Under the moonlight,
Jason, holding Medea in his arms, came to the edge of the small island.
Only to see beside the water surface reflecting the moonlight, the sacred Pegasus spreading its wings, waiting for Jason's arrival.
And after Jason walked over and came beside the Pegasus, the lowered head looked at Medea in his arms, who had her eyes closed as if in deep sleep.
He rolled his eyes.
"Still pretending... Is it enough? I have carried you all the way."
Jason said this and put down Medea, who had no weight at all in his arms... who at some point had used a weight-altering magic, and pinched her tender little face.
Opening those beautiful purple eyes, with the handsome Jason reflected in them, a smile naturally bloomed on Medea's face, and she said softly: "Brother... You finally came to see me."
Her words carried a bit of resentment, but at this moment, there was more joy.
"Shh..." Jason placed his index finger on his lips, looked around left and right, then said softly to Medea, who stood before him and, under the moonlight, reached out to smooth her light purple hair: "Keep your voice down; do not wake your aunt."
Medea placed her hand over her mouth, indicating she understood.
With a smile on her face, she came beside Jason and said with a soft laugh: "I knew it; Brother, you absolutely do not want to meet Aunt."
"But Brother... Are you planning to take me away from here?"
Medea said this and looked toward the Pegasus beside them.
The Pegasus neighed softly in greeting to Medea.
And Medea also stepped forward to gently stroke it and took out a grass cake to feed it.
"Yes." Jason nodded gently, thought for a moment, and said: "Do you want to say goodbye to your aunt? Oh, right, and your father there..."
"No need for goodbye; as for my father..."
Medea turned her head from the Pegasus to look at Jason and smiled shallowly: "It is better to wait until Brother arrives, and greet him personally... Anyway, you will definitely come, right, Brother?"
Medea said this and blinked at Jason.
Looking at the senior sister and junior sister before him, with her sweet smile and extremely cute appearance, a trace of helplessness could not help but appear on Jason's face.
It was exactly because of this that he did not want to meet her...
Although at this time, Medea was only fourteen years old, two years younger than Jason.
With her beautiful ponytail tied, wearing a light purple long dress, and her slightly immature face, she looked like a very pitiable princess.
But under her pure eyes and the gaze mixed with a smile, Jason always felt that he was completely seen through by her, even as if he was pinned down...
At the same time, he could not escape.
Jason, who would never sit idly by, would take the initiative against the difficulties he encountered in his life, but only when facing Medea.
Jason only wanted to hide.
But she was now Jason's sister and Jason's senior sister; because of the tribute to Athena, Jason would inevitably, after offering tributes to Hades, the king of the Underworld, and the goddess of agriculture Demeter, embark on the journey called the Golden Fleece.
Therefore, this fateful entanglement was truly unavoidable...
Just as Jason looked at Medea, his expression appearing somewhat complex.
"Brother, let us go quickly; if we delay any longer, Aunt might discover it."
Medea said this, paused slightly, and then said: "Although just now, I quietly cast magic on the road to block Aunt, but after all, Aunt is also Teacher Hecate's student, our senior sister.
Therefore, it cannot block for too long; Brother, let us hurry!"
Wait, wait, you even had time to leave magic just now?
Wow, how did I not feel it at all!
And Medea, that person is your aunt...
Jason's mouth twitched, looking at the sister before him who smiled at him; clearly under the moonlight, Medea's smile appeared so cute.
But Jason inexplicably felt like crying a bit.
"My sister, are you just following me away without asking anything?" Jason stepped forward, helping Medea sit on the crouched Pegasus.
"With you like this, as your brother, I am really worried that one day you might be abducted by someone with ill intentions!"
"Yes, then as long as I am always abducted by Brother, it will be fine, right?"
"And also..."
Only to see, as Medea's voice fell, the Medea who was originally sitting behind Jason moved her lips slightly; after a wave of magic fluctuation, she appeared in front of Jason.
Jason thus subconsciously reached out and hugged her.
"Brother, it has been over a year since you came to see me; such a privilege... I still have it, right?"
"...This is fine, but."
Jason helplessly held Medea and chuckled softly by her ear: "Do you not feel that like this... You are instead like a little child?"
Medea was slightly stunned, tilted her head slightly upward to look at Jason.
