Pharaoh's Concubine Volume 1 Chapter 1 part1

This is chapter one of the first volume…. Not complete though… This is only half of chapter one… I realllllly wanted to update as this series is new and I'm not patient. I want to pump out a few chapters as fast as I can to promote it! Oh and I requested and registered Re:TranslationsX to Novel Updates… All I have to do is wait for them to get back to me. Wish me luck and good health!

'Here… Where am I…?'

Ivy heard the sound of a river flowing not far away from her. She tried to move her body, but felt that every part was unusually heavy and she was, unexpectedly, lethargic.

'How am I supposed to go on like this ah. How did I get hurt? What?'

Ivy gently moved her toes, ankles, fingers, wrists, necks …

'There doesn't seem to be any pain..?'

She took a deep breath and finally opened her eyes to look around her. Ivy found herself lying on sand beside a wide river.

The river was slowly flowing, quiet and steady. It let her gradually feel relieved and relax her guard. Strength entered her body, giving her the ability to move, albeit weakly.

The sky was exceptionally blue and the sun began to burn Ivy. She had to close her eyes again from the brightness.

'Is this a movie scene?'

She wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and squinted and looked at her surroundings carefully.

'Just now I was clearly staying at home in London. Why, in the blink of an eye, am I in this deserted place?' Ivy gathered her strength and tried to climb up slowly from the ground.

“Anyone?” she asked aloud.

There was no answer, there was only the sound of the river, which made her suddenly feel an indescribable sense of loneliness. Looking around, there was only an empty desert and with a closer look, there seemed to be some strange large statues in the distance. From the point of view of Ivy, the statues seemed very much like pyramids and a Sphinx.

Ivy thought to herself, 'Am I in Egypt?'

But in a flash, she dismissed the idea. 'There is a far distance between Egypt and London….'

“What the hell is that place?”

Ivy patted the sand off her body, 'Was she dreaming?'

She pinched her slim arm and… 'It hurt! It doesn't seem to be a dream.'
Ivy quickly checked her body. Except that the gold bracelet on her left hand was gone, Ivy's jewelry and clothes were still intact and not damaged in any way.

'This is strange.. How this could have happened?' she had her hands on her waist, looked at the sky, and grumbled a little. Thinking for a moment, Ivy eventually decided to travel along the river.

There are two reasons for this: first, the river will always flow into the sea. Along the river, she will sooner or later find a town or village. And second, those strange statues are further down in this direction. Ivy's idea was that if these statues were there, then someone must be there too.

“I can't believe that in 21st century, there would be such a primitive landscape. There aren't even any roads …” Ivy breathed a sigh of relief and explained to herself, “Well, let's take a walk and perhaps my heart will guide me. Wait until I get home and apologize to big brother."

Although she really, really didn't want him to get married.

Ivy likes Ai Ying. Not the kind of sister's love for his brother, nor the kind of adoration and pursuit of like or admiration. It was the youthful love of a young girl with a bit of infatuation.

When she was young, Ivy followed her mother to live in China, and Ai Ying followed his father to live in the UK, where two people had never met.

When Ivy was 15 years old, her mother lost her life because of a disease and her custody was assigned to her father.

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On the plane to England, she met Ai Ying. At first, they didn't know each other's identities and chatted on the plane. They became very attached and even happy with shock that they had the same surname. Ivy was captivated by Ai Ying's handsome image and maturity.

Ai Ying was fascinated by Ivy's doll-like beauty and intelligence.

These two agreed to meet up in London and began to socialize. However, when they stepped into the same house, they were surprised to find out that they were brother and sister.

From that day on, Ai Ying was very kind to Ivy. So much so that he became the best brother in the whole world.

But Ivy knew that she could not treat Ai Ying as her brother. However, this treatment made Ivy displeased, she wanted to be more than siblings. Ivy only dreamed of attaining Ai Ying, never acting out on her one-sided love because of their blood. Ivy could never confess her emotions for him, but she expected that he would not marry for the rest of his life and the same would apply to her.

She thought that if Ai Ying had even a little bit of feelings for her, he would have felt it, and he would have. But……

Shaking her head, Ivy threw away the memories of the past and slowly began to follow the flow of water to the downstream of the river.

