[Last time] "Layla, quickly get the medicinists!!" you commanded your maid, as you saw she nodded and disappeared from your view. You lifted ~~~~~~ onto your lap, as you held her head into your chest. Putting your head upon hers, you felt like she was slipping away a bit by a bit. "~~~~~~, please, be alright... I beg you, please, stay strong!" you cried, as your tears streamed down your cheek continiously...
Beginning with Atemu's POV:
As Simon treated you, Isis was treating ~~~~~~. "Please Atemu, get some rest." Simon pleaded, since he knew you hadn't recovered yet from an illness you had had before. "Atemu, listen to me, staying here will be no use at all, Isis is treating miss ~~~~~~ right now, so please..." Simon said. You sighed, as you stared at the door of the room, in which ~~~~~~ is being treated now. With your head in your hands, you just hated yourself. "Why did I let this happen? Why?!" you angrily asked yourself. "I..." you said, as a shot of pain came inside your chest. "ATEMU!" Simon called you, while kneeling down before you. "Is it there?" he asked you, while worriedly looking at you. "Yes..." you said in a low voice, grabbing your chest. "Inside you chest...?" Simon asked you. You just nodded, having no energy left to say an another word. Bending down in pain, your view was getting more vague.
Suddenly you heard the doors of ~~~~~~'s room got opened and in your blurry view you managed to see two figures coming out. "My Prince!" Isis called, as you remembered her voice, seeing a white-dressed woman coming nearer to you. "My Prince, what's wrong?" she asked you worriedly, while she put her hand upon your shoulder. You grabbed her hand, as you looked up into her eyes. "Isis... tell me, how's ~~~~~~?" you asked without answering her question. Still with one hand clutching at your chest, you felt the pain had suddenly gotten worse. As you bent down in pain again, you could hear Simon called guards to bring your father, the Pharaoh. "My Prince, ~~~~~~ need you, please be alright." you heard a familiar voice telling you. "Sandy, quickly, in my room I got some herbs upon my bed. Take them all and mix them with some water, then bring it to me, hurry!" Isis commanded the girl next to her. Sandy...? you thought, as you remembered this girl as ~~~~~~'s best friend. "Simon-sama, how did this happen?" Isis asked, as she was holding your hand tightly. Silence fell, when you leaned against the pillar behind you, slowly breathening in and out. As you closed your eyes, you gathered all your energy to talk. "Isis, please tell me... how's ~~~~~~." you repeated, as she still hadn't responded yet. It was silent for a while, as you felt your heart pounding faster each second. In your thoughts you could hear yourself begging Isis to talk, but you had no strength left to bring out an another word. "Miss ~~~~~~, she's..." Isis said refusingly, "she's... She's pregnant." Your eyes widened, staring at Isis in disbelief. "Pregnant?!" a strong voice suddenly said. "My... my Pharaoh." Simon and Isis stuttered, as you looked up to see a tall figure standing just few feets away from you, with no doubt... your father...
"Are you feeling better now?" Sandy asked you worriedly, as you was sitting on a chair next to ~~~~~~'s bed, having your eyes closed firmly. As the pain slowly started to cease, it became easier to breath and your view returned to normal. "Yes, thank you, Sandy..." you said, as you turned around to see your beloved lying on her bed silently. You stood up with the help of Sandy, as all the eyes were turned on you, Simon's, Isis', all the sacred guardian's and your father's. You could feel an another pain inside your chest, but this time not because of the illness, but because of seeing your beloved so silent, as if she... "~~~~~~?" you called her name, while sitting upon her bed. "~~~~~~, wake up, please..." you begged her, as you touched her face gently, but she's never moved, not even a bit. "Atemu..." you father called your name, as he put his hand upon your shoulder. You could feel tears welling up in your eyes, clenching your fist tightly. "My Prince..." Sandy said in a low voice...
