How the Prince Makes Friends - Chapter 142



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Episode 142

Nihil rubbed his face at Karus’ ridiculous misconception.

“From the beginning. I wasn’t ‘them’ from the beginning. Why on earth did you think I was ‘them’? No, how much do you know about ‘them’?”

“‘They’ receive the mana of the contractor and manipulate nature!”

“…and?”

“I don’t know!”

Nihil thought for a moment that he had heard a great answer because of the confident answer.

“Teacher, didn’t you say you were a scholar?”

“There is no record of ‘them’, unless they are contractors.”

“…I’ll tell you in advance, I don’t know how to make a contract with those guys.”

“Huh?! Then what should I do?”

“What should I do? There must be records left behind by your mother. I should look there.”

“But I can’t read it! Still, I organized it in the belief that you, my friend, will interpret it for me!”

“…Isn’t that too shameless? And what are you organizing without even knowing the content?”

“I found them all and stacked them nicely.”

“…….”

“So when can you come visit? It’ll take me a few days to see the content… ”

“Teacher, where is your conscience?”

“Is that really necessary?”

“…….”

The pale blue-green eyes behind the large, round glasses sparkled with madness. Nihil found the gaze extremely burdensome and slapped his cheek.

“Teacher, I don’t plan on leaving the child behind. Is it impossible to take it outside?”

“Unfortunately, yes. You can’t take even one step out of the mansion. I tried once when I was young, and… it just burned down.”

Carus smiled bitterly, saying that he had never made such a painful mistake before.

“It’s impossible to copy. When I try to write on the paper, it tears. I even tried to carve it on a sturdy board, but it was ruined in some way.”

“…I guess I have no choice but to go myself.”

It seemed like the wind spirits were directly interfering.

“Teacher, it would be a problem if the story about the Marquis supporting Lian came out. Make sure that the child can visit officially.”

Karus hesitated at those words, then opened his mouth as if he was slightly displeased.

“There is, but……”

“…What is it?”

“It’s our cute and lovely maknae Kara’s birthday. But……”

“however?”

“There’s still a month and a half left. Should we push back the birthday party?”

“…Why are you pulling that?”

“But, my dear friend! There’s still a month and a half left! Who knows if I’ll dry up and die in that time?”

Nihil slapped the mouth of the trembling Karus and jumped out of his arms.

“I have a lot to do, so wait.”

“Then…, there’s nothing we can do. You have to bring a birthday present for Kara, right?”

“…okay.”

What do kids like these days?

***

Late in the afternoon, after all the guests had left and dinner was over, an apothecary came to the Second Prince’s palace.

“Oh, hello, how are you, Prince! I, I, I am Lee, Lee Ma!”

“Yeah, Lilima, nice to meet you.”

“Oh, no. It’s Rima! I’m sorry. I, I, I’m so nervous…….”

“Okay, follow me. I’ll introduce you to my friend.”

Lianus dragged Lima upstairs, because his friend couldn’t get out because of his ears and tail.

At first, I wondered why a pharmacist had come, but it seemed that His Majesty had found a substitute because it was impossible to reveal to the public that Nihil was making the medicine.

“Neil, the pharmacist is here.”

As I opened the bedroom door, Nihil was staring intently at me, holding onto my tail tightly for some reason.

“What’s wrong? Is there something wrong with your tail?”

“…It’s nothing.”

Nihil, who was debating whether or not to cut off the tail before the baby came, ended up getting up from his seat without doing anything about the tail.

“Ah. Hello, how are you? My name is Lee, Lima.”

Nihil tilted his head at the sight of a young boy who still looked like he was in his teens.

“Are you an assassin?”

At those words, Evan drew his sword. The kitten, without any thought to protect itself, quickly wrapped itself around Nihil.

“…Yes, yes? Th, th, what does that mean?”

Nihil ignored the stuttering Rima and continued speaking, hugging Rianus who was wrapping his arms around him and patting him on the back.

“It would be okay to just send it to a regular pharmacist.”

At those words, the confused expression on the boy’s face disappeared and a dry voice was heard.

“The contract period is 3 months. If there is no intention to terminate the contract 15 days before the expiration date, it will be automatically extended by one month. The hiring cost will be the amount of the pharmacist’s salary externally, and the client will be responsible for any additional costs related to confidentiality.

“The contract?”

“I used a magic contract.”

“Hand it over.”

Lima took out a contract and a blank contract from her bosom and handed them over.

“The other half of the contract is with the client. If there is anything needed, you can add a blank contract after discussing it. The client will also pay for any additional costs. I have already put my blood into the blank contract, so please write it out and give me half.”

Nihil scanned the contract. It was particularly densely written with confidentiality clauses. There was nothing particularly to add since everything a father would write was written down in detail, but he added a clause regarding the prohibition of contact.

Lima stared at it for a moment and then opened her mouth.

“The client recommended an escort mission as an additional contract.”

“Did you really ask the guild to act as your escort? But how can I trust you with my escort duties?”

“Isn’t this a magic contract? If you break the contract, my heart will burst.”

“That only works for those who want to live.

“…….”

Nihil additionally fed my blood to the blank contract he had written, cut it in half, and gave it to Rima.

“Before the call, do not go above the second floor for personal reasons. Do you have any knowledge of medicine?”

“…doesn’t exist.”

“I will prepare the medicine separately and send it down to you. If there is any servant who wants to watch you, please make an additional list and bring it with you.”

“All right.”