She, at only fourteen years old, was not even 1.5 meters tall now.
While Jason now had a height of nearly 1.8 meters, his body basically fully developed...
The little shota who once scurried around under the gaze of the gods.
Unknowingly, had also grown into an exceptionally handsome beautiful man.
Therefore, in the current close-range gaze with Jason, gazing at Jason's emerald eyes and handsome face comparable to the god of light Apollo.
Medea could not help but lower her head.
Subsequently, a blush crept up Medea's ear roots.
"Not small at all..."
Medea could only say this, protesting softly.
And looking at Medea who suddenly fell silent and became obedient, Jason blinked his eyes and could not help but feel amused in his heart.
He reached out and hugged the petite Medea tightly; under Medea's soft exclamation, Jason pulled the Pegasus's reins.
Only to see the sacred Pegasus spread its wings and turn into a pure white shooting star, flying toward the starry sky under the night.
Under the gaze of the starry night sky and the bright moon.
Subsequently, not long after the two left,
The witch with pink hair and beautiful rainbow pupils, Medea's aunt Circe, appeared here somewhat disheveled.
Looking at her dusty and dirty appearance, it was obvious she had fallen victim to the magic Medea left behind...
"Medea, Medea, are you there?... No way, she was really abducted? Who, so bold!"
Flames of anger appeared in Circe's eyes; she stomped her foot in hatred by the sea, then as if suddenly thinking of something.
She hurriedly prayed sincerely to Hecate.
And Circe's prayer soon received Hecate's response... Actually, the people who would pray to Hecate were generally only three.
Yes, exactly Hecate's three students.
Circe, Medea, and Jason.
But Jason generally did not pray; he directly knocked on the door to find the god.
The situation where he prayed was only one: when using Hecate as a shield.
As for why so few people, mainly because Hecate had even given up her divine position and did not often appear in the mortal world, so many people did not even know there was such a deity as her.
Moreover, the things under Hecate's jurisdiction rarely received prayers.
Just look at how many people sincerely pray to Hades, the king of the Underworld; after all, in the entire Greek land, Hades's temples were only two.
"What is it?"
Hecate's slightly puzzled voice sounded by Circe's ear.
"Teacher, Teacher, something bad, something really bad!"
Circe said in panic: "Medea was abducted; just now, someone abducted Medea right under my nose!"
"Abducted..." Hecate was slightly stunned.
Who could abduct her... Wait, there really is one person!
"Circe, let me ask you; when Medea left, did she resist?"
"Resist?... She left a whole bunch of magic barriers."
When Circe mentioned this, some black lines appeared on her forehead.
And Hecate, through magic, watched Circe's dusty and dirty appearance before her and could not help but laugh.
"Alright, you do not need to worry; if abducted, then abducted; anyway, it was her willing... It was bound to happen sooner or later."
"Bound to happen sooner or later?... Speaking of which, Teacher, do you know who it is?" Circe asked curiously.
"Yes, after all, the only one who could make her follow willingly is that one... You should have heard her mention him quite a bit, right."
Upon hearing this, Circe was puzzled for a moment, then suddenly reacted.
"Jason... Teacher Hecate, could it be Junior Brother Jason?!"
"Who else besides him... I was still wondering why he suddenly quieted down these days; turns out he went to find Medea.
But strange, with his cowardly appearance, there is no reason for him to take the initiative... Could it be related to the wedding?"
Muttering this, Hecate, who guessed the general situation in just a few words, no longer paid attention to Circe's shouting and yelling, saying she also wanted to go with Medea, to meet the little junior brother.
She directly closed and blocked Circe's prayer voice.
On the other side, Medea, whose ear roots were somewhat red, sitting on the Pegasus flying like a shooting star, after a brief panic, quickly calmed down.
Although being treated like a little child made Medea a bit angry.
But...
Being able to use this reason to snuggle with Brother, it was not bad!
"Brother?"
"Hmm?"
"Where are we going now?"
"You are asking now?"
Jason looked somewhat amused at Medea, who asked where the ship was heading only after boarding the pirate ship, and said: "We are going to the temple of Hephaestus, the goddess of craftsmen first now; if luck is not too good, cough... A bit good, we might even have the honor of meeting the beautiful goddess Aphrodite."