Akunumkanon's POV:
"The little child within miss ~~~~~~ is saved, but ~~~~~~ herself is somehow still unconscious," Isis said regretfully, "the reason for this is still unknown, perhaps it's the shock or maybe she lost too much blood." You nodded to that, since you didn't know how to react to this. You sighed deeply, as you recalled Atemu sitting upon her bed, while he called her name painfully. "Shada..." you asked one of your sacred guardians, "are you sure... her child is Atemu's?" Shada bowed to you repectfully, as he nodded to you. "Yes, my Pharaoh, my Millenium Ankh told me that." he answered you. "My Pharaoh, even it is, she's still a peasant!" Akunadin suddenly said, changing the whole atmosphere in the throneroom. Atemu didn't want to leave ~~~~~~'s side. He said he wanted to stay at her side till she'd wake up. But in her critical state, whether she'll survive this, is still a great doubt. "My Pharaoh, the Prince is engaged to Princess Anzu, this girl is only a threat." Akunadin came with an another comment, since you hadn't given any reaction to his last one. You just sighed, no idea what to do, nor to say. "My Pharaoh, even though it might sound misplaced for this moment, but Akunadin-sama is right." Seto suddenly said. "Seto..." Isis called his name in a hurt voice, turning her gaze from him to the ground beneath her. "She might be pregnant, but this shouldn't change anything. There aren't even clear signs for she'll ever wake up in the first place. Secondly, our Prince is engaged and this is for the sake of our country." Seto said determinedly, emphasizing the words: For the sake of our country. You knew he was right, but...
[Flashback] "Atemu, my child..." your wife said in a weak voice, holding your son's hand. "Yes, mother." Atemu answered with eyes full of tears. "Now, don't cry anymore." she said, while wiping away his tears. "Atemu, listen to me, it's not because we don't want you to marry someone you love, but for the sake of our country..." you wife said, but suddenly coughed. "Mother!" Atemu yelled, as you saw your wife closing her eyes slowly. You kneeled down beside her bed, as you hold onto Atemu's and your wife's hand. Kissing it, you saw your wife smiling. "My Pharaoh..." she said weakly, as she looked at you, then at your son. "Atemu, promise me, listen to your father for the sake of our coun..." Your eyes widened in shock, as you saw your wife slowly closing her eyes, her hand slipping out of your hands, hitting the blankets of your bed. "Mother!!!" Atemu yelled, as he put his head upon the blankets, crying... [End Flashback]
For the sake of our country... you thought, but for the sake of the country am I going to sacrifice my son for that? "My Pharaoh, if I may..." Mahado asked you. Mahado had always been close to Atemu and had proofed his loyalty to you and this country again and again. You nodded, almost glad he's finally going to speak. He kneeled down to you respectfully, then raised his head. "My Pharaoh, it's true our army is still weaker than Ethiopia's, but if this is for the sake of the Pharaoh's and the Prince's, we're all willing to fight for you, no matter what." Mahado said, causing tear of happiness to stream down your cheek. If it hadn't been for the loyalty of your men, your sacred guardians, you won't be the Pharaoh of this great Kingdom now. "Mahado..." you suddenly heard the voice of your son saying. "My Prince..." Mahado said, as he turned around, seeing Atemu in the doorway of the throneroom. Karim, your other sacred guardian, then also kneeled down before you, right next to Mahado. "For the sake of our King and Prince, we shall prevail!" Karim shouted. You nodded in agreement, as you stood off your throne. Walking towards your trusted sacred guardians, helping Mahado and Karim to stand up. The sake of our country, of course, it's important, but to me... my son's sake is far more precious...
breakline...
Atemu's POV:
"Mahado...Karim..." you said regretfully, as you saw them looking at you determinedly to fight for your sake. "I..." you couldn't come any further. "My Pharaoh," Akunadin suddenly yelled, "are you sure about this?!" Silence filled the air, as everyone in the throneroom knows what he was talking about... the agreement with Ethiopia...
[Flashback]You had returned from that beautiful spot near the cliff with ~~~~~~. She held onto you tightly during the whole trip back home, crying softly in your chest. "I'm sorry." she continued to whisper. You put your arm around her, holding her closer to you, as you fastened the speed of your horse. Gallopping back home, you thought about a lot of things. You've considered about a lot of things. Finally you made up your mind, you won't let ~~~~~~ suffer anymore, you won't let her cry anymore. While you brought ~~~~~~ back to her room, you told her you would come to see her tomorrow. Kissing her goodnight, you turned around, heading to... the throne room...
