I was a priest in the city-state era

It was evening.

Roy and Harmonia took Iole back to the river port of the Theban tribe by boat, and then walked back to the Theban tribe located in the north of the Asopus River.

Harmonia's palace stone house.

After leaving Iole to the maids, Roy and Harmonia sat in the hall, and the atmosphere between the two became a little dull.

Harmonia finally took the initiative to break the silence and said.

"You will leave tomorrow."

"Yes!"

Roy nodded and said.

"If I don't go back, everything I have in the Athens tribe will be taken away by others. That is the foundation for me to seize the Athens tribe."

"But I don't want to separate from you! We just summon soldiers to attack the Athens tribe and conquer the Athens tribe by force, isn't it good?"

A woman with a love brain is indeed a double-edged sword.

Because Harmonia is a love brain, she is willing to give everything she has to Roy.

But because Harmonia is a love brain, in order not to separate from Roy, she wants to start a war.

And it is a war that is almost bound to fail.

Roy said helplessly.

"Harmonia! The number of soldiers in the Athens tribe is not inferior to that of the Theban tribe. If we summon all the soldiers of the Theban tribe to attack the Athens tribe, who will protect the safety of the Theban tribe? If we do not summon all the soldiers of the Theban tribe, how can we defeat the Athens tribe with a small number of soldiers and a geographical advantage? If the Theban tribe and the Athens tribe fight each other and lose, even if we conquer the Athens tribe, it will not be worth the loss. So I must return to the Athens tribe and seize the supreme power of the Athens tribe from within."

"But I really don't want to be separated from you."

Harmonia excitedly threw herself into Roy's arms, and the big tears slid from the corners of her eyes, and soon soaked Roy's clothes.

Roy hugged Harmonia with both hands, let his cheek touch her ears and said.

"Harmonia, I don't want to be separated from you either."

Hearing Roy's words, Harmonia said with a blushing face.

"My dear, I will dedicate my body and soul to you tonight! Although we haven't held the wedding yet, I have no parents. Even if I give birth to a child for you out of wedlock, no one will accuse me of bringing shame to the family."

Harmonia was willing to dedicate herself to him before marriage.

Now Roy didn't understand whether Harmonia loved him so much because of his own charm or because the effect of Aphrodite's blessing [Charm Enhancement] was too strong.

It was unexpected that Harmonia gave up the shame of an unmarried girl for him in just a few days.

Roy hugged Harmonia tightly and said.

"Dear Harmonia! You love me with such strong feelings, of course I have to cherish you with the same feelings, so I must never tarnish your reputation."

"Roy——"

The man she loved so much cherished her so much, Harmonia hugged Roy's neck driven by strong emotions, and her cherry lips took the initiative to bite Roy.

Roy let Harmonia's cherry lips bite him, and then fell backwards holding Harmonia.

The next morning.

In Harmonia's bedroom.

Roy woke up from his sleep and found that Harmonia, who had been lying on him, had disappeared.

"Harmonia..."

Roy called Harmonia's name and sat up. As soon as he finished speaking, Harmonia pushed open the bedroom door and walked in.

Seeing Harmonia holding a white cotton robe in her hand, with a golden belt on the robe, Roy said in surprise.

"Is this a bronze belt? No - this is a gold belt!"

The gold belt held by Harmonia looked like a golden bronze belt on the surface, but Roy's sharp eyes noticed that the belt buckle of this belt was made of real gold.

In other words, this is a real gold belt.

"Dear, let me help you dress."

Harmonia came to Roy and asked while putting the white cotton robe on Roy.

"Roy, do you still remember Cadmus who was killed by us? Cadmus had a gold necklace on him. These days I asked the craftsmen to melt the gold necklace and make this gold belt for you."

While speaking, Harmonia quickly put on the robe for Roy, and then put the gold belt on Roy's waist.

Looking at Roy wearing a white cotton robe and a gold belt, Harmonia nodded with satisfaction.

"Dear! Anyone who sees you now will understand that you are a noble person."

In this era, wearing a bronze belt is enough to show noble status, not to mention that Roy is wearing a gold belt.

As a woman, Harmonia did not leave the gold necklace for herself, but made this gold belt for Roy.

Roy couldn't help but hold Harmonia in his arms and said with emotion.

"Dear Harmonia, I haven't given you a gift yet, but you gave me such a precious golden belt. When we meet next time, I will definitely give you a precious gift."

Listening to Roy's heartbeat, Harmonia smiled.

"Dear Roy, you are the most precious gift to me."

The hall of the stone house.

When Roy was having breakfast with Harmonia and Iole, he saw that Iole looked cautious and not as lively and lovely as yesterday. Roy looked at Harmonia and said.

"Harmonia! Since Melanius has sworn allegiance to us in the name of the gods, there is no need to let his daughter be our hostage."

Harmonia blinked her beautiful big green eyes and said.

"My dear, Iole is not a hostage! I kept her by my side in order to train her to be a priestess. Because the goddess Mnemosyne is a virgin goddess, I, as the high priestess serving the goddess Mnemosyne, must also remain unmarried. I am training Iole now so that after we get married, Iole can replace me to perform the duties of the high priestess."

It seems that it is indeed a common phenomenon in this era that priestesses serving virgin goddesses usually have to remain unmarried for the goddess.

In the story of the Trojan War, Iphigenia, the eldest daughter of Agamemnon, the commander of the Greek coalition forces, and Cassandra, the Trojan princess, were two princesses who served the virgin goddess and remained unmarried for life.

"You asked Melanius for Iole for our consideration after we got married--"

Seeing Harmonia nodded heavily, Roy was moved.

After the three of them finished breakfast, Roy took his bronze spear and prepared to leave the Theban tribe alone.

Just as Roy was about to walk out of Harmonia's courtyard, Harmonia came to the gate of the courtyard with a black horse and said.

"Dear! It will take at least two days to walk from the Theban tribe to the Athens tribe. You can ride this horse and return to the Athens tribe today."

In this era, the value of horses is naturally needless to say.

Roy took the horse rope from Harmonia and held Harmonia in his arms again.