How the Prince Makes Friends - Chapter 122



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Episode 122

“…….”

When Evan opened his eyes, the first thing he saw was two little kids playing around on top of his body while he was lying down. One of them was really cute, and the other one wasn’t cute.

‘I felt a bit suffocated… … .’

Evan tried to recall what had happened just before he passed out.

The lynx jumped down… and he chased after it… and then the lynx saw him jump down and reached out his hand.

And while letting go of the wire he was holding.

“Hey! This…!”

Evan, who was furious at the thought of the situation, was about to jump up and scream, but stopped when he saw the kitten with its eyes wide open.

It would be a shame to swear in front of our cute kitten who is learning everything like a sponge. I tried so hard to reduce my swearing and speak more politely after becoming a bodyguard.

My flaws were my master’s flaws.

Of course, there wasn’t much reason to swear in front of our kitten. There were no stupid siblings in front of me, and how could I swear when I saw such an adorable kitten!

‘But that hasn’t been the case lately.’

Evan glared at the kidnapper, the lynx, who was not very good at emotional education. He wanted to scold the lynx and hit its head, but he held back because the prince, who did not know the situation, was with him.

But I couldn’t just let it go, so I raised my hand slightly to pinch his butt, and then he crawled over and hugged me tightly against his chest!

“Why is this guy like this… …?”

Evan felt embarrassed, but his heart was pounding as he wondered if the guy was worried about him. However, his pounding heart was shattered as soon as Nihil opened his mouth.

“You’re too fine. You could lie down for a while longer.”

Nihil, who checked Evan’s pulse, patted Evan’s chest as if he had no worries.

“…….”

“Sir Evan! Are you okay? You said you were sleep deprived?”

“Sleep…, lack of sleep….”

It was unfair that it was not an excuse but rather lack of sleep. Of course, I didn’t get enough sleep, but I wasn’t falling asleep due to lack of sleep either.

Even if I make excuses, it’s always something like this…

Evan glared at Nihil, but the boy just hugged him tightly and smiled bashfully.

‘Hey, you foxy bastard!’

Evan was internally terrified, but honestly, he found her a little cute, so he poked her soft cheek with his hand. It seemed like this guy’s greatest weapon was his looks.

“A simpleton.”

“…….”

The guy who had already erased his smile looked at him as if he found it pitiful. Evan was so hurt by his pride that he was fooled by such an obvious trick that he slapped his soft cheeks and ruined his pretty face.

Rianus touched Nihil’s face, then quickly came to his senses and opened his mouth.

“Sir Evan, I’m sorry for making you do the escort alone……”

“No, Your Majesty. It’s just that I didn’t control my condition properly, so don’t worry about it.”

“How about sleeping some more? There’s still some time left until dinnertime.”

“That’s enough. How long have I been lying down?”

“I don’t know. Maybe 30 minutes after I wake up?”

“I lay down for about an hour. I woke up sooner than I thought.”

Nihil glanced at his watch, got up, and left, then came back with a bottle of medicine in his hand and handed it to Evan.

“Drink.”

“What is it?”

“approximately.”

Evan frowned slightly, but opened the lid and drank without saying anything. And he couldn’t help but contort his face even more. It was seriously tasteless.

“You, you’re so concerned about the prince’s medicine, but what about my medicine…, ugh?”

Before Evan could finish complaining, Nihil put something in his mouth. Evan made a subtle face at the sweet and sour taste that melted in his mouth.

“I’m not a kid…….”

Nihil smirked as he watched Evan savoring the chocolate quite contentedly, then tore open another chocolate wrapper.

“You don’t normally give chocolate to dogs, but this is a special treat.”

“…….”

At those words, Evan stuck out his lips in a pout, but when Nihil pressed the chocolate against his lips, he pretended not to be able to resist and ate it. It seemed like he was enjoying that, so Rianus also opened a piece of chocolate and put it in Evan’s mouth.

As Lianus was about to open the third chocolate package, Nihil stopped him.

“Rian, don’t give her too many snacks before meals.”

“Okay. Okay.”

“……Ahem.”

The puppy, who was smiling brightly while eating chocolate fed to him by a cute kitten, finally realized reality and erased his stupid smile.

Now that I think about it, what happened to Sir Frederick? He must have fainted, so someone must have carried him, but he didn’t feel any sign of the other knights. No, maybe he couldn’t feel it because he was still weaker than him.

Evan released his mana to try to find the presence, but Nihil spoke first.

“He went out on an errand.”

“You mean Sir Frederick?”

“Yeah. I forgot to bring the doll. It’ll be here soon.”

“ah…….”

Evan thought of the white stuffed rabbit sitting alone in his office, out of place. He wondered if the situation had been resolved.

‘Well, His Majesty will take care of it.’

Evan raised the corners of his mouth, secretly hoping that His Majesty would be troubled. No wonder, because he didn’t do anything but watch as the little boy jumped from the fifth floor while holding the little boy in his arms.

Thinking back on that situation, I felt a fire in my stomach again and stretched Nihil’s cheeks. He smiled as if he was waiting for me to follow him and jump down, and let go of the wire that was like a lifeline. It felt like I was playing in the palm of his hand from the beginning to the end.

“You bastard, if you act like that one more time, I won’t let you off easy.”

Evan nagged at Nihil, stretching his cheeks. At that moment, Evan sensed a figure approaching at high speed within his range of vision. Evan thought it was Sir Frederick, but he got up and blocked the way of the kids.

