I was a priest in the city-state era

Chapter 88

It's evening time.

Roy and Harmonia took Iol back to the riverside port of the Thebes tribe by boat, and then walked back to the Thebes tribe in the north of the Asopus River.

Palace stone house in Harmonia.

After handing over Iole to the care of the maids, Loy and Harmonia sat in the hall, and the atmosphere between them became a little dull.

Harmonia finally took the initiative to break the silence and said.

"You're leaving tomorrow."

"Ok!"

Roy nodded.

"If I don't go back, everything I have in the Athens tribe will be taken away by others. That is the foundation for me to take the Athens tribe."

"But I don't want to be separated from you! Wouldn't it be good for us to directly summon soldiers to attack the Athenian tribe and forcibly conquer the Athenian tribe?"

A woman with a brain in love is indeed a double-edged sword.

Because Harmonia is a love brain, she is willing to dedicate everything to Roy.

But also because Harmonia is a love brain, she wants to start a war in order not to be separated from Roy.

And it was a war that was almost certain to lose.

Roy said helplessly.

"Harmonia! The number of soldiers of the Athenian tribe is no less than that of the Thebes tribe. If we summon all the soldiers of the Thebes tribe to attack the Athens tribe, who will protect the safety of the Thebes tribe? If we don't call the Dibes tribe All the soldiers of the Bes tribe, how can we use a small number of soldiers to defeat the Athenian tribe with more soldiers and geographical advantages? If the Thebes tribe and the Athenian tribe fight for both sides, even if we conquer the Athenian tribe, the gain will not be worth the loss. So I must Go back to the Athenian tribe and seize the supreme power of the Athenian tribe from within."

"But I really don't want to be separated from you."

Harmonia threw herself into Roy's arms excitedly, big teardrops rolled down from the corners of her eyes, soon soaking Roy's clothes.

Roy hugged Harmonia with both hands, and said with his cheek against her ear.

"Harmonia, I don't want to be separated from you either."

Hearing what Roy said, Harmonia blushed and said.

"Honey, I will dedicate myself to you tonight! Although we haven't held a wedding yet, I don't have parents. Even if I give birth to you out of wedlock, no one will accuse me of bringing shame to the family."

Harmonia was willing to dedicate herself to herself before marriage.

Now Roy doesn't understand whether Harmonia loves him so much because of his own charm, or because of the effect of Aphrodite's blessing [charm enhancement].

It actually made Harmonia abandon the shame of an unmarried girl for herself in just a few days.

Roy hugged Harmonia tightly and said.

"Dear Harmonia! You love me with such great affection, and I will cherish you with the same affection, so I must not tarnish your name."

"Loy—"

The man she loves so much cherishes her, Harmonia hugged Roy's neck driven by strong emotion, and bit her cherry lips towards Roy actively.

Roy let Harmonia's cherry lips bite him, and then fell backwards holding Harmonia.

the next morning.

In the bedroom of Harmonia.

When Roy woke up from his sleep, he found that Harmonia, who had been lying on his body, had disappeared.

"Harmonia..."

Roy called Harmonia's name and sat up. As soon as he finished speaking, Harmonia pushed open the bedroom door and walked in.

Seeing that Harmonia was holding a white cotton robe with a gleaming golden belt on it, Roy said in surprise.

"Is this a bronze belt? No—it's a gold belt!"

The golden belt held by Harmonia looked like a golden bronze belt on the surface, but Roy noticed with keen eyes that the buckle of this belt was made of real gold.

In other words, this is a real gold belt.

"Honey, I'll help you get dressed."

Harmonia came to Roy's side and asked while putting the white cotton robe on Roy.

"Loy, do you still remember Cadmus who was killed by us? Cadmus has a gold necklace on his body. In the past few days, I asked craftsmen to melt the gold necklace and made this golden belt for you."

While speaking, Harmonia quickly put on the robe for Roy, and then put the gold belt on Roy's waist.

Seeing Roy wearing a white cotton robe and a gold belt around his waist, Harmonia nodded in satisfaction and said.

"My dear! Anyone who sees you now will understand that you are a noble person."

In this era, wearing a bronze belt is enough to show a noble status, not to mention that Roy is wearing a gold belt.

As a woman, Harmonia didn't keep the gold necklace for herself, but made this golden belt for Roy.

Roy couldn't help holding Harmonia in his arms, and said with emotion.

"Dear Harmonia, you gave me such a precious golden belt before I gave you a gift. When we meet next time, I will definitely give you a precious gift."

Listening to Roy's heartbeat, Harmonia smiled.

"Dear Roy, you are the most precious gift to me."

Stone House Hall.

When Roy was having breakfast with Harmonia and Yiole, seeing Yiole's careful look, not as lively and cute as yesterday, Roy looked at Harmonia and said.

"Harmonia! Since Melanius has sworn allegiance to us in the name of the gods, there is no need to let his daughter be our hostage."

Harmonia blinked her big blue eyes and said.

"Honey, Iol is not a hostage! I keep her by my side to train her to be a priest. Because the goddess Mnemosyne is a virgin goddess, I, as the goddess who serves the goddess Mnemosyne, The highest priestess must also remain unmarried. I am now cultivating Yiole so that after we get married, Iole will replace me to perform the duties of the highest priestess."

Priestesses serving virgin goddesses, who were often required to remain unmarried for the goddess, do seem to be a common phenomenon in this age.

In the story of the Trojan War, Iphigenia, the eldest daughter of Agamemnon, the commander of the Greek coalition army, and Cassandra, the princess of Troy, are two princesses who serve the goddess and never marry.

"You asked Melanius for Iole, and it turned out to be for the consideration of our marriage—"

Seeing Harmonia's heavy nod, Roy was a little more moved.

After the three had breakfast, Roy took his bronze spear and prepared to leave the Thebes tribe alone.

Just as Roy was about to walk out of Harmonia's courtyard, Harmonia led a black horse to the gate of the courtyard and said.

"Honey! It takes at least two days to walk from the tribe of Thebes to the tribe of Athens. You can ride this horse and return to the tribe of Athens today."

In this era, the value of horses is naturally needless to say.

Roy took the lead rope from Harmonia, and held Harmonia in his arms again.

(End of this chapter)