Pharaoh

This face is quite cute... Well, if the child is obedient, it's okay not to kill him.If you sell them to foreign countries as slaves, you can reap a sum of money.

Dirty thoughts were churning in his heart, but Tali smiled more and more kindly.

However, what annoyed Tari was that no matter how gently he expressed his willingness to take him to find his family, this one-sided child just shook his head.

'My brother asked me to wait for him here. '

No matter how persuaded, the child who didn't know whether he was too naive or too stupid by his family just repeated this sentence with a smirk.

Tali couldn't help but get angry when he spoke dryly. Seeing that the sky was completely dark, he looked around and found that there were a lot fewer pedestrians, and there were only the two of them left in this alley.

He looked at the boy's slender figure, and a new thought came to him.

"It's getting dark, beasts and monsters are coming out, it's dangerous for you as a child to be here~~"

He reached out and grabbed the boy's obviously slender wrist through the cloak.

"Uncle won't harm you, so I'll help you find someone."

The boy who was just smirking at first was probably frightened by the beast he said, and looked around with some anxiety at the increasingly dark scenery.

"Will there really be demons coming out once it gets dark?"

The boy looked at him innocently, and asked with some timidity.

"Yes, yes, your mother told you, right? Monsters can eat people, especially children like you."

"Um……"

The young man with a shaken expression lowered his head, as if he was struggling.

Tali smiled secretly.

He was much taller than the young man, and looking down from above, he could vaguely see the golden gold ornaments that were mostly hidden by the cloak from the gap in his neck.

Posted this time.

He was secretly happy, but he didn't pay attention. The eyes of the boy who lowered his head secretly glanced at the big hand that was holding him, as if he was evaluating something.

Then, the boy tugged his hand inadvertently, as if trying to break free, but was firmly held by Tali.

Obviously, his strength is not comparable to this strong man.

The big light purple eyes flickered, as if thinking about something.

"...Well, I'll go with uncle."

Tari saw the boy look up and say something that made his heart go wild.

Suppressing the joy in his heart, he lovingly stroked the boy's soft hair, took his hand and prepared to lead him away from the secluded path.

After taking two steps, the boy stopped again.

Tali turned his head a little uneasy, and followed the boy's gaze.

That glance made his originally vigilant spirit relax again.

What the young man was looking at was a bread stall in the downtown area, and the sweet and fragrant smell wafted here.

I probably haven't eaten since I got separated from my family.

Tari thought so, and found that the boy's eyes had moved to him.

The look of eagerness was obvious at a glance.

Children are trouble.

Tali was a little impatient, but he still had to make the child happy now.

Thinking this way, he still held the boy's left hand tightly and walked towards the bread stand.

In the busy city, this bustling food stall is close to closing.

The middle-aged aunt who was the stall owner couldn't help laughing when she saw the boy's big eyes looking eagerly at the sweet bread in her hand.

The husband by her side not only reached out his hand to stroke his head when he saw this immature and lovely boy, but also specially picked out a large piece of hot bread and handed it over.

The boy laughed happily, as if he wanted to reach out his hands to catch it.

But the man who was leading the boy snatched the bread first, and then bent down to hand it over.

He gathered up the white cloak that wrapped the boy, wrapping it tighter like a father who loves his child.

"Your baby is so cute."

Because the stall was closing, there were fewer customers, so the aunt looked at the cute boy and talked to the man with a smile.

Tali, with a simple and honest face, shook his head and looked like he was not good at talking, but he smiled proudly like a child being exaggerated by his father.

"If you let the child hold it with both hands, the bread will fall off. It's so inconvenient to eat like this."

The aunt's loyal and honest husband saw the boy holding the big bread with one hand and biting it with some difficulty, so he kindly reminded him.

Tari hesitated for a moment, and had to let go of the boy's left hand.

The boy didn't seem to notice this, and continued to eat sweetly while holding the bread in both hands.

The honest bread stall owner turned around and continued to pack his things. At this moment, a small businessman who was selling fruit next to him and whom he was quite familiar with came over and poked him lightly.

"...Why do I feel that there is something wrong with the father and son?"

The baker patted his head and looked at his friend in bewilderment.

"no."

