The Previous Queen of Gods, Titan Goddess Rhea

[T/N: 2 x Chapter]

Using the harp playing skills he has learned from the Queen of Sea Amphitrite, Jason controlled the seawater to make it walkable.

Then, by stepping on the water, under the moonlight of the waning moon, while playing the sea blue harp, Jason, dressed in white clothes, walked to the front of Amphitrite, Callirrhoe, and Pegasus.

"Goddess Amphitrite, Goddess Callirrhoe, sorry for troubling you."

Under Callirrhoe's strange gaze, Jason smiled embarrassedly and expressed his gratitude to the two goddesses because, due to being too focused on eliminating his enemies, Jason had indeed neglected the fact that Artemis's silver arrow will possibly even annihilate the whole herd of red-brown cattle.

After all, last time, just with its weakest strength Jason had blown up a whole mountain, and this time, Artemis had shown Jason the extent to which he can use the powers of the silver arrow, at his current strength, which had directly annihilated a whole island that had many mountains on it.

Actually, even this strike is very far from the actual strength of the silver arrow of Moon Goddess, after all, at the end of the day, Jason is eventually a mortal, not even a demigod, who, most of the time, naturally possesses a much stronger and larger amount of energy than what Jason currently possess.

"...It is alright." Amphitrite replied softly.

Although Amphitrite's plan of saving Jason and making him feel grateful toward her has failed, currently, she isn't really feeling upset about it.

Because, at this moment, all her dissatisfaction has been replaced by the shock of learning that Artemis had completely handed over her silver arrow, her natal artifact, to Jason.

As for Jason directly killing Geryon, obviously, Amphitrite doesn't mind it.

After all, Amphitrite has personally seen Geryon trying to rob the sea blue harp from Jason that she had given to Jason, so even if Jason had really escaped without killing Geryon, Amphitrite herself wouldn't have easily let off Geryon.

Moreover, this is an era when killing one's enemy is an obvious thing to do, rather, an act of excessive kindness without the strength to support it is likely to be despised by many humans and gods.

Therefore, after recovering from her shock, Amphitrite even felt that it is good that Jason had killed Geryon and had added one more accomplishment to his story.

Then, Amphitrite's gaze at Jason became even more interested, due to feeling curious about Jason's future journey.

"Just form what mortals know of, you have killed Chimera; the monster that had destroyed many armies, you have defeated Antaeus; the undefeatable son of Goddess of Earth Gaia, you have taken Lamia to Underworld and made her apologize to even deads, and now, you have slain the centaur Eurytion and Giant Geryon, with three bodies, three heads, six arms, and six legs..."

"Child, you have now become worthy of the title Great Hero. "

Looking at Amphitrite, who is smiling cheerfully and approvingly while praising him, Jason just smiled in reply and didn't say anything, but at the same, he is replying in his heart: 'All this has been done by Heracles, how can it be related to me, Jason? There is no way I am going to agree that all this related to Jason in any way!'

Obviously, Amphitrite knows that apart from the few things she had just mentioned, Jason had actually done a lot more.

'Even if I put aside those two really eyecatching tributes to the gods, which are really enviable...no, they can't be put aside.'

'He had taken away Persephone from under the eyelids of Demeter, and then, he had actually taken the initiative to confess his guilt in front of Demeter, so that the withering land can again be revived.'

'Then, he had also slain the Calydonian wild boar, which is now believed to be done be Artemis...'

'Really, every part of his journey is so eye-catching and wonderful!'

'Moreover, even after all this, Jason's journey is still far from over...'

And actually, it is because of thinking this that Amphitrite didn't feel disgruntled even after her plan failed and only felt more interested and curious about Jason's future journey.

Moreover, it is because God of Foresight and Prophesy Prometheus had predicted scenes similar to this, he had claimed that Jason is very eye-catching to gods.

And, Prometheus also knows and had foreseen too that it is because of this that no matter what path Jason finally decides to walk on, many Gods will be accompanying Jason on his path and will try to interfere in his path.

Just like the Gods, that Jason had met till now, after knowing a little about him, almost each one of them is planning a different thing for Jason.

Like Athena wants Jason to become the most dazzling and ideal hero.

Like Hecate wants Jason to follow the path of being favored by the gods.

Like Artemis wants Jason to 'join' with Atalanta.

Like even the Goddess that Jason is currently interacting with, Amphitrite had planned to make Jason feel grateful towards her, although, Jason managed to overcome it due to the choices he made.

Also, as a matter of fact, let alone the Gods that Jason had met till now, even Rhea, a Goddess that Jason still hadn't met, had already planned a test for Jason that she herself believes is rather difficult and tricky.

And it is specifically because of foreseeing this, God of Foresight Prometheus had said to Jason that he blesses and hopes that Jason will never regret his choices.

*****

After a short interaction, Jason bid farewell to both Queen of Sea Amphitrite and Goddess Callirrhoe, then again embarked on his journey.

But Jason did not take the herd of red-brown cattle along with him, because Callirrhoe offered that she will bring the herd to God of Light Apollo.

