I was a priest in the city-state era

Chapter 22 The Man Who Subdues the Siren [Killer Whale]

When the sunset began to fall in the distant sky, there were still many people gathered in the port of Piraeus.

Most of these people are family members, relatives or friends of the fishermen who go out to sea, and there are also some people who simply want to watch the fun.

Pandion has been standing at the pier waiting, wanting to see if Roy can lead the fishing fleet back home.

If Roy can lead the fishing fleet to the far sea and return smoothly, it proves that Roy really has the technology of sailing in the high seas, or can get the help of the goddess Metis.

Pandion can safely hand over important goods worth thousands of catties of grain to Roy, and let Roy lead a trade fleet to Crete to buy grain.

If Roy fails to lead the fishing fleet back to the voyage smoothly, even if Roy and the fishing fleet return to Athens tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, it will prove that Roy's high-sea navigation skills are not trustworthy.

Behind Pandion stood his son Erechtheus, and his daughters, Procne and Philomela, who hid their faces with veils.

Looking at the sea in the south, Philomela said anxiously.

"Sister! Night is coming, and Priest Loy has not led the fleet back. Could they have lost their way in the sea? It seems that the nautical chart and compass he invented are of no use at all."

Procne frowned and said nothing, but he began to doubt Roy in his heart.

Just when the sunset began to turn red, a fleet of ships finally appeared on the southern sea.

"That's a fishing fleet."

"Our fleet is really back."

"Could it be that they didn't go to the far sea area, but just went around the near sea area?"

As the fishing fleet gets closer and closer to the port of Piraeus, the buzz is getting louder.

When the people in Piraeus Port could see the fleet clearly with their naked eyes, Roy's figure also came into their eyes.

Strangely, Roy did not stand on the boat, but sat on the sea and moved forward.

When people were surprised that Roy was sitting in the sea, a black and white killer whale suddenly jumped out of the sea.

It was only then that people saw that Roy was not moving forward in sea water, but was moving forward fast in a killer whale.

"The siren—what a big siren!"

Seeing the killer whale, which is bigger than the fishing boat, people exclaimed in surprise.

"My lord priest is sitting on that sea monster. Could it be that he subdued that sea monster?"

"As expected of a priest who serves the gods, he must have received the help of the goddess Metis to subdue the huge sea monster."

Even Pandion's eyes widened, and his heart was strongly shaken.

Because the scene of Roy riding the killer whale [Kraken] was completely beyond their understanding.

People in this era lacked understanding of killer whales and regarded killer whales as human-eating sea monsters.

They didn't know that orcas were very friendly to humans, and anyone who approached orcas on their own initiative could enjoy the same treatment as Roy.

The beautiful eyes of Procne and Philomela flowed brilliantly. Obviously, the sisters were also shocked by the scene of Roy riding the killer whale.

Roy rode a killer whale towards the port of Piraeus. Before entering the harbor, Roy already knew that he had become the focus of hundreds of people's eyes.

Riding a killer whale to perform the miracle of subduing the siren is also a helpless move for Roy.

Because when the fishing fleet encountered killer whales, Roy had to surrender the killer whale [Kraken], so that the fishermen could immediately let go of their fear of killer whales.

When the orca was about to carry Roy to the pier, Roy patted the body of the orca and said.

"Brother Orca, thank you for sending me here. You will be stranded any further, and then I can go back to the shore by myself."

The killer whale seemed to understand Roy's words, and immediately stopped moving forward.

In fact, the depth of the water in this sea area is three meters. For Roy who can't swim, this is a sea area that is enough to drown Roy.

Fortunately, the waves kept rushing towards the beach at this time. After Roy got off the back of the killer whale, his body approached the beach under the push of the waves.

Roy, whose clothes were soaked all over, dragged his whole body of sea water to the beach, and immediately showed a bright smile and said to Pandion who greeted him.

"Pandion leader! I took the fleet around the open sea, and then brought them back smoothly."

Pandion nodded and said with a smile on his face.

"Priest Luoy, your clothes are all soaked now, go back and change quickly. If you get sick, it will definitely delay our trip to Crete for grain trade."

Then, Pandion turned around and ordered ten personal guards to escort Roy back to the Acropolis.

Roy also knew that in the cold spring season, he would easily get sick wearing clothes soaked in sea water, so Roy obeyed Pandion's order obediently.

Procne and Philomela came to Roy and said.

"Priest Loy, let's go back with you!"

"Now that night is falling, if we go home late, mother will be worried about us."

After Roy and the others disappeared, Pandion immediately said to Erechtheus.

"Erechtheus, you take the guards to interrogate all the fishermen. I want to know whether they really followed Roy to the far sea or whether they went around the near sea. In order to prevent these fishermen from colluding with Roy False, we must seriously interrogate every fisherman."

Erechtheus also knew the importance of this matter, nodded and said.

"Father, don't worry, I will make the fishermen tell the truth. I also want to know whether Roy really has the technology to sail the high seas, or is he lying to us."

Acropolis.

Roy, who returned to the Temple of Metis, did not know that the fishermen who went out to sea with him were now being severely interrogated.

Walking into the stone room of the temple, Roy was about to take off his wet clothes when he suddenly found that he had no replacement clothes or shoes at all.

Just when Roy was hesitating whether to ask his servants for replacement clothes and shoes, someone knocked on the door of the stone house.

"come in!"

As soon as Roy finished speaking, Procne and Philomela opened the door and walked in.

Seeing Procne holding a set of cotton robes and Philomela holding strappy sandals made of animal skin and linen, Roy said in surprise.

"Princess Procne! Princess Philomela! These are the clothes and shoes you prepared for me?"

Philomela said while handing the strappy sandals to Roy.

"These are clothes and shoes made by my sister. They could only be given to our father, elder brother or my sister's future husband. Now that my sister gives you the clothes and shoes she made by herself, you must be grateful."

"Philomela—"

Procne glared at Procne angrily, and then explained to Roy.

"Priest Loy, you have given me many gifts, and these things should be my reward!"

Although he knew that Procne should only give the clothes he made by himself to his father, brother or future husband, Roy still accepted her clothes and shoes and joked to Philomela.

"Princess Philomela, don't you have any clothes or shoes for me?"

"I haven't made clothes and shoes yet!"

Philomela said with a puffed face in dissatisfaction.

"Do you want me to make your first clothes and shoes for you? That's a treat that only my future husband can enjoy besides my family."

(End of this chapter)