How the Prince Makes Friends - Chapter 131



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Episode 131

Waiting room for the audience. Maurice Allier looked down at his trembling son from a distance.

“Noah, they say you made a fuss.”

“…….”

At the soft nagging, the small body shrank even smaller. Although he was a very timid child, he trembled even more in front of himself. He was displeased with that, and a harsh expression flowed out through his lips.

“You cried so hard twice.”

“…….”

Maurice didn’t respond, but instead lowered his head, looking at his son and ruffling his hair in annoyance. He was a wealthy man, no less than a duke, but he had always been looked down upon by other nobles behind his back because he was of merchant origin.

They’re just stupid things with names.

My teeth were chattering.

In order to create good connections for his son, he even gave him bribes to get an invitation to a luncheon. In addition, he gave expensive gifts to the other noble children who attended today and gave His Majesty a pair of earrings with red diamonds, one of only 30 of them in the world.

That alone is worth the price of a castle.

“Why on earth are you crying?”

I took such good care of you, so how can you not show any signs of relief?

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry……”

“Didn’t you ask why I was crying?”

“Okay, I was wrong……”

“I sincerely apologize to His Majesty today and I will also visit His Highness and the First Prince!”

“…Ugh, ugh….”

I didn’t even approach him, but my son backed away hesitantly. I couldn’t understand why he was so scared of me, even though I had never laid a hand on him before.

Maurice saw his son growing more and more distant from him and he started to cry and shouted.

“Noah!”

“……!”

Kkudangtangtang-!

As he raised his voice, his son fell forward and hit his head on the low table. When Maurice approached him in surprise, Noah started screaming.

“Eww! Oh, come on, don’t come on! Aaaah!”

Noah held his head and started to convulse, repeatedly screaming. Maurice’s face twisted at the words telling him not to come, and he eventually took a couple of steps back.

How can he only do this to himself? Even when he was born, he burst into tears when he saw me. When he was little, I just thought he was afraid of big, adult men.

But his child cried only when he saw himself. He smiled so brightly at everyone else, but when he saw himself…

“Noah…….”

“Euuuugh, oh, don’t come, don’t come. You, you monster….”

Maurice was overcome with anger.

“Why, why are you doing this only to your father? Do you think your father is a monster? I have never laid a hand on you before. Ever since you were little, you have been having fits whenever you see your father. How could I touch you?”

“You, you monster, don’t come near me! Go away! No, don’t!”

“Do you hear my voice as nothing more than the howling of a monster? I didn’t ask much of you. But what have you done to me? You threw bottles at me, you poured water on me, and you even stole my sword, which was kept as a family heirloom, and threw it at me! Do you see these wounds and scars? It was all your doing! Did you really want to kill your father that much?”

“Ah, aaaah! No, no!! Go away! I, I’ll die! Aaaah, disappear, disappear!”

Die!

Maurice felt his blood boil.

Did he really throw the sword because he wanted to kill himself? Does this child really see himself as a monster?

The scar on his shoulder was throbbing. Even the old scars that shouldn’t hurt anymore seemed to be aching.

“…You’re finally going to drive a nail into your father’s heart.”

Morris said and took a step towards Noah. He could hear him twitching and twitching at him, but he ignored him.

But I thought that if I touched him, he would realize that I was not a monster.

But it was his own arrogance and mistake. The cornered child stood on the terrace railing.

“No, Noah! It’s dangerous there. Come down!”

“Oh, don’t come, don’t come!”

“Even if it’s dangerous!”

“Ah, aah, ahh…….”

“Noah, don’t come near. Come down.”

“Ugh, uh-uh…, uh-uh….”

“Noah, are you good?”

“Ah, father…, ji….”

Maurice’s eyes widened. He had never been called father before, so he forgot that his son was standing on the railing and approached him without realizing it.

“Oh, come on……!”

“……!”

The frail body sank downwards.

“Noah!!!”

***

“…….”

“…….”

Several minutes had passed since he was called in, but there was still silence. The father kept opening his mouth, closing it, and sighing.

And just as he was about to raise his voice, as if he had finally gathered his composure, Nihil struck him.

“It was my father’s fault.”

“…What are you talking about?”

Sedes couldn’t help but wonder what he had done wrong to deserve his son’s chubby cheek. If giving birth to a cute child was a sin, then it was a sin.

“I will dream of shrimp heads today.”

“…….”

Nihil then threatened, asking why he had brought out something like a large croaker.

“…That was the problem too. I…, just asked for shrimp to be added.”

“Don’t avoid responsibility.”

“…….”

“Well, the cake was okay.”

But the strawberries that were on top all ended up in the kitten’s mouth.

“That’s… fortunately.”

Sedes nodded, glad that he had done at least one good thing. Then silence flowed again. Sedes tilted his teacup, then raised his eyebrows when he felt something strange, and put the teacup down.

“…That’s not the problem right now.”

“It doesn’t go over.”

“…….”

Sedes thought that everyone was being swayed like this, so he washed his face dry. But now that he had nothing to say, he sighed and said.

“Stop biting the prince’s cheek like that.”

“If not now, then never.”

Nihil continued speaking, calmly savoring his tea.

“If you get a chance, ask your father. Before he grows up. He’s very soft.”

“that…….”

“More than that, Father, I would like to ask you about a child named Noah Ali.”

Nihil quickly cut him off before he could hear the nagging. The child could put anything in his mouth, but he seemed too picky.