….30 minutes later, however, a hint of uneasiness gripped her heart.

'I walked for so long and I still haven't seen a dam or a road? Why has it taken so long and yet  there is not even a trace of human civilization?'

…… (Translator/Editor: Nerd Stuff That Little Me Didn't Understand…)

She had heard of the theory that azimuth would shift sideways in space, but even if such a thing happened…. It would not be good to die here but Ivy had no idea of where to go or what to do. If only she could find a pay phone…

'Come on, it's 21st century! How is it possible to travel back in time?!' Ivy smiled at the notion of her ridiculous thought.

She crouched down and decided to use the position of the sun to make a small sun clock on the ground. Just as Ivy paused to crouch, there was a gust of dust from the distance and the sound of animals.

Ivy turned around look, as if two riders were running towards her side. Without thinking, she hurriedly swung her arm at them vigorously, “Here, here! Help me! I'm lost! “

When they were close to Ivy, she began to regret rushing to get help from them.

These are two young people who seemed to be 20 or so

old. The man on the left rode a brightly colored black horse. He had flaming red hair, dark green eyes and a handsome face that exuded an irrepressible aura. He was dressed in a light armor and a chic saber hanging around his waist that looked rather like an ancient samurai sword.

The man on the right was riding a beautiful white horse. He had a slimmer figure compared to the one on the left. He was dressed in all white with a gold-filled girdle around his waist and a long white cloth wrapped his lower face.His onyx eyes bore into Ivy.

Ivy became dizzy, ' Is there anyone who will cosplay in the uninhabited desert? If that's not the case, then there's only one possibility… The two of them are crazy!'

Ivy suddenly felt a little scared, because mental illness is mostly accompanied by abuse.

'Would they come up with an unreasonable excuse to beat her up?! If only I hadn't rushed to get help from them, else I would have just ignored them! … But how long would it take to find a city? The priority is to borrow a mobile phone to contact my brother. Even if the two people are neurotic, there is a high chance of using this against them! But will they actually hit

her? That's going to hurt, isn't it?'

In all of Ivy's life, she was never wronged in any way, much less hit by anyone!

'However, if they are not necessarily neurotic, it is possible that they are filming

ah.'

….

Ivy struggled to overcome her self-pity and comforted herself, but then hesitated to approach the men.

Two men discovered her and they looked at each other. They stopped to look at her, not far from her.

Ivy bit her lips and her heart was apprehensive.

'What are you looking at? Haven't you ever seen a woman?'

The man with black eyes and the man with red hair discussed, but in Ivy's eyes, they were plotting against her.

Before she could react, her body had turned first and ran. At this time the red-hair youth suddenly and nimbly jumped off the horse, chasing after Ivy. He tightly clasped her hands together and pressed her head to the ground.

“Hey! What are you holding me for?! ” cried Ivy.

'It's a psychopath, and it's a severe patient with oppressive disease!' Ivy thought ruefully. She began thinking quickly, trying to find a way to escape them safely.

“Don't be rude! ” The man who held her down spoke in strange language, but Ivy was surprised to find that she could understand. She swore that in her 17 years of life, she had never been exposed to this strange language. Somehow she understood what he said.

'But who the hell is the rude person!' Ivy is angrily thought, 'Now which normal person would tackle an innocent girl to the floor ah! Please can someone explain this!?'

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“Hey, hey, what the hell is going on …” before Ivy's words were finished, the red-haired man's wicked hand pressed her head more fiercely into the hot sand, and the grains of sand almost grinded her face.

“Don't be impudent!”

With that, the red-hair man touched her waist with his hand, and Ivy cried out with a hard cry, “Pervert!”

The red-haired man suddenly blushed a little. He quickly examined Ivy's belt and pocket, shook his head at the immediate man and said, "She is unarmed."

“There is no need to be so alert, Mentus. “

The onyx eyed man's voice flowed as steady as the river she walked beside. The red-haired man unwrapped his hold on Ivy and she weakly relaxed into the sand.

The man in white slipped off his horse and went up to Ivy. He bent down, and gently stretched out his hands to her. His eyes, like Obsidian, glowed with beauty, “I'm sorry, he's kind, too. Are you all right? “

'Is he a good-hearted person? Or was it a trick? Is it a kind thing to push her head into the sand and tackle her down?' Ivy thoughts began flying and she did not pay attention to the hand in front of her eyes.

