How the Prince Makes Friends - Chapter 133



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Episode 133

Lianus, whose pupils were dilated at the word cute, struggled to escape from Noah’s arms.

“Isn’t it cute?”

As Nihil asked again, as if confirming, looking at the struggling Rianus, Noah looked down at Rianus and nodded, unconsciously putting strength into his arms. It may be irreverent, but the way he stared at him with wide eyes was really cute.

The second prince was so small and round that it was hard to believe he was the same age as the first prince. Everyone would belittle him behind his back, calling him the swamp prince and his eyes dangling, but his curly dark green hair was so soft and his golden and green eyes were so clear and pure that it was not burdensome to stare at him. His straight, unwavering gaze was very pleasing.

The more I look at it, the better I feel… … .

How could such a small and cute child have the courage to attack Aiden? Maybe he was brave and kind enough to fight for his friend, and that’s why he became friends with that fairy-like creature.

‘Mother told me to look good for the first prince… … .’

Noah was smiling, but he seemed to like the cute and innocent Second Prince better than the scary First Prince.

However, Noah was the only one who was not burdened by Rianus’ gaze, and Rianus felt a little burdened by Noah’s gaze staring at him, so he squirmed to escape from his embrace.

Nihil looked at the giant, writhing chick and called out to Lianus softly.

“Rian.”

“Uh, huh?”

“Take care of that kid.”

“…….”

When he was told to take care of him, Lianus stopped moving and stared at Noah. Then, thinking that there must be some reason behind it, he hugged him tightly. Because his close friend couldn’t just pass by troubled children.

Somehow, the arms holding me were getting stronger and stronger, and I felt a little suffocated, but I decided to endure it, thinking that I was fine.

“Neil, what about you?”

“I’m going to slay the monster. It’s dangerous, so both of you stay out of the blankets.”

“You, you, do you know about that monster?!”

Noah, startled by those words, tried to get up, but fell back down again, unable to bear the weight of Lianus. The yellow blanket also fluttered slightly along with Noah before sinking down.

“You, you see it too?”

“You can see it.”

I haven’t seen it yet.

Since Maurice’s mana is fine, the monster Noah sees is probably not a common black magic or curse.

Nihil checked to make sure there were no gaps in the blanket and then covered it more carefully as he continued.

“Stay here, because if you make eye contact with a monster, you might get hurt. I’ll take care of the monster.”

“Really? Can you do it?”

“There’s nothing I can’t do. Right, Lian?”

“huh!”

Lianus nodded quickly, even though he didn’t know what it meant. After all, there was nothing my best friend couldn’t do!

Nihil didn’t know what was going on, but just nodded his head, and he stroked the cute kitten’s head over the blanket. Then he motioned for Maurice to come closer.

Sedes, who had been huddled in the corner with him, seemed curious and came over to sit on the sofa opposite him. Seeing him use his magic tool to hide, it seemed like he had no intention of being kicked out any longer.

Nihil continued, seeing that even the Shadow Knights were hiding.

“Noah, can you tell me more about the monster?”

Noah answered the question with half anticipation and half fear as he explained the monster in detail.

The very, very black ‘thing’ was there from the beginning and was originally the size of a head, but it gradually grew in size and the number of eyes increased, and now there are a lot of them.

“Can’t you hear the sound?”

“Well… I’m not sure. I think it’s because I don’t have a mouth yet.”

“Your mouth?”

“Yeah. But there’s a really long line drawn down the middle of its torso right now. I think that’s where the mouth will be. It might not be… I’m not really sure, but I have a feeling that if that happens, it’s going to be a really big problem.”

“I see. I should get rid of it quickly.”

Nihil responded like that, feeling Maurice’s pulse. Maurice looked at Nihil and the slightly squirming pile of blankets alternately, as if he was extremely embarrassed by the current situation.

The pile of yellow blankets continued to speak.

“First of all, Holy Water is not allowed. I tried it.”

“Holy water?”

“Yeah, I put it in a glass bottle and threw it, but it didn’t disappear.”

At those words, Maurice opened his eyes wide and rubbed the scar on his forehead. It was a scar from the glass bottle Noah had thrown. At the time, he didn’t even know that the bottle contained holy water. He just thought that he had thrown something because he didn’t like himself.

Moreover, I now realized for the first time that I looked like a black, huge monster with many eyes.

Noah continued talking, unaware that his father was listening from outside the blanket.

“Yeah. At first, I thought it was because there wasn’t enough holy water, so I filled a bucket with holy water and poured it in, but that didn’t work either.”

“Have you tried anything else?”

“Oh, oh! There’s a sword at my house? It’s called ‘Saker’. I tried using it, but it didn’t work.”

“…knife?”

“huh.”

“…Did you… swing that?”

“No. It was scary and heavy, so I dropped it from above.”

“…….”

Morris instinctively swept his left trapezius muscle. The wound was still there, not yet healed. The wound was not deep, but given the location, if it had been a little deeper or slanted toward the neck, it would have been fatal.

The white boy looked at my wounds and replied vaguely.

“Noah, the black one is dangerous, so let’s ask an adult to do it next time.”

“Yeah.”

Morris gaped at the conversation. Asking an adult to do it for him was no different from saying he would cleanly cut off my throat next time!

But the kids didn’t care and continued their questioning.

“Noah, can I tell you exactly where that monster is?”

“……?”

Maurice questioned the question. The monster my son was talking about was himself, so why was he asking about his position in front of him?

“The monster is……”

Noah hesitated and couldn’t open his mouth right away. Morris was distraught at seeing his son unable to immediately say that his father was a monster.

