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"The Kingdom 22-30
Then is one who walks fallen on his face better guided or one who walks erect on a straight path?
Say, "It is He who has produced you and made for you hearing and vision and hearts; little are you grateful."
Say, "It is He who multiplied you throughout the earth, and to Him you will be gathered.
And they say, "When is this promise, if you should be truthful?"
Say, "The Knowledge is only with God, and I am only a clear warner."
But when they see it approaching, the faces of those who disbelieve will be distressed, and it will be said, "This is that for which you used to call."
Say, "Have you considered: whether God should cause my death and those with me or have mercy upon us, who can protect the disbelievers from a painful punishment?"
Say, "He is the Most Merciful; we have believed in Him, and upon Him we have relied. And you will [come to] know who it is that is in clear error.
Say, "Have you considered: if your water was to become sunken [into the earth], then who could bring you flowing water?"-Q
A/N: I love featuring poetic quotes before I start with my chapter entries, so be patient with me :D
Now move on to the story Enjoy.
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The Hairdresser of the Daughter of a Pharaoh
-OPgirl
Chapter 49: Asiya the wife of the Pharaoh
"Ruqiah (spell)" Sosuke uttered.
Seven long months have passed after the great tragedy that had fallen in the kingdom of Egypt that divided the people. So many revelations and betrayals have been revealed. The people are in chaos. Amidst all the confusion and rapid downfall of the kingdom, a prince who came from out of nowhere – the uncrowned prince emerged and protected the kingdom from the rebels and traitors.
That was the story that circulated among the people of Egypt. They retell the heroic action of the now Pharaoh of Egypt. Everyone loved the Pharaoh for his bravery and accomplishment in restoring the peace and honor of Egypt. He reunited the two kingdoms and molded it into one massive empire. His determination to expand Egypt led him to conquer near lands and enrich Egypt further.
Pharaoh Aizen Sosuke (or shall we call him Pharaoh from now on? Because it was too long…lol) was silently drinking his tea while seating on his throne looking down on his people. He was aware of the things being said about him and his kingdom and it made him felt great about himself.
He smirked to himself.
'I have everything everyone wished to have. Wealth, power and ownership of the most powerful civilization in the world! I possess everything! Everyone submit to me! No one could disobey me! Everything I have will never perish! I am the god over this kingdom and will be of this entire world! Who is more powerful than me?' Pharaoh Aizen thought to himself.
"This people are beneath me. No one is much more powerful than me. I am the Pharaoh. The God of all Egypt!" Pharaoh mumbled to himself as he stood up from his chair. His throne was on top of a pyramid shaped stage and just a few steps from the floor, the throne of his harem were located and just a step above it was the Queen's throne, where Rukia is now seating very silently and almost lifeless.
It's been 2 months since Rukia was captured by the lower Egyptian Kingdom (Princess Asiya's mother country). They thought she was the lost princess and they offered her to the newly crowned Pharaoh as a bride. Not long after, their marriage were celebrated throughout the kingdom. She was crowned as the Queen even though she was not the first one married to the Pharaoh.
The Pharaoh have approximately 200 concubine and bed slave women. Whenever he defeated and conquered foreign lands, he took for himself all the beautiful women and turned them into his slaves.
The foreign people (men, women and children) were either being sold as slaves at the Egyptian market or being exported to other kingdom as exchange slaves. Either way they end up being slaves and separated from their family and homeland. The Egyptians on the other hand were never been this great in power and wealth because of the money from conquered lands and selling slaves.
The Pharaoh stood straightly on top of his pyramid shaped stage and look down upon all of the people below him. This people are categorized into groups because this is how he rules; divide and enslave. This people consist of people that are slaves publicly that's why they are all have chains around their necks and people who were unconsciously being enslaved.
The people who were chatting with each other and were busy doing their business fell into silence upon seeing the Pharaoh standing on top of his throne and looking down on them. The harem also stood beside their chairs with so much confidence and with the air of arrogance and pride. The only ones of the Pharaoh's wives that was placid is Rukia – Asiya the wife of the Pharaoh, the Queen of Egypt. She stood beside her throne as soon as she saw the Pharaoh standing as fear coursed to her body.
Aizen- the Pharaoh smirked to himself. He felt great about himself for being able to break the most wild and untouchable woman he had ever met. Although, one would say that Rukia look fragile and small, she had a lot of fight inside her and burning fire that even goes beyond the Jinn named Yoruichi who was the most mischievous Jinn of all.
Now she was just a shell, his very own doll who he could do as he pleased. Yet even though she now obeys all of his commands, there was still fire inside her unlike anyone. This is what made him interested in her a lot more. He enjoy putting her in place and dominating her. She's like a bamboo tree, elegant and beautiful. She stood very strongly amidst strong rain and bowed whenever a violent typhoon passed by but as soon as the calamity goes she stood straight back and more elegant than ever.
The Pharaoh look down at his Queen and then to his people.
"I am your god. Your life and death belongs to me. The strong Nile River flows upon by my Kingdom and no one is more powerful than I. So worship only me" Aizen- the Pharaoh announced.
The people fall into prostration and worshipped the god of Egypt, The Pharaoh Aizen Sosuke. The Pharaoh publicly grinned but no one saw it as everyone were bowing except Rukia. He look at her.
This imperfect man is tremendously heartless!
Rukia thought as she bit her lip. She knew that if she as so much as disobey him again another land which she had visited for the past months will be destroyed.
