How the Prince Makes Friends - Chapter 119



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Episode 119

Lianus thought as he placed a colorful flower petal on top of an open thick book.

‘Neil likes the color green!’

I glanced at my friend, remembering Nihil’s words about wanting to change the color of the rabbit doll’s ribbon to green. Now that I think about it, the cloak Nihil was wearing today was also dark green. And if Nihil liked the color green, it made perfect sense why he kept patting his head. My hair was dark green!

Rianus was willing to give his friend a lock of his hair, so he lay face down on the mat and tilted his head slightly towards Nihil, indicating that he could stroke it whenever he wanted.

Nihil stared at the head that was thrust forward for a moment before beginning to stroke it. He didn’t know what Rianus was thinking, but he thought there was no need to refuse since something soft was right in front of him.

The misunderstanding between the two deepened, but no one knew the inside story.

“You two really get along well.”

The knight, now wearing a proper knight’s uniform instead of a maid’s uniform, smiled happily as he looked at the two children. Although his transformation magic had been lifted and he had become much more manly and muscular, he still clearly resembled the maid named Noona.

The knight trembled and watched his sister, thinking that something was wrong, but after he found out that the punishment inflicted on his sister was only the changing of the doll’s decoration, he stuck close to Nihil and Rianus and did not think of leaving.

“Go away.”

Lianus glared at the knight who was so obviously interested in his friend. He thought it was all because his friend was so pretty, so he quickly put the hood on his cloak so that only he could see it.

I hope Sir Evan comes back soon.

“Rian, it’s too tight.”

“Oh, I’m sorry.”

Lianus quickly untied the two strings of his hood, which he had pulled too hard while lost in thought, almost blocking his friend’s breathing holes.

The two children carefully placed the flowers and petals on the book and carefully covered it. If they left it like this for a week, it would become a pretty pressed flower. Rianus smiled happily at the thought of giving pressed flowers to Nihil, but then suddenly remembered that he should dry and store the garland Nihil had made for him, so he carefully put the garland on his head down.

As Lianus’ gaze lingered on the crown, Nihil opened his mouth.

“Rian, don’t think about keeping the crown I made for you for too long.”

“Huh? Why?”

“That’s an herb.”

“Huh?”

“I’ll dry it well and boil it to make it easier to eat.”

“Oh…, I see….”

Lianus couldn’t figure out why there were herbs growing in his garden, but he felt strangely uneasy at the thought of them being eaten by him.

Then the knight began to chattering again.

“By the way, Master, you are really pretty. In fact, even though everyone said you were so pretty, I didn’t believe you.”

“…….”

“Your hair is as dazzling as snow. Can I touch it? It won’t melt, right?”

“…….”

“Your Majesty, I heard you can see mana. Is that true?”

“…….”

“How did you know I wasn’t your sister? Did you distinguish me by my own mana?”

“…….”

“I heard you coveted our captain. What about me? Am I worthy of your covetousness?”

“…….”

“Doryeonniim~ Please take a look~”

“…….”

Lianus watched the clouds passing by and listened to the knights’ ramblings, then turned his head away, wondering when on earth his friend had met and lusted after the captain of the knights.

Nihil, lying next to me, didn’t even glance at the knight’s earnest plea, but he still furrowed his eyebrows slightly, perhaps because the noise was bothersome. Then, as if he sensed my gaze, he turned halfway around, hugged himself tightly, and closed his eyes.

Nihil opened his mouth and muttered.

“Rian, let’s return that.”

Lianus thought for a moment about what ‘that’ meant, then realized it meant the escort knights and answered a beat later.

“Uh… is that so?”

“Yeah, it’s too noisy.”

“Oh, that’s too much! When you return it, please look after my mana!”

“ha…….”

“Don’t bother Neil.”

As Nihil sighed softly, Lianus frowned and wrapped his arms around the small, white head. It was an instinct of all swordsmen, or rather, all those who had mastered martial arts, to pursue strength and compare their skills with others, but that did not mean that they could bother their close friend.

“If you’re that curious about my skills, then go spar with other knights.”

“But, Prince, aren’t you curious?”

“I’m not curious. So don’t bother Neil and go away.”

“Please don’t do that. Please try to persuade the prince too~”

“no.”

After bickering with the knight for a while, Lianus glanced down at Nihil, who was in his arms, because he felt that he was being too quiet. Then he found Nihil sleeping without moving at all.

“Neil, are you okay?”

“……no.”

When Rianus asked in a whisper, the answer came a beat late. Only then did Rianus remember that Nihil had nursed him all night and fallen asleep late, and his face twisted in regret.

“I’m sorry, Neil. I was just thinking about myself too much.”

“No. I’m not sleeping.”

Nihil sat up from where he was lying, as if he really wasn’t sleepy. The sleepiness that had been slightly hanging in his eyes seemed to have disappeared, but Rianus carefully pulled Nihil back down and laid him down again.

“Neil, take a nap.”

Rianus pushed down Nihil’s body as he tried to get up again, spread out the blanket and covered him with it. Then he patted Nihil’s chest as he always did for him.

“No, Lian, I’m really not sleepy.”

“Really? Well then…, um, I’m going to practice the violin, so lie here and listen.”

