His slave reminded him that the governor of Naxos, Strompori, had invited him to a banquet tonight.

He suddenly remembered this, hurriedly called a carriage, and galloped as fast as he could to the city of Naxos.

There was of course an avenue between Mearro and the city of Naxos, and in just twenty minutes Galademos reached the Governor's Residence.

Guided by the slaves, Galademoth walked into the living room, where couches, wooden chairs, and dining tables were set up, and candles were lit around the room.

"My lord, I'm sorry, I'm late!" Galademoth bowed down and apologized to Strompori, who had greeted him.

"You're early, and Diocassis will arrive a little later." Strompori welcomed him in and said with relief, "I didn't call any other outsiders tonight, it's just a gathering of the three of us Amendolars, so don't be too restrained, treat this place as if it were your own home." ”

"Hmm." Galademoth answered.

"Whether you prefer a couch or a wooden chair, you choose." Stromboli said, sitting down on the couch in the middle.

Seeing that Galademoth picked a wooden chair and sat down, he patted the pillow next to him and said: "It has been more than ten years since His Majesty and Phelps advocated that 'sitting on a wooden chair is good for health', but I am still used to using the couch. ”

"We people of Amendolara often say, 'Only you, my lord, still uphold the traditions of Amendolar. ’”

"Didn't they often call me too conservative?" Strompoli responded.

Galademoth hurried to explain.

He waved his hand and said with a smile: "I'm not like they say that my head is like a stone, as long as it is good, I still have to learn to accept it, otherwise I would not be able to manage a city hundreds of miles away from Amendolara today." Greater Greece has changed so much in the past ten years, if people can't be flexible......" Strompori thought back to the past, with a sigh on his face.

Galademoth listened intently.

Satisfied with his actions, Strompori gestured to the slave standing aside: "Serve." ”

Galademos was taken aback: "My lord, aren't we going to wait for Diocassis?" ”

"He's not like you, he comes here a lot, just like his own home, so you don't have to worry about him at all."

Indeed, it is said that Diocassis came to Naxos with Strompori, a year before Galademos, and as an inspector, Diocassis was under the direct direction of Strompori, and he was an important assistant to the governor in governing the city (inspector, that is, patrolling, tracking, a new public office after the establishment of the Kingdom of Dionia, its predecessor was the patrol leader, and Davers elevated this public office, which originally belonged to the bottom, so that it could play a greater role in maintaining law and order in the city), Nature is much more closely related than the extra-system of Galademoth.

The slaves brought up jars of prepared dishes: dried fruits, such as almonds, figs, pistachios, dates...... There are fruits, pomegranates, peaches, plums...... There are meats, steaming pork soup, roasted lamb, cooked tender chicken...... There are seafood, grilled cod, steamed oysters...... Of course, wine, beer and pressed watermelon juice are also indispensable. In a few moments, the table was filled with food and drink.

Galademoth looked at it in a daze, and couldn't help but say, "This is too rich!" ”

"We want to eat and drink happily tonight, but I specially invited the chef of Christoya's restaurant to cook for us, I believe you will be satisfied!" Strompori lay on his side on the couch, his face a little smug: "I believe that some of the food on this table is probably rarely eaten in His Majesty's palace, who told Naxos to be closer to Africa." Strombori laughed and gestured again to the slave standing at the door of the living room.

A slender slave girl with a good face and slightly dark skin walked in and, under Strombori's instructions, sat straight next to Galademoth.

Galadermos was a little nervous, and subconsciously moved to the side.

Seeing this, Strombori smiled and said, "I remember Galademos, you don't seem to be married, right?" ”

"Yes, sir."

"It's time to find a wife, too! Strengthen your family's bloodline early, so that your parents can rest assured in the Elysee! Strombori's words touched Galademoth.

"But don't look for it in Naxos, because your roots are in Amendolara, and try to find Amendolara or the daughter of the Minister of Turiyi, which will be more helpful for your future! I'll look for you when I get back......" Strombori admonished.

"Thank you for your teachings and help! I ......" Galademoth was a little moved, he really felt that Stromboli was genuinely thinking about him.

"Alas, there are not many of us true Amendolars! And it's just the two of you in Naxos...... I remember when we were imprisoned by the Lucanians in the Temple of Zeus, and when your father Essacus finally collapsed from hunger and disease, I was beside him......" Strompori muttered as he recalled.