Sedes saw his spoiled son friend cut him off and realized he couldn’t win, so he gave him the answer he wanted.

“He is the only son of Baron Ali. Have you heard of the Ali family?”

“I have no idea.”

“…You are definitely not a Harpensian.”

“Is it famous?”

“It’s not that famous. It’s no exaggeration to say that the rest, except for the magic tools that are tightly held by the Magic Tower, are all held by the upper class of Allie. In terms of wealth, it may even be higher than that of the Duke. Since it’s a family that has succeeded solely through commerce and has risen to the position of nobility, the hot stone products that you wanted to popularize will be handled easily if the Allie family takes care of them.”

“I see. But I made Ali’s only son cry twice today.”

“…….”

Sedes was speechless. He opened his mouth to ask why, but eventually sighed and closed his mouth again.

Nihil made a short excuse.

“I didn’t mean to make you cry.”

“…okay.”

“That’s true.”

“I know. To begin with…, that child isn’t very well known within the family, so it won’t be a big problem.”

“Didn’t you say you were an only child?”

He is your only son, but he is not well known. When Nihil tilted his head in question, Sedes continued to explain.

“I heard he has a mental illness… But when I saw him today, he seemed to be fine….”

“It’s a mental illness. That’s why it’s like that.”

“…What do you mean? You ran away after seeing me and fell down crying?”

“no.”

Nihil gave a short answer and then kicked off his seat and ran towards the terrace.

He jumped up, stepped onto the railing, and reached out, barely catching something falling from above. But soon his center of gravity shifted forward, and Nihil’s body was dragged out as well.

‘this.’

Nihil hastily pulled the thing that had fallen from above into his arms and wrapped his body around it. It was bigger than him and he couldn’t protect it completely.

As I looked up, I saw a middle-aged man on the upper floor reaching out his hand towards the outside of the terrace.

Nihil guessed how many floors he was on at the moment he fell down.

‘Three floors up.’

I didn’t bring the wire today. To be exact, they were all taken away by the dog guy right before I got to the palace. If the queen caught me, I might actually end up in prison for attempted murder of a royal family member.

Nihil hesitated whether or not to use mana, but he just braced himself and closed his eyes tightly. If it was only the second floor, it wouldn’t hurt too much. It seemed better than wasting mana and getting caught by those guys.

At that moment, a pain shot through his ankle. When he opened his eyes, he saw the shadow knight glaring at him, reaching out through the gap in the railing and catching him as he fell to the ground.

“What are you looking at? My blood is racing.”

“…….”

“It burst slowly.”

As Nihil added another word of reprimand, the shadow knight quickly pulled himself up. Once his feet safely touched the floor, Nihil placed what he was holding on the sofa.

It’s unclear whether he lost consciousness while falling or whether he fell because he lost consciousness, but either way, Noah Allie had his eyes closed.

“What is this…?”

Sedes stood there blankly for a moment, looking at Noah Allie who had fallen from the sky, before asking cautiously.

“What’s going on…, do you know?”

“It looks like the father and son were arguing upstairs.”

“…How on earth can a fight cause a child to fall out?”

Sedes muttered something about a child falling to his death in his palace, then slumped down on the sofa.

“…I thought you were going to make a surprise attack.”

It wasn’t just Sedes who was mistaken, as all the hidden shadow knights revealed themselves and surrounded Sedes.

If it weren’t for the captain knight who realized the situation the fastest, Nihil would have fallen along with the child.

“What would I gain by surprising my father? I should also get some pocket money.”

Nihil checked the child’s pulse, making a light joke. He seemed a little unsteady, but not life-threatening and there were no injuries.

“Don’t worry, this child is fine.”

“…Is that so?”

Nihil covered Noah with a blanket and put back on the cotton quilt he had taken off. Soon after, a loud crashing sound was heard, and the living room door burst open.

“paddle……!”

Maurice, who was about to call Noah, stopped in his tracks when he saw Sedes in the reception room. Why was His Majesty, who had been in the office on the fifth floor until he had submitted his report earlier, in the reception room on the second floor?

“Welcome, Baron Allier.”

“I, I…, ugh, ugh, I’m sorry, Your Majesty. Ugh…, I didn’t know you were here. I, ugh, I was in a hurry, ugh, so I was rude.”

“It’s okay. It was a bit urgent. Your son is here, so take a deep breath first. The child is fine, so don’t worry.”

At those words, Maurice sank to the floor and took a deep breath. His hair and clothes, a mess from running, spoke volumes about his state of mind.

“Come here and have some warm tea.”

“…Thank you, thank you, Your Majesty.”

“What can you do with just a car?”

“No. Thank you for saving my son, my son.”

“It wasn’t me who saved your son. Here…, um…, say hello to this child.”

Sedes hesitated to call his son’s friend, then gave a vague answer. Maurice looked at his son lying down and the pure white child next to him, and his eyes widened.

He had clearly seen with his own eyes the white thing that jumped out and wrapped around Noah when he fell off the terrace. But he had no idea it was such a small child. The thought of ‘How on earth?’ lingered in his mind, but Maurice soon lowered his head.

“Thank you, thank you. I will repay you with more than I deserve.”

“Thank you for your greeting. I’m the one who made your son cry twice today.”

“……?”

Maurice raised his head for a moment, wondering if he had misheard. But the child’s voice continued calmly.

“I hope you don’t scold me for making the baby cry, Noah’s father.”