Chapter 6
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Thought
Letter
-Telephone-
"Dialogue"
"Egyptian Language"
Emphasis
Dangerous tone
Open Your Eyes
Atem scowled as he looked at his Councils that day, why? Because he had just announced that he would take a break again for the day, but they refused to let him take his much needed break. "Fine then." Atem huffed in annoyance, "If you won't let me take my break, I will order you to let me." He stood up from his Throne, "I don't want any of you to disturb me unless emergency happen." He said coldly before storming out of the Throne Room.
Atem was thinking of what he could do to pass the time before an idea then come to his mind, he smiled and turned around then walking into the opposite direction from where he previously heading to. He stopped in front of the door beside his Bed Chamber, on the other side from the one which Seth used as his Bed Chamber, and knocked it.
He didn't have to wait long before the door opened and Yugi looked at him with confusion and surprise, "Good Morning, Yugi." Atem greeted him with a smile.
"Good Morning, Atem." Yugi answered as he stepped aside, Atem went in to look what was Yugi doing before he came, he saw that Yugi was training his Magic considering he had a basket filled with water in the room.
"Ah, so you are training your Magic?" Atem asked as he looked at Yugi.
Yugi nodded, "I'm trying to lift the water without touching, Mahad told me to, if I had free time and not knowing what to do." He explained with a grin.
Atem grinned back, "What a nice timing, I want to ask you what do you want to do." He said to explain his purpose, "I kind of wanting a break myself, so I was wondering of you had something to do in mind so we could do it together".
"Don't you have a meeting to attend though?" Yugi asked wonderingly.
Atem pouted, "I'm not in the mood." He answered before raising an eyebrow at Yugi, "So . . .?".
Yugi hummed in thought before grinning at Atem, "Do you have a game or something? I want to try playing a game from Ancient Egypt time." He said excitedly.
Atem nodded and smiled, "Let's go to my Chamber, I have a Senet game in there." He suggested before leading the way to his room, he let the door open for Yugi before closing it, "Do you know what Senet is?".
Yugi shook his head so Atem explained the game as he prepared the board, after he received a nod from Yugi, telling him that the boy understood the rule, they played against each other.
Atem blinked, then blinked again. "Are you sure this is the first time you are playing this game?" He asked as he looked at the board, he managed to win, but if he make just one wrong move, Yugi would be the one become the victor.
Yugi grinned sheepishly, "Yes, this is the first time." He said as he scratched the back of his neck, "I just happen to be very good at games, no one managed to beat me before, back in my time".
"Really?" Atem asked with interest, "I also always win all this time, people called me the King of Games since no one ever beat me in any game." He explained excitedly as he looked at Yugi with sparkling eyes, "You are so interesting, Yugi".
"Do you want to hear something more interesting?" Yugi asked with a big grin, Atem nodded in response, "I'm also called the King of Games by the people in my own time".
Atem's eyes widened, "Serious?" He asked in surprise.
Yugi nodded, "Yeah." He confirmed, "This mean that we are both the King of Games, but from different time." He said cheerfully with a big grin, "Too bad I couldn't win against you, even though my name means Game and I'm very talented in any games, but I kind of glad to know that there's still someone who is better than me, it's a relief".
"But this is only your first time!" Atem argued with a grin as well, "Surely you would be able to defeat me in the future, with more experience in playing this game!".
Yugi chuckled and waved both of his hands, "I don't think so." He said sheepishly, "You are so good in playing this game and have more experience than I do, even if I play more, you would still have more experience than me".
"But that doesn't mean that you couldn't beat me!" Atem argued again before another idea come to his head, "Well, Yugi, why don't we go to the Market again and I buy you something else? As a reward for nearly win in your first try?".
Yugi opened his mouth to answer, but then he shook his head, "No, there's no need for you to buy me something else." He said with a smile, "I want you to accompany me to the Market though." He put his index finger to his mouth, "But not as a Pharaoh".
Atem raised his eyebrow at that.
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"Yugi, why in the world do we need to hide our identity like this?" Atem asked after they finished changing into an outfit suited more for a peasant than Royalty and wearing a cloak to hide their unique hair shape.
"Because you need it." Yugi said seriously, "There's something that you had to see, not as a Pharaoh, but one of your people, so you have to hide your identity as a Pharaoh".
Atem was not understand what Yugi wanted to do, so he could only stayed quiet and followed after the boy, secretly heading out of the Palace. Yugi told Atem to wait in front of the stabble before the boy entered the said place, a moment later, Yugi came out with two saddled horses. "Let's go." Yugi said before the headed out to the village.
"What do you want me to see, Yugi?" Atem asked when they arrived at the entrance to the village Market.
"Just stay quiet and observe the people, no need to say anything until you get what I want you to see." Yugi explained as he pulled Atem to an alleyway, "Here, this is the perfect spot to see everything without being seen, just stay quiet and observe what happened in there".
Atem was still didn't understand what Yugi wanted him to see, so he just did as Yugi told him to do, as much as it was absurd for a Pharaoh to listen to an order of someone else. At first, he didn't see anything out of place, but he soon found out what Yugi wanted him to see, and he was shocked by it.
All this time, he thought that there's nothing wrong with his people, since they acted as if they were living in peace when he visited the village. But now, with him hiding his identity, he could finally see what really happened in the village. His people were not living in peace with each other at all, some of the people were treating the poor harshly. He understand now that it's because they only had enough to feed their own family, so he couldn't really blame them for their actions. But one thing was for sure, the most of his people were that of the poor, only a few who were rich.
"Do you know that the tax had been raised not long after you were crowned as Pharaoh?" Yugi asked him, snapping him out of his shock.
Atem looked at Yugi with wide eyes, "No, I never give any order to raise the tax at all." He said in shock.
"As I thought." Yugi answered with a nod as he crossed his arms, "You need to start making your own decision by yourself, or asking advice from your Adviser only and only once in a while, or when you really need it." He looked at Atem seriously, "If you stay like this, not taking your position seriously and having a break too often, you will being used as a puppet by someone who wish to have more power".
"What do you mean?" Atem asked with a frown.
"I had read the report on the decisions being made for the past year until now." Yugi explained with a grave expression, "I couldn't find out who, but there's one among your Councils who make decisions by themselves, or convinced you to agreed with them. One of them is the raise of the tax upon the people, and there is also a new law being made stating that the people have to lower the price of their merchandise when dealing with the people from the Palace".
"What?!" Atem gasped in pure shock, he never thought that something like that happened at all. He fully turned to Yugi, "Are you serious, Yugi?" He asked seriously.
Yugi nodded, "The report is in a hidden place in my room, wouldn't dare to risk the evidence to be destroyed, right?" He asked cheekily, "Let's get back, now that you see the truth, we have to return to the Palace before High Priest Seth send for a search party for you".
Atem nodded, his hands balled tightly until his knuckles go white, "I want to see the report, I will have a talk with my Council about it later." He said determinedly.
Yugi shook his head, "No, not all of them, at least." He disagreed, "If you want to find out who did something like this, only tell someone who you trust with your life, the one whom you are certain would never betray you".
"Seth then." Atem said decisively with a nod, "He is good with observing people, and he definitely loyal to me, he would surely find out who dared to do something like this".
Yugi nodded with a grin, "Now, this side of you is what needed as a Pharaoh." He said cheerfully, "Keep up this attitude and your people would respect you for who you are, not because of your status".
Atem smiled at Yugi, "Thank you, Yugi." He said gratefully, "If not for you, my eyes might be forever blinded from the truth, and my people would be the one who suffered from my mistake".
To be continued . . .
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