When the dazzling sunlight shone upon Jason, who was dressed in white clothes, and upon Asclepius's body.
Jason gradually stopped his own playing.
And he lightly nodded with a smile toward the nine Muse goddesses who had also stopped and were gazing over.
The Muse goddesses then deeply imprinted Jason's countenance into their minds before disappearing into the sound of the lyre.
"Thank you, Junior Brother Jason."
Asclepius, who had just settled his mother, immediately came before Jason and expressed his gratitude to him.
"Since you already know to call me Junior Brother, then there is no need for such politeness between you and me. Well, but if you do not mind, Senior Brother, the divine medicine that can bring the dead back to life that you promised to give me..."
Jason, who was chuckling, had not finished speaking when his head was gently knocked.
"You this child. Should I say you are greedy, or should I say you are selfless? I am a bit confused by you."
A pleasant light hum sounded beside Jason's ear. Jason turned his head to look and saw that under the sunlight's illumination, the noblewoman Sea Queen Amphitrite, with her light blue long hair slightly dancing joyfully in the wind, had appeared behind Jason.
Accompanying Amphitrite were her sister Callirhoe, as well as that god clad in luxurious attire, with golden hair draping over his shoulders.
The most handsome male god among the gods, the God of Light Apollo!
Seeing the three of them, Jason was momentarily stunned. After reacting, he hurriedly bowed to them in greeting.
Asclepius naturally also bowed to them, but only when facing Apollo did he appear exceptionally perfunctory.
Seeing Asclepius like this, Apollo's expression naturally showed some helplessness.
However, soon Apollo's gaze left Asclepius's body and fell upon his mother beside him, who was also Apollo's former partner, Coronis.
Seeing this, Jason very tactfully found an excuse to leave together with Amphitrite and Callirhoe.
Regarding this, although Amphitrite and Callirhoe felt regretful that they could not watch the excitement, when Jason expressed his desire to dedicate a song to them, they did not continue to make trouble.
Afterward, Jason accompanied these two goddesses until sunset at dusk, when Asclepius finally returned to Jason.
Thus, at Asclepius's indication, the two goddesses departed, and Jason and Asclepius were left alone to converse.
"The materials for crafting the divine medicine that can bring the dead back to life have basically been gathered. The blood of the God of Death, the blood of Apollo, and the divine power of the Goddess of Wisdom Athena. However, with only these, it is still not enough."
When Asclepius saw Jason, he got straight to the point and said to him, "I still need one divine object that can mix all the materials. I have already consulted the Goddess of Wisdom Athena. She told me.
The thing I need is still on your body."
"On my body?" Jason was slightly stunned.
Then he naturally recalled the items on his body. After eliminating them one by one, Jason, thinking of something, took out the golden apple.
"This is. Could it be the sacred object from the legend, the golden apple guarded by the Hesperides goddesses and the hundred-headed giant dragon Ladon?"
Asclepius, who was extremely knowledgeable in this regard, recognized the identity of the golden apple at a glance and appeared very surprised.
"Yes." Jason nodded. "Just not long ago, under the guidance of Goddess Athena, I obtained this item. Originally, I was puzzled why Athena gave me an extra golden apple. It turns out it was for this reason."
"Senior Brother Asclepius, I think without any accidents, it should be the final material you need."
"Yes." Asclepius nodded. Thinking that the divine medicine was about to be crafted, a faint smile appeared on his face as he said, "It is this one."
Saying this, Asclepius prepared to step forward and take the golden apple from Jason's hand. But unexpectedly, Jason did not give it to him and instead put it away.
Under Asclepius's puzzled gaze, Jason furrowed his brows lightly and said to him, "Senior Brother Asclepius, are you planning to craft the divine medicine right now? Have you forgotten the agreement with Lord Hades, the King of the Underworld?"
"Senior Brother Asclepius, we expended so much effort and just returned from the Underworld."
"Of course I have not forgotten." Hearing this, Asclepius replied calmly, "The day I craft the divine medicine is the day I leave the human world and head to the Underworld. I will also honor the agreement with Lord Hades, the King of the Underworld."
"Then you..."
"Now, the divine medicine is only one step away from me. I cannot stop." Asclepius gazed at Jason and said to him, "When one is only one step away from the goal one pursues, nothing can stop me.
Not even death."
"Moreover, for me, there is not much difference between the Underworld and the human world. I can still conduct my medical experiments. The reason this time was merely to bring my mother out."
Hearing this, Jason fell silent for a moment. His brows still did not relax as he said, "In that case, you do not plan to care for your mother anymore?"
"She is currently meeting with Apollo. Even without me, she will live well in the future."
Hearing this, Jason paused slightly. After hesitating for a short while, he tentatively said, "Then Senior Brother, you and Lord Apollo, he..."
