"Grandma?" Jason asked in an uneasy tone as Risa suddenly stepped out of the bushes.
Jason looked at her for a few seconds before summoning a lightning bolt.
He had seen enough illusions to question everything that was happening in front of him. For all he knew, Hecate was alive and was trying to put him in an illusion.
"Melons are better than lemons, Jason. Always remember that." Issac's voice suddenly appeared from behind Risa as Jason's grandpa made his appearance.
He had spoken the exact same words he had told Jason years ago when someone had come to kidnap him which had resulted in his obtaining his MJC.
Jason slowly lowered his guard down as Issac and Risa moved towards him.
They were soon followed by a huge group of people including Zilan, Ariana, etc.
All of them went to check up on the children while Risa and Issac walked up to him.
"Did you get hurt anywhere?" Risa asked as she checked his body for injuries.
"No, I am not hurt anywhere." Jason replied as she stepped away from him.
Risa then glanced towards Hecate's body which was still pinned by Jason's lightning bolt.
"She was the body being used by that guardian." Jason informed as the three of them neared the body.
"She is clearly dead," Risa muttered. "I will've to scan her body thoroughly to know anything else."
Issac understood what Risa was implying as he tapped the body's shoulder with the ring on his fingers.
The body vanished in the next few seconds and all that remained was the lightning bolt Jason had used.
"Jason, I'm sorry but you'll have to tell us what happened later on." Risa said in a pitying voice.
"Can I do that after having a nice bath and a good sleep?" Jason asked with hopeful eyes as Risa nodded.
"You can have all of that once we get back home." She added.
Suddenly, numerous people started drawing magic circles on the ground.
All of them were drawing teleportation circles that would take all of them, including the children, back to the arena.
Once they were at the arena, they would wake the children up and proceed in a much more organized manner.
"You aren't going to help?" Jason asked while looking at Risa.
"I don't trust in my teleportation skills enough to go help them. Who knows where I'll take us." Risa admitted.
"True…"
Once the magic circles were drawn, all of them ignited at the same time as everyone teleported away to the arena.
Issac and Risa pulled Jason aside and silently left the arena for the mansion.
"Jason, are you sure you are all right?" Risa asked again while walking.
"Um, why do you think there is something wrong with me?" Jason asked in confusion.
"No reason. I'm just worried about you." Risa replied before sharing a glance with Issac.
Jason could see that both of their eyes contained a little bit of uneasiness which made him frown internally.
'System, is anything wrong with my body?'
[ Except for the fact that you smell terrible, everything else is fine. I don't know why they are behaving like that. ] The system replied nonchalantly.
'Ugh, I do smell.' Jason observed as he took a sniff of his body and coughed slightly.
What he didn't know was that Hestia's usage of divine power had overexerted his body and had made a few noticeable changes in his appearance.
The system wasn't able to detect them as it was not capable of sensing divine energy.
On their way towards the mansion, Jason wondered what Hestia would say if she knew that Erebus was his patron god.
'Speaking of gods, I wonder who this Aiden guy was and what he did.' Jason silently thought while reminiscing about the man he had seen long ago.
His memories of Aiden were a bit blurry yet he knew that the man was an important person.
'System, can you like give me quests a bit quicker? I want to buy that guide in the shop.'
[ I don't control the amount of quests you receive. You'll have to ask Erebus for it. ]
'So you aren't calling him lord or anything like that.' Jason observed.
[ Any problem with that? ]
'Nah.'
After reaching the mansion, Jason immediately went to his room. He entered his bathroom immediately and saw that the bathtub was filled to the brim with slightly hot water.
'Must be Alfred's doing.' He thought before removing his clothes and diving straight into the bath.
Jason finally let himself relax after the events of the day as he replayed them one by one inside his mind. It had been one of heck of a day.
'Well after such a tiring day, all I want to do is sleep.' Jason sighed as he got out of the bath an hour later and dried his body.
After wearing his clothes, Jason came outside to find that some of his favorite foods sitting on his bed in a plate.
'Risa must have asked Alfred to get me this.' He leisurely ate the dinner before removing his coat and lying on the bed.
Jason hadn't realized how tired his body was after the events of the day. The moment his head touched the pillow, his eyes closed up and he was asleep.
In his dream world, Jason was once again staring at a blank sky but this time, he was sitting in an open grass field.
He overlooked the entire place curiously before settling down and letting the wind ruffle his hair.
"Enjoying the night weather?" Erebus suddenly appeared right beside Jason yet the latter looked extremely calm.
"How are you, Ere?" Jason asked curiously as his patron god settled beside him too.
"I'm doing quite all right though I have to keep an eye on you most of the time or the jade emperor will scream at me. It's quite annoying actually." Erebus sighed.
"Why would he get mad at you for doing that?" Jason asked in confusion as Erebus faked a cough.
"Its nothing important. Don't mind what I said."
The two of them then went silent as the let the wind brush against their skin. They were calmly enjoying the weather.
"Jason, I know you have many questions but can you hold the back until I am done explaining everything?" Erebus finally asked as Jason nodded.
"We can do that but first," Jason suddenly looked at the sky as he sensed the presence of his guardian nearing him. "There is a certain goddess that you should meet."
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