She stood up with a bit of dissatisfaction and told him, “I'm lost. I just wanted to ask you to lend me your mobile phone to use it. If not then, I'll be leaving. “

” Move … Phone? ” The man in white glanced at the red-hair youth beside him, who also said he didn't know with a shake of his head. “The move phone you just said refers to …”

'Is it that she really traveled back in time?'

Ivy suddenly felt dizzy and her vision started to blur.

'Forget it, just pretend that she didn't ask! Now that I've met these two lunatics, I'll be able to meet someone else as I walk.'

“Nothing, if it's all right, I'll go first.” Ivy thought about it, and said so.

“Wait,” the man in white gently pulls Ivy's closer with a gentle smile in his dark eyes, “Please allow me to introduce ourselves. My name is Tach; this is Mentus. What happens to be your name, madam?"

'Tach? Mentus?' Ivy Flip White eyes, 'These are such strange names… They couldn't be lying to her.. Could they? This must be a prank!

At the thought of it being all a prank, she gently raised the corners of her mouth and slightly sarcastically said, “My name is Nefertali!

“Nefertali,” saluted Tach softly, “The name that belongs to an Ancient Egyptian queen.” He had common sense, and Ivy glanced at him with a slight approval. Tach quietly looked at Ivy for a moment, and then continued to say, “Miss Nefertali, in fact, it is like this.. We have some trouble, I think only you can help us …”

'What's that?' Ivy stared at Tach, only to have two beautiful onyx eyes stare back at her.

She heard correctly, didn't she? How could Ivy still be able to help them when she was already in great trouble? Even if she had the ability to, she doesn't have the energy to help them.

Just as she was about to open her mouth to reject Tach.

Instead his voice flowed out like water, “Didn't you say you were lost before? If you are willing to help us with this little favor, we will send someone to get you home safely tomorrow. “

'I can go back home!'

As long as it is on the European continent, the name of the AI Group is famous. She could casually go to which bank can contact her big brother and get some funds to return back to London…

'But why must I wait until “tomorrow.”'

Ivy still wanted to turn him down, but then the redhead youth, who had been standing on the sidelines, opened his mouth to politely add with impatience, “Stop talking to her. It's a waste of time. Just get her.”

“Oh, but I also seek the consent of Miss Nefertali.”

“Why did you have to choose her? The young lady doesn't seem willing to help."

“Miss Nefertali's blonde hair and blue eyes are rare. This is in order to satisfy him."

“We are just wasting our time. We can casually find a more convenient one, anyway. Plus he won't really care about her looks — “

“Mentus, I think Miss Nefertali is the most suitable option we have seen today. ” Tach was still gentle but decidedly interrupted Mentus's words. He turned to Ivy and said, “Miss Nefertali, please help us with this one favor. It won't take long. Just as long as you attend a small dinner, tomorrow I will do what I say: I will send you home. “

Ivy's thoughts began racing. She had long been greatly dissatisfied with the conversation they had previously and the fact that the red-haired man tackled her down. She had no priority to help them by attending a dinner, no matter how small.

“No, I have an emergency … Oh!!!- ” before she could finish her words, Ivy was picked up by the red-haired youth and hung on his shoulder, "Put me down this instance!"

“Tach, there is no time to say so much to her, I still have a lot of things to go back to arrange. Now that we have made up our minds, I will take this foreign girl back!" Mentus carried Ivy to his black steed, in total disregard of her struggles and revolts, "As long as she will not cause any disruption to our plans, then you can deal with her later. For now, we have no time to deal with this.”

Tach smiled gently, "Rest assured. She will naturally comply. But you're this impatient, really letting me worry. I don't know whether your brother will be affected by you in the future, becoming the same as you."

“What's the matter with my brother and I? ” the red haired youth muttered as he Ivy placed- no, it should be said that she was thrown on the black horse. The red-haired youth continued, "Feel honored, girl. No average person would have the privilege of riding on my steed.”

Tach gave a burst of laughter and Ivy could not help being annoyed, but when the red-hair young man pulled the reins and the horses ran, she immediately hugged her hands tightly around the thick horse's neck.

