I was a priest in the city-state era

Chapter 315 The Story of One Thousand and One Nights
late at night.

Roy returns to the king's palace with Procne and Philomela.

After lying on his big bed, he saw that although Procne and Philomela climbed to his left and right sides, but deliberately kept a certain distance from him, the expression on Roy's face became even more displeased.

In the past, Procne and Philomela were eager to be treated as human pillows by themselves.

"Brother Roy..."

Procne asked a little uneasily.

"Are you angry?"

Philomela wanted to stretch out her left hand to comfort Roy, but before her fingers touched Roy's body, she instinctively retracted her hand.

"I'm not angry!"

Roy said with a bright smile.

"I am very happy to be able to go home and see my most important sister, and I am so happy that I want to tell you a story."

"I want to hear the story told by brother Roy."

Philomela laughed immediately.

"What story does brother Roy want to tell? Is it like mother, telling us the story of Goddess Gaia's creation of the world?"

Roy shook his head and said.

"I want to tell you a story called [One Thousand and One Nights]. It is said that in the far east there was a cruel king. After he killed his first wife for cheating on her, every day To marry an unmarried girl, and then kill the bride the next day. After three years of this situation, the number of girls killed by the king has exceeded 1000. His two daughters were dedicated to the king. The sisters were very clever. In order to save their lives, the elder sister told the king every night. When the elder sister told the story of the thousand and one nights, the cruel The king was finally moved and decided to stop his tyranny and make his sister the new queen."

"Brother Roy, are the two sisters in your story implying me and my sister?"

Philomela said in amazement.

"The elder sister in the story can move the king with the story of One Thousand and One Nights. She is really smart."

"My story is not over yet!"

Roy said with a smile.

"Philomela, listen to me tell the story in its entirety, maybe you will have new thoughts. After the wise sister told the story of the Arabian Nights to the king, she has given birth to three sons for the king. Because the sisters in the story are with the king every night, the sister has been a loyal woman for the king for a thousand and one nights."

"The sister in the story actually gave birth to three sons for the king—"

Procne couldn't help but widen his eyes and said.

"One thousand and one nights is 33 months. The sister in the story will give birth to a son for the king on average every eleven months. Does she tell the king a story every night, or serve the king with her sister every night?"

"Now you understand!"

Roy said with a smile.

"This story is to tell you that a really smart woman will not please the king with her clever storytelling, but serve the king with her sister every night."

"Brother Roy, since the sister in the story gave birth to three sons for the king, did the sister in the story also give birth to three sons for the king? After all, the two sisters serve the king together every night."

Hearing Philomela's question, Roy shook his head and said.

"I can't answer this question, because the story doesn't say in the end how many sons the sister gave birth to the king, nor did it say whether the sister became the king's wife."

"This is a story told by brother Roy. How could you not know the ending of your sister?"

Philomela said with a slightly dissatisfied puffed face.

"And this story seems to imply brother Roy, my sister and me. Brother Roy from the far east is the Eastern King in the story, and my sister and I are the sisters in the story. Brother Roy wants to use This story tells us that my sister and I should be as smart as the sisters in the story and take the initiative to serve brother Roy every night. Brother Roy only said that my sister gave birth to three sons for you in the story, but did not say that my sister was in the story I have given birth to several sons for you, and I feel this is too unfair."

"Philomela, this is really not a story I made up, let alone implying me and your sisters!"

Seeing that Procne and Philomela obviously did not believe his explanation, Roy said helplessly.

"Since you must have an ending with a younger sister, then I will make one up for you! In the ending of [One Thousand and One Nights], not only did my sister give birth to three sons for the king, but my sister also gave birth to two daughters for the king. The elder sister became the king's new queen, and the younger sister became the king's favored concubine."

"I only gave birth to two daughters for brother Roy in the story!"

Philomela smiled with satisfaction.

"Although I have one child less than my sister, I will not be jealous of my sister."

After Procne and Philomela fell asleep unknowingly, Roy held them in his arms with light movements, with a gloomy expression on his face.

In the mythology of another world, whether it is Iphigenia, the priestess who serves Artemis, or Cassandra, the priestess who serves Athena, they are all girls who never marry.

Even in real history, the priestesses of Delphi who served Mnemosyne and the priestesses who served Vesta, the Roman goddess of the hearth, were girls who never married.

If Procne and Philomela were temple priests, even if they wanted to imitate the goddess and never marry, Roy would understand.

But Procne and Philomela are not priests of the temple, they just serve the gods in name just like priests and nobles.

The real work of Procne and Philomela is not to serve Metis, but to help Roy rule the Kingdom of Athens as the two queens of Athens.

"Does Metis want to take Procne and Philomela from me and make them temple priests serving Metis?"

the next day.

After having breakfast with the girls, Roy came to the Temple of Metis alone.

Temple Square.

Roy stood in front of the statue of Metis and looked up at the goddess, suppressing the dissatisfaction in his heart and calling out.

"Goddess Metis, please explain the matter of Procne and Philomela."

After a moment.

Seeing that Metis didn't respond to him, Roy directly threatened.

"Metis! If you don't dedicate yourself, I will tear down your statue of Metis."

The next moment!

The statue of Metis bloomed with blue and golden divine light, and then turned into the goddess Metis herself.

After Metis appeared, he looked down at Roy and said.

"I have made Procne and Philomela my priestesses, don't you understand what I mean? Now that you are no longer my priests, what's the matter for Procne and Philomela to come with me?" communicate."

"You deprived me of my priesthood—"

Roy first widened his eyes in surprise, and then asked dissatisfiedly.

"What's the matter with Procne and Philomela's unwillingness to contact me? If they voluntarily want to follow your example and never marry, I will never come to trouble you, but their state is obviously abnormal."

"They accept my blessings and divine power, and they can't blame me for being influenced by me."

After Metis finished speaking in a cold voice, he turned back into the statue of Metis.

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