Argonaut,
Obviously, this is the reason why Theo was willing to make an unbreakable oath to the gods in this era to follow Jason down the mountain and return to the Kingdom of Iolcus with him.
And in fact, there is a part of trickery in the oath of Theo.
Because the Argonaut legend shocked the entire ancient Greece and even spread to the modern day. Its essence is that Jason wanted to take back the throne that belonged to him from his uncle Pelias.
Therefore, it is obvious that the oath has successfully tied him to the Argo, and he is therefore destined to board the Argo and leave his own mark in this legend!
But in fact, besides this, Theo has another plan.
Theo realized very early on that in this world, in ancient Greece during the Age of Gods, there was a topic that any hero could hardly avoid.
At the same time, it is also the absolute capital for improving the quality of Heroic Spirits and reaching the Throne of Heroes!
That is... God!
That's right, this is ancient Greece, the Age of the Gods.
This is an era where gods and humans coexist!
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Mount Olympus,
Inside the Temple of Destiny.
Atropos, dressed in a loose white Greek-style robe, stood respectfully before the Queen of Heaven, whose beautiful golden curls flowed from under her crown.
Atropos, the eldest of the three goddesses of fate in ancient Greek mythology, is a calm and thoughtful goddess who holds the spindle of fate in her hands and is responsible for cutting off the thread of life.
"Dear Queen Hera..."
Atropos looked at the goddess who suddenly visited him, one of the twelve main gods of Olympus, the goddess in charge of marriage and fertility, the co-ruler who shared power with Zeus, and the third generation queen of heaven in ancient Greek mythology - Hera!
He said respectfully, "Excuse me, are you here to tell me something?"
Hera looked at the goddess of fate in a white robe with her amber eyes, and said in a gentle but intimidating tone: "Athena asked me to come."
"Lady Goddess of Wisdom?" Atropos was slightly stunned and looked at Hera in confusion.
Hera nodded slightly, her face slightly angry, and said, "In a place called the Kingdom of Iolcus, there lived a king named Pelias. He was in my temple, at my feet, ignoring my existence, and killed a believer who sought refuge from me!"
"I wanted to punish him with divine punishment, but Athena stopped me. She told me that simply sending him to the underworld was not a real punishment."
"He used trickery to usurp the throne from his brother, so the real punishment should be to take away everything he has now and make him lose everything."
Having said this, Hera paused for a moment and looked at the goddess of fate in white robes in front of her again, and said, "I agreed with her. Then Athena told me that you knew someone who could take everything away from that person, and asked me to come here to find you."
Hearing this, the doubt in Atropos' eyes did not disappear, but became even more serious.
Because based on Atropos's understanding of the goddess of wisdom, she thought there was no reason for her to interfere in these matters.
But even so, under the gaze of the Queen of Heaven, Atropos took out the spindle that controlled fate and found the silk thread of King Pelias.
So, she used the power of the goddess of fate to see the person who would replace him and become king in the future - Jason.
And when she took out Jason's thread of destiny and saw his life.
The white-robed goddess of fate finally showed a look of enlightenment in her eyes, and she understood why the goddess of wisdom Athena had left her presence in this matter.
The Legend of the Argonauts...
According to legend, this unsinkable ship was not built by humans, but by gods.
And the goddess who built it was none other than Athena!
Indeed, there is no reason for the goddess who is already quite interested in heroes to let go of such a thing.
Atropos thought so in his heart but did not say it out loud.
She put away the spindle of fate and told Hera everything she had seen.
Hearing this, Hera was silent for a while before asking, "You said that Jason is Chiron's student, and he will replace Pelias and become the new king?"
"Yes, respected Queen." Atropos nodded, thought for a moment, and then said, "That child is the legitimate heir to the throne, and his parents, the former king and queen, are your most loyal believers."
"And I also see that in the future, he will bring you, the respected Queen of Heaven, honors as dazzling as the stars in the sky!"
"I see..." Hera nodded slightly with a faint smile on her face.
"It seems like it's time for me to go to the human world."
Soon, under the gaze of Atropos, Hera left the Temple of Fate.
Before Atropos had time to breathe a sigh of relief, some else came to her.
"Elder sister..."
The goddess of fate, also dressed in a white robe, walked out of the temple and came before Atropos.
"Clotho..." Atropos looked at Clotho who came to him holding the thread of fate.
The youngest of the three goddesses of fate.
She is also the most famous goddess who controls the future of the thread of fate... In simple terms, she is the god that Westerners pray to the goddess of fate for leniency at the last minute.
Atropos was confused. She asked, "What's wrong with you?"
"Sister, I realize that you seemed to have seen it wrong just now." Clotho raised the thread in his hand, which represented the thread of destiny of the Queen Hera, and said, "I see that the one who can bring glory to the Queen like the stars in the sky is not Jason. It was another student under Chiron..."
"His name seems to be..."
...
"Your name is Theo, right?"
Beside the stream under the stars at night.
Under the light of the campfire, Jason and Theo traveled for nearly half a month.
Finally, I met the expected existence today.
