Chapter 247 Memories in the Depths of the Soul
"Unfamiliar ceiling..."
When Kaiba Seto woke up, the first thing he saw was an unfamiliar ceiling and the somewhat hard stone bed under him. The air around him was relatively dry, as if he was still in the desert.
[Where am I...? ] The confused Kaiba Seto tried to recall the previous scene, but he felt a headache - but he could vaguely remember that in a vast desert, a pale blue flame erupted from the center of the earth, burning the desert ground into a crystal-like form; three blood-red figures hovered in the sky while also controlling these blue flames, making them burn more fiercely!
[What is this feeling that the whole world seems to be destroyed by them? ] Kaiba's head began to hurt severely, as if the blue flames in these memories were not only burning the desert land, but also burning his brain, but Kaiba still endured the pain and recalled: [And why do I have this memory? ]
Although Kaiba remembered this scene, he seemed to have forgotten the reason for this scene.
Then, the blue flames began to gather and burn Kaiba's body. The memory obviously brought great pain, and Kaiba gradually began to faint in the severe pain. However, in the last stage of his memory, he still saw a scene different from the previous one of pure destruction and despair:
A beautiful white dragon appeared in front of the three red demons. She waved her six wings, spewed white light from her mouth, and fought to the death with the demons who controlled the blue flames of hell!
[Wait, "she"? ] Before Kaiba fell into a coma again, he suddenly noticed this detail: [Why did I subconsciously... subconsciously know that this white dragon was "her"? ! ]
Afterwards, after waking up, President Kaiba fell into a coma again before he had time to get up.
Before fainting, the president vaguely heard a voice, a very soft girl's voice, as if she was worried about alarming him: "Master High Priest, Master Set seems to have woken up!"
Then, as if deliberately slapping the face of the maid who reported, "Master Set" fainted again.
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The high priest Aknadi walked out of the small country house, followed by a plainly dressed girl, who was the maid who confirmed that "Prince Set" had woken up. At this moment, she was looking at the high priest in front of her with an apologetic look.
Aknadi said nothing. He knew that the problem was not with the maid, and it was meaningless to let her take responsibility, so he just shook his head slightly and left the small country house quietly.
As soon as the high priest left, a woman in tattered clothes came over, looking at the high priest who was considered "under one person and above ten thousand people" in Egypt with a calm lake.
Although poverty and time left traces on her face and body, they brewed another different kind of beauty. Presumably, there was a story between her and the high priest in front of her.
"......Alas." Perhaps because he was frightened by the woman's eyes, the high priest spoke first after a long time: "Tell me, Set, why was he injured so badly this time?"
"Because of you - Lord High Priest." The woman's words were very respectful, as if she was the closest servant of Aknadi; but her tone was extremely cold, like the snow on the iceberg thousands of miles away: "If it weren't for you, Set would not have suffered such a disaster at all - with his original identity, at this age he should be riding a horse, reading books and practicing swords, instead of chasing and fighting with human traffickers."
Although the woman's tone was a bit aggressive, she still told Aknadi the reason why Set was so badly injured this time: it seems that because of his sense of justice, he clashed with the human traffickers passing through this country.
[Human traffickers? By the way, I heard those guys say some time ago that they found a rare item somewhere...】 Aknadi's expression was expressionless, [But soon, the village where they usually hid the goods was destroyed. It was said that it was done by bandits, but patrolling soldiers reported that they saw the shadow of a white fantasy beast in the sky...】
When thinking of the legendary "white fantasy beast", Aknadi showed a very subtle smile on his face.
However, no matter how well he hid it, the expression on Aknadi's face could not be hidden from the shabby woman.
"Haha." The woman sneered twice, "Can't you hold it back? This is what you want to hear, right? 'White Fantasy Beast', the prophecy about the Pharaoh... If Set's accidental injury this time hadn't caused the rumor of the 'White Fantasy Beast', I'm afraid you, a busy man, wouldn't be interested in coming to see your seriously injured son, right?"
"..." Aknadi was silent - he couldn't refute what the woman said, because if it weren't for the rumor of the "White Fantasy Beast" that was making a lot of noise this time, he wouldn't have risked coming here. If Set woke up and saw him when he came here, all his plans for so many years would have been in vain!
"You know, my identity is sensitive." Aknadi finally chose to skip this topic that he didn't want to explain. At the same time, he glanced at the maid nearby with his eyes, indicating to the woman that there were "outsiders" here.
"Hehe." The woman laughed mockingly and then stopped talking - she actually knew that Aknadi was very busy and his work was very important, but that didn't mean she could forgive him for abandoning her and her son to fend for themselves for so many years.
But she also knew what Aknadi had done for the country - the golden right eye of the high priest was the proof of a history that contained blood and sin, but at the same time was full of loyalty to the country.
If the topic just now continued, it would inevitably bring up this history, and then the ordinary maid next to her would naturally be killed by the high priest. The woman was a kind person, and she didn't want to see others lose their lives in vain because of her momentary quick mouth and fighting.
The maid next to her also cleverly noticed that the atmosphere was not right. She knew that her master had a strange personality, and staying here at this time might bring about a disaster. So the maid left very obediently and went to the carriage of Lord Aknadi to pack things.
After the maid left, there was a long silence.
Later, it was the High Priest Aknadi who broke the silence. He looked at Set who was still sleeping in the room reluctantly, and said: "Since the 'white fantasy beast' has appeared, Set will go to the priest preparation group to study from tomorrow. In order to stimulate his potential to a greater extent, you must 'die'."
"..."The woman looked at Aknadi coldly in front of her, staring at his golden right eye. After a long time, the sharpness and anger on the woman's face were worn away. She shed two lines of clear tears and sighed: "...Alas, yes, High Priest."
"From today on, your name is Axsuna." Aknadi Without question, he said, "You are not allowed to appear in front of Set again!"
The woman... Oh no, it was Axsuna, she shed tears, looked at her son as if saying goodbye, and then left quietly...
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Someone who was secretly observing somewhere smiled with interest as he watched this unfold: "Is this the first pain? The destruction of my hometown because of my "justice", the "death" of my mother in my childhood memory, and the farewell between my parents and myself that I learned after I grew up..."
"Seto, the memories deep in your soul are much more exciting than I thought..."