How the Prince Makes Friends - Chapter 143



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Episode 143

Clap clap clap-!

Nihil clapped his hands and jumped up and down. Our seaweed was busy hitting the scarecrow. Rianus’ face turned bright red from embarrassment, but Nihil found it fun and responded even more enthusiastically.

“…Stay still.”

Walter Ernest, who had become Evan’s daily escort due to his outing, politely scolded him, but Nihil nodded obediently for a moment and later clapped his hands again.

The Duke, who was a swordsmanship teacher, glared at Nihil, who was making a fuss while personally tutoring Lawrence, but Nihil was not interested in the old man’s gaze, so he simply ignored him.

Then, as I was about to clap my hands again because it seemed like our seaweed was hitting well, my body suddenly lifted up. It was Walter.

“Didn’t I tell you to stay still?”

Walter wondered how he, who was now the Commander of the Royal Knights, had ended up in the position of looking after Anna.

It happened during dawn training.

Walter was gathering the knights and training them as usual at dawn. He was tired from working on Shaton’s business without resting all weekend, so he thought about leaving it to the vice-captain, but he still didn’t feel like leaving his work to someone else.

It was almost the end of the training when the second prince and the little boy wrapped up from head to toe appeared. For some reason, Sir Evan, who followed behind, looked around restlessly.

The training grounds seemed to become a little colder with the appearance of the 2nd prince. It must be because they were wary of the ‘Curse of Mana’, which is not what it sounds like.

Walter deliberately moved closer and blocked the little prince’s view.

‘Your Majesty, what is the matter?’

‘Sir Ernest, I need a knight to stand in for Sir Evan today as my escort.’

At those words, I wondered if Sir Evan had to go out today. As the only knight escort of the Second Prince, he didn’t have many days to go out.

He immediately looked for subordinates to guard the Second Prince. Most of them were clearly reluctant, but unlike before, a few volunteered to do it. The problem came after that.

The little boy who had come with the prince suddenly came up to him and grabbed his hand tightly.

‘… … ?’

‘Uh, uh… Neil, what’s wrong?’

The little girl held out her hand to the prince.

‘Do you like Sir Ernest?’

Nod nod.

‘But being a captain of the royal knights is a very hectic position. What about the other knights? Don’t they look strong?’

In response to that question, the boy with the hood of his cloak pulled down low glanced at the smokescreen, shook his head, and then slapped Walter on the thigh.

‘Neil…, I admit that Sir Ernest is a strong and trustworthy man. But… … .’

Dori dori.

The little boy hugged one of my legs tightly as if he would not give up. Then he collapsed on the floor.

‘… … .’

The little prince fidgeted with his friend’s actions, then rolled his eyes and looked up at himself. His large, round eyes looked very clear.

The prince approached me hesitantly, then grabbed the hem of my clothes and asked.

‘I… , yes, Sir Ernest, are you very busy today? You are the captain of the knights… , you must be busy?’

‘… … .’

What kind of knight could refuse a prince who said something like that? Moreover, he had sympathy for the second prince who was being tossed around, so it was an irresistible force.

“ha…….”

Walter sighed deeply after finishing his recollection. He had been worried that His Majesty would refuse to do it since he had a lot of work to do, but permission was granted very readily.

Instead, all my work was passed on to the vice-captain, so I couldn’t help but receive the vice-captain’s resentful gaze, but what could I do? I was chosen by a kid.

Walter held the squirming little boy in his arms a little tighter. He thought he had chosen him because he liked him, but the boy was not really interested in him and did not listen to him.

Just the day before yesterday, I heard a rumor that the second prince’s close friend was a strange child, so I thought that another rumor was going around to try to put the prince down… But in reality, he seemed a bit strange.

Walter turned his gaze back to the training ground. Perhaps because his thoughts had been wandering for too long, the two princes were already preparing for a duel.

The wooden swords clashed a few times and the duel ended with the First Prince’s victory. It was a natural result. Contrary to his innocent-looking face, the First Prince was larger and stronger than his peers.

Even if the Second Prince had superior skills and abilities, the difference in physique could not be ignored. It would be possible to make up for his physique with auras after breaking through a certain level, but it was definitely not a match that he could win.

Above all, even at a glance, it is clear that the Duke did not teach the Second Prince proper swordsmanship.

The second prince, who was completely exhausted, sat on the dirt floor for a long time. He seemed to be very heartbroken.

Walter looked at the sight with pity and was about to take a step forward to offer comfort, when something in his arms flew out and headed towards Prince Ododo.

“Neil……”

The prince stretched out both arms to the boy who came up to him. Then, as if it were natural, the boy lifted the prince up and started patting him.

Walter raised one eyebrow at the strange sight. Although he was absentmindedly swaying and clapping his hands, he seemed to be taking great care of the prince.

“Sniff, Neil…, does it look like I’ve eaten something too?”

Nod nod.

“Whoaaah~”

“…….”

Walter corrected his thoughts. After all, that kid was a little strange.

“Sniff, sniff…….”

The second prince returned to the palace crying, perhaps because he was saddened by his friend’s natural nod when asked if he had eaten.

