This wedding directly involved tributes to two... No, three deities.
Hades, the king of the Underworld, Persephone, the queen of the Underworld, and Demeter, the goddess of agriculture; these three deities.
But thinking carefully, it would feel that this is not something difficult to understand.
Jason's first journey back then was because of these three people, and now it is the same.
After this conversation with the goddess of agriculture Demeter, Jason did not leave immediately... Besides, even if Jason wanted to, Demeter would not possibly let him go just like that.
After all, several years had already passed since Jason left back then.
And so, after several days passed.
This morning, Goddess Persephone returned home.
Walking in the glorious temple, the beautiful goddess softly called the names of her mother and the nymph fairies in the temple.
But what puzzled Persephone was that no matter how she called, no one came out to greet her.
Just as Persephone was puzzled, she suddenly heard a pleasant sound of qin music; that sound was like a gentle breeze blowing over Persephone's heart.
This made Persephone slightly stunned, then subconsciously follow the sound of the qin through the temple to the rear of the temple, that forest where it was eternally spring.
There, Persephone saw those nymph fairies wearing ethereal dresses, and at the same time, among the many fairies, she saw her mother.
And a handsome youth sitting under the shade of a tree, holding a golden seven-stringed lyre in his hands, and that wonderful qin sound naturally came from this youth's hands.
As he played the beautiful qin music, the bright sunlight shone on him, making him appear so dazzling.
Persephone naturally recognized this youth at a glance, so her expression could not help but show a bit of surprise.
But after the surprise, she came beside her mother Demeter, and together with the nymph fairies gathered here and her mother, listened to the qin music played by this youth.
Time slowly passed, until the last beautiful note fell, the youth slowly put down his slender fingers that had been moving on the strings.
He raised his head; those emerald eyes collided with Persephone's, and the slightly stunned him could not help but reveal a smile, saying: "Sister Persephone, you are back."
"You still know to come back!" Before Persephone could reply, she was fiercely glared at by Demeter beside her.
After glaring at Persephone, Demeter turned her head and revealed a gentle smile to Jason, stepping forward to praise Jason fiercely.
For this extremely obvious differential treatment, Persephone once again felt depressed.
"Mother, who exactly is your daughter?"
"I do not want this daughter of mine right now; I have little Jason and little Medea, that is enough!"
Facing Persephone's complaint, Demeter replied without hesitation.
The corner of Persephone's mouth twitched slightly, then she cast a resentful gaze toward Jason.
For this, Jason could only reveal a slightly helpless smile.
After a few minutes, in Demeter's temple.
"Sister Persephone, it is really good to see you before leaving... I thought it would be some time before we could meet."
Jason suddenly said this to Persephone.
"You are leaving?"
Persephone was slightly stunned, then looked toward Demeter beside her.
But she saw that although Demeter's expression showed some reluctance, she had no intention of stopping him, which could not help but make Persephone feel a bit strange.
"Yes, because of certain reasons, I plan to go to the Kingdom of Colchis."
"The Kingdom of Colchis?" Persephone blinked her eyes: "If I remember correctly, that is not little Medea's country..."
As she said this, Persephone understood.
She understood why her mother Demeter did not stop Jason from leaving.
"Yes, I am going to see my senior sister and junior sister..."
When Jason said this, his expression appeared somewhat helpless.
Jason originally thought that his next meeting with Medea would be during the journey for the Golden Fleece... Although last time, Jason did have the idea to go see Medea, but he was intercepted by Queen of the Sea Amphitrite.
But also because of Amphitrite, Jason learned a good craft, making the gods willing to quietly listen to his qin music, and obtained the recognition of Apollo, who was the god of light and also the god of music.
Obtained the seven-stringed lyre that could purify everything.
"You are finally going to see your sister?" Hearing Jason's words, Persephone suddenly laughed and said: "That is great; once you go see her, she will not nag us every night anymore."
Seeing Persephone bring up this topic, Demeter's face also could not help but show a smile, while Jason's expression appeared somewhat embarrassed.
Actually, Jason did know that Medea reported to them every night.
Because Hecate had mentioned it several times, saying that if Jason was not obedient, she would throw him to Medea, who was almost bothering her every night...
Mainly because when Medea left back then, she also said to Jason that he must remember to come find her.
As a result, almost a year had passed; it would be strange if Medea did not report to them.
But this was not Jason's fault... Alright, actually it really was his fault.
But who let there be that thorn in Jason's heart, knowing Jason's original future.
This made Jason always subconsciously resist seeing Medea, even a little afraid of her...
Then since that was the case, why did Jason have to go find Medea at this critical juncture?... The reason came from Demeter.
Therefore, at this moment, Jason's gaze looking at Demeter also had a bit of resentment.
During the few days staying with Demeter, Jason slightly mentioned to Demeter the things she needed to do at the wedding.
In the middle, when mentioning the selection of best man and bridesmaid, Demeter directly fixed it, letting Jason and Medea take on the roles...
And for Demeter's such request, Jason thought for a while and found that he really could not refuse.
Because Medea, in a certain sense, was actually better than the Hecate that Jason originally chose at the beginning.
And it could not be letting Cerberus cooperate with Jason, right?
So clearly at this critical juncture, with only a little over a month until the wedding, Jason could only set off once again to find Medea.
And upon hearing that Jason was going to find Medea, Persephone not only had no intention of stopping him, but even urged him in it.
And so, less than an hour after Persephone returned, Persephone stood together with Demeter at the temple door, watching Jason riding the Pegasus leave.
With an attitude as if fearing Jason would regret...
