Author's notes:
Atemu is ...
In the village of Yuugi, Yukiko ...
Yo!
I want to warn you that the Yukiko that appears in this fanfiction is the same Yukiko from "Predestined Souls", millennia before she appeared in "Predestined Souls", which takes place in another universe and the special "Inevitable".
Have a good reading. ^ ^
Historical notes
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I want to explain that for this fanfiction I used the concept of slavery from other countries and not from ancient Egypt.
Slavery was not in terms of property or forced servitude, and it is difficult, even today, to research about it due to the fact that the words slaves and servant are similar.
Even, the word Hem is used for servants and was used for slaves, workers and even priests, as the word Hemt – netjr (high priest), being that it would be "servant / slave of the Gods".
In ancient Egypt there were no slave markets as they were in other kingdoms where slaves were sold on the streets either directly or by auction. Debt slavery comprised private and equally documented relationships with debt and the services that would be provided to pay the debt, being carried out between customers, local councils or employees' offices. All men, women and children needed to be documented with their name, special talents, etc. After the debt was paid, slavery / servitude was ended and freedom was returned to them according to the documents.
Therefore, slavery that was not regulated or that originated from kidnapping was not only illegal. They were liable to punishment and disapproved by Egyptian society.
Even the families of those who were enslaved could demand the return of their enslaved family members as a form of compensation.
As for child slavery, children were prohibited from carrying out manual labor and could only carry out light labor.
With regard to sexual abuse of slaves, these cases were very rare and rape was a crime, whether on a slave or a free Egyptian, in addition to being condemned by society and equally disapproved because if the woman became pregnant, it would disturb the peace in the house, being that the house was considered sacred to the Egyptians.
As for concubines, even though they were often negotiated as gifts among government officials, all women and men who understood this group chose this life for themselves, making them trained in a similar way to modern prostitution and did not have the stigma associated with this function as it was in other countries, in addition to being in better environments.
In ancient Egypt there were three types of slavery:
- Debt slaves, comprising men and women who sold themselves and their families slavery to pay the debt and were released as soon as the work was completed.
- Prisoners / captives of war, were not in a better situation than ordinary servants. They were integrated into smaller groups and colonies making them part of the empire. They could also be given to temples, as rewards to soldiers for good service or raised as servants in the palace. As for living conditions and rights, they were very similar to those of free and ordinary people.
They could even own property, in addition to having rights such as civilians, since they worked in various positions ranging from domestic servants to government assistants and if they were employed or belonged to wealthier influential and / or elite families or even to themselves Pharaoh, they were able to rise easily in their status, often ending up being better than most ordinary people by virtue of living off their masters' assets, along with access to all benefits according to their job and position .
Furthermore, contrary to the views of other peoples and contradictory to popular beliefs adopted in various countries, these slaves were overly appreciated by Egyptian society due to their different skin colors, with them being seen as part of Egyptian society.
- Criminal slaves: this group comprised free Egyptians who committed a crime and, as a result, were turned into slaves as punishment. Unlike slaves of the times, we write about debt and prisoners of war, they were treated very badly and equally frowned upon by society because everyone was aware of their status as criminals.
As you can see, in the concept of slavery, I ended up using the Western and not the Egyptian.
I had reason to adopt the view of other cultures.
Have a good reading XDDDD
Chapter 5 - The sadness of a Pharaoh
An hour later, Atemu followed his father down a corridor carved into a rocky wall while his parent held a torch in his hand whose flickering flames provided a flickering light that provided enough light to be able to barely see the path that had several visible bones and skeletons .
Half an hour ago, the young prince tried to ask his father where they were going and got no answer. When they arrived at that place he tried to question his parent why they were there and again he got no answer.
As the young crown prince observed the appearance of more bones that huddled around the path.
"Dad, I don't want to go." He speaks scared, feeling a strange golden oppressiveness around them that gets more and more intense as they get deeper into the cave.
"As heir to the throne, you mustn't say those things!" He speaks in a serious tone that does not accept contestation.
"Yes father." He speaks while trying to calm down.
Even if his father showed nothing, Atemu could feel the tremor in his parent's voice, which was covered by the tone he used. Pharaoh was afraid and the boy did not understand the reason why they continued to advance that way.