Nihil called the maid after making a polite greeting, asking her to let him know if she needed anything. Perry flinched at the sight of Rima, then opened his mouth calmly.

“Did you call?”

“I’m a pharmacist who came in temporarily. Please show me where to stay.”

“All right.”

“Rima, I will allow you to walk around the palace accompanied by the head maid.”

After saying that, Nihil sent the two out with the emergency medicine he had prepared. Evan, who had been watching silently, stood there with his sword drawn, looking embarrassed, and then with a click, he put the sword away and opened his mouth.

“…There are times when you are cold to children.”

“I hate things that are lifeless.”

Especially if it’s someone who would give up his life easily.

***

“Hey pup.”

“…….”

Evan debated whether to ignore the white cat that had crept into his room in the dead of night, but eventually got up.

I barely managed to hold back my screams because I didn’t feel any movement until he came right next to me and called me, even though I wasn’t asleep.

“…why.”

“Awakening…, you know.”

“My awakening?”

You came here in the middle of the night to talk about that?

Evan pouted, not hiding his discomfort. In the meantime, the white cat tried to crawl up onto the bed, so I quickly lifted it up and sat it on my lap. Then I patted its head.

Actually, I wanted to touch this ear.

Evan was really curious about the cat ears attached to his head, so he wiggled them around and replied vaguely.

“Are you talking about that wolf cub or that dog cub?”

“…I never said that.”

“Anyway, why.”

“I tried to find other Wolang people and get help with your awakening……”

“It was like that?”

“…They said it was extinct.”

“……?”

Evan raised an eyebrow, wondering what this meant.

“when?”

“About 300 years ago.”

“…I see.”

Yeah, well, my ancestors might have gone extinct.

In the first place, he had never known about the Wolrang tribe in his entire life, so it wasn’t that important. Evan muttered something about how great it was that their bloodline had continued, and then collapsed onto the bed.

Then suddenly something occurred to me and I jumped up again.

“hey!”

“……?”

“Give me my work!”

“What are you talking about?”

“Don’t ignore me! Give me back this instant!”

“I don’t remember taking it with you.”

“You woke up from your sleep and took the fruit!”

Evan shook Nihil. That savage liar lied every time he opened his mouth.

“I really don’t remember. More importantly, I don’t know if I brought the fruit because I wasn’t sick, and once I brought the fruit, I couldn’t give it back even if I wanted to.”

Because the breath that has already been mixed cannot be separated again.

“It doesn’t hurt because I took the medicine you gave me! You thieving bastard!”

Evan screamed. Nihil’s head tilted calmly to the side.

“You took medicine?”

“okay!”

“Then how do you move?”

Evan shook Nihil for a moment, then stopped and froze.

“…What are you talking about…?”

“If you eat it, you shouldn’t be able to move?”

“You… what on earth did you give me?”

“I gave him something strong to keep him quiet in bed.”

“…….”

“So, I told you not to accept anything.”

Is that something the person giving the money should say?

“I didn’t even know how to use sleeping pills, so I guess paralyzing poison is the same.”

“…….”

“I guess I won’t have to go somewhere and drink poison and die. Congratulations.”

“…….”

Evan was dumbfounded and just lay down on the bed. As if it were natural, a small hand naturally pulled the blanket over my body and covered it, then soon began patting me.

“…Don’t pat me.”

The pouty baby slapped the hand that was patting him away, but Nihil didn’t care and continued patting him, naturally changing the subject.

“Anyway, since the Wolang tribe that needed help has been wiped out, I plan to postpone your awakening as much as possible.”

“How can you put that off?”

“If you block the growth of mana hearts……”

“Why are you stopping it!”

Evan cried out and sat up again. Nihil continued to speak to comfort the dog who looked very wronged.

“Instead, I will continue to provide training to strengthen your manpower. Since your mana vessel is not small even now, if you train your manpower and gain some experience, you will be useful.”

“…I’m just saying that it’s not at a usable level.”

The puppy whined. It was no different from ‘Evan II’. ‘Evan II’ was now left in the care of the maid who was about to give birth. Small and cute things help to calm the mind and body.

Thinking about it this way, it seems like a 1-year-old who is neither small nor cute is less helpful than a 2-year-old… … .

“…But I guess there’s nothing I can do if the prince is in danger.”

Even though I was a little upset, I think it was a little better to face reality than ‘Evan II’. That was fortunate.

“If you just awaken, it won’t be anything special to the level of Master. That’s why I needed someone to help me stop the awakening from going wild.”

“…I see.”

The additional explanation seemed to ease Evan’s mood a little. Nihil smiled contentedly and laid Evan down again, covering him with the blanket. He felt eyes staring at his tail, but he quickly ignored them.

“for a moment.”

“……?”

I had already told you everything I had to say, but as I was about to turn around, my wrist was grabbed again.

“But… didn’t you meet the Wolrang tribe before?”

“…….”

“If they were extinct about 300 years ago…, then…, when did we meet?”

“…….”

Nihil lowered his eyes at the sharp remark. This guy was unnecessarily sharp. He could have just forgotten what we had talked about before.

Nihil pulled his wrist away and ran away. Unfortunately, he couldn’t take more than a few steps before he was grabbed by the nape of his neck and lifted up.

“…Your legs are short and slender.”

How did I end up with such short legs?

“you…….”

Before Evan could say anything, Nihil gently wrapped his tail around his wrist.

“…….”

Evan opened his mouth a few times, wondering how absurd this situation was, but eventually closed it.

It looks like he likes the tail. I’ll cut it off later.