"Speaking of which, Mother... Why did little Jason suddenly come here?"
And after Jason left, Persephone seemed to suddenly remember this and doubtfully asked Demeter.
Demeter looked at Persephone, smiled mysteriously, but did not explain.
"What is it, Mother!" Persephone grabbed Demeter's arm and pursued relentlessly.
"Alright, stop shaking my hand; I will say, I will say, alright?"
Demeter replied helplessly, glared at Persephone grumpily, then smiled again, with a very happy expression, saying: "He came this time for our tribute; as for what the tribute is, I cannot say now."
"Eh, how is that!"
"Do not ask anymore; I promised little Jason, but... It will not be long before you know too; look forward to it."
Demeter said softly to Persephone: "He will offer a tribute to you, to me, and to that guy in the Underworld, sufficient to shock the gods!"
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After another few days passed...
Aeaea Island.
This was the residence of Circe, the daughter of the sun god Helios and one of the ocean nymphs, the burning fairy Perseis, and also the aunt of Medea, the great disciple of Goddess Hecate.
The witch of temptation and corruption.
At night, in Circe's castle.
Medea, wearing a light purple long dress, held the tin staff obtained from Hecate, and knelt respectfully before the statue of Goddess Hecate.
Offering her sincere prayers to her.
As for the words of the prayer...
"Teacher Hecate, may I ask if my brother has been well recently?... I heard from you a couple of days ago that my brother seems to be preparing something big again recently.
Teacher Hecate, why do you not stop my brother a little?... Although I also know my brother's personality, and I understand Teacher Hecate you.
But Teacher Hecate, your words are the most effective on my brother, and do you not feel that you are indulging my brother more and more?
I think this is not a good thing; Teacher Hecate, you should be stricter, so that I can step in to comfort him...
And Teacher Hecate, has my brother been getting too close to the respected Goddess Athena, the moon goddess Artemis, and the others recently?
And that woman named Atalanta you mentioned last time, has my brother met her now?
And when exactly will he come back to see me... Ah, I am not urging Teacher Hecate you; it is just..."
Yes, no wonder Persephone and Demeter and the others urged Jason to come see Medea quickly.
As time passed, the words of Medea's prayer, let alone them, even Circe, who had arrived here at some unknown time beside, showed a speechless expression and came beside Medea.
"Medea, are you praying to Teacher Hecate, or complaining to Teacher Hecate... And I estimate you do not need to pray anymore.
According to our teacher's personality, she should have already used magic to block the sounds from our side."
"Yes, I know." Medea replied faintly to Circe: "Teacher Hecate did this very early, but I have also cracked it many times; now Teacher is outlining new magic.
Aunt, do not speak first; while Teacher can still hear, let me complain more... Cough, pray for a while."
Upon hearing this, Circe's mouth slowly opened wide as she looked at Medea.
"Why do I suddenly feel that Teacher Hecate is a bit pitiful... And Medea, do not call me aunt again!"
"When you give up meeting my brother, I will stop calling you aunt."
"That will not do; such an interesting junior brother, I must meet him, and maybe he is looking forward to seeing me too."
"That is impossible." Medea replied decisively: "Because he does not want to see me much, let alone you!"
"Why?" Circe asked somewhat depressed.
"Because... You are even more troublesome than me!" Medea said confidently.
And generally speaking, Medea was actually not wrong.
Because the witch of temptation and corruption, just looking at her style, Circe was indeed more dangerous than Medea.
She thirsted for love and was easily attracted to excellent men; this was also the reason Medea strictly prohibited Jason from meeting her.
And for the person she loved, she even had a stronger and more terrifying possessiveness than ordinary gods!
Her doting and loving playful methods were filled with the sweet taste of taboos.
It was even necessary to mention one thing: in Jason's original story, the reason Medea initially did those crazy acts was more or less influenced by Circe...
Circe listened to Medea's words and could not help but widen her rainbow-colored pupils, looking at her huffily.
But after a period of time, she seemed to deflate and no longer paid attention to Medea, kneeling down to begin praying to Hecate.
Her prayer was very quick; after a greeting, she slipped away directly, completely unlike Medea, after all, she did not have so many complaints to say.
So in the next long period of time, Medea seemed to have endless words, speaking to Hecate.
Even after she noticed that Hecate had already constructed a new magic array and blocked her voice, she still spoke for a long time.
Until the moonlight had quietly disappeared from the room and the time had come to late night, Medea finally ended her prayer.
After ending the prayer, Medea, who stood up, rubbed her completely numb legs, took out a bottle of magic potion, hesitated for a while, and ultimately did not drink it.
After all, unlike Jason, her soul had not been tempered and could not achieve the extent of never sleeping.
So she, yawning, directly lay down beside Hecate's temple and soon fell asleep.
And just after she had fallen asleep not long...
"I finally understand why Teacher Hecate always has an expression of having a big opinion of me every time we meet... I just listened for half a day; you really did not say a single good word about me!"
In the darkness, Jason, who had dispelled the invisibility magic, came beside the sleeping Medea.
He reached out and fiercely pinched her tender cheek, making Medea's brows furrow slightly and let out a small whine, then Jason finally stopped.
He gently picked up the petite her, and at the same time used invisibility magic, disappearing from the spot...
Well, at least one thing Medea said was correct.
That was, if not necessary, Jason really did not want to see this great disciple of Hecate at all, this witch Circe who was as troublesome as Medea!
Among the three sisters of master and disciples, two were troublesome... Saying it this way was not right.
After all, who could guarantee that in the future, it would not become all three were troublesome.