I was a priest in the city-state era

As the elder brother of Procne and Philomela, Erechtheus has a say in the marriage of his two sisters even higher than their mother Zeuxipes.

Hearing what Erechtheus said, Roy smiled faintly and said.

"Except for me, Procne and Philomela can no longer marry anyone, because their bodies already belong to me. Perhaps in a month or two, their bodies will show signs of pregnancy."

Pregnancy——

Procne and Philomela stared at each other with wide eyes, and confirmed through eye contact that the other party was still an unmarried girl.

In other words, Roy was lying.

Not only Procne and Philomela, who were the parties involved, but also Pandion and Zeuxipes had seen that Roy was lying.

Because the whereabouts of Procne and Philomela were always under their control, they knew that Procne and Philomela had no chance to lose their virginity to Roy.

Even when Roy and Procne were alone in a room, there were maids outside monitoring the voices in the room.

Erechtheus also frowned, obviously not believing what Roy said.

Because Erechtheus knew the character of Procne and Philomela, even if they really fell in love with Roy, they would not dare to do anything that would bring shame to the family.

Although he saw that Roy was lying, Pandion did not expose Roy's lie, but asked Philomela.

"Philomela, have you really fallen in love with Roy and devoted yourself to him?"

Philomela hesitated for a moment and nodded.

"Brother Roy is right, I am now Brother Roy's woman."

Seeing that Philomela would rather tarnish her reputation than marry Tereus, Pandion frowned and said to Tereus.

"Respected Tereus! My two daughters are not worthy of you, so don't mention the marriage. Even if there is no marriage relationship between us, we Athenians will be allies with you to fight against our common enemy, the Mycenaeans."

Tereus is not an unmarried boy.

As the king of Elis, Tereus had many women.

So Tereus had long seen that Procne and Philomela were innocent unmarried girls.

It was because he confirmed that Procne and Philomela were unmarried girls that Tereus proposed to Procne and Philomela.

Roy claimed that Procne was his woman. Although Tereus was a little skeptical, he had to accept it because Procne also claimed that he loved Roy.

Now in order to prevent Tereus from proposing to Philomela, Roy actually claimed that Procne and Philomela had lost their virginity to him-

The lie was so obvious, Tereus was not a fool, and of course he would not be deceived by Roy's lie.

"Chief Pandion! Usually only people of low status would marry their two daughters to a man of high status, so that their two daughters would share a husband."

Tereus said to Pandion with a playful smile.

"Is it that in Athens, the status of the priests of Roy is higher than that of the leader Pandion, so you let your two daughters serve one husband?"

It is undoubtedly a huge shame for Pandion that both daughters become Roy's women.

So Tereus wants Pandion to expose Roy's lies and deny that Procne and Philomela are both Roy's women.

So he can continue to propose.

Hearing Tereus' words, Pandion frowned expressionlessly.

In order to reasonably reject Tereus's proposal, Pandion can acquiesce to Roy's lies.

But this is undoubtedly a shame.

If Pandion wants to eliminate this shame, he can only break Roy's lies and declare that Procne and Philomela are still unmarried girls.

What Pandion needs to consider at this time is-is the idea of ​​his daughter not wanting to marry Tereus important, or is the family's reputation important?

Pandion turned his head to look at Procne and Philomela, and looked at his two daughters, and then Pandion looked at Roy.

Seeing that Roy's eyes no longer had the awe of the past, and there was a strong confidence in his eyes that dared to confront him, Pandion said loudly driven by anger.

"My servants are always with Procne and Philomela, so I can be sure that both daughters are unmarried."

"That means that Priest Roy is lying!"

Tereus said to Roy with a smug smile.

"Priest Roy, you are too greedy. You even lied to deceive Princess Procne and Princess Philomela. How can the noble Princess of Athens become your concubine? Only one of Princess Procne and Princess Philomela can be your wife."

"If I choose Procne, will you propose to Philomela? If I choose Philomela, will you propose to Procne?"

Roy stood up and said to Tereus with cold eyes.

"Tereus! Since you have exposed my lies, let's solve this matter in a manly way. I will not allow Procne and Philomela to marry you. If you want to propose to them, you must defeat me with your strength. If you lose to me, you must give up the idea of ​​proposing to them."

"You want to duel with me--"

Tereus stood up and said with a confident smile.

"I am the favorite of the great god of war Ares, and I have more powerful strength than the ordinary hero [100 Enemies]. Since you are foolish enough to challenge me, I will defeat you with my strength and prove that I am more qualified than you to be the husband of Princess Procne and Princess Philomela."

After Roy and Tereus left the hall, Philomela couldn't help but said to Procne.

"Sister! Brother Roy just dueled with Perseus for you yesterday, and today he is going to duel with Tereus for us. Are we the beauty that brother Roy said is a disaster?"

Procne shook her head and said.

"Brother Roy said that calling a woman a beauty is just an excuse for men to fail. I believe that brother Roy will win. Even if brother Roy loses, I would rather die than marry another man."

"Me too!"

Philomela followed.

"That guy named Tereus proposed to me without saying a word to me. I would rather be Brother Roy's concubine than marry Tereus."

"Philomela--"

Procne said with eyes wide open in shock.

"Do you know what you are saying? You said you would rather... be Brother Roy's concubine?"

"Because my sister will marry Brother Roy as his wife!"

Philomela said with a smile.

"Since my sister loves me so much, she will definitely not use her status as a wife to bully me as a concubine, nor will she suppress the children I gave birth to."

Looking at Philomela's innocent smile, Procne hugged her excitedly and said.

"I will treat your children as my own children! If...if you are serious about this, then let you be the wife and I will be Brother Roy's concubine."

Fortunately, Pandion, Zeuxippe, and Erechtheus had gone outside to watch the duel between Roy and Tereus.

If they heard the conversation between Procne and Philomela, they would definitely not be able to accept that both Procne and Philomela wanted to marry Roy.