I was a priest in the city-state era

Chapter 174 Deucalion Came to Find His Fiancee

Since Pandora disappeared, Deucalion has been looking for Pandora.

Because Pandora is not only Deucalion's fiancée, but also the princess of Donia.

If Deucalion and Pandora cannot marry, a war will inevitably break out between the largest city-state of Crete, Knossos, and the second largest city-state, Donia.

On this day, Deucalion finally came to Athens with a fleet of twelve large warships.

Port of Piraeus.

When Deucalion came to the shore with his entourage, he saw earth-shaking changes in the port of Piraeus. Not only did the ground of the port become flat and hard concrete, but there was also a wide concrete road connecting the port with the city of Athens. .

When Deucalion was going to Athens, Roy, who got the news, came to the gate of the Acropolis to meet Deucalion himself.

Acropolis Mountain Gate.

After Roy and Deucalion met here, Deucalion said very enthusiastically.

"My dear friend! On the way to the city of Athens, I heard from a passerby that you have become the king of Athens. From now on, I should call you King Roy of Athens."

"Deucalion, since we are friends, you should call me by my name."

Roy asked knowingly.

"You came to Athens in person to find me, what is the important matter?"

"My fiancée Pandora is missing."

Deucalion said bluntly.

"Just the night before you and Princess Procne left Knossos, Pandora left the palace of Knossos and came to the port. I suspect that she left with a ship in the port. Now I am visiting The destination of the ship leaving the port of Knossos the next day, I came to Athens to see if Pandora came to Athens with your fleet. Roy! You are my true friend, so You don't need to worry. Even if Pandora follows you to Athens, I will not doubt that you have done something you shouldn't do to Pandora. If Pandora is in Athens, please hand her over to me, and I will definitely give you a very prosperous profits."

If Roy hadn't done something he shouldn't have done to Pandora, Roy believed that Deucalion would indeed reward him generously.

It's a pity that Roy not only made a marriage contract with Pandora and made Pandora his fiancée, but also did many things that shouldn't be done to Pandora.

If Deucalion knew the truth, he would definitely not be able to bear the hatred of taking his wife.

In order to delay the outbreak of war between Athens and Knossos, Roy could only speak to Deucalion.

"Dear friend! It seems that I can't help you, because your fiancée Pandora is not in my city of Athens."

Roy certainly wasn't lying.

Because it was not Deucalion's fiancée Pandora who was in Athens, but Roy's fiancée Pandora.

After listening to Roy's words, Deucalion said disappointedly.

"Since Pandora is not in the city of Athens, I won't bother you as a guest at your palace. Because I want to find my beloved fiancee as soon as possible rather than wasting time enjoying the banquet."

After speaking, Deucalion turned and left in a daze.

Looking at his leaving back, Roy did not keep him.

On the streets of the city of Athens.

Just as Deucalion was about to walk out of the west gate of Athens with his entourage, a man who hid his face with a veil came to Deucalion and whispered.

"Prince Deucalion! My master told me to tell you that the person you are looking for is in the palace of Athens. Many people in Athens know that King Roy of Athens brought back a goddess-like beauty from Knossos. side room."

After saying this, the man who hid his face with a veil turned and ran away.

Although the man didn't say Pandora's name just now, Deucalion believed that the woman he was talking about must be Pandora.

"Loy brought back a side room from Knossos—who else could that woman be if not my Pandora?"

Deucalion knew all about the deal Roy made in Knossos.

Because Roy did not hire or buy women in Knossos, when Roy's fleet left Knossos, there should be only one woman on Roy's ship, Procne.

Looking back now, Roy didn't keep himself as a friend just now, and his behavior was also very suspicious.

After clenching his hands into fists angrily, Deucalion turned and said to the two followers.

"Let's go to the Acropolis again."

The Royal Palace of Athens.

After seeing off Deucalion, Roy returned to the palace hall and sat on his throne thinking about how to manage the city of Athens.

Although there are only more than 4000 people in the city of Athens now, there are many trivial matters. Of course, it is impossible for Roy to waste time and energy on such trivial matters.

"In a tribe, the big chief will appoint the small chief to take charge of the tribe. In a city-state or kingdom, the king will appoint nobles to take charge of the territory. These small chiefs or nobles often become small lords, owning not only their own territories, but also their own private lords. Once the royal family weakens, a powerful lord can replace the royal family as the new ruler. To avoid such a lord who can threaten the royal family, the most important thing is to disperse power and limit the term of office of officials who hold power, so that officials It is not possible to rely on hereditary rule to grow stronger. In the Kingdom of Athens, a village head will be established for every 1000 population, and it is stipulated that the village head can only have two ten-year terms at most. A town mayor will be established for every [-] people. There is only one term of five years. Except for members of the royal family, anyone who serves as the lord of a city can only serve one term of three years."

Just as Roy was thinking about whether to set up an institution similar to Jinyiwei to supervise officials at all levels, a soldier guarding the gate of the palace ran into the hall and said.

"Your Majesty, Prince Deucalion wants to enter the palace to meet His Majesty."

Deucalion actually went and came back, obviously knowing something he shouldn't know.

Roy said after hesitating for a moment.

"Let him come to see me!"

After a moment.

Deucalion entered the hall with two entourages and questioned Roy directly.

"Loy, is Pandora hidden by you? Don't deny it, I already know that Pandora is in Athens. If you insist that Pandora is not in Athens, let me search the palace. I will find it in the palace. If you don’t reach Pandora, I’ll give you a hundred bronze war spears as compensation.”

Seeing Deucalion's confident look, Roy said with a smile.

"Deucalion, your fiancée Pandora is not in Athens, but there is my fiancée Pandora in the palace."

How did my fiancée become your fiancée?

Deucalion stared at Roy with wide eyes, unable to understand the reason for Roy's nonsense.

"Loy, since you admit that Pandora is in your palace, let Pandora come to see me quickly."

"Don't worry, I also want to settle this matter with you so that you won't pester my Pandora anymore."

After responding to Deucalion, Roy ordered to a palace maid in the hall.

"Go and bring Pandora over here."

The palace maid hurried out of the hall.

Soon, Pandora came to the palace hall.

Finally seeing his fiancée whom he had longed for, Deucalion walked towards Pandora excitedly and said.

"My beloved Pandora, finally let me find you."

Pandora bypassed Deucalion who was walking towards him, walked to the steps where the throne was, and then turned around and stood beside Roy.

(End of this chapter)