The King and the Priest[Comprehensive]

When Tahir returned to his residence, he just missed dinner.

There are quite a few children his age in the temple, but they can only be counted as apprentices, that is, candidates for priests.

The treatment of prospective priests is not good, but it is not bad, because most of them either inherit their father's career and are the heirs of priests themselves, or they come from wealthy families and are sent by their own families.

However, although the background is not bad, the relationship between the apprentices is not necessarily very good.

Tahir is an example of a conspicuous isolation.

He was nowhere to be seen during mealtime, and no one mentioned it; when it was almost evening, he finally came back, covered in dust and dirt, and no one cared about him.

An older child caught a glimpse of the blond boy walking by with his head bowed, with some unclear bruises remaining on his forehead, and he just said on purpose: "What did you do? You should have let Lord Horace see you like this You hurry back."

"Exactly." Immediately, several people suspected of being his followers interjected, with very unfriendly expressions on Tahir.

"What a disgrace to us."

"No, those who make themselves dirty are embarrassing to the temple!"

The Lord Horace they were talking about was the priest responsible for teaching these new apprentices.

The strict and rigid old priest is usually unsmiling and disciplined very strictly. He will frown when he sees a group of half-baked children. The wrinkles on his face are like deep ravines. The apprentices are very afraid of him in private.

And as much as the apprentices were afraid of Lord Horace, they hated Tahir.

During the day, a few of them united and counted the time to push Tahir into the holy lake quietly, trying to let the priests who were about to take a bath find out.

It's just that whether the annoying Tahir was discovered by the priests, who didn't dare to stay longer after doing bad things, and the bad children who ran away with a guilty conscience didn't know at all.

——Look, it looks like it shouldn't have been discovered...

——It is also possible to be discovered!The grown-ups like Tahir, maybe they are not angry with him... Wait, that guy Tahir, will he tell what happened today?

That's it.

Out of guilt, anger, and indelible jealousy, the few apprentices who deliberately pushed Tahir during the day came to find fault again, trying to hide their uneasiness with fierce voices.

They were all young, and Tahir, who was targeted, was even younger. Logically speaking, such a cowardly looking little guy would definitely be frightened.

But the fact is quite the opposite.

The disheartened little boy ignored them at all.

That's right, it was the kind of neglect that didn't even take a look.He even went straight past the person blocking the way and walked away without a word.

Apprentices: "..."

"...This brat!"

The older boy in the lead clenched his fists in anger, and almost jumped up: "You have all seen how arrogant he is! You are not allowed to give him food, it pissed me off, really pissed me off! "

The figure that left silently did not stop at all, even though there was only a small lump, even if the stomach made a gurgling sound after walking away——

Accusations and curses came from behind, first loudly and then softly, but he just refused to show face.

It can be seen that one of Tahir's "annoying" places is probably here.

It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter what.

The blond boy with slightly red eye circles thought so, and buried his head again very coldly.

Not only did he have injuries on his nose and forehead, but the knees and elbows covered by the linen cloth should have been wiped with blood, and he is still in pain now.

Compared with pain, hunger is not so much a feeling that needs to be cared about.

Stepping on the cold night wind, the boy returned to the small room that was temporarily his.

The other apprentices crowded into one room to rest, but he was assigned to a separate room not long after he arrived.

Lord Horace did not explain the reason, and Tahir was not complacent about it.

At first he felt that it didn't matter where he lived, but the jealousy from other apprentices would occasionally bother him a little...

Really, only a little bit.

But now, he has changed his mind, it is better to live alone.

Living here alone, without being disturbed by other people, you can feel at ease——

The things to be mentioned here are related to the biggest "secret" involved in Tahir's life, which is only a few years old.

A year ago, Tahir was sent to the temple by his father on the first night.

He got an incredible "God-given".

It was an object similar to a slate, but the surface was smooth and recognizable, shining strangely under the moonlight.

No matter the shape or the material, it doesn't look like anything here, even a child with little experience can vaguely realize this-it should, right?

The child at that time stared at the strange tablet that suddenly appeared in his hand for a long time, and did not panic.

He poked it a few times, poking the glowing slab until the light dimmed and finally crept dark.Poke again after a while, and it magically lights up again.