A real goddess!
Under the moonlight and bonfire, the silver-haired, golden-eyed goddess in a flawless white dress looked at the two young men who were staring at her blankly and seemed a little unprepared for her sudden appearance...
In fact, she came here for Jason.
She was going to tell Jason what he was going to face next.
And help Jason to grasp that hope.
That is the greatest asset for regaining the throne!
But when she came in front of Jason, her eyes were instantly attracted to Theo accompanying Jason.
because...
"You seem to be a very interesting child."
The goddess blinked her golden eyes, and said to Theo with a little surprise, but more of amusement: "I see the protection that Chiron left on you. But the most important thing is that even my eyes can't see your past, and the future that lies in you!"
Athena,
By the stream of the ancient forest, in the light of the bonfire, this goddess with golden hair and bright eyes, dressed in a white dress, came to Theo and Jason from the stars and moonlight in the night.
She is the goddess of wisdom who jumped out of the split head of Zeus, the king of gods, in ancient Greek mythology. She is one of the twelve main gods of Olympus!
And at this moment, her golden eyes were reflecting the figure of Theo in front of her.
Those beautiful golden eyes flashed with divine light.
Under her power, the power of the goddess of wisdom, nothing in the world can be hidden in Athena's eyes.
And this is why Athena showed some surprise and interest in Theo.
Because even with her power, she still couldn't see the past of Theo.
As for his future.
The future of humans and demigods is no secret to most gods, especially gods like Athena.
Just like the great hero Achilles, whose only weakness was his heel, who knew as soon as he was born that he would die on the battlefield.
But Athena actually did not fail to see the future of Theo. To be precise, she actually saw many futures.
That is, future possibilities.
Therefore, in just a moment, Athena knew in her heart that the young man in front of her was favored by the goddess of fate... or abandoned.
This means that Theo cannot have a fixed ending, but it also means that it has infinite possibilities!
interesting...
Athena couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth slightly.
At this moment, after a brief surprise, Theo finally came to his senses when looking at Athena in front of him.
Theo gently blinked his emerald eyes. Although he was surprised by the sudden appearance of the silver-haired and golden-eyed goddess in front of him, he quickly accepted it.
Because from the moment he went down the mountain with Jason, he had already prepared himself mentally.
This is ancient Greece, an era when the great heroes and gods in mythology and legends coexisted - the Age of Gods!
Whether it is to improve the quality of the Heroic Spirit or to be able to go to the Throne of Heroes when you die, he must participate in various legends.
For example, the Argonaut legend centered on Jason, the Twelve Trials of Hercules, or Theseus retrieving the sword and officially embarking on the journey to Athens.
In each of these legends, there is an existence that cannot be ignored.
Together with the great heroes, they constitute the legend that has been passed down through the ages.
That is God!
"Hello, my dear and beautiful goddess." After coming to his senses, Theo stood up and saluted Athena in a standard way, and nodded slightly and replied: "Yes, I am Theo, a student of Teacher Chiron."
After a slight pause, Theo looked at Jason who was still in a daze and said, "He is Jason, my senior brother from the same school."
The sound of Theo finally brought Jason back to his senses.
He reacted and quickly stood up, frowning and bowing to Athena, "Yes, yes, I am Jason, the great goddess..."
Hearing this, Athena's golden eyes finally moved away from Theo and focused on her original target, Jason.
After a quick glance, she nodded slightly.
Then she turned her attention to Theo again. The corners of her mouth rose again.
And under her gaze as if she were looking at a rare species, Theo felt as if everything about him was exposed, and naturally felt uncomfortable.
So after thinking about it, Theo asked her, "Beautiful goddess, may I ask you a small question?"
"Of course, funny kid."
"Just now, Goddess, you mentioned Teacher Chiron's protection..." Theo organized his words and said with caution, "Does it mean that Teacher Chiron actually knew where I was all along?"
I have the protection of Teacher Chiron, so I am not surprised by this.
Because he knew a secret...although it didn't seem to be a secret, that was his teacher, the Centaur sage mentor who was famous throughout ancient Greece.
In essence, he is actually a god!
Not only that, the divine blood flowing in his body is also extremely noble!
Because Chiron is actually the child of the second generation king of gods, Cronus, just like the king of gods Zeus and the queen of gods Hera.
To put it simply, Chiron is actually the half-brother of Zeus, Hera and Hades!
"Um."
Athena smiled and said, "Yes, because of this protection, your teacher naturally knows where you are all the time."
Theo was silent for a while, then looked at Jason beside him with sympathy and said, "You are in trouble."
"Ah?" Jason, who was still in shock at the sudden appearance of the goddess, said to Theo subconsciously, "What's wrong with me?"
"Because I've been running out of the mountain with you for so long, and Teacher Chiron hasn't come to take me back. He must have tacitly agreed to this."
Theo said as a matter of course: "But this matter cannot be let go like this, so when Teacher Chiron comes to see me, one of us must take the blame. Of course it was you who brought me down the mountain without permission!"