Even struggling to calm down, the prince remained apprehensive because he could clearly feel it as they entered deeper into that cave, an overwhelming presence and because of that feeling, he was as close as possible to his father while he wished to understand what they were doing in that terrifying place.
Again he tries to elicit some response from his father but gets no response.
Then, Atemu realizes that at the end of the cave there is a flight of stairs and below it a bridge lit by candlesticks whose flickering flames lit up the path.
As they descended the stairs, the feeling around them became more suffocating and the young prince wondered if his parent was feeling the same pressure.
"Dad, I can't do this. You don't feel ..." He says, unable to contain the fear in his voice.
"We will not." Pharaoh speaks, interrupting his son's speech while trying to suppress the tremor in his voice.
The prince sighs in resignation and returns to follow his parent while trying to ignore the presence or oppressive presences now that he has analyzed more closely the sensations that took him.
"Dad, wait!" He exclaims again when he feels the sensations becoming more intense.
However, his parent ignores him.
As they walked Atemu feels the ground give way under his left foot because a side section of the bridge collapsed with the prince managing to hold on with one hand and then using both hands to hold on to the depressions that appeared in that section with the collapse. He turns his face in the direction of his parent who was looking a little away from where he was.
"Dad!" He exclaims asking for help.
Because of the poor illumination of that place, his father's face was shrouded by the shadows that projected from the flickering flames making the prince unable to see the feeling that showed on his father's face.
The young man remembers when he tripped over a rock when he was small and made him fall to the ground. He was with his father who just watched him closely with a face that showed no feeling.
Some tears appeared on Atemu's crimson orbs but he dried them with his little hands because he was small at the time and after swallowing the crying he managed to get up alone.
At first he thought his father did not love him.
However, as he grew up he understood why his parent never helped him when he fell, just watching him. Akhenamkhanen wanted his son to stand up by himself using his own strength so as not to be dependent on anyone to rise. This was part of the preparation he had received since he was little so that he could inherit the title of his parent.
After all, in the future he would be the monarch of a great and vast empire with all the rights and responsibilities arising from the title being placed on his shoulders. The fate of thousands of subjects among nobles, soldiers, villagers, servants and slaves would be in his hands with him becoming the incarnation of a God on earth, symbol of his authority that was given by the Gods themselves.
He comes out of his memories and no longer calling his parent to help him, the prince concentrates and begins to struggle with his own strength to rise. He manages to get back to the bridge and again follows his father who had started walking again.
They arrive at a kind of altar that contained paintings that Atemu could not discern exactly because of the darkness that prevailed in the place because the candlesticks only provided a little illumination.
The prince is surprised to see his father kneel humbly in front of the altar.
"Souls of our great ancestors, I ended up committing an unforgivable sin. A thousand-year-old sin ... Blame the creation of Sennen Aitemu (items of the millennium) on me!" He cries out with the audible regret in his voice.
The prince is surprised to see his parent support his two hands flat on the floor at the same time that he bows his forehead towards the ground, assuming the same position that servants assumed when speaking to their superiors with their father's voice getting more and more more unstable. The grief and fear emanating from those words was audible as well as the desperate plea.
"I beg you! I pray that my son will not inherit my sins!" Atemu is appalled to see his father shedding tears of anguish that matched his voice. "Please, let me take your suffering!"
So, when Atemu was crestfallen when he saw the tears of his parent and hearing the pain in his beloved father's voice made him drown out the overwhelming sensation he felt before, he feels this sensation returning and with violence making him afraid to see that lightning infuriated they fell around them.
The prince could feel the fury emanating from every lightning that fell around them and that produced flashes that radiated an unprecedented anger that made him feel afraid because he had the impression that it was the fury of the Gods themselves that was discharged around them and while trying to suppress the fear provoked by the divine fury that descended on them.
"I will take all the consequences on my shoulders!" the prince's father pleads in a voice immersed in despair while he remains prostrate with his face down in a humble position still crying.
Atemu could hear the purest despair and pleading in his parent's voice and the deep regret in his tone as the boy witnessed the various lightnings that arose and continued to fall around them at the same time that Akhenamkhanen showed fear in his countenance. the prince feeling that the lightning filled with fury was directed at his father with him not understanding the source of his parent's pain because he was a Pharaoh dear to the people and idolized who saved Kemet (Egypt) from the invasion of the hekau khasut (hyksos) to use the Sennen Aitemu.
