Chapter 57
A Day in the life of the Duchess
Royal palace
City of Kassandria
Egypt 1694 AD
Diana Agiad awoke from her bed to the sounds of the busy ports of Kassandria even from the palace she could hear the sounds of the merchants trading with people it made her smile at her Mothers achievements.
After dressing she made her way to the royal Port located within the Palace compound right next to the main Ports however it was completely restricted to everyone but the royal family the royal barge was waiting for her.
She had decided to travel down the Nile stopping at different sites such as Giza or Memphis and Thebes further in the south, as she made her way towards the ship the Medjay Captain saluted her. "Your Highness it's my honour to serve and protect you on your trip."
2 hour later
A local man had taken his son on his boat to show him what his job entailed they were taking the goods from there village up to the Capital of Kassandria to trade with the city's merchants only to stop in aww as the Royal barge made its way down the Nile with the Duchess herself Diana the Daughter of the reborn Isis Queen Kassandra.
Diana smiled at the sight of the man and his son so she waved to them making the boy hide behind his father who bowed in reverence to the Duchess of Kassandria as she sailed past him on the Royal Barge.
Later on, in the trip her loyal companion Horus landed on her throne with a note tied to her leg it bared the seal of the Grand vizier of Egypt Arsinoe VI of the House of Ptolemy of Memphis reading the letter she was pleased at its contents.
Your Royal Highness
I Write to you this day to invite you to dine with me in Memphis in celebration of my Daughters Name-day it would be a great honour for us your highness if you were to grace us with your presences.
Your humble servant
Lady Arsinoe VI
Grand Vizier of Egypt
Lady of the House of Ptolemy of Memphis
Member of the council of Mages
Smiling Diana gave the order for the ship to continue on to the city of Memphis to meet the Grand Vizier and help Celebrate the young heirs Name-Day. It would take a few hours but they would be there in plenty of time for the parties Arsinoe had now doubt planed.
To her surprise the party was quite tame the young lady Cleopatra was very happy that she had arrived to her celebration and presented her with a gift a solid gold statuette of the Goddess Isis and a decorated sword made in Kassandria.
By the time the Party was over Diana returned to her ship to rest normally she would have stayed in the City itself however she had decided to stay on board so she could sail off as soon as day break came.
On her way back to the ship she couldn't help but smile as she witnessed the city's residence walking around in there daily lives without a care in the world they feared no threats of attack the Imperial Military insured there safety and under the protection of the Immortal Queen and her Children they would prosper.
The next day
City of Thebes
The people cheered as the Princess Diana made her way towards the Temple of Karnak specify towards the Temple of Kassandra built centuries ago in the early years of her Mothers reign it was one of the most beautiful temples in Karnak it showed her mother in many different forms dressed in the Armor of a spartan or in Egyptian armour.
The most popular one was of her Mother dressed as the Goddess Isis and it took CenterStage in the Temple, Diana made her way to the offering table leaving a Golden Dagger before kneeling at the table to pray.
It wasn't required for her to do so being the Daughter of Kassandra but she still insisted in doing so to show her eternal loyalty to her mother the Immortal Queen not that her loyalty was in doubt.
Well that's not entirely true Diana also used this time to annoy her mother with her prayers usually to sing songs badly out of tune.
With that Diana made her way out of Thebes back to the Nile and to her ship to begin the travel back up the Nile to Kassandria to govern her city in the name of the Immortal Queen.
Royal palace
City of Sparta
Peloponnesian Peninsula
Hippolyta was currently Laughing at her wife who was grumbling about annoying Daughters this happened once a month when their eldest Daughter would pray to Kassandra not to inform her of anything Important but just to annoy her.
Walking up to her grumbling wife she just kissed her head. "Come dear enough of your grumbling we must head to Athens today to meet with the local government they are once again complaining about the Port of Piraeus being split from the city and used as a naval academy for the Military."
"ughhh why didn't I just burn that city to the ground when I had the Chance". Kassandra groaned much to Hippolyta's amusement.
"Because then city was yours there was no need to burn it, and let's face it you love watching the Pro-Independence members of the Athenian council squirm before you."
Yes, you heard right despite years of prosperity and order under Spartan rule some of the old families of Athens wanted to be independent from the Empire they only had 2 members on the council and did not present a threat to Imperial Rule as Kassandra had them under close surveillance.
Kassandria Egypt
Diana made her way through the city streets she had decided to get off in the main port escorted by Medjay she wondered around the markets witnessing people from all couriers of the Empire hell some of them were from France trading wines at the market.
She witnessed the new coinage it had been a few decades since it had been brought into use the Coinage was no longer just normal gold silver and copper coins, they were now octagonal to prevent people from counterfeiting or clipping the coins.
That's when she saw a little girl on the streets selling flowers her cloths were filthy, she had Greek heritage but also a mixture of Egyptian.
"Hello little one my name is Diana what's yours."
"A, Aya your Highness I am from Siwa."
Now that was shocking looking at the little girl who was clearly starving, she told one of the Guards to buy her some food tossing him a couple of coppers to buy some bread.
"Where are your parents Young one". Diana asked only to pale at the answer they were dead her Parents had been merchants who had died in the Deserts near Lake Mareotis Just south of Kassandria.
Diana took little Aya back to the palace officially making her a ward of the Crown she would be raised by the Medjay and would soon become a fine Protector of Egypt and a loyal servant of the Crown.
It was later found out she had an aunt and uncle in Greece but she didn't want to leave her new family in the Medjay.
Authors Note: Hey people hope you like it yes, I did use Aya from Origins hope you like it.
Until next time
Revan Shan 2077
