How the Prince Makes Friends - Chapter 109



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Episode 109

Nihil was speechless for a moment when he saw the herbs and chocolates sent by the father who followed right behind him. Then he wrote a simple letter, sealed it, and sent it to the Shadow Knight.

And I boiled some good herbs for Haeju… … .

Uda dadada-!

“It’s so sour, I’m not going to eat it!”

“…….”

The little prince, who didn’t want to take his medicine, started running away.

The servants looked at Lianus, who was moving around the palace with wide eyes.

“Wow, Prince?!”

“It’s dangerous to run around like that!”

“Sirrrrr~”

“Where are you going, Prince!”

“You shouldn’t run down the stairs!”

“Prince, there’s Pupu here!”

The servants followed Rianus in a swarm. Nihil, who had maintained the setting that he could not speak, also chased Rianus with the servants, sweating profusely.

Evan watched the kitten for a moment because it was so cute and the cat chasing it around was so funny, and then he quickly grabbed the kitten and hugged it as it ran in front of him.

“Got it……!”

“Eww-!”

“?!”

Rianus, who was captured by Evan, started to cry sadly like a princess captured by a villain. Evan felt like he had become the greatest villain in the world and fidgeted, then handed the kitten over to Nihil, who was spreading his arms below.

“Now, hmm, I don’t want to eat anymore… sniff. I, I don’t want to get sick either…”

Nihil took the crying child in his arms, wiped away the tears that fell one by one, and patted him. Then he gave Rianus a teddy bear called ‘Pupu’ that one of the servants had brought, and motioned for the servants who had gathered to go.

Lianus held the worn-out teddy bear, one of whose eyes was crooked, in his arms, while crying.

Nihil brought Rianus into the bedroom, sat him down on the bed, and began to soothe him gently.

“Easy- good girl, Lian? You don’t have to take the medicine.”

“Sniff, huff, really?”

“Yeah. Just eat it when you want. Should we have some chocolate?”

Just in case, Nihil tried the chocolate first and then put it in the baby’s mouth.

Rianus was so happy to hear that he didn’t have to take the medicine that he smiled bashfully with tears in his eyes and took the chocolate.

I thought I could catch my breath like that, but a few minutes later, the Second Prince’s palace was turned upside down again.

“Ehehehehe~”

“…….”

Nihil sighed secretly as he watched Lianus, who was still stamping on his face, smiling a little foolishly.

When a drunken Lianus dragged Nihil around here and there, offering to show her around his palace, he saw the young maids bickering over cookies, saying, “I got them first, so they’re mine!” Then, as if he realized something, he started dipping his seal in ink and using it as a seal.

Nihil thought it was fortunate that Lianus didn’t spit on him like a little kid, and left him alone to stamp the seal to his heart’s content.

At first, there were only a handful of servants who received Rianus’ seal, but Rianus seemed to want to differentiate among them, so he stamped three seals on Evan and the butler’s faces, and only one seal on several other servants.

Employees who received the seal held their heads high as if they were proud of it and did not erase it, as if it were something great.

Maid Perry only received one stamp, unlike Butler and Evan who received three. She seemed to be upset about this, muttering things like, “It’s only been two years for me… …” and pretending not to notice, she followed Rianus around.

Eventually, Perry got his other cheek stamped as well, but Lianus didn’t stamp just anyone easily, as he had his own clear standards for stamping. Even the bulging belly of his dog, Robert Luis de Armond II, was stamped.

However, as he continued to beg, Rianus’s heart weakened and he stamped the seal on the back of his hand instead of his face. However, there were exactly three servants who did not stamp the seal until the end.

‘Prince, why don’t you take a picture of me?’

‘It’s not mine.’

‘I work in the prince’s palace, so I am the prince’s person. Please give me your seal as well.’

‘No. It’s not mine.’

‘Why do you think so? It’s sad.’

‘It’s not mine. Go away.’

Even while drunk, Lianus firmly stated that it was not his and held out his hand to the servants who had been holding it out.

Nihil followed the backs of the three servants who had not received the seal, then quietly asked Rianus why he had not stamped them.

‘It’s not mine.’

‘Why not?

‘I just don’t think so.’

Lianus gave me vague answers and began to nod off in my arms. Then, whenever he ran into Nihil, he would stamp his seal without fail.

Nihil, whose face was a mess because of the stamp, held Lianus in his arms and fed him while asking.

“Rian, why did you give one more to the maid?”

“Ugh… Perry… is strange.”

“…….”

“It’s mine, but it’s weird.”

“…What’s strange?”

“I don’t really know… It’s just weird.”

“I see.”

“Wooooow…”

“Okay. Lian, let’s have one more bite.”

“I’m sleepy……”

Nihil comforted the half-asleep Lianus and fed him some egg dish. He didn’t even want to put the good herbs in his mouth, so he had to at least feed him food.

Evan, who was next to me, smiled happily at the fact that he had three stamps on his face, but then frowned when he saw the stamps densely packed on Nihil’s small face.

“…Why did you get so many stamps?”

“I guess I’m good.”

“…….”

“Why, would you like me to stamp your seal?”

“…there is no need.”

Evan immediately refused, saying he didn’t want to receive the seal of a lynx, but Lianus seemed to agree, and Joe whined in the meantime.

“I want to get the Neil stamp…….”

“But I don’t have a seal.”