No one stipulates that the father is ordinary, and the son cannot be cute.

As soon as he said that, his fruit merchant friend twitched the corner of his mouth and gave him a hard look.

"Look, that child has thin skin and tender flesh. It's obviously a child from that wealthy family. If you look at that man again, he has thick hands, thick feet, and dark skin. He looks like he's busy working around. "

The little businessman rubbed his chin and hummed.

"If you say that man is the child's servant, he will only follow behind. How dare you be so bold as to walk side by side with the little master and hold the master's hand... Hey! Are you listening to me!"

The little businessman, who was complacently doing reasoning, opened his eyes and found that his audience had disappeared.

When he looked up, he was shocked to find that his friend had already gone towards the pair of people who looked like father and son.

"...You really take what I say seriously! I'm just talking casually!"

"I said you, are you really the father of this child?"

Ignoring the businessman friends who stomped their feet in a hurry and winked at him desperately, the honest man who didn't have any nerves asked directly as soon as he felt something strange.

He asked directly, with a loud voice.

As soon as these words came out, many passers-by immediately noticed this place and stopped to look over.

Tali's head was covered with sweat, he hated the honest and careless man in front of him to death, but he had to put on a simple and honest smile and scratched his head.

"No, I'm his uncle."

"My elder sister spoils the child so much that she always stays in the room. I'll steal some free time today and take him out to play and see the world."

That's right, uncle.

Uncles and nephews don't look very ordinary, and it's not impossible for a family from an average family to spoil their children and not let him work.

And the men didn't say they were father and son at the beginning, they just guessed so.

Thinking of this, the honest man let out an oh, and he agreed with the answer without thinking too much about it, and didn't say anything more.

Tari reached out to the boy, ready to take him away immediately.

This time, instead, the baker's aunt who had been looking at the boy cheerfully looked at the boy and then at the man and suddenly became suspicious.

The slenderness of women always made her feel that something was wrong.

When she took a closer look, she felt that there were many strange things about the pair of uncles and nephews.

She reached out to stop Tari's hand, then patted the boy's head with a smile and asked.

"Is it delicious?"

“Delicious~~~”

"Then I'll give you another one." Taking one from the leftover bread, she asked, "Is this your uncle? You and him..."

She only spoke half of her words and stopped abruptly.

She stared at the boy's hand reaching out to take the bread, with a terrified look on her round face.

Under the afterglow of the setting sun, the gold ornaments on the boy's slender wrists were shining.

It was a gold ornament that only nobles and wealthy people were qualified to wear, and civilians were absolutely not allowed to own it.

The golden light attracted the eyes of more and more passers-by in the darkness, and they gathered to surround the bakery.

Looking at the densely packed crowd, Tali groaned in his heart.

If I had just grabbed the boy and ran away, it would have been too late, but now...

"uncle?"

The boy smiled with a childish and lovely face, and said loudly in the middle of the crowd.

"Uncle is a good person~~~"

Terry breathed a sigh of relief.

Her large, violet-hued eyes flickered with the innocence of a young deer.

The boy's clear and loud voice echoed in the dark night sky.

"This uncle who doesn't know his name said that he wants to take me to a hidden place and play a game with me that only two people can play. It is said that it will hurt a little at first, but the back is very comfortable and happy. It's a game played by adults~~~"

an instant

The world changes color

Time seemed to freeze in an instant, strangely dead silent.

The originally lively market fell silent for a moment.

The onlookers blushed.

The faces of the men watching were ashen.

Tali's face is even more red, orange, red, green, blue, blue and purple, and the seven colors are constantly changing.

touch

A loud bang.

The aunt picked up the pottery bowl casually and smashed it on the man's face, so that the seemingly simple and honest face was covered with red flowers.

The Hedong lion roared out the aspirations of everyone present!

"Birds!!!"

The liar who was smashed to the ground wiped the blood from his forehead, staggered back a few steps without thinking about bandaging it.

"Wait... wait! Misunderstanding! It is definitely a misunderstanding!"

"Misunderstanding!"

"One look at you kid, you are not a good person!"

"If you didn't say it, how would the child know such a thing?"

"That's right! How could he understand this as a kid—it was clearly taught by you, a dirty fellow!"

