I was a priest in the city-state era

As a representative of the city of Athens, Loy not only refused Minos' request to make Athens a vassal of Knossos, but also refused to hand over the real secret of salt, which naturally aroused Minos's dissatisfaction and even hostility.

After all, Minos was not a fool. As long as he was given enough time to think, he would have figured out that Roy had lied to him about the source of the salt.

So the day after the Spring Plowing Festival, Roy took Procne to say goodbye to Deucalion.

Deucalion's palace.

Deucalion sat on the throne in the hall and looked at Roy in surprise.

"Dear friend! You are the first person to say goodbye to me. Is it because my reception dissatisfied you?"

Roy shook his head and explained.

"Deucalion! The other guests are not in a hurry to leave because their city-state is very close to the city of Knossos. Our city of Athens is thousands of miles away from the city of Knossos, and it takes four days to sail on the sea to return to Athens. City, that’s why we are the first to say goodbye to you.”

Roy's answer was very reasonable, and Deucalion could only nod.

"The city of Athens and the city of Knossos are indeed too far apart, so I wish you a smooth return journey."

Roy and Procne left the palace and came to the port. After the two boarded the fleet's flagship, Roy immediately ordered the sailors to leave the port of Knossos at full speed.

Twenty large ships turned around and sailed out of the port of Knossos City, and Roy finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The endless sea of ​​Crete.

Seeing that the fleet was far away from the city of Knossos, Roy still urged the soldiers to sail as fast as possible, and Procne asked doubtfully.

"Brother Roy, are we running away?"

"Our situation is almost like running away."

Roy said with a solemn expression.

"When you know the true value of salt, you will understand that Minos figured out that I was lying to him, and he will definitely send the navy of Knossos to capture us."

"Ah - we are guests in the city of Knossos! How valuable is salt, so that Minos would violate guest etiquette?"

"As long as we monopolize the technology of making salt, we can replace the city of Knossos as the overlord of the Aegean Sea in a short time. Minos will not hesitate to violate guest etiquette to deal with us because the city of Athens masters the technology of making salt. Become the biggest threat to the city of Knossos to maintain its hegemony.”

Procne nodded and said as if she didn't understand.

"Although I still don't understand, Brother Roy's decision is definitely the right one."

At this moment, Aries came to Roy with a half-meter-long bamboo pole.

"Master Priest! This is something I picked up in the water when our ship was docked at the port of Knossos. We have never seen this kind of plant. This plant seems to be used as fuel like wood, so This thing showed signs of being burned, probably because it had too much water to burn, so it was thrown into the water.”

"Aries, the thing you are holding is bamboo."

Roy took the bamboo pole from Aries and said.

"Bamboo only grows in the three major bamboo areas of Asia, Africa and the New World. How can there be bamboo in Crete? Could it be that ships from Egypt brought bamboo to Crete as fuel? Or, this Is it a bamboo from the east of Asia?”

Roy didn't think much about the origin of the bamboo poles.

Thinking that this bamboo pole could be used as material to cut bamboo needles, Roy said with a smile.

"Procne! I once said that I would make bamboo needles for you. Now I will use this bamboo pole to sharpen a bamboo needle for you. With the bamboo needle I made as a sample, we can also ask the servants to make the same specifications. Bone needles and wooden needles. With these three kinds of needles, you can sew all kinds of clothes.”

After saying that, Roy moved his hands and used the blade of his bronze war spear to cut off a piece from the bamboo pole and slowly sharpen it.

Procne squatted next to Roy and looked at Roy's hands with a sweet smile.

It was night in a blink of an eye.

Inside the cabin of the flagship ship.

Loy and Procne were lying on a wooden bed covered with wool blankets. Procne was playing with the three bamboo needles that Loy had given her, as if she had received a precious gift.

"Brother Roy, you made these three bamboo needles with your own hands and gave them to me. I will definitely cherish them very much."

"I make these bamboo needles not for you to collect as gifts, but for you to use them to sew long sleeves, trousers and most importantly, stockings."

"Wearing long-sleeved clothes and trousers is a symbol of the nomadic barbarians from the north. And the area we live in is warm all year round, so there is no need to wear long-sleeved clothes and trousers. But for brother Roy, I will sew as soon as possible. Make the stockings Brother Roy wants."

"The stockings are not for me to wear, how can you say that I want-"

Roy pretended to be dissatisfied and halfway through his rant, he suddenly held his breath so as not to make any sound.

Procne looked at Roy with confusion and asked.

"Brother Roy, what's wrong with you?"

Roy left the wooden bed and walked to the wooden table with candles on it and said.

"Are you going to come out on your own, or are you going to let me catch you? There are candles in the cabin, so you can't hide."

After hearing Roy's words, Procne hurriedly sat up and observed the cabin.

"Brother Roy, is there anyone hiding in the cabin?"

Roy motioned to Procne with his eyes and asked her to look under the bed. Procne immediately understood that the man was hiding under the wooden bed.

"Sure enough, you guys discovered it."

Accompanied by the familiar girl's voice, Pandora's body rolled out from under the wooden bed, and she looked up at the top of the cabin and said.

"In order not to disturb you guys from enjoying the night, I didn't make any noise. Can you just pretend you didn't notice me?"

"Princess Pandora——"

Seeing that the person hiding in the cabin turned out to be Pandora, Procne opened her eyes in shock and said.

"Why are you hiding in our cabin?"

Pandora said expressionlessly.

"Because I want to go back to the city of Athens with you."

"You are Deucalion's fiancée and the future queen of Knossos. You hid on our ship and left Knossos. Does Deucalion know about this?"

Looking at Pandora lying on the board like Sleeping Beauty, Roy frowned and said.

"Also - when and how did you sneak into the cabin?"

“Don’t worry, I’ll answer all your questions.

Pandora turned to look at Roy and said with a gentle and sweet smile.

"Deucalion doesn't know that I have left the city of Knossos! In fact, I hid here last night, so now I am very hungry. Can you give me food and water? As for how I sneak into the cabin , I need to keep it secret from you for the time being.”

Gu——

Pandora's stomach grumbled very cooperatively, which was why Roy found her hiding in the cabin.

After hearing Pandora's answer, Procne said with a hesitant expression.

"Brother Roy, what should we do now? Should we send Pandora back to the city of Knossos?"

Roy shook his head and said.

"Silly girl, the city of Knossos is already a very dangerous place for us now. How can we throw ourselves into a trap?"

Thanks to book friend Chenxi Yuhan for the reward of 100 points!

The first 140 chapters have been blocked, and I have temporarily put the revised content as related to the work.

Alas, I feel that there is nothing wrong with what I wrote.