Atemu deeply admired his father for being a just and wise ruler maintaining a divine and equally rigid hand to maintain order and security in Kemet by demonstrating the fullness of his authority given by the Gods themselves. He was strict and unforgiving when necessary but he always dosed to never act with brutality or cruelty because he knew how to distribute justice as a son of the God Re (Ra), as well as his divine fury and his kindness hidden in gestures depending on the situation.
He wanted to be like his father when he inherited the throne.
Due to his heroic vision and deep admiration for his father, the prince showed confusion on his face when he heard the purest despair in Akhenamkhanen's plea to the Gods and the pain and equal grief he showed on his face.
For the young prince there was no reason for his father to act that way and the plea to spare his beloved son, Atemu.
The lightning continued to fall and the prince's fear gradually ceased with him looking sadly at his parent trying hard to understand why he felt so guilty and his despair begging the Gods for his son not to answer for his mistakes.
After all, Atemu did not believe that his father would do anything cruel or disrespectful to the Gods and therefore he could not understand what guilt he was referring to although he heard that it was related to the Sennen Aitemu.
Seeing that his father humbled himself and desperately cried out to the Gods to spare his son, the prince realized how much his father loved him because he was willing to humble himself as the most humble slave and face the fury of the Gods to protect Atemu , crying out for him to be punished instead of his son while begging them to spare the prince.
Therefore, the young man is silent as lightning continues to fall around them, waiting for the Gods to calm down with Atemu realizing that they need to stay in that place until the wrath of the Gods has subsided.
An hour later, the lightning intensity gradually decreased until it completely ceased with its parent, thanking its ancestors and the Gods for later, retiring with its son in its pursuit.
After they left the place he tried to question his parent again about what happened and why he was in pain as well as the relationship between his suffering and the creation of Sennen Aitemu.
However, Akhenamkhanen refused to answer any of his son's questions as they prepared to return to the palace with the prince noting that his father had put Pharaoh's mask on his face, starting to act like a god on earth through of his features and voice.
Atemu realized that the one in front of him was Pharaoh and that he could only see his father again when he was away from the audience and the throne.
As his parent did not answer his questions, he decided that he would ask Mahaado hoping that the young apprentice magician would have the answers to his questions.
At least, that was his hope.
After all, your friend was in possession of a Sennen Aitemu (千 ム), Sennen Ringu (千年 輪 - Millennium Ring) and would officially take over as one of Pharaoh's Rokushinkan (六 神官 - Six priests) the next week after spending at final test of the master who taught magic not only to Mahaado. He also taught Atemu.
The prince turns his face back to see the entrance to the cave, questioning himself what that place was and why his parent acted like that and then looked ahead as they walked away.
Eight years later, in the village that Yuugi lived with him, now fifteen years old, the night had fallen and Yukiko was sleeping under the place she had built with her friend so she could sleep while being sheltered from any rain and storm.
Suddenly, the dragon begins to shift as if in a nightmare while the golden crescent moon symbol shone on his forehead.
The albino abruptly opens its blue eyes and starts to look around, wondering why the forest is too quiet considering that it was at night. He instinctively looks at the sky and realizes that it will soon be dawn.
She gets up from the grass where she rested moments before and starts walking aimlessly while she was taken by an unsettling sensation inside her and who tried to understand what it was like with her powerful tail crawling on the ground as well as the powerful club at the end of it as night gave way to the first rays of sunlight with the beautiful orange horizon emerging.
When the sun was starting to rise to the sky she sees a reddish glow from the corner of her eyes and when she gets close to it, she realizes that the reddish glow she saw was coming from flames and seeing her origin widens her eyes.
Yukiko is overcome by anguished despair when she sees the village on fire and as she ran to the source of the flames that ascended in the air she sees the voracious and equally relentless flames devouring everything she touched while men in armor dragged people or killed others . The smell of smoke and burnt human flesh reached her nostrils with her seeing some residents who ran in despair while they were summarily shot, this when they were not cut by relentless swords while the invaders laughed at the dragon and could see countless bodies lying on the floor .