Chapter 22 "Puta" Wanders Among the Humans
Three days passed quickly.
Amon and Mut's wedding took place as scheduled, and Aroha personally gave the newlyweds his blessings at the wedding.
Although they are both in their forties or fifties, they are still as joyful as teenagers.
That night, all the disciples of "Bodhidharma" were very happy.
But this may also be their last happy day.
The day after the wedding, the Pharaoh of Memphis, under pressure from the temple priests, ordered his soldiers to expel them from Memphis, preventing the 'Ptah' school from continuing to spread there.
Under their propaganda, the "Putta" school became the most evil sect almost overnight.
Common people are easily misled, especially in a world where gods walk on earth; the words of temple priests are presented as the will of the gods.
In the morning, quite a few children threw stones in from outside, injuring several people.
"Is he really leaving like this?"
Dionysus only learned of the news the next day when he woke up from his hangover.
He truly loved brewing wine and drinking alcohol; as a deity, he was often quite drunk.
"The entire city of Memphis, from the king and nobles to priests and commoners, has started to drive us away. What else can we do but leave?"
Dionysus said, "Do these priests really think they can speak on behalf of the gods? I'll go over there and kill them all. If necessary, I'll just go back to Olympus."
Aroha looked at him seriously and said, "If you still call yourself a member of the 'Putta' school, then I will make a deal with you today."
"Agreement?"
Dionysus, somewhat dazed, asked, "What agreement?"
Despite being a deity, he has experienced unprecedented ease and comfort in the "Ptah" school of thought over the years.
He even experienced the nascent concept of transcending wine through brewing and selling wine, despite his insignificant religious duty.
He gained a lot from this, not only considering himself a member of the "Putta" school, but also truly regarding Arahu as his teacher.
He knew Arahu better than his other disciples.
They knew that their teacher did not have a good reputation among the Egyptian gods, and was generally regarded as a god who was "licentious, lustful, and neglectful of his duties."
This reputation is even worse than that of his god-king father on Olympus.
His father, Zeus, the king of the gods, was at most "debauched and lustful," but he still kept doing his job.
However, Dionysus had a vague feeling that what Araha was doing on earth was probably his real "business".
"Before I pass away, or rather, before my death, I shall not perform any miracles before men."
The "agreement" that Araha spoke of was not difficult for Dionysus; it simply meant that he, like Araha, should always regard himself as a mortal.
"Okay, I will definitely keep my word."
Dionysus was filled with confusion, feeling that his teacher was plotting something that would lead to "death," but he decided to follow him closely and learn from him.
"Teacher, we are all ready."
As night fell, Amon, Mut, the Desperate One, Hatshepsut, and others, along with their followers, arrived before him.
They will leave the city together in the dead of night and begin their long journey.
"Why are so many people missing?"
Dionysus immediately discovered that of the original three hundred disciples, only a little over one hundred remained.
"They were unwilling to give up their current stable life and wander around, so they chose to leave the 'Putta' school."
Amun's words displeased Dionysus, but Aroha did not allow him to continue speaking.
"It's good that he's gone. As the Desperate man said in his book, living in the present is more important than anything else."
"let's go."
Aroh went out first, but he knew in his heart that the more than one hundred people who followed him would probably leave one by one.
However, every sermon must go through such a change.
How can one achieve true rebirth without experiencing destruction?
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The "Ptah" school, following their expulsion from Memphis, began their wandering journey throughout the Egyptian world.
Just as the temple priests had planned, no kingdom or city-state, fearing the priests' power, dared to take them in and instead drove them away.
People everywhere can see that this group of people live in the wild, relying on hunting and gathering for survival, and lead a very difficult life.
Nevertheless, they continued to spread their ideas in various places, even though no one was willing to listen to the words of these "homeless dogs".
Quite a few people, however, wanted to follow in Amon's footsteps and learn from his extraordinary abilities.
However, those who came solely for extraordinary power did not gain Amon's approval, and he did not pass on his power system.
Of course, there is another reason: Amon has not yet reached the third stage of this extraordinary system, so it doesn't feel like the right time to spread his message.
Meanwhile, the followers of the "Ptah" school, either tempted by the priests and nobles or unwilling to endure such a life of hardship, chose to leave one after another.
From the initial group of over a hundred people who left Memphis, the number dwindled until, after nine years of wandering, only seven remained following Aroha.
One of them was Amon and Mut's newborn child.
The child was named Kongsi by Aroha.
The name Kongs means "moon" in the dialect of the place where they wandered, and coincidentally, he was born under the bright moonlight.
"I hope that one day we can shine like the moon in the sky, illuminating all the darkness."
Ammon was very satisfied with the name his teacher had given him, and he said it to his wife, whose face was a little pale, in the tent.
"Yes, that day will definitely come," his wife, Mut, said with unwavering confidence.
Shortly after Khonsu's birth, the group of eight wandered to the vicinity of the Hebrew land of Goshen.
These Hebrews, as oppressed outsiders, were already very afraid of the Egyptian priests and pharaohs.
Those who knew about the "Putta" school were even less popular than they were, and dared not approach them at all.
Aroha didn't mind and chose to stay there for the night before preparing to return to Memphis.
The temple that Horus had ordered to be built was now completely finished. If he didn't go there soon, Anubis, the jackal god who was always following behind him, would probably get impatient.
While the disciples were all asleep, Dionysus was on watch. He was sitting by the fire drinking when he suddenly sensed that a god was approaching.
The god of wine from Olympus suddenly became serious and looked at the distance.
The deity that came was not Anubis, the jackal god who always knew would follow him in his spare time from performing his divine duties, but a goddess he had never seen before.
This was a young goddess dressed in a moon-white robe. She seemed to be surrounded by a hazy light, making it impossible for Dionysus to see her face clearly.
On this point alone, he understood that this was probably a supreme god, someone he couldn't deal with.
"Unfamiliar goddess, there are only a few ordinary people on their way here. Please state your purpose?"
The girl opposite spoke: "I am not a god. I have come here by divine command to visit the miracle worker from a mysterious foreign land, an existence that manipulates life and death and stands outside of destiny, the chief preacher of the human world."
This answer only left Dionysus puzzled.
They are clearly gods, yet they claim they are nothing.
That string of names, I have no idea who they refer to, it's incredibly difficult to pronounce.
Before Dionysus could speak, Aroha from inside the tent chuckled softly: "Ah, the foremost preacher among men, has your god added yet another title to my name