At this moment, in the evening sunset, Theo tilted his head and looked at Athena who bent down, with some of her silver hair falling on his shoulders.
The two blinked and looked at each other for a while. But it wasn't due to romance.
"Wait—" Theo's eyes gradually widened, and he subconsciously stood up and raised his voice and said, "Athena, why are you here…!"
Faced with her sudden appearance, before Theo could say anything, he suddenly felt dizzy.
The world was spinning and everything in sight went dark.
And at this moment, as if she had expected it, Athena reached out and embraced the shaking Theo in her arms.
After a while, Theo finally came to his senses.
Then he felt the softness and fragrance of the goddess. Just when he felt very comfortable, his body relaxed and he subconsciously prepared to enjoy it for a while longer.
Theo suddenly realized that this goddess was Athena.
Not only is she the goddess of wisdom of Olympus, but she is also a virgin goddess like the moon goddess Artemis!
Theo cautiously looked up to Athena.
Athena blinked her golden eyes, looked at Theo's cautious look, and said with a smile: "You can rest for a while, I don't mind."
"Thank you Goddess Athena but I should get up..."
Although it felt comfortable and skin was very smooth and soft, Theo didn't think he could enjoy the service of the Virgin goddess.
Who knows what might happen.
"Hmm..." Athena narrowed her eyes slightly, and her golden eyes seemed to see through everything about him, giving Theo great psychological pressure.
She secretly sensed that Theo was thinking bad things, and she even had the ability to directly see into his inner thoughts, but in the end Athena did not do so.
Poor Theo escaped safely.
Athena tilted her head to look at the dazzling image of herself in the painting beside her, then looked at Theo again, recalling the surprise the young man had given her today.
So she gave him forgiveness.
"Have you always known who I am?" Athena said this, took two steps forward, and personally fed a golden apple that she had taken out from somewhere into his mouth.
Then she walked to the painting with steps.
And under the gaze of Theo who was biting the golden apple, she carefully picked up the painting, looked at it, and revealed the most real and beautiful smile so far, like a painting.
The setting sun shone on her, and the breeze outside the window blew her waist-length silver hair. Although Athena at this moment was not as dazzling as in the painting, she had a gentle beauty.
This made Theo, who had engraved this beautiful scenery in his eyes, almost unable to resist sitting down again to record this beautiful scene.
He resisted the urge as a painter, and took a bite of the golden apple in his mouth. As it melted in his mouth, a warm current swept through his body, shaking his decadent spirit. Only then did Theo come back to his senses and shook his head. Athena replied: "No, I don't know."
After a slight pause, Theo continued, "I was only halfway through the painting when I felt that this was the real you..."
Speaking of this promise, he also looked at the painting.
That's right, Theo really didn't know it at first. It was only after he felt something was not right when he was halfway through drawing that he pieced together Athena's true appearance bit by bit in his mind.
And finally painted it.
And when he finished drawing it, Theo knew who she was.
"...It seems that what Hera said is indeed true."
Hearing this, Athena shifted her gaze from the painting and focused it back on Theo.
He sighed: "You are indeed an excellent child."
Theo is a genius.
Even though he was at the bottom of Chiron's class, he was indeed a genius in painting, and his talent can only be described as amazing!
After all, it only took him three years to completely surpass Chiron.
The reason why Theo has never cared about this is not because he doesn't know his own strength.
Apart from the fact that Chiron did not say much about this matter in order to prevent Theo from using this as an excuse to go down the mountain, the more important reason was that this bonus was not engraved in the legend of the Heroic Spirit class card.
So Theo always regarded it as a form of entertainment and didn't take it seriously.
But he did not realize that the reason why it was not engraved on the class card was simply because he himself did not leave behind any painting that could be called a legend.
And now apparently, it exists!
Facing Athena's praise, Theo was not happy. He thought of something because of these words, so the look he gave Athena suddenly became strange.
"What's wrong?" Athena tilted her head slightly.
"Well... it's not a big deal." Theo hesitated for a while, thought about it, and finally couldn't help but said to Athena: "That's it, Goddess Athena, do you still remember the oracle you gave to Jason?"
