I was a priest in the city-state era

Chapter 308 Tell Nafiel Who The Murderer Is

It is a journey of thousands of miles from Thebes city to Itawei city.

Nafir is going to take this route with an army of 12 because he will pass through thirteen city-states along the way.

Showing Nafir's 12 troops to the city-states passing along the way can make the rulers of these city-states feel awed and willing to obey Nafir's orders.

Ten days passed in a blink of an eye.

Nafeel came to Itawi City with an army of 12. The high priest of the Sekhmet Temple personally led a group of temple priests and priest nobles to meet Nafeel outside the city.

Surrounded by everyone, Roy and Nafer entered the Pharaoh's palace in Itawi City, and saw that the palace not only had hundreds of servants and maids, but was also ready to welcome Nafer's feast.

Banquet hall.

Roy and Nafer sat on the throne, seeing that the priests and nobles in Itawi City were obviously headed by the high priest of the Sekhmet Temple, Nafer said with a solemn expression.

"Your Excellency the High Priest! I would like to know who is the supreme ruler of Itawi City after it was recovered by my brother Kamos?"

The High Priest of the Sekhmet Temple was a middle-aged priestess.

Seeing Nafer's displeased expression, the high priest immediately said respectfully.

"Princess Nafeel! The city of Itawi was originally ruled by the governor appointed by Kephes. After Pharaoh Kamose expelled the Hyksos, he had not yet appointed a new governor for Itawi city, so the city of Itawi Now it is jointly managed by the Sekhmet Temple and the priests and nobles. Afterwards, Itawi City will become the capital of the Pharaoh royal family, and Itawi City will naturally be directly ruled by the Pharaoh.”

In Thebes, if there is no Pharaoh royal family, the high priest of the Temple of Amun is the real master.

From this we can see how great authority the high priests of the various temples have.

At this time in Itawi City, the old rulers were driven away, and the new rulers did not appear. The high priest of the Sekhmet Temple naturally became the de facto ruler of Itawi City.

Although Nafer was dissatisfied with this situation, she did not fear the High Priest of the Temple of Sehmet the same way she feared the High Priest of the Temple of Amon.

Because the authority of the Sekhmet Temple was first suppressed by the Pharaohs for 300 years, and then by the Hyksos for 100 years.

The authority of the Temple of Sekhmet in Itawi City is completely incomparable with the authority of the Temple of Amun in Thebes City.

"Since Itawei City should be directly ruled by me, I want to arrange soldiers to take over Itawei City, do you have any objections?"

Whether anyone else has an opinion or not, the High Priest of the Sekhmet Temple has no opinion.

After all, Nafir will regard her Sekhmet goddess as the protector of the country and her Sekhmet shrine as the state religion.

Now the high priest of the Sekhmet Temple is Nafeel's staunchest supporter.

Even if Nafer wants to wipe out all the priests and nobles in Itawi City, the high priest of the Sekhmet Temple will not have any opinions.

After the banquet welcoming Nafel was successfully concluded, the high priest said to Nafel impatiently.

"Princess Nafeel! The Temple of Sekhmet has been prepared for you. Go to the Temple of Sekhmet tomorrow and become a pharaoh under the blessing of Goddess Sekhmet! I will represent Goddess Sekhmet Let you become the daughter of the gods, and you will be the daughter of the goddess Sekhmet in the future, and also the highest priest of our Sekhmet temple."

Hearing what the high priest said, Nafier couldn't help laughing and teasing.

"Your Excellency, High Priest, you seem to be more anxious than I am. Are you afraid that I will be persuaded by other temples, suddenly change my mind, and enshrine other gods as the god of protecting the country?"

The high priest shook his head and explained.

"I'm in such a hurry because all the Egyptians are eager for you to ascend the throne and become Pharaoh."

Seeing that the high priest was unwilling to admit it, Nafiel said with a smile.

"Since the high priest has made arrangements, I will go to the Sekhmet Temple tomorrow morning."

After the high priest left the palace with the temple priests and priests and nobles, only Roy and Nafiel were left in the banquet hall.

Roy was lying on the wide throne with Nafel in his arms, and Nafel said with a smile.

"Tomorrow - I will ascend the throne! Although I broke the tradition that only men can inherit the throne, everything went smoothly. I know this is because you are by my side. If you ask me, I will I can become queen according to tradition, and let you inherit the throne as my husband."

Hearing Nafer's proposal, Roy immediately shook his head.

Because Roy's goal was to break the tradition and rule Egypt with the policies of the Kingdom of Athens.

If Roy, as Nafer's husband, inherits the throne and becomes Pharaoh, and the temple priests and priestly nobles of various Egyptian city-states become Roy's nominal subjects, Roy will find it difficult to destroy them.

"Nafel! I only want to be the king of Athens, not the king of Egypt."

"That's such a pity!"

Nefer said with some disappointment.

"Since you don't want to become a pharaoh, then you marry me and help me give birth to the next generation of pharaohs! Even without your help, I can rule Egypt well."

"I can marry you, but you have to agree to my request."

Seeing Nafer's displeased expression, Roy said firmly.

"My Kingdom of Athens needs a lot of food. As long as you sell me all the surplus food in the Kingdom of Egypt, I will marry you."

"Don't you agree to marry me if I don't sell you the food?"

"That's right!"

Seeing Nafel pouted with a dissatisfied expression, Roy said without hesitation.

"If you don't agree to sell me grain, I will refuse to marry you."

"you--"

Nefer said angrily.

"Do you think I can't get married? Although I can't find a more noble and powerful husband than you, the King of Athens, I can find a lot of suitors who are not as good as you. Then why do you want Egyptian food? Not to be the king of Egypt?"

After hearing Nafiel's angry words, Roy said with a serious face, stroking her beautiful neck with both hands.

"Nafel, even if I kill you, I won't let you marry another man. Don't let me hear the angry words just now. I can't tell you the reason why I don't want to be the king of Egypt. But I can make a deal with you, as long as you promise to sell the grain of the Kingdom of Egypt to the Kingdom of Athens, and I will tell you who killed Kamose."

"Do you know who the murderer of Brother Kamose is? Then why haven't you told me?"

bang bang bang-

Nafier waved two small fists angrily, and beat Roy's body for a while.

After venting the anger in his heart, Nafiel said through gritted teeth.

"I promise you! As long as you tell me who killed Brother Kamose, I will sell grain to your Kingdom of Athens."

Hearing Nafer's answer, Roy said slowly.

"Listen, Nefer. Phineus was the murderer of Kamose on the battlefield. He was the younger brother of Cepheus, king of the Hyksos, and uncle of Andromeda. "

"Andromeda—that bitch's uncle is the one who killed brother Kamose!"

(End of this chapter)