How the Prince Makes Friends - Chapter 150



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Episode 150

Even among the children of noble families, there is a hierarchy based on the family rank. Even leaving that aside, groups with a high sex ratio tend to have a stricter hierarchy, especially if they are groups formed by force.

Evan, who had only hunted monsters in the forest, had no experience with this kind of organizational life, and it seemed unlikely that he would bow down and come in at an age when he should be showing off.

Above all, at this point, you can’t even have such expectations, right?

Even the test is administered without revealing Evan’s family background for the sake of fairness. The test takers do not yet know that Evan is a commoner.

If it is revealed that the guy who beat everyone up is a commoner, a young boy of 15, there is no way the other guys will stay quiet.

Walter quietly washed his face in Evan’s organizational life, whose future was so bleak. He had also hinted at his friendship with him before the exam, so he might be branded as having passed with his support.

This won’t work after all.

Must shake off.

Evan might be upset right now, but if you say that you shook it off because you wanted to come into my family, Evan would understand. Everyone would have doubts because your grades were so good, but it wasn’t hard to come up with a plausible excuse.

But who would have thought that the King and Queen would come to congratulate them in person? And that they would talk to them even before the results were announced.

The queen approached the boy with her red eyes wide open and asked, extending her delicate hand.

‘You’re quite skilled. Is your name Muup?’

‘Hey, my name is Evan!’

Evan, who had never been exposed to the etiquette of the nobility, stared blankly at the outstretched hand and barely managed to utter his own name.

Queen Helia looked at Evan, who was standing upright and tense, not even thinking of bowing her head in respect, and then she lowered her hand and asked.

‘Are you a commoner?’

‘Yes… that’s right, but why, why are you doing that?’

‘I see. Evan, or rather, I guess I should call you Sir Evan now.’

The queen said so and narrowed the corners of her eyes.

Walter unconsciously blocked Evan’s path due to the anxiety that ran up his spine. However, after blocking him, he hesitated and opened his mouth, not knowing what to say in excuse.

‘Your Majesty, the new knights await your honor. This child is not ready, so please do not pay attention to him.’

‘Irony, even the vice-captain tells funny jokes. Where can you find such a tall and handsome kid?’

‘He’s only 15 years old. It’s true that he’s very skilled for his age, but considering his tendency to show off his skills, we decided that he’s not suited for organizational life.’

‘What do you mean? Are you saying I failed?’

‘yes.’

As Walter nodded his head in response, Evan, who was behind him, flinched and grabbed the hem of his clothes.

‘T-what are you talking about, Vice-Captain! I, I won everything!’

‘Evan, be quiet. What a disgrace this is in front of your superiors.’

‘… … !’

The boy’s face was soaked with betrayal at Walter’s harsh words, but Walter held firm.

‘Your Majesty, please do not praise me as I am young and proud.’

‘I guess you are a friendly kid?’

‘… … .’

‘Sir Ernest, why are you so mean? Oh, are you afraid that this boy will get a bad reputation because of our friendship?’

‘… That’s not it… , no.’

‘Then, surely… you wouldn’t be deliberately shaking me off just because I’m a commoner, right?’

The queen narrowed her eyes at Walter as if to scold him, then opened her mouth again in a whisper.

‘Should a powerful person be looked down upon simply because he is young or a commoner? Isn’t that right, Your Majesty?’

‘… That’s right. Sir Ernest, I was also very impressed by the sparring. However, if the vice-captain is acting like this, there must be a good reason. It’s a shame to waste a talented person, but I will respect your opinion no matter what the outcome.’

At those words, Evan grabbed the hem of my clothes again and looked at me earnestly.

‘F, F, F, I can do it! Please, please give me a chance!’

‘Evan, stay quiet.’

‘Please! I won’t let the Vice-Captain’s reputation be tarnished!’

‘Be quiet!’

‘… … !’

Walter let out a scream without realizing it, feeling anxious for no reason. But when he saw the child’s hurt expression, he soon felt guilty.

Finally, that day, Evan was officially inducted into the Royal Knights.

Walter’s anxiety did not go away, but he still made a promise to himself that he would take good care of him.

But maybe he was disappointed because he had so strongly opposed me that day. After that, Evan never approached me personally. No, it felt like he was distancing himself.

The youngest and first knight of commoner origin immediately began to climb the ranks of the Ipbanga. Evan was probably the one who received the most sparring requests in a short period of time.

Walter knew that Evan was being bullied within the Order, but he couldn’t come forward because Evan had intentionally kept his distance. Moreover, because of his nature of giving back what he received, he might end up getting punished even more severely.

But I thought that if someone asked for help, I should help them.

However, contrary to my intentions, my relationship with Evan became increasingly distant, and we haven’t had a single proper conversation since Evan volunteered to be the Second Prince’s bodyguard.

I thought that was the end of our relationship… … .

‘Captain, you know that I-I really respect you, right~?’

‘Hehehe-, it’s been 5 years since you called me that… Ah… .’

‘Ugh, boss, I said, ‘A wildcat, a wildcat,’ and the guy really turned into a wildcat… … .’

