How the Prince Makes Friends - Chapter 120



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Episode 120

“…….”

“…gulp.”

The sound of someone swallowing was particularly loud. Evan was so startled that he froze with his hand outstretched, unable to move.

That damned tomcat! How can he wake up so easily when he didn’t even flinch when the prince trampled and tormented him!

The little universe rolled over slightly, half-floating, and looked at Evan. He still looked sleepy, so it seemed like it would be okay to put him back to sleep.

Then Nihil opened his mouth a few times and spoke with difficulty.

“Let go of me…”

“……?”

“Give me the stone……”

“…….”

“…Let me go… ”

As everyone was focused on Nihil’s muttering, the knight who was watching from a distance quickly put the rabbit doll he had brought just in case into Nihil’s arms.

Nihil held it in his arms, blinked his eyes blankly for a moment, and then dropped the doll under the sofa.

The knight tried to pick up the doll and put it back in his arms, but Nihil threw it a little further away as if it was no longer needed.

“Ah, Master, if you throw it like that, it will become a rabbit……”

“No need, no……”

The knight picked up the thrown rabbit doll and pretended to be pitiful by crying, but it didn’t work at all.

“Do you not like dolls?”

“My heart… isn’t beating….”

“Huh? Well, of course, since it’s a doll…”

“Dead things are not needed.”

“…….”

“Give me the mountain thing……”

“What is that…….”

What kind of strange and terrifying statement is this?

Everyone’s faces were distorted in a strange way as if they had heard something really strange, but only Evan noticed what Nihil wanted and let out a small sigh.

Evan quickly picked Nihil up and held him in one arm along with Rianus.

“Okay. Is it okay now?”

Nihil stared blankly at the still sleeping Rianus, then hugged him tightly as if he were something very precious and answered quietly.

“……huh.”

Then the boy’s eyes closed again. His head and arms dropped, as if he had fainted.

Evan sighed deeply. He could guess what else was waking him up to besides his name being called.

When the sound of a heart beating next to you can no longer be heard.

I don’t think this applies to everyone, but… isn’t this some kind of trauma that the guy has?

“…Did you fall asleep again?”

In the midst of the silence, Sedes cautiously opened his mouth first. Evan boldly stretched Nihil’s cheek and nodded. As expected, he didn’t wake up.

“Yes, I fell asleep.”

“You definitely don’t like dolls.”

“Seeing something alive and talking about heartbeats, I wonder if it might have some kind of trauma.”

Everyone’s faces were seriously frozen at Evan’s words, but one of the knights, as if he knew the correct answer without even noticing, slapped his palm and spoke.

“Ah! You mean, someone precious to you died in your arms?”

“…….”

“…….”

The office was once again enveloped in silence. Sedes opened his mouth while washing his face dry.

“……Frederick, you will be subject to discipline for a week. Training is also prohibited.”

“yes?!”

The knight named Frederick slumped down with a shriek, his face swollen shut. The problem was that his voice was a little loud.

“Euuuuung…….”

“……!”

Lianus frowned in Evan’s arms and began to rub his face with his small hands. No matter how you looked at him, he looked like he was about to wake up.

Sedes added quietly.

“Frederick, three more days.”

Frederick despaired as his confinement had been extended to ten days, but everyone’s eyes were focused on the little prince who was writhing in the arms of the large knight. There was even a knight who unconsciously held his breath and hid himself.

“Uuuuung…, wooung…?”

Dreaming. Dreaming.

Lianus blinked his big eyes with a half-asleep face. He looked up blankly because his vision was completely blocked by a chest, and saw a familiar face.

Evan opened his mouth, smiling awkwardly.

“…Did you sleep well, Prince?”

“Evan, where are you…?”

“yes.”

Lianus was still half asleep, his eyes half-open and his tail hanging long as he leaned against Evan’s chest.

“Hmm… that article was returned…?

“……yes?”

“Neil… said it was noisy… so I said I’d return it, so…”

“…….”

Evan glanced around to see Frederick, the returned knight. Judging by the way he avoided eye contact, it seemed he had annoyed Nihil greatly during that brief moment.

His Majesty’s narrowed eyes may prolong Sir Frederick’s period of confinement.

Evan gently patted and soothed Lianus.

“Your Majesty, please sleep a little longer. I will take you to the palace, or rather, to the bedroom.”

“Ugh……”

Lianus quickly fell asleep again, and Evan sighed in relief.

But there was something he overlooked. That was that before he fell asleep, Lianus called Nihil’s name.

“……!”

Evan barely managed to hold back a scream. Nihil, who had just woken up, was staring at Evan. He looked like his usual self, not at all sleepy.

“Awake, are you awake?”

“…….”

Nihil didn’t answer, but quietly looked around. Following his calm gaze, he saw each person stiffen. Then, his gaze lingered in the air for a moment, and it was none other than where the Shadow Knight was hiding.

The hidden shadow knight quickly revealed himself, realizing that hiding was meaningless.

Nihil, who had looked at each and every one of them, only then turned his gaze to Sedes and slowly opened his mouth.

“Father.”

