I was a priest in the city-state era

The sound of roosters crowing from nowhere woke Roy up from his sleep.

Roy opened his eyes and sat up, looking at the two sets of clothes on the bedside and the two pairs of shoes on the floor, hesitating.

Roy's own long-sleeved top, jeans and sneakers were originally completely soaked by the sea water, so for the past two days Roy wore cotton robes and strappy sandals made by Procne.

But now, Roy's clothes and shoes were dry.

"Should I continue to wear my own clothes, or should I continue to wear clothes made by Procne's own hands?"

Thinking of Procne's delicate and beautiful face and gentle and sweet smile, Roy's hands finally picked up the cotton robe made by Procne.

Roy walked out of the stone house wearing a cotton robe and strappy sandals, and saw thirty-six male servants already busy working on papermaking.

Six maids are also using ingredients to prepare breakfast for everyone.

Roy walked to the place where the paper pulp was dried and saw that the finished paper was enough to make fifty paper armors, so he came to the six maids and ordered.

"Starting today, you don't need to do any other work. Use linen and paper to sew fifty paper armors for me."

After hearing Roy's order, the six maids looked at each other with embarrassed expressions.

Seeing the reactions of the six maids, Roy immediately realized that the Athenians of this era did not know how to use needles.

So they either used string to fasten the garment around the shoulders, or they used fastening tools like bronze pins.

"It seems that before I let you sew paper nails, I need to make wooden needles or bamboo needles out of wood or bamboo."

As soon as Roy finished speaking, a maid bravely asked.

"Master! Are the needles you are talking about used by the barbaric Dorians to sew trousers? When Chief Pandion was trading with the Dorians, he seemed to have obtained some bone needles from the Dorians."

Bone needle——

Because Roy's requirements for paper armor are not high, bone needles can also meet Roy's requirements.

"Since the Athenian tribe has bone needles, I will get them for you later."

After saying that, Roy walked towards the altar in the center of the temple square and sat on the stones outside the altar waiting for the arrival of Procne and Philomela.

Without the company of these two chief ladies, Roy would not dare to go to Pandion's warehouse to get something.

After all, everything in the warehouse is Pandion's personal property. Even if Roy only takes away a needle and a thread, it may trigger Pandion's reverse scale.

Roy did not wait long. Procne and Philomela soon came to the temple square with thirty male servants.

Seeing these thirty male servants, five of whom were holding fifty wooden spears, and the other twenty-five carrying twenty-five hundred kilograms of grain, Roy immediately stood up and walked to Procne and Philomela and said.

"Princess Procne! Princess Philomela! Thank you for lending me the food and wooden spears. I will always remember this kindness."

"Don't worry about this little thing."

Procne picked up the flower basket containing breakfast and smiled.

"Priest Roy, we also brought you breakfast."

"Then I'll have breakfast first! After I finish my breakfast, I want to go to the warehouse with you and find some bone needles from the warehouse."

After saying that, Roy took Procne and Philomela back to the stone house.

After Roy started to wolf down his breakfast, Philomela couldn't hold back her curiosity and asked.

"What are the bone spicules you are talking about?"

Procne said on behalf of Roy.

"Philomela, bone needles seem to be tools used by the Dorians. They used bone needles and cotton thread to sew cotton into trousers."

Seeing that Procne did not understand the true function of a sewing needle, Roy swallowed a piece of roast meat and said.

"Princess Procne! Princess Philomela! The sewing needle can not only sew trousers, but also sew coats and sew socks for your feet."

While speaking, Roy reached out and pointed to Procne's shoulder.

"A noble lady like you can use bronze pins to fasten the front and back pieces of cloth to the shoulders. But ordinary women can only wrap ropes around their bodies to fix their clothes. Not only does it look unsightly, but the ropes can also hurt the body. Use a sewing needle to sew the two pieces of cloth on the shoulder together, eliminating the need to tie the rope around the body. The most important thing is that the sewing needle can create a man's dream."

"A man's dream?"

Procne and Philomela looked at each other, and then Philomela asked directly.

"Priest Roy, what is a man's dream you are talking about?"

"These are the stockings you pretty girls wear."

Roy walked to the head of the stone bed, showed his two black cotton socks to Procne and Philomela, and said with a gentleman's smile on his face.

"Princess Procne! Princess Philomela! These are men's socks that I wear myself. Don't you think it's anything special? But if the socks grow to above the knees and are worn on your feet, your beautiful little feet Ya is our men’s dream.”

"Well--"

Seeing Roy in his gentlemanly state, Philomela was like a surprised little white rabbit, pretending to be scared and complaining.

"Priest Roy! You look exactly like those wretched men now."

Procne stared at the socks in Roy's hand seriously and said.

"Priest Roy, you want to see us wearing knee socks? But apart from our families, only our future husbands can see our bodies."

In this era, men's robes, like short skirts, only covered just above the knees.

Women's robes are all floor-length skirts, which do not expose their legs even in the hot summer.

After hearing Procne's words, Roy's smile froze on his face and he said with a disappointed expression.

"Do I have to be your husband to see you wearing knee-high socks? Can't you secretly show them to me?"

Hearing Roy's words, even Procne couldn't help but roll his eyes.

Now Roy already knew that only by becoming their husband could he see them wearing knee-high socks.

But Roy's idea was not to try to become their husbands, but to trick them into secretly wearing them for him to see.

"Priest Roy, your thoughts are so irresponsible. Do you just want to enjoy your husband's power but don't want to fulfill your husband's responsibilities?"

Philomela said embellished.

"Sister, you are so gentle. I think he is just a scumbag."

After being scolded by the two sisters, Roy finally realized that Procne and Philomela were not girls in modern society.

"I'm so sorry! Princess Procne! Princess Philomela! I made excessive demands on you. I hope you can forgive me."

After Roy apologized sincerely, Procne looked at Philomela and said.

"Philomela! After all, Priest Loy is a foreigner from the far east. Maybe their customs there are different from ours. Let's forgive him once!"

"Sister, you are just too gentle and soft-hearted!"

Philomela complained.

"No wonder my father always said that you will definitely suffer in the future."

"Philomela, didn't father tell you?"

Procne pretended to be angry and puffed out her cheeks.

"You are as innocent as a child, and you are the one who will really suffer."