Galademoth's eyes were a little red.

"Do you think I don't care about you!" Strombori's words were emotional, but unfortunately the atmosphere was ruined by a sudden voice outside the door: "You don't wait for me, you've already started eating and drinking!" ”

With this shout, a burly young man walked into the living room.

"Diocassis sit down quickly, and I'll be waiting for you." Strombori didn't care about the young man's tone of speech, and beckoned the slaves to serve him food.

"Hi Gara." Diocassis waved his hand at Galademos and sat down across from him.

Galademoth nodded in acknowledgment. The two were more familiar because not only were they not much different in age, but they were classmates at the Turiyi school, but Galademos was excellent and Diocassis was a stubborn student, so the two communicated very little, and only became more involved as adults, especially after coming to Naxos.

Diocassis is different from Galademos, because when Davers occupied Amendolara, he still had a mother, and finally his mother remarried like other Amendolara widows, his adoptive father was Dracos, but Diocassis and Dracos did not have a good relationship, he did not recognize this adoptive father, and Dracos was busy training soldiers and fighting, and hardly cared about him.

Until the end of the Southern Italian War (the people of Syracuse called the war ten years earlier the "Great Greek War", but the Diocians believed that the battlefield was not only fought with Syracuse, but also with Samonai and Tarantum, so it was called the "Southern Italian War"), Dracos died heroically and became the hero of Dionia, there is a statue in Valhalla, King Davers and the former mercenary patriarchs have always taken good care of Dracos's family, which is difficult for Diocassis to accept, and finally he found an opportunity, He came to Naxos to serve in order to stay away from his comrades-in-arms of Dracos.

"My lord, I remember that someone just gave you two Numibian slave girls, you can't be partial!" As soon as Diocassis sat down, he shouted at Strombori.

"I knew that your kid would say that, and you were indispensable." Stromboli laughed.

Then another slave girl entered the hall and sat down beside Diocassis.

He immediately put one hand around the slave girl's waist and asked the other party's name.

Strompori coughed lightly and asked, "What the hell is going on in the city?" Got you coming so late. ”

"The inspector of Prosdemore came to me in the afternoon to ask for instructions that a registered freeman had reported to him that his 13-year-old daughter was missing and that he hoped I would support him. I had just finished going to find out what was going on, and I hurried over to send someone to start the search tomorrow. ”

After Diocassis finished speaking, Strompori nodded, and didn't care too much, when the new city of Naxos was first established, it was full of exiles, freemen, aliens, and even the remnants of Campanian mercenaries, so there were often fights and brawls, and from time to time there were murders and disappearances, and it was not until the past few years that it had settled down, and he believed that with Diocassis' ability to deal with it.

"My lord, this matter is not very simple, I am afraid it has something to do with the Raodisian family." Diocassis glanced at Galademos and said in a deep voice.

Strompori was stunned for a moment, put down the wine glass that was about to be raised, waved his hand to make the two slave girls immediately retreat, and then asked seriously: "Oh, what evidence did you find?!" ”

Galademoth's heart moved, and his ears pricked up.

"The freeman had recently been hired by the family of Laodisian to guard the wheat fields, and according to his wife, 'yesterday her daughter went to bring him food, and never came back,' and the freeman said, 'He never saw his daughter at all.'" ......" Diocassis grabbed a plum, took a bite, and continued: "Your Excellency, you must know that Paphogres was driven back to Naxos by his father because of the chaos in Turiyi, and there are often rumors of him 'abusing slave girls' in Naxos, and I suspect that this matter has nothing to do with him!" ”

While Stromboli was still groaning, Galademos couldn't help but link the girl's disappearance with the suspicious thing he had encountered in the afternoon, and immediately interjected: "My lord, today I will go to the field of the Laordisian family to check ......."

After listening to Galademos's account, Diocassis shouted: "You see, even Gala is so suspicious! Your Excellency, you must give me an order, and I will take someone to search Paphragris's house tomorrow!" ”

Strompori looked at him and said with great seriousness: "Diocassis, you impatient problem must be changed, and if you don't have conclusive evidence, based on speculation, I won't let you search Laodisian's mansion!" ”