Chapter 174 Deucalion Comes to Find His Fiancée

Deucalion has been searching for Pandora ever since she disappeared.

Because Pandora is not only Deucalion's fiancée, but also the princess of Donia.

If Deucalion and Pandora cannot marry, a war will inevitably break out between Knossos, the largest city-state in Crete, and Donia, the second-largest city-state.

On this day, Deucalion finally arrived in Athens with a fleet of twelve large warships.

Port of Piraeus.

When Deucalion came ashore with his entourage, he saw that the port of Piraeus had undergone earth-shaking changes. Not only did the ground of the port turn into a flat and hard cement floor, but there was also a wide cement road connecting the port to the city of Athens. .

When Deucalion went to Athens, Loy received the news and personally came to the gate of the Acropolis to greet Deucalion.

Acropolis mountain gate.

After Roy and Deucalion met here, Deucalion said very enthusiastically.

"My dear friend! On the way to the city of Athens, I heard from passers-by that you have become the king of Athens. From now on, I should call you King Loi of Athens."

"Deucalion, since we are friends, you should call me by my name."

Roy said knowingly.

"You came to the city of Athens to find me in person. What important matter do you have?"

"My fiancée Pandora is missing."

Deucalion said bluntly.

"The night before you and Princess Procne left the city of Knossos, Pandora left the palace of Knossos and came to the port. I suspect that she left with a certain ship in the port. Now I am visiting The destination of the ship that left the port of Knossos the next day. I came to Athens just to see if Pandora followed your fleet to Athens. Roy! You are my true friend. You don't need to worry. Even if Pandora follows you to the city of Athens, I will not suspect that you have done anything that you shouldn't do to Pandora. If Pandora is in the city of Athens, please give her to me, and I will definitely give you a lot of help. prosperous profits."

If Roy had not done anything he shouldn't have done to Pandora, Roy believed that Deucalion would indeed give him generous rewards.

It's a pity that Roy not only made an engagement with Pandora and made Pandora his fiancée, but also did many things to Pandora that he shouldn't have done.

If Deucalion knew the truth, he would definitely not be able to bear the hatred of seizing his wife.

In order to delay the outbreak of war between the city of Athens and Knossos, Roy could only say to Deucalion.

"Dear friend! It seems that I can't help you because your fiancée Pandora is not in my city of Athens."

Of course Roy wasn't lying.

Because it was not Deucalion’s fiancée Pandora who was in the city of Athens, but Loy’s fiancée Pandora.

After hearing Roy's words, Deucalion said with disappointment.

"Since Pandora is not in the city of Athens, I will not bother you by visiting your palace. Because rather than wasting time enjoying the banquet, I want to find my beloved fiancée as soon as possible."

After saying that, Deucalion turned around and left in a daze.

Looking at his leaving figure, Roy didn't hold him back.

On the streets of Athens.

Just when Deucalion was about to walk out of the west gate of Athens with his entourage, a man with a veil hiding his face came to Deucalion and whispered.

"Prince Deucalion! My master asked me to tell you that the person you are looking for is in the palace of Athens. Many people in Athens know that King Loy of Athens brought back a goddess as beautiful as the goddess from Knossos. Side room.”

After saying these words, the man whose face was hidden by a veil turned and ran away.

Although the man just now did not say Pandora's name, Deucalion believed that the woman he was talking about must be Pandora.

"Loy brought back a side room from the city of Knossos - who could that woman be if she wasn't my Pandora?"

Deucalion knew all about the transactions Roy had made in the city of Knossos.

Because Roy did not hire or purchase women in the city of Knossos, when Roy's fleet left the city of Knossos, there should be only one woman on Roy's ship, Procne.

Looking back now, Roy did not retain him as a friend just now, and his behavior was also very suspicious.

After clenching his hands into fists angrily, Deucalion turned to his two followers and said.

"Let's go to the Acropolis again."

Royal Palace of Athens.

After sending Deucalion away, Roy returned to the palace hall and sat on his throne thinking about how to manage the city of Athens.

Although there are only more than 14,000 people in the city of Athens now, there are many trivial matters. Of course, Roy cannot waste his time and energy on such trivial matters.

“In a tribe, the big leader will appoint small leaders to be in charge of the tribe. In a city-state or kingdom, the king will appoint nobles to be in charge of the territory. These small leaders or nobles often become small lords, who not only own their own territory, but also own their own private property. Once the royal family weakens, a powerful lord can replace the royal family and become the new ruler. To avoid the emergence of such lords who can threaten the royal family, the most important thing is to decentralize power and limit the term of power of officials. We cannot rely on hereditary rule to continue to grow in strength. In the future, in the Kingdom of Athens, there will be one village chief for every one thousand people, and it is stipulated that the village chief can only serve a maximum of two ten-year terms. The chief can only serve a term of five years. Anyone who serves as the head of a city, except members of the royal family, can only serve a term of three years. "

Just when Roy was thinking about whether to set up an institution similar to the Jinyiwei to supervise officials at all levels, a soldier guarding the palace gate ran into the hall and said.

"Your Majesty, Prince Deucalion wants to enter the palace to meet Your Majesty."

Deucalion actually went back, obviously knowing something he shouldn't know.

Roy said after just a little hesitation.

"Let him come to see me!"

A moment later.

Deucalion entered the hall with two followers and questioned Roy directly.

"Roy, did you hide Pandora? Don't deny it. I already know that Pandora is in Athens. If you insist that Pandora is not in Athens, let me search the palace. If I can't find Pandora in the palace, I will give you a hundred bronze spears as compensation."

Looking at Deucalion's confident look, Roy said with a smile.

"Deucalion, your fiancée Pandora is not in Athens, but my fiancée Pandora is in the palace."

How did my fiancée become your fiancée?

Deucalion stared at Roy with wide eyes, unable to understand why Roy was talking nonsense.

"Roy, since you admit that Pandora is in your palace, then let Pandora come to see me as soon as possible."

"Don't worry, I also want to solve this matter with you, so that you will no longer bother my Pandora."

After responding to Deucalion, Roy ordered a palace maid in the hall.

"Go and bring Pandora here."

The palace maid hurried out of the hall.

Soon, Pandora came to the palace hall.

Finally seeing his long-cherished fiancée, Deucalion excitedly walked towards Pandora and said.

"My beloved Pandora, I finally found you."

Pandora walked around Deucalion who was walking towards her, walked to the steps where the throne was, and then turned around and stood beside Roy.