The corner of Medea's mouth curved up slightly, but she did not expose Jason... Or rather, this familiar feeling instead made Medea feel a wave of reassurance.
"Goddess Hephaestus... Is Brother's second teacher, right?"
"Yes..."
Jason answered softly, looking at Medea leaning in his arms, and could not help but think of another thing.
It had been said before that the beautiful goddess Aphrodite was one of the goddesses who had the deepest impact on Jason in his original fate.
The reason was that the one who brought Jason and Medea together was none other than her... Falling in love with Jason, who led the Argo, this was the curse that the beautiful goddess Aphrodite gave to Medea under Jason's prayer.
Because of this curse, Medea fell irretrievably in love with Jason, even killing her own kin for this, to help him.
Although Medea now had grown into an excellent little witch, facing the power of a god, and the authority of a main god.
In the situation where Hecate did not intervene, she naturally could not resist.
But... Analyzing from pursuing that rumored story, even if Medea could not completely resist, it was impossible for her to have no ability to resist at all.
Perhaps for this pitiable girl, falling in love with the hero leading the Argo was a destined ending.
And now, Jason suddenly remembered this naturally because he was thinking, if letting Medea meet the beautiful goddess Aphrodite now, could it avoid the beautiful goddess Aphrodite issuing such a curse in the future?
...But to be honest, whether that was a god's curse or a god's blessing, it was really hard to say.
"Brother... Brother, Brother."
Medea's soft call brought Jason back to his senses.
"What is it?"
"Yes, nothing... I was just thinking, will Goddess Hephaestus recognize me?"
"Recognize you?" Jason was slightly stunned: "Why recognize... Wait, could it be you also want to take Teacher Hephaestus as your master?"
"Yes." Medea nodded gently and replied: "I want to be like Brother."
No...
"Medea, you do not need to follow me to take a master; that... Look, blacksmithing and such is not suitable for you, right?"
Jason, feeling a bit of a headache, thought for a while and advised.
Medea tilted her head to glance at Jason and did not speak.
But obviously, she noticed that Jason did not want her to also take Hephaestus as master.
For this, Medea felt no dissatisfaction in her heart... Actually, there was still some resentment, but this was Medea.
She was a girl who, for the person she favored, would want to actively show the good sides of herself to the other.
Even if it would put herself in danger, she would assist the other.
Although this girl, because of interacting too early with Jason, or this Jason, had picked up some 'bad habits', her nature had not changed.
But also because of this, just as the atmosphere became slightly silent...
"Right, Brother, the beautiful goddess Aphrodite... She is Goddess Hephaestus's wife, right?"
Medea took the initiative to change the topic, which made Jason breathe a sigh of relief in his heart.
"Yes..." When answering, Jason recalled Teacher Hephaestus's appearance at that time and could not help but reveal a mischievous smile: "Very surprised, right? Teacher Hephaestus is actually a goddess, and her wife is the most beautiful goddess Aphrodite."
At this moment, Jason purely took Medea's question as mere curiosity.
Thus, he did not notice the trace of thoughtful color that flashed in Medea's purple eyes...
"Right, speaking of which, Medea, are you not curious at all?"
"Hmm?"
"Curious about the purpose of me coming to abduct you this time... Or did Teacher Hecate tell you everything?"
Medea shook her head gently and said: "I do not know the purpose of Brother coming to find me, but I know that if Brother has no need and does not need me, you would not come to find me."
The light words made Jason's smile appear somewhat stiff.
"Cough, actually it is not like that; half a year ago, I actually wanted to come see you, but midway I was intercepted by Queen of the Sea Amphitrite..."
Jason weakly defended, and before Medea could reply, the Pegasus could not help but neigh twice, casting a disdainful gaze at Jason.
Saying he wanted to come see Medea, actually it was still for the lyre matter, and only thought of Medea because there was something!
Medea smiled lightly, reached out to gently stroke the Pegasus, then said to the somewhat embarrassed Jason: "Brother, I do not mind... To be exact, I am actually very happy that when you encounter things, you can think of me."
"Ever since we separated, the things you did, Teacher Hecate has always told me through letters."
"Therefore, I know the things Brother did; I clearly know, Brother, what a dazzling existence you are."
"So if, if in the story you write, I can fortunately appear.
What a happy, what an honorable thing that would be."