"Of... course..." Athena nodded subconsciously, but halfway through her words she suddenly understood the meaning of Theo's words.
This was an implicit admission that she had always known that Hera had mistaken the wrong person.
The atmosphere suddenly became silent.
Athena blinked and looked at Theo, and Theo also blinked and looked at her.
After a while...
"Well, it's a really nice painting." Athena silently withdrew her gaze and expressed her praise for the painting.
"I am honored to be favored by you, Goddess Athena." Theo also answered sensibly.
The two of them understood each other tacitly and did not continue talking about that matter.
but...
This Athena is absolutely unreliable. It might be better to choose another goddess.
Athena glanced at Theo, who still seemed to be smiling, and couldn't help feeling a little amused.
Although she didn't know what Theo was thinking, she could roughly imagine what Theo was thinking with her wisdom, as she could sense that he was not saying anything good.
But Athena was in a really good mood today, so instead of being angry, she thought such Theo was even more lovely.
So after a slight smile, Athena, who was looking at the painting, asked, "By the way, Theo, what is your wish?"
"Wish?" Theo looked at Athena with some confusion.
"Yes." Athena nodded, "Since you have offered tribute to me, I will naturally grant you a gift, so... tell me your wish."
Athena looked at Theo again and said, "Just as Jason's wish is to become king and take back his throne. Tell me what you want, and I will make it come true for you!"
…When did I offer it to you?
Looking at Athena who was holding the painting in front of him and obviously couldn't let it go, Theo wisely didn't ask.
As for wishes, do we still need to think about them?
"I want to be a hero..."
Upon hearing this, Athena looked at Theo with some surprise. After all, he was too weak... But this is ancient Greece in the Age of Gods, so it is normal to have such a dream, so Athena didn't care too much.
Just as she was about to nod,
"And die gloriously on the road to becoming a hero!"
...Huh?
Athena blinked, looked at Theo, hesitated for a moment, and asked uncertainly: "What did you just say?"
"Be a hero!"
"No, the latter sentence."
"Die with a bang!"
Athena was silent for a while. As a well-informed goddess, she said that she had seen all kinds of dreams, but this dream...
Athena felt strange, she couldn't help asking, "Are you sure you don't want to enjoy the glory and praise after becoming a hero?"
"No, although I hope that the world will sing my legend, I hope even more that I can die in a grand epic and make a heroic sacrifice."
"Let my legend be passed down through the ages!"
Athena looked in front of her and shook her head, and she fell silent. But she was getting excited.
After all, she could tell lies, and she could feel Theo's determination in saying this.
"I think I know why you can't get down the mountain, and Chiron is still monitoring you..."
To put it nicely, it was a heroic and magnificent death, but to put it bluntly, it was just a desire to die!
"But such a dream...is not bad!" Athena said with a smile.
If it were someone else, they might still be hesitant and confused, but who is she? She is Athena.
Mother of heroes!
In ancient Greece, she was either causing trouble or on their way to causing trouble.
So isn't this major directly relevant!?
At the same time, Athena finally understood what Clotho, the goddess of fate, had predicted for her.
[ He is also someone who can bring you glory! ]
Therefore,
"I agree." Athena answered happily.
Facing this weak boy, probably the most fragile boy she had ever seen, she longed to be a hero and finally had a heroic ending.
At this moment, Athena responded and made the most regretful oath in her life...
"I swear in the name of Athena, the goddess of wisdom, that you, the student of the Centaur Sage Chiron, will become the shining star of this era under my witness."
"And then, I will grant you an ending that will shock the whole world."
"Let the world sing your name, and let your legend be passed down forever!"
There is such a good thing?!
In the room illuminated by dusk, Theo was ecstatic and thought to himself:
It seems that not all virgin goddesses are as unreliable as the moon goddess Artemis!
This is the oath Athena made in her own name, which means it is irreversible and cannot be changed. No matter what happens in the future, she will fulfill the content of the oath.
Therefore, she will witness Theo become a hero, and finally give him an ending that shocks the whole world!
