I was a priest in the city-state era

Port of Piraeus.

Twenty large ships lined up at the port pier.

It's noon.

Loy and Procne, accompanied by Pandion, Zeuxiper, and Philomela, arrived at the port dock and prepared to board the ship to the city of Knossos.

Zeuxipo reluctantly said goodbye to his daughter, and Pandion said to Roy with a complicated expression.

"My child! When you and Procne come back, I will hold a wedding for you."

Roy said with wide eyes after hearing Pandion's words.

"Father-in-law thinks I will eat Procne? I can promise my father-in-law that I will never tarnish Procne's reputation before marrying Procne."

"I believe you and Procne, will others believe you? If Procne eats and sleeps with you and goes to the city of Knossos, others will think that you have become a de facto husband and wife, so you must get married as soon as possible. "

Pandion wanted to arrange a wedding between Loy and Procne, but Loy didn't object in his heart.

Because Roy felt that his wedding to Procne was an opportunity to seize control of the city of Athens.

"Since my father-in-law has decided, I will follow his arrangement and marry Procne."

Pandion nodded with satisfaction and said.

"In order to protect you and Procne, I have arranged twenty large ships for you and two hundred soldiers to protect your safety. In order to prevent you from returning empty-handed, I have put 10,000 kilograms of olive oil in the cabin. You put these Exchange the olive oil for grain and bring back the bronze war spear!”

After saying goodbye to their families, Roy and Procne held hands and boarded the flagship. Procne stood on the deck and waved goodbye to his parents and sister, while Roy gave orders to the sailors.

"start sailing!"

After hearing Roy's order, the sailors rowed the oars vigorously together, allowing the ship to gradually accelerate away from the port of Piraeus.

Seeing that the distance between her parents and sister was getting farther and farther, tears fell from the corners of Procne's eyes.

Roy held Procne in his arms and said.

"Procne, we are only leaving for eight to ten days, and we will be back soon."

Procne snuggled into Roy's arms and rested her little head on Roy's shoulder.

"Brother Roy, this is the first time I have left Athens, and it is also the first time I have left my father and mother at the same time. Although brother Roy is with me, I really can't hold back my tears."

Roy patted her back gently with his right hand and said.

"You can cry if you want! When I left my parents for the first time at the same time, I couldn't help crying."

Although he left Athens and his parents, Roy was still with Procne after all.

Procne cried until her tears dried up, and her mood gradually improved.

Seeing the scene of dolphins swimming fast after the boat and huge whales leaping out of the sea, Procne smiled with surprise and joy.

"Brother Roy, the sea is so amazing. There are so many incredible creatures. I have only heard of these creatures in stories before, but now I finally see them with my own eyes."

Looking at Procne's bright and sweet smile, Roy said with a smile.

"Silly girl, the sea not only contains all kinds of magical and beautiful marine life, but also all kinds of fatal dangers. When sailing at sea, you must avoid hitting rocks. If you encounter a storm, you will have a narrow escape. The most terrifying thing is to encounter pirates. If you get lost in the sea , it would also be very dangerous to drift to foreign lands.”

"I believe that Brother Roy can protect me no matter what danger I encounter."

Looking at Procne who had blindly worshiped him, Roy smiled confidently.

"As long as I am here, no man-made disasters caused by humans or natural disasters caused by gods can harm you."

Because Athenian ships already had experience going to the city of Knossos, at night, Roy handed over the task of commanding the fleet to sail at night.

Roy himself went into the cabin with Procne to sleep.

It was late at night.

Whether it was because of uneasiness or excitement, Procne could not sleep.

Knowing that Roy was not asleep either, Procne said shamefully in Roy's arms.

"Brother Roy, I know you didn't sleep to take care of me. Before I can fall asleep, let me serve brother Roy with my body!"

"Silly girl, don't think so wildly."

Roy said, hugging Procne like a pillow.

"The sailors are working hard outside rowing, how can I covet pleasure. When we return to Athens for the wedding, even if you don't want to sleep with me, I will forcefully eat you. And I can't sleep not because of you, but because I was always alert to the danger that might arise at any time. Even when I fell asleep, I was in a very light sleep.”

"Brother Roy..."

Understanding why Roy couldn't sleep, Procne hugged Roy distressedly and said.

"If I weren't a weak girl, I could share some of the hard work for Brother Roy."

Hearing Procne's words, Roy couldn't help laughing.

"If you were not a girl, even if you were a beautiful boy like a god, I would have let you go rowing with the sailors outside instead of letting you be protected by me in my arms."

"Ah - I am a boy. Brother Roy, don't you love me anymore?"

"That's right!"

Roy smiled without hesitation.

"What I love is not your soul, but your body as a girl."

"Brother Roy——"

Procne, pretending to be angry, bit Roy's chin gently.

Roy retaliated without hesitation and bit her cherry lips gently.

Three days passed in a blink of an eye.

At noon on the fourth day, Roy's fleet successfully entered the port of Knossos.

After the twenty large ships were lined up in two rows and moored at the dock, Roy and Procne came to the dock hand in hand, and then ordered Aries who followed them out of the boat.

"Aries! I will take Procne to the palace of Knossos. After I leave, you will manage our two hundred soldiers. You must protect our ships."

"Priest, you and the princess will not bring any soldiers?"

Looking at Aries' worried expression, Roy raised his bronze spear with his left hand and said.

"I am a hero [100 Enemies]. It is useless to bring soldiers when I encounter something I can solve. When I encounter something I cannot solve, bringing soldiers is equivalent to bringing a burden."

After that, Roy took Procne to Knossos.

Just as Roy and Prokne were about to leave the port, a Knossian wearing linen clothes and straw sandals stopped Roy and Prokne and said.

"Two respected foreigners, do you need a guide to lead the way? As a resident of Knossos, I can take you to where you want to go, and the reward I ask for is only 100 kilograms of food. If you search around in Knossos like a headless fly, you may enter some dangerous places that King Minos's laws cannot control."

Looking at the guide in front of him, Roy couldn't help laughing.

"You are the guide Karon."

Hearing Roy say his name, the guide Karon said in surprise.

"Have you heard of me?"

"It seems that your memory is not very good. I hired you once."

Roy said with a smile.

"Guide Karon, I will hire you again to take us to the palace of King Minos."