Public Trial Assembly [Second Update]

To be honest, admitting that she had been sidelined by her own ministers was not something a pharaoh should normally say aloud.

Why was that?

Because the pharaoh was the son of Horus, the earthly incarnation of a god.

In other words, in the eyes of the people, the pharaoh was a godlike existence.

Much like the sanctification of noble bloodlines in medieval Europe and in the East, while such claims had been true in the Age of Gods, they also formed the foundation by which feudal systems maintained their rule.

After all, if you did not claim the Mandate of Heaven, why should I obey you and become your subject?

However, there was no problem with Nitocris saying this now.

The reason was that unbelievable assassination.

In the eyes of the people, it had been divine judgment upon corrupt officials—and even more so, proof of the pharaoh's status as a child of the gods.

After all, if the pharaoh were not the son of Horus, why would Horus judge these sinners for her?

For that very reason, Nitocris's shocking revelation did not undermine her sacredness in the slightest. Instead, people began to feel that the deaths of those corrupt officials were the price they had paid for daring to sideline a child of the gods.

Nitocris continued.

"Even now, the situation has only improved slightly, because those who wish to sideline me and seize my authority as pharaoh are not merely one or two people—they are nearly the entire bureaucratic system!"

"Their ultimate goal is to seize all power from the pharaoh for themselves. And what would that mean? Only I, the pharaoh of Egypt, can protect your interests. Once I completely lose my power, what fate will await you?!"

"My dearest people! Sidelining the pharaoh is merely the