I was a priest in the city-state era

Chapter 182 Breaking Negative Public Opinion Positively
Four days passed in a blink of an eye.

Roy personally led a thousand Thebes soldiers from Thebes to Athens on foot.

Also on this day, [-] reinforcements from Yubia Island came to Piraeus Port with [-] large warships, and [-] reinforcements from Corinth City came to Piraeus with [-] large warships. Harbor.

In addition to the Athenians' own large warships, there are now [-] large warships moored in the port of Piraeus, and [-] foreign soldiers are stationed outside Athens.

When Roy returned to the Acropolis and entered the palace, he saw Procne, Philomela, and Chione running out to meet him.

Seeing the anxious expressions on their faces, Roy knew that something important must have happened in Athens.

"Brother Roy!"

After Procne and Philomela rushed to hug Roy, Procne said worriedly.

"You are back at last. If you don't come back to Athens, there will be riots."

Hearing that Procne made the matter so serious, Roy said with some doubts.

"I didn't do anything outrageous, and the Athenians couldn't survive without food. How could they rebel against me?"

Philomela pursed her lips and said.

"Now there is a rumor spreading in the city of Athens. This rumor says that Pandora is the witch of disaster who seduces men and brings war. It is because Brother Luoy was bewitched by Pandora that he wants to fight Knossos for a woman. Although Luoy My elder brother is the king of Athens, but the Athenians—especially the families of the Athenian soldiers, don’t want the Athenian soldiers to fight the enemy on the battlefield for a woman. Coupled with the instigation of some people, most Athenians now hate brother Roy Dissatisfaction arose."

"It seems that the matter is indeed serious!"

Although Roy can pay handsomely to gain the loyalty of the Athenian soldiers, the Athenian soldiers also have families.

If the family members of the Athenian soldiers were all against Roy, Roy would not be stupid to think that the Athenian soldiers would not betray him.

Roy thought about the countermeasures, and then said to Kaone.

"Kione, go and convey my order to Aries to call the citizens of Athens—the adult men of the city of Athens to the square under the Acropolis Hill. Since someone wants to play a war of public opinion with me, then I will break the enemy's head-on public opinion."

After Kaone nodded and left, Roy said to Procne and Philomela who were holding her.

"Procne! Philomela! I want to give you an important task. Now we have two thousand reinforcements stationed outside the city of Athens. Go and deliver food to them to ensure that every reinforcement soldier can have enough food. "

After listening to Roy's words, Procne frowned and said.

"Brother Luoy, the food shortage in Athens is getting bigger and bigger. If we supply the two thousand reinforcements with food, the food shortage in Athens will definitely increase to hundreds of thousands of catties."

"As long as we win this war, I have a way for the grain merchants to continuously transport grain to the city of Athens."

Roy said with a confident smile.

"Procne, it doesn't matter even if there is a shortage of millions of catties of food in Athens, you go and execute my order, and I guarantee that no Athenian will starve to death before the autumn harvest."

Although Procne didn't understand where Roy's confidence came from, she still nodded and chose to believe in her future husband.

After Procne left with Philomela, Roy came to the backyard of the palace, and saw Pandora sitting by the swimming pool in the backyard, playing with her beautiful white ankles.

Roy walked behind Pandora, pretending to be dissatisfied and said.

"Now the city of Athens is about to have turmoil because of you, and you still have the mood to play in the water here."

"I'm not here to play in the water, so what should I do?"

Pandora said with a smile.

"You didn't give me the power to manage the city of Athens. I interfered with the affairs of the city of Athens, and that would really make you dissatisfied!"

Roy didn't deny it, it was acquiescence to Pandora's words.

"Pandora, now I want to break the unfavorable public opinion in Athens, and you have to follow me next."

Hearing Roy's request, Pandora took back a pair of beautiful ankles from the swimming pool, then turned around, stretched out a pair of small and cute beautiful ankles to Roy and said.

"Since you need my help, help me put the shoes on."

"Don't you know that the source of public opinion is you?"

Roy rolled his eyes in dissatisfaction, then knelt down on one knee in front of Pandora, held her right foot with his left hand, and picked up her strappy sandal with his left hand.

Looking down at her delicate and beautiful ankles before putting on the strappy sandals for Pandora, Roy couldn't resist swallowing her five toes in one gulp and tickling the soles of her feet with his fingers.

"Ahahaha—"

Pandora immediately said with a smile.

"Stop now—hahaha—I really can't stand it—hehehe—you keep messing with me like this—uhhhhh—I'm really going to be angry—"

It wasn't until Pandora fell to the ground laughing that Roy raised her head and put on strappy sandals for her beautiful ankles.

After picking up Pandora who was lying on the ground and refused to get up, Roy said with a blank expression.

"Do you want to follow me by yourself, or do you want me to hug you? If you are not afraid of losing face in front of thousands of people, then I will hug you and go."

Pandora immediately escaped from Roy's arms and said.

"I can walk by myself."

The square under the Acropolis Hill.

When Roy came here with Pandora, thousands of Athens citizens had already gathered around the square.

When Roy took Pandora up to the altar of the square step by step and stood at the highest point of the altar facing the crowd, he saw that Pandora was not hidden with a veil—the face was as beautiful as a goddess. Thousands of men in Athens were all shocked by Pandora's beauty .

"Is that a goddess turned into a human?"

"She should be the Witch of Disaster that is rumored to bring war to the city of Athens."

"That is Pandora, the witch of disaster? If it is for such a beautiful and lovely woman, it may be worth fighting a war between Athens and Knossos."

"If she smiled at me, I would die on the battlefield for her."

Hearing the whispers of the crowd, Roy said loudly with a displeased expression.

"Everyone in Athens, the girl next to me is Pandora, the witch of disaster who is rumored to bring war to the city of Athens. I called you together and let you see Pandora's face with your own eyes. I want you to know that Pandora is just a Ordinary girl, I am not charmed by Pandora, just like you are not charmed by Pandora when you see Pandora's beautiful face."

After Roy finished speaking, someone in the crowd immediately said loudly.

"Even if she is not a charming witch, she is still Deucalion's fiancée. Because you robbed Deucalion's fiancée, the city of Knossos launched a war against Athens."

"Idiot, do you really think a woman can start a war?"

Roy said in a cold voice with no expression on his face.

"I will let everyone see Pandora's face, just to let everyone know that neither I nor Deucalion was charmed by Pandora. If you think I shouldn't break out with the city of Knossos for a woman A war, do you think Deucalion would be foolish enough to start a war with the city of Athens over a woman?"

(End of this chapter)