I was a priest in the city-state era

Chapter 11 I want to be a great inventor
Without the need for Roy and Pandion to lead the way, the goddess Metis walked towards the Acropolis, as if the wise goddess of wisdom already knew the information of the Athens tribe.

Roy and Pandion trotted behind Goddess Metis.

When Metis came to the aisle on the west side of the Acropolis, her body suddenly burst into a dazzling blue light.

Then all those who were attracted by the blue divine light saw the goddess figure of Metis with their naked eyes.

"goddess……"

"It's a real god!"

"A true god has come to the tribe of Athens."

Seeing the figure of the goddess, the Athenians screamed in surprise, attracting more people's attention to Metis.

The news that the goddess came to the Acropolis soon spread to Pandion's house.

As a former priestess of the Athenian tribe, Pandion's wife hurried outside with her two daughters, Procne and Philomela, and went to the temple not far away to prepare for the goddess.

Roy and Pandion followed Metis to the temple of the Acropolis, and saw hundreds of people gathered around the altar outside the temple. Pandion's wife brought Procne and Philomela to kneel in front of the altar, piously to meet the goddess Metis.

Metis was obviously satisfied with the way the leader's wife greeted her. The goddess walked to the altar with a faint smile, turned and said to the hundreds of Athenians around the altar.

"O Athenians! I am the daughter of Pontus [the sea] - Metis, the goddess of wisdom from the sea. Now I will be the patron saint of you Athenians, lead you to a better life, and protect you from Any enemy damage."

After Metis' announcement, Pandion walked towards the altar, stopped beside his wife and two daughters, and turned to look at the surrounding Athenians.

"My compatriots! I have used my status as a leader to enshrine the great goddess Metis as the patron saint of our Athenian tribe. From now on, all Athenians will respect the goddess Metis. To challenge the authority of the goddess Metis is Challenge me, and I will punish any sinner who blasphemes the goddess."

Although Metis is a real god, she has just arrived in the Athenian tribe, so it is impossible for her to have the authority that the Athenians fear.

So Pandion wants to defend Metis with the authority of the leader, and change the authority of the leader into the authority of the goddess.

Looking at Pandion defending Metis, Roy felt as if his role had been taken away, so Roy stepped forward to Pandion, turned around and said to the onlookers.

"Everyone in Athens! I am the priest Loi who serves the goddess Metis. In the future, the goddess Metis will serve as the patron saint of the Athenian tribe. I will be the priest of the Athenian tribe. But as a priest, I will not affect the ruling authority of the leader of Pandion, because The family of the Pandion chief will be the next generation of priests."

After the Pandion couple looked at Roy with surprised eyes, Roy continued.

"Procne and Philomela, the daughters of the chief of Pandion, will be apprentice priestesses, and serve with me the great goddess Metis."

Hearing Roy's unauthorized decision, Pandion frowned immediately.

Although Roy made Pandion's daughter an apprentice priestess and the next generation of priests, which seemed to be beneficial to Pandion's authority as a stable leader, Pandion was still dissatisfied with Roy's unauthorized decision.

Moreover, the object of Roy's unauthorized decision was Pandion's daughter.

Today Roy dared to make decisions for Pandion's daughters Procne and Philomela, but tomorrow Roy would dare to make decisions for Pandion's heir Erechtheus?

If even Pandion's heir, Erechtheus, is controlled by Roy, is the real leader of the Athenian tribe the Pandion family or Roy, an outsider?
Under the watchful eyes of hundreds of Athenians, Pandion naturally couldn't overturn Roy's decision to oppose his two daughters, Procne and Philomela, becoming apprentice priestesses serving the goddess Metis. He glanced at Roy.

In order to show that he was harmless to humans and animals and would never threaten Pandion's ruling authority, Roy deliberately made Pandion's daughters Procne and Philomela the apprentice priestesses and the next generation of priests.

Roy's kindness was exchanged for Pandion's dissatisfaction.

After looking at Pandion full of doubts, Roy said to the onlookers.

"Dear Athenians! The great goddess Metis is both the goddess of wisdom and the goddess of the sea. Under the protection of the goddess Metis, we can not only go to the far sea to catch more fish, but also go to Crete or beyond trade in various places. As the priest of the goddess Metis, I will personally participate in fishing in the high seas, and I will also personally lead the fleet to Crete or further afield for trade.”

The Athenians in this era have not yet mastered the technology of high-sea navigation, so for the Athenians, participating in high-sea navigation is a dangerous thing that may lead to death.

Hearing Roy's words, many Athenians respected Roy as a priest, and Pandion also put away his dissatisfied gaze.

"Men of Athens!"

Metis declared at this moment.

"In the name of the goddess, I assure you that under my patronage, the Athenians will be as good at sailing as the Phoenicians."

After finishing speaking, Metis' body burst into a more dazzling divine light.

After the dazzling divine light disappeared, Metis' body turned into a statue of a god about ten meters away and remained in place.

Seeing the statue of Metis standing in front of the altar, Roy thought that the goddess Metis had really turned into a statue.

At this moment, the familiar fluctuation of divine power came from above.

Roy raised his head and saw the goddess Metis flying hundreds of meters in the air.

At this time, not only other people, but even Pandion, who was endowed with divine power by the goddess Metis, seemed to be unable to see Metis' figure or hear Metis' voice.

Sensing Roy's gaze, Metis lowered his head and looked at Roy, and then the goddess flew westward back into the sea.

After Metis left, Roy said to Pandion.

"Leader Pandion! Now that the goddess has left the statue behind, the Athenians can come to the Temple of Metis to pray to the statue of the goddess in the future when they pray to the goddess or ask for her help."

Pandion nodded and said.

"Priest Loi! From now on, Procne and Philomela will serve the goddess as trainee priestesses. I hope you can take good care of my daughter. I will arrange six young male servants and six young maidservants to become servants of the Temple of Metis , take care of your life."

Pandion actually gave him twelve servants directly——

Feeling the importance Pandion attaches to him, Roy said excitedly.

"Leader Pandion, actually I have a lot of things I want to invent. To facilitate our lives, I want to invent toothpaste and papermaking, as well as the toothbrush that goes with the toothpaste, the brush and ink for writing. For the lighting at night, I want to invent To invent candles, and to invent compasses and compasses for voyages—”

Before Roy could finish talking about all the things he wanted to invent, Pandion interrupted Roy.

"Priest Loi! I have given you twelve servants, and you can order your servants to do whatever you want."

(End of this chapter)