How the Prince Makes Friends - Chapter 134



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Episode 134

Kkaaa …

A scream, like nails scraping metal, rang out.

Those who instinctively put their hands up to their ears at Nihil’s urgent cries groaned at the bloodcurdling scream that pierced even their palms.

Nihil covered one of Evan’s ears, which was too short to handle while burning the horse, and squeezed the core with his remaining hand.

Kkaaaah, kaaaahhhhhh—-!

“……!”

Even after separating the nucleus, the screaming did not stop easily.

Nihil swallowed the rising nausea in his throat and tightened his grip on the monster’s core.

A small cracking sound was heard through the roar of the monster, and the thing that had crumbled in his hand soon scattered into dust.

However, the tinnitus and dizziness did not go away easily. Nihil first examined Evan, who was closest to the monster.

“Are you okay?”

“…I’m fine, except my ears feel a little stuffy.”

Evan said that and tapped my ear. Nihil lifted Evan’s chin so that he could look at him. His focus was clear and his balance seemed fine.

“There doesn’t seem to be anything unusual.”

“…What should I do with those eyes….”

Evan averted his gaze, perhaps feeling burdened by my purple eyes.

“Are you uncomfortable?”

“I’m sorry, but… it’s a little creepy.”

“That’s normal.”

Nihil glanced around once more to see if there were any remaining remnants, then closed his eyes and opened them again.

Meanwhile, Evan’s eyes were focused on the blanket.

Nihil responded to his gaze with, “Rian, just a moment,” and quickly got down from his shoulder. He wiped the blood from his eyelids and put the veil back on.

“Rian.”

At a small call, the blanket fluttered and a head like seaweed popped out.

“Neil! Are you okay? What happened to the monster?”

“I’m fine. I took care of the monster.”

“Thank goodness! I asked if I could go outside the blanket, and I was worried because you took so long to respond!”

“……Sorry, I was just concentrating on something else. I’m fine.”

“Yeah, yeah! I’m glad you weren’t hurt!”

Rianus, who had come out of the blanket, hugged Nihil tightly, saying that he was really relieved.

I’m worried because you don’t take good care of yourself. Nihil smiled faintly at that sincere muttering and hugged Lianus.

It was warm.

“Neil, aren’t you a little cold?”

“It’s because of contact with that thing over there. The border is very cold.”

At those words, Rian tilted his head, but soon hugged him more tightly, offering to share his body heat.

Nihil patted Lianus and called Noah, who was still unable to get out of the blanket.

“Noah.”

The blanket flinched.

“Now that there are no monsters, you can come out.”

Nihil said and lifted the blanket slightly. His straw-colored hair shrank a little more and then slowly lifted.

There was a hint of moisture in the purple eyes looking up at her.

Noah opened his mouth slowly, still with the blanket over his head.

“Thank you, Your Majesty.”

When Baedong told him to cover his ears, it was none other than the little prince who covered his own ears. Although he covered the prince’s ears later, he couldn’t shake off the feeling that he had been protected.

How can the prince, who is so small, be so brave? I felt ashamed and pitiful of myself for no reason.

Meanwhile, Maurice was completely transfixed when he heard the scream, thinking that what the boy was doing was some kind of mental therapy.

‘No way, the monster was real… … .’

Maurice felt my shoulder. Honestly, I was so dazed that I couldn’t tell what had changed in me.

At that moment, my side started to hurt. I was just standing there blankly when the kid stabbed me in the side.

Only then did Maurice realize what he had to do and he cautiously opened his mouth.

“…Noah.”

“……!”

At the soft call, the straw-haired girl who had been feeling slightly depressed suddenly lifted her head and clear eyes looked up at her.

For some reason, the purple eyes that were exactly like his own felt very unfamiliar.

‘Ah… this is the first time we’ve made eye contact.’

The eyes that were always filled with anxiety and only looked at my shoes were looking straight at me.

As I looked into his clear eyes, something inside me began to boil. Why had I never asked him properly before? If I had paid even a little attention to my son’s cries, it wouldn’t have come to this point.

Up until now, I thought I had endured well by accepting my son with a mental illness as he was. Although he did not hesitate to attack me by calling me a monster, I still considered myself a true parent who took good care of my child and looked after him well.

But what was the reality? What did he do while the child was fighting the monster alone? Didn’t he force the terrified child to stand on the railing?

Now that I think about it, when I see myself, it’s always my son who comes to me first, even though I have a seizure. When it comes to scary monsters, I just have to avoid them.

“Ah…, ahh….”

Noah’s face contorted and his large, clear purple eyes filled with tears.

“Noah.”

Maurice called his son again, more clearly and precisely than before. But he did not have the courage to approach him, and he remained motionless. He was afraid that his son’s cries might mean something else.

“Noah, may I come closer?”

“Ugh, ugh, ugh, ughhhhhh!”

The brave child moved first, as if mocking the timid adult.

***

Noah hugged his father and cried for a long time. Even in the midst of all this, Nihil said, “If you don’t rub his shoulder three times a week, the monster might come back,” and he rubbed Maurice’s shoulder diligently while shedding tears and snot.

Then, Noah, exhausted, fell asleep in Maurice’s arms. Occasionally, he would hold her hand, as if he was giving her a massage in his dreams.

