How the Prince Makes Friends - Chapter 154



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Episode 154

“This is nothing but nonsense, so do as you wish.”

“…Huh, that thing…?”

“okay.”

After giving a vague reply, he turned around and started walking again. The puppy was blank for a moment, then got up and started following him again, keeping some distance.

Still hesitating whether to kill or not, the petty murderous intent flared up and died down again and again.

In reality, this level of murderous intent would be difficult to translate into action, but if killing oneself was part of the contract, it would be better to carry it out.

If we unilaterally terminate the contract, not only will our power be exposed, but we don’t know what will happen to the parties to the contract.

Nihil ignored the stares from afar and went into his study to make some hangover cure.

Because I was annoyed by the dog, I deliberately didn’t remove the bitter taste and added a lot of tasteless herbs.

Nihil packed a good amount of hangover cures and went to Lianus’ bedroom to get a stuffed rabbit.

I stared at it intently and stroked its droopy ears a few times. I wasn’t particularly attached to it or close to it, so I wasn’t sure how effective it would be, but since this was the only thing ‘mine’, there was nothing I could replace it with.

Still, it’s better than nothing.

I squeezed out some blood and fed it to the rabbit doll. The white cloth soaked in the blood and turned red.

and,

“I’m sorry.”

I breathed into my nose.

The eyes of the rabbit doll, which had been dark, began to glow mysteriously. Nihil wrapped his cotton swab around its face and laid it down on his bed.

He sat down next to him. The blanket, which had not retained any warmth due to the owner’s coldness, was extremely cold.

Soon, heavy footsteps were heard and soon the rabbit doll stopped in front of him.

Nihil opened his mouth, hoping to get some information out of the slightly spoiled puppy.

“Who ordered this?”

“…….”

“Where have you been?”

“…….”

“Who is it for?”

“…….”

But the puppy didn’t answer and just stared at the rabbit doll lying there.

I couldn’t tell if it was because he didn’t want to talk or because he was too drunk to recognize his own voice.

“This is a dream, so it’s okay to tell.”

“…dream.”

“Yes. A dream. This is a nightmare.”

Evan stood there dumbfounded for a moment, then slowly opened his mouth.

“Aryl.”

Aryl? Family? Or lovers?

It probably wasn’t the name of the guy who gave birth to him. The face of the dog calling that name looked very sad and pitiful.

“Where are you?”

“…….”

“Bring it.”

If someone called Aril is a party to the contract, it would be best to secure his safety. There would be no need to take risks.

“I can’t… bring him.”

As he spoke, a stream of water suddenly flowed from his eyes.

The sight of an adult crying while looking at a rabbit doll lying down was a little funny, but also infinitely tender and heartbreaking.

“…Why is a grown man crying?”

“In my dream…, I want to wake up.”

“Just finish what you have to do.”

“…but…….”

The puppy started mumbling and making excuses.

If the lynx disappears, the prince will be sad, the marquis will be sad, and… , and… … .

“Me too…, me too a little bit…. But…, Ariel….”

“Evan.”

“…….”

“You can try. It will all be back to nothing.”

“Even if I try……”

“okay.”

“…I wish I had had nightmares like this back then.”

Then it would have just been a dream.

Nihil didn’t respond to that muttering. The little bastard remained blankly for a while after that.

Nihil urged Evan on, as it would be a problem if all the air he had breathed into the rabbit doll escaped.

“Kill me quickly. If you don’t kill me now, I will kill Ariel.”

“…That can’t be. Because I promised to keep it.”

“Then don’t hesitate. Protect what you want to protect.”

Evan’s hand went up as if he had made up his mind. It was shaking, but as soon as it touched the doll, its tendons were exposed as if it was going to burst.

Looking at the stuffed doll that was completely crushed, Nihil thought that a stuffed doll would never burst, but as the demon’s power grew stronger, he began to feel a sense of unease.

‘… It would be a problem if it explodes.’

But at the same time with that thought,

Boo-.

The damn dog ended up blowing up the doll.

‘shit.’

Ugh, I think I heard a sound like that.

***

“Tsk.”

I lost consciousness for a moment because that damn dog bit the rabbit doll’s neck with all his might.

They say it was a stopgap measure, but some of the fruits returned because the clone that breathed life into them couldn’t handle all the fruits.

When I woke up, the puppy was sleeping on the floor.

I was going to give him a beating, but he was sniffling and sleeping soundly, curled up in a ball, so I couldn’t bring myself to hit him.

Even though my neck was broken, I had to clean up the mess, so I quickly drank the potion while swallowing the foam rising from my throat.

And I had to do some sewing at the wrong time.

It was a very miserable situation for me to have to sew the neck of a rabbit doll in a dark room, but if there had been no rabbit doll, my neck would have been torn off instead of just broken.

‘I have to make sure you don’t get sick… … .’

The puppy was snoring so loudly. I wondered why he was using such foolish force, but it turned out that he was trying to send it off in one go without causing any pain.

It was so absurd that I poked it with a needle and the puppy shrank like a grilled squid.