“I don't want to die! ” cried Ivy, with her eyes closed and clutched the horse's mane. Feel the hot wind in the sand blowing through your ears.

Buddha! Jesus Christ! Brother!

She's not willing to die young! She still has to wait for an interview in Cambridge, and she wants to buy a new season of Burberry, and she wants to go to a musical with her brother!

after being abducted by these two neuroses, what kind of things will you encounter next? Who can come and tell her what the hell is going on here?!

The horses gradually slowed down. Ivy began to hear the bustling of civilization!

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Ivy slowly gained a temptation to open her tightly shut eyes.

'No way! That's impossible!' When Ivy saw everything around her eyes, she began to question whether she was abnormal too.

Looking up, you could see the statues and huge buildings glittering. This is a palace belonging to the Sun God! Gorgeous golden masonry, fine gold decorations that echoed the sunset. The palace seemed to gradually sink into the river in the distance. The building was supported by thick and gorgeous cylinders, and the columns depict fine murals, using strange composition methods. The way that distorts the body, and the manner in which it is painted, is unique but somewhat familiar. Simple architecture, surrounded by lush vegetation.

The statues and decorations next to the plants were full of a retro style of luxury. As she had just regained consciousness, the pyramidal buildings she faintly saw gradually gave her an uneasy idea.

The people of the road were dressed in strange costumes, wearing gold ornaments and armed with bronze utensils. Even more surprising and frightening to her was that, in this place she had still not seen any trace of modern civilization. No cars, no tarmac roads, no streetlights, no wires, let alone any shooting equipment.

She gradually understood a little, but she did not want to believe it.

'The truth was cruel! It's not a shooting scene, it's not a psycho village, here, here it is …'

“Egypt, ancient Egypt! ” Ivy sat on the horse, and her body straightened up. She almost screamed out: This is ancient … Egypt?!

Mentus from the horse jumped off, quite a bit dismissive. He opened his mouth, “Is this your first time to Thebes? This is the capital of our great Egypt. You haven't even heard about Egypt, will you?"

Ivy, however, ignored his questioning and was still immersed in her own shock.

Thebes, a great city that disappeared into the torrent of history, was known as the bustling city of the ancient world as early as thousands of years BC. It was considered the most iconic city in ancient Egypt …

'Then, I am in ancient Egypt!'

But she didn't understand how she got here or how to get back… She had no clue at all. In her entire 17 years of life, she never thought she would go through something like this. A moment of deep fear suffocated her…

'What if I don't ever return for the rest of my life?'

No matter what kind of knowledge she had, in ancient Egypt, she could still be enslaved at any time. As she stated in her paper, the work carried out by ancient slaves was mechanical and intense, and she knew she wouldn't be able to keep up.

'It's impossible … If this is real, can I still have a chance to survive?'

As she was thinking about what might happen next, Mentus had dragged her down the horse and threw her to the ground. A few manservants rushed towards them, respectful to Mentus and Tach. The servants spoke in unison, "Masters."

Tach followed Mentus as he trotted to the depths of the palace, and commanded them, “Tonight's dinner will be attended by this girl and you'll get her ready. ” “

” Yes. ” The servants bowed down to the two men's backs with great piety. Then, without waiting for Ivy to react, they half helped and half forced to take her in the other direction.

“What are you doing? Where are we going? ” Ivy was in a daze, instinctively rebellious, but the men's strength was too much and they imprisoned her two elbows so that Ivy could not move.

“Please follow us to the bathroom, please rest assured that your clothes will be cleaned and kept for you. But tonight you have to attend an important dinner party, you have to clean up, dress up appropriately, and tonight there will be his Highness to attend.”

The last half of the sentence had a slight envious and jealous tone and Ivy glanced at them with bewilderment.

'The so-called “his Highness” is referring to who?'

But that thought disappeared as Ivy only cared about only one question, "Is this really Ancient Egypt ah? “

Word Count: 3,400

Translator's/Editor's Note: Unedited…. I'll edit tomorrow… And these chapters are longer than I thought…. It looks short in Chinese so why why why is it so long! Half of a chapter is worth 7 pages if put onto paper! Now I have to finish Spanish hw…. Wuwuwuwu. I'll finish the other half of this tomorrow! Sorry…

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