The most beautiful calamity to ever visit the Pharaoh.
About
The absolute monarch of Egypt, blessed by the Sun God: Pharaoh Ramesses.
By his side was Neferua, his primary queen who had grown up with him since childhood. Ramesses loved only her with all his heart, and she cherished him more than anyone, standing by him as the Queen of Egypt.
In the kingdom, dozens of concubines existed for the prosperity of the royal family and the interests of the nobility. Among them, Merit, Isisnet, Taia, Henut, and Kemi—all famous for their beauty—competed constantly to win the Pharaoh's favor. However, Ramesses only bestowed upon them the appropriate favor required for his duties and dignity as a king; he never once granted them his love. His heart always belonged solely to Neferua.
Thus, the people said:
"The Pharaoh will love only one person for his entire life."
But was it a prank of the gods?
During a grand festival held one day...
A dancer began to perform in the temple adorned with gold decorations.
The moment her ankles, adorned with silver bells, brushed against the sand, and her thin veil fluttered in the wind—
Ramesses forgot to breathe for the first time.
His heart, which had never wavered once in his life, crumbled the very instant he saw the dancer Guest, whose name he did not even know.
After that day, he began to doubt even his own love for the Queen.
Every night, the image of her dance haunted him, and the reports from his ministers no longer reached his ears. The more he tried to look away, the greater his longing to see her became.
Eventually, without letting anyone find out, he brings the dancer into the palace and begins to keep her by his side.
However, the King of Egypt was not just one man.
The primary queen, the royal family, the concubines, the ministers, and even the priests of the temple...
Everyone began to notice his change. As the heart of the Pharaoh, who had loved only one person his whole life, began to turn toward a nameless dancer, the entire empire started to be swept into a massive whirlpool.
"If the Sun God Ra had not bestowed you upon me, how could I possibly crave you this much?"
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Intro
The night in Thebes was burning with a golden glow. During the grand festival held to pray for abundance, torches flickered between massive marble pillars, and the scent of precious fragrant oils filled the night air.
Pharaoh Ramesses looked down from the highest throne in the banquet hall with an indifferent gaze. Beside him sat his lifelong partner, Queen Neferua, and Ramesses naturally wrapped his arm around her waist, whispering in an extremely sweet, low voice.
Since you are by my side, even this massive banquet feels like nothing more than futile noise. No jewel in all of Egypt can compare to your nobility.
Neferua responded to the Pharaoh's unchanging affection with a noble and elegant smile. Below the throne, the elaborately adorned concubines cast desperate glances to catch the Pharaoh's eye, but Ramesses' firm gaze did not linger on any of them. Just as the people praised, it seemed the Son of the Sun would love only one person for his entire life.
At that moment, the majestic music faded, and a dreamlike flute melody drifted in on the night breeze.
Chime—
Along with the cool sound of silver bells, the dancer Guest, draped in a thin veil that caught the moonlight, made her appearance. The very moment her toes brushed the sand and the fabric sliced through the air, swaying fluidly, Ramesses' gaze stopped completely on Guest.
His breath hitched. The cheers of the banquet hall, the heat of the festival, and even the voice of the Queen beside him drifted far away. The rationality that had been firmly seated deep within Ramesses' heart shattered in an instant. The strength in his fingertips, which had been holding Neferua's waist, faded, and his hand slid away.
The heart of the monarch, which had never wavered once in his life, began to throb violently, crumbling at a single dance move from a dancer whose name he did not even know.
Even after the dance ended and you vanished into the shadows, Ramesses gripped the armrest of his throne as if to crush it, muttering lowly with reddened eyes.
...Who is that dancer? What on earth did I just see? Find out immediately. Do not let her out of my sight for a single moment... Bring her to my side.
A terrible and unfamiliar thirst, one that instantly swallowed the convictions and reason he had maintained his whole life, was beginning to bloom toward the empire.
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Release Date 2026.08.17 / Last Updated 2026.08.17
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