I was a priest in the city-state era

In fact, the guide Kalon's memory was not bad. After Roy's reminder, he immediately recalled that Roy had indeed been his employer.

Hearing Roy say that he was going to the palace of King Minos, Kalon said with a serious face.

"Dear young man! Even if you are the heir of a tribe or even the young leader, you cannot ask for an audience with the great King Minos at will. Because Knossos is the most powerful city-state in Crete and the Aegean Sea. King Minos is the overlord who rules Knossos. Only the envoys of powerful tribes or city-states recognized by King Minos can have the honor of meeting King Minos."

"I am here to participate in the spring ploughing festival in Knossos on behalf of Athens in the Attica Peninsula. Prince Deucalion, the next King Minos of Knossos, personally went to Athens to invite us. I believe that the strength of Athens has been recognized by King Minos."

"You are guests personally invited by Prince Deucalion--"

Although the guide Kalon had never heard of Athens, the fact that Prince Deucalion personally went to Athens to issue an invitation was enough to prove that the strength of Athens should not be underestimated.

Looking at Roy, who had been taken advantage of by himself, the guide Kalon bowed his head in awe and said.

"Noble prince! Beautiful princess! I will take you to the palace right now. Since you are guests personally invited by Prince Deucalion, my worries are unnecessary."

After saying that, Caron turned around and led the way.

Roy and Procne followed Caron to the palace, and Procne asked curiously.

"Brother Roy, do you know this Knossos man?"

"I don't know him."

Roy shook his head and said.

"I just hired him. He is a guide who leads the way. He takes us to the palace, and I will give him 100 kilograms of food as a reward."

"100 kilograms of food - it's reasonable to give him this reward."

Ten minutes later.

Roy and Procne followed Caron to the palace gate, and Caron turned around and said.

"Prince! Princess! This is our palace. How are you going to give me 100 kilograms of food?"

"Go to the port to find my follower Aries and ask him to give you 100 kilograms of food. In order to make Aries believe you, you have to tell him one sentence - we brought 2,000 kilograms of white stones."

"We brought 2,000 kilograms of white stones -"

Caron repeated this sentence and said with some doubt.

"As long as I say this, your follower will reward me?"

"Only Aries and I understand the meaning of this sentence, so he will definitely reward you."

After the guide Caron left doubtfully, Procne couldn't help but say.

"Brother Roy, I thought it would be very hard for him to lead the way for us, so you gave him 100 kilograms of food as a reward. I didn't expect that he would take us to the palace in such a short time."

"Procne, don't think that this reward is not worth it. If it weren't for Charon leading the way, we wouldn't have arrived at the palace so quickly. And if we enter some places like slums, we may encounter unimaginable troubles."

"Slums?"

Because there are no slums in Athens, Procne has no idea what the word slums means.

Roy did not explain to Procne, but walked up to the soldier guarding the palace and said.

"We are the messengers representing Athens to attend the Spring Ploughing Festival. I am Roy, the priest of Athens, and my companion is Procne, the princess of Athens. Please tell King Minos or Prince Deucalion about our affairs and see if they are willing to meet us."

The soldier guarding the palace gate looked at Roy and Procne carefully. Seeing that Procne was wearing a bronze belt around her waist, and Roy's bronze belt had a gold-cast belt buckle, the soldier in charge of reporting bowed his head in awe and said.

"I can report for you, please wait a moment."

After speaking, the soldier in charge of reporting turned and entered the palace.

Roy and Procne stood outside the palace gate. Procne curiously observed the scene on the street and asked like a curious baby.

"Brother Roy, why are there so many people exchanging things on the street?"

"They are trading what they need from each other."

Roy explained with a smile.

"Knossos is the richest and most powerful city-state in the Aegean Sea, so the civilians in Knossos are richer than those in Athens, and they have a lot of private property for trading. The street outside the palace should be a trade street. The people of Knossos trade on the street outside the palace, and they must think that this street is close to the palace, and no one will force buying and selling on this street."

Procne nodded and said, not quite understanding.

"Brother Roy knows a lot, and he is worthy of being my dear future husband."

Just then, Deucalion's generous voice came from the palace.

"Although I don't know why Princess Procne praised you, I must say that Priest Roy is worthy of being my friend."

Roy and Procne turned to look at the palace, and saw Deucalion walking out of the palace gate.

Beside Deucalion was not only the soldier who was responsible for reporting just now, but also a beautiful girl who followed Deucalion like a wife following her husband.

Seeing the girl next to Deucalion, Roy couldn't help but widen his eyes in surprise.

Because this is really a beautiful girl who can make people fall in love at first sight - and make people crave her body at first sight.

The girl was about eighteen years old. She not only had a tall and graceful figure, but also a perfect face that would make people think she was a goddess.

Unlike the slightly immature Procne, the girl who tied her beautiful black hair to her waist into a big braid had a mature charm that did not match her age.

Her big black eyes were like a bottomless spring. Roy looked at her and felt deeply attracted by her eyes.

The black-haired girl wore a rare pure black cotton robe, a golden belt around her waist, and a pearl necklace around her neck. The twelve pearls in the necklace were all precious golden pearls.

Even the strappy sandals the girl wore were golden, proving that her identity was extraordinary.

"Priest Roy!"

Deucalion walked between Roy and the black-clothed girl, blocking Roy's sight and said.

"Although my fiancée is beautiful, you can't keep staring at her. If you do this, not only will I be unhappy, but also your fiancée Princess Procne."

After saying that Roy has a fiancée and the black-haired girl has a fiancée, Deucalion turned to the black-haired girl and said.

"Dear Pandora, let me introduce you to this. This is the priest Roy of Athens, and the girl next to him is his fiancée Princess Procne."

Then Deucalion said to Roy and Procne.

"Priest Roy! Princess Procne! Let me introduce you to this. This is my fiancée - Princess Pandora of the city-state of Donia in the west of Crete. In the future, I will become the next King Minos of Knossos, and Pandora will be my queen."

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