How the Prince Makes Friends - Chapter 106



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Episode 106

Sedes looked at Nihil with a subtle expression at the short conversation. Even when he was a king, no, a prince, he had never been this stubborn. And the other person was his son’s friend.

“……No matter what, I feel like I’m being too unreserved.”

-The price of confusion.

Sedes raised an eyebrow, not understanding the meaning of the ‘price of being scolded’ that Nihil had written, and later realized that it meant ‘I will behave as badly as I have been scolded’ and sighed.

“Of course I spoke a little harshly, but isn’t it right to take the prince to a dangerous place?”

-You promised not to scold her.

“…That’s right.”

-I’ll tell the kid. He’s going to be a lying father.

“…Please take a look.”

Don’t parents want to look upright at least in front of their children?

-And didn’t you stop me from almost eating Shaton?

“As expected, the informer….”

Although the actual pusher was Meow, Nihil nodded his head and scribbled on the words.

– Captain of the guard, drugs, human trafficking, gambling house

“…….”

Sedes looked at the cause of the overtime work right in front of him and laughed in vain, then looked at his close friend who had worked overtime with him. Abel, however, seemed uninterested in the conversation, and was just waiting for his turn, holding tightly in his hand a piece of paper he had received through the bird yesterday.

It was a bit funny to wait, but I had called him to check on my friend’s mana status in the first place, so I decided to quickly give him my turn.

“It seems like the Prime Minister has something to ask. Would you please listen to him first?”

When Nihil nodded to Sedes’ request, Abel’s face brightened and he spread the paper on the table. It was the paper that Nihil had sent to the wizard through the bird yesterday.

Sedes wasn’t very interested, so he only saw the picture then, and the ink was all smeared and the paper was a mess, so he couldn’t tell what was drawn on it.

“Kid, is this a drawing of the vision sharing spell I cast on the bird?”

“This is… a magic circle? Do you know how to use magic?”

At Abel’s question, Sedes looked at Nihil with a trembling face. A wizard was a rare talent. Especially in a kingdom where there were few wizards.

However, the boy shook his head at their questions and drew the same pattern he had drawn the night before. He then gave Abel time to compare the magic circle with his own.

The magic circle that Nihil drew was actually similar to the magic circle that Abel used, but the details were different. To be exact, it was a magic circle that was known to have been lost and incorrectly transformed after the Heavenly Demon War.

Abel looked at the magic circle with a serious face, then suddenly jumped up from his seat.

“…Abel, why are you like that…….”

Bam, bang!

“…….”

Abel left the living room noisily without looking back. Sedes was puzzled by Abel’s sudden behavior and stared blankly at the door of the living room.

Then, I heard a loud noise and turned my head to see my son’s friend taking out a bundle of documents from his arms and piling them on the table.

Sedes let out an internal scream and washed his face dry. Even though he had been buried in paperwork for days, and even though he had reduced his sleep hours and worked, those damned wads of paper kept pouring out from somewhere.

“Haa…, this time it’s something else.”

-Review of daily necessities made from hot stones

“Hot stone?”

Sedes flipped through the paper, questioning the reviews of daily necessities that were being handed to him out of the blue.

They were all written by different people, so the handwriting was different. I don’t know exactly what they made with the hot stone, but they were all positive reviews. Some reviews were so enthusiastic that I almost exaggerated.

“I’m not sure what prompted you to write a review, but what’s the point?”

-The price of quartz is expected to rise. The royal family owns quartz mines to prevent the price from skyrocketing.

“…Block? Do you mean block? But…, is it necessary to continue writing? It seems like it’s already wrong to be careful with your words.”

Sedes laughed in vain as he watched Nihil insist on writing while saying that he would be careful with his words. Even writing became short, as if he was too lazy to do it.

Nihil opened his mouth quickly to Sedes’s suggestion.

“Well, if that’s what Father says, I will speak freely without hesitation.”

“……her.”

Sedes continued, thinking that Nihil was truly clever.

“First of all, isn’t the point that we’re talking about buying a hot stone mine? But hot stone is known to be an excellent insulating stone that only emits a small amount of heat, and is only used in stove pockets. Now that the weather is getting warmer, it’ll be useless.”

At those words, Nihil snorted and took out two small stones from his bosom, placing them on the table. Then, as if searching for something, he looked around the living room, and when he found a vase larger than his head on display in the living room, he reached out and reached for it. However, the vase was high up, and even though the boy tried hard to raise his hooves, he could not reach it.

Sedes chuckled slightly at the sight. Looking at it this way, the child was a child.

“…….”

Nihil didn’t bother to get the vase. Instead, he stared at Sedes and gestured at the vase as if to ask why he wasn’t putting it down right away.

Sedes was dumbfounded, but he ended up laughing in vain and getting up from his seat as he saw her urging him on by crossing her arms and even holding her leg.

Nihil, who had been following behind Sedes with a vase, took out all the pretty yellow flowers in the vase and threw them carelessly on the table. Thanks to this, the table became wet with water, but Sedes was the only one who cared about that.