Maurice held his ten-year-old son’s hand tightly in his arms, and said goodbye to Rianus, saying he would come back soon, before leaving.

Lianus didn’t know exactly why Baron Allie had come to see him or what had happened, but he smiled happily, saying that it seemed to have ended well.

“Rian.”

“huh?”

“Your father has been gone for a long time.”

“Huh…?”

Rianus opened his eyes wide at the sudden call. Sedes, who was hiding behind a magic tool, also raised an eyebrow in question as it was the first time he had heard of this story.

“I have something to say, so come after class.”

“Uh… where to?”

“Umm…, office.”

Nihil just said whatever came to mind. The father would take care of the rest.

“Really? Then…, I’ll go. Instead, stay with Sir Evan.”

“Take the puppy too.”

“There’s Sir Frederick.”

“I don’t need a puppy.”

“Then I don’t want to go either.”

Lianus was stubborn and refused to answer. Nihil was a little perplexed as he thought it was the king’s call and the prince could ignore it so cleanly.

“…But still, shouldn’t I go since my dad is calling me?”

“Hmm…….”

The kitten hesitated for a moment, wondering if she really had no intention of going, before speaking firmly to Evan.

“Sir Evan, stay with Neil.”

“But, Prince……”

“It’s an order.”

“……All right.”

The scene where Evan grabbed the hair of the wildcat was so shocking that he eventually nodded and said, “Okay.”

Nihil turned his head to see the back of Rianus’s head as he leisurely left the living room, leaving his dog behind, and Sedes’s head as he hurriedly followed him.

“If the owner tells you to stay, you stay.”

“…I am staying because the owner told me to stay.”

“Follow me quickly.”

“There’s Sir Frederick.”

“That guy is hiding and protecting you.”

“In the first place, His Majesty’s knights are all following along, so what’s the problem?”

“It’s a matter of face, not of security.”

“When did you ever care about that? You’re the one who’s the one who’s hurting the prince’s reputation the most… Where are you going now!”

Evan chased after Nihil, who suddenly dashed out without saying a word. It seemed as if he was trying to shake him off. However, the wildcat must have mistaken the door and went into the small waiting room attached to the reception room and tried to close the door.

As the door was about to close, Evan reached out and forced the door open.

“That damn cat, he couldn’t escape…!”

“Ugh, ugh……!”

“……?”

“Whoa!”

The marble floor was instantly covered in red liquid.

***

“Your Majesty, I heard you summoned me.”

“…okay.”

No, I never called. This was a meeting arranged by my son’s friend without consulting him.

Sedes was at a loss for what to say during the unplanned meeting, but finally opened his mouth after looking at the documents in front of him.

“Rianus.”

“yes.”

“Here is the final plan for the redevelopment and relief project of Shaton Street. Would you like to see it?”

“…Can I take a look?”

“I rewrote it based on your plan, so it’s sufficiently qualified.”

As I said that and handed over the documents, Rianus came over and held out both his hands.

Sedes stared at the small hand for a moment. When he saw that the hand was not tense enough to hand over the documents, the small hand took a look and withdrew.

Sedes quickly grabbed the small hand that was about to be taken away. Rianus flinched at the sudden contact, but did not run away.

I thought to myself, “Wouldn’t I be better off than the son of Baron Ali who ran away after seeing his father?” Then I remembered the father and son Ali who I was holding tightly and walking back.

So, impulsively, I bent down a little and picked up my son and sat him on my lap.

“……?!”

Lianus, who had not been able to grasp the situation, was just blankly staring at it for a while, and then belatedly realized what was happening and tried to get down from her lap, squirming. However, Sedes caught Lianus and sat him back down on her lap, stroking his soft, curly hair.

“Rianus.”

“Yes, yes, Your Majesty.”

“Stay like this for a moment.”

“Yes? Yes…….”

Sedes handed the document to his frozen son. Rianus straightened his back and read the document steadily, although he was nervous.

For a long time, only the sound of documents fluttering could be heard. By the time Lianus finished reading the documents, his upright posture had become disheveled and he was leaning back a little more comfortably.

Sedes waited for the last page of papers to turn over, and when it did, he opened his mouth quietly.

“Would you like to name the square that will be built on Shaton Street?”

“What is the name of the square?”

“Okay. Is there a name you’d like to give it?”

“…then…….”

Rian seemed to hesitate for a moment, then opened his mouth hesitantly.

“…Is it okay if I look it up in a dictionary?”

“okay.”

Sedes nodded slightly and made a signal with his hand in the air. Soon a knight appeared and placed several dictionaries, each written in a different language, on the desk.

Lianus picked up any dictionary he could find and opened it to the middle. In fact, there was a word that came to mind as soon as he asked about the name of the square.

‘Oparus.’

A jewel that resembles my friend’s eyes.

But I corrected my thoughts because it seemed too obvious. It was a name that anyone who made eye contact with my close friend would think of.

Above all, wouldn’t it look too luxurious if you named the square after a jewel? I wish the square on Shaton Street could be a place where anyone, regardless of social status, can come and rest comfortably.

I wish the name had a slightly more comfortable feel.

Like my close friend, who is equal to everyone and infinitely affectionate.

As I quickly flipped through the dictionary, one word in particular caught my eye and I looked up its meaning.

-Rest, relaxation, peace, haven.

Oh, this sounds good.

“Requies.”