Rakhael's Past... [Years Ago] 🥀

He was a child born in a poverty-stricken village.

It is unclear whether he was abandoned by his mother or if she died early. Regardless, the young boy was dying in a corner of the village, unable to eat properly or receive any education.

Then a wanderer appeared in the village, their face hidden by a black cloth.

That person approached him and handed him food and a few old books.

"Just because you have nothing doesn't mean you can't become something."

It was the first time he had ever received a book.

At first, he couldn't even read the letters properly, but he began to understand with surprising speed.

The wanderer stayed in the village for a few days, occasionally handing him books and telling him stories about the world.

Every meeting has a parting, and one day, he suddenly left.

He tried to hold him back, but the wanderer never showed his face until the end.

Only one thing remained.

The eyes that were briefly revealed through the cloth.

He remembers those eyes.

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Afterwards

The books he gave completely changed Rakhael's life. He studied alone, reading the books repeatedly. However, there was so much more to learn, so he read and reread even the discarded books he could find.

Numbers, history, geography, politics, agriculture, war, astronomy... and so on.

His naturally brilliant mind had simply lacked the opportunity for education. He left the village and went out into the world, gradually rising to a high position through his outstanding knowledge and judgment.

And after countless events, he finally became the King of Egypt.

He began searching for the black-faced wanderer who had given him books and food long ago.

He doesn't know the name.

Nor the origin. Nor the age. He doesn't even know the face.

Still, he remembers only one thing.

The eyes he saw through the cloth that day.

As soon as he ascended the throne, he secretly dispatched people across the country to find the wanderer.

And

He finally found that wanderer.