I knew, you were trouble!

In ancient Greece, there are dense jungles and swamps, full of ferocious lions, boars, and other evil monsters.

Therefore, in this ancient forest, it is not surprising that there will be a lion that is looking for prey, but this lion is not the one killed by Hercules, the Nemean Lion, the lion with golden fur impervious to attacks, offspring of the giant Typhon and the half-human, half-snake monster Echidna.

Although also a monster, this is a more common one.

Of course, even so, it is by no means something that Atalanta can easily deal with when she is still young, not to mention that in Atalanta's point of view, she is also has a burden with her!

'Damn, I ran too deep while chasing this guy, now I have encountered a big trouble!'

Looking at the beast that is sniffing not far away and would find them sooner or later, Atalanta couldn't help but bite her lips.

And just as her brain was racing and thinking about countermeasures, Jason, who was caught off guard, finally broke free from Atalanta's shackles.

But Jason didn't make any sound and followed Atalanta's line of sight then looked outside.

Seeing that Jason didn't yell like an idiot, Atalanta was also relieved, then lowered her voice and whispered in Jason's ear: "After I run out to lure it away, you will directly run away, don't look back, understood!"

The slightly warm air due to whispering made Jason feel a little itchy in his ears, but after listening, he strangely looked at Atalante for a while.

After thinking about it, Jason nodded.

And Atalanta was relieved to see Jason being so well-behaved and sensible.

Without the burden of Jason, Atalanta is confident that even with some injuries, she can run away!

"Then, one, two... run!"

Immediately after saying this, Atalante rushed out and began running fast towards a distant place, but when the lion saw Atalante appear, it immediately let out a deafening roar and chased after her.

Seeing their retreating backs, Jason turned around and chose to leave, but after running only for less than ten seconds, he began running back with a helpless expression.

'Yeah, after carefully thinking about it, forget it... I will save her first, then knock her out.'

Thinking like this, Jason increased the speed of his running to chase after Atalanta.

Soon, Atalanta, who was dealing with the lion, noticed Jason running back... mainly because of the white clothes, after all, its color is really too conspicuous!

But, upon seeing Jason running back, Atalanta, who was thinking about how to escape, instantly changed her expression, and almost didn't blow her top at that moment.

'This guy is really an idiot!'

At this moment, Atalanta even had an urge to raise her bow and arrow to score a headshot on Jason!

But at the same time, Atalanta saw Jason putting his hand on the sword he has been carrying, and his lips moved slightly as if he is saying something.

"The great God of Light, God Apollo, I implore to you, please kill the enemy standing in my way!"

As soon as Jason's words fell, the golden sword came out of the sheath and turned into dazzling golden light under the night sky, which flew out at a speed that Jason and Atalanta could not catch with their eyes and after piercing the lion's head, it returned to again enter the scabbard.

The beast died and Atalanta naturally stopped.

But obviously, she hasn't immediately responded, it was until Jason has walked in front of her and looked at Atalanta who is still looking at the dead lion with wide eyes, did she came back to her senses.

Looking at Jason, then looking at the dead lion whose blood has already stained the ground, then again looking at Jason, who has blond hair and emerald eyes and is wearing white clothes, she couldn't help but ask: "Who... who are you!"

Jason didn't reply to her but looked at her bleeding arm, then while frowning slightly, he asked: "Are you injured somewhere else too?"

"...It didn't catch up with me, this one was scratched by a branch while running." After answering, Atalanta couldn't help but add: "Even if you didn't come back, it couldn't have caught up with me, I can easily get rid of it!"

"Yeah sure, sure you can."

While answering perfunctorily, Jason took out a few herbs from the bag that Athena has given him, then put them in his mouth and crunched them before he began smearing them on her hands.

This is a skill Chiron has taught him, and Jason has also learned it seriously, mainly to please Chiron and his students.

Atalanta subconsciously wanted to avoid him, but Jason grabbed her and painted her hand while ignoring her struggles.

After applying the medicinal herbs, ignoring Atalanta's fierce stare at him, Jason looked at her with some hesitation in his heart.

'Is it better to stun her now or when she is healed?'

Just when Jason was thinking like this, he felt like he is being watched and Jason subconsciously moved his eyes to look sideways.

With his sideways glance, Jason saw the figure of a silver-haired woman in a long dress beside a big tree that was previously knocked down by the lion.

And this silver-haired woman is gracefully sitting on the golden-horned deer, with her beautiful blue eyes wide open and at this moment looking at Jason and Atalanta with interest.

'Huh... Just now, did I just see something extraordinary?'

Jason's brain, which was previously working on thinking whether it is better to stun Atalanta now or after waiting for her to get healed, momentarily stopped upon realizing this and Jason blinked his eyes.

But the very next moment, his whole body stiffened.

He didn't dare to again look at that side!

"Hey... I'm talking to you damn it!" Atalanta looked at Jason who is ignoring her, and raised her voice: "Speak, why were you running away... ...are you listening to me?"

Seeing Jason ignoring her like this, Atalanta angrily reached out and pinched his face.

But just then...

"No, Atalanta, you can't bully this child."

The silver-haired woman sitting on the golden-horned deer came over under the shining moonlight.

With a soft smile on her face, she stared at Atalanta, who is already in shock with her eyes slowly widening, then she jumped off the golden-horned deer.

Reaching out, Artemis removed Atalanta's hand that was still squeezing Jason's cheek and pressed it down, then touched Jason's head, whose body is still stiff, then said softly: "Because this child, is Hecate's child."

"G...G...G, Goddess Artemis!"

Atalanta looked in disbelief at Artemis who has suddenly appeared, and said in shock: "How are you be here...!"

After speaking this, shocked Atalante reacted and quickly took two steps back, then flurriedly began tidying up her clothes, with a look of panic on her face.

Unknowingly, Atalanta actually got saved from her possible fate of getting knocked down in the middle of the forest by the Goddess of Moon Artemis, the most respected goddess in Atalanta's heart!

'I knew...I just knew it!'

At this time, Jason, who is stiff all over, looked at Atalanta with silent tears flowing in his heart.

'I knew, this girl, is a trouble, a big trouble!'