How the Prince Makes Friends - Chapter 101



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Episode 101

The child who blocked Nihil’s path was Anna, the child he had first seen when he entered the palace.

The Harpens Kingdom had a unique culture in which all young maids who had not yet reached adulthood would tie their hair into two pigtails. This was a sort of countermeasure to protect young maids, as nobles and royalty had a tendency to treat their maids rudely since ancient times.

“Your Majesty, please eat this!”

Anna quickly took out a package of cookies from her pocket and began to speak, afraid that Nihil would ignore her again and walk away.

“Your Majesty, I can’t tell you how long I’ve waited to see you! It was worth carrying cookies around every day! All the palace servants are curious about You, Master Neil. Oh, these are cookies I made, and today’s cookies are rye cookies. Actually, I really wanted to talk to you when I saw you, but I didn’t have any excuses, so I baked them every day. You don’t hate cookies, do you? Still, I’m glad we met today. Yesterday’s cookies were a little burnt. Today’s cookies were really well-made, so have some…, woof?”

When the maid’s chattering showed no sign of stopping, Nihil covered her mouth and snatched the package of cookies from her hand. Then he motioned to the other maids waiting behind him and urged them to hurry and go, as the others were waiting.

The young maid glanced back with a prickly expression, then smiled brightly when the other maids shook their heads, saying that it was okay. The other maids also wanted to see Nihil. Instead, they began to sneak closer, as if they were waiting for an opportunity to interfere.

Nihil tried to leave the place because he thought it was going to be annoying.

“Excuse me, Young Master! There’s, there’s something I’d like to ask you…….”

“……?”

Nihil tilted his head, wondering what on earth he was asking of him when he had come to the palace and done nothing.

The young maid hesitated and looked around, then slowly opened her mouth.

“There is a rumor that if you hear or touch the young master’s voice, you will be blessed with good luck…….”

“…….”

Nihil opened his eyes half-heartedly, not knowing that he would be the one to hear this ridiculous rumor.

The maid quickly waved her hand and continued speaking.

“I know this sounds ridiculous, but still, what should I say, I feel… psychologically, there’s something wrong, right? So, could you hold my sister’s hand just once? My sister is also a palace maid, but she’s resting right now. She’s going to give birth soon… I’m worried because she’s a little weak, and since there are rumors going around like crazy among the servants, I thought maybe you’d feel a little more stable psychologically… Could you really just hold her hand for a moment? Yes?”

Nihil stared at the maid, then nodded slightly, thinking that he would let it slide just this once, since she was so devoted to bringing him a package of cookies every day. Holding her hand wouldn’t actually bring her luck, but it would at least help her with her physical condition.

Anna continued to chatter on her way to see her sister with a very excited face. Then she opened the door of a servant’s room without even knocking.

“Sister!”

When the young maid opened the door, the first thing she saw was the head maid, Perry, who had come to tell her some things.

“Uh, uh? I’m, I’m sorry!”

Anna jumped in surprise when she saw the maid and quickly offered an apology. However, the maid just stared at Nihil with wide eyes, perhaps surprised that Nihil, who always hid, had shown up.

“No, Master Neil, what brings you here?”

The young maid’s brother-in-law, the husband of the pregnant maid and the man who was the palace stable keeper, suddenly got up to greet Nihil. The woman with a bulging belly was surprised by Nihil’s appearance and tried to get up, but the head maid quickly stopped her.

“Marilyn, don’t get up so quickly.”

“Yes, yes. I’m sorry, Your Majesty. Please forgive me for not being able to properly greet you because I’m feeling underweight right now. Oh, my name is Marilyn. I’m Anna’s older sister. I’m not working right now, but I’m in charge of sewing.”

Nihil nodded his head and glanced around the room. It wasn’t very big, but it was clean and well-lit, so it seemed like they had intentionally given him a nice room.

Anna walked over to her sister and sat down next to her.

“Sister, I brought her here. Isn’t she really pretty?”

“I see… ”

Marilyn stared at Nihil, who had a strange aura. If they were normal children, they would have run over and patted her belly as if they were curious about her swollen belly that seemed about to burst, but the beautiful young master who the prince had brought just observed her with an indifferent expression.

When Marilyn heard the ridiculous and strange rumors going around among her employees, she honestly thought they were all jokes and laughed them off, but when she saw them in person, she could understand the rumors.

“By the way, have you finished your work?”

Maid Perry asked softly as she watched the maids coming in one after another. The maids were hunched over, watching the situation closely, as they had not even started their work, let alone finished it.

Perry sighed, touching her forehead as she looked at the maids. She already knew that everyone was curious about the prince’s close friend, who was only rumored and never actually seen in person… but she didn’t know that she would return with this kind of negligence.

“I’m sorry, maid. I’ll be right back! I brought you here because the young master asked me to hold your hand!”

“Are you really going to believe such a ridiculous rumor?”

Perry furrowed his eyebrows and lightly nudged him. However, Nihil, who knew that even in Perry’s arms there was a ‘lucky coin’, raised his eyebrows slightly at the absurdity of the nudge and held out his hand as if to say, “Do you not believe me?”

Perry quickly grabbed the small hand that Nihil extended, then quickly came to his senses and coughed.

“Ahem, Young Master, how did you hurt your hand?”

‘You’re changing the subject.’

Nihil snorted as if it was absurd and looked at the woman with a bulging belly.

Anna continued speaking with a laugh.

“But it feels good to see the young master’s pretty face, right? Right, sis?”

“Oh, oh? That’s right. You’re really pretty…….”

