Chapter 40: A new leader
It was silence that followed and the adviser that announced, "You will become pharaoh in two days. The priests and servants have almost finished their preparations." He then kneeled down and let his head hang down to the future pharaoh and his queen.
Dedyet looked at her husband. He stood there like a statue or as if he was in a trance. She then turned to the adviser. "Excuse me, but could you leave us alone for a moment?"
He got up quickly. "Of course, your royal highness."
For a second, Dedyet thought that she had seen a smirk on the adviser's face. As soon as he left the balcony, Ramses closed his eyes. Tears ran down his cheeks.
Dedyet's focused on her husband again, her eyes getting wet as she pulled him into a hug. "I'm so, so sorry."
He pulled her closer, now letting it out. The façade of superiority that the de Niles were keeping up every day had been crumbling. Now, it was breaking.
Ramses sobbed like no one had ever seen him do, and Dedyet held him close, whispering in his ear that, someday, everything would be okay.
The result of this had obviously been a crowning ceremony. It was that day when Ramses had gotten his crook and flail. And – of course – the might of a pharaoh.
We fast-forward to get to the point of this story.
Two months later. A time where all this sadness was forgotten.