The Queen of Sea, Amphitrite

[T/N: 2 x Chapter, and sorry for not informing beforehand about no chapter yesterday, I was really busy.]

At dawn.

With soft sunlight shining on Jason, who is carrying the sword of the Gods of Light Apollo, this blond boy is once again riding Pegasus to continue on his journey.

Actually, after getting the left eye of God of Foresight Prometheus and leaving the Caucasus Mountain, then bidding farewell to his teacher, Goddess of Paths Hecate, Jason decided to immediately continue traveling for completing the next task.

After all, Jason also knows that his current journey is not even halfway over and most of it still needs to be covered.

So, while flying on Pegasus, Jason thought about his current goal: 'First and foremost, I need to offer a tribute to all the gods chosen by Athena.'

'So that, after completing this 'game' with the goddess of wisdom Athena, I can finally become an immortal God.'

Then, after thinking about his main goal, Jason began planning his sub-goals to decide the order in which he will be completing them.

'So, the first thing I need to do is to meet Apollo, God of Light, and get the magic flute that he had taken from Hermes, Messenger of Gods.'

'And, at the same time, I need to offer a tribute to Apollo, God of Light.'

'Then, after getting the Magic Flute, the second thing I need to do is to rescue Princess Io, who is being guarded by the hundred-eyed giant Argos, who is known to be terrifyingly strong.'

'So that I can fulfill the promise with Hermes and make this matter count as me offering tribute to Hermes.'

'Then the third thing I need to do is to go back to Hephaestus and start learning smithing skills of Age of Gods from her.'

After all, the real tribute that Jason has offered to Hephaestus is companionship and one of the reasons he has offered such a tribute is to learn Hephaestus's smithing skills, which in a way will offer companionship to Hephaestus.

So, Jason is actually very clear about his current goals, but still, at the moment, he is feeling a little confused.

Because it has already been a while since he had left Caucasus Mountain and currently, it is already afternoon, Athena still hasn't contacted him directly or indirectly.

So, while holding the compass given by Athena in his hand, although Jason is obviously aware of the direction in which Apollo is currently present, he did not choose to proceed in that direction.

'It is strange..."

While slightly frowning and sitting on Pegasus, Jason looked around in puzzlement while thinking: 'Why hasn't Goddess Athena given me any oracle yet?'

After all, now that Jason has already determined that he can't avoid Apollo, he will obviously not choose to run away and not see Apollo, rather he had decided to end the matter of Apollo's tribute in this meeting so that he won't have a compulsory reason for meeting Apollo again.

Therefore, at this moment, Jason is feeling confused and he is not immediately proceeding in Apollo's direction because Athena, Goddess of Wisdom, who had been sending him hints for choosing tributes in the form of oracles, had not yet sent an oracle regarding Apollo.

After all, Jason obviously believes that it is only because of Athena's oracles that he had been able to choose a suitable tribute for Artemis, Goddess of Moon, and Hephaestus, Goddess of Smithing.

Moreover, Jason also thinks that, at the end of the day, all these tributes he has offered and will be offering are part of the game that Athena is playing with him, and since it is favorable for him, he obviously doesn't want to break this game, and rashly meet Apollo.

'She might be delayed because of something... But then, what should I do now?' Jason thought this and began pondering.

After all, it's not in Jason's character to sit back and wait ideally for things to happen while facing a difficulty.

So after a short thought, while looking at Apollo's sword hanging at his waist, Jason decided: 'Then, I should go and find a good harp for myself.'

After all, even before Jason began offering the tributes to the Gods, God of Light Apollo had told Jason to prepare something for their next meeting.

And Jason obviously won't forget Apollo saying to him that he hopes to hear Jason playing a piece of music for him the next time they meet.

Due to this reason, Jason had never given up on his music practice during the last three years of sleepless studying.

And, it is because of the same reason Centaur Sage Chiron, who also knows about this, had given a normal but decent harp to Jason when he was leaving the mountain.

It is just that it was later taken away by Athena which opened the prologue of the game of offering tributes to the gods.

So Jason decided to look for a harp that is decent enough to be used in front of Apollo, God of Light, and for this, Jason naturally has many choices.

So the first few choices that came to Jason's mind are Chiron, Hephaestus, and even Persephone and Demeter, Goddess of Harvest.

But after pondering about it for a short while, Jason gave up all these choices.

Because after thinking carefully, Jason concluded: 'At this time, meeting any god I am familiar with might not prove to be good for me, not to mention Demeter and sister Persephone, who had already asked me to prepare a tribute for them and are most likely expecting to receive it the next time I meet them.'

'As for Teacher Chiron, I have already troubled him quite a bit and even lost his harp, now if I frequently run back to him like last time, I am really afraid that he will also start closing the gate to me like Teacher Hecate...'

'As for Hephaestus, I have already left her temple shortly after offering companionship as a tribute, then if I return to her for preparing a tribute for another God...even I feel it is...'

So, after ruling out the option of getting help from gods, Jason turned his attention to the mortals.

Then, after excluding many students of Chiron, who have a good friendship with him but obviously don't know much about music or are not easy to meet, Jason thought of Atalanta and Medea...

'This reminded me, I still haven't returned the bow to Atalanta, but even then, can she really find a harp for me?... Even if she really does find it, it will probably be from Artemis...'

So, knowing that most Gods don't give things without asking for anything in return, after thinking about it for a short while, Jason helplessly ruled out Atalante, then he thought about the next choice, Medea.