Marilyn, who had been blankly observing Nihil, was startled by the call and quickly answered.

It was pretty, but it was true that looking at it gave me a strange sense of stability.

If someone next to her said, “She’s pretty,” she would probably act a little embarrassed or proud, but she kept a blank expression the whole time, so I wondered if she was a spirit that had trouble understanding human speech, as rumored.

“Um…, um, do you understand what I’m saying?”

“…….”

“Ah, ah, that’s not what I meant, I was just wondering if you really are a spirit…”

Marilyn quickly made an excuse as she looked at Nihil who raised his eyebrows.

I couldn’t tell if it was a real spirit or a human, but it was clear from the expression on its face that it understood what I was saying. The beautiful young lady, whose identity I didn’t know, suddenly approached me with strides and held out her hand.

Marilyn also held out her hand because it was clear that she wanted to just quickly hold my hand and go back.

“Your hand… doesn’t hurt?”

“…….”

Instead of answering Marilyn’s question, Nihil grabbed her wrist. Marilyn, startled by the sudden grab, instinctively tried to pull her hand away, but stopped herself, fearing that she might poke the wound under the bandage.

The beautiful young master had already closed his eyes. For some reason, I felt like I shouldn’t disturb her, so I just stared blankly at her.

‘Your eyelashes are so long… … .’

The pure white eyelashes were long and lush, and they seemed to flutter every time she opened and closed her eyes. Marilyn stared blankly at her eyelashes, then slowly came face to face with the small universe that was emerging. The colorful universe was so pretty that she couldn’t help but raise her hand.

The universe retreated slightly from his touch.

Only then did Marilyn come to her senses and realize that she had dared to raise her hand against the master, and she quickly asked for forgiveness.

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry. I didn’t realize it.”

The child, who resembled the universe, just stared blankly at Marilyn and then placed a hand on her bulging stomach. The corners of her mouth went up without her knowing it at the very careful touch.

Although she didn’t show it on the outside, she seemed to be secretly curious about my bulging belly and let me touch it as much as I wanted.

At that moment, I felt the baby move. It was a movement that I had not felt often since my child was so quiet.

“I think our Nyamnyam likes you too, Master.”

“…….”

Marilyn said with a smile, then felt slightly embarrassed by the child’s still expressionless reaction.

The child rubbed his stomach and left the room without saying a word. Marilyn muttered sullenly, feeling a little disappointed by his harsh attitude.

“……Your Majesty, you seem to be quite shy.”

Anna answered, patting her sister’s belly.

“Sister, this is something I’ve seen for a long time. You’re so sensitive that if you try to approach you, you disappear in an instant. Today, you were about to leave, so I quickly grabbed you.”

“Anna, you shouldn’t be rude to the master.”

“Yeah, but the doctor kept saying ominous things. My sister was having a hard time too. Honestly, it’s a really ridiculous rumor, but…, why, they say that if you see a pure white beast, you’ll get good luck. So I was wondering if he might bring you good luck….”

“Thank you for thinking of me, Anna. But what if… what if the baby is stillborn….”

“Sister! Don’t say that!”

“That’s right, Marilyn! You’ve held up well so far.”

Marilyn’s husband Jonathan and Anna grimaced. The head maid and the other maids simply hung their heads, unable to do anything.

Marilyn’s body was not very healthy. She had heard from the beginning that it would be difficult to get pregnant.

After successfully conceiving and rejoicing over the miracle, she was told that there was a high chance of miscarriage in the early stages of pregnancy, and later she was advised to abort the baby, as there was a high chance that the baby would be born with disabilities or stillborn.

Still, Marilyn did not give up. She believed that if she could not have a child this time, she would not be able to experience a miracle like this again.

As the mood grew dark, the head maid quickly kicked the maids out and told them to get back to work.

Marilyn opened her mouth heavily.

“Anna, honestly, I don’t want to accept it either. But……”

Bam-

Just then the door opened again and something pure white came in.

“…master?”

“Beep.”

Marilyn’s eyes widened in surprise. Nihil, who had left without saying a word, had reappeared. And he was carrying a squeaking puppy and a pretty glass bottle with a ribbon in his arms.

Nihil kicked the door shut, regardless of whether the people in the room were surprised or not, and handed Marilyn a glass bottle decorated with a pretty ribbon.

Marilyn smiled brightly as she looked at the cute glass bottle that looked like a gift no matter how you looked at it.

“Is this a gift for me?”

To that question, Nihil nodded vaguely and pretended to eat, saying he was just drinking.

“You mean food? Thank you, my lord.”

Nihil nodded vaguely at Marilyn’s thanks, then approached her and carefully placed his hand on her stomach. When he lightly tapped it with his finger, he felt the fetus move as if responding.

After repeating that action a few more times, Nihil slightly raised the corners of his lips and lightly kissed her bulging belly. Then he placed the puppy on top of it.

Marilyn smiled brightly without realizing it. When the master left without saying anything, she was a little embarrassed, but when he came back to give me a present, she was so lovely. If other people’s children are this lovely, how lovely must my child be?

As Marilyn was thinking about this and was about to place her hand on the back of her white, trembling head, a knock was heard.

“who are you?”

“Knight Evan. Is the prince’s friend here?”

“Oh, yes, sir. Please come in.”

Evan opened the door at the sound of being told to come in. He looked a little anxious, but as soon as he saw Nihil, he hugged him by the waist and snuggled into his side.

“Take him with you.”

Evan, who had said so, disappeared like the wind without even waiting for an answer.