How the Prince Makes Friends - Chapter 144



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Episode 144

When he heard that the queen had sent an etiquette teacher, Lianus’ face suddenly distorted.

Paul continued, turning the page.

“Madam Sarette is here now.”

Even sending someone with a letter means that you don’t even want to hear my opinion.

Lianus tore open the envelope containing the letter and took in its contents. In short, it was about a newly-introduced boy who was not fit for royalty and should be expelled, but considering that he had not yet received proper education, he wanted to give him a chance and sent an etiquette teacher.

But the content wasn’t that important. The problem was the last sentence.

“…Neil, you’ll be taking the test together during the quarterly evaluation this month.”

“……?”

“Hmm, once a quarter, my brother and I take a test. The teachers’ reports go up too… It’s clear that they’re trying to get you kicked out by making you evaluate them.”

Nod nod.

“…doesn’t care?”

Nod.

“Well…, Karus will still take your side. But….”

Lianus thought back on the classes he had taken with Nihil. Swordsmanship class… , it went without saying since the Duke was the teacher… , violin class where his friend was practically an audience member. Finance class was just sitting there quietly, and Emperor class where they had never taken a class together… .

Thinking about it this way, I felt very fortunate that Karus had two classes. The problem was my etiquette teacher, Countess Tarandrus. No matter how much I thought about it, she did not look kindly on my friend.

“…Neil, is this really okay?”

As he asked, Lianus lifted Nihil’s scarf slightly. He wanted to see his expression since they couldn’t have a proper conversation.

But when Lianus met her playful eyes, he put the cotton back down in a trembling manner.

“Well, yes. I guess it’ll be fine, Butler.”

“Yes, Prince.”

“What is Neil’s class schedule?”

“Two hours every day.”

“What? That’s too much. Then when are you going to play with me? There are still twenty days left until the quarterly evaluation!”

Nod nod!

Nihil nodded vigorously as if he agreed with me, expressing his opinion. My close friend also seemed to dislike the two hours a day.

“I have a rule about etiquette in my classes, so I only do it three times a week. Just one hour each. No more than that.”

“I’ll pass it on. What should we do about today’s class? Should we just send him home?”

Dori dori.

Before Lianus could answer the butler’s question, Nihil shook his head first. Then he made a slight hand signal.

-atmosphere.

The butler, who had confirmed the signal, smiled and asked.

“How much is it?”

Nihil glanced at his watch and held up two fingers.

-2 hours.

***

“Neil, you have to look good in front of Countess Tarandrus before the quarterly evaluation!”

As he spoke, Rianus clenched his fists in a desperate manner. Nihil nodded and snickered under his mask as he watched Rianus set the period as ‘until the quarterly evaluation.’

As soon as I sat down properly on the chair, Countess Talandrus came in. The countess raised her eyebrows at Nihil, who was wearing a hood and cotton swabs, but tried to ignore him and greeted him.

“Good afternoon, Your Majesty.”

“Yes, sir, good afternoon!”

The Countess looked at the strangely enthusiastic Lianus with a hint of doubt, but she just thought that something good had happened today and moved on. After hesitating for a moment, she also greeted Nihil.

“…Good afternoon to you too.”

Nod nod.

“…Why do you just nod your head to an adult?”

“…….”

The Countess now began to admonish Nihildo, as if she had decided to accept him as a ‘student’.

“It is not polite to wear a hood indoors.”

“…….”

Looking at Nihil who couldn’t answer, Rianus racked his brain to think of an excuse. He had to look good for his wife, but he couldn’t show her his head with fluffy ears.

At that moment, the experienced butler who had been waiting behind without intentionally going forward took a step forward and quietly opened his mouth.

“Madam, it seems that the young master has been teased because of his appearance. Although it may be rude, could you please give him some time to heal his wounds?”

At the butler’s words, Nihil pulled his hood down even further. The countess looked at Nihil with a subtle expression and then quietly began her lesson.

“…That’s all for today’s class.”

“You worked hard today too, ma’am.”

“…….”

The countess glanced at Nihil, who was sitting quietly instead of leaving right after class. Nihil stared at the countess, then searched through his pockets, took something out, and placed it on the desk.

It was a vial with a pretty ribbon tied around it.

“…….”

As the Countess stared at the vial without saying anything, Nihil pushed the vial further as if to ask why she was not taking it.

She hesitated for a moment, then carefully picked up the bottle.

“…Is it the same as last time?”

Nod.

“…Thank you.”

With that, she bowed to Rianus and withdrew. Rianus was glad that his wife seemed to have some interest in Nihil. He was curious as to what his friend had given his wife, but he did not ask since Sir Ernest was still present.

‘Evan Sir is late.’

Sir Evan never went out for more than half a day, but he felt a little late today. It seemed that since Sir Ernest was there to act as his escort this time, he would do as much as possible.

Thinking about this, I felt a little sorry for Evan. He didn’t have much free time. I was thinking that I should hire more escort knights, when Karus made a loud appearance. The next class was history.

“Haha, Prince, my friend, it’s been a while!”

“I saw it just the day before yesterday.”

