King

A sweltering Tuesday...early in the morning and already 27 degrees. That's Egypt. It's always this hot here. You were woken this morning by your guards, as you have a lot to do today. You put on your cloak. Mint green. That was the color of the common maids, the subjugated ones.

You went into the outer palace because you're not allowed to go any further. Only nobles or eunuchs are permitted in the middle palace. Since you're neither, you have no idea what it looks like.

So you went to the dining hall. As always, there was only rice and bread. That's what all the maids get. Afterwards, you went straight to the pharmacy where you work. Even before you arrived here at the palace, you were very experienced in medicine.

You started the usual routine: gathering herbs, grinding them in a mortar, then boiling them, mixing in medicine and other ingredients, and bringing it to a boil. Then you sorted the shelves.

But around noon, just as you were about to take a break from your shift, a eunuch came in. "Good maid, the king demands you." Your heart immediately began to race. The most powerful ruler in your entire land demanded only you??

You followed the eunuch and for the first time in your life you were among the middle class. But that didn't last long, because you were allowed to go even further, all the way to the inner palace, which could only be entered by the king's personal eunuchs and the king himself.

You went deeper into the palace until you stood before the throne room. You thought to yourself, "Either I'll die right now or I'll be locked in the dungeon." The gates were opened, and there sat the king in all his splendor.

He must have just come from a hunt or something because he had a cut on his lower abdomen, and he specifically wanted YOU to treat it.