The Boar of Calydon

"Don't, please don't, Medea, this kind of sin should be withstood alone by me, your brother!"

Jason, who is already feeling desperate inside, hurriedly rejected Medea's terrifying proposal.

Medea pouted, then thought for a while and asked Jason, "Then, brother Jason, are you going to... leave tomorrow?"

"Teacher doesn't want me anymore, what can I do except for leaving." Jason shrugged, then looked at Medea and asked: "What about you?"

"I'm going back too." After Medea replied softly, the scene suddenly became quiet.

After all, both can sense that just now, Hecate has left early on purpose.

"Brother Jason is hesitating about should you tell me the truth?"

Medea looked at Jason, who is clearly hesitating to speak, then said with a smile: "Actually, it is not needed... Teacher Hecate may want you to tell me, but it's also fine if you don't tell me."

When Jason was surprised, and even a little moved.

Medea continued with a sly look on her face: "Because you and I have pledged in front of Teacher Hecate that we two are brothers and sisters who are going to love each other."

All positive emotions Jason was feeling, disappeared in an instant.

After all, Jason also understood, that with this pledge, even if the future is changed, his relationship and communication with Medea will never be broken.

"So, brother Jason, you must remember to find time to come and see me, otherwise I will definitely come to meet you."

Medea finished speaking with a smile, but before Jason could say anything, she nodded, as if thinking of something, and continued: "But Brother Jason, you will obviously come over, after all, the Golden Fleece is still in my kingdom."

"...You really don't know anything?"

"Well, I really don't know."

Medea shrugged just like Jason has done a while ago, and continued: "But...there are actually only a few possibilities, right, brother Jason?"

'...Witch, little witch!'

Jason felt a headache because he feels that Medea is becoming more difficult to deal with and also less lovable.

But Jason hasn't thought even once that who exactly is the culprit behind Medea becoming increasingly shadier and getting better at dealing with him.

After more than three years, even an idiot will learn a few skills from the clever, not to mention, Medea has always been very clever.

*****

The next day, Jason arrived in front of Chiron.

"Are you going down the mountain?"

When Jason told Chiron about this, Chiron was naturally stunned for a few moments.

After all, just yesterday, Jason's attitude was like he wouldn't go down the mountain if he is killed.

"Well...I was kicked out by Teacher Hecate."

"...It was useless for me to say it, but when Hecate said it, you agreed?" Chiron's face is clearly showing that he isn't believing it.

"I don't call this consent, I called this confession in fear of punishment!"

Jason emphasized, then continued in a helpless tone: "Because you won't throw me out, but Teacher Hecate, if I don't leave, she will definitely kick me out to remove her trouble, and maybe she will directly throw me in front of a god!"

'These days, it is always the honest people who are bullied!'

Chiron immediately thought like this and realized that this is indeed the case.

"Then what's your goal?"

"Goal?" Jason hesitated for a few moments then continued.

"If I really want to talk about a goal, the thing I want to solve most after going out this time should be... the throne of Iolcos."

"The throne of Iolcos... If I remember correctly, that place is sheltered by the great Queen of Gods, Hera; especially in recent years, Hera has been deadly staring at that place."

"I know." Jason replied helplessly.

Jason naturally knows that once he went there, he will be facing Hera head-on, and if he didn't manage to work it out, it will most likely develop into something as troublesome as the Twelve Labours of Hercules!

'But this matter must be resolved.'

'Because as long as this matter has been successfully resolved and the throne has returned to Aeson, father of original Jason, then even if my name is Jason, my destiny won't any longer be of Jason.'

'Only after completing this, I can truly embark on the path of changed destiny.'

"Really...but before that, you shouldn't mind taking a little detour, right?"

Chiron said this, then raised the envelope in his hand to Jason.

"This is?"

"This is the envelope brought to me by Heracles and Meleager, and it's for you."

[T/N: I know that in Mythology, Heracles wasn't in the Calydonian boar hunt and the one who sent messengers was King Oeneus, but it will be explained in the next few chapters.]

As soon as Jason heard that it is sent by these two people, he hurriedly took it and read it.

And soon, Jason understood what is going on.

'The Calydonian Boar Hunt...'

It's a well-known story and also the most famous story of Meleager.

Meleager is the son of the Calydonian King, Oeneus.

And at this moment a great event is taking place on Calydon's side.

Because, in the wilderness of Calydon, a huge wild boar is released by the Goddess of Moon, Goddess Artemis, due to being angry for being left out by the King of Calydon when he sacrificed to the Gods during the harvest season.

This boar is a monster dozens of meters high and ordinary swords couldn't hurt it at all, so it is causing serious damage to the country Calydon.

Therefore, King Oeneus and Meleager decided to issue a call to convene the heroes of the world, hoping that everyone will come to together crusade against this boar.

After Jason understood what is going on, as his first reaction, he almost pretended that he hasn't seen this letter, but after carefully thinking about it, Jason hesitated.

Because Meleager really does have a good relationship with Jason and has even helped him at the beginning; moreover, this can also help Jason in finding a certain someone.

'Furthermore, although this matter was widely circulated in the future and became a heroic story, how could the events that involve gods be ordinary.'

'And even if that wild boar is killed, most likely, Artemis will not get angry at all.'

Because according to Jason's understanding of Artemis, Jason is seriously doubting that rather than being angry, it is very likely Artemis might have forgotten to take back this wild boar after losing it in the forest.

'And by the time Artemis remembered this, people might have already assumed and declared that Artemis is punishing them for being disrespected, so, to not affect her dignity of being a Goddess, she didn't personally take action.'

'The best proof of this is that in the mythology, Atalanta, the most faithful believer of Artemis, has also joined the crusade.'

So Jason thought about it for a while.

"I know, Teacher Chiron."

Jason received the letter and replied happily: "I'm going to set off as soon as I complete my preparations."

Jason's resolute acceptance was obviously beyond Chiron's expectations, but in any case, it is a good thing in Chiron's view, so he kept urging Jason to leave quickly, lest he would change his decision, which made Jason feel helpless.

So in the end, after Jason collected all the medicines in the nearby medicinal fields, and at the same time told Asclepius about the locations of other medicinal fields, then Jason officially went down the mountain.

Jason, who is riding a Pegasus, has gone down the mountain, but he is not hurridly rushing in the direction of Calydon.

Rather, Jason took out the compass given to him by Athena, and after confirming the direction of Calydon, Jason let Pegasus slowly walk on the road in that direction.

Although Pegasus, who has human-level intelligence, feels that Jason's actions are strange, the order he has received from Poseidon and Hestia is to follow and take care of Jason, so he can only do so.

*****

And it wasn't long after Jason left the mountains sheltered by Chiron.

On Calydon's side, Athena, who has turned into a middle-aged woman and wandering the kingdom of Calydon, is interestingly watching the heroes gathering little by little under the call of help from Meleager and Oeneus, and simultaneously, looking for a chance to secretly appear and help these heroes.

'Well, this aura is...'