"........."

The light that falls in the eyes of young children is brighter than the light of an oil lamp, and can even compare to the brilliance of the sun.

Because this is what appeared when Tahir sat alone in a corner and silently made a wish "I want to have light that can drive away darkness".

Therefore, the future little priest who has no experience and thinks that it is normal to get answers to prayers will take it as a gift from God.

In addition to its strange appearance and the fact that it will light up when you poke it, the "God's Gift" has many unimaginable functions.

Once, somehow, the flashing white flat surface suddenly darkened, revealing a picture full of strange lines that seemed to be characters.

It took Tahir nearly half a year before hesitantly guessing that the strange lines he could see occasionally were a kind of unfamiliar characters.

At that time, he happened to be learning characters from the priest who was in charge of teaching in the temple, and the graphic characters that would fall on the papyrus were complex and sacred, and had no similarity with the previous twisted "textures".

"Um...this is..."

Although far smarter than his peers, little Tahir, who was still deeply restricted in this situation, held his head and thought hard, feeling a headache.

I can't figure it out now.

Then...

Very normal!

After all, this is a "miracle"!Uh-huh!

After entrusting all the difficulties and perplexities to the great god, little Tahir suddenly became enlightened.

During the day, he studied writing, drawing, religious mythology, and various etiquette under the guidance of the priest. When he had a little spare time, he would return to his cubicle to study the strange words that sometimes appeared on the "gift from God".

This almost impossible feat was regarded by little Tahir as a test given to him by God.At that time, he didn't really think about what he was doing that he couldn't do.

Disliked by the apprentices who were supposed to be companions, targeted and excluded by everyone, privately said to be gloomy and arrogant...

When most of his peers were still ignorant, little Tahir had already clarified the meaning of those bad words.

He said to himself: "It's okay, these are all God's tests!"

Then, after a pause, he added with a stern face: "Anyway, those people are not smart, and they can't understand anything they say."

Well, quite logical.

In this way, little Tahir took the theory very seriously, and was determined to be the most out-of-group but the most intelligent believer.

Even if you are covered in dust, you must hold your head high and walk proudly through the crowd, so as not to embarrass the gods.

Just in time, he discovered a new hobby after discovering that after certain fixed steps, after writing and drawing on the magical tablet with his fingers, incomprehensible but regular runes would appear on the surface of the tablet.

——Every night, I solemnly use my hand to write down my own experience of the day, so as to report to the god who protects me.

such as:

"A beautiful flower grows where I usually water it. I will bring it back and present it to you as a tribute to your greatness."

"I learned a particularly moving eulogy today, and I wrote it down, hoping to pass the reverence to your ears."

He still doesn't know how to use gorgeous rhetoric, so what he wrote is plain but full of real emotions.

The day passed, and the night fell completely, and it was time to report to God again today.

Although thirsty, hungry and cold, Tahir's piety enabled him to overcome all difficulties!

He wrote with great earnestness:

"Today I learned..."

"I read today..."

"Nowadays……"

"...was pushed into the lake, when I felt that I was about to freeze to death, I encountered a strange..."

"That weird boy didn't listen to me, I helped him, and he smeared dirt on my face and laughed at me..."

Probably because I was starving, and my head also had a little fever, which made my consciousness not so clear.

The embarrassing things that would never be written in the past were drawn out by Tahir, eyes drooping, unknowingly—most likely with a lot of grudges:

"God, if I can, I really want to pull off the most hated child in the world - the hair on the top of his head, and dedicate it to you!"

The fingers stopped slowly.

The blond boy who was engulfed by sleepiness closed his eyes unconsciously, and just fell asleep.

In his sleep, the strange stone slab that Tahir was careful not to press down suddenly flickered repeatedly during a certain period of time.

I don't know what happened.Or, another miracle came.

Wait until Tahir wakes up.

After a while of dizziness, the young man with beautiful eyes still covered with a layer of mist was shocked to find——

He can actually understand the unfamiliar text displayed on the magic tablet.

And this look.

—Crack.

——He accidentally opened the door to a new world.

"pull……"

"La... what... the longest-lived pharaoh with the best kidneys, Ramses II?"