I was a priest in the city-state era

Chapter 144 Returning to Athens with Pandora

As a qualified ruler, Minos must have a suspicious character.

If Roy hadn't left Knossos, Minos would have been skeptical of Roy's reason for deceiving him.

Roy left the city of Knossos on the second day of the Spring Plowing Festival. As long as Minos is a smart person, he will understand that Roy lied to him, so Roy can't wait to leave.

Although Minos may also be a dull fool, Roy would not use his and Procne's life to bet half of the possibility that Minos was a dull fool.

Roy's reaction was obviously expected by Pandora, she said with a faint smile.

"Procne! Returning to Knossos now is a dangerous thing for me and you."

Procne said in a panic.

"Then you really want to come back to Athens with us?"

Although it is not a wise choice to send Pandora back to the city of Knossos, it is also not a wise choice to bring Pandora back to the city of Athens.

Pandora turned to look at Roy and said.

"Procne, the one who can make the decision now is neither you nor me."

Roy and Pandora looked at each other, and then asked with a dissatisfied expression.

"Pandora, what is your purpose?"

"I'm in love with you."

Pandora calmly said something that was earth-shattering.

"If you don't bring me back to the city of Athens, no matter who you will entrust me to take care of, I will say that I have fallen in love with you, and I eloped with you to leave the city of Knossos."

Pandora is not only the princess of the city of Donia in the west of Crete, but also the fiancée of Deucalion, the heir to the throne of Knossos, and the future queen of Knossos.

If there is news that Pandora has eloped with Roy——

This era is sure to stage a Trojan War.

According to ancient legends, there were two major reasons for the outbreak of the Trojan War. The false reason fabricated in the myth was that Prince Paris of Troy abducted Queen Helen of Sparta.

King Menelaus of Sparta was just his son-in-law, and Helen, the princess of Sparta, was the real queen of Sparta.

If Menelaus did not take Helen back, he would not be eligible to be king of Sparta.

Without the support of the city of Sparta ruled by his younger brother Menelaus, Agamemnon, king of Mycenae, did not have enough strength to become the king of Greek kings.

Therefore, for Menelaus' throne and Agamemnon's hegemony to keep the king of kings, the two brothers must use war to get Helen back.

The real historical reason for the outbreak of the Trojan War was that the Greeks wanted to compete with the Trojans for control of the waterways of the Aegean Sea and the Black Sea.

It is precisely because the Trojans were defeated to control the Black Sea trade route that the coast of the Black Sea became the most important source of food for the Greeks.

Now the appearance of salt has allowed the city of Knossos to regard the city of Athens as a threat to hegemony.

Plus Pandora eloped with Roy—

There are both false and real reasons for the outbreak of the Trojan War.

Roy didn't want to send Pandora back to the city of Knossos. One of the reasons was that the two had been on the same boat for too long. Now the relationship between the two could not be cleared up even if Roy jumped into the Aegean Sea.

Hearing that Pandora said that she fell in love with him and eloped with him, Roy sneered and joked.

"Pandora, are you really crazy? Although everyone can see that you don't love Deucalion, your marriage contract with Deucalion will affect the relationship between Donia and Knossos. If you In order not to marry Deucalion and ruin your reputation, are you not worried that Knossos will launch a war against your hometown of Donia?"

"It is to prevent the city of Knossos from launching a war against our city of Donia, so I want to return to Athens with you."

Pandora said with a smile as if she had succeeded in a prank.

"If you don't want the city of Knossos to wage war against the city of Athens, then you should try your best to hide me! As long as the city of Knossos doesn't find me in Athens, they have no reason to wage war against the city of Athens."

"You lunatic!"

Facing Pandora's threat, Roy angrily pulled Pandora up from the board, and said with a fierce expression.

"Don't think that if you are a noble princess with a beauty comparable to a goddess, I will not be willing to hurt you. As long as I throw you into the sea now, even if your body is found in the future, who can prove that you His death is related to the city of Athens."

Pandora squinted her left eye fearlessly, and said with a playful smile.

"The secret of how I turned back into a god—you don't want to know?"

Hearing this sentence, Roy immediately put away his fierce expression and said in a gentle manner.

"If you tell me the secret, I can take you back to the city of Athens to hide."

"Brother Roy—"

Procne widened his eyes in surprise and said.

"Are we really going to take her back?"

"Procne, if we don't bring Pandora back, we can only throw her into the sea and drown. Because only when Pandora is dead, will she not bring war to our city of Athens."

Although Procne felt that Pandora should not be brought back to Athens, she did not want Pandora to die because of herself.

"It's too cruel to throw her into the sea and drown, so let's take her back to Athens first."

Seeing that Procne agreed to bring Pandora back to Athens, Roy immediately said to Pandora.

"Now that Procne and I have agreed to bring you back to Athens, you can tell me the secret!"

"no!"

Pandora shook her head without hesitation and said.

"I'll tell you the secret now, you cruel man will definitely throw me into the sea and drown."

"Just now you said that you love me, and even eloped for my sake. Is this your love for me?"

"Hee hee hee hee - do you really think I fell in love with you at first sight? If you believe that I am the incarnation of Goddess Reincarnation, do you think the goddess will fall in love with a human man?"

Seeing Roy's dissatisfied expression, Pandora continued to comfort her.

"Although I didn't really fall in love with you, your willingness to bring me back to the city of Athens has already made me have a good impression of you-this is enough to make you proud."

Knossos city.

At this time under the night, the city did not fall into darkness.

Because there are tens of thousands of soldiers scattered in various streets, holding torches and searching for Deucalion's fiancee Pandora from house to house.

Street center of Knossos city.

Deucalion waited expressionlessly for the news brought by the soldiers.

Every soldier brought news that the search was fruitless, making Deucalion's face even colder.

After an unknown amount of time, a soldier trembling came to Deucalion and said.

"Prince Deucalion, we have searched the last street, but we still haven't found Princess Pandora."

"It seems that Pandora has left the city of Knossos."

Deucalion closed his eyes and sneered.

"My dear fiancée disappeared suddenly, it is impossible to return to Donia City. If I am not wrong, Pandora must have left Crete. Because she has to leave Crete so that I can not find her This bride who escaped from marriage. Go to the port now to find out which ships have left the city of Knossos today, and let the people in the port recall whether any suspicious-looking women appeared last night and during the day."

(End of this chapter)