Chapter 309
309 – [Theatrical Version] Travel to Egypt
Cairo Airport, Egypt.
“Finally arrived!”
We departed from Tokyo at 6 PM and finally arrived in Egypt after a long flight of 17 hours. We cheered with joy as soon as we passed the gate.
Even before possessing Kim Yu-sung’s body, I had no connection with overseas travel, so this is the first time I’ve been on an airplane for this long.
“I’m glad you seem happy, Mr. Kim.”
“Ah, Mr. Ryusuke.”
I turned my back when I heard the voice of Ryuji’s father, Ryusuke Sakamoto, who followed me.
“The plane ticket must have been expensive, so thank you for giving me a business class seat.”
“No, no, I dragged him all the way to Egypt as an unreasonable request, so of course I have to do this.”
“It’s all done for money.”
“Considering the importance of this matter, that amount of money is nothing. You don’t have to worry too much because you can handle the expenses separately in the first place.”
I said this, but I felt like the atmosphere would get weird if I kept showing off that I was sorry, so I said I would understand.
“More than that, this is your first time traveling to Egypt. How do you feel?”
After hearing those words, I looked up at the vast blue sky outside the airport.
“It’s spacious. And it’s mysterious.”
Unlike Korea or Japan, which are full of mountains and rivers, Egypt has an image of being relatively desolate when viewed from the sky, perhaps because more than half of its land is desert.
Even now, the area where people mainly live is around the Nile River, and if you go further, there is nothing but sand, so my first impression would not be far wrong.
Haha! It’s mysterious! It’s definitely true! Archaeologists around the world are obsessed with Egypt for nothing! It’s heartbreaking to think that the ancient Egyptians may have lived here for a longer period of time than recorded in history. I can’ t control this running!”
Seeing his father like that, Ryuji sighed deeply.
“Yuseong, please understand. My father has a habit of going crazy whenever something related to archeology is mentioned.”
“Oh, Dad, too. Stop talking about boring things and quickly go get your luggage!”
When Yuika, who was following behind her, said that and pushed her back, Ryusuke said, “Huh?” And left.
As Ryuji and I watched this with a wry smile, Ryuji’s mother, Sumire Sakamoto, who came out of the arrivals hall last, placed both hands on Ryuji’s shoulders and said.
“Then shall we go too, son?”
“Ugh! It’s hot, get away from me!”
“Ah, I’m shy.”
“Aren’t you shy?!”
Another side of Ryuji that you don’t usually see.
Seeing his happy face, which only appears when he is with his family, automatically reminded me of the faces of his parents in Japan.
‘When I become an adult, I will definitely send you on a trip abroad.’
With that promise, I followed the Sakamoto family ahead to retrieve the luggage they had loaded onto the plane.
***
The reason why I, who was originally supposed to be in Japan, suddenly came to Egypt.
To explain the details, we have to go back about three months from now.
I went to visit the shrine on New Year’s Day with Fuma-senpai, and on the way back home, I met Ryuji at an udon restaurant and received a favor of some kind.
He asked to go to Egypt with his parents during spring break, and the reason was because his parents discovered the identity of Mahes, the desert ghost that was attached to Ryuji.
As a result, the three people came together-
I decided to excavate the tomb of Mahes, a pharaoh who was not recorded in history. However, in order to open the sealed tomb of Mahes, I was suddenly recruited because of the requirement that I have a Tutra equivalent to that of Mahes. During the school vacation, I came along as a groomsman on the Sakamoto family’s family trip.
“So, Ryuji, what happened to Chiaki?”
On the way to downtown Cairo in a rental car rented at the airport.
I asked Ryuji, who was sitting in the back seat, about Chiaki.
After that incident, Chiaki, who had become a youkai due to her strong desire her, became a member of God’s family and received training from Fushiikazuchi no Kami in order to control her power her.
Since I didn’t have time to visit the shrine since I was in school, I was curious to see how Chiaki was doing.
Then Ryuji, who was asked this question, answered with a bitter smile.
“Chiaki, he’s doing well. In fact, he’s so healthy that it’s almost like he’s in trouble.”
“Really?”
Well, he was a guy who was doing well even when he was a ghost.
I guess I’m doing better now that my body, which disappeared once I became a monster, has been restored.
“Then you can stop worrying for an hour.”
