It did not take long for him to recover from the brief shock.
Looking at the goddess lying on his bed, seemingly asleep.
The now-calmed Jason raised his eyebrows slightly and could not help but think to himself, "Goddess Athena, why is she here?"
As he pondered, Jason subtly stepped back bit by bit without a trace. At the same time, he placed his right hand behind him and fumbled around until he touched the door handle.
Just as Jason prepared to pretend that nothing had happened, that he had never come and never seen anything...
Click, click.
With two soft sounds, Jason expressionlessly let his hand drop.
Damn it, it won't open!
Did the Argo trick me?
Jason thought for a moment in his heart but soon shook his head, denying this guess.
The Argo did not seem like someone who would lie. She had once been a doll, an existence as blank as a sheet of paper.
When they had met earlier, he had not noticed anything unusual about her.
That meant she most likely did not know that his room now had an extra goddess waiting inside.
Since that was the case, this unopenable door...
"Goddess Athena, may I ask... are you awake?"
After a brief hesitation, Jason mustered his courage and asked Athena softly.
But Athena did not respond. She, still hugging Jason's pillow, continued to sleep quietly.
Seeing this, Jason could only helplessly step lightly into the room.
He extinguished the lit glazed lamp, letting the room fall back into darkness once more. Only a few strands of moonlight slipped in from the window, slightly illuminating the space.
Then Jason sat by the window, looking at Athena lying on the bed, at her sleeping appearance. After he could not help but look a few more times, he hurriedly shifted his gaze away.
The sleeping visage of a stunningly beautiful goddess naturally brought considerable stimulation.
Especially since she was wearing a pure white long dress, with the thin skirt clinging tightly to her soft limbs and slender waist, offering little in the way of coverage.
Countless silver strands scattered across the bed, and her delicate face revealed a breathtakingly beautiful smile that could easily draw one into it.
But fortunately, Jason had some immunity to this.
In his childhood, he was often used as a pillow by the goddess of agriculture, Demeter.
And during his time at Hecate's temple in the underworld, Jason frequently had to wake up Hecate, who slept and refused to rise.
Thus, while he could not completely achieve a mind as still as water, he could at least face it calmly.
At present, whether Athena was pretending to sleep or truly asleep, Jason did not know, but it did not matter.
What exactly did she want to do?
This doubt naturally arose in his heart.
But no matter how hard Jason racked his brain, he absolutely could not imagine it.
Therefore, in the end, Jason could only wait.
Waiting for Athena to wake up.
And the waiting time was actually earlier than Jason had anticipated.
About an hour or so later, accompanied by a soft "Eh?"
This made Jason, who was holding a magic guide book and reading it by the moonlight, snap back to attention. He subconsciously looked toward the source of the sound.
He then saw Athena, still hugging his pillow, sitting up. Her eyes, slightly dazed, looked toward Jason sitting by the window, her head tilted slightly.
The moment their gazes met, the daze in Athena's eyes gradually faded, restoring their brilliance.
At the same time, a very subtle panic flashed through her beautiful golden eyes.
Everything was quickly suppressed by absolute reason.
Then Athena's face revealed a stunningly beautiful smile. She buried her head into the pillow she held in her arms and took a deep sniff, laughing. "Mm... Jason's scent!
Little Jason, could you give this to me? With it, I feel like I could sleep well from now on."
How should she interact with Jason?
Athena had naturally thought about this question.
And after their reunion on Mount Olympus this time, knowing Jason's thoughts, Athena had an answer in her heart.
It was simple: just like before.
"Goddess Athena..."
Hearing Athena's words and seeing the smile in her eyes as she looked at him, Jason could not help but feel a wry smile.
At the same time, he suppressed that faint trace of doubt in his heart.
Standing up, Jason lit the glazed lamp. Once the bright light illuminated the room,
he looked at Athena under the lamp. Her jade feet were sitting on the bed, her body gently pressed against his pillow, looking up at him and smiling at him.
Taking in that snowy landscape, Jason subconsciously turned his head away and said, "Ahem... Goddess Athena, why did you come?"
Seeing this, Athena blinked gently.
Then the corners of her mouth curved up slightly as she said, "Little Jason, why aren't you looking at me? That's not good. When talking, you should look at the other person, hehe."
"Goddess Athena..."
"Alright, alright, I'm not teasing you anymore, not teasing you."
As Athena spoke, she somewhat reluctantly set down the pillow she had been holding. Then she sat on the edge of the bed, her flawless jade feet swaying lightly in the air.
"Jason, do you really not know why I came to find you? ...Have you truly forgotten about the matter of the Ancestor of All Demons, Typhon, on your body?"
Hearing this, Jason was slightly stunned.
Thus, a look of realization appeared in his eyes.
