I was a priest in the city-state era

Chapter 143 Leaving Knossos City

As the representative of the city of Athens, Roy not only rejected Minos' request to make the city of Athens a vassal of Knossos, but also refused to hand over the real secret of the salt. Of course, it would arouse Minos' dissatisfaction and even hostility.

After all, Minos is not a fool, as long as he is given enough time to think, he will realize that Roy lied to him about the source of the salt.

So the day after the Spring Plowing Ceremony, Roy took Procne to say goodbye to Deucalion.

Deucalion's palace.

Deucalion sat on the throne in the hall, looked at Roy in surprise and said.

"Dear friend! You are the first person to say goodbye to me. Could it be that my hospitality dissatisfied you?"

Roy shook his head and explained.

"Deucalion! The other guests are not in a hurry to leave because their city-state is very close to the city of Knossos. Our city of Athens is thousands of miles away from the city of Knossos. It takes four days of sailing on the sea to return to Athens. City, so we will be the first to say goodbye to you."

Roy's answer was very reasonable, and Deucalion could only nod his head.

"The city of Athens and the city of Knossos are indeed too far apart, so I wish you a smooth return journey."

Roy and Procne left the palace and came to the port. After they boarded the flagship of the fleet, Roy immediately ordered the sailors to leave the port of Knossos at full speed.

Twenty large ships turned around and sailed out of the port of Knossos City, Roy finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The endless sea of ​​Crete.

Seeing that the fleet was far away from the city of Knossos, Roy still urged the soldiers to sail at the fastest speed, Procne asked suspiciously.

"Brother Roy, are we running away?"

"We're in the same situation as running away."

Roy said with a serious face.

"When you know the true value of salt, you will understand that Minos figured out that I was lying to him. He will definitely send the navy of Knossos to capture us back."

"Ah—we are the guests of the city of Knossos! How valuable is salt to make Minos violate guest etiquette?"

"As long as we monopolize the technology of making salt, we can replace Knossos as the overlord of the Aegean Sea in a short period of time. Minos will not hesitate to violate the etiquette of guests to deal with us because the city of Athens has the technology of making salt. Become the biggest threat to the hegemony of Knossos City.”

Procne nodded and said with a half-understanding look.

"Although I still don't understand, brother Roy's decision must be right."

At this moment, Aries came to Roy with a half-meter-long bamboo pole.

"My lord priest! This is something I picked up in the water when our ship was docked at the port of Knossos. We have never seen this kind of plant. This kind of plant seems to be used as fuel like wood, so This thing has traces of being burned. Probably because the thing has too much water to burn, so it was thrown into the water."

"Aries, the thing you are holding is bamboo."

Roy took the bamboo pole from Aries and said.

"Bamboo only grows in the three major bamboo regions of Asia, Africa, and the New World. How could there be bamboo in Crete? Could it be that a ship from Egypt brought bamboo to Crete as fuel? Or, in other words, this Is it a bamboo from the east of the continent of Asia?"

Roy didn't think too much about the source of the bamboo pole.

Thinking of using this bamboo pole as a material to make bamboo needles, Roy said with a smile.

"Procne! I once said that I would make bamboo needles for you, and now I will use this bamboo pole to sharpen a bamboo needle for you. With the bamboo needles I made as samples, we can also ask the servants to make the same specifications bone needles and wooden needles. With these three kinds of needles, you can sew all kinds of clothes."

After speaking, Roy moved his hands and used the blade of his bronze war spear to cut a piece from the bamboo pole and sharpen it slowly.

Procne squatted beside Roy, looking at Roy's hands with a sweet smile.

It was night in a blink of an eye.

Inside the flagship cabin.

Roy and Procne lay on the wooden bed covered with a woolen blanket, and Procne played with the three bamboo needles that Roy gave her, as if she had received a precious gift.

"Brother Luoy, you made these three bamboo needles yourself and gave them to me. I will cherish them very much."

"I made these bamboo needles not so that you would keep them as gifts, but that you would use them to sew long sleeves, trousers and most importantly, stockings."

"Wear long-sleeved clothes and trousers, that is the symbol of nomadic savages from the north. And the area we live in is very warm all year round, so there is no need to wear long-sleeved clothes and trousers. But I will sew as soon as possible for Brother Roy's sake." Make the stockings Brother Roy wants."

"It's not for me to wear stockings, how can I say that I want-"

Roy pretended to be dissatisfied and complained halfway through, and suddenly held his breath without making a sound.

Procne looked at Roy suspiciously and asked.

"Brother Roy, what's wrong with you?"

Roy left the wooden bed, walked to the wooden table with candles and said.

"Are you going to come out by yourself, or let me find you out? There are candles in the cabin, and you can't hide."

Hearing what Roy said, Procne hurriedly sat up and observed the cabin and said.

"Brother Roy, is anyone hiding in the cabin?"

Roy gestured to Procne with his eyes, telling her to look under the bed, and Procne immediately understood that the person was hiding under the wooden bed.

"Sure enough, you discovered it."

Accompanied by the familiar girl's voice, Pandora's body rolled out from under the wooden bed, and said while looking up at the top of the cabin.

"In order not to disturb your enjoyment of the night, I didn't make any noise, can you pretend that you didn't find me?"

"Princess Pandora—"

Seeing that the person hiding in the cabin turned out to be Pandora, Procne said with wide eyes in shock.

"Why are you hiding in our cabin?"

Pandora said expressionlessly.

"Because I want to go back to Athens with you."

"You are Deucalion's fiancée and the future queen of Knossos. Does Deucalion know that you hid on our ship and left Knossos?"

Looking at Pandora lying on the wooden board like a Sleeping Beauty, Roy frowned and said.

"Also—when and how did you sneak into the cabin?"

"Don't worry, I will answer all your questions.

Pandora turned her head to look at Roy, and said with a gentle and sweet smile.

"Deucalion didn't know that I had left the city of Knossos! In fact, I hid here last night, so now I am very hungry. Can you give me food and water? As for the way I sneaked into the cabin , need to keep it secret from you for the time being.”

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Pandora's stomach made a hungry cry very cooperatively, which is why Roy could find her hiding in the cabin.

After hearing Pandora's answer, Procne said with a hesitant expression.

"Brother Luoy, what should we do now, are we going to send Pandora back to Knossos City?"

Roy shook his head and said.

"Silly girl, the city of Knossos is already a very dangerous place for us now, how can we fall into the trap of ourselves."

　Thanks to book friend Chenxi Yuhan for rewarding one hundred coins!
　　The previous 140 chapters were blocked, and I temporarily put the revised content in the work.

　　Alas, I feel that there is nothing wrong with writing.

　　
　
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