How the Prince Makes Friends - Chapter 108



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Episode 108

“You dare not know the subject!”

An angry Benjamin finally raised his hand. Lawrence, unable to ignore the stares of the passing servants, raised his hand to stop his servant.

“Stop. Back off, Benjamin. I’m fine.”

Lawrence still smiled gently, rubbing the back of his hand, which didn’t hurt much.

“How can it be entirely the child’s fault for not being educated? If they don’t know, you just have to teach them.”

“As expected, you are merciful. Take off your hood, you insolent thing. How dare you act like that in front of the prince!”

Benjamin yelled, but the child just trembled. Eventually, the guard in charge of guarding the child carefully crouched down next to him and began to gently soothe the child.

“Kid, it’s not polite to wear a hood in front of superiors. Would you mind taking it off?”

“…….”

“Okay, good? Uncle will help you…!”

The knight gently pulled back his hood, then met eyes as bright as the night sky and took a deep breath.

‘Can I take this hood off?’

The gaze that looked at me with moist eyes and longing made my heart ache. And on the other hand, I had that thought.

‘You picked it up because it was pretty.’

It was the first time in my life that I saw such a pretty child. Even a doll made by a craftsman wouldn’t be this pretty. And with those mysteriously shining black eyes and pure white hair. If I were the second prince, I would have picked her up right away.

It didn’t matter whether there was a foundation or not, because this itself was the foundation!

“Sir, why is that?”

“Oh, I’m sorry.”

The knight woke up from his reverie and asked the child cautiously.

“Can I take off your hood, Uncle?”

Nod.

At the child’s permission, the knight took off the child’s hood with a trembling heart. Even under the dark hood, the child’s appearance, which had been shining, shone even more brilliantly in the sunlight. In fact, the sunlight reflecting off the pure white hair was dazzling.

The other two also stood there for a moment, speechless at the sight of the child. The child quickly put his hood back on, and Lawrence, coming out of his thoughts, spoke to the child in a whisper.

“Is your name Muup?”

The child opened his mouth and tried to make a sound. Lawrence unconsciously stared at the lower part of his body visible under the hood, but the child suddenly turned his head away.

Lawrence furrowed his eyebrows at being ignored again, but couldn’t help but be surprised when he turned around to see a carriage approaching.

The approaching carriage was not flashy, but it had a very familiar phrase written on it.

‘The royal family’s emblem?’

Of course, only the royal family can wear the royal emblem. His Majesty is currently in the palace, and his mother doesn’t ride in such a shabby-looking carriage, so that must be… … .

‘Rianus?’

Why did that child? Why did he come back to the main palace? Moreover, even if he drove the carriage quickly, he couldn’t have arrived this early since class had just ended.

Lawrence felt a little confused, but Nihil, who was next to him, was even more confused.

‘Why already… … ?’

Nihil did not rule out the possibility that Lianus might come for him.

However, since he is a child who clearly distinguishes between public and private affairs, I did not think that he would come before class was over. Furthermore, since class started late, I thought that he might be even later.

Maybe he came in a hurry because he heard the news that he had been scolded badly by his child’s father.

The original plan was to give the First Prince a friendly image and make him easy to persuade. However, Rianus had already arrived, and the First Prince would not leave now, so he had to flexibly modify his plan depending on how Rianus acted.

Just then, the window of the running carriage opened, and a curly, dark green head suddenly popped out of the window.

“Neil~”

Lianus smiled brightly and waved his hands.

“…….”

Nihil’s pupils began to tremble involuntarily.

‘Why is the kid acting like that?’

Although he knew that Lianus was particularly fond of him, it was strange for him to laugh so heartily in the main palace, especially with the First Prince next to him. If it were the usual Lianus, he would have been on guard immediately upon seeing the First Prince next to him.

‘Has your fever… risen?’

Nihil was worried that Lianus might be feverish and not be able to observe his surroundings properly.

At that moment, a large hand suddenly appeared from inside the carriage and grabbed Lianus, who was waving his hand cheerfully and greeting him. It seemed to be Evan. It seemed that he had realized that the first prince was here.

The carriage drew nearer and nearer, and everyone stared at it. Even the servants passing by from afar stopped and glanced at it.

The carriage stopped at Nihil’s feet, the door flew open, and a small, cute creature jumped out.

“Wow, Prince, it’s dangerous…!”

“Neil!”

Nihil quickly caught Rianus, who was jumping out of the carriage, and put him down on the floor. No, he tried to put him down, but Rianus held on to Nihil with his own strength and did not fall.

“Neil~ I saw you and came to get you~”

Lianus stretched out his tail in response and nuzzled his face against Nihil’s head.

There was a smell of alcohol in the air. A very familiar smell at that.

Nihil, who was momentarily angry, glared at the office on the fifth floor where his child’s father was. Sedes, who had been secretly watching from the terrace, flinched and took a step back.

Nihil also gave a glance to Evan, who got out of the carriage after him. Evan told him what had happened without saying a word, just moving his lips.

