I was a priest in the city-state era

Metis restrained the azure divine light, looked down at Roy expressionlessly and said.

"What else do you want to say?"

Roy was in a state of hesitation at this time.

Because Roy's purpose in stopping Metis from leaving was to confess his love to Metis.

Perhaps it was because of his contact with the goddess Mnemosyne that Roy reduced his awe of the goddess Metis.

After struggling internally, Roy mustered up the courage to speak to Metis.

"Goddess Metis! I want to tell you that I fell in love with you when we first met, and this is why I will never betray you."

"You are pursuing me--"

Metis frowned and sneered.

"Human! Do you want to fool the goddess of wisdom? You said you love me, how long have we been in contact? How many words have we said? What reason do you have to fall in love with me? You said you love me, but I think you just want to be my husband and share the immortality and power of the gods from me."

After hearing what Metis said, Roy thought about it carefully.

The total time Roy had spent with Metis was only a few minutes.

The number of words Roy had spoken to Metis was so few that it could be counted with the fingers of both hands.

It was because of this that Roy thought he fell in love with Metis at first sight.

But Roy knew very well that he was not someone who would fall in love at first sight.

Even if Metis was a sacred and beautiful goddess, even if Metis had saved Roy's life, Roy had no reason to fall in love with Metis.

Perhaps it was not Metis that made Roy fall in love at first sight, but the immortality and power that Metis possessed as a god.

Thinking of this, Roy looked at Metis with a frank look and said.

"Goddess Metis, I don't deny that I want to be your husband, I want to share immortality and power with you, but I think I really love you too."

"You are lying!"

Metis sneered immediately.

"If another goddess now expresses her willingness to marry you and share immortality and power with you, will you reject that goddess, or continue to pursue me, the goddess who doesn't want to marry you?"

Faced with this question, Roy thought about it seriously.

If Mnemosyne is willing to marry him, and Metis is unwilling to marry him, will he choose to marry Mnemosyne, or continue to pursue Metis.

The answer Roy got in the end was - in order to get immortality and power, Roy would choose to marry Mnemosyne.

From Roy's expression, he could see what he was thinking, and Metis teased him jokingly.

"It seems that you have understood what your true goal is! Don't say that your love for me is fake. Even if you really love me, I will not marry a mere human. As a holy virgin goddess, no matter whether it is a human man or a male god, I am not qualified to blaspheme me."

"Are you going to be a virgin goddess who never marries?"

Seeing that Metis did not deny it, Roy continued.

"Then, as the virgin goddess of Athens, you will be given the alias of Athena [Athenian Girl] and become Athena Metis."

"Athena Metis——"

Metis' eyes lit up and she said with a faint smile.

"If I make a vow to never marry in the future and establish that I am the virgin goddess of Athens forever, I will accept the name of Athena [Athenian Girl] and let this name belong only to me."

The alias of Athena [Athenian Girl] is of course a very common alias.

As long as she is a virgin goddess in Athens, she can be called Athena [Athenian Girl].

In other words, even the goddess of dew Procne, the goddess of field Philomela, and the goddess of winter snow Khione, who were deified into goddesses, can use the name Athena.

If Metis wants to be the only Athena, she must merge Procne, Philomela, Khione and other goddesses who meet the identity of Athena, or let them get married and lose their identity as virgin goddesses.

Roy can think of this, and Metis can certainly think of this too.

Metis looked at Roy with a gentle look and said.

"Roy! As a human, you should pursue human girls. You have Procne, Philomela, and Chione, human girls whose beauty is comparable to that of goddesses, and you should pursue them. Now you have the blessing of me and Mnemosyne, and your strength is enough to overthrow Pandion and become the new ruler of the Athenian tribe. Even if you occupy Procne, Philomela, and Chione at the same time, no one can oppose you. Give up the unrealistic idea of ​​pursuing goddesses and grasp the happiness that is within your reach!"

After speaking, Metis's body bloomed with azure divine light.

When the azure divine light disappeared, Metis's body turned back into the statue of Metis.

"It failed!"

Of course, Roy expected that his confession would be rejected by Metis.

"It seems that Aphrodite's blessing only works on human girls and cannot affect the goddess who likes me."

As a great contributor to helping Metis become the patron saint of the Athenian tribe, Roy knew that Metis, like Mnemosyne, had some feelings for him.

Roy mustered up the courage to confess to Metis because he wanted to use Aphrodite's blessing to make his confession successful.

Although the confession failed, it also made Roy confirm that Aphrodite's blessing could not work on the goddess.

Roy walked to the door of the stone house with a broken heart, and saw that the door of the wooden house where the maids lived was slightly open, and Kaone was standing behind the door looking at him.

The dim shadow shrouded Kaone's body, so Roy could not see the expression on Kaone's face.

Roy could only tentatively say.

"Did you hear what I said just now?"

As a human, Kaone could not see the figure of Metis, nor could she hear the voice of Metis.

But she could see Roy's figure and hear Roy's voice.

Hearing Roy's question, Kaone walked out of the door.

The bright moonlight sprinkled on Kaone's long white hair and white dress that fell on her shoulders, making her beautiful and holy like a winter snow goddess who came to the world.

Kaone said nervously.

"I heard that you wanted to pursue the goddess Metis."

"It doesn't matter if you heard it."

Roy stretched out his hands, hugged Kaone's petite body tightly in his arms and said.

"You are my slave, my woman, I believe you will never betray me. Even if people know that I want to pursue the goddess, I don't care about being the object of others' ridicule."

"The great gods are of different levels from us humans. Even if you admire the goddess in your heart, it is a blasphemy."

Khione couldn't help but persuade Roy.

"If you really want to become a god, work hard to become a heroic god."

"You want me to give up pursuing the goddess Metis?"

Roy said with a faint smile.

"I am different from you! I think that although gods have great power, they are essentially the same life as humans, so I will not give up pursuing the goddess. Because I want to become a god while I am alive, and I don't want to be deified after death and become a heroic god who is always inferior to gods."