How the Prince Makes Friends - Chapter 100



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Episode 100

Abel, who was in charge of the movement of the guard personnel, carefully opened his mouth while looking at Sedes with a very tired face.

“You know, Your Majesty.”

“What is it?”

“Evan Sir, it seems that his personality is a bit more cruel than I thought.”

“…Are you talking about the second prince’s escort knight?”

Sedes suddenly looked up from his documents at the mention of Lianus’s knight escort and looked at Abel.

“What are you talking about all of a sudden?”

“Or do you not like birds that much?”

“Explain properly, Abel Bridget. What have you done without me knowing?”

“……It’s nothing special. I was thinking about Sirenthea yesterday, and I was kind of curious……”

“Don’t change the subject.”

“I was curious about that little friend of mine, so I sent him a bird.”

“…Didn’t I tell you to be careful?”

Sedes sighed deeply, touching his forehead. Ever since he received Sirentea, he had been singing songs about the child, wondering about her, and it seemed that he had finally done something about it.

“No. I just wanted to take a quick look at what he looked like. I was curious about the white hair and the colorful black eyes. Well, if the eyes are black, then why are they colorful?”

“……I just said that because it was so colorful.”

“I can’t imagine! That’s why I sent a bird!”

“You should suppress your curiosity.”

“Anyway, I sent it…….”

“I sent it?”

“The little guy didn’t come out, but Sir Evan came out and tried to chase him away, then swished his sword!”

“Did you get hurt?”

Sedes’ eyes sparkled with a hint of interest. On the other hand, Abel, who was sharing his vision with the sparrow, felt a chill down his spine when he thought back to that situation this morning.

“Sedi! I was brutally murdered!”

“It shouldn’t be you. Rather, it should be Sir Evan who should be rewarded. For eliminating the intruder.”

“Is that… is that how it is?”

“I’m very satisfied, as it seems like you’re doing a good job of escorting.”

Sedes smiled as if he was truly satisfied. He had always been concerned that the second prince had only one knight to escort him, but he was very pleased that this one knight seemed to do the work of two or three.

However, it was clear that if Abel’s problem was not solved, work efficiency would rapidly decline, so he gestured to the shadow knight.

“Please give your order.”

The knight knelt on one knee and bowed his head, waiting for orders.

“How was the princes’ class today?”

Abel’s eyes began to light up at that question. He seemed ready to send the bird flying again at any moment, if only permission was granted.

“It’s swordsmanship class time now, so both of you are in the training ground.”

“Go and tell Sir Evan. I will send a bird, so please don’t kill it.”

“yes.”

The Shadow Knight bowed his head in greeting and went straight to the training grounds.

In the training grounds, the knights guarding the princes’ training stood side by side a little way away, but Evan was the only one standing apart.

The Shadow Knight looked at the young knight who couldn’t fit in well with the other knights with a little pity, and cautiously called Evan.

“kyung.”

Evan, who had been looking at his master the whole time, turned his head in surprise at the call.

“What… is going on?”

Evan felt his heart sink at the sudden appearance of the Shadow Knight.

‘Have you already found out about what happened on Shaton Street?’

His Majesty has encountered a wildcat before, so if the report had gone in, it would have been quite possible.

I knew I would get caught someday, but I didn’t think it would happen this quickly, so I had no excuses or the will to be punished.

“Please look at me for a moment.”

“……yes.”

The Shadow Knight took Evan a little further away to avoid the eyes of the First Prince’s knights. He thought that Sir Evan looked a little depressed for some reason, but he assumed that he had argued with the First Prince’s knights again and let it go.

“This is a message from His Majesty. He asks you not to kill the bird.”

“…A bird, you say?”

“yes.”

Evan opened his eyes wide at the unexpected news. He remembered the little sparrow he had thrown away earlier this morning.

Could it be that it was a bird sent by His Majesty?

“Do you happen to know whose bird it is?”

“This is Your Excellency the Prime Minister’s bird.”

“…….”

A prime minister. Marquis Abel Bridged, a childhood friend of His Majesty, was known as a magical prodigy when he was young and everyone believed he would become the lord of the magic tower. However, for some reason, he was not making any progress in magic and was unable to enter the magic tower. Instead, he remained in the 3rd circle and held the position of prime minister.

He is a person that the prince likes because he has a gentle personality and treats the two princes without discrimination.

Evan’s eyes trembled slightly as he heard the explanation.

‘… Did I cut the bird the prime minister sent in two?’

“Then I’ve delivered it, so that’s it for now…”

“Now, wait, is that all?”

That was all he had to say, and as the Shadow Knight was about to leave, Evan quickly grabbed him.

“Is there a reason why the Prime Minister sent the bird…….”

“I think you’re curious about the child who came in as the prince’s close friend.”

“ah…….”

Evan hesitated for a moment and then opened his mouth.

“That guy… he’s a bit cautious. All I can do is explain to him who the bird’s owner is and not kill it. I don’t know how he’ll react.”

“Okay, I’ll make sure to convey that.”