Jason is naturally not stupid enough to reject Callirrhoe's offer, even if she is a goddess.

After all, Jason really does think that it will be very difficult and time-consuming to bring a herd of cattle from here to in from of Apollo, also, Jason is aware of the fact that in the myth, even though Hera is partly responsible for it, Heracles had taken nearly a whole year to bring the whole herd to his brother.

But, Jason believes that Callirrhoe can do it much faster because Jason knows that even minor Gods have a very convenient method of near-instant traveling.

However, to Jason's surprise, after he agreed to Callirrhoe's offer, Amphitrite also expressed interest in following Callirrhoe to deliver the herd.

In fact, Amphitrite decided to follow Callirrhoe mainly because she wants to witness the scene of Jason offering tribute to Apollo, after all, she already regrets missing two of them.

Therefore, Pegasus also left with the team of the two goddesses and carried Amphitrite and Callirrhoe while leading the cattle to meet Apollo, God of Light.

Actually, after learning that both Goddesses are going to meet Apollo, Jason had expressed the idea of following them to meet Apollo, but Amphitrite refused and told Jason that before meeting Apollo, God of Light, he needs to meet a certain noble Goddess, who will finally give him Athena's long overdue oracle.

So, finally, Jason had no other choice but to play the harp to control the seawater and walk alone on the sea surface towards the direction that Amphitrite had pointed for him.

However, just when Jason was thinking that this is going to be a long, arid, and boring walk.

Soon after Jason began walking, a pod of dolphins approached Jason and began swimming cheerfully around him.

[T/N: A group of dolphins is called a pod.]

Actually, this pod of dolphins is not a group of ordinary fishes, rather, these dolphins are one of the favorite servants of Poseidon and Amphitrite, so they have already seen Jason interacting with Amphitrite and learning harp from her.

So, due to seeing Jason walking alone on the sea surface and also because of being attracted by the melody Jason is playing on the harp, they have approached him.

And, because of being one of the favorite servants of the King and Queen of Sea, these dolphins can obviously understand Jason's words.

So, after a not so difficult interaction, upon learning of Jason's purpose, they invited Jason to ride them and in return, asked Jason to reward them with the beautiful music of the harp.

Then, while playing beautiful music on the sea-blue harp and riding lovely dolphins, who soon began singing to the music played by Jason, which he felt is more on the cuter side rather than being beautiful, he quickly reached the shore of the land.

*****

When the veil of the night had almost disappeared and the moonlight had nearly faded away, and the sunlight of dawn can be nearly seen, while playing the sea blue harp and being accompanied by dolphins' cute singing, Jason finally saw the land.

And soon after sunrise, Jason again returned to the land.

"Thank you, little ones, your singing is the cutest one I have ever heard."

After reaching the shoal, Jason got off the dolphins and stroked them one by one, before finally saying goodbye to the dolphins, who were clearly looking reluctant to leave.

But, once again, soon after Jason began walking on the land he heard a rustling sound, then a familiar figure stepped out from the shade of the sun and walked in front of Jason.

Jason was a little surprised looking at the beautiful golden-horned deer because he obviously recognized that this is indeed the golden-horned deer of the Goddess of Moon Artemis.

"Sister Deer?"

Golden-horned deer bleated softly, then gently rubbed Jason's cheek and licked Jason, as a greeting for Jason not seeing her in a long time.

"It's been a while, Sister Deer... so, in the following journey, you will be accompanying me, right?"

Jason smiled and touched Golden-Horned Deer, after all, upon suddenly finding her waiting here for him, Jason had obviously understood the meaning behind it.

And as expected by Jason, Golden Horned Deer nodded and crouched down in front of Jason.

After Jason climbed up, Golden-Horned Deer got up and while carrying Jason, entered the forest in front of them.

Jason took out the compass given to him by Athena and after checking it out, he found that, as Amphitrite had previously informed him, Golden-Horned Deer is not walking towards Apollo.

But knowing that he can't avoid it, Jason decided to let it be for now.

Then, suddenly remembering that the pod of dolphins had really liked the music played by him, Jason asked Golden-Horned Deer while taking out the sea blue harp: "Sister Deer, do you want to hear me playing the harp?"

And obviously, even without knowing how good Jason can play, Golden Horned Deer would not easily refuse such a simple request from Jason.

So, once Jason began playing the harp, due to liking the music, Golden Horned Deer subconsciously began walking more carefully while trying her best to not disturb Jason from playing the harp.

And since even Golden-Horned Deer found the music played by Jason to be pleasant, soon, hearing the sound of the harp, quite a few little animals and birds in the forest began following Jason to continue listening to the music.

So, after a day-long relaxed journey, during which Jason noted that he hadn't encountered a single monster even after traveling in an ancient forest, Jason guessed that the Goddess he is going to meet is not far.

And, as Jason had expected, at the sunset, he finally encountered one of the few Titan Goddesses residing on Mount Olympus, the former Queen of Gods, Titan Goddess Rhea, who had been waiting here for Jason with a test.