"I have nothing to discuss with him." Knowing what Jason wanted to say, Asclepius directly interrupted Jason's words.
"However, considering that he bled this time and swore to properly protect our mother from now on, I can stop hating the bloodline in my body."
Hearing this, Jason clicked his tongue. Then, looking at Asclepius who extended his hand toward him again, he could only give him the golden apple.
Immediately after, watching Asclepius who took the golden apple and prepared to turn and leave, Jason, as if thinking of something, called out to Asclepius, "Oh right, Senior Brother Asclepius, if possible, can you leave a bit of the golden apple for me? I have a use for it!
There is a guy on my side who likes apples. I took her things and have not returned them. I wonder if next time I can use this to shut her mouth!"
Hearing this, Asclepius unexpectedly stopped.
He turned around, looked at Jason, and then suddenly asked with slight interest, "A girl?"
"Yes. A man!" Jason, with a few black lines appearing on his forehead, replied thus.
However, it was obvious that Asclepius, who was sizing up Jason, did not believe him.
After chuckling, Asclepius, who had turned back, said, "Rest assured. I will try my best to leave half for you. It will not delay you."
"Senior Brother, I suddenly feel that you have seriously misunderstood, and actually, it does not matter if you leave any or not!"
Jason shouted from behind, but Asclepius did not pay him any mind.
Thus, watching Asclepius's receding back, and then looking up at the night sky filled with stars, Jason, who was now completely quiet all around, thought and thought before tilting his head and saying, "Goddess Amphitrite, Goddess Callirhoe, and Apollo, them. Did I forget something?
Strange, everyone should be accounted for, but why do I always feel like I am missing seeing something."
As Jason was thinking this, a figure walked out from the shadows of the moonlight and came behind Jason. After that, it opened its mouth and bit Jason's hair!
And chewed it up.
"Wait, my hair, my hair, it hurts, it hurts...!"
The pained Jason reached out to grab the culprit causing trouble. Turning around to look.
He saw a pure white pegasus appear before his eyes.
And it looked at Jason with a pair of angry and resentful eyes.
Seeing the pegasus, the stunned Jason's face could not help but show embarrassment.
Well. Alright, Jason knew who he had forgotten.
"Uh, Brother Horse, it has been a few days since we last met. I missed you so much!"
Coughing lightly, Jason hurriedly showed a brilliant smile to the pegasus.
"Whinny!"
In response, the pegasus neighed softly, its hooves pawing at the ground's soil, looking at Jason with an unfriendly expression.
It even snorted a few times.
Trying to fool a horse? From Jason's reaction just now, the pegasus had already confirmed that this bastard had truly forgotten it!
"Uh, well, Brother Horse, let me play a tune for you on the lyre!"
Playing the lyre for a horse.
The pegasus rolled its eyes and turned its head away, ignoring Jason.
Seeing this, Jason knew that he had to bring out the ultimate move.
Thus, he directly took out a large pile of grass cakes from the silver bag at his waist and piled them in front of the pegasus.
At first, the pegasus could still restrain itself, but as the grass cakes piled higher and higher, more and more, until they formed a small mountain in front of the pegasus, the pegasus could no longer avert its gaze.
Jason patted his bag and shrugged at the pegasus, saying, "Gone. Brother Horse, these are all now, but if you forgive me, I will give you double. No, triple, how about that!"
Nod, nod, nod.
The pegasus nodded frantically.
It forgave Jason and happily began eating the grass cakes.
Seeing this, Jason breathed a sigh of relief.
"So easy to handle..."
"Whinny?"
"Ah, nothing, eat, eat. I will go to the side to find some water and wash my head."
Jason went to look around. After sucking his head back in, he discovered that by the rising bonfire, not only was there one horse, but also one deer. Moon Goddess Artemis's golden-horned deer had also come.
And to Jason's surprise, this guy Pegasus had actually shared the grass cakes that it regarded as treasures with the golden-horned deer to eat.
Speaking of which, big brother, your two species are different.
I was just joking at the beginning. Brother Horse, you did not take it seriously, did you!
Thinking this in his heart, the returning Jason, not long after, lay on the crouched golden-horned deer's body, yawned, and slowly closed his eyes to sleep.
After such a tumultuous day, Jason was also a bit tired.
Then, the next day at dawn.
Feeling that someone seemed to be fiddling with his hair, the groggy Jason opened his eyes in a daze. After clearly seeing who was in front of him, Jason swore that he had never sobered up so quickly in his life!
Instantly, his two eyes widened, all sleepiness gone, and his whole body stiffened.
"Awake. Did I disturb you?"
Apollo, who was combing Jason's hair, showed a charming smile and said softly to Jason.