I was a priest in the city-state era

Pandion would reject Cadmus' proposal, which was completely expected by Loy.

If Cadmus, the legendary founder of the city of Thebes, had the opportunity to establish a foothold on the Attica Peninsula, why would he go to the Thebes area to establish the city of Thebes?

Pandion not only rejected his proposal, but also asked him to leave the territory of the Athenian tribe. Cadmus put away his humble posture and said with a proud and confident smile.

"Dear Chief Pandion! We are willing to leave the territory of the Athenian tribe, but we no longer have enough food. So I hope to make a deal with your Athenian tribe and exchange ten of our large ships with you for ten thousand kilograms of grain."

Before Pandion could speak, Erechtheus said coldly.

"Foreigners, the Athenian tribe does not have any extra food to trade with you."

Upon hearing Erechtheus' words, Cadmus' expression became dangerous and his eyes became fierce.

Roy said immediately.

"Cadmus! The Athenian tribe does not have any extra food, but I am willing to use five thousand kilograms of food to buy ten of your ships. Are you willing to accept this deal?"

Cadmus wanted to exchange ten large ships for ten thousand catties of grain, which was already selling his ships at a low price.

Unexpectedly, Roy wanted to exchange five thousand kilograms of grain for ten large ships——

Cadmus was silent for a moment, and finally said with a smile.

"Priest Roy! We have no choice now, so I agree to exchange ten large ships with you for five thousand kilograms of grain."

At this time, the young and beautiful maid brought in the fragrant barbecue and placed it on the stone table.

Cadmus said, looking down at the roast.

"What a delicious and rich food! But since I cannot be accepted by Chief Pandion, naturally I should not enjoy this kind of hospitality. Chief Pandion! Now I want to leave the Acropolis and return to my soldiers."

Pandion nodded and said.

"Cadmus, I hope you can lead your men and leave tomorrow as promised."

After Cadmus left, Philomela couldn't wait to take off the veil on her face, then abandoned the image of a princess, like a snack food, picked up a piece of barbecue and ate it.

The chief's wives, Zeuxippe and Procne, also took off their veils.

Erechtheus looked at Roy dissatisfied and said.

"Priest Roy, why do you sell grain to outsiders?"

"Prince Erechtheus!"

Roy explained helplessly.

"If I don't sell the food to Cadmus, Cadmus will have no choice but to lead his soldiers to fight and break out a war with our Athenian tribe. Now Cadmus has enough food for them to consume for half a month. They can go elsewhere and find weaker targets than our Athenian tribe."

After listening to Roy's words, Procne said with a gentle and sweet smile.

"Priest Loy's trade with Cadmus not only exchanged five thousand kilograms of grain for ten large ships, but also avoided a war for our Athenian tribe."

Pandion also looked at Roy with meaningful eyes.

At this moment, Zeuxiper suddenly asked Pandion.

"My dear, why did you refuse Cadmus's proposal? Although Cadmus is not the leader of a large tribe or the king of a city-state, his strength is not inferior to that of the leader of a large tribe. Seeing Cadmus, I feel like I'm seeing you when you were younger."

"Cadmus is indeed a fine young hero."

Pandion said with a complicated expression.

"But his ambitions are too great! When Priest Loy and I met Cadmus, Cadmus directly wanted to kill Priest Loy because he regarded Priest Loy as the leader of the Athenian tribe. Obviously Kadmos From the beginning, Deimos wanted to conquer the Athenian tribe by force. If I accepted Cadmus' proposal and let him integrate into the Athenian tribe as my son-in-law, Cadmus would definitely compete with Erechtheus for the succession of the leader. Although Erechtheus also has the potential to grow into a hero [Hundred Enemies], Erechtheus is not a match for Cadmus now in order to prevent Cadmus from becoming a threat to Erechtheus. "No matter how good Cadmus is, I will not let my daughter marry him."

Although Zeuxiper wanted her daughter to marry a good husband, the most important thing in her heart was still her son Erechtheus.

Understanding that Cadmus became his son-in-law, he would compete with Erechtheus for the succession of the leader, Zeuxiper nodded.

"Since Cadmus has such great ambitions, he really cannot be our son-in-law."

After the conversation with Zeuxipo ended, Pandion looked at Roy with a hesitant expression and asked.

"Priest Roy, are you willing to be my adopted son?"

Roy was picking up a piece of barbecue. When he heard Pandion's question, Roy's whole body trembled and the barbecue in his hand fell to the ground.

The maid next to her immediately knelt on the ground to pick up the barbecue and wiped the meat fat off the floor with a wet cloth.

Roy turned to look at Pandion with disbelief and said.

"Chief Pandion, what did you just say?"

"I want you to be my adopted son and become a member of our family."

After confirming that he was not hallucinating, not only Roy, but also Zeuxiper, Erechtheus, Procne and Philomela also widened their eyes and looked at Pandion with disbelief.

Pandion did not pay attention to the looks of his family and continued.

"You came to Athens from the far east, you must miss your family. I want you to be a member of our family and take care of you as my own son. When the population of the Athenian tribe increases in the future, I will build a city-state for you somewhere else and let you become the king of the city-state."

Philomela came back to her senses and hugged Procne happily.

"Sister! Priest Roy has become my father's adopted son, so he is our brother. Should we change our name to brother Roy in the future?"

"Philomela, priest Roy has not agreed to be my father's adopted son yet!"

After glaring at Philomela, Procne looked at Roy with mixed feelings.

Faced with Pandion's request to make him an adopted son, Roy was not happy at all.

If Pandion really wanted to integrate himself into their family, he should marry Procne or Philomela to himself and make himself a member of their family as a son-in-law.

But if he became Pandion's son-in-law, he would be eligible to compete with Erechtheus for the right to inherit the leader.

Pandion made himself an adopted son, obviously wanting to use family ties to restrain himself, but also not wanting to become a threat to Erechtheus.

Because in this era, adopted sons have no inheritance rights.

Only when Pandion's biological sons and biological daughters are all dead, Roy can become Pandion's heir as an adopted son.

Although adopted sons have no inheritance rights, they are also bound by family ties.

As Pandion's adopted son, Roy cannot do anything to hurt Erechtheus.

If Roy kills Erechtheus, he will bear the sin of killing his own brother.

Under Pandion's expectant gaze, Roy lowered his head and said.

"Chief Pandion! I can't make a decision now. I hope you can give me some time to think about it."