How the Prince Makes Friends - Chapter 127



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Episode 127

“……?”

The children stared blankly at Nihil, who had both hands raised.

At that moment, I thought he was trying to threaten me.

Uda dadada-

“Huh? Huh?”

Nihil started chasing a child. The child was startled and ran away reflexively.

“What, what is it!”

“…….”

“Oh, don’t come!”

“…….”

Uda dada-

“Eww~ Don’t come here~”

The child who was running away from Nihil eventually burst into tears. Even in the midst of all this, he ran hard for fear of being caught by Nihil.

Lianus watched the sight of Nihil chasing the child with great pleasure. It seemed that his friend really enjoyed teasing children.

Chin, chin, chin.

“Ughh …

Eventually, the child who was being chased by Nihil ended up tripping over his own feet and falling.

Nihil stopped when he saw the child lying on the ground with tears and a runny nose pouring out of his eyes, then turned around and ran back to where the other children were gathered without chasing him any further.

“Eww!”

The children scattered.

“Pfft, puhahahahahaha~”

At the sight of Nihil chasing after the children who were scattering, Lianus finally couldn’t hold back his laughter. My best friend seemed truly amazing in many ways.

“Hahaha, Neil, stop teasing the kids and go.”

“…….”

At the words, “Let’s go,” Nihil, who had been chasing the children, came running towards them. The children who were being chased were gasping for breath, but Nihil’s face was completely still and unwavering.

“Was it fun?”

Nod nod.

When Nihil nodded as if he was truly satisfied, Lawrence, the only one who did not run away, looked at Nihil with a bewildered expression.

Nihil raised both arms again as if trying to scare Lawrence, but Lawrence, who already knew Nihil’s face, only responded indifferently.

“…I know you are not sick.”

Lawrence stared intently at the cotton swab. He couldn’t quite remember the face he’d found so mysterious, and he wanted to take it off and take another look, but he couldn’t act ignorantly.

Nihil tilted his head slightly and lowered the hand he had raised to scare them. The children who had run away came closer one by one with red faces. The child who had fallen glared at him with a grin, perhaps in anger.

‘Shall we do it one more time?’

But Nihil’s wish did not come true because Evan grabbed the back of his neck. The children who were just observing the class were fine, but the princes had to wash off the dust and change their clothes, so they could not delay any longer.

Even after arriving at the main reception room, Lianus could not leave the room easily, as he was anxious that something might happen to his close friend.

“Shouldn’t Sir Evan be with Neil?”

“…No.”

In fact, it was okay for Evan to stick with Nihil since Frederick was hiding and guarding him, but it was not good for Evan, who was known to the public as the only knight guarding the Second Prince, to be seen guarding Baedong instead of the Prince.

“…Don’t worry too much, he’ll take care of it.”

“Ugh… Neil, I’ll wash up quickly and come back, so if anything comes up…, um….”

Lianus looked around to see who he could ask for help, but he couldn’t find anyone, so he rolled his eyes. There were a few maids, but it seemed unlikely that they would be able to protect Nihil from the bullies of the children.

Lianus whispered quietly so that only Nihil could hear, conscious of the gazes of the servants around him.

“Just… knock him down and run away to my palace.”

“…….”

“It’s either a stab in the eye or a blow to the Adam’s apple. Got it?”

“…….”

For a moment, Nihil doubted whether his teaching methods were wrong. But soon he nodded slightly. The seaweed seemed to be growing strongly.

Lianus fidgeted like a parent letting a child out into the water, then left the drawing room with a worried look on his face when Evan urged him on.

As soon as Lianus left the room, the children began to murmur. Occasionally, they would glance at Nihil and giggle.

But after a while of no response from Nihil, something flew in. It was refreshments prepared for the children.

The children giggled.

“Hey, Cheonmin. Try eating that.”

“…….”

Nihil glanced at the chocolate that had fallen next to him and picked it up. Then he pretended to eat the cotton ball.

“Ugh, it’s dirty!”

I heard the children screaming. Soon they were giggling among themselves, and then a few more chocolates and cookies came flying at me.

But as Nihil did not respond, interest soon waned and the flight show ended with a crunching sound, with Cookie No. 13 flying as the last.

The maids waiting in the reception room quietly cleaned up the snacks that had fallen on the floor while sighing secretly.

“Hey! Why are you putting that away? He’s going to eat it!”

Aiden, annoyed by Nihil’s lack of response, took out his anger on the maid who was cleaning up the cookie crumbs by grabbing her by the hair.

“Oh, oh, oh, I’m sorry. Oh, lord, oh, it hurts.”

“So why are you doing this without even knowing the topic?”

“Okay, I was wrong, Your Majesty. Oh, forgive me, ah, aah!”

Nihil, who couldn’t just stand by and watch the maid being bullied, approached Aiden.

“What, what is it?”

“…….”

“You, a commoner, are so arrogant!”

“…….”

Nihil didn’t know what to say in response to the comment that he was arrogant, so he just nodded in agreement.

“You, you, do you think that cotton is made of iron plate…!”

At those words, Nihil lifted the end of the cotton thread and lifted it slightly. At that small action, not only Aiden and the children, but also the maids in the reception room opened their eyes wide and looked at Nihil.

Nihil secretly raised the corners of his lips and pretended to wipe his face under the cotton cloth. Then he opened up the chocolate he had been holding without eating a moment ago, but which had now completely melted in his hand.

“Eww! What the heck!”

Aiden was startled by the melted chocolate and took about ten steps back. His movements were very nimble.

The children looked at Nihil’s hand, which was stained with chocolate, and began to murmur again. ‘Eww, it’s dirty.’, ‘What is that?’, ‘Isn’t it pus or something?’, ‘There’s definitely something wrong with it!’, ‘Oh my gosh, why did the Second Prince pick that up?’

