Chapter 173: The Destitute Queen Percy Belle

"Brother, are you thinking about another woman?"

After hearing Ariadne's question, Luo Yin came back to his senses and said.

"I'm thinking about my fiancée, who may be in big trouble recently. Ariadne, after we arrive in Athens, you will follow the merchant ship heading to Colchis to return to your hometown. I plan to help my fiancée."

"Is that woman more important to my brother than me?"

"Antigone is my fiancée, and unlike you who claims to be my sister, she is really my cousin."

After Luo Yin finished speaking, he saw Ariadne's cold eyes full of murderous intent.

After the two looked at each other, Ariadne lowered her head and spoke softly.

"To me, my brother is more important than my hometown. Now that I have found my brother, of course I have to be with him, and my brother must take me wherever he goes."

After speaking, Ariadne hugged Luo Yin's neck from behind, and his body lay on Luo Yin's back like a sloth.

Feeling Ariadne's attachment to him, Luo Yin nodded and said.

"Then you stay with me for a while!"

As a coastal city-state, Athens can become the most powerful city-state in Greece in this era because the port of Athens is the largest port and trade port area in this era.

In the port trade area of ​​Athens, grain merchants, slave merchants and other merchants can be seen everywhere.

The merchant ship that Luo Yin and Ariadne took arrived at the port of Athens. The two held hands and looked for merchants selling carriages in the trade area of ​​the port.

When passing by a slave merchant's stall, Luo Yin couldn't help but stop.

Because Luo Yin saw that among the slave women sold by the slave merchant, there was a slave woman who was about 30 years old and beautiful like a goddess.

Although she was wearing ragged clothes like a beggar and her long black hair was casually scattered, she still had the noble temperament of a queen.

Seeing that Luo Yin's eyes were attracted by his goods, the slave merchant immediately said to Luo Yin enthusiastically.

"My guest, you have good taste. This woman is not an ordinary slave. She is Hypercybele, the queen of Lemnos, who was recently kidnapped and turned into a slave by a group of pirates. If you want to buy her, just give me twenty bronze tripods and the deal will be done."

"Are you blind?"

After the slave trader finished speaking, Ariadne immediately said angrily.

"Brother already has the best woman, he doesn't need any other women at all."

After speaking, Ariadne wanted to pull Luo Yin away.

But Luo Yin stood there motionless.

Ariadne looked at Luo Yin in disbelief and asked.

"Brother - are you really interested in this human woman?"

Luo Yin shook his head, but his eyes continued to look at Hypercybele.

Hypercybele was originally the daughter of Thoas, the king of Lemnos.

On the way to Colchis to seize the Golden Fleece, the Argonauts came to Lemnos and killed all the men on the island and turned the women on the island into their slaves. Only King Thoas escaped from Lemnos with the help of his daughter Hypercybele.

As the most valuable princess, Hypersiphora became the spoils of Inason, the leader of the Argonauts.

The Argonauts carried out sowing work on Lemnos for a month, and after the young women of Lemnos became pregnant with their children, they continued their journey to the Golden Fleece.

The women of Lemnos, who had experienced hardships, could only raise the children forced to be born by the Argonauts alone.

Hypersiphora inherited her father's throne and became queen, and gave birth to Inason's child.

During the Trojan War, Oyunnaos, the king of Lemnos who transported food and grass for the Greek coalition forces, was the son born to Inason by Hypersiphora.

The Kingdom of Lemnos was originally a city-state strong enough to protect itself.

After the men of Lemnos were killed by the Argonauts, the sons they forced the women on the island to give birth to were only about ten years old, resulting in the strength of Lemnos being unable to even fight against pirates, which led to the tragedy of Queen Hypersiphora being hijacked by pirates.

In the original fate, Hypersibel, who had fallen into slavery, would be bought by the King of Nemea to take care of his son.

During the First Theban War, the coalition led by the seven heroes met Hypersibel in the forest, worshipped the beautiful and noble Hypersibel as a forest goddess, and prayed for Hypersibel to point out the water source for them.

Hypersibel led the seven heroes to find the water source, but because he did not bring the son of the King of Nemea with him all the time, the son of the King of Nemea was eaten by a giant snake.

In order to punish Hypersibel, the Queen of Nemea wanted to kill Hypersibel, but fortunately, Hypersibel's son found her and rescued her.

"I want to buy her!"

When Luo Yin came to his senses, he saw a young king wearing a golden robe and a crown, walking to the slave trader's stall with a group of soldiers, pointing at Hypersibel with his right hand and said.

"Boss! I want to buy a woman of noble status to raise my son. This woman meets my requirements. You can make an offer."

"This woman is Hyperion Belle, the queen of Lemnos. She is worth twenty bronze tripods."

Seeing the young king frown, the slave trader said with a smile.

"Although she is no longer young, she is still noble and beautiful, and she still has the status of a queen. Buying her back will not only allow her to serve you and your family, but also allow you to enjoy her noble and beautiful body and let her give birth to your children."

After listening to the slave merchant's words, the young king nodded and said.

"I really want to buy her! But a bronze tripod is worth twelve cows, and twenty bronze tripods are worth two hundred and forty cows. If Percy Belle was ten years younger, I could accept it. The price of twenty bronze tripods. Considering that Xu Percy is about thirty years old, I can only afford fifteen bronze tripods to buy her."

Fifteen bronze tripods were worth one hundred and eighty cattle, a value that slave traders could barely accept.

Seeing Luo Yin still staring at Percy Bailey, the slave merchant came to Luo Yin and said.

"Guest! Because you first took a fancy to Percy Bysshe. As long as you bid higher, I will sell Percy Bysshe to you."

Luo Yin nodded, then looked at Ariadne and said.

"Ariadne, give me your dagger."

Ariadne did not hesitate to take out the dagger she used to commit suicide, handed it to Luo Yin and said.

"Brother! This is the divine sword that Theseus used to kill the Minotaur. Because I imbued the sword with magic, this divine sword has the power to kill the divine beast. If my brother wants to use this divine sword as a Weapon, I will give magic to the sword again——"

Before Ariadne finished speaking, Luo Yin handed the dagger to the slave merchant.

"Boss! You can use this dagger to exchange for thirty - or even fifty bronze tripods from the wealthy king. I will use this dagger to buy Hypercybele and a carriage."

"elder brother--"

Before the slave merchant could agree, Ariadne stood in front of Luo Yin and said.

"Even if my brother only trades this divine sword for a carriage, I won't have any objections. Because everything I own belongs to my brother, and he can dispose of my property as he pleases. But my brother wants to use my property to buy other women—— I don’t agree! I don’t agree!”