With those words, the Shadow Knight disappeared again. Evan was at a loss as to whether he should be relieved that the Shaton Street affair had not been discovered, or anxious that the Chancellor’s curiosity had been transferred to the lynx, but he decided to just be relieved.

The guy does pretty well on his own, so there’s no need to worry too much.

Evan chuckled as he thought of the lynx sleeping in with the blanket pulled over its head.

But at that moment the lynx… …,

“Each!”

I was cleaning.

Nihil was busy sweeping the secret passageway of my study that had opened by chance. The bookshelf that had not moved no matter what I did opened easily when I filled it with books. It seemed that I had to press it down with a certain amount of weight.

The passage behind the study seemed to have led somewhere, but it was blocked off during the palace renovation and repairs, so now it was just a small empty space.

“Each!”

“Beep!”

The puppy that was lying alone on the cushion started whining, so I brought it in and found that it was sneezing along with the dust.

“Evan II, you’d better go.”

“Beep?”

This kind of dusty environment can’t be good for young children.

As Nihil thought about this and moved the cushion a little further away, the puppy started whining and whining again.

“…It takes a lot of work…….”

Nihil, who picked up the puppy again, sighed and put the puppy in his arms. His hands went in too much, thinking that he really was a bastard.

I also need to find some information about the awakening ritual for that puppy… … .

Nihil, who had been thinking about this and that, shook his head and shook off his thoughts. The first priority was to deal with what was in front of him.

After finishing cleaning while holding the puppy in his arms, Nihil roughly planned to use the place as a warehouse to store herbs, but changed his mind and started decorating the interior with wild liquor he had picked up from the mountain behind.

Children were such insignificant creatures that they would crawl into a blanket between the chairs and start to play. If you could create a secret space like this, the little prince would be very happy.

‘Ta-da! Lord Requies, look at this. This is my hideout!’

Nihil froze at the sound of the little boy’s voice echoing in his head, then started moving again.

I also put a soft rug on the floor and brought in a candle holder to create the atmosphere. As I moved the things in my bedroom, my bedroom became more and more desolate, but it didn’t matter because it was a bedroom that I didn’t use much anyway and the servants would look at it and refill it.

Nihil smiled happily at the sight of the nicely decorated space, then received a hot stone from the butler and began experimenting with it and recording it.

‘If you hit two 100g stones with a force of about 10 N, it will be about 50 degrees. The duration seems to be proportional to the size of the stones… … .’

Nihil recalled old memories and the daily necessities made of hot stones. It was clear that hot stones were used quite frequently in daily life before he fell asleep, but after the Heavenly Demon War, civilization deteriorated, and it was more serious than he had thought.

It was expected that the mana concentration would drop significantly and magic stones would become rare, but the level of the knights and magicians was far lower than before, and even the potions that were commonly available were difficult to obtain.

It is questionable how such a fragile human being could survive among monsters and other races.

When I woke up, I felt like I was in the past rather than the future.

It might actually be a blessing that there was nothing threatening now that my body was weakened. The only thing that bothered me was the existence of the Archduke, who was known as the Devil.

‘There’s no way the demons would help humans out of simple kindness.’

Nihil thought about that and washed his face dry. Once he had something to think about, his thoughts continued endlessly.

‘I should rest. I won’t be able to deal with it anyway… … .’

Nihil gathered up a few roughly made living tools and handed them over to the butler along with a piece of paper with instructions on how to use them. He also asked him to observe the reactions of the employees after using them.

Having finished almost everything he could do inside the palace, Nihil decided to quietly read a book and wait for the child to return, as he had no idea when she would return.

As I was about to move to Lianus’ bedroom, I ran into the maids who had come up to clean.

“Oh, Master Neil, where are you going?”

“…….”

The servants of Lianus’ palace made a special effort to speak to Nihil whenever they saw him, because strange rumors were going around that Nihil had never raised his voice in front of any of the servants except the butler and the head maid.

-Actually, the young master the prince brought home is like a divine being or a spirit and doesn’t like people very much.

-They say that if you hear that voice, you will be lucky.

-They say he can’t speak human language.

And Nihil, who had been properly screwed over by the servants this morning, furrowed his eyebrows.

-They say that if you have the gold coin that Master Neil hid, you will have good luck!

He seriously considered cutting up all the gold coins he had hidden since most of his servants had them, but it turned out that they were lucky gold coins and had been swapped with their own gold coins before being submitted.

Because of this, I had a hard time distinguishing between ‘lucky coins’ and ‘non-lucky coins’ from the morning.

The unpredictable nature of the servants was so similar to Lianus that it was ridiculous and made me chuckle.

“master?”

As Nihil just stared blankly without saying anything, the young maid called Nihil again.

Nihil had no intention of interacting with them until he had a full understanding of his servants and had them replaced, so he ignored them and turned back.

“Ahh! Master Neil, wait a minute, don’t go!”

“…….”

A maid with her hair tied in neat pigtails ran up to Nihil and crouched down in front of him, blocking his path.