I was a priest in the city-state era.

Chapter 299 The High Priest of the Temple of Amon
High Priest of the Temple of Amun—

This is a very big man.

In the history of another world, 300 years later, Ramses I established Egypt's No.19 dynasty, and the high priest of the Temple of Amun established a new regime in Thebes, only in name to submit to Ramses I.

Later, Amon Messes, the high priest of the Temple of Amon, wanted to challenge Pharaoh Seti II, the grandson of Ramses II, to end his nominal surrender, but was defeated by Seti II.

This situation in which the high priest of the Temple of Amun ruled southern Egypt in substance for a long time and surrendered to the ruler of northern Egypt in name continued for hundreds of years.

From this we can see how powerful the High Priest of the Temple of Amon has.

It is precisely because of the great power possessed by the high priest of the Temple of Amon that many pharaohs of the No.18 dynasty in Egypt died young because they betrayed God Amun.

Knowing that the high priest of the Temple of Amon wanted to meet him, Nafier stood up and said solemnly.

"Hurry up and bring in the High Priest of the Temple of Amon!"

After the general turned and left, Nafier said to himself.

"Should I greet the high priest in person?"

Roy immediately rolled his eyes and said.

"Nafeel! You are the female pharaoh who divided Egypt with Ahmose. If you greet the high priest of the Temple of Amun in person, it is tantamount to treating the high priest of the Temple of Amun as your equal."

Hearing what Roy said, Nafier nodded in agreement.

After a moment.

The general just now brought a middle-aged male priest and two young and beautiful priestesses to the barracks.

The leading middle-aged male priest walked into the barracks, bowed his head respectfully to Nafer and said.

"Great daughter of God Amon, please accept my prayer for your blessing."

"His Excellency High Priest!"

Looking at the respectful high priest, Nafier said doubtfully.

"Why did you come to see me overnight? If you have something to discuss with me, you can send an envoy to see me."

"Daughter of the great God Amon, I have heard that you are going to divide Egypt with His Majesty Ahmose."

The high priest looked up at Nafer and said.

"You and His Majesty Ahmose divide Egypt, which is a matter within the Pharaoh's family. Moreover, His Majesty Ahmose is the son of the moon god Kongsi [Ahmos], the son of the god Amon. You are the sun The daughter of the god Amon. The decision made by the daughter of the sun god and the son of the moon god is not something that a servant of the gods like me can interfere with. But I want to know whether the kingdom of northern Egypt you established will be Your father, Amon, is regarded as the protector of the country."

"So you're here for this."

Does the kingdom of Northern Egypt ruled by Nafir regard Amon as the god of protecting the country——

This is indeed something worthy of the high priest of the Temple of Amon to confirm with Nafer overnight.

Because whether Amon became the guardian god of the Northern Egyptian Kingdom not only related to the interests of the god Amon served by the high priest, but also related to the interests of the temple of Amon.

According to tradition, Nafir regards Amon as the guardian god of the Northern Egyptian Kingdom, and the Temple of Amon will also have great power and interests in the Northern Egyptian Kingdom.

The person who really holds these powers and interests is obviously not God Amon, but the high priest of the Temple of Amon.

"Your Excellency, High Priest! Although I have the identity of the daughter of God Amon, according to the Egyptian tradition, my capital is Itawi City. I should, like my ancestors 400 years ago, enshrine the guardian deity of Itawi City. The goddess Hemet is regarded as the protector of the kingdom of Northern Egypt."

Hearing Nafer's answer, the high priest said with an ugly face.

"Princess Nafer! Traditions are not impossible to break. Since you want to break traditions and inherit the throne, your father god Amon will of course also break traditions and become the guardian god of the northern Egyptian kingdom you rule."

"But God Amon, as a male god, does not support the princess inheriting the throne!"

Nafer frowned and said.

"Because Goddess Sekhmet is a goddess, the Temple of Sekhmet will support me as a female pharaoh."

"We have no objection to your becoming a female pharaoh, we just hope that you will ascend to the throne with your husband or son."

Having said that, the high priest looked at Roy and said.

"Your husband or son should become the son of the great God Amon, and God Amon will also bestow blessings and divine power on them, making them the most powerful heroes."

When the topic came to himself, Roy stood up expressionlessly and said.

"Your Excellency, High Priest, I am not interested in becoming the son of God Amon, nor am I interested in the blessings and divine power of God Amon."

Hearing Roy's words, the High Priest's expression became even uglier.

He looked back at Nafer and said.

"Princess Nafeel! No matter what, you must not betray God Amon, you must regard God Amon as the god of protecting the country."

Seeing the embarrassed expression on Nafel's face, Roy teased with a playful smile.

"You asked Nafer to enshrine God Amon as the God of Protecting the Country, so what can you and God Amon do for Nafer?"

The high priest was silent for a moment, then said with a cold face.

"The Temple of Amon is willing to support Princess Nafer to become the female pharaoh of all Egypt! As the pure-blooded princess of the pharaoh's family, Princess Nafer has higher inheritance rights than your elder brother Ahmose. As long as you defeat Ahmose, If she inherits the throne in Thebes and becomes a female pharaoh, the Egyptian kingdom will not need to be divided, and the goddess Sekhmet will not become a protector of the country with the same status as Amon."

"I have decided to divide Egypt with Brother Ahmose."

The high priest actually wanted to trick himself into fighting with the Ahmose brothers and sisters, Nafier said with a displeased face.

"Your Excellency, High Priest, I pretend I didn't hear what you just said, please leave!"

"Princess Nafer! As long as you wish, you can become the queen of more than 20 city-states in the Kingdom of Egypt!"

Nafer turned his back to the high priest with an even more displeased face, and the high priest could only turn around and leave helplessly.

After the high priest left, Nafier immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"Father and Brother Kamos both said that the high priest of the Temple of Amon is very dangerous. It seems that the high priest is not as scary as I thought. When I return to Itawi City, I will never see this high priest again .”

Outside the barracks.

After the high priest left the barracks with the two priestesses, he took his own carriage and returned to Thebes city under the protection of a group of temple soldiers.

Lying in the carriage and enjoying the service of the two priestesses, the high priest said with a grim expression.

"In order for the great God Amun to become the protector of the whole of Egypt, and for the temple of Amon to be spread over every city in Egypt, we must not allow the kingdom of Egypt to be divided. For the great God of Amon, for our Temple of Amon, For the sake of the complete Egyptian kingdom, let His Majesty Ahmose go to meet the god of the underworld, Osiris!"

Thebes city.

Pharaoh's palace.

In Ahmose's bedroom, a cobra appeared silently, and the servants and maids ignored it.

Because these male servants and female servants were told that as long as they remained silent, they would be able to accomplish the great righteousness of helping Princess Nafer regain the throne, and they would also dedicate themselves to the great God Amon.

The righteousness of the real level and the dedication of the faith are enough to make them betray Pharaoh Ahmose.

Of course, this was also because Ahmose had just inherited the throne, and it was too late to train them into loyalists.

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