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The Pharaoh's Memories (Chapter 25: What was Aknadin's story (Part 1)?)
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Previously:
"It's nothing really, I just thought about my home back in Japan." Yugi answered softly. Atem did not really know what to say to comfort him. "Sigh… I'm sorry… Let's go" Atem sighed, if he knew how to make contact with Yugi's, Jono's and Hond's family at least he would give anything to make it happen. Those three had to leave behind everything when they unexpectedly ended up in Egypt.
Yugi was kept busy for the next few hours putting away and organising Atem's newly washed clothes and things. This gave Atem the chance to go find Mahado, if anyone could find a way to make contact with Yugi's family, it would be Mahado. The Pharaoh found his childhood friend tutoring Mana at the magic training ground, Mana was failing spectacularly at using her magic to "levitate" a bowl of water while answering questions on a piece of paper.
When Mana was trying really hard to concentrate to hold up the bowl of water and answer her questions at the same time, she lost her focus when Atem called out to both of them causing Mana to drop the bowl of water all over Mahado's head. Atem fell over laughing because he was laughing so hard, he was having a little trouble breathing. "Why you Mana…" Mahado started dangerously with a slight murderous aura emitting from his body. "KYAH! Help me Prince!" Mana shouted before ducking behind Atem who was still trying to catch his breathe.
"Sigh…" Mahado sighed at the childish behaviour of his apprentice. "Pharaoh…" Mahado bowed respectfully. "Oh Mahado, you're like an older brother to me, besides there's no one else here, spare me the formalities please!" Atem whined and Mana giggled. "But no matter what, you are still the Pharaoh, no?" Mahado countered. Atem raised his eyebrows but stayed silent.
"Do you need something Pharaoh?" Mahado asked. "Yes," Atem answered, "I need you to help me find a way to contact Yugi's family." "Hmm, I'll have to do some research. The last time we concluded that they came from a parallel universe, I'll try my best to see if a connection between the two universes can be made." Mahado mused. "I'll leave it up to you then. Thanks!" Atem smiled.
Atem stayed with Mahado and Mana for a while longer, mostly watching Mana practice her magic and getting told off by Mahado for slacking off. After Mana's incessant pleading, Atem relented and did try some magic. Turns out that Atem was a natural at magic, he got the hang of it after a few tries. "Aww that's unfair prince!" Mana whined as Atem won her in a contest to see who can hold the bowl of water up the longest. "Mana, you must put in more hard work, no more slacking off! See here, even the Pharaoh could beat you in holding the bowl of water up." Mahado chided as he looked up from the scroll he was reading as part of his research to find out more about communicating with Yugi's family. Atem sweat dropped, sometimes he wonder whether Mahado has extra eyes on his head that he can keep watch of so many things at once.
After about an hour and a half, Atem decided that it was time for him to get back to work. "I'll visit you again Mana. If Mahado tells me that you have improved a lot the next time I come here, I promise to get you a huge surprise." Atem told the brown haired girl. "Serious?" Mana asked, her eyes sparkling with excitement. "Yes I'm serious!" Atem insisted. "OKAY! You better get the surprise ready soon because I'm going to practice so hard to get the surprise!" Mana gushed out happily as she ran off to practice.
As Mahado watched Mana run off, he smiled and turned to the Pharaoh, "Even though both of you are almost the same age, you are so much more matured, Pharaoh. Had I known it was that easy to get her to be more serious, I would have asked for your help a long time ago." Mahado chuckled and Atem too let out a laugh. "If it wasn't for my Father's premature death, you'd probably be babysitting two children instead of one now. Hope to hear good news from you soon Mahado." Atem said as he left the magic training grounds.
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{Back in his bedroom}
"You're back Pharaoh!" Yugi greeted the king as he came through the doors. "Yes, I went to see Mahado." Atem smirked as he settled at his desk to finish up whatever was left to be done that day.
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{Meanwhile, Seto was looking for his dad}
Seto found Aknadin alone in the temple staring into blank space. "Lord Aknadin, am I disturbing you?" Seto asked drawing the attention of the older man. "Seto… No no, please join me." Aknadin said, surprised to see Seto. Seto smiled slightly and took a seat beside Aknadin.
"Seto… Allow me to explain what happened all those years ago." Aknadin drew his courage to come clean with his son. Seto didn't reply but just nodded his head, prompting Aknadin to continue.
{Story mode}
A long time ago, when you were around 3 years old, there was a notorious and highly dangerous gang. The gang was made up of solely peasants who were very angry with the noble class, mainly because they were jealous of how the nobles' lives were so much more comfortable as compared to their. To get their revenge, they decided to go around murdering prominent nobles. At first, it was quite easy to catch the culprits, but due to the prominence of the nobles they killed, word spread around the city quickly and their reputation grew. Before we knew it, the gang had become a very large group with a very powerful leader, 6 main members and around 150 supporters. They called themselves the 'Sword Society'.
The murders eventually became meticulously planned out, with no trace left for us to track down the hideout of the gang. The nobles in the city lived in fear, many families increased the number of guards to guard their house and they did not dare to leave the confines of their house. Pharaoh Aknamkanon was worried that this eventually would bring down Egypt's economy. Also he was determined not to let these criminals get away scot free after all the murders they committed. In response, Pharaoh Aknamkanon secretly assembled a task force to infiltrate the ranks of the gang to shut them down from the inside – An undercover mission and I volunteered to lead the force. To keep the task force safe, the members of the task force had to leave everything behind to create a mask of poverty so that we would be accepted into the gang without much question.
That's when I had to leave you and your mother behind. When you started to ask questions about your father, I told her simply to tell you that your father was a soldier and he died on the battlefield. I spent a few months wandering the streets with my partners and after a year and a half, we finally gained entry to the elusive gang. We spent the next 8 years trying to climb their ranks, to try to find out who the leader was in order to shut down the gang for good. They had never let the 'foot soldiers' come into contact with the leader and the 6 main members. As we tried to climb their ranks, we also sabotaged many of their missions by warning the guards of the targets in advance. There were many close calls for us, the team leaders tortured and executed anyone suspected of betraying the gang in front of all the other members.
There wasn't a day where we felt safe, we were afraid of getting caught as they might find out all the identities of the members of the task force and kill us all. Also, not a day passes by where I wouldn't think of you and your mother. In my heart, I shared and laughed with your mother and together, the both of us watched you grow up. Seto… in my heart, I have never left the both of you for a single moment.
In the end, another guy and I were promoted to team leaders and we came into contact with the 6 main members. After a while, there was a huge operation to assassinate the highest ranking noble in the land, the Pharaoh whom they felt that his death would bring widespread panic in the whole land. At that point, because it was a huge operation, the leader showed his face. There were different designated places for all the different groups of 'foot soldiers' to assemble for the operation.
On the day of attack, Pharaoh Aknamkanon was moved to a secret location in the city. The task force led the guards and police to all the rendezvous points at the exact timing. We captured most of the criminals and soon after that the Pharaoh passed the death sentences for the 130 people that were captured. Among them were the elusive leader and main members. The police continued to search for the criminals that escaped but until today they haven't surfaced.
{End of story mode}
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