How the Prince Makes Friends - Chapter 130



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Episode 130

“…Your Majesty, I think it would be better for the adults to leave the room.”

The queen asked with her eyes furrowed. Sedes nodded readily at her wicked smile.

“Okay.”

Sedes immediately got up from his seat. It seemed like he was trying to increase the intensity of the bullying by leaving the kids alone, but it actually worked out better for him if he left the kids alone.

Helia looked suspicious at how readily Sedes got up from his seat, but soon she too got up. She even handed over the servants to make sure the children were comfortable.

Nihil scanned the dining room for any signs of hiding and their locations, then calmly continued eating.

“Neil, eat this too!”

Nod nod.

As the adults disappeared, Miyeok came back to life with green leaves. The children repeatedly found fault with Nihil’s poor table manners, but Miyeok, who had somehow come to enlightenment by pulling out Gongsun’s hair, openly ignored him, saying, “What do you want me to do?”, which made it difficult for the other children to properly develop themselves.

The only person who could stop Lianus was Prince Lawrence, who was also a prince, but Lawrence ate in silence, as if he did not want to engage in vulgar conversation.

Nihil ate his fill of food without hesitation. There wasn’t much food since only appetizers were served, but Nihil quickly ate a lot, which made the kitchen a little busy.

“Your Majesty, you wouldn’t starve your dear friend, would you?”

Aiden asked, his lips pursed. Even so, he stared intently as Nihil’s face rose.

“Starving? At least my best friend’s meal…!”

Lianus was about to say that he at least took care of his meals, but then something occurred to him and he closed his mouth.

“Neil, even when I’m sick and lying down, I still eat well, right?”

“…….”

Nihil glanced at Lianus and took a big bite of smoked salmon.

Lianus turned his head and looked at Evan, who was standing guard at the entrance.

Evan, who came face to face with the baby beast, shook his head timidly.

Lianus’ face hardened.

Suddenly, I became a close friend who didn’t even feed me properly!

Rianus felt bad for no reason and pushed the food around him towards Nihil. Nihil did not refuse and ate it eagerly.

“Oppa, no matter how much I think about it, he’s weird.”

Camilla whispered to Aiden. She knew it without him saying it.

Aiden, who ended up having all his food stolen, frowned and took the last piece of salmon and put it on his bread. No, he tried to put it on.

If Nihil hadn’t taken it away so quickly.

“…….”

***

Lawrence stared at the salmon before him.

“Hey! Are you eating it all by yourself?”

“…….”

Aiden’s voice, having had the last piece of salmon stolen, echoed throughout the dining room, but the person he was eating with no response.

‘… How ignorant.’

Lawrence thought about it and picked up the salmon with his tongs, but he quickly dropped it and it fell onto the plate.

***

“…….”

Evan couldn’t understand why he had to lift his sword in the training grounds while carrying a child on his back right now.

“Come down.”

Dori dori.

“Come down, you damn cat!”

Whose fault is it that we ended up in this situation!

Evan grabbed the scruff of the cat’s neck, which was clinging to his back and showing no sign of moving away. But it was so tenacious that it didn’t move easily.

“That’s why you should have teased the kids appropriately!”

Dori dori.

“What the heck is that!”

Nihil shook his head again. He didn’t tease the kids. How could he tease them when he couldn’t even speak?

He just ate a lot of food and took special care of the kitten. Later on, some food started flying around, but he only threw it once, and it was just a small shrimp head.

Actually, I didn’t throw it. I just secretly handed it to the kids, telling them to eat the shrimp heads because they kept wanting the shrimp I peeled.

Nihil grabbed Evan’s hair, pulling at the back of his neck to shake himself off.

Didn’t you see that? It was those brats who kept interrupting my child while he was peeling shrimp.

He plucked out the puppy’s hair vigorously as if protesting.

It was also the kid’s father’s fault that he ended up like this. He said the kid liked shrimp, but he served him grilled squid that was difficult to eat. He’ll torment him with shrimp heads later.

“Stop pulling out my hair and wipe your mouth properly! It smells like whipped cream!”

At that, Nihil shook his head again. My mouth was clean. This was because Lianus had gotten whipped cream on the cotton while feeding me cake. I didn’t like the shrimp, but the strawberry shortcake was not bad.

Of course, that didn’t mean I would forgive my child’s father.

Even though the whipped cream on the cotton had already been wiped off, Nihil continued to rub his snout against Evan’s back as if he was trying to show off.

“Oh, don’t wipe it on me! Prince, please stop this guy!”

“…I wonder if Neil is worried about Sir Evan. He, Sir Evan, is a little… hurt.”

As he spoke, Rianus began to feel worried, so he walked over to Evan’s feet and hugged his thigh tightly.

“Sir Evan, let’s stop this too.”

“This is a matter of the prince’s dignity!”

“…My face…, it’s okay. It’s already been ruined anyway.”

He had no sense of dignity to begin with… but today, he completely lost it. He threw a punch and swore at me, and even cried loudly, and his close friend even embarrassed him in front of other people.

Ironically, Nihil cared about himself. In the chaos of flying food, everyone else’s clothes were thrown away, but he was clean. Even his brother, who was eating alone far away, got food splashed on his clothes and got dirty.

The look in my brother’s eyes as he looked at me as if he found it ridiculous was still vivid. In the end, my brother got so angry that he just left without even eating dessert.

“Oh, it’s just a duel! We decided to do it without Auror!”

Nihil shook his head again as Evan yelped. The problem wasn’t the Auror. The problem was that he was taking the pup’s ‘fruit’ instead.

… in other words… my back hurt so much.

