How the Prince Makes Friends - Chapter 114



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Episode 114

As soon as he opened his eyes, Nihil met the bright eyes waiting right in front of him. He didn’t show any sign of irritation at being woken up, but simply arched his eyebrows gently. Then, he wrapped Lianus in the blanket and tied him up tightly.

“Rian, you’re not climbing on top of a sleeping person.”

“Eww! Save me!”

Lianus laughed out loud, even as he squirmed under the covers. He was so happy that someone was teasing him.

When Nihil saw that Lianus was starting to look a little tired from struggling, he untied him and felt his pulse.

“how is it?”

Lianus, who was out of breath from laughing, asked while catching his breath.

Nihil waited until Rianus calmed down a bit before checking on his condition. It would take a few more days for him to fully recover, but his condition wasn’t too bad compared to his fever that had been rising and falling all night.

“I feel a lot better. But I still need to take the medicine for a few more days.”

“Yeah, yeah.”

“What do you want to do about swordsmanship lessons? As long as you don’t overdo it, it’s fine.”

“Ugh, I’m not going. I’m going to play with Neil today.”

“good.”

After a quick shower, Nihil, who had been out earlier, came over holding a dry towel.

“Come here, Lian. Let me dry your hair.”

“huh!”

Lianus approached me, his head in his hands. Evan muttered as he looked at Nihil, who was no different from usual.

“…I’m glad you’re okay today.”

At those words, Nihil slightly avoided Evan’s eyes and muttered quietly.

“…I’m sorry about yesterday.”

“Do you remember anything?”

“Well, roughly. Didn’t you lose your hair?”

“…….”

Evan’s eyebrows furrowed. He never thought that his teasing would come back to haunt him like this.

“There’s no cure for that.”

Ugh.

“If there was no medicine, you shouldn’t have pulled it out!”

“…I’ll take responsibility for making the wig. Is gray hair okay too…?”

“No need! And don’t talk about hair loss!”

Nihil looked at Evan, who was crying, and tried to console him by saying things like he was still young and it would be okay, and made excuses.

“Last night, my thinking was a little off.”

“…I see.”

Evan hesitated at the lukewarm response for a while, then remembered that he hadn’t apologized properly yesterday, so he carefully opened his mouth.

“Yesterday, that, blood.”

“Blood? Do you need it?”

“No, I don’t need that!”

Why on earth are you giving blood!

“Then what is it?”

“…Weren’t you angry yesterday?”

“When did I.”

“…When you brought up the topic of blood…….”

Nihil thought back to last night after hearing Evan’s words. When did the topic of blood come up?

“No matter how much I think about it, I’ve never been angry.”

“Your face hardened as soon as the topic of blood came up!”

“Oh, that’s because I suddenly felt like vomiting…….”

“…….”

Evan started pounding the cushions, his face crumpled.

Nihil continued speaking absentmindedly, waving his hand at the dust rising from the cushion.

“I didn’t know you had such delicate emotions. Be careful in the future.”

“Hey, this dog… you little shit!”

“You look like a lynx. Are you not a lynx anymore?”

“AAAAAHHHH!!!”

It’s so annoying!

Evan expressed his frustration by messing up his hair that he had worked so hard to straighten with his hands.

Nihil, who had a taste for doggy teasing, smirked at Evan’s squirming form, then when breakfast arrived, he quickly hugged Rianus and sat him down at the table.

“But Neil, was I really sick yesterday? Actually, I got up in the middle of the night and ate and took medicine, but I don’t remember.”

“Well, I have a bad headache because of the fever, but my head is dizzy, my stomach feels like it’s going to churn, the bitter smell of the medicine is disgusting, and no matter how much I drink it, my condition doesn’t get better. My muscles feel numb and weak, but my whole body aches as if I’ve been beaten up. And in the midst of all that, I’m having nightmares…”

“What? Are you still like that?”

Lianus turned pale and quickly asked for his fruit back. But Nihil calmly continued to eat his soup.

“It’s not that I did it, it’s that you did it. I just told you because you said you didn’t remember. In reality, you’ve been doing it all along, right?”

“Um…, that’s right. But I’ll try not to get sick from now on.”

“It’ll be hard not to get sick. Your body’s weakness is caused by a broken mana vessel.”

“Mana bowl?”

Rianus tilted his head as he was about to dip the bread in the soup and put it in his mouth.

“To be exact, it’s the stage before it develops into a Mana Heart. Lian, the reason your body is weak is because your Mana Vessel was already broken when you were born. That’s what the idiots call the Curse of Mana.”

“Huh, huh? What are you talking about? Did you know that I can’t use mana?”

When Rianus first heard about his ‘Curse of Mana’ from Nihil, he looked at him dumbfounded.

Evan rolled his eyes and watched, since he already knew what was going on, then took a mouthful of bread and covered his mouth.

“I see this and that.”

“Then the reason I have no mana in my body is not because of a curse, but because the mana vessel is broken?”

“Yeah. It’s like when knights or wizards lose their mana hearts. In your case, it was broken too early, so your immune system couldn’t properly take hold. Plus, it’s a quarter, so it’s not balanced. If you grow up a little, you won’t get sick this often.”

“Then, it’s not a curse… is it?”

“I don’t see any trace of the curse on you”

“Can you see that too?”

“There are many things I can see besides Mana.”

Lianus looked deep into Nihil’s eyes, feeling inwardly curious. Although they were described as black eyes, they contained countless sparkling colors, making it difficult to simply describe them as black.