Nihil stared at his palm as he listened to the mutterings, then quickly raised his hand covered in chocolate.

The children flinched and looked at Nihil.

Uda dadada-

“Eww!”

As Nihil started running, the children scattered in panic. Some children tripped over rugs and tea tables as they ran away in such a hurry.

Nihil was wondering which of the children scattered here and there he should chase after, then he quickly turned his head towards the child who had fallen in the training ground today.

“……!”

The child realized that he had been targeted again, his face hardened, and he immediately turned around and started to run away.

Uda dadada-

“Eww!”

After chasing the crying child and running around the reception room for a couple of laps, the child who had been running hard eventually fell down again. This time, Nihil did not spare him, but instead walked over to the child and smeared chocolate on his face.

“Huhh …

The child cried loudly. He cried that he too would get sick and that the nursery should leave. The other children just looked at the chocolate as if it were dirty and disgusting and did nothing to comfort the child.

Nihil, who was thoroughly enjoying the prank, approached the maid and held out his chocolate-covered hand.

The maid flinched back, then, with a show of professionalism, wet a handkerchief and wiped him off. Then, she smelled the bittersweet scent of chocolate and looked at Nihil with a subtle expression.

As Nihil tilted his head as if he didn’t know, the maid secretly raised the corners of her lips and carefully wiped Nihil’s hands, which were covered in chocolate.

“Your Majesty, you shouldn’t play with chocolate.”

At those words, the face of the child covered in chocolate turned bright red. I didn’t realize it because I was crying, but the scent of chocolate was wafting from my face.

The maid, who had finished wiping Nihil’s face, approached the child who was sitting on the floor and carefully helped him up.

“Your Majesty, you were being mischievous. I guess you wanted to play along.”

The maid wiped the child’s face, defending Nihil as best she could, who had helped her.

As the maid stepped aside, Aiden, who had run the furthest with his nimble movements, approached her as if nothing had happened.

“Hey, old man.”

“……?”

Nihil tilted his head at his new nickname. How did he know that he was an old man?

But just like young things, old things don’t admit that they are old, so Nihil shook his head slightly.

Aiden gave Nihil a firm pat on the forehead.

“No, that’s not true. He’s old and his hair is white.”

“…….”

“You want to play with us?”

“…….”

Nihil didn’t really want to play, but he nodded his head as if to say yes, because it would be embarrassing for the maid and would hurt the pride of the young children.

“Hey, then make some noise.”

“…….”

“Even if you’re mute, you can still make sounds. Try to follow along. Oh my gosh~”

The kids around Aiden giggled as he imitated his speech impediment and made silly noises.

But when Nihil didn’t respond, he grimaced and grabbed the ponytail Evan had tied around his head. He pulled so hard that Nihil’s head jerked back.

“Why are you pretending not to hear me!”

“…….”

Nihil twitched his hand, wondering whether he should stab the boy in the eye without protesting. If he just took it, Miyeok would be upset, but if he hurt the eldest grandson of the Duke, things might get worse.

“hey!”

While Nihil was thinking about it, Aiden, who felt like he was being ignored, grabbed Nihil’s buttocks with all his might again. Nihil’s head snapped up again, and his small body rolled on the floor with a loud crash.

“I’ll give you an example, so remember it well.”

“…….”

“Your seat is over there. When you see the tall people, lie flat on the floor. Got it?

“…….”

…nod.

Nihil hesitated for a moment at those words, then nodded. Then he laid down on the floor as he wished. The rug was thick and fluffy, which was not bad for a nap.

I was unconsciously stroking the soft rug, thinking about taking a nap, when I saw the children looking down at me with blank expressions, so I tilted my head as if to ask why.

Aiden muttered with a bewildered expression.

“…Isn’t this kid a little lacking?”

Dori dori.

“What the heck! Get up!”

Nihil’s hair was grabbed again and his body was pulled up. The ribbon that had been barely holding his short ponytail together eventually fell off and was soon trampled.

‘I guess I’ll have to ask Puppy to tie it up again.’

As Nihil continued to ponder the fallen ribbon, he suddenly heard the sound of Udada running towards him. It was the sound of Rianus’ footsteps.

‘this.’

Nihil’s face crumpled slightly behind the cotton. He became impatient as he heard Lianus’ footsteps getting closer to the reception room. He twisted his body to try to pull out the hair that was caught, because he didn’t want the delicate kitten to cry ‘Aaak~’ if he saw this.

“Hey, are you rebelling?”

But Aiden, who had no idea what was going on, grabbed Nihil’s hair more forcefully and swung him around.

Just as Nihil was about to kick Aiden in the stomach, breaking his belief that he shouldn’t hit children,

Bam, bang!

“Neil, I came quickly…!”

The door to the reception room opened with a loud noise and moist seaweed appeared.

“ji……?”

Rianus, who had come in a hurry and was wearing only a shirt and pants, was about to greet them brightly, but when he saw the scene inside the reception room, his thoughts seemed to stop and he stood there dumbfounded.

“…….”

“…….”

“Your Majesty, please go slowly……”

Bam-.

Evan, who was following behind Lianus with a slightly tired look from suffering as much as he could, dropped the coat he was holding.

Silence fell in the living room.

Nihil quickly took advantage of Aiden’s weak grip to pull out the hair. Then, as if nothing had happened, he carefully bent down to pick up the ribbon that had fallen on the floor.

‘How can I comfort a child…?’

As I was lifting my upper body, thinking about how to comfort a crying kitten, seaweed suddenly flashed before my eyes.

“……?”

Just as a question was about to arise in Nihil’s mind,

“Hey, you bad kid!!!”