As Evan moved more violently, it felt like his whole body was being torn apart, so Nihil held Evan tighter. He wanted to knock the little puppy out so he could stay quiet.

Above all, it was time for the medicine he had fed to take effect. He could bear the pain in his back, but if he encountered a situation where the puppy vomited out waste during a sparring match, both his opponent and himself would be very confused.

“Ha, a knight protected by his master…….”

The knight who was watching the situation pursed his lips as he looked at Evan, who was being held tightly by the two children. He was the knight escorting ‘Noah Alie’, the child who had burst into tears twice today after being beaten by Nihil.

Considering the situation, it was right for the knights of the Gongsuns to come forward, but perhaps because they had heard rumors about Evan’s skills, they were afraid that their knights might lose, so they did not put them forward. Instead, they tried to show off to Noah, who was trying to look good to them, and put his knights forward.

Evan was furious at the other knight’s words, but his anger subsided when he saw our kitten looking up at him absentmindedly.

… Our little kitty is so great that he can protect a lowly puppy like me.

Then Aiden spoke to Nihil.

“Hey, if you cut my hair, I’ll pretend this fight never happened.”

“…….”

Nihil lifted his head from Evan’s back and jumped down, running towards Noah.

I could have given away as much hair as I wanted. Since the ends of my hair were already damaged, I had to cut them at least once.

But Noah didn’t seem to think so and took a step back.

“Why, why are you coming to me?”

Noah whined, asking why Aiden was coming to him when he had asked for his hair. But Nihil tilted his head, wondering what the problem was.

Since it was Noah’s escort knight who was fighting Evan, wouldn’t it be right to give the hair to this child, not Aiden, to stop the fight?

As I was thinking that, the back of my neck was suddenly grabbed again.

“…….”

Nihil now crossed his arms as if to say, “What’s the problem?” and wiggled his toes in the air to express his discontent. Evan grabbed the back of Nihil’s neck and shook Nihil in annoyance.

“Do you know what it means to have your hair cut by someone else and are about to give it to them?”

“…….”

“Please, I beg you, stay still. You don’t think I’ll lose just because I’m a little injured, do you?”

Dori dori.

There was no way that the puppy would lose. Even if you just glanced at it, the puppy was stronger. Even if the opponent used Aura, Evan had a greater chance of winning.

But if Evan spits out some trash during the duel, wouldn’t everyone think that Evan got hurt by some sloppy knight?

As Nihil was wondering how he could bring this duel to a natural conclusion, a kitten caught his eye.

The kitten tilted its head as if it sensed my gaze even through the cotton thread between them.

“…….”

After finishing his thoughts, Nihil turned his body slightly and looked at Evan. Evan felt his gaze and furrowed his eyebrows, but he did not show any caution.

In other words, it meant that they were letting their guard down.

Whoosh, bang.

Nihil recoiled from Evan’s grasp in an instant. Startled, Evan reached out again to grab him, but Nihil twisted his body in midair, kicked away the outstretched hand, and landed on the ground, running towards the kitten.

“Huh, huh?”

Lianus was surprised to see Nihil suddenly rushing in and took a step back. However, the distance between them narrowed in an instant, his body suddenly lifted, his vision flipped upside down, and he saw the ground.

Nihil carried Lianus and ran away. Evan made a stupid sound like ‘Huh, huh?’ behind him, and then chased after him, shouting ‘Hey, you crazy bastard!’

The lynx, who had been running away after stealing a kitten, was unable to overcome the limitations of his short legs and was soon caught by the dog.

In the end, not only was there no discussion, but rumors spread in an instant that the second prince’s new friend was Torai.

***

There were only a few minutes left before the Emperor’s class, but Lianus was stuck with Nihil in the reception room. He was planning to get in as late as possible since he couldn’t attend Emperor’s class with Nihil.

“I should have just ripped that kid’s head off!”

Lianus grumbled. He was about to replace the cotton swab with a new one because the smell of whipped cream continued to linger, but then he noticed a bruise on Nihil’s face.

“I’m fine, Lian. If you had come a little later, I would have kicked that guy in the stomach.”

“Are you sick?”

“Yeah. I didn’t even know you were hurt.”

Lianus frowned as he looked at the bruise the size of a fist on Aiden’s face, while the bruise on his friend’s face was the size of a finger joint.

“It’s obvious everyone thinks I’m a piece of shit.”

“Rian, no dog gum. The puppy will eat it.”

“…….”

Lianus glanced up at Evan at his friend’s unexpected joke.

Evan seemed to be feeling uneasy for some reason, so he blankly stared at Lianus’ chubby cheeks when the topic of dog gum came up.

As my consciousness continued with thoughts like, ‘I’m a dog and the prince is a dog, so wouldn’t it be okay to close my eyes and bite him once?’, I suddenly came to my senses.

“…Don’t make weird jokes, you rascal.”

“Lean, watch your ball. It can bite you while you’re sleeping. The puppy is always watching. I’m sure he was jealous of me.”

“Um, about that. Can I ask you something?”

“what?”

“Yes, ball.”

“…….”

Nihil opened his eyes wide, not expecting Lianus to ask him something so serious, but soon smiled meaningfully, raised his arms exaggeratedly, opened his mouth wide, and rushed at him.

“Eunggyak!”

Rianus let out a strange sound after being suddenly hit by Nihil. Evan was surprised and tried to quickly separate the two, but there was an unexpected variable… … .

“What, what is this…?”

Chorrrrrr-

The bundle of papers in Sedes’s hand, which had just arrived in the reception room, fell to the floor and scattered.

“…….”

“…….”

There was a moment of silence, and then a plump cheek fell out of the white beast’s mouth with a snap.