"Come to my side. Before the Servants on both sides notice us, we have to leave this place."
Medea had only just been summoned, which meant that the pair of subordinates who had set up the dispersal barrier were probably not targeting them.
As a Mage of the Age of Gods, Medea could easily perform even high-level teleportation magecraft. That was why she had signaled for Yoru Machi to come to her side—so she could use magecraft to get them both out of this troublesome place.
However, despite Medea's call, Yoru Machi stood where he was without moving. Instead, he said thoughtfully, "Medea, I know the legends about you.
"Back when you fled with Jason, you abandoned your homeland like this, didn't you...?"
The moment Yoru Machi mentioned her legend, Medea's expression immediately turned exceptionally ugly.
Her past and those terrible memories were undoubtedly among Medea's greatest taboos. Yoru Machi bringing them up now naturally made her furious!
If Yoru Machi had not left such a good impression on her earlier, Medea might have attacked and killed him on the spot.
"So what! Are you implying that you're Jason?"
Seeing the hatred on Medea's face, Yoru Machi merely curled his lips into a slight smile. "I have no desire to become a coward as ungrateful as Jason.
"He had a beautiful lover willing to give everything for him, yet he abandoned his wife for such laughable reasons.
"If he were a true hero, he should have stepped forward when faced with hardship, rather than letting the woman who loved him silently bear everything alone.
"Medea, you must despise those memories, yet be unable to forget them.
"And the way to forget an unpleasant memory is actually very simple. You only need to replace it with new, beautiful memories."
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