As I said that and leaned against the car seat, Yuika, who was eating snacks next to me, asked.
“Brother, when you say Chiaki, do you mean that older sister Chiaki?”
Ryuji answered his younger brother’s sudden question with a puzzled expression.
“Huh? That’s right. “I recently moved back to this neighborhood.”
“Really?! I want to meet you too!!”
Yuika leans close to Ryuji with her eyes shining
It seems that Chiaki and Yuika were very close when they were children.
“Okay! Okay, so calm down!”
Perhaps feeling burdened by his sister’s body attack, Ryuji tries to back away from her, and Yuika follows closely behind him.
Ryuji’s parents sitting in the driver’s seat and passenger seat laugh at the sight of the siblings getting along so well.
I felt like I was the only one floating, so I looked out the window quietly, and Mahes, who was floating next to Ryuji, asked.
“Kim Yu-seong, how is your physical condition?”
I gave a half-hearted answer to Mahes’ question.
“Okay? It’s not as bad as I thought. Maybe it’s because I’m on the other side of the world, but I can’t get used to the jet lag yet.”
The time difference between Tokyo and Cairo is about 6 hours.
In other words, when it is day in Cairo, it is night in Tokyo. Perhaps because my biological clock is still set to Tokyo’s standard, I felt tired even though I slept quite a bit on the plane.
“Hmm, it would be best to preserve her stamina as much as possible. There will be no time to rest once you enter my grave.”
I asked, feeling a bit uneasy about Mahes’ remarks that made people nervous for no reason.
“What do you think is in your grave?”
Then Mahes crossed his arms and said playfully.
“Let’s save that for fun later.” “If you say something like this in advance, wouldn’t the fun be halved?”
… According to the testimony of this guy, Ryuji, he spends all day watching TV when he goes home, and he learned very bad things.
What kind of variety show program is it that reveals one’s own grave?
I looked at Mahes with half-open eyes, then smiled and turned his head to her.
When I think about it, I may have been too narrow-minded.
Even if Mahes is from thousands of years ago, there is no need for his sense of humor to stop there thousands of years ago.
While we were spending time laughing and chatting, the car driven by Ryuji’s father entered downtown Cairo, and I was so captivated by the exotic streetscape that I didn’t open my mouth until I arrived at my accommodation.
***
That time.
South of Cairo.
Instead of a prosperous civilization, a man stepped into this place filled with only barren deserts, cacti, and camels.
The man’s name is Set.
He is a ‘god’ of the dark clan who lost to the warriors of the sun in ancient times and was sealed deep in the Valley of the Kings. The power he possessed was mysterious and could not be explained even by modern science.
“This place has changed a lot too.”
In the past, it was a place where a brilliant civilization was built around a large oasis, but now, thousands of years later, not even a trace of it can be found.
But the man could feel it.
Deep in this quicksand, the city he built and the men who followed him are buried.
[Wake up! My warriors! After thousands of years, your master has returned!]
An incantation spoken in ancient Egyptian.
Words soon became a bondage, awakening the dead who had died thousands of years ago from their long sleep.
Coo coo coo coo coo coo!
The ground shakes.
The mountain-like sand dune collapsed, revealing the grand, stepped pyramid-shaped altar that had been sleeping beneath it.
The top of a huge stone structure.
In the place closest to the sun in the sky, there was a throne made of gold.
And, of course, the owner of this throne was Set.
ooo!
Eventually, as if to protect the Pyramid of Set, hundreds and thousands of mummies began to rise from the ground.
Uniquely, all of these mummies were wearing helmets shaped like dog heads, which were modeled after Set’s dog-shaped helmet.
Faced with that overwhelming sight before their eyes, the clan of darkness who had gathered in Egypt to meet the resurrected Set shed tears of joy.
“Oh…! Our God!”
As they bowed their heads, moved by Set’s power his, Set felt a familiar presence from Cairo in the distance and muttered to himself.
‘Have you come, my only opponent?’
Just as he was resurrected in this world after transcending thousands of years, his only enemy also woke up from a long sleep.
And set, who sensed some kind of fate in this trend, curled up the corner of his mouth without realizing it.
From noble mtl dot come
‘I’m looking forward to it. The day I will be reunited with you again.’
***
「Etch!」
I suddenly saw Mahes sneezing and tilting my head.
‘Do ghosts catch colds too?’
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