Meanwhile.....
Inside the castle...
The beautiful garden full of red flower beds was sparkling in sunlight. Two tiny cubs played with each other happily, while Miso handed over a giant paper to Khufu.
"Today"s lesson is finished." Miso smiled, looking at Khufu who was busy studying the potion charts she gave him.
"Thank you teacher." Khufu looked up and walked towards her. He held the girl"s waist, pulling her closer to his body.
"Not right now! Don"t forget I am your teacher!" Miso giggled, struggling to move away from Khufu"s grip.
"Then when?" Khufu smiled and looked at her lovingly.
"I am going home and brother is already here in castle and does not plan to come to house, any soon." Miso winked and turned away, to go towards the door.
Suddenly Khufu held her hand and stopped her. His face was serious and gloomy. "Don"t go!"
"Huh? What happened?" Miso frowned and looked at his hand which was tightly grasping her hand.
"Umm...Nothing! Ok! You go, I will disguise myself and come to your house soon."
Khufu kissed her hand they both parted, looking into each other"s eyes.
Khufu stood there motionless, looking at the retreating figure of the girl. He had an unexplainanble, unpleasant feeling about something!
After a few seconds, he walked towards his private chamber, to change his attire and disguise himself.
Miso climbed on top of her horse and soon it sprinted towards the direction of her home.
Miso reached her home and entered the kitchen happily, preparing a fresh beer for herself and Khufu. She put the fresh fish on top of fire, while preparing the beer.*
After a few minutes, there was a knock on the door.
Miso rushed happily towards the door to open it. "Was he following me? How quickly he reached!"
She opened the door, grining widely but was sh.e.l.l-shocked to see the man standing outside.
"Your Highness Horus?" Miso looked at the man in surprise, who was accompained by another man.
"Can I come inside, my daughter?" Horus was teary eyed, looking lovingly at Miso.
Miso smiled at him, giving him the way to enter. "Offcourse."
*Beer was the most common drink in ancient Egypt. There were very few wells. Most ancient Egyptians did not want to drink water directly from the Nile. The Nile River offered fresh water, but the ancient Egyptians had observed that people became sick after drinking the water. So they drank beer made from barley. The beer was very thick, about the thickness of a milk shake. Beer did not have very high alcoholic content, but it was very nutritional, and a most important part of the ancient Egyptian daily diet. Beer was also safer than drinking water from the Nile. The Egyptians made both white and red wine from grapes. They added spices and honey to various wines for variety. They made a non-alcoholic fruit drink from dates.