You stepped over the doorway, as you went into the throneroom, where your father was. You bowed to him respectfully. You raised up your head and went to him. "Father..." you said determinedly, "no matter what, I will choose ~~~~~~ as my only bride." You father looked at you with an expression which you couldn't understand. Regretful, refusing, maybe fearful... you don't know. "Even my son, if it's for the sake of our country..." your father said, still wearing the same expression. "My Prince, there's no other way but you to marry the Princess of Ethiopia." Akunadin said to you. Puzzled, you looked at him, then to your father with questioning eyes. "Atemu, few weeks ago I went on a trip to Ethiopia for the peace treaty, there I made an agreement." your father said regretfully, "The King of Ethiopia had one condition before signing the agreement... I would need to marry my son to her daughter, causing our Kingdom to be one." "And you agreed to that?!" you yelled in frustration. You just can't believe he decided that for you without even noticing you untill now. "Because the King of Ethiopia wanted it, you just agreed." you yelled at your father, as you could feel your anger boiling up inside of you. "Atemu, it's not because your father wanted it..." Simon said. "ENOUGH! I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANY OF THIS ANYMORE, I WON'T AGREE TO THIS!" you told them and was about to leave. "My Prince!" Mahado, your best friend called out to you. You stopped, as your back was turned at them. "My Prince, it's not because the Pharaoh hadn't wanted this to end a different way, but... but our army is still far weaker than Ethiopia's. If the Pharaoh hadn't agreed to this condition, the King of Ethiopia had sworn to declare the war again against our country, so... for the sake of our country..." Mahado said. You could feel tears welling up in your eyes, as he said that. Then, what about ~~~~~~? you thought. But if I refuse, not only will I let down my father, no, I will let down every citizen of this country... You clenched your fist, as you turned around. "For the sake of our country..." you said... [End Flashback]
Afterwards a maid came in, coming with more bad news. Soon afterwards your mother passed away, saying these words, before giving away her last breath: For the sake of our country. You looked away as you remembered everything that has happened these last two months. It felt as if so many things had occured, but so little time had passed. But ~~~~~~ isn't conscious yet, plus she's pregnant with your child, there's no way you're going to leave her, but... you thought clenching your fist, not knowing what to do now. "Should I self-fishly choose for my own happiness in stead of the sake of the country?" you angrily asked yourself, breaking the silence. "No, it's not self-fish, it's just destined to be." Isis suddenly said. All the eyes got turned on her, as she slowly lifted up her head.
"Several months ago, I received an vision from my Millenium necklace, the war was destined to come, as the death of the Queen," Isis said, "but I didn't understand it at first, so I hadn't told you about it." "So am I..." Simon suddenly said, "few weeks ago I found a prophecy, the Prophecy of Desctruction. It was written by an high priest, but who was banned because of the terrific prophecy he wrote. Declared as an enemy of the state, his works were still conserved in the royal library. He predicted the destruction of Egypt, when Ra will be locked away by Hades. I think we all could still remember the day, when the Queen left us all. Even it was day, the sky was just as dark as the night. As if Ra was locked away. As if the sky was crying itself, the sky was colored darkly red. Hades, the god of the nether-world, the god of Ethiopia, was named in the prophecy. So it meant the war against Ethiopia." Simon said without being interupted, not even once. Silently, all of you listened to Simon, who seemed to had worried about it for a long time already.
(My comment:It's quite some time ago, so if you want to refresh it:)The vision of Isis you could find in part 12 and the Prophecy of Destruction Simon told about in the result of part 30
"You're right, Simon, Isis," you father suddenly said, "just as ~~~~~~ is destined to enter our family." You stared at your father, as those words slowly emerged from his lips. "What... what do you mean, father?" you asked, not believing your ears. "Atemu, true, for the sake of our country, but if it's fate there's no other way but to face it bravely. Plus ~~~~~~ is now having your child, my grandchild and perhaps the next prince or maybe even the next Pharaoh of this country. Since fate choose to let her have a royal child, she's destined to enter our family." your father said to you. "Father..." you said, as he put his hand upon your shoulder, nodding and... smiling. "Pharaoh! What about the engagement?! And on top of all, she's still a peasant!!" Akunadin yelled loudly. "Then the engagement will be broken..." your father said coolly, without even looking at him. "But what about the fact she's of the lowest class!?" Akunadin continues to convince your father. "She isn't..." Simon suddenly said, "at least she won't be for long, because she'll be my daughter very soon..."
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"For the King and our Prince, we shall prevail!!!" So now everthing is clear, the reason why Atemu agreed to the engagement of earlier, so everything must be solved now. You'll enter the royal family very soon... or maybe not... Will you ever wake up in the first place and what about the upcoming war against Ehtiopia? Find out more, till next time...
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