Sedes asked sheepishly, watching the water droplets dripping down the table.

“What are you trying to do?”

Instead of answering, Nihil banged the two stones together so loudly that it reverberated throughout the living room, and then he placed them in the vase. Sedes frowned, wondering what Nihil was doing, but soon heard a bubbling sound from the vase, and looked inside in surprise.

Before I knew it, steam began to rise from the vase.

“Is it boiling now?”

It must have started to boil now, since the vase in which the flowers were kept was probably not filled with boiling water. Sedes carefully touched the outer part of the vase, but quickly withdrew his hand because it was hotter than he had expected.

“I will share with you the correct way to use the stone. However, this is on the premise that the kingdom possesses a stone mine.”

Sedes felt that the value of the stone skyrocketed with just one boiling water. This was not something that could be consumed as a simple stove pouch. If it was actually put to use, the possibilities would be endless.

He read again the reviews of people who used household items made of stone.

Maids doing laundry in cold weather could easily get hot water outside, did not need to light a fire every time they ironed, and could heat water and food or maintain their temperature without fire.

Even the heaters that replaced inefficient fireplaces, which belched out acrid smoke and disturbed sleep, were revolutionary.

Sedes looked again at the boy sitting indifferently in front of him. Where on earth did the prince pick up such a thing?

The little boy whose eyes met opened his mouth again.

“Contact me after purchasing the hot stone mine. I will tell you how to use it later.”

“Are you just not going to teach me?”

“Because I want to popularize it.”

“It might be difficult to popularize it easily.”

“Why don’t you use the relief program? And my son’s friend needs some pocket money, so please give him a little bit.”

“…….”

Sedes was once again at a loss for words as he watched his ‘son’s friend’ trying to match him.

“……I’ll let you know after I purchase the mine. By the way, how about that……”

bang-!

Just as Sedes was about to ask how he knew that, the door to the reception room opened loudly and Abel reappeared. He was holding a thick book and a flower pot in his arms.

Abel barged into the king’s reception room without knocking, but the servants passing by didn’t pay much attention. Everyone knew that the king and the prime minister were on good terms, and when the gentle-natured prime minister came out like this, it was only when there was something important and urgent to do.

“Abel, where did you knock?”

bang-!

Although Sedes was reprimanded by the loud entrance, Abel came in with a solemn expression, slamming the door to the reception room shut. Then he slammed an old book that looked to be at least 10cm thick down on the table and carefully placed the flowerpot down so that it would barely make a clicking sound.

The flower pot was none other than Sirentia, which Nihil had given to the child’s father as a bribe.

Nihil raised one eyebrow and asked after seeing Sirentea.

“Did you let the sun shine on you?”

“Ah, that’s…….”

Abel glanced around, startled once by Nihil’s tone and twice by his sharp question. He was relieved because he seemed fine, but he didn’t know he would be caught so quickly.

Abel made a careful excuse.

“I worked overtime all night and forgot to put it away in the morning… Is there something wrong with this?”

“It looks like it’ll be a little late to bear fruit. It’s a problem even if it bears fruit now, but be careful not to expose it to too much sunlight or it’ll dry out and die.”

Abel smiled brightly, as if there was no big problem with my Sirenthea. Then, as I was about to push the old book I had brought to Nihil, my wrist was suddenly grabbed and I looked at it curiously.

“Why is that?”

Nihil simply nodded to Abel and urged him to sit next to him. Abel did as he was told and sat down on the sofa.

The child held Abel’s wrist still for a while, then brought it to his forehead and quietly closed his eyes. His appearance was so devout that he looked like a priest praying for believers.

Abel unconsciously raised his remaining hand and stroked his pure white, soft-looking hair. The ends of his hair were split, as if he had suffered through some hardship, and it was not as soft as he had thought, but the roots felt quite good. If he grew his hair out like this, it would definitely become beautiful hair.

Abel stroked his hair for a long time before touching her pure white eyelashes. He didn’t refuse the contact, but his beautiful black eyes were slightly squinted.

Only then did Abel realize that the child had opened his eyes and he quickly took his hand away.

“Haha, sorry. I was so curious that I reached out without realizing it.”

“The mana circuit is a mess.”

“Mana Circuit?”

“Don’t use magic for a while. Also remove the soundproofing spell.”

“Oh, like this… all of a sudden?”

“Focus on recovering your body.”

“Kid, can you explain it properly?”

“bothered.”

“…….”

Abel, who was speechless at the word “annoying,” looked at Sedes earnestly. Sedes was contemplating whether to scold his son’s friend who was acting like a minister when he asked for help, or to coax him into opening his mouth. However, he didn’t seem like the type of guy who would be affected by threatening him with his status, so he decided to try to coax him gently.

“Please explain properly. It’s quite important to my friend.”

As he spoke, Sedes personally brought the refreshments from the living room and held them out in front of his son’s friend.

My son’s friend, who was a little cheeky, didn’t refuse and put one of the round chocolates in his mouth.

“Whew.”

Spit it out.

“…….”

… Even if you don’t like it, you don’t have to spit it out like that.