“The monster is… on my father’s shoulder.”

“……?!”

Morris, surprised by the unexpected answer, instinctively tried to get up from his seat, but Nihil forcibly sat him back down. The yellow chick continued talking.

“No, actually, I don’t know. It’s gotten so big that I can’t even see my father’s face anymore. I tried checking several times, but I got scared and ran away.”

“I see.”

“…Did my father… get eaten by a monster?”

Morris felt suffocated at the slightly tearful voice. It wasn’t because he hated himself. He had only resented his son who treated him like a monster without knowing anything.

Noah continued talking from under his yellow blanket, as if he was trying to tell as much as he could.

“When it was small, it was attached to my left arm, but as it grew bigger, it moved up.”

At those words, Nihil looked at Maurice’s left hand. There was not a single ring on it, which was typical of ordinary people. Perhaps it was so old that something bad had completely taken hold of it.

Nihil closed his eyes tightly and opened them. His previously black pupils were now a slightly eerie purple. He could see something black rippling around Maurice, but that was all.

“…I can’t see it very well.”

I rubbed my eyes under the cotton, but I couldn’t see the black thing clearly.

“You can’t see well? What are you talking about?”

The chick asked. When Nihil lightly replied, “Monster,” the chick started to squirm in surprise.

“Oh, your father is here? Uh, since when?”

Noah asked that and then felt as if he had been shocked. Didn’t he clearly scream out in surprise when he saw the monster a little while ago? He had completely forgotten because of the little white boy.

“I’m sleeping. Don’t worry.”

“…Really?”

“huh.”

Maurice, who suddenly became a sleeper, reflexively tried to lie down on the sofa and pretend to sleep, but then remembered that the king was on the sofa opposite him and quickly got up again.

“Hey, what if I wake up suddenly?”

“It’s okay. The monster won’t be able to attack you. The royal guard knights are very, very strong. Aren’t they, Lian?”

“Yeah! Sir Evan is so strong!”

As Lianus nodded vigorously, one side of the blanket twitched. Evan unconsciously tried to pet the twitching yellow chick, but quickly withdrew his hand and stood guard over the pile of blankets.

Nihil returned his eyes to their original color and took off his mask. Maurice, who was facing Nihil, opened his eyes wide in surprise at Nihil’s bare face, but fortunately, he didn’t make a sound.

Nihil searched through his sleeves, wondering what to do with this. Evan had taken all his weapons away from him, and he finally found a razor blade that he had managed to hide.

When I took a small razor blade out of my sleeve, Evan opened his mouth in disbelief, then quickly walked over and snatched the blade from me.

Evan asked silently, his mouth wide open.

‘When did I get this!’

Nihil held out his hand without replying, but Evan put the razor blade into his sleeve as if he would never give it to him again.

“…….”

Nihil looked at Evan blankly, then rolled up his sleeve and dug his nails into his forearm as if he was trying to show off.

And as he put more and more strength into his fingertips as if he was going to claw at his forearm with his blunt nails if he didn’t hand over the razor right away, Evan took the razor out again with his eyes burning brightly.

‘If you need blood, use mine.’

Evan grinned and held out his arm. Nihil looked back and forth between his already scarred arm and Evan’s grim face for a few times before nodding and taking the razor blade.

And I drew my palm.

“Hey you bird…!”

Evan, who had been fooled, blurted out a curse without realizing it, but was startled by his own voice and quickly covered his mouth.

“Sir Evan! What’s going on?”

The blanket twitched.

“Oh, it’s nothing. Please stay where you are, Prince.”

Evan made a vague excuse and glared at Nihil. He felt like he wanted to punch that white head that didn’t listen to him.

Nihil smiled faintly as he watched Evan tremble, and applied the blood that had pooled on his palm to his eyelids. Evan frowned as if asking what the hell he was doing, but Nihil simply closed his eyes tightly and opened them again.

“……!”

Evan flinched and took a few steps back as he met the purple eyes that had risen again. It was a very indifferent gaze, but an eerie feeling ran up his spine as if his soul was being sucked out.

Nihil turned his head to Maurice. Maurice also looked at Nihil and hesitated in surprise, but Nihil continued to look up at the ‘black thing’ covering Maurice.

“It’s bigger than I thought.”

Not only did it cover Morris’ entire upper body, it also reached up to the ceiling. Its shape was like unmade clay, but just as Noah had said, there was a long line drawn down the center of its body, and hundreds of large and small eyes moved independently and rolled around.

And among them, there was only one eye that did not move.

‘Is that a nuclear weapon?’

Nihil tried to reach out, but it was too high to reach.

“Puppy.”

“…What is it?”

“Try burning my neck.”

“……suddenly?”

“Out of reach.”

At those words, Morris moved first and bent his upper body. However, even if he bent his upper body a little, it was not in a position where he could touch them.

Evan watched Sedes, who was hiding behind a magic tool, then hesitantly approached him and lifted Nihil onto his shoulder.

“…Which way?”

“A little more to the left… no, too far.”

“Ugh, ugh, stop pulling my hair and just talk. You’re the reason I’m going bald.”

“I said I would take responsibility and make the wig for you.”

“I don’t need gray hair!”

“Shh, shh. You have to be quiet to be a good dog, right?”

“You fucking lynx.”

Evan was gritting his teeth. Nihil stroked Evan’s head and reached out to the core of the thing.

“Got it……!”

At that moment, the long line in the center of the torso began to spread up and down.

this……!

“Cover your ears!”