He remembered his agreement with Athena.
The matter with Hera involved Athena's divine blood to suppress the power of Typhon in Jason's body.
Therefore, this was precisely the moment for Athena to retrieve the magic spear that Typhon had left in Jason's body and bring it before the god of craftsmanship, Hephaestus.
To forge the god-slaying sword using her own cursed blood, Typhon's blood of destruction, and Hephaestus's divine power that could create all things!
How had he forgotten such an important matter?
Jason thought for a moment and then realized he had not forgotten.
After all, this concerned his life!
For this reason, after the matter with Hera ended, Jason had deliberately stayed a few days at Hera's place and lingered for a while at Teacher Hephaestus's.
All to wait for Athena to come find him, yet he had not expected it to be at this moment.
Thinking this, Jason naturally said to Athena, "Of course I would not forget, Goddess Athena. It's just... why did you not come find me on Mount Olympus?"
"Because I wanted to see you... see you alone."
Facing Jason's doubt, Athena quickly gave an answer. Her gaze, slightly resentful, looked at Jason as she said, "It's been so long. Recently, I haven't had any chance to play with little Jason you at all. And on the sacred mountain, I couldn't even get close to you!"
Jason thought about it upon hearing this and found it indeed so.
Now that Hera knew Athena had been meddling in the whole affair, she naturally had no good face toward her.
And Hephaestus definitely would not let her approach him, let alone allow the two of them to be alone.
"And also... Jason, come here to me!"
Seeing Athena's expression suddenly become serious, and her gaze toward him turn sharp, Jason felt some doubt but obediently came to sit beside her.
Then, his cheek was immediately grabbed by Athena.
"You are very brave, aren't you? I told you to resolve things with Hera, but I did not tell you to stab yourself with a dagger!
And you do not value your life. If I had not left my shield with you, you would have been struck dead, do you know that!"
The more Athena spoke, the angrier she became.
Along with the resentment from being scolded by Hecate and the others, and her own grievances, that emotion she absolutely could not express now, all poured out toward Jason in one breath.
She ruthlessly tormented the Jason before her.
It was only after a good while that she let him go.
Then, facing the furious Athena, Jason did not know what to say for a moment. His mind recalled the scene in that temple that day, when she appeared and shielded him behind her.
He also thought of the words he had said to her then, and the determination he had made.
His heart could not help but become somewhat complicated.
As for Athena, she suddenly did not know what to say either.
She looked at Jason before her. As the anger in her heart gradually subsided, facing him sitting beside her,
Athena suddenly found her heartbeat quickening.
It even made her thoughts slightly chaotic.
She had the impulse to hold Jason in her arms and dote on him, but reason forcibly suppressed all of it.
At the same time... she felt very afraid.
Afraid that her excessive behavior would let Jason notice her inner feelings.
Moreover, she actually did not know how to handle such emotions...
This was absolutely a forbidden fruit that the goddess of wisdom should not touch!
Thus, between the two of them, a strange silence suddenly fell.
And the silence lasted quite a long time, so long that when the recovered Jason raised his head and cast a puzzled gaze toward Athena, it ended.
Then Athena stood up without even putting on her shoes, taking two small steps.
"In any case, Jason, hand over the magic spear that Typhon gave you to me now. I will take it to Hephaestus.
When the magic spear is completely melted and the god-slaying sword is forged, the curse from Typhon on your body will naturally break on its own."
Athena forcibly pretended that nothing had happened and took the magic spear from the slightly stunned Jason's hand.
"As expected, it cannot hold out much longer... Time is running out. I am going to Hephaestus right now!"
After taking the magic spear and pretending to inspect it, Athena, with furrowed brows, finished speaking without waiting for Jason to react.
With a turn of her body, the next second she disappeared from before Jason.
...Did she not say she wanted to be alone with me?
Looking at Athena who left just like that, Jason felt somewhat bewildered.
Had things truly become so urgent?
Jason was somewhat puzzled, but no matter how he thought about it, it seemed there was only this explanation.
"Tonight, I was not used as a pillow to sleep on... No, no, what am I thinking!"
As Jason shook his head, his hand inadvertently touched something soft.
Turning his head to look, it was his pillow... the one Athena had been hugging.
In that instant, he seemed to smell a special, faint fragrance.
After being stunned for a moment, Jason somewhat awkwardly withdrew his hand.
"Mm, tonight... I still won't sleep."
In the end, as Jason shook his head, he did not think too much about what had happened tonight.
Even though he faintly felt something strange in his heart.
But meeting a goddess and being doted on by a goddess, for him... was ultimately just a daily occurrence, ahem.
Thus, he naturally did not know that when Athena fled, how red her face was. And without needing anyone to say anything to her, she cursed herself all the way for being so useless...