I was a priest in the city-state era

Chapter 81 The Divine Marriage Witnessed by the Goddess

Now Roy is not only a priest serving the gods, but also has three hundred followers.

With Roy's current strength, ordinary married women fall in love with Roy, and their husbands don't have the strength to challenge Roy.

If a queen falls in love with Roy, it will definitely be a disaster for Roy.

According to ancient legends, the cause of the Trojan War was that Queen Helen of Sparta fell in love with Prince Paris of Troy, and eloped with Paris back to Troy.

"Goddess Mnemosyne! Even if the Harmonian priests lose their love for me, it doesn't matter. Can you help me to make the blessing of Goddess Aphrodite disappear from me?"

Roy asked Mnemosyne for help in a panic, and Mnemosyne shook her head and said.

"It's a pity, I can't remove Aphrodite's blessing from you. If you don't want other women to fall in love with you, then you should try to make them not have a good impression of you."

Then, Mnemosyne looked at Harmonia and said.

"Now that you know that this man will be surrounded by women, do you still want to marry him?"

Harmonia said with a bright smile.

"Goddess Mnemosyne! Even if he doesn't have the blessing of Aphrodite, I will have many rivals in love, because a man can have many women, just like my father, the former leader of the Thebes tribe. But I am confident that I will defeat all rivals in love and not be taken away by other women as my wife."

"But he doesn't love you!"

"I have confidence in my beauty and figure, and I believe Roy will fall in love with me."

Seeing that Harmonia was so determined, Mnemosyne turned her head and said to Roy.

"Since Harmonia is determined to marry you, are you willing to accept her?"

Roy remained silent, neither rejecting nor accepting.

Because Roy didn't know in his heart whether he should accept or reject it.

The benefits of accepting Harmonia are obvious. By becoming the husband of Harmonia, Roy can become the leader of the Thebes tribe, ruling the wealthy Thebes region and even Yubia Island.

But accepting Harmonia and becoming the leader of the tribe of Thebes is tantamount to betraying the tribe of Athens and the goddess Metis.

"You don't want to accept Harmonia?"

Hearing Goddess Mnemosyne's inquiry, Roy shook his head and said.

"I want to accept Harmonia, but I don't want to betray the Athenian tribe."

"Honey, I can understand how you feel."

Harmonia said with a smile.

"The goddess Metis is the patron saint of the Athens tribe. As a priest serving the goddess Metis, you certainly don't want to be a traitor to the Athens tribe and be abandoned by the goddess Metis. I have a way to make you marry me At the same time, you will not become a traitor to the Athenian tribe, and you will not be abandoned by the goddess Metis."

Roy's eyes lit up, and he immediately asked Harmonia.

"Priest of Harmonia, what method are you talking about?"

"My dear, as long as you become the leader of the Athenian tribe, no one in the Athenian tribe can turn you into a traitor."

"I became chief of the tribe of Athens—"

In this era, the rulers of tribes or city-states were of course chiefs or kings.

Priests became rulers of tribes or city-states because chiefs or kings usually served as priests themselves.

For example, King Minos of Knossos in Crete was the highest priest of the goddess Europa, the pharaoh of southern Egypt was the highest priest of the sun god Amon, and the king of the Hittite Empire was the highest priest of the sun queen.

Even if the leader or the king did not personally serve as priests, they would let their family members serve as priests, and the divine power and kingship would be in the hands of their own families.

After Roy married Harmonia, only Pandion, the leader of the Athenian tribe, could turn Roy into a traitor to the Athenian tribe.

As long as Roy replaces Pandion as the leader of the Athenian tribe and holds the power of theocracy and kingship in his hands, even if Roy marries Harmonia, no one in the Athenian tribe will be able to turn Roy into a traitor.

Seeing the shaken expression on Roy's face, Harmonia continued.

"My dear, it seems that you also want to be the leader of the Athenian tribe."

Roy shook his head and said.

"The leader of Pandion has the authority to rule the tribe of Athens for 20 years. Even if I am the priest of the goddess Metis, I cannot replace him."

"You are not alone, you have the support of me and the Thebes tribe behind you."

The strength of the Thebes tribe is not lost to the Athenian tribe at all.

As long as the Thebes tribe fully supports him, Roy can forcibly overthrow Pandion's rule by force and become the next leader of the Athens tribe.

"Harmonia, will you really support me fully and help me become the leader of the Athenian tribe?"

Harmonia, who originally bowed to the goddess Mnemosyne, turned around and knelt before Roy as if worshiping a god.

"Honey! Although I am the priest and leader of the Thebes tribe, I am also an ordinary woman. After we get married, I will dedicate myself to you, and I will do my best to support whatever you want to do .”

"Harmonia—"

After hearing Harmonia's words, Roy immediately knelt down on one knee and held Harmonia tightly in his arms with both hands.

If Harmonia had said what she had said just now, Roy would never have believed her easily.

Because in Roy's view, as long as Harmonia is not a girl in love, she will definitely regard the interests of the Thebes tribe more important than herself.

But this was in front of the altar of the goddess Mnemosyne, and Harmonia spoke just now under the witness of the goddess Mnemosyne.

As the priestess of Mnemosyne, it was impossible for Harmonia to lie in front of Mnemosyne.

So the words just now are as sacred as the oath of Harmonia.

Roy can fully believe that Harmonia will dedicate her body and mind to herself.

"Dear Roy, do you want to marry me?"

To be honest, although Roy was amazed by Harmonia's beauty and figure, Roy did not fall in love with Harmonia because of the contact in just a few days.

Although Roy doesn't love Harmonia, Roy responds.

"As long as you are willing to marry me, I will marry you."

Of course Roy understood that under the witness of the goddess Mnemosyne, his words were as sacred as an oath.

But Roy has already made up his mind. In order to become the leader of the Thebes tribe, in order to rule the rich Thebes region and even Yubia Island, Roy is willing to marry Harmonia.

Looking at Loy and Harmonia hugging each other, Goddess Mnemosyne sighed and said.

"Another silly woman who has been dazzled by love."

During the thousands of years of guarding the Thebes area, Mnemosyne has witnessed the lives of thousands of people.

In those happy or unhappy lives, girls like Harmonia are the most vulnerable to men.

"Human love, what kind of emotion is it that can make these girls who fall in love with men be as desperate as moths to a flame?"

The goddess Mnemosyne quickly suppressed this curiosity in her heart, because in her view, love is an emotion that has absolutely nothing to do with herself as a goddess.

(End of this chapter)