I remember the oracle Hermes gave you at that time was about offering tribute to Lord Hephaestus, the god of craftsmen..."

As she spoke, Atalanta naturally thought of the day when Jason offered tribute to the moon goddess Artemis and then received gifts from Artemis.

Atalanta hadn't thought much about it at the time, but now that the clues were connected...

"Ah, you still remember... Well, I've already paid tribute to Master Hephaestus. In fact, I also paid tribute to Master Ares and Master Apollo later on. Now it's Master Hermes."

Hearing Jason’s words, even Atalanta couldn’t help but ask: “Hephaestus…Teacher?

And have you received a gift from each of the great gods?"

After all, Atalanta was present at the time, and the only person she knew was that the silver arrow that killed Calydon was not shot by the moon goddess Artemis, but by Jason.

And that silver arrow was the return gift from Artemis for the tribute!

"Well, that's fair enough. After all, it's not often that the gods bestow gifts upon us, right?"

Faced with Jason's vague answer, Atalanta didn't want to speak for a moment.

They often bestow blessings...Ordinary people basically cannot see gods in their lifetime, let alone running around among gods like you!

"You're not... going to offer gifts to all the gods of Olympus?"

"Well... currently, there are only twelve..."

"Twelve?" Atalanta raised her voice slightly, obviously understanding which twelve gods Jason was going to offer tribute to.

Wait, twelve gods, twelve gifts.

If that gift is on the same level as that of the goddess Artemis...

And that lyre this morning, why did it look so familiar to me? Now I remember, wasn't that Lord Apollo's lyre?!

"Well, in short, Atalanta, listen carefully. The one guarding Io is a terrifying monster called the hundred-eyed giant Argus... For some reason, a peaceful resolution is unlikely, so when the time comes..."

Jason coughed lightly and began to change the subject.

"...Yes, I understand." Atalanta looked at Jason silently for a moment, and now she could only suppress her surprise and replied: "When the time comes, I will help you defeat the hundred-eyed giant Argus..."

Before Atalanta could finish her words, she was interrupted by Jason.

Jason turned back to look at her this time and said to Atalanta in a very serious tone: "No, my intention is that I will give you a signal when the time comes, and then you can just take Io and run away. I will deal with the hundred-eyed giant Argus!... Don't stare at me, it's not that I don't believe in your ability.

But it will be very dangerous at that time... Don't forget, you promised me that you would follow my arrangements along the way, otherwise don't follow me!"

Chapter 3: Meeting the Goddess Hestia Again! (k)

Io was a princess.

Their king was Inachus. One day, Zeus met Io by chance and was immediately attracted by her beauty.

He transformed himself into a handsome man and came before Io.

"Oh, young lady, how happy would be the man who possesses you! But no mortal man in the world is worthy of you. You are only fit to be the wife of the king of gods. Let me tell you, I am Zeus, you don't have to be afraid!

The midday heat is unbearable. Come with me to the shade of the tree on the left to rest. Why are you torturing yourself in the scorching sun at noon?

Io was frightened by Zeus' pursuit.

So she started to run away.

But how could a mortal escape from the king of gods Zeus? In order to get Io, Zeus summoned thunder and lightning, turning the sunny day into a dark world covered by dark clouds.

Then, just when Zeus was about to take advantage of the darkness to do what he liked.

Hera, the queen of heaven who had been following him, suddenly appeared from the clouds and was about to question Zeus who had just captured Io.

Zeus was naturally frightened when he saw Hera coming. In order to escape, he thought quickly and turned Io into a snow-white cow.

But Zeus's actions did not escape Hera's eyes.

Hera immediately saw through her husband's trick. After coming before the panicked Zeus, she pretended to praise the beautiful animal and asked whose heifer it was and what breed it was.

In his embarrassment, Zeus had to lie and say that the cow was just an earthly creature and a purebred.

Hera pretended to be satisfied with his answer and asked Zeus to give her the beautiful animal as a gift. This left Zeus with no choice but to hand Io over to Hera.

But after Hera took Io away, she was still worried, so she finally asked the hundred-eyed giant Argus to help guard Io.

Because the hundred-eyed giant Argus was particularly suitable for the job of guarding. He had a hundred eyes, and when he slept, he only closed one pair of eyes. The rest were open, shining like stars, bright and lively.

Under the supervision of the hundred-eyed giant Argus, the poor princess Io, who had turned into a cow and could only moo, could only shed tears and gnaw on the grass.

So later Zeus asked Hermes to rescue Io, and Hermes found Jason and gave the task to Jason.

During this period, because Argos was not always in a fixed pasture, and because Hera ordered him to constantly change Io's residence, it made it difficult for Zeus to find her.

In this way, Argos took Io and traveled around the Greek land.

Until this day, Io was brought back to her hometown.

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Several days passed.

Holding the compass given by the goddess of wisdom Athena, Jason, riding on Pegasus, took Atalanta on a journey of several days.

On this day, we arrived at the outskirts of the kingdom.

Because the guidance of Athena, the goddess of wisdom, could only provide directions, Jason and his companions did not know the specific distance between them and the target.

But that's not a big deal.

because......