"I am your god. I am perfect in ability!" The Pharaoh said as he look down upon her seeing as she is not prostrating just like all the people beneath him.
Rukia bow down her head. The Pharaoh smirked to himself.
'Now no one will ever disobey me'
Aizen thought.
'Kisuke I finally defeated you and fulfilled my goal! No one is more powerful than me! No one is smarter than me! And no one is much better than me! I am the master of my own life and god of all this people! Are you now jealous of me?! I can achieve what you will never be capable of!'
'This kingdom will never perish as long as I am its god! Soon I will be able to conquer this world and no one will be able to bring me down!'
After the ceremony was done, everyone returned to their own businesses and continued being enslaved by an evil ruler. Everyone knew about it consciously and unconsciously but no one dared to admit it because he has the eye that can see everything. He killed anyone who disobey him even though how insignificant it is.
The Pharaoh arrogantly ruled over the land, thinking that his better than anyone and perfect in ability.
Rukia was silently walking behind the Pharaoh followed by tens of slaves. She remembered the time she saw him with the servants back then when he was still a prince. He was so kind towards them before but now he is colder than ice towards them. He treated them like trash.
He is a very intelligent person but he doesn't understand the value of other people's lives. He thought that his perfect but he is full of imperfections! He thinks everything is going according to his plans even though it really wasn't. He puts so much value on himself that he thinks he could do whatever he pleased no matter how other people will be affected by his whims.
As a ruler he should change the living condition of his people rather than focusing on making them obey his orders blindly. He has so much potential in him to be a good ruler but his wasting it because of his greed.
"My Queen" The Pharaoh called Rukia.
Rukia immediately jump out of her thoughts and listened to him attentively. "What is it my dear husband?" she asked innocently while daring to call him husband rather than god which she was trying to emphasis that he is only a man with imperfection in her eyes.
The Pharaoh smiled secretly to himself. He loves it when she was being stubborn by calling him her husband. Each time he puts her in place, she bows down to him then after sometime she returned to being stubborn again. He knew that out of all the people around him, the one who fears him the most is Rukia yet she was hiding it perfectly as though she fears no one. Her paradoxical attitude made him want to break her over and over again.
"My Queen, please accompany me at the next war against the people of Sakka. I planned to include that piece of land in my kingdom" The Pharaoh purposely said knowing full well that Rukia cherished that place and wanted to protect that land from him.
Rukia felt down upon hearing the name of the land she took refuge in. She remembered the hospitality of the people in that place.
"Please don't feel down my Queen. I promised I won't hurt anyone of them as long as they worship me" He said playfully convincing her although they both knew it was a blatant lie. He look down on her eyes after lifting her chin up towards him. He smirked to himself. He could practically see the fear casted on her big violet eyes. They look so beautiful.
In order to give her a small sense of comfort, he hugged her. Although the effect on Rukia was the opposite of comfort and he knew it. He loves messing up her life and playing with her feelings.
'No wonder Gin loves playing with her (making her angry, terrified and troubled). She looks more beautiful when she is conflicted'
The Pharaoh thought.
'Kisuke is both merciful and cruel. I never thought that he would not reveal the truth of her existence. The fact that I framed her up, make her kill one of her friends (look alike) and lose everyone she trusted'
He smirked to himself as Rukia hugged her.
Rukia on the other hand felt like the hair on the back of her neck were all standing and she felt really terrified. All she could do is hold on to the thing that making her suffer even more.
There is a reason behind everything that is happening in me. I believe to the God the people of Sakka believed. A God who is merciful and all-knowing! He has a plan for me. I must hold on until that time will come. If my appearance in this world means I travelled back in time and there is no way for me to return back. I will be patient and try to live this life waiting for the thing that is destined for me. I will wait and hold on.
I am very sorry Ichigo. It seems we will never meet again. I will try to atone the sins I've committed and if the recompense is staying beside this devil. I will hold on! Please forgive me for everything that happened to you because of me. And I pray that you will have a better life without me in it.
Rukia thought to herself as a lone tear fell on the fabric of the Pharaoh's clothes. For a long time she remained hugging the Pharaoh while he hugged her back. From far away, the two looked like a couple who loves each other so much but truthfully each of them were thinking about 2 completely opposite thoughts; one is about making the other suffer and another was finally accepting the fact that she will suffer forever.
The other wives of the Pharaoh were standing out very far away from the couple. Each of them were thinking about how they hate the Queen and the attention she got from the Pharaoh.
"What's so good about Asiya?" One of the concubine whispered mockingly.
Momo who was also one of the concubine of Pharaoh look at the other concubine worriedly. Anyone who look down at the choices the Pharaoh made amounts to saying that he is flawed and according to him his perfect in ability and everything he decided is the best.
Although deep inside, she was asking the same question as the other woman.
'What is so good about her? We look almost alike and behave in the same manner. Why are you giving so much attention to her when she had done nothing for you, Aizen-sama?
Momo asked herself. Truthfully, among all of the wives of the Pharaoh she was the only one who probably know him very well. She knew almost everything except the fact that Queen Asiya is actually not Asiya but a person who traveled through time and that Aizen kept this secret from her.
Suddenly, one of the soldiers took the concubine who asked the question from among the women and dragged her somewhere. The concubines fell into silence, they all knew the consequences of asking stupid questions about the Pharaohs choices. He is their god and no one is better than him as the law says anyone who think otherwise will be branded as criminal.
His words is law, his choices is absolute and no one is better than him, because he is the god of Egypt.
