One day.
A light rain was drizzling outside the house. Inside, the centaur sage Chiron was imparting to Jason the most precious thing in the world: knowledge!
"…And so, the great God-King Zeus overthrew the tyrannical God of Destruction Cronus and became the new God-King!
From that day onward, the great God-King Zeus's elder brother Poseidon gained dominion over the seas and became Lord of the Sea Gods.
Hades gained dominion over the underworld and became Lord of the Underworld.
As time passed, the great gods each took their divine seats, and among all the gods, the highest and most supreme were naturally the Twelve Olympians who reside on Mount Olympus.
God-King Zeus, Sea God Poseidon, Underworld God Hades, Goddess of Wisdom Athena, God of Light Apollo, Goddess of the Hunt Artemis… and the Messenger of the Gods, Lord Hermes!"
As Chiron spoke, Jason listened very attentively.
If this had been before his transmigration, as a transmigrator he naturally would have had zero interest in these so-called gods.
But now, having crossed over and become Jason, he understood that these gods truly existed in this world!
They were not only residing atop Mount Olympus.
Some of his own senior and junior brothers even carried divine blood!
"Um… Teacher Chiron, among the great gods, aside from the great deities you just mentioned, are there any other gods that require special attention?"
Jason then asked this question.
He looked at Chiron with complete seriousness and said, "I hope Teacher Chiron will guide me so that, when the time comes and I meet them… I can run away as fast as possible!"
Chiron fell silent and stared at Jason.
At this moment he naturally understood why Jason had suddenly come looking for him today to seek knowledge about the gods.
When Jason had come to him earlier, Chiron had even felt happy for a moment. So it turned out… the boy was thinking about how to flee quickly if he accidentally encountered one!
"You don't need to worry. The gods are not so easily met… And for most people, being able to meet the god they worship even once is the greatest honor imaginable!" Chiron could not help saying.
"Honor, huh…" Jason curled his lips.
Honor my foot!
Given the moral character of this bunch of Greek gods, the best thing was to stay as far away from them as possible!
Although Chiron did not know what Jason was thinking inside, they had spent some time together by now, so he could naturally tell that Jason had not taken his words to heart at all.
This gave him a headache.
Then, as if something had suddenly occurred to him, Chiron hesitated for a moment before looking at Jason and saying, "However, if we really must speak of a god who is special… the Goddess of Crossroads, Hecate!"
"Goddess of Crossroads Hecate?" Jason blinked.
"Mm." Chiron nodded. "She is an extremely special deity. She does not fall under the jurisdiction of the sky, the earth, the oceans, or the underworld, yet she holds an exalted position in all of these domains at the same time.
Even the great God-King Zeus treats her with respect, and the great Lord Hades is always courteous to her!"
"So amazing?" Jason blinked again, then nodded seriously. "Mm, if I ever meet her, I will definitely run away as fast as I can!"
"You can rest assured. Lady Hecate is different from the other gods. She loves research and exploring the unknown, so she rarely leaves her divine temple. However…"
"However?" Jason looked at Chiron curiously.
"She has two disciples, and one of those disciples…"
After hesitating for a while and looking at Jason, Chiron ultimately did not finish the sentence. He simply shook his head, said it was nothing, and told Jason not to pay it any mind.
Clearly, Chiron knew something… More accurately, he had actually glimpsed a portion of the "original" future of Jason!
This was not surprising, because Chiron's true identity was far from ordinary.
Ever since transmigrating to this world, Jason had resolved in his heart that he would absolutely never come into contact with any gods in this lifetime!
Yet what Jason did not know was that the person before him, the centaur sage Chiron, was in fact a true god himself!
He simply did not possess a divine seat.
Nevertheless, his bloodline was extraordinarily noble.
The blood flowing through his veins was the same as that of Zeus, Hades, and Poseidon!
Indeed, Chiron was the illegitimate son of the second-generation God-King Cronus, father of Zeus and the others!
He was a divine spirit born from the goddess Philyra!
Very few people knew this truth.
Even the transmigrated Jason only knew Chiron as the wise centaur and mentor to numerous heroes; that was all.
As for why Chiron would bring up the goddess Hecate when Jason declared he would run the moment he met a god…
It was because Hecate had two disciples.
One was Circe, the Witch of Temptation and Depravity.
The other was the future Witch of Betrayal, Medea…
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The Underworld.
Inside Hecate's divine temple.
"Hmm? It feels like… someone is talking about me?"
In a room piled high with all manner of strange objects, the beautiful goddess Hecate—who wore a long brown dress and had black hair and crimson eyes—was just about to try a new experiment when she suddenly froze.
"And it seems… it's someone with rather noble bloodline talking about me."
Hecate thought for a moment, then set down the experiment in her hands and carefully sensed it. "…Chiron? It's him?"
After realizing who it was, a trace of unusual light flashed through Hecate's eyes.
Very few people knew Chiron's true identity, but as someone who was also born among the second generation of gods, a member of the Titan gods, and moreover the Goddess of Crossroads herself, Hecate naturally knew.
"What did he mention me for… Jason? Wait, why does that name… feel a little familiar?"
Hecate completely put down what she was holding, tilted her head slightly, and began thinking seriously. Just as she could find no clue,
Knock knock—
"Teacher, may I come in now? I've found the thing you wanted." A young girl's voice came from outside the door.
"Mm, come in, Medea."
With those words, the person who gently pushed open the door and entered Hecate's sight was a little girl around ten years old with a single ponytail and lovely silver-purple hair.
Hecate looked at her, froze for a moment, then suddenly realized and said, "Oh, now I remember… I remember who Jason is!"
With Hecate's power, briefly peering into the future—especially the future of a mere mortal who had not yet become a god—was naturally not difficult.
At the same time, it was obvious that if this incident had not happened today, Hecate—who devoted herself entirely to research—would probably have forgotten long ago!
"Teacher?" Medea naturally blinked in confusion at Hecate, who had suddenly exclaimed.
"Mm… it's nothing, nothing important."
Hecate then looked at Medea, thought for a moment, and said, "Medea, in a couple of days I'll probably go out for a bit."
"Teacher, you're going out?" Medea was stunned.
After all, ever since she had come here, she had almost never seen Hecate leave the divine temple!
"Mm, to take care of something… just a small matter."