Maybe each of these colors makes us see something different.

Nihil smiled at Lianus, who was staring intently, and said:

“Shall I show you something amazing?”

“Huh? …Uh, uh?”

At that moment, colors began to change in Nihil’s eyes as if paint was spreading across them.

Evan, who discovered the scene late, jumped up from his seat in surprise, causing the chair to fall backwards with a loud rattling noise.

“You, your eyes…!”

Evan pointed in surprise, but Nihil just smiled with the corners of his eyes raised.

“Isn’t it amazing?”

“How did you do it?”

Lianus was perplexed, but he couldn’t take his eyes off those mysterious eyes. The black eyes had turned white. It was as if the black opal had literally turned into a white opal.

“When you look at mana, it has this color.”

“Are you looking at Mana right now?”

“huh.”

“Then, up until now, when I had my eyes closed, everything…….”

“That’s right. I was covering it up because the color changed. It’s not a common phenomenon after all.”

“I see…….”

Nihil blinked once and returned his eyes to their original color. To be exact, it would be more accurate to say that he sealed what he was seeing.

Evan stood there dumbfounded, then quickly pushed up his chair and sat back down at the table, muttering.

“I guess I’ve seen all sorts of things in life…….”

“You’ll see a lot of different types of stars in the future.”

“…….”

“Rian, this is our secret.”

“Okay! I won’t tell anyone!”

Lianus began to feel excited at the thought of sharing his friend’s secret. From now on, he will take responsibility for his friend’s secret and keep it safe.

Nihil smiled faintly at Rianus’ excited appearance and brought the roasted vegetables that Rianus had put aside to his mouth. Rianus didn’t realize that he was eating the vegetables and just ate them as they were given to him.

Evan stuck his tongue out at the sight of the lynx not missing a single opportunity, then looked down at his plate, thinking that he should finish his meal too.

There was a bunch of untouched asparagus left.

Our little, cute, and precious prince is growing up so he shouldn’t be a picky eater, but he’s already grown up so it’s okay if he’s a little picky.

Evan thought as he pushed the asparagus aside. Then his eyes met Nihil’s.

“…….”

I had no choice but to put it straight into my mouth.

It didn’t taste good. Why do you eat grass?

***

After Mongmongi’s slightly gloomy breakfast, the little ones rolled around on the bed. It was a weekday, but it was so quiet.

It was partly because I woke up early in the morning, but I also missed my morning classes, and the afternoon class on the disciplinary committee was canceled, so my entire day was literally empty. Of course, the administrative officials were too busy to teach because of the Shaton Street cleanup and redevelopment project.

Lianus was suddenly left blankly, looking for something to do. He cleaned up the greenhouse that Nihil had wanted, and even fed milk to the puppy, but he still had time to spare.

Rianus, who had been wondering if there was anything else he could do, suddenly raised his head as if an idea occurred to him and he let out a small exclamation.

“Neil, we must go and tell His Majesty about the stone!”

“That’s okay. I told you so.”

“Huh? When?”

“Yesterday. Your father said he would buy the mine too, so he’ll take care of it.”

“Hmm, if the story went well……”

Rianus fell back on his pillow, thinking that he didn’t have to worry anymore since his friend had said so. He pondered whether there was anything he should do.

The sunlight streaming in through the window, the breeze blowing gently, and the hands stroking my hair all felt good, but I felt restless because I was doing nothing.

Nihil glanced at Rianus like that. He felt a little sorry for the little boy who couldn’t enjoy his day off properly, so he said he wanted to go see the flowers. Of course, since he couldn’t go outside the castle, the best he could do was the garden, but Rianus, who had something to do, said it was good and prepared to go out.

“Rian, put on your hat.”

“huh!”

“And wearing a scarf.”

“huh!”

“Cotton gloves too…….”

“Take it easy, you damn cat!”

Evan snatched the cotton gloves away with a yelp. Our cute little kitten was slowly turning into a round snowman. They were probably used in the middle of winter, so they must have been buried deep in the dressing room, but I don’t know where he found them.

Nihil must have thought he had been a little harsh himself, so he took back the fluffy fur scarf and fur hat. Then he wrapped a thin, light knitted muffler around her and put a cute yellow beret on her.

Nihil nodded his head, looking satisfied at Lianus, who looked particularly good in a yellow beret.

“You’re cute.”

“No, that’s not it. Just put on some clothes now.”

At Evan’s nagging, Nihil took another quick look at Rianus’s going-out clothes and put on something of a similar color. Even though he looked like he was wearing whatever he could get his hands on, he looked like he was properly dressed.

At that sight, Lianus complimented Nihil on his good looks. Unlike Evan, he didn’t seem to be curious at all about why Nihil was wearing the attire of nobles.

Nihil wore a dark green hooded cloak, with the hood pulled down tightly. The cloak was short and cute, so it didn’t look gloomy.

There was quite a lot of luggage for the flower viewing, but Evan had to carry all the luggage because the lynx didn’t talk to the servants.

But the biggest problem was the empty garden.

“…….”

Lianus looked at the empty garden of his palace and was speechless for a moment. He had thought that decorating a garden would be of no use, but he realized that a pretty garden was essential for enjoying flowers with his close friend.

Moreover, since there were only a few flowering trees, the early spring scenery without a single leaf was dreary.

“Eek…….”

The kitten looked a little depressed.