I was a priest in the city-state era

Chapter 40 Gaining the First Followers

Seeing the two bronze belts that Roy took out from the opened package, Philomela's eyes lit up immediately.

"Is this a golden belt?"

"It's a bronze belt that's only golden in color."

Roy handed the two bronze belts to Procne and Philomela with both hands.

"Although I want to buy gold belts for you, when I traded with Eteo, my property was not enough to buy gold belts. These two bronze belts were exchanged with Eteo with paper, pen and ink. Yes, are you willing to accept it?"

Looking at the bronze belt in Roy's hand, Procne showed a hesitant expression on his face.

In this era, women untie their belts for men, which means dedicating their bodies to men.

So belts are special personal items for women.

Men and women who are not related by blood obviously cannot give belts to each other.

If a woman accepts a belt from a man, it usually means that she is willing to accept the man's pursuit.

Just when Procne was hesitating whether to accept the belt presented by Roy, Philomela directly took the bronze belt buckle carved with horns.

"Philomela—"

Seeing his sister's actions, Procne said in panic.

"How can you take down the belt without authorization?"

"Why can't I accept it?"

Philomela looked at Procne suspiciously and said.

"This is a gift from Priest Loi! Not only did I give Priest Loi fifty wooden spears, but I also gave him a bronze war spear. He should give me a gift in return."

"But we girls... can't just accept a belt from a man!"

Looking at the bewildered Philomela, Procne helplessly explained.

"Priest Loi is neither our brother nor our relative. If you accept the belt he presented, it will be considered that you are willing to accept his courtship and make him your husband."

After listening to Procne's words, Philomela stared in shock and questioned Roy.

"Priest Luoy, did you give me the belt to pursue me?"

Roy said with a wry smile and shook his head.

"Now I give the belt to you and Princess Procne at the same time, does it mean that I am crazy enough to want to be the husband of both of your sisters at the same time? Princess Procne! Princess Philomela! I am simply giving you a gift , thank you for your help, I have absolutely no intention of pursuing your ideas."

"What are you talking about!"

Philomela said with a displeased expression.

"My sister and I are the most beautiful girls in the Athens tribe. Isn't our charm enough to make you fall in love with us and want to pursue us?"

Roy said in astonishment.

"Then I should say, I gave you these two bronze belts because I want to pursue you and want you to be my wife?"

Philomela nodded in satisfaction and said.

"My sister and I are so beautiful, it is understandable that you are conquered by our charm. It is a pity that the husband that father wants to arrange for us is the leader of a large tribe or the king of a city-state, so we cannot accept your love."

"Then I'm so sad! If I can't marry the beautiful princesses Procne and Philomela, what's the point of my life?"

"Priest Loy, you are a good man, and you will definitely have a good woman by your side in the future."

Philomela sent herself a good person card——

Roy couldn't help laughing.

"That's the end of the joke! Princess Procne, you can accept this belt with confidence. I will never think that it means you are willing to accept my pursuit."

"Then...then I'll accept it."

Procne took the bronze belt carved with double snakes from Roy, and then lowered his head and warned Roy.

"Priest Luoy, you must not think too much, I just accept your gift and have no other thoughts."

After speaking, Procne pulled Philomela out of the guest room as if fleeing.

After watching Procne and Philomela leave, Roy looked at the darkness outside the guest room door, and Roy said with a complicated expression.

"From the first day I came to this world, I already had a girl I really wanted to pursue."

the next morning.

After Roy had breakfast with the Pandion family, Pandion arranged for dozens of servants to take the spoils that Roy got in the pirate village—five bronze tripods, thirty bronze war spears, five thousand catties of grain, and The twenty bronze war spears that Pandion rewarded Roy were all transported to the Temple of Metis.

Roy followed the male servants back to the temple, and saw a few more wooden houses on the west side of the temple square, and these houses were surrounded by wooden fences, and there were soldiers patrolling around the fences.

The servants and maids assigned to Roy by Pandion were busy making paper and candles in the courtyard inside the fence.

"I didn't expect that the leader of Pandion moved the nearby residents out when I left, built a workshop here, and supervised these male and female workers."

After the Pandion's servant put Roy's belongings in the wooden warehouse and left, Roy sat on the stone outside the altar and waited for a while, then saw fifty teenagers coming to the temple square together.

"Master Priest!"

When the teenagers came to Roy, Aries took the lead and said.

"When we heard that the priest returned to the temple, we rushed over immediately. According to our previous agreement, please allow us to be your followers."

The other teenagers also shouted.

"My lord priest, I will dedicate my life to follow you."

"The enemy of the priest is my enemy."

"I want to follow the priest to obtain more wealth."

When the teenagers calmed down, Roy said with a smile.

"Companions! I will take you on an eight-day voyage to the open sea, and I will let you get a hundred catties of grain as a reward. I will take you to destroy the pirate village, and I will let you get a young woman as a maid. You must think now, It is safe and easy to follow me to gain wealth. But I must tell you that whether I take you to sail the high seas or take you to fight the enemy, it may kill you. If you want to be my follower, you must Be prepared to die."

After Roy finished speaking, the atmosphere fell into silence.

After a while, Aries broke the silence and said.

"Master Priest! Our fate is determined by the gods. If the gods did not arrange for us to die, the enemies on the battlefield would not be able to kill us. If the gods arranged for us to die, we would be taken away by the disease without the enemy's weapons. No matter how the gods arrange my fate, I have already made up my mind and will swear to follow the priest to the death."

"Me too! I will follow the priest to the death."

"Please make me a follower of the priest."

Roy stood up and said with a satisfied smile.

"Since you have made up your mind, I will accept you. From now on, you will be my followers. I will pay you every month, and you must obey all my orders. Now according to our original agreement, I will I will distribute the remaining fifty catties of grain to you. In addition, I will also distribute fifty catties of grain and a bronze spear to each of you as your February salary."

(End of this chapter)