I was a priest in the city-state era

Philomela's eyes immediately brightened when she saw the two bronze belts that Roy took out from the opened package.

"Is this a golden belt?"

"This is a bronze belt only the color is gold."

Roy handed the two bronze belts to Procne and Philomela with both hands and said.

"Although I want to buy a gold belt for you, when I traded with Eteo, my property was not enough to buy a gold belt. These two bronze belts were obtained by me in exchange for paper, pen and ink with Eteo. Yes, are you willing to accept it?”

Looking at the bronze belt in Roy's hand, Procne showed a hesitant expression on his face.

In this era, a woman took off her belt for a man to signify her dedication of her body to him.

Therefore, belts are special personal items for women.

Men and women who are not related by blood obviously cannot give belts to each other.

If a woman accepts a belt given by a man, it usually means that she is willing to accept his pursuit.

Just when Procne was hesitant to accept the belt given by Roy, Philomela directly took the bronze belt with a buckle engraved with horns.

"Philomela——"

Seeing her sister's actions, Procne said in panic.

"How could you take off your belt without permission?"

"Why can't I accept it?"

Philomela looked at Procne in confusion and said.

"This is a gift from Priest Roy! I not only gave Priest Roy fifty wooden spears, but also gave him a bronze war spear. It is right for him to give me a gift in return."

"But we girls...can't just accept belts given by men!"

Looking at Philomela who looked confused, Procne explained helplessly.

"Priest Roy is not our brother, nor our relative. If you accept the belt he gave you, it will be considered that you are willing to accept his courtship and make him your husband."

After hearing what Procne said, Philomela opened her eyes in shock and asked Roy.

"Priest Roy, you gave me the belt because you wanted to pursue me?"

Roy smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"I am giving the belt to you and Princess Procne at the same time. Does this mean that I am so crazy that I want to be the husband of both of your sisters at the same time? Princess Procne! Princess Philomela! I am just giving you a gift. , thank you for helping me, and I have absolutely no pursuit of your ideas. "

"What are you talking about!"

Philomela said with a displeased expression on her face.

"My sister and I are the most beautiful girls in the Athenian tribe. Aren't our charms enough to make you fall in love with us and want to pursue us?"

Roy said in shock.

"Then I should say that I gave these two bronze belts to you because I want to pursue you and want you to be my wife?"

Philomela nodded with satisfaction and said.

"My sister and I are so beautiful. It is understandable that you are conquered by our charm. Unfortunately, the husbands my father wants to arrange for us are the leaders of large tribes or the kings of city-states, so we cannot accept your love."

"Then I'm so sad! If I can't marry the beautiful Princess Procne and Princess Philomela, what's the point of living for me?"

"Priest Roy, you are a good man, and there will definitely be a good woman by your side in the future."

Philomela gave herself a good guy card——

Roy couldn't help but laugh.

"The joke ends here! Princess Procne, you can accept this belt with confidence. I will never think that this means that you are willing to accept my pursuit."

"Then...then I'll accept it."

Procne took the bronze belt engraved with two snakes from Roy's hand, then lowered his head and warned Roy.

"Priest Roy, don't think too much. I just accept your gift and have no other ideas."

After saying that, Procne pulled Philomela out of the guest room as if running away.

After watching Procne and Philomela leave, Roy looked at the darkness outside the guest room door and said with a complicated expression.

"On the first day I came to this world, I already had a girl I really wanted to pursue."

the next morning.

After Roy had breakfast with the Pandion family, Pandion arranged for dozens of male servants to bring the trophies Roy had obtained in the pirate village—five bronze tripods, thirty bronze war spears, five thousand kilograms of grain, and The twenty bronze war spears awarded to Roy by Pandion were all transported to the Temple of Metis.

Roy followed the male servants back to the temple and saw several more wooden houses on the west side of the temple square. These houses were also surrounded by wooden fences, and there were soldiers patrolling back and forth around the fences.

The male and female servants who were originally assigned to Loy by Pandion were currently busy making paper, making candles and other tasks in the courtyard within the fence.

"I didn't expect that when I left, Chief Pandion moved the nearby residents away, built a workshop here, and supervised these male and female workers."

After the Pandion family's manservant put Roy's belongings in the wooden warehouse and left, Roy sat on the stone outside the altar and waited for a while, then saw fifty teenagers coming to the temple square together.

"Master Priest!"

The teenagers came to Roy, and Aries took the lead.

"When we heard that the priest returned to the temple, we rushed over immediately. According to our previous agreement, please allow us to become your followers."

Other teenagers also shouted.

"Priest, I will sacrifice my life to follow you."

"The enemy of the priest is my enemy."

"I will follow the priest to get more wealth."

When the teenagers quieted down, Roy smiled and said.

"My companions! I will take you on an eight-day long sea voyage, and you will get 100 kilograms of food as a reward. I will take you to destroy the pirate village, and you will get a young woman as a maid. You must think that following me to get wealth is safe and easy. But I must tell you that whether I take you on a long sea voyage or I take you to fight the enemy, you may die. If you want to be my follower, you must be prepared to die."

After Roy finished speaking, the atmosphere fell into silence.

After a moment, Aries broke the silence and said.

"Master Priest! Our fate is arranged by the gods. If the gods do not arrange for us to die, the enemies on the battlefield cannot kill us. If the gods arrange for us to die, we do not need the enemy's weapons, and the disease can take our lives. No matter how the gods arrange my fate, I have made up my mind to follow the Master Priest to the death."

"Me too! I will follow the Master Priest to the death."

"Please let me become the follower of the Master Priest."

Roy stood up and said with a satisfied smile.

"Since you have made up your mind, I will accept you. From now on, you will be my followers. I will pay you a salary every month, and you must obey all my orders. Now according to our original agreement, I will give you the remaining 50 kilograms of food. In addition, I will give each of you 50 kilograms of food and a bronze spear as your salary for February."