"Go and call the guards, don't let him escape!"

The crowd of onlookers immediately jumped up in response to what you said and what I said, and those who moved quickly had already withdrawn from the crowd and ran to call the Egyptian soldiers who were patrolling the market.

When Tali saw this posture, he was sweating profusely.

He subconsciously looked at the young man, but at this moment the young man was already guarded by the baker.

The honest stall owner pulled the boy to his side the moment his wife smashed the liar's face, and looked at Tali with vigilant and contemptuous eyes.

Looking around again, everyone pointed at Tali and abused him endlessly.

Both men and women looked at him with disgust and anger, and looked at the young man with sympathy and love.

For a moment, Tali was tongue-tied, completely confused as to why he suddenly fell into this field.

When he was at a loss what to do, he saw a young man poking his head out from behind the male stall owner.

It is still a tender and soft face, which seems to be innocent and easy to deceive.

A pair of big light purple eyes looked at him, and suddenly smiled.

Tali was stunned.

He remembered the way the boy insisted on "waiting for brother" with a silly smile, the way the boy suddenly obeyed after he couldn't struggle to let go of his hand, the way the boy looked at the bustling bakery stand... the memory scene in his mind A scene emerged, overlapping with the cute boy with crooked and smiling eyes.

This little brat—

It was on purpose! !

He thought he had gone through strong winds and waves in the tower, but today he fell into the hands of this sinister little bastard!

Annoyance and anger made Tari dizzy, and rushed towards the boy desperately.

The not-so-strong male stall owner staggered and fell to the side by him.

Amidst the exclamation of the crowd, the ferocious Tali was about to capture the boy.

In the next second, the liar's screams resounded through the sky, and the boy's hand was firmly nailed to the ground by a short sword when he was about to touch it.

A black-haired young man stretched out his hand to protect the young man, staring at the tower full of gnawing anger.

Then, he pulled out the long sword at his waist and raised it high.

"Kaya."

The hand holding the sword was grabbed by the boy behind him.

After all, teenagers who lived in a society ruled by law could not allow them to commit crimes in the street.

"Leave him alone, the guards are coming soon, let them deal with it."

"...It's good that you're fine."

Although there was still unquenchable anger in his eyes, once the boy opened his mouth, Ke Ya obediently put down his sword.

"Do you have any money?"

"What 'money'? What do you mean?"

"Well... Let's put it this way." After thinking for a while, the young man changed his phrase, pointing at the baker and his wife who were still staring dumbfounded, "I ate two of their breads just now, so what should I give them. "(Note 1)

The black-haired young man showed a clear expression on his face, and took out a small piece of copper and placed it on the stall that was almost smashed.

He thanked the couple at the bakery, and then left with the boy under the eyes of everyone.

He followed behind the boy, keeping a few steps not too close or too far away.

"Hmm~~ This is how the little master and servant look like~~~"

The small businessman at the fruit stall looked at the backs of the two and expressed such emotion.

Not far away, the guards from the bazaar hurried over.

"Your Highness, as I said, please don't leave my side at will."

"..."

I don't intend to leave your side either.

"Alone is very dangerous."

"..."

There are too many crowds and I can't help being squeezed out.

"You are so irresponsible for your own safety!"

"..."

Alright alright!I'm so short, so I was caught in the crowd and couldn't use my strength, so I was squeezed away. Anyway, I'm a short person, and I look like a child. It's all my fault!

hum──!

The author has something to say: Note 1: There was no currency in ancient Egypt.People have only one set of benchmarks for transactions, which is to use fixed weight gold, silver and copper as the benchmark metal for exchanging things.The value of these three metals is basically [-]:[-]:[-].So when they measure the value of items, they use these as the benchmark.Egypt has a set of weight standards, with deben coins as the basic unit, which is about the same weight as the modern metric system of [-] grams.The smaller unit is kite, ten kite = one deben.The unit of capacity, [-]khar=[-]oipe[-]hin[-] liters.In the New Kingdom era, [-] khar of barley = [-] deben (copper), and the price of a piece of bread was [-]/[-] deben, that is to say, the value of [-] khar of barley could buy ten pieces of bread.