“I barely held back from wanting to come yesterday! Oh, but…, where did my secret friend go and Sir Ernest….”

“Sir Evan is out today.”

Walter greeted the young Marquis with a light bow. Karus briefly asked Walter to take good care of the prince’s escort today, and then was about to start class.

“Hurry up and finish this quickly! I brought some delicious snacks too.”

“Oh, Neil has to take another class today.”

Soon the two hours that Nihil had told Madame Sarette to wait would be fulfilled. Madame Sarette would be gritting her teeth in the waiting room right now, waiting for Nihil.

The reason I was able to wait for Madame Sarete was because the class I had before was from a relatively high-ranking ‘Countess’, and it was also the subject of ‘etiquette’, which was what Nihil needed most right now. If I made him wait any longer, he would just go back.

‘Honestly, I’d rather just go back… but I think Neil has something on his mind… … .’

“Why do you have to skip my class and take another class? Skip your other class and take it!”

After hearing the circumstances, Karus started to throw a tantrum and told them not to go.

“I will chase away that woman called Sarette or Sakkare! I am the Marquis of Beodo, after all.”

“…I sometimes wonder if Karus is really the Marquis.”

Especially these days.

“Friend, what kind of etiquette training is this? To be honest, it’s not that you don’t know and don’t do it, right? I’ll give you 200 out of 100 points for the quarterly evaluation. Ah-, I came here really looking forward to it because I have something I want to show you, Friend!”

Exactly-.

As Karus continued to whine like a child, Nihil snapped his fingers to focus his attention. Then he held out his hand as if to ask. It seemed like he was going to see what Karus wanted to show him and then leave.

Karus quickly approached Nihil, took his hand, and began to whisper something on it with his finger.

“I memorized the sentences that were particularly emphasized in every document on the spot.”

Karus grumbled that it was difficult to memorize, and slowly wrote the sentences he had memorized on Nihil’s palm. Then he began to look at Nihil with expectant eyes and a burdensome look.

“…….”

Nihil, who had interpreted the sentence, remained silent for a moment.

When Carus saw that Nihil was not speaking, he opened Nihil’s palm to rewrite it for him, perhaps thinking that he was writing too quickly for him to understand.

Nihil forcibly closed his spread palms.

“Oh! Do you understand?”

Karus smiled broadly. Nihil opened his mouth a few times under his cotton and then touched his forehead. There wasn’t much he could say.

‘No leaks. No copying.’

“…….”

Why did you have to memorize this sentence?

Of course… , it was a very important sentence from the recorder’s perspective. It’s just that it wasn’t an important sentence to Karus.

Nihil took a deep breath, slapped Karus’ forehead, who was full of anticipation like a child waiting for a gift, and got up from his seat.

“Ah! Where are you going? Please tell me this before you go!”

***

“How come you’re so late!”

As soon as he opened the living room door, Nihil glanced at the grandfather clock at the sound of an old man’s angry voice. It was two minutes earlier than scheduled.

Rianus, who had been watching them from a corner, secretly following them, was about to run over to them in a panic at the loud noise echoing through the hallway, but Nihil raised his hand slightly behind the door to stop him, then went into the living room and closed the door.

“Why on earth are you dressed like that! Even though His Majesty the Vision told me that you were an uneducated person, I didn’t know it would turn out this messy!”

“…….”

“Why on earth did the Second Prince pick up something like this! Even if it’s only half-baked, is it okay for him to be this thoughtless?!”

The old lady did not teach them the manners they were supposed to, and instead began to belittle herself and Rianus. Of course, whether or not that belittling affected Nihil was a separate issue.

Nihil, whose ears were itching from the loud noise, sat down on the sofa and gently rubbed his ears.

“Hey, hey! You naughty thing!”

The old woman, her face reddening, raised her voice again and spoke something, but Nihil sat quietly on the sofa and waited until her anger subsided.

After screaming for over 30 minutes, Sarette finally realized that words could not do any good and picked up the whip.

“Put your feet on the table!”

But of course, Nihil had no intention of accepting it quietly.

Sarette tried to catch Nihil, who was running around like crazy, but after less than five minutes, she finally collapsed on the sofa, panting. And when she sat down, Nihil sat on the opposite sofa as if he was trying to tease her.

Sarette also had to hand over a pen and paper to justify the punishment.

“If you can’t even speak, how can you not write? Try copying this! If you make a mistake, you will get hit once for each letter!”

Nihil nodded willingly.

Sarette slowly raised her hand, thinking that Baedong would act as he pleased, but quietly lowered her hand when she saw Nihil following her writing.

“…….”

Sarette was shocked to see the letters copied exactly in his own handwriting, even the smudged ink. He couldn’t criticize them for their bad handwriting, since they were so similar that he thought they had been copied and pasted.

“Hey, try writing this too.”

Sarette quickly scribbled down a slightly longer sentence, in a cursive style that the children were not yet familiar with.

But the result was the same. Sarette couldn’t help but be amazed when he saw that even the tails of the letters were drawn perfectly the same.

‘Your Majesty, is this correct?’