Chapter 63: Visitors
"My highnesses!"
Dedyet rolled her eyes, knowing what he was about to ask. "We are keeping her."
"Uh, what?"
"Our newborn. We are keeping her."
The adviser seemed to be rather angry about her statement. Yet, he tried not to make it show. "If the pharaoh is absolutely fine with that decision, I am sure we will all be safe. Otherwise..." He looked up the ceiling. "Death."
Dedyet spoke up quickly, unimpressed by his show. "I want to ask you something," she said to the adviser coldly, looking straight at him.
"Yes, my queen?"
"Ramses told me that all his advisers were there when he spoke to the doctors."
"That is correct. Such an extreme situation demands every important person there."
"Then where were you?"
"Oh, I was greeting the priests as soon as they arrived. They have really high standards and-"
"And what did you talk to them about?"
"Dedyet, what is this supposed to be?" Ramses asked her strictly.
She turned around to him. "What? I'm just asking him a question."
"Why does it matter?"
"...His behavior is suspicious."
The men both looked at each other, quietly for a second, before they both started laughing.
"It's the hormones," Ramses told his chief adviser, highly amused.
"Argh! Stop saying this!" Dedyet interrupted in anger.
It was the adviser who spoke up after her. "I am actually here, because I have an announcement to make."
"Make it quick," Ramses told him.
"The royal family is requesting a visit. They want to see the new princess."
Dedyet's eyes widened. Was she even prepared to face Ramses' family already? Sure, they wanted to see the new family member. But dealing with the de Niles was always really stressful. Most of them were so… so critical.
"Very well, then," Ramses said. "Are you ready to greet some guests, Dedyet?"
The queen blushed. "They're already here?!"
"Oh, no!" Her husband told her. "That would be silly. I mean, Nefera is just a few hours old. They aren't here yet."
Now it was adviser whose eyes were widening. "Actually… There are standing right in front of the door."