I was a priest in the city-state era

Chapter 9 With My Temple and Altar

Of course Roy knew that in human history, the older the era, the more conservative the relationship between men and women.

At this moment, Roy finally realized that it was a rude and offensive behavior for him to use what Procne and Philomela had used.

If Roy was an ordinary person and did something like this to offend the leader's lady, Procne could order his servants to beat Roy to death.

Thinking of such serious consequences, Roy couldn't help complaining to himself.

Although this is the second day since I came to this world, I should abandon the concept of the modern world earlier.

Procne looked at Roy with a complicated expression, and suddenly lowered his head and said.

"Don't talk about it."

After speaking, he took his younger sister Philomela back to the stone house.

Looking at the backs of Procne and Philomela, Roy couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"What a pair of innocent and kind sisters! If they pursue my offensive behavior, it will definitely be a big trouble for me."

In order to avoid embarrassment, Roy did not go back into the stone house, but observed Pandion's servants and maids in the courtyard.

These men and women do not appear to be slaves.

Although they serve the Pandion family, it is more like serving the Pandion family as a job.

Having prepared a rich and delicious breakfast for the Pandion family, the men and maids set about preparing a light breakfast for their own consumption.

When the Pandion family began to enjoy breakfast, a young and beautiful maid found Roy and took Roy to the hall of the stone house.

After sitting down at the dining table, Roy couldn't help but glanced at Procne, and Procne also looked at Roy at this time. After their eyes collided, Procne turned his head shyly.

After eating the breakfast carefully prepared by the maids, Roy finally asked Pandion.

"Pandion leader! Do you decide to worship the goddess Metis as the patron saint of the Athenian tribe and make me a priest of the Athenian tribe?"

Pandion drank a bowl of oatmeal, then looked at Roy and said.

"Priest Loi! After discussing with my wife, I decided to agree with you to become the priest of our Athens tribe. In the east of the Acropolis, there is a temple and altar dedicated to the goddess of rain. From now on, this temple and altar will belong to Metis goddess."

Temple——

Thinking of having his own house in the Acropolis instead of living in Pandion's house as a guest, Roy immediately looked forward to the temple.

Seeing Roy's reaction, Pandion stood up and said.

"I'll take you to the temple and the altar now!"

Roy immediately got up and said.

"it is good!"

Looking at the backs of Roy and Pandion leaving, Philomela said excitedly.

"Mother, can we go to the temple with father?"

"cannot!"

Pandion's wife said with a straight face.

"Unmarried girls should not go out and run around casually. You should practice weaving with Procne at home, and develop a pair of skillful hands that can make clothes for your husband and son, so that you can marry a good husband."

Philomela said with an unhappy puffed face.

"Weaving and weaving—I was not born to weave! When I go out, I will completely cover my face with a veil, so my mother won't let me go out?"

Pandion's wife directly ignored the younger daughter's acting like a baby, and asked the eldest daughter Procne.

"Procne, is there something on your mind?"

Procne froze for a moment, then shook his head and said.

"What can my daughter worry about?"

"You have reached the age of marriage now, haven't you considered your husband candidate? For the benefit of the Athenian tribe, we should marry you to the leader or the son of a leader of a large tribe, but mother values ​​your happiness more, so I want to marry you to a young nobleman in the Athenian tribe. Do you like any young noblemen or sons of noblemen in our Athenian tribe?"

Procne shook his head again and said.

"Mother, I don't want to marry yet! Could it be that mother is tired of me and wants to send me away on purpose?"

As the leader of the Athens tribe, Pandion would still be accompanied by a dozen young warriors even if he was only traveling on the Acropolis.

Roy walked with Pandion, not only enjoying the sense of security brought by Pandion's soldiers, but also seeing the awe of the Athenians for Pandion.

Wherever Pandion, the leader, goes, everyone will get out of the way in advance to avoid obstructing Pandion.

When Roy, Pandion and others came to the temple that originally belonged to the goddess of rain, they saw that it was a building composed of a stone house and three wooden houses. Outside the temple was a square where hundreds of people could stand. In the center of the square was a stone altar .

On the Acropolis extending from west to east, Pandion’s stone house is located in the northeast of the Acropolis, and this temple is located in the southeast of the Acropolis. The two buildings are about 50 meters apart.

"Priest Loi, this is the temple of the Goddess of Rain. Because we don't have the artisans and tools to carve the statue, this temple does not enshrine the statue of the Goddess of Rain. When we offer sacrifices to the Goddess of Rain, we directly face the sky on the altar Sacrifice. Now I will give this temple and altar to you and the goddess Metis, we can't solve the matter of the statue for the time being, but we can prepare a rich sacrifice ceremony for the goddess Metis."

"Pandion leader! Sacrifice to the gods is just a ritual, because the gods don't need to eat human food, so the goddess Metis will not ask us for a rich sacrifice. The benevolent goddess Metis will not ask The Athenians now make gods for her."

Pandion nodded in satisfaction.

"Then when will we prepare the ceremony to welcome the goddess Metis into the Athenian tribe?"

"Of course, the sooner the better! And there is no need for a grand ceremony. The key to letting the goddess Metis enter the Athenian tribe is that the leader of Pandion respects the goddess Metis on behalf of the Athenian tribe as the leader, and makes the goddess Metis become the leader of the Athenian tribe. Master of this territory."

As soon as Roy finished speaking, he saw a group of Athenians approaching.

The group surrounded the ten-year-old boy who had a fever and passed out yesterday. The boy held his mother and elder brother by the hands.

The family of three came to Roy and Pandion, and the mother of the boy knelt in front of Roy with the two children and said.

"Thank you for saving my child. His fever is gone now. If it weren't for you, I might have lost my youngest child by now."

The hundreds of Athenians who were onlookers watched Roy whispering at this moment, and they were obviously amazed that Roy saved the boy who was suffering from fever.

Seeing that the boy who was unconscious yesterday was able to walk healthily, Pandion couldn't help but said.

"Priest Loi! It seems that you used your wisdom to save a child's life."

Then, Pandion shouted to the Athenians who were watching.

"Dear Athenians! Let me introduce to you, this foreigner who can cure fever is the priest of Loi who serves the goddess of wisdom Metis. Because the priest of Loi possesses the magical wisdom bestowed by the goddess, it proves that the goddess of wisdom Metis Therefore, I decided to enshrine Metis, the goddess of wisdom, as the patron saint of our Athenian tribe, and let the priest of Loi be the priest of our Athenian tribe."

(End of this chapter)