"Thank you for your gift, honorable goddess Athena!"
Athena couldn't help but laugh again at Theo who looked at her excitedly at this moment and spoke in the fullest and most sincere tone yet.
She walked forward, reached out and gently pinched his still slightly tender cheek then she chuckled and said, "Child, if others heard my oath that I will make you die one day, they would probably be frightened. Only you would think it would be a surprise."
"Besides..."
Athena narrowed her eyes slightly, staring at Theo with her golden eyes, and squeezed her hand a little harder, saying, "You have been thinking about very rude things just now, right?"
"Huh?" Theo blinked.
"I am a goddess, the goddess of wisdom Athena. Do you think I don't know what you are thinking? Little Theo, you are so bold!"
Theo opened his eyes wide, and then he became so flustered that he didn't have a chance to explain.
"Pfft... Okay, I won't tease you anymore. But I didn't expect that you were actually thinking about something rude." Athena smiled and let go of her hand.
Turning around, her figure stretched long by the afterglow of the setting sun, she continued, "I didn't spy on your mind, although I could do it, and I didn't do it because you offered me tribute… But even though I didn't spy on your thoughts, you were standing in front of a god, thinking about things related to that god."
"It's not just me, other gods can actually sense it vaguely."
This is obviously a reminder.
Theo breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Athena's back. He couldn't help feeling a little scared. He was thinking that he must be more careful when facing these unreasonable beings in the future.
"Well, if that's the case...could it be that Goddess Hera already knew about this?!"
Hearing this, Athena turned her head and was puzzled at first when she looked at Theo who seemed a little flustered in front of her.
But she was the goddess of wisdom after all, so she quickly understood the meaning of Theo.
"You are talking about the time when she appeared in front of you as an old woman... As expected, you guessed my oracle early on."
There was no need to hide anything at this point, so Theo naturally nodded obediently.
"Don't worry, she really doesn't know anything." Athena grinned and said, "Because I did it quietly so that she couldn't hear it."
"...So." Theo looked at Athena in front of him, "What happened this morning..."
"Huh? What happened this morning?" Athena still smiled brightly.
"No, it's okay..." Theo lowered his head and said nothing more.
I just secretly labeled Athena as a "pleasure offender"...
Ah, no, no, don't let your imagination run wild.
Athena is a beautiful, Athena is a kind goddess!
Yeah, that's right!
Athena looked at Theo with amusement, and then, as if she had thought of something, she looked at the painting in her hand that she couldn't put down.
Then she carefully put the painting down and took out a strand of her beautiful silver hair that reached her waist.
Come forward,
Under Theo's somewhat puzzled but unobstructed gaze, she bent down and wrapped it around his left wrist.
At this time, the sunset had ended at some point, and the stars were hanging high in the night sky, embellishing the darkness. The flawless moonlight shone in from the window, illuminating the two of them.
"Okay." Athena raised her head, looked at the puzzled Theo, and said, "This way you won't have to worry about being read by anyone other than me... Remember, except me."
After saying this, she winked at Theo and continued with a faint smile, "Also, it can protect you when you are in the most dangerous time."
"After all, Theo, you can't just die so easily before I prepare the grand ending for you."
"If you really die without waiting for me, then even in the underworld, I will not let you go and will pull you out of the underworld!"
After hearing this, Theo didn't have time to react.
"I'm back, promise!"
Jason kicked the door open and walked in laughing.
Then he looked at Theo who was standing by the window, staring at him blankly, and couldn't help but asked in confusion: "Well, what are you doing, Theo?"
Theo didn't speak. After coming back to his senses, he looked around.
Athena was nowhere to be seen, and the painting had also disappeared.
Only the night breeze and the bright moon gently caressed him, making him feel a little cool.
Theo recalled the last words left by Athena, the scene where she seemed to be joking and smiling, but there was no smile in those golden eyes.
If I die before the ending she planned, will she never let me go even if she dies?
As expected of a goddess. She is really scary. I can't die even if I want to now.
At this moment, Theo was really at a loss.
Is the oath I made with Athena a good thing or a bad thing?
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