20 I can't escape no matter what...

One of the twelve gods of Olympus, Artemis.

She is the elder twin sister of the God of Light Apollo, the child born of the God-King Zeus and the Goddess Leto, and the most favored daughter of Zeus.

Zeus will fulfill almost any request of Artemis.

Artemis has requested Zeus to always remain a virgin goddess, Zeus agreed to it.

Artemis has asked Zeus for the divine seats and Zeus granted them to her.

Therefore, Artemis has a lot of divine seats like Goddess of Moon, Hunt, Sudden Death, Animals, Virginity, Young Women, Archery, and even part of many other divine seats like War and Childbirth.

At this moment, she has come to Jason and Atalanta, who respects her most among all gods, and is gently stroking Jason's head.

Because Jason is Hecate's student, Artemis, who was once saved by Hecate's mother, will naturally have a good impression of him.

"Me?" Artemis blinked her beautiful blue eyes and replied to Atalanta with a smile, "I've been here all the time. It's just that you two seem to be having a good time, so I haven't come out."

"...Eh?"

Jason and Atalanta were stunned at the same time, and Jason couldn't help turning his head to look at Artemis.

He can see that under the moonlight, Artemis is wearing a gorgeous long dress and looks childish, but she is still extremely beautiful, and when the eyes of the two collided, Artemis blinked then showed a beautiful smile to Jason.

"G, Goddess Artemis, are you, have you been watching?!" Atalanta, with her eyes wide open, raised her voice.

"Yeah." Artemis nodded slightly.

"Ah, this... this, this is not it Goddess Artemis!" Atalanta panicked and said: "I am not, I am definitely not inferior to this guy, he is not as good as me... .. He definitely can't get ahead of me, I just haven't used all my strength!"

Atalanta thought that respected Artemis had been watching, and she has done and shown all kinds of ugliness because of Jason.

Therefore, Atalanta, who became really ashamed and almost wanted to commit suicide at this moment, looked at Jason with an even sharper vision!

But this only made Jason feel even more depressed.

"Yes, I know." Artemis said, then stepped forward and touched Atalanta's head before continuing: "I know Atalanta is a very good child."

Atalanta, with her eyes wide open, was once again stunned.

'Just now... Goddess Artemis touched my head?!'

'Did Goddess Artemis compliment me just now?!'

Then, in response, Atalanta immediately showed an extremely happy expression.

On one side, Jason somewhat speechless looked at Atalanta, who seemed to have turned from a feral wild cat to a purring house kitty in an instant, and then said: "Goddess Artemis, do you already know..."

"You are Jason, right?" Artemis smiled and looked at Jason, who wants to say something but is hesitating, then said: "Don't worry, I have already heard everything from Apollo, so since you have entered the forest, I've been watching you all the time."

"Originally, I was going to immediately appear in front of you, but..."

Speaking till here, Artemis' gaze lingered on both Atalanta and Jason for a while, then showed a brighter smile.

It is as if she had found a toy that she likes very much!

"You two follow me."

After speaking, Artemis returned to the golden-horned deer, and after walking with Jason and Atalanta for a while, they came to a small house.

"It's getting late today, so you two should rest first. If you have something to say, it can wait till tomorrow morning."

Both of them naturally did not dare object to Artemis' orders.

Also, after making such a fuss, both of them are indeed a little tired.

Then both were taken to a room by Artemis, but there was only one bed in the room.

Artemis looked at Atalanta and Jason, then said with a smile: "Go to sleep, children."

After Atalanta heard this, she glanced at Jason and opened her mouth, but finally went to bed without saying anything.

The corners of Jason's mouth slightly twitched, then he said to Artemis: "Goddess Artemis, I think I should just keep watch..."

"You don't need to keep vigil, you are tired too, go to sleep." Artemis replied with a smile: "Tonight, the moonlight will keep watch for you."

Hearing this, Jason could only slightly grit his teeth and walk to the bed.

Fortunately for the two, this bed is quite big, and the two of them are indeed little guys, only a little over ten years old!

Then, after Artemis walked out, there was a speechless silence, but only for a short while.

"If you dare to come over, I will kill you!"

Beside Jason's ear, Atalanta's voice could be heard through her clenched teeth.

"Don't worry, I definitely won't!" Jason also lowered his voice and replied in the same tone.

"...Humph!"

Overnight, obviously, nothing happened.

The next day, facing the sunlight coming from the window, Jason slowly woke up on the bed.

'Huh? I actually fell asleep... Sure enough, I was too tired last night.'

Just when Jason thought like this, he felt a little itchy in his ears, so he tilted his head and saw Atalanta who is curled up and had leaned on him at some point in the night, but is still sleeping peacefully.

Jason's body slightly stiffened for a moment, then he began to expressionlessly move his body, and after he got out of bed without waking up Atalanta, Jason released a sigh of relief.

'I need to go out and find Goddess Artemis.'

With this in mind, Jason walked out of the room.

But moments after he walked out, Atalanta suddenly opened her eyes... After all, as an excellent hunter, she has obviously trained herself to wake up at the slightest sign of trouble in the surrounding!

"Awake?" Artemis, who was stroking the golden-horned deer outside the house, after seeing Jason, handed over the fruit that had just been picked.

And just as Jason thanked Artemis, Atalanta also walked out of the room.

Jason couldn't help but glance at Atalanta, and when he saw that her expression is as usual and there is no sign of anger, he relaxed.

"Jason, you're going to continue your journey, right?"

As both of them were eating fruit, Artemis said: "If that's the case, then let me take you out of this forest and mountain range."

"This, Goddess Artemis, you don't have to bother, in fact, I have already hired hunters..."

"Hunters?"

Artemis tilted her head and looked at Jason: "But didn't you leave the money in the tent and even left a message to let them go back?"

'... So you really had done all the preparations, ah?'

While thinking this, Atalanta turned to look at Jason.

If it wasn't because of Artemis being here, Atalanta really wanted to torture Jason and find out which nerve is wrong in his head due to which he suddenly escaped last night, also, why does he have such an attitude towards her!

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On the other side, all the hunters are woken up by now but they are still looking for people in the mountains... If there was only one less Jason, they wouldn't have cared too much, because anyway, they have found the money and letter in Jason's tent, but they are unable to find out why Atalanta has also disappeared!

Especially Atalanta's uncle, he's has become quite anxious by now!

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And Artemis, obviously, knows all about this, so Jason could only bow his head and nibble on the wild fruit, without speaking.

Because he already has some guess that although not all gods can read his mind like Hecate, they can at least find out whether he is telling truth or not, so not speaking anymore is the best choice. By the way, even his previous statement wasn't a lie, as he did hire adventures but has now left them.

And as expected by Jason, due to him being respectful, Artemis believed that Jason just didn't want to trouble her.

But since Apollo has helped Jason by accompanying him on the journey, Artemis also decided to do the same and help Jason pass through an even bigger ancient forest, so that Artemis can show that she is not any worse than the other gods who have helped Jason.

Just like Apollo has shown that he is better than Athena by giving Jason a tool just like Athena did and to show that he is better, Apollo even helped Jason pass through the ancient forest.

Therefore after making the decision, Artemis immediately looked at Atalanta and asked with a smile: "Then Atalanta, do you want to follow me?"

"Yes!" If it is related to Artemis, Atalanta's answer naturally won't have even the slightest hesitation.