Even in the midst of all that, it was extremely contradictory to cry in the arms of that close friend, but what was even more contradictory was that the person who made me cry and the person who comforted me were the same person.

And now, the boy who made the prince cry was washing the prince.

“Phuhuhu, huhuhu~ Phew, Neil is an idiot!”

“Hmph.”

“Khuuung-!”

“…….”

After forcibly making him wash his face, he now even starts blowing his nose. Both the one doing the washing and the one receiving the washing were so natural that Walter wondered if this was right. The little boy who had washed the prince from head to toe also dried his hair as if it was a given.

Walter couldn’t help but open his mouth when he saw the meal being served in the bedroom and the little boy feeding the picky prince some roasted vegetables.

“…Your Majesty, don’t you have a separate servant to take care of you?”

“Ah… well… that’s what happened. And my friend is also reluctant to be approached by servants… Neil, can you let Paprika off the hook?”

Dori dori.

“Eek…….”

Lianus stared gloomily at the wicked paprika shoved in front of him, then finally opened his mouth and put the evil thing in. It was slightly overcooked, soft on the outside and crunchy on the inside, giving it a very unpleasant texture.

“I clearly asked them to leave out the paprika, but why does it keep coming up in my food….”

“…….”

The culprit who put paprika on the meal kept his mouth shut and quickly slid the meat in. Lianus chewed the meat with his mouth open, not knowing that the boss of paprika was his close friend.

“Nil, aren’t you feeling suffocated by the hood and cotton? Sir Ernest won’t be going around gossiping about you, so make yourself at home.”

“…….”

At those words, Nihil looked at Walter, who was standing upright without any disturbance. Even when Lianus told him to stay at ease, he maintained that posture and did not let down his guard.

He wasn’t the type to be strict with children, but he seemed very old-fashioned. He wouldn’t just stick his nose out anywhere, but he wouldn’t skip reporting either.

Since Frederick was there, it was impossible to stop the story from reaching the child’s father, but it was difficult to have the story reach the queen, so Nihil eventually shook his head.

At that moment, the butler’s footsteps came closer, and then the bedroom door rang. Rianus didn’t answer right away, but looked at Nihil. Only when Nihil nodded did he open his mouth.

“Come in.”

The butler’s face as he opened the door and came in was a little dark.

“Your Highness, the Queen has sent a teacher of etiquette… to Lord Neil.”

***

Evan left the palace after a long time. He felt a little sorry towards the captain, but since there was no one he could trust as much, he was happy with the stubbornness of the wildcat.

After going to five toy stores, I finally managed to find a large stuffed dog. As I walked down the street holding it in my arms, some attention was drawn to it, but I tried to ignore it and kept walking.

dripping.

Evan arrived at his destination, knocked on the door, and opened it with a slightly nervous heart.

“Aryl.”

“…….”

As expected, there was no answer. Instead, there was a small, gurgling sound of breathing.

Clank, the door closed.

The room was dark even in broad daylight because the blackout curtains were drawn tightly. On the table next to the bed was a cute little chick-shaped teapot.

Evan walked over to the bed and carefully placed the stuffed dog next to the rising and falling blanket. He then opened the curtains and the window to immediately ventilate the room. The awful smell of medicine slowly disappeared with the breeze.

Evan filled a chick-shaped teapot with water and clicked an incense burner next to it.

It was the incense burner that the pure white guy had brought to my room without permission, saying he would put me to sleep, and then left it in my room.

‘I don’t know if it will work.’

Although it was very strong, it didn’t show much effect on me, so it might not be of much use to Ariel, who had already developed a tolerance to sleeping pills and painkillers, but since it was made by him, I had a vague expectation that it might be a little different from other medicines, so I put it in my bag and brought it home.

Evan carefully ran his fingers through the hair of the girl who had the same color as his own. The hair, soaked in sweat as if she had fallen asleep from the previous night, did not run smoothly but instead tangled with his fingers.

“…Aryl.”

Evan opened his mouth again, softly.

“Aryl, they say there was a wolf among our ancestors.”

“…….”

“My parents were very ordinary. Isn’t that amazing?”

Evan continued speaking even though there was no answer.

“…I thought that maybe it had something to do with your illness… At least I might be able to find out what’s causing your illness.”

“…….”

“But… I heard those wolves were exterminated. And that was 300 years ago. Isn’t that funny?”

Evan said that and then laughed hollowly.

“If I show you… to that guy… will you feel better?”

But I couldn’t take you. If I took you out of here, your heart would burst.

“I should have just put the contract on my body…….”

Why are you the only one being given this ordeal?

“If I bring that guy here…, will he try to kill me?”

Evan thought for a moment and then shook his head. If it was him, he might have tried to understand my situation. But he didn’t want to show this situation or be understood.

This was the path he chose.

“I’m sorry I’m selfish.”

“…….”

“I’m sorry, Ariel.”

“…….”

In the brief silence, there was a knock on the door. And as if the passengers inside did not need to be consulted, the door slid open.

“Sir Evan.”

“…….”

“His Majesty the King calls.”