Sedes thought.

Is the word father originally this scary, or is it because that child called him that it made him feel that way? His expression and voice were infinitely calm, but he couldn’t be more nervous. Perhaps he did something wrong and that’s why he’s like that.

Sedes answered slowly.

“……anything.”

“I’ll give you a chance to explain yourself.”

“…….”

“I don’t think you would kidnap the prince who was seriously ill last night for no reason. And… the one who was napping.”

“…….”

“There must be a very, very good… reason.”

“……I told you to bring Jim, but I didn’t think you’d bring a sleeping child. I apologize.”

Sedes quickly took his foot off the ground. Nihil tilted his head slightly and asked.

“Have you had business with the prince?”

“…No. You were the one who had something to do.”

“Oh, it must have been urgent?”

Nihil smiled as he said that, his eyes curling. It was a beautiful smile that was almost mind-boggling, but somehow it was too scary to look at. That was the first time we all realized that a smiling face could be so scary.

Sedes couldn’t bring himself to say that he had kidnapped sleeping children to satisfy his curiosity and inquisitiveness, so he kept his mouth shut. But even if he didn’t say anything, it didn’t mean that Nihil couldn’t guess.

Nihil wiped his smile away again and returned to a blank expression, only slightly turning his eyes to look at Abel.

Abel met Nihil’s eyes, his pupils fluttered slightly, and he quickly scanned his desk to see if there was anything like a ribbon. Of course, there wasn’t, so Abel quickly started making excuses.

“Kid, kid, I didn’t ask you to bring me here……”

“Your Majesty.”

“Huh?”

Abel, who was internally conflicted about how to respond to Nihil’s harsh address, answered in a strange way that was neither here nor there.

“I clearly told you not to use magic.”

“Ah, that, that’s not it, uh, while I was sorting out the magic circles yesterday, I couldn’t help but be curious……”

“…….”

“I, really, only once….”

“…….”

“……Can’t you just look at me once?”

Abel quickly untied his tail, untied the cravat around his neck, made a ribbon, and placed it gently on top of my head. Naturally, the unfastened ribbon fell off immediately.

“…….”

Nihil raised his eyebrows and winked at Evan, unable to understand the prime minister’s strange behavior.

Evan whispered.

“You said you like cute things… You’re just doing that to look cute.”

“…….”

Nihil’s lips opened slightly at that absurd explanation. Then, his lips closed and a gust of wind was heard, followed by a soft laugh.

Everyone in the office opened their eyes wide at Nihil’s unexpected laughter.

“Just this once. If you use magic again, I won’t really heal you then.”

“Uh…, huh? Oh! Okay! Hahaha, thank you.”

Abel stared blankly at Nihil’s slightly crooked eyes for a moment before smiling stupidly. Then he adjusted the kid’s tastes in his head a little. It seemed like he liked stupid things as well as small, young, and cute things.

There were many things I wanted to ask the kid, but I decided to hold back this time. If I just stay still, I’ll get to the middle, right? Now was the time to sit quietly and raise my favorability rating.

Nihil turned his gaze to Evan and gestured to the sofa. As soon as Evan laid Rianus down on the sofa, Nihil immediately grabbed Rianus’ wrist and began checking his pulse and temperature. He seemed to be in pretty good condition, so he didn’t say much, but when Rianus grabbed Nihil’s hand sleepily, he smiled faintly again.

“So why did you call me, Father?”

Nihil, who had quickly erased his smile and returned to a blank expression, asked Sedes. Sedes was relieved by Nihil’s childish tone of voice, but when he was pointed out, his fingertips trembled.

“Ahem, actually it wasn’t that urgent.”

“I know. You must have been talking to our dog and couldn’t help but wonder something, so you kidnapped him here. If you have a question that he can’t answer… it must be because I or the staff decided to take care of his training.”

Sedes frowned subtly as he watched Nihil speaking like an old man again. Even though he imitates the tone of the person he is talking to, isn’t it too much for the atmosphere to change so suddenly?

I couldn’t tell if I was talking to my son’s friend or a diplomat.

“……That’s correct.”

“Hey, what’s manpower? And your highness, when I asked you to look at my aura, you completely ignored me! This is too much!”

When Evan was explaining about manpower, Frederick, who was in the Second Prince’s palace and couldn’t hear, joined the conversation without noticing.

Sedes barely managed to suppress a sigh as he waved his hand. The other knights, having received the signal, grabbed Frederick’s arms one by one and knelt on the floor.

“……I gave that knight a ten-day suspended sentence. If you think the punishment is insufficient, let me know.”

“It’s just a temporary job. Isn’t it just a ten-day vacation?”

“They even forbid training. You may not believe it, but it’s a pretty big punishment for my knights.”

“hmm…….”

Nihil narrowed his eyes and seemed to be thinking deeply about something, then shook his head, perhaps thinking that the punishment was weak.

“Full moon.”

“Would it be okay to extend the quarantine to two weeks?”

“No, please lend me for two weeks.”

“……Sir Frederick?”

“That’s right.”

… You said you wanted to return it because it was noisy?