Pharaoh

"king!"

"His Royal Highness—"

Most of the people were still kneeling on the ground respectfully, only two people hurried up to meet them.

Regardless of reprimanding Ke Ya for his rudeness, Seth stared dumbfounded at the bruised young king, and immediately choked back the angry roar that had been prepared.

His eyes fell on the younger brother who was held in the arms of the young king again, and he couldn't say a word for a while.

That blood was simply shocking.

...What kind of dangerous situation did he encounter to get into this appearance?

Seth only felt cold sweat on his forehead.

"Give me your cloak."

The young Pharaoh gave the order, and although he was full of doubts, Seth could only shut up, and hurriedly pulled off his cloak and handed it over.

Ke Ya, who followed closely to meet him, looked nervously at the unconscious boy in Yatum's arms, and reached out his hand desperately in a hurry.

The crimson pupils glanced at Seth lightly.

Seth frowned, raised his hand and slapped Ke Ya hard, causing Ke Ya to stagger back a few steps.

"Hold down this guy who dares to be rude to the king."

Several guards who caught up later grabbed Ke Ya's arm and forced him to kneel down.

"Death."

said the young Pharaoh, casually.

On the other side, someone had brought a white horse long ago. He put his younger brother on the horse's back, and then jumped on it himself.

Yatum gently wrapped the blood-stained thin body in his arms with the cloak, and gently wiped the stains on the immature and pale face with his fingers.

He casually took the water bag carefully offered by the guards off the horse, put the mouth of the bag to the lips of the man in his arms, and tried to feed him water.

The water sac rises slightly, and the water flows out.

The lips moved unconsciously, swallowing a small amount of water, but most of it slipped from the corner of his mouth.

The young Pharaoh frowned, he raised his head and took a sip of water by himself.

Bow your head and gently pinch the other person's chin.

Passed the water in his own mouth.

It's just that he didn't know how to feed it too quickly, his young brother was choked by the water, and he woke up from the choking.

"Cough... cough cough!..."

The choked boy coughed in pain, put one hand on the opponent's chest, and turned his head to the side.

He didn't know exactly what happened, but subconsciously turned his head slightly to avoid the source of his pain.

After coughing for a while, he regained his breath, and then he saw clearly the bright crimson pupils that were staring at him without blinking.

"...Brother Wang."

……another me.

-

Everyone has their own place deep in their hearts.

It is a unique room of the heart that belongs entirely to one's own soul.

In the depths of this boy's heart, there are two completely different heart rooms.

The door of a room is open, and toys are scattered all over the room, which means that the owner of the room is as pure as a child's heart.

It seems to be illuminated by the warm spring sun forever, always so bright and warm.

In the other room opposite, even though the door with the mysterious pattern engraved with the Eye of Horus was tightly closed, there was still a creepy and strange atmosphere in the room faintly leaking through the gap.

Then, one day, an uninvited, uninvited guest arrives.

That mysterious man in a white robe, relying on the power of a thousand-year-old artifact, broke into the place where the boy's heart was without authorization.

At that time, he was sitting in his room, obediently holding his toy.

The man in the white robe walked to the door of his room, looked at him, then turned and walked across.

There is another door on the opposite side, the door that has always been tightly closed.

He didn't know when that appeared.

He saw the stranger open the door and go in. He suddenly couldn't contain his curiosity, put down the toy in his arms, tiptoed to the door, and squeezed his head in to have a look.

His big eyes rolled around, and his expression was like that of a child exploring.

Wow──so big──

This was his first emotion.

You can't see the bottom at a glance, and you can't see the top when you look up. There are countless doors and stairs in the front, back, left, and right.

It was simply a large maze.

Obviously it looks like just a room from the outside, but when the door is opened, it gives people a sense of majestic shock at first glance.

It was completely different from his room that was as small as a bedroom and could only accommodate two beds.

"partner?"

The tall and straight young man who appeared at the door at some time looked in surprise at him with only his head exposed through the crack of the door, and then laughed.

Uh, the way he's poking his head now is really funny.

"What's the matter, buddy, what do you want me to do?"

"..."

It turned out that this was another room of his.

He blushed a little. Peeping into other people's rooms without the owner's consent made him feel very wrong.