‘You ate some chocolate and got drunk, and you were crying that you wanted to see me, so I had no choice but to bring you here.’

It was true that Rianus’ eyes were still moist. Nihil carefully held Rianus up with one hand, and with the other hand, gently rubbed the moisture from Rianus’ eyes.

“Neil~ I came here because I really wanted to see you, but…, Neil isn’t here so I came….”

Lianus continued to mutter while rubbing his cheek against Nihil’s hand.

Lawrence, who was so shocked by this situation, called Lianus.

“Rianus.”

“Ugh…?”

When someone called him, Lianus looked around, realizing that there was someone else there, and narrowed his eyes when he found the person who had called him.

“What are you?”

“…….”

After casting ‘What are you?’ on his half-brother, Lianus lifted Nihil’s face up to look at him. In the process, the hood came off, but Nihil didn’t have the presence of mind to put it back on.

“Neil~ Stop flirting with kids… Am I not enough for you?”

“…….”

As he said that, Lianus grumbled and tried to put Nihil’s hood back on. However, there was no way the hood could be put on while he was holding his head.

Lianus started whining again.

“I told you not to take off your hood~ This won’t fit……”

“…….”

It was Lianus himself who had taken off the hood and prevented it from being put back on, but Nihil did not point it out.

Lianus gave up on putting on the hood and hugged Nihil’s head tightly as if he was trying to hide his face with his body. Then he glared at Lawrence as if he didn’t recognize him.

“Neil is my friend, but… strange things keep sticking to him….”

“…….”

Lawrence, who had suddenly become strange, opened his mouth and looked at the drunken Lianus. Evan covered his face with both hands in despair. No, in fact, he wasn’t despairing, he was holding back laughter.

The reason he didn’t actively stop him was because he knew that this would end up as an incident. The chocolates that His Majesty had personally prepared for him were actually chocolates with alcohol in them, and it would end with the drunken second prince getting drunk in front of his beloved close friend. Instead, strange rumors might spread beyond the fact that the second prince cherished his close friend so much.

Evan, who had been laughing secretly for a while and then took a breath, hardened his expression and opened his mouth.

“I’m sorry, Prince 1. Prince 2 is not feeling well, so I will take you first.”

After saying that, Evan carried Nihil all the way to the carriage. Even during this time, Rianus’s whining could still be heard.

“…….”

Lawrence stared blankly at the departing carriage.

Everything was full of incomprehensible things.

***

“Sedi-!”

“……I am reflecting on it.”

Abel’s nagging began again.

“Why did you hide the chocolate you gave to the second prince?”

“…….”

Sedes couldn’t bring himself to say that he had hidden it for fear of being scolded. The best he could do was simply send herbs and plain chocolate to the Second Prince’s palace and instruct his servants to mark desserts containing alcohol.

I was a little worried about the second prince who had been drinking, but I felt a little relieved because I thought the mysterious child who might have some kind of hidden power would take good care of the second prince.

To be honest, I’m not sure if the boy sees the prince as a ‘friend’, but it’s clear that he has feelings for the prince. The feelings he shows towards himself are not due to his status as a king, but simply because he’s the father of his best friend.

It was a bit complicated that the kid I had just met was looking for me while drinking, but it was my karma, so who could I blame?

‘The question is how the queen will come out.’

The first prince was still young, so there was no need to worry too much. The problem was the queen and the dukedom. The second prince was so open about how much he cared for the child, so the child would be in a bit of danger. He might try to persuade him, and if he couldn’t, he might even try to assassinate him.

‘I wonder if it’s okay.’

Sedes decided to put aside his worries about the child. He would ask for help if he needed it. It didn’t seem like he would be easily persuaded.

If you see him ordering the king around to do things, calling the prime minister stupid, or pretending to tremble in front of the prince, there is a high possibility that he will be taken advantage of and used as a persuasion.

Neither the way she lightly accepted the prince who jumped out of the carriage, nor the way she glared at the terrace as if she had known where she was from the beginning, seemed ordinary.

‘Is it really a spirit?’

A beast with pure white fur is special, isn’t it? So special that it might have the ability to transform into a human.

Sedes thought so and called his close friend who was still nagging him.

“……Seddie, you’re too inconsiderate! Be a little more delicate……!”

“Abel.”

“ok?”

“Let’s go get something to eat.”

“…….”

“…….”

“Haa…, let me stop talking.”

In the end, it was Abel who declared surrender.

You have to eat at mealtime. Yeah, that’s right.

Sedes, free from the nagging, raised the corners of his lips slightly. However, he soon received a letter, no, a threatening letter, from the palace of the Second Prince, and had no choice but to listen to the nagging bomb again.

-The alcohol in the chocolate has caused her fever, and I can’t give her any medicine until she’s detoxified. If Lian’s symptoms get worse, I won’t let her be.

“Sediiiii!!!”

Sedes quietly lowered his eyes.