Walter couldn’t help but chuckle as he remembered Evan’s drunken behavior a while ago. The next day, he was surprised when he showed up at dawn training out of the blue and banged his head on him… .

visor-!

A loud crash of metal broke my thoughts.

‘You fight better than I thought.’

It was refreshing to see Evan become a full-fledged knight without my help.

I was worried when I first volunteered to be the Second Prince’s bodyguard, but I was relieved to see that he was doing better than I expected. He also seemed to be on very good terms with the Second Prince.

‘By the way, I wonder how your little brother is doing.’

I had forgotten about my brother because Evan had never mentioned him since he joined the Knights.

At that moment, Evan’s central axis, which was in the middle of a duel, collapsed greatly.

“……!”

Fortunately, he quickly gained some distance by rolling on the ground and quickly corrected his posture. However, he was out of breath and looked very tired.

‘The match will be decided soon.’

Walter thought that the prince might be a little disappointed to see his knight lose. After all, Evan was probably the strongest person around the prince.

However, Walter, who had bowed his head to appease the prince, soon had to correct his thoughts. The prince was watching the duel without any disturbance.

‘I thought the vice-captain was complaining about something special… … .’

The two eyes of different colors followed the knights’ movements with such tenacity that it could be described as creepy.

Walter also realized for the first time that the Second Prince could have such a cold expression. He always looked a little intimidated. Of course, he had seen him acting bright recently… … .

‘Could it be that you were watching today’s sparring like this the whole time… … .’

The little prince, who I thought would be anxious and restless, was watching the duel more coolly than anyone else. No, it seemed that he was analyzing every single movement, not just watching.

The battle was fierce and only trained knights could keep up with the movements, but the little prince rolled his eyes very subtly as if he saw everything.

The prince’s visual acuity seemed to be better than that of the apprentice knights who were watching from a distance, as they were flustered and missed the movements of the knights who were sparring.

Whoosh-.

In that moment, something quickly passed between the two knights who were locking swords, accompanied by a small sound of wind.

‘Is this an attack?!’

The two knights quickly distanced themselves from each other and began to stand guard. Neither the parties involved nor the knights watching had any sense of someone attacking, so they quickly confirmed that someone had come flying at them.

But what made everyone nervous was none other than…

“Pocket watch…?”

The knights looked at each other in confusion. Who on earth would bring a pocket watch to the training grounds…?

At that moment, a small thing ran towards the center of the smokescreen.

“……?”

Everyone nodded their heads to follow it, but the little one ignored their gaze and picked up the pocket watch that had fallen on the floor.

Evan, who was watching the scene, asked in despair.

“…Is it yours?”

Nod.

Nihil nodded slightly and brushed the dirt off his pocket watch. He had to go back soon so he wouldn’t be late for his morning class.

“…Next time, just be normal, please.”

Nihil nodded vaguely and walked over to the captain, extending both arms. He had to get his child back.

The captain, mistaking my intentions, naturally reached out his hand, but Nihil slapped the hand away and snatched Rianus from his arms.

“This kid, he’s being rude to the captain…, Hey, hey, where are you going!”

Evan hurriedly chased after Nihil, who was running away while holding Lianus in his arms. Then, his legs gave out, he fell to his knees, and swore.

“You damn cat, together…! Ugh, shit. Wait, you little shit!”

Ododododo-

“Hey! Hand me the prince!”

Evan’s voice resonated through the training grounds.

Walter looked at the back of Evan’s head with a little pity, then shook his head. Then he realized something and muttered.

“…Did the wildcat refer to that kid…?”

‘Something white and fluffy has appeared!!’

Then the white and fluffy thing is… … .

Walter’s gaze naturally turned to the boy. And at that moment, something white and fluffy appeared beneath the robe and then disappeared.

“…….”

It seemed that as I got older, my eyes became more dim.

***

Walter secretly washed his face while watching the smokescreen that had been giving off a murderous vibe since morning.

“Why don’t you come to swordsmanship class?”

“I just didn’t want to go, so I didn’t go.”

“That is not polite to the teacher.”

“Brother, I haven’t learned anything.”

“…….”

“…….”

A cold silence fell again. Walter sighed at the princes’ quarrel, but he couldn’t show it, so he kept his mouth shut.

“Don’t you know that the quarterly evaluation is coming up soon?”

“I know. But…, does that mean anything to me?”

“Are you saying you’re giving up swordsmanship?”

“How could that mean giving up swordsmanship? I would rather practice swordsmanship here with my friends.”

“…….”

At those words, Lawrence’s eyes turned to Nihil. Nihil just stood there blankly and stared at him. Of course, since he was wearing a mask, their eyes did not meet.

At that moment, seaweed suddenly appeared before my eyes.

“Do you have anything to say to my friend?”

“…It’s still cheap. It’s so nice to match it with other things.”

“Yes, that’s fine.”

“…….”

“It’s much better than hanging out with my brother.”

“…….”

Lianus did not back down. If my friend is a heavenly being, I will gladly become a heavenly being. If something so noble is a heavenly being, I will gladly become a heavenly being.

Lawrence pursed his lips and glared at Lianus and Nihil. Then he turned away as if he had nothing more to do.