"Ah, it's such a time."

The girl holding a golden water lily in her hand froze for a moment, and spoke slowly. The high priest, who had maintained such an unchanged appearance for decades, nodded, stood up from the ground, and turned to the man who came looking for her. , It seems that the new female officer showed an extremely shallow smile.

For some reason, from time to time in the past, I would envy such female officials who have maintained their youthful beauty for a long time, and suddenly saw the sadness from behind her that made people almost cry for her.

"It's okay, don't be nervous."

The high priest, who should have been the hardest to accept this fact, said softly and nodded at them, as if comforting the female officials who were nervous because of the sudden incident, with almost suffocating fear in his golden eyes. It's a habit out of desperation.

Fujimaru Tachibana came to Chiara's side with ease, and in his eyes reflected the appearance of the other party's old-fashioned attitude despite being well maintained.

She knows how to handle a situation like this.

"Good morning, Chiara." The High Priest, who still looked like a young girl, sat beside her bed, smiling, just like how Chiara had looked for her in the past countless days.

Yes, she always uses such a smile to deal with people when she is avoiding work and living a leisurely life.

"Lord Lizka." Chia stretched out her hand, and her dull eyes slowly became brighter. She just seemed to have lost her strength suddenly, and she couldn't get up again. It was difficult to even raise the corners of her mouth, "You are here .”

Fujimaru Tachibana took her hand: "Take a rest when you're tired, it's okay."

Chiara slowly closed her eyes, her slow and shallow breathing was very clear in the room, she could feel her vitality fading away little by little, the messenger of the underworld was about to take her soul away and go to the place of death. land.

The high priest sitting by the bed still looked the same, reminding her of a long time ago—of course, a long time ago for her.

When she was only a young girl, she went to the capital together with the high priest, and handled official documents in the temple... The high priest almost occupied all the time in her life.

At first, I complained with helplessness and anticipation when I came to see the legendary high priest personally selected by the gods, but found that she was just a girl with a bad personality and randomness. After communicating with the female officials of other temples, Realized that this is the only one who delegated most of the work to the personal female officer...

But I got used to it before I knew it.

Yeah, habits are a terrible thing.

Various images of the past began to appear in front of Chiara's eyes, but her heart was broken a little bit.

It wasn't until she really felt that death was about to take her that she finally realized something she had never understood before.

Chiara always felt that there was a gap between the high priest and other people, even if she was in this world, she still had the illusion that she was outside the world.

But now I feel—that’s fine.

Human life is so short, but not her High Priest.

Her high priest, how much separation has she faced, and how many separations she will face in the future.

Chiara blinked, the water light dissipated, and tiredness surged up.

I don't know if she is used to worrying, even at this moment, what she is still thinking about is whether the next female officer can be like herself, and not add unnecessary troubles to her high priest.

"Lord Lizka..."

Thousands of words finally left only this one sentence.

"May you be well."

Fujimaru Tachibana nodded, and said softly: "Good night." Then she saw Chiara closing her eyes with a smile, until the hand in her hand lost strength, and the corner of the female officer's eyes slipped down A drop of tear made a wet mark on the bed.

She put Chiara's hand down and stood up.

"Let's arrange the funeral."

"……Yes."

The next female officer is Knight, who was promoted from Chiara, because she has been taught by words and deeds from Chiara, so although she is extremely sad, she has also taken over the job half-nakedly.

It was only then that Knight discovered that the high priest easily solved the places he was not familiar with.

"I'll give you a month to figure these things out."

Knight nodded yes.

The high priest Lizka resumed her old life, and the normal planning in the temple did not change with the death of a female official.

Until a letter arrived from Thebes.

The letter was written by Nefertari's eldest daughter.

The moment she got the letter, Fujimaru Tachibana had a premonition. She didn't even open it for the first time, and held the paper envelope in her hand for a long while in silence until Knight asked.

"Nate, I'm going to the capital."

Knight nodded: "Speaking of which, it will be the celebration of Pharaoh's 30th year in power soon, I arrange..."

"No, you stay here, I'll go alone." Fujimaru Tachibana ordered some letter paper, watching Knight's expression from stunned to understanding calm.

"I see. You have a smooth journey. Is there anything you need to prepare?"

"No need."

Fujimaru Tachibana set off in a few days, but put on a cloak and left in a hurry.

The opened letter stated that the queen mother who believed in the Lord had passed away. She also presided over the inauguration ceremony as one of the wives of Ozymandias under the order of the queen mother. After that, Nefertari will be buried in the Valley of the Queens .

This letter was written by her mother before she left.

There was no need to send a message, the guards had already told her to come when they entered the capital.

The pharaoh seemed to have expected that she would not meet the audience according to the normal route.

Fujimaru Tachibana looked down from the roof, just in time to see Ozymandias standing in the garden outside Nefertari's palace.