'In fact, now that I think about it, the possibility of obtaining a harp, that can be considered as good enough even by the gods, is obviously higher with Medea.'

'It's just that meeting her is a bit...'

'Forget it, let's go and meet Medea, my sister.'

Finally, Jason sighed and thought with a helpless expression: 'After all, how can I forget her threatening me before leaving that if I don't find time to go and meet her, she will come to meet me...'

'And if Medea complained to Teacher Hecate about this...'

'Complaint is not scary in itself, I'm afraid that my vindictive teacher learns about this, she will definitely throw my little witch sister to me...'

After making this decision, with a helpless expression on his face, Jason used the compass given by Athena while thinking about Medea, then pointed the direction shown in the compass to Pegasus.

So, Pegasus, while carrying Jason, began flying in the direction of Medea, where the Kingdom of Colchis is located.

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Since now Jason has received the silver reins and silver horseshoes from Hephaestus, Pegasus can fly to the distant Kingdom of Colchis in just three whole days while simultaneously carrying Jason.

So, under the temptation of grass cakes, Jason decided to shorten it to just two days and one sleepless night.

It's just that, just like Jason had previously said, and actually not too long ago.

Basically, how can Jason's itinerary ever be straightforward and smooth?

Therefore, when the light had completely receded and the Goddess of Night Nyx had spread the curtain of the night in the sky.

With stars shining in the night sky and the light of the waning moon illuminating the waters in the sea over which Pegasus is flying while carrying Jason dressed in white.

Pegasus, who had agreed to work overtime under the temptation of grass cake, suddenly, again 'betrayed' Jason and responded to the summoning of a major goddess.

So while feeling helpless in his heart, with a habitual numb expression on his face, Jason arrived at a beautiful island.

And immediately discovered the beautiful and gorgeous looking goddess rising from the sea in front of him.

Then Jason noticed that this goddess is not Hestia, the goddess whose summons Pegasus responds promptly without even bothering to inform Jason, but most likely a Goddess of Sea.

After all, Jason had naturally noticed this noble-looking goddess with long light blue hair and a gorgeous face rising from deep blue seawater along with the appearance of light ripples on the sea surface.

Then, after walking with gentle steps on the sea surface, this goddess stepped on the shoal and walked to Pegasus, who was almost a step away from turning into a meteor but following her orders had still neatly landed in front of her and had promptly brought the boy dressed in white to the shoal of this island.

So, while reaching out her hand to stroke Pegasus, the beautiful blue eyes of this Goddess naturally began curiously observing Jason who is still sitting on Pegasus because he has just landed.

And while the elegant-looking goddess was observing Jason, noticing that Pegasus has finally landed, Jason hurriedly got off the horse and his eyes naturally reflected the figure of this beautiful Goddess dressed in a slender and gorgeous blue gown.

But after glancing at her only once, Jason hurriedly lowered his head, knowing that in the myth, some moody goddess has punished people for just looking at them more than once.

Moreover, although Jason doesn't know who this goddess is, Jason had at least guessed that she definitely possesses an extremely prominent status.

After all, during that last few times, even if he had been summoned by the goddesses, Pegasus had quietly hinted at Jason to inform him about it and let him get ready.

But this time, it had done nothing and had arrived in front of this sea Goddess at the fastest speed.

"Child, raise your head."

Under the beautiful voice of this Goddess, with a trace of divine power in her words, Jason was forced to irresistibly raise his head, although, Jason wouldn't have disobeyed such a simple order from a goddess in the first place.

Then, while looking again at this gorgeous-looking Goddess, Jason obviously felt a little confused and tried to guess her identity.

However, at this time, Jason's confusion was sensed by the left eye of Prometheus that Hecate had buried in Jason's destiny, so it began to play its role.

"Her name is Amphitrite, she is the daughter of Oceanus, Titan God of Sea, and Tethys, Titan Goddess of Sea. She holds the title of the Queen of Sea and the divine rights of Sea in her hand are not inferior to that of the King of Sea Poseidon!"

And while telling Jason about the Queen of Sea in front of him, the left eye of Prometheus even took out a scene, of Amphitrite using her divine powers to make the whole sea respond to her, from the river of destiny and sent it to Jason.

But, the very next moment, Amphitrite slightly frowned.

"Child, has no one ever told you that spying on a great god is impolite behavior?"

There is a clear hint of anger in the soft words.

Actually, if it weren't for the fact that she knows about Jason having a good relationship with the Pegasus standing beside her, Amphitrite would not have spoken these words or even frowned, rather she would have immediately used her strong divine power to make Jason regret coming to this world.

At the same time, Amphitrite is also feeling confused in her heart: 'Although I can feel the auras of divine powers of many gods in his body, he is obviously not a god.'

'But then, how was he able to spy on my destiny?'

"Sorry, great goddess Amphitrite, I didn't do it on purpose!"

Jason is obviously startled and had naturally noticed the anger in Amphitrite's voice, so he hurriedly apologized and explained: "This is a misunderstanding and I definitely didn't mean to offend you!"

"The one Peeping at you is the left eye of God Prometheus given to me by him, I think it must have sensed my doubts about your identity, so it had offended you while trying to give me the answer! "

"Prometheus... the God of Foresight and Prophesy Prometheus?"

Amphitrite was stunned for a few moments, then with her blue eyes looking at Jason in surprise, she confirmed: "You actually have his left eye on you?!"