But this interesting maze-like house did arouse his great curiosity.

"Another me, can I come in?"

"Okay, if my partner wants to come to my room, he can do it anytime."

The other said with a smile, he opened the concealed door casually, and pulled him in through the crack of the door with one hand.

As soon as he entered the door, he couldn't help shivering from the cold air rushing towards him.

"partner?"

"...No, it's fine."

Compared with his own room, this room was dark and cold. For some reason, he suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.

"Partner...don't like my room?"

Another of his keen senses startled him.

"No such thing!" He quickly retorted.

Those same violet-toned pupils were much darker and sharper than his own, staring at him without blinking, as if examining whether he was lying.

The wordless scrutiny gave people a great sense of oppression, which made him a little flustered.

He collected himself, thought about it carefully, and then lowered his head.

"I just feel..." he whispered, "The other my room is so big, but mine is so small, so..."

Having said that, he raised his head, grabbed the corner of the other person's clothes, and stared upwards with his light purple eyes.

"It's not fair."

Because of his sudden back stare, the other one seemed to be taken aback.

Then, he couldn't help laughing, and the eyes that were carefully examining his expression softened a lot.

Great, I should accept his explanation.

He breathed a sigh of relief and quickly changed the subject.

"The other me, the one who walked in just now?"

"Hmph, that guy wanted to find my room, so I asked him to find it by himself in this maze... Now, the game is in progress."

The handsome young man who was taller than him snapped his fingers smartly, and the room suddenly became much brighter.

He looked up, and on the countless stairs, he happened to see the stranger fell into a trap and fell to the ground. A sharp and huge switch knife passed over the man's head, almost splitting the man in two. .

He was startled, and subconsciously pulled the other man who was at the corner of his clothes.

"The other me will die, I will die!"

"kindness."

The other one answered him like this, one word neatly.

"The guy who broke into my room wants to leave alive?"

With his hands crossed on his chest, the tone of his speech was as understated as talking to him every day.

"...But I came in too! Why don't you kill people!"

"It doesn't matter if you're a partner."

"But, but—" He tugged at the other man's clothes, trying to do something.

"This guy dared to peep into the room of our hearts without authorization. Did he also break into the room of our partner just now? Just killing him like this is already very cheap for him."

He really wants to say that he doesn't care, anyway, his room is nothing but toys for people to see.

But looking at the other him who was frowning with displeasure, he could only swallow his words.

I always feel... not daring to disobey and offend the other him now.

As he thought about it, his heart became more and more uncomfortable, and he turned his head to secretly look at the other face.

In the dim light, he could only see the lower half of his other face, and the lips suddenly raised a strange arc.

The surroundings suddenly became dark, and the huge labyrinth disappeared without a trace. He looked around and found that the two of them had come to a narrow and closed stone room at some point.

A small and gloomy room as dark as an underground tomb.

The door of the room opened, and the stranger in the white robe opened the door and walked in, seeing them and walking towards them.

He watched as the man stepped on the trap and fell.

He subconsciously rushed over and grabbed the man's hand.

The man looked up and saw him, showing a surprised look.

And he didn't care about other things, desperately trying to drag this person up, but he was too small and weak to do what he wanted.

"...another me! Enough!"

There is no echo in the black room.

"Please! Let him go!"

──I'm so scared──

Before the duel in the tower, he cried and said this to Kyoko and the others.

──I am so afraid of a duel, so afraid of another me──

In that other duel where he and Kaima put their lives on the line, when the other he did not hesitate to raise his hand to put Kaiba to death, he was terrified of him to death.

He was afraid of another cruel figure who regarded human life as nothing.

It doesn't matter if he is cowardly or cowardly... Taking another person's life with his own hands... He absolutely can't imagine such a thing!

He could never understand and never wanted to understand the other's thoughts.

The author has something to say: explain

About the settings in the text.

The Pharaoh 3000 years ago had a brown complexion and crimson pupils.

And the 'other me' (Dark Game) 3000 years later uses the body of the game, so the setting of the Dark Game is that the skin is whiter than that of the Pharaoh, and the eyes are purple.

If you want to distinguish, AIBO has light purple eyes, and dark game has dark purple eyes.