“Give me a stamp too… I got a lot of stamps for mine… ”

“You took this picture.”

“I have to take a picture of Mani. Neil isn’t mine……”

“…….”

At those words, Nihil froze for a moment. Unlike other people, the seal of Lianus that was stamped on me seemed to be a sign of his earnest desire to make me his person, rather than a confirmation that I was his.

I thought I did a good job without letting it show, but how does this kid know?

“Quickly give me Neil’s seal… If Neil isn’t mine, I’ll get Neil’s… ”

“Rian, you shouldn’t say things like that, because other people might misunderstand if they hear it.”

“Hurry up~”

“If you eat all of this, I’ll stamp it for you.”

Nihil lured the child by offering to stamp his seal, and then finished feeding him. Rianus, nodding off, swallowed his food with his mouth open in order to receive the seal.

“I ate everything, so please stamp it……”

After finishing his meal, Rianus said this and looked at Nihil earnestly. Nihil stared at Rianus for a long time and eventually ended up chuckling.

The puppy grumbled, “What’s so good about that guy’s stamp?” but barked at Nihil, telling him to stamp something quickly.

“Come closer, Lian. I’ll stamp your seal.”

“Huh?”

Nihil said so and carefully kissed the bridge of Rianus’ nose.

And at that moment, as Lianus’ ‘fruit’ moved in, I started to feel dizzy and have a headache.

“What the hell are you doing!”

Evan lifted Nihil’s neck in shock. The shaking made Nihil feel nauseous, but he responded as if nothing had happened.

“Don’t shake it.”

“Hey, why are your lips matching?”

“Because there’s no seal.”

“You might as well stamp your hand!”

“Stop barking. I’ll put the baby to sleep.”

Evan wanted to argue for a while longer, but since our cute kitten had been asleep for a while, he held back and put Nihil down.

“But what did you do before you ate the baby without even noticing?”

Nihil scolded Lianus as he moved him to the bed. Evan smiled bitterly, as if he was embarrassed because this time, it was clear that he had been careless.

“I thought there would be no problem since His Majesty personally prepared it. I never thought there would be alcohol in it……”

“Don’t feed the baby anything.”

“Be careful.”

“What about afternoon classes?”

“It’s a violin. Should I take it out?”

“Ugh…, it’s so cold…”

The sleeping Lianus shook his head. Nihil sighed quietly without letting on.

“Can you postpone it for an hour?”

“I’ll make sure to pass it on.”

Nihil quickly took advantage of the moment when Rianus was distracted by the squatting to give him some medicine and put him to sleep. Fortunately, the violin teacher was willing to adjust his schedule, and Rianus’ nap wasn’t too long.

***

“Neil?”

“huh.”

Rianus, who had just woken up, asked nervously as he saw his friend’s face was red as if it had been scratched by something.

“Your face…, what’s wrong?”

“well.”

At Nihil’s ambiguous answer, Lianus tilted his head and turned his head to ask Evan what had happened.

But Evan’s face was also red, so he couldn’t help but open his eyes wide.

Nihil’s whole face was red, but Evan’s cheeks and forehead were red. And that was the trace of the paint being erased.

Nihil was not wiping off the seal marks because he wanted to tease the now-conscious Rianus, but Evan wiped Nihil’s face cleanly, thinking that the kitten might be embarrassed. It was hard to wipe off, but he succeeded in erasing it anyway.

I asked the butler to erase the seal marks of all the other servants as well, but the butler seemed very sorry.

“What happened? And more importantly, when did I fall asleep?”

“You ate chocolate with alcohol in it and got drunk and fell asleep.”

“……chocolate?”

“Yeah. Violin lesson was postponed for an hour. How are you feeling?”

“Well, I don’t know. Rather, I think my condition is good.”

Nihil looked at Rianus here and there and then put his hand on his forehead. Since Nihil was currently receiving Rianus’ ‘fruit’, it was inevitable that he would think that his condition was good, but the headache and nausea that he was feeling remained the same.

“Your fever is a little high. Let’s take some medicine first.”

“Ugh……”

Lianus obediently took the medicine given by Nihil. Unlike the last time, this one was a little bitter, and his face grimaced.

“It’s tasteless……”

“I had to quickly re-make the medicine because there were some ingredients that didn’t mix well with alcohol. That’s why I didn’t pay attention to the taste. I’m sorry.”

“Ugh, no. Thank you. But did I do something wrong? I feel like I’ve been in your arms the whole time…”

“You didn’t recognize me, Prince 1, and you said, ‘What are you?’”

“……uh?”

“I cried because I missed you, so the puppy brought you to the palace, but I happened to be with the First Prince. The First Prince said that strange things were sticking to me.

“…….”

“Even the palace maids passing by saw it.”

Lianus stood there dumbfounded, as if his thoughts had stopped, then opened his mouth.

“Why, why didn’t you cover my mouth?”

“It’s cute.”

“…….”

Lianus’s pupils trembled slightly. I don’t know the criteria for what makes my friend cute. Evan Sir also seemed to think Nihil’s criteria were strange, because his pupils trembled like crazy.

But to show such a disgrace in front of everyone… Not to mention my reputation falling even lower, I wonder what my brother will think of me.

“Rian, you should prepare for violin lesson.”

“Oh, right.”

I’ll have to think about apologizing to my brother later!