After a few attempts, it became quite familiar and routine.
The magical beasts guarding the gate yawned at Jason's arrival.
The nymphs serving the goddess greeted him with smiling faces, skillfully taking the reins of the heavenly horse and leading Jason into the magnificent temple.
"Little Jason, you are finally here."
The nymph Eunice led the way ahead and said softly, "Goddess Demeter instructed me that she has been waiting for you outside the door for several days already."
"I am sorry, Nymph Eunice." Jason said apologetically, "I should have come earlier, but I was delayed midway due to some matters..."
"It is fine, I am fine with it."
Nymph Eunice smiled and said, "It is just that Goddess Demeter asks me every day, why has little Jason not come yet... Little Jason, you are truly favored by Goddess Demeter."
"Is that so? ... It seems I was too hasty. I should have brought Medea along with me."
Thinking of that senior sister who had unknowingly settled down in the temple recently, Jason muttered softly.
Soon after, Nymph Eunice brought Jason to a courtyard.
Jason looked up and saw Demeter, dressed in splendid attire with a head of beautiful golden long hair like Persephone's, now sitting together with several gods and nymph-like existences, conversing about something.
Eunice asked Jason to wait a moment, then went up to Demeter's side.
She bent down and whispered a few words. Demeter's expression visibly changed to one of joy, and she immediately turned her head to search in Jason's direction.
Their gazes met, and Jason smiled at her.
...
"Godmother Demeter, what are you all talking about?"
After those gods had left together, as Jason and Demeter walked in the corridor, Jason, searching for a topic, asked curiously.
"We were talking about you, little Jason." Demeter said with a light laugh, "Because of the wedding matter, they came specifically to find me, hoping to meet little Jason."
As she spoke, Demeter noticed a subtle change in Jason's expression and continued, "But rest assured, I did not tell them just now that you are little Jason... because you actually do not want to see them, right?"
"Cough, well... because this time I came to find you, Godmother Demeter." Facing Demeter's smile that seemed to see through everything, Jason slightly lowered his head and shifted his gaze away.
The more times they interacted, the longer they spent together, the more inevitable it was that flaws would appear.
"Ah, little Jason is so obedient!" Hearing this heartwarming response, Demeter could not help but reach out and gently pinch Jason's cheek.
If it had been before, she would have preferred to pat Jason's head.
But unknowingly, that cute little shota had grown into a handsome and dashing youth.
...
Several days passed.
Jason, who had stayed in Demeter's temple for a few more days, prepared to sneak back to his room from the laboratory before dawn today. As soon as he opened the door, he saw Demeter standing in front of it, waiting for him for a long time, with her eyes narrowed.
"Godmother Demeter..."
Jason lowered his head, showing an expression of "I was wrong."
"Did I not tell you that you should obediently go to sleep at night?!"
Demeter seemed a bit angry, her tone becoming heavier as she said, "How many times has it been now? Little Jason, you seem to be getting more and more disobedient lately!"
"Um, I am very sorry... But actually, it is fine if I do not sleep. It will not cause any harm to my body at all..."
"No, at night you should obediently go to sleep!" Demeter interrupted Jason's words and turned to the servant Eunice Nymph nearby, saying angrily, "And Eunice, did I not tell you to keep a close eye on him at night?"
"I am sorry, great Goddess Demeter..."
As Eunice panicked and knelt down to bow, Jason could not help but step forward and say, "Godmother Demeter, this truly is not Nymph Eunice's fault. Actually, it was I who gave her a magic potion to drink at night..."
"I know."
Demeter turned her head to glance at Jason and let out a light hum, saying, "This is the first time I have realized that little Jason, your courage is quite bold... I lifted your blanket, and unexpectedly, what I saw was my servant Eunice!"
Seeing that Demeter seemed truly a bit angry now, Jason could only show an embarrassed yet polite smile.
...Wait, why did Godmother Demeter come to lift my blanket so early?
Just as a faint doubt arose in Jason's mind.
Demeter, who had been about to say a few more words to Jason, glanced out the window and saw that the night was about to fade, the first ray of dawn sunlight was about to rise, and time was running short.
Thus, she could only set the matter aside for now.
"I will lecture you when we return later... Now, come with me.
Remember, along the way, you are not allowed to speak without my permission."
Although Jason was puzzled, he still followed beside Demeter.
Then, Demeter held a hand lantern and led Jason out of the temple to a nearby ancient forest outside.
They walked in silence all the way. Demeter brought the puzzled Jason to a small pool before the sky had brightened.
The water in this pool was collected by Demeter herself as morning dew ever since she returned home after the wedding.
And every day, Demeter would use her divine power to nurture this morning dew that represented new birth.
At the same time, this was precisely Demeter's return gift to Jason!
Demeter is the goddess of agriculture, the goddess of agriculture, grains, and harvest in ancient Greek mythology.
Demeter taught humans to cultivate, giving life to the earth.
She possesses boundless magic power; she can make the land fertile, plants lush, and the five grains abundant, or she can make the earth wither, all things decay, and not a blade of grass grow.
At the same time, she can grant people inexhaustible wealth, or leave them destitute and impoverished.
Her symbols are three.
The ear of wheat representing new birth, the sickle representing withering, and the golden staff representing wealth.
As for the ear of wheat, Demeter and Persephone had already given it to Jason and Medea.
The power to make the earth wither, all things decay, and not a blade of grass grow was too dangerous; Demeter did not wish for little Jason to obtain it.
As for the golden staff, regarding wealth, Demeter could only say that if Jason liked it, then so be it.
Therefore, after much contemplation and consulting with the goddess of wisdom Athena, Demeter decided that the return gift to Jason would be a ability.
The ability to communicate with all living beings in the world, the ability to listen to the voices of all living beings in the world!