I was a priest in the city-state era

Roy had already provoked and humiliated himself unscrupulously. Of course, Perseus would not choose to endure it. He stood up angrily and said.

"Roy, I want to duel with you."

Roy immediately laughed jokingly.

"Then I will teach you, your defeated general, another lesson."

At this moment, Deucalion walked between Roy and Perseus and said coldly.

"You are my guests. If you really want to duel, then you must duel with me first."

Seeing Deucalion coming forward to stop the duel, a beautiful boy next to Perseus whispered.

"Cousin Perseus, we cannot offend Prince Deucalion."

Perseus calmed down and spoke to Deucalion.

"Deucalion, I am not in a hurry to take revenge on Roy. For your sake, I will pretend I can't see Roy."

After saying that, Perseus sat down again next to the beautiful boy.

Roy also said to Deucalion.

"Deucalion, I am willing to engage in a duel with you, but today is obviously not a suitable time. For your sake, I will not conflict with Perseus again."

After saying that, Roy sat down next to Deucalion.

Deucalion glanced at Roy and Perseus with a satisfied smile, and then said to the princes and princesses.

"Dear princes! Beautiful princesses! You are all my guests, so I don't want you to have any conflicts. Now I thank you all for accepting my invitation to come to the city of Knossos. Next, everyone enjoys what I have done for you. Prepare for the banquet!”

After Deucalion finished speaking, a group of young male servants poured in from the door on the left side of the hall, serving barbecue, wine, white bread and other food to the princes. A group of beautiful maids poured in from the door on the right side of the hall, serving the princes. The princesses served barbecue, fruits, pastries and other food.

After Deucalion sat down to taste the food with the princes, the princes talked to each other, and soon the topic turned to women.

A prince who knew Perseus and his cousin quipped to the two.

"Prince Perseus! Prince Pelops! Neither of you seems to have a fiancée. Is there anything you want to pursue among the princesses?"

Perseus and his cousin Pelops shook their heads at the same time.

Looking at the two people's reactions, the other prince joked.

"Don't you two like women instead of men? It would be exciting if you two cousins ​​liked each other."

Perseus immediately said angrily.

"Of course I like women, and I already have a proposal target, Princess Andromeda of the Egyptian Empire."

Pelops followed.

"I also have a proposal target, which is Princess Hippodamia, the daughter of King Oenomanos of Olympia in the Elis region."

Although Perseus and Pelops had the status of princes, they were only the grandsons of Acrisios, the king of Mycenae.

These cousins ​​actually wanted to marry Princess Andromeda and Princess Hippodamia——

The princes could only suppress their laughter to avoid offending Perseus and Pelops.

Everyone was chatting while tasting barbecue and wine, and a prince suddenly looked at Deucalion and said.

"Prince Deucalion must be the happiest among us, to be able to marry the goddess-like Princess Pandora."

Upon hearing this, the princes all nodded in agreement.

Deucalion couldn't help but laugh.

"It's all because my love for Pandora impressed her brother, King Rhadamandis of Donia City, that I was lucky enough to become Pandora's fiancé."

Radamandis——

Hearing this name, Roy couldn't help showing a surprised expression.

Because in ancient legends, although Rhadamandis was the king of Donia, his Donia was later captured by King Minos of Knossos, and he himself was expelled by Minos.

Since Rhadamandis and Deucalion were figures of the same era, Minos who defeated and expelled Rhadamandis was obviously Deucalion.

Rhadamandis has already married his sister Pandora to Deucalion. Why does Deucalion still want to wage war against Rhadamandis?

Didn't Pandora marry Deucalion in the end?

Or maybe Deucalion married Pandora and still didn't give up his ambition to capture the city of Donia?

Unconsciously, time passed from afternoon to night.

The princes and princesses were full of wine and food, and the banquet was coming to an end.

"Dear friends!"

Deucalion, who was already a little drunk, stood up and said.

"It seems like today's banquet should be over! My father has decided to hold a spring plowing ceremony the day after tomorrow. After everyone goes back, they can still sleep in tomorrow."

After the princes and princesses began to leave, Roy found Procne and prepared to take her back to their guest room.

As soon as Roy and Procne walked out of Deucalion's palace hall, Perseus and Pelops stood in front of them.

Before Roy could speak, Perseus took the initiative.

"Loy, I'm not here to find you. I want to ask Princess Procne how my mother is doing in Athens."

Procne and Roy looked at each other. After Roy encouraged Procne with his eyes, Procne said to Perseus.

"Prince Perseus, now your mother has become my father's very beloved concubine. She is doing very well."

Perseus nodded and said.

"Although I don't want to accept it, your father has become my stepfather in fact, and you have become my stepsister. If Roy can't take good care of you, you can come to me, your stepbrother."

After that, Perseus took Pelops away.

Looking at the backs of Perseus and Pelops, Procne frowned and said.

"My brothers are only brother Roy and brother Erechtheus."

Under the night.

The maze-like palace.

Every corner that is sheltered from the wind is illuminated by an oil lamp.

Roy and Procne returned to the guest room and hugged each other and lay on the bed ready to fall asleep.

After a moment of silence, Procne whispered.

"Brother Roy, I can't sleep."

"Then let me tell you a story!"

"What story will Brother Roy tell?"

"I will tell you a story about Minos who lived in a labyrinth. On the island of Crete, there was a powerful king named Minos [Minotaur]."

"Brother Roy, why is the King of Knossos called Minos [Minotaur]?"

"Because the goddess Europa, who guards the city of Knossos, is a goddess of nature and the earth in the form of a cow. The king and queen of Knossos, as the highest male and female priests of the goddess Europa, must wear bull horn ornaments. , giving herself a bull-headed image similar to the goddess Europa. ”

“Ah—could it be that the goddess Europa also has a bull-headed human body?”

“That’s right! The goddess Europa is a beautiful pure white heifer, so when she becomes a human, she will have two horns on her head. This image of the goddess Europa is also regarded as the image of a female demon by the people in the Near East who believe in the one God. What I want to say next is that because the King of Knossos built a palace that was like a maze, and King Minos was a bull-headed man with horns, Minos was also called the bull-headed man who lived in the maze—the Minotaur. ”