As he rolled his eyes and said that, Rianus got up and started tuning his violin. He was not as good at singing as Nihil, so he was going to play a lullaby on his violin instead.

After finishing the tuning, Rianus began to play, holding the strings at an angle and holding out the first note long. It was the lullaby that Nihil had sung to me, the lyrics of which I couldn’t understand. Although I wasn’t very good at it because I didn’t have the sheet music, I played it slowly, recalling my memory step by step.

The knight who had been chattering continuously did not open his mouth while playing. Nihil lay down on his side and watched Rianus play, and at some point he closed his eyes and did not move at all.

Lianus had to play the violin for quite some time, because he couldn’t be sure whether his friend was completely asleep. If he wasn’t, he would surely wake up and clap his hands as soon as the playing stopped.

My close friend was that affectionate.

After a while, when he finished playing, Rianus pushed the hair that was tickling his friend’s face to one side and lay down next to him.

“Are you going to sleep?”

“huh.”

“I’m bored.”

“Do you talk that much even when you are by His Majesty’s side?”

“…Of course not.”

“Then be quiet.”

“But, Prince, do you know how boring it is to always hide in the shadows and act as a guard? If not now, then when will I speak?”

“Shall I address Your Majesty?”

“……sorry.”

Lianus silenced the knight and crawled into the blanket. It might have been better to take a nap in the soft bed, but the weather was nice and the breeze was blowing, so he didn’t want to go into the palace.

And I didn’t know when else I would be able to take a leisurely nap outside at this hour on a weekday.

Rianus made a pillow out of a blanket for Nihil and laid down with his head on Nihil’s arm. With his head on Nihil’s arm, he was able to sleep well, perhaps because of the slow and regular sound of his pulse.

‘Don’t you think that if you cut your arm and lie down, it will go numb? … … .’

The knight chuckled at the sight of the prince being playful while being considerate of his friend, but once the two children fell completely asleep, he wiped the laughter away and began to guard the area while keeping a serious lookout.

After a while, the sister brought a rabbit doll with a modified decoration, and the maid brought some refreshments, but the children did not wake up from their sweet nap.

After some time, the sun began to set and sunlight began to pour in.

The knight began to move the sunshade little by little, thinking that the two little white children should not get sunburned. Then he felt a familiar sound approaching.

The knight opened his mouth as he finished moving the sunshade.

“What’s going on, Captain?”

The man called the captain appeared and opened his mouth.

“Your Majesty summoned me and I came to fetch you, but you are both asleep.”

“Your Majesty? You’re not finished talking yet?”

“Hmm, it seems like you have a lot of questions.”

It was not only His Majesty who had many questions, but also the chancellor and the other knights, which made things even more delayed, but the man called the captain did not bother to mention this fact.

The man looked down at the pure white child who was supposed to be the next victim, thinking of the young knight who was surrounded by a bundle of curiosity and was at a loss as to what to do. It seemed that today was not the day to satisfy his curiosity.

“You’re sleeping, so I’ll just go back.”

“Captain, why don’t we wake him up and bring him in?”

“…….”

The man stared blankly at the two adorable little ones who were sleeping soundly, a little bit annoyed, and then shook his head. It was not advisable to wake up the sleeping children to satisfy their curiosity.

“Or just take it as is.”

“hmm…….”

It seemed like a good idea.

I feel guilty about waking him up, but if I go back like that, it feels like I’m not carrying out the order properly. So, wouldn’t it be possible to carry out the order and reduce my guilt if I take him home while he’s sleeping?

“……Then, let’s take it like this.”

So the kitten and the lynx were kidnapped into the tiger’s den while they were napping.

***

“…….”

“…….”

Silence fell over the main palace office. No, to be exact, all that could be heard was the sound of hushed breathing.

“No matter what, the kids are sleeping…!”

“Wooooow…”

“……!”

Evan protested quietly, then froze in surprise at Lianus’s snoring.

The office was filled with tension.

Abel tried to turn over the documents as if he had nothing to do with this kidnapping, but the sound of the paper fluttering was so loud that the paper ended up turning halfway through before eventually returning to its original place. Naturally, he could not even imagine moving his pen.

Evan opened his mouth to whisper after confirming that Lianus had fallen asleep again.

“I will take you back.”

“…Do that.”

Sedes answered, trying hard not to notice the young knight’s resentful gaze. Then he glared at the captain who had sent him on the errand.

‘I sent him here on purpose because I wanted him, but I never thought he’d hit me in the back of the head like this.’

Sedes vowed to himself that he would do his knights justice.

Evan held his breath as he approached the two children who were sleeping entangled with each other, or in fact, one of them had his arms and legs wrapped around the other, and carefully stretched out his arm.

Based on my experience so far, I don’t think a wildcat would wake up even if I just threw it around, but if by any chance, it woke up and saw this situation, I didn’t know what kind of impulsive actions it would take, whether it was a king or a brat.

And he himself did not want this insolent wretch to be executed for insulting the royal family.

Evan carefully lifted the kitten’s arms and legs, which were tightly wrapped around the cat, and then lifted it into his arms.

“Okay…!”

Shudder.

Before Evan could fully enjoy the joy of successfully holding the kitten, the lynx’s fingers, which had been sleeping like a corpse, trembled and the small universe that had been wrapped up motionlessly began to rise.