He didn't act as if the Pharaoh was strong and without weaknesses as he did to the outside world, and he didn't hide the tiredness in his eyes at all.

"You came."

Fujimaru Tachibana lowered his eyes, fell silent for a moment, jumped down, and stood in front of him.

"Ah."

The two of them remained silent for a long while, and the night was as cold as water.

"She was inside, and the earring protected her body."

Ah... Fujimaru Tachibana also realized this, and nodded slowly: "I'll take that earring away, you guys have to make a mummy, and then I'll put it on her and bury it together."

Her voice was calm as usual.

Ozymandias looked at her deeply and nodded.

……

The night will eventually go away.

Standing on the stage, Fujimaru Tachibana watched Nefertari's eldest daughter hold the inauguration ceremony with Ozymandias as scheduled, and watched Nefertari's grand burial.

After that, she sat on the steps, propped her cheeks with her hands and looked into the distance.

"You haven't changed at all."

A mature and quiet male voice came from behind.

"...Well." Fujimaru Tachibana closed his eyes, stood up, took two steps forward, turned around, looked at Ozymandias, and slightly bent his eyes, "You have grown up—— Well, it feels weird to say that like that."

The middle-aged man in front of him was still imposing, with golden pupils staring at her.

"Stay."

"Since the honorable Pharaoh has invited you so sincerely—it's not impossible for me to stay for a while."

She said so with a sigh.

A few years later, she stayed in the capital again, but it seemed no different from previous years.

The Pharaoh was dealing with government affairs, and she just sat by and idly read books and ate fruits. The other priests were almost all old people who only looked after her. But what a decorator has an opinion.

"Hey, is this the drawing of which temple are you?" Fujimaru Tachibana leaned over to his desk, pulled out a piece of architectural design paper from the side, and asked directly, regardless of what he was reviewing.

"Huh?" Ozymandias raised his eyes, "That's Osiris's... I remembered, and there is one more thing." He held his forehead and frowned, "Best has Now, you can choose the next High Priest."

Fujimaru Tachibana looked at the blueprint in his hand and was silent for a moment.

"Where's Isis?"

"You want her to choose?" Ozymandias asked calmly, looking directly at her profile.

"Let her come." Fujimaru Tachibana hooked the corners of his mouth, and looked at the pharaoh beside him with peaceful eyes, "Maybe this is the last time we meet."

Naturally, it is a prophecy.

Isis returned to the capital without hesitation, and almost shed tears at the moment she saw her. After choosing Beth's successor, she also handed over her successor to Pharaoh, and died shortly after returning to the temple. Passed away.

There is one more thing that counts as a novelty.

Fujimaru Tachibana yawned while resting by the flower pond, and suddenly heard the boy's voice, which gave her the illusion of going back to the past at first glance, and she stared blankly at the boy who was approaching - that person was very similar to Ozzy Mandias looked like a teenager, but with Nefertari's arcs in his eyebrows and eyes, his expression was a little rebellious.

"Are you the woman who hangs around my father's side all day?"

Fujimaru Tachibana found that even the voice was very similar to Ozymandias.

"Are you Nefertari's son?"

It was completely different from the boy's own reaction of becoming angry with embarrassment or steadfast expression. The girl who looked about his age brightened up, walked into him, and said in an emotional tone.

"It's really like..."

"You—" He was speechless for the next moment, only looked at the girl with horrified eyes, smiled and touched his head, and said

"Be good, be good, really similar to Ozymandias when he was a child, but a little cuter than him."

This woman is simply rebellious.

Call his queen mother and Pharaoh's name directly, touch his head, and death will never forgive her sin.

But the boy was pulled by her to sit down, listening to the witch who seemed to have incredible power in her words, start to tell the story of his parents when they were young.

This was the first and last time he saw this girl in his life.

It was only later that he learned from outsiders that this was the God-chosen High Priest who had been famous decades ago and then fell silent. It is rumored that her appearance has never changed.

Until he left, he suddenly recalled that day, and he couldn't even tell whether it was a dream or reality.

Perhaps, it is a dream.

……

"I'm leaving." Fujimaru Tachibana, who was sitting on the table without any manners, suddenly put down the blueprint in his hand.

Ozymandias, who was holding a pen, stopped suddenly.

"Why? Stay in..."

"Ozymandias." Fujimaru Tachibana stood up, walked in front of him, looked straight into his golden eyes, and said with a smile, "This is not a request, but a declaration of treason against the Pharaoh."

Ozymandias shrank his pupils, shrugged his shoulders, and burst out laughing.

"Humph, humhahahahahahahahahaha——Okay, forgive your sins, go to the temple, and don't go back to Thebes again."

"You go."

"Well, I'm leaving!" Fujimaru Tachibana stood up, and took a grape on the plate that had been provided to her for a long time on the side table, waved to him, and closed the door.

Once again only Ozymandias remained in the government hall.

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