The sound of the person approaching the terrace stopped for a moment as if observing the situation.

“…Are you Sir Frederick?”

Evan asked warily. There was a moment of silence before a stuffed rabbit suddenly popped out and rubbed its face against the terrace window.

The rabbit, or rather, Sir Frederick, whose face was crushed by the glass window, opened his mouth.

“A cute and lovely rabbit has arrived~”

“……Please come in, sir.”

“The door is locked~”

“…….”

Evan sighed, walked over to the terrace window and unlocked it.

“Haha, actually I was going to sneak in and make it look like a rabbit appeared, but I failed thanks to Sir Evan.”

“Why is it my fault? It’s the guy who put the lock on it.”

“But didn’t Sir Evan sense my presence first and become wary? Even when we first met today in maid’s uniform, I was clearly one step ahead of him… ”

As he spoke, Frederick narrowed his eyes at Evan and raised the corners of his mouth.

“I had no idea that we would be on the same line in just a few hours.”

The corners of his mouth went up as he spoke, but his narrowed eyes weren’t smiling, so it gave him goosebumps to look at. Evan frowned, not knowing why Frederick was so wary of him.

“What are you talking about?”

“Haha…, I wanted to say that you’ve come to erase the traces of this person. Well, I’m jealous, but shouldn’t we celebrate what’s worth celebrating? Sir Evan, congratulations on overcoming yet another wall. What a great accomplishment for a young age.”

“……?”

Evan tilted his head slightly, wondering what this meant.

“Aren’t you happy…?”

“Are you saying I climbed over the wall…?”

Despite Frederick’s congratulations, Evan looked at his mana in confusion. Then he couldn’t help but harden his face.

“I can’t feel anything….”

Evan looked at Nihil with trembling eyes. Nihil responded indifferently, looking at the large dog who was completely asleep.

“Isn’t it strange that I feel like I’ve used everything and there’s nothing left?”

“But I can’t feel Sir Frederick’s mana either.”

“Originally, sensing the opponent’s mana is something that is possible only if you have your own mana. Its essence is to feel a sense of incongruity by bumping your own mana into another’s mana, but you don’t have any mana right now.

“But…, I’ve been to the point of mana depletion before, but never like this.”

“The state of mana depletion that you guys are talking about usually refers to a state where there is about 10 percent of mana left in the body. Although it is expressed as ‘depletion’, it is closer to a ‘lack’ state to be exact. However, the reason it is expressed as depletion is because you instinctively cannot use more than that.”

“You can’t use it any more than that? But, I……”

“Yes. You rejected that instinct and used up all your remaining mana, so you can say that your body is empty right now. Well, thanks to that, you’ve broken through a realm, so isn’t that a good thing?”

“……That’s fine, but how can we protect the prince like this?”

Evan still had a worried expression on his face, as if he hadn’t realized that he had climbed over the wall. On the other hand, Lianus was jumping for joy, saying that his knight had become stronger. Evan smiled faintly and picked up the hopping kitten.

“Don’t worry. Thanks to you, your senses will be even more acute. And didn’t you borrow a dog from the neighbors?”

Nihil said that and gestured to Frederick, who was standing there blankly.

It was the moment when the main palace moved to the next house, and His Majesty’s knights were reduced to dogs. Evan glanced at Frederick, wondering if he would be offended by Nihil’s bold expression, but he didn’t seem to think much of it either, and just observed the wildcat with a curious look.

Nihil continued his explanation as if he didn’t even notice the persistent, observing gaze.

“It’ll take some time for the mana to build up.”

“how much?”

“Don’t worry, it won’t take more than two weeks.”

“…It took that long?”

Then who will protect our precious little kitten in the meantime?

Nihil continued speaking as Evan looked at the small, cute, fluffy head with trembling eyes.

“It varies from person to person, but I’m expecting about a week for you. Now that your mana heart and circuits have been completely emptied, you’ll need to go through a process of completely removing impurities. Refrain from circulating your mana until it fills up on its own. It’s easy for impurities to mix in.”

“Okay, I understand.”

“And…, no, no.”

Nihil stopped talking and closed his mouth, trailing off.

“Why are you talking?”

His Majesty said that it is a bad habit to stop talking.

“No, I’m not sure yet… Lian, I’d like to go to the royal library.”

“Oh, the library? Then shall we go together tomorrow?”

“Just tell me the location. I’ll go and come back while you’re taking your swordsmanship class.”

“Okay, then I’ll let you know on my way tomorrow!”

Then Frederick raised his hand and joined the conversation.

“Excuse me, Your Majesty. May I speak?”

Nihil lifted his chin as if to tell me to speak.

“Would you mind taking a look at my aura?”

“Remember, you are being punished now. Even when you are guarding for two weeks, unless something comes up, do not come out of the shadows.”

“You are too much! Sir Evan is so loving and caring!”

“Are other people’s children the same as our own children?”

“I want to be a kid in this house too!”

“No need.”

“This is too much!”

Evan frowned subtly as he watched Nihil and Frederick bickering. It felt very strange that Nihil didn’t deny it and just casually referred to it as our kid. While he was wondering if this was something he should like, Frederick made a strange remark.

“I carried that strong, heavy body with great difficulty, and now you’re nagging me for treating it roughly! Sir Evan is so pretty that he keeps biting and sucking it…”

……yes?