"What do you mean I took you down the mountain without your permission?" Jason couldn't help but look at Nuoyan with his eyes wide open. "It was you who begged me to take you down the mountain!"
"In fact, I have looked for everyone who wanted to go down the mountain." Theo shrugged and said, "But you are the only one who brought me out. If not you, who else would Teacher Chiron look for?"
"You...I..." Jason was speechless for a moment.
And at this moment, a pleasant laughter bell suddenly came to the ears of the two.
Athena covered her lips with her hand and said to Theo with a chuckle, "Generally speaking, shouldn't the culprit be the one who should be punished?"
"Generally speaking, that's true, but there's nothing I can do about it. It's because Teacher Chiron loves me too much." Theo looked helpless and said.
"How dare you talk nonsense in front of the goddess!" Jason couldn't help but expose him and said to Athena, "Goddess, don't believe him. The truth is that teacher Chiron has lost hope in him and is almost ready to give up on him!"
"That mentor will never give up on any of his students." Athena looked at Theo with a chuckle and said, "But I can't do anything to you. I can see that."
After saying that, he let Athena reach out and groped his body for a while.
Then she took out a golden fruit, handed it to Theo, and said, "Interesting child, you made me very happy tonight. Here, this is your reward."
Theo took it, and his expression looked a little strange, perhaps because he thought of something.
"My beautiful goddess, may I ask what it is..."
"You must be very tired after this long journey."
In front of Athena, Theo's physique, which was even weaker than Jason's, naturally could not be hidden from her eyes... To be precise, compared with Jason who was born and raised in the Age of Gods, Theo's physique at this time was enough to be called fragile!
"It can cure your fatigue." Athena replied softly.
Hearing this, Theo's expression became even weirder.
"It really is a golden apple that restores strength..." Theo whispered in his heart and then put the golden apple away.
Just as Jason was looking at this scene with envy, Athena finally shifted her gaze away from Theo and focused on Jason again.
The smile on her face disappeared, and her voice became cold, and she said, "Jason, you are going back to the Kingdom of Iolcus to take back everything you have lost, right?"
Jason looked at the beautiful goddess with silver hair and golden eyes, and his face did not show any surprise at the revelation of the reason. After all, the one in front of him was a real god!
"Yes, dear goddess."
Athena nodded slightly and continued, "I am here tonight for you. Jason, I bring you a word from the oracle, and it will help you take back everything that belongs to you from your uncle's hands!"
Hearing this, Jason first looked at her in shock, and then looked at Theo who was standing aside with his head down as if thinking about something.
Finally, he said ecstatically: "Thank you, goddess, I..."
Athena stretched out her hand, interrupted Jason's words, and said: "I only brought you the oracle, as for whether you can understand the meaning and seize the opportunity, it depends on you. Remember, you must not ignore the elderly, the weak, women and children who ask you for help! "
Before Jason could react after hearing this, Theo, who was standing beside him, had already realized something.
Yes, he guessed the meaning of the oracle.
After all, the outcome is known to him from the beginning.
He also knew who the 'old, weak, women and children' that Athena was referring to was... To be precise, it was not a human, but a god.
A god whose status is higher than the goddess of wisdom in front of him.
Queen Hera!
And this queen actually Theo's second goal of this trip besides the Argo!
Knowing that he wanted to leave a mark in this world and participate in those legendary stories, he had to contact the gods.
And there is a high probability that you can't avoid it.
Theo had no intention of sitting there and waiting for death from the very beginning, but to take the initiative!
After all, the appearance of Gods means increase in the level of Heroic Spirit.
And in this era, you really need a backer.
Among all Gods of Olympus, there are very few Gods in Theo's mind who are suitable to believe in.
One is naturally Athena.
No matter what you say, all the famous heroes in Greece have a shadow of Athena. And Athena will definitely be very interested in him who wants a heroic ending and die with a bang because he and her are a suitable match.
With Athena's help, he was almost destined to become a top hero.
Beside Athena, the second one is Hera.
The reason is simple.
Her status.
Hera's status is second only to Zeus and although she is a very jealous woman, she is also very tolerant and gentle toward her own believers.
You can take Jason as an example. Although this scumbag had sex with multiple people and was a renowned playboy, Hera didn't abandoned him till he betrayed Medea.
As the Goddess of Marriage, Hera's only taboo is to remain loyal in marriage. Other than that, she is very kind.
Certainly, she is also very moody and being with her is dangerous.
So Theo's first choice is Athena then Hera. Athena is a safer option for him.
Besides Athena and Hera, he can still accept Hestia, Hephaestus, and Demeter. The anime called Danmachi left a good impression on him in his last life.
As for the male gods...need I mention Zeus, Poseidon, and Apollo?
They are two-way plugs, and Theo can't afford to offend them!
As for the goddess of beauty Aphrodite and the god of the underworld Hades, one is playing with the god of war Ares, and the other is in the underworld. Theo has no plans to report there for the time being.
As for Artemis, he has no plans on becoming Orion ll.
Therefore, from this perspective, Theo's goals in the Olympian pantheon are undoubtedly very few.
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