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The Pharaoh's Memories (Chapter 11: Atem's free day)
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Previously:
Yugi quickly snapped out of his 'dream' of himself and his other self enjoying themselves in his world. "It's alright, let's go then." Atem ruffled his hair and started walking towards the door with Yugi close behind.
"Good morning Pharaoh, it's already 9am." Yugi said as he entered the bedroom to wake the slumbering king. "Yawn… Thanks Yugi, good morning." Atem replied as he sat up on the bed with a big yawn as Yugi passed him the tray of breakfast. "What's the schedule today?" Atem asked Yugi who was currently laying out his clothes for the day.
"Hmm, there is no cases to judge today. Oh! There is a meeting with the council after lunch today. Other than that, you will be quite free today Pharaoh!" Yugi replied with a cheeky grin. "Alright then, let's have some fun today. Have you seen your friends recently?" the young Pharaoh questioned. Although Yugi was his servant, he thought of him as more of a friend and a confidant and asked Yugi to treat him as such when they were not in public. Just the other day, he had a dream of himself dressed in the strange attire Yugi and his friends were wearing when they first arrived in Egypt and he was in a world where there were tall buildings with bright signboards. 'It seems like a fun world to live in, maybe those are my 'locked away' memories that Yugi was talking about' he thought when he woke up.
"The last time I saw them was one week ago Pharaoh." Yugi answered his question. "Hmm then let's go to the training grounds today." Atem informed Yugi as he tied the belt around his Shendyt. Yugi passed him his Nemes and his gold accessories. He took the Nemes and the gold bands but rejected the earrings saying that if he decided to run around, those things will be bothersome. With that, they were on their way to the training grounds.
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{At the training grounds}
"Come on! Swing your arms faster your legs will move faster!" Nakhti loud voice boomed across the grounds. "Come on guys 10 more laps to go!" Jono encouraged the rest of the class. The surviving 15 recruits were in the middle of a team endurance run. They are supposed to run 40 laps while working together to carry along sacks of sand with a combined weight of 350kg. The men placed the sacks on a big wooden plank and they spread out around the plank to carry it together. They were currently on their 30th lap, many of them were exhausted but slacking off a little would mean that everyone else had to take on a heavier load. These men had really bonded together and no one wanted to be a burden for their buddies so everyone just sucked it up, grit their teeth and pressed on with the run.
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When the men finished their last lap, Nakhti had given them a 20 minutes break. As the men went under the shade for their break, Atem and Yugi reached the training grounds. The men obviously didn't see the king walked into the grounds as some of them were lying on the ground while others were sitting against the wall enjoying a drink. Atem raised an eyebrow wondering what in the world had they been doing that they could be so tired so early in the morning. "Pharaoh!" Nakhti immediately bowed when he saw the young king walk onto the training ground.
Upon hearing the trainer's loud voice, all the men immediately stood at attention and bowed as well. Chuckling, Atem raised his hand and told them, "Relax, you can go back to your resting." Turning back to Yugi, he told him, "You can go join your friends, if you want to." Nodding, Yugi thanked him and ran to join Hond and Jono. The rest of the men went back to their resting just as the Pharaoh ordered.
"YUGI!" Jono gushed out tackling his best friend into a hug, enthusiastic as always. "Yo! Long time no see Yugi!" Hond said patting his friend's shoulder. "What are you doing here?" Jono continued as he let go of his friend. "HAHA good to see you guys! The Pharaoh's schedule is quite free for today, so he decided to come here to have some fun." Yugi answered.
"Fun?" Hond asked. Lifting his shoulders up and down, Yugi answered "I'm not sure what he meant but that's what he said. "I'm sure we'll find out soon enough." Hond replied deciding to leave it as that. "So… How are you doing anyway, we haven't talked in one week!" Jono decided to change the subject. "Me? Oh the same as usual just the other day the Pharaoh asked me about our world, he said he dreamt of being in our world. I think that is some of his locked away memories coming back, don't you think?" Yugi told his friends excitedly.
"Haha yeah I think so! That's great!" Hond answered his friend, ruffling his hair.
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Meanwhile, the trainer and the young Pharaoh were sitting in the stands, "How are the recruits, Nakhti?" Atem asked the trainer. "They are still learning my king, I'm training up their physical strength and stamina before we move on to anything else." The trainer replied. "HAHA but some of them still look pathetically weak don't they?" Atem asked, letting out a laugh.
"Haha some of them but there are strong ones as well, Pharaoh!" The trainer continued. "Like?" Atem asked again. "Like the two men Pharaoh had assigned to join the guards, Jono and Hond. They are the strongest in the class. There are some others who also has come a long way from when they first started. The men may become the few elites in your army sire" Nakhti answered the question. "Hmm… I guess you are right, Jono and Hond are fit and strong guys." Atem conceded. "As the commander-in-chief of the army, I think I shall personally test the strength of these men today." Atem declared, smirking. Signalling one of the guards, Atem whispered some instructions to him before he bowed to leave to carry out the instructions.
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After 20 minutes, Atem walked down to the field with Nakhti following behind him. "Fall in men!" Nakhti commanded.
"Talk to you later Yugi!" Jono patted Yugi's back before he and Honda ran to the field to fall in. "Yugi" Atem gestured him over. Yugi quickly ran over. Passing him his Nemes, Atem told him, "Here hold this for me! Go sit in the stands and rest or something"
"Yes Pharaoh." Yugi bowed as he took the Nemes and walked towards the stands. 'What's he going to do?' Yugi asked himself as he was walking. No doubt he was going to find out soon enough. "Listen up, you should be honoured that the Pharaoh himself has decided to test your strength today! Give your 200% effort and no slacking off!" Nakhti addressed the men standing in two straight rows. "Yes Sir!" the men shouted in unison. "Let's get to work then!" Atem smirked, this is going to be fun. "All of you will go for a run first while the guards finish setting up the course. I'll go easy on you, you don't have to carry anything. Just run until I tell you to stop." Atem commanded as the men started their run.
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After 20 minutes, Atem called them back to the start point. "I'm sure you all noticed the items set up over there. I gave some instructions just now to add some obstacles to the course. Have a look." Atem gestured to a corner of the stadium.
At that corner of the stadium, there were multiple obstacles like a 2 metre-high stone wall, crawling stations, a high beam with ropes and other stations. "Show me the strength of the soldier in you as you tackle this course!" Atem declared, trying to motivate the men.
I decided to show Atem's physical strength that he trained up after his Father's death as I figured he was a teenager and had a lot of energy to burn and to 'show off', that's why he decided to take on some of the training duties. With this, I also can start unlocking a very small small part of his memories.
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