After fixing the rabbit doll neatly, I changed into different pajamas and went to find the butler.

It was judged that it would be convenient to get the inspiration’s cooperation in advance, as there would certainly be talk if it was revealed that the superior potion had disappeared.

After telling Inspiration to hide the use of the potion, Nihil returned and picked up Evan, who was still sleeping curled up on the floor.

Even though he was a disobedient dog, I couldn’t just leave him in my room.

Since I could barely lift my upper body, my lower body was dragging on the floor, but I couldn’t pay attention to that.

Chin, chin, chin.

‘Ugh… … !’

I barely made it to the guy’s bedroom, but I misstepped and got crushed by his heavy body.

I thought I would end up like a rabbit doll if I kept going like this, but luckily the dog next door quickly came to my rescue and I survived.

Anyway, the contract with Puppy was properly carried out, and I was able to tease him a lot the next day with a video call, so I was feeling somewhat relieved, but who would have thought that the guy would suddenly come to check my neck?

Nihil clicked his tongue and buttoned up the potion again, lamenting that it had become less effective than it had been 500 years ago and that it could no longer stop bleeding under the skin.

Unlike the first time when I was really annoyed by the sensation of it going up to my neck, I’m now quite used to it.

At that moment, the sound of metal clashing continued to ring out from outside. The guys who had been crouching and talking in front of the bedroom door had already run outside and were sparring.

Nihil glanced at the two of them sparring across the terrace and gauged the outcome.

Judging from the conversation I could hear here and there, it seemed like Evan was going to open his mouth if Frederick won.

‘The dog next door will win by a narrow margin… … .’

In fact, Evan had never won a single duel between the two. After all, the experience of a guy who had been through a battlefield could not be ignored.

But Frederick himself must have noticed that as the sparring continued, Evan’s momentum changed noticeably.

Soon after the sparring, Frederick came in noisily. Then, cutting off the beginning and the end, he got right to the point.

“Your Majesty, my junior had a dream about a dog, so that’s why I did that!”

“……?”

“No, sir, how can I explain it like that…….”

Evan, who followed me, rubbed the back of my head as if he was troubled and looked at me.

Frederick quickly corrected himself.

“Ah! I didn’t dream of a dog, I dreamed of a cat.”

Nihil’s eyebrows rose. He understood the gist of what she meant.

“So the bottom line is that your dream is a mess and you came to me to confirm something.”

“…Are you a genius, my lord?”

Frederick stuck out his tongue, asking how he could infer that just by hearing that. It was like admitting that my explanation was flimsy.

“Please hurry and provide training to strengthen our manpower!”

Frederick demanded a reward, saying that he had completed his mission anyway. Perhaps he was impatient with Evan’s growing skills.

But Nihil waved his hand.

“I’ll do it tomorrow.”

“Huh? Huh? Then should I extend it for another day?”

“…What about an extension? It’ll only take 10 minutes, so why don’t you just stop by and go?”

These days, the child’s father is hinting at sending him back, saying that he will lend him another guy.

It seemed like he wanted to give everyone some training. Frederick knew that too and was slowly extending the escort.

“It’s 10 minutes, so can you do it now?”

“If you overdo it, your mana heart might break.”

“yes?!”

When he tried to scare Frederick by putting his hands together and pretending something was going to break, Frederick backed away hesitantly. And Evan, who had trained twice as much as him, had already turned pale.

“Don’t worry. We will definitely check your limits and train you.”

“But I’m telling you that it’s dangerous, so tell me in advance.”

“You’re already eating whatever medicine is given to you, so don’t act like you’re being cautious now.”

“Is medicine and mana heart the same?”

Nihil narrowed his eyes. Even the little doggie seemed to be wasting his mana heart on being a knight.

“I told you the principle. It’s about forcibly dispersing the aura more strongly. Can strengthening your muscles by moving them yourself be the same as strengthening them by directly injuring them?”

Nihil answered dryly, gathered up the letters that had come to him, and sat down on the sofa.

One was from the prime minister, and its content was probably not much different from the letters I had received recently.

It’ll probably be a lot of whining, like when will we meet again, when will I learn magic, and how to break the mana restraint.

-Neil-kun, Sirentea, whom you gave me, is missing you and is feeling sad… … .

Sizzle – rustle, whoosh – hurruk~!

“You ride well.”

“You’re just going to burn the letter the Prime Minister sent you like that…….”

“Still, I read it all.”

It is not my fault that the prime minister’s treatment has been delayed. It is the prime minister’s fault that he has not been able to divide the study of imperial affairs despite his boasts of dividing it into sections.

Nihil picked up the next letter. It was a very colorful letter with an unknown drawing on it, and the dye oozes out of it as soon as he touches it.

Although there was no sender or recipient written, I could guess who it was.

When I opened the envelope, I saw crooked writing.

-Come on Kara’s birthday! Kara has really cute cat ears!

“hmm…….”

This means… I guess you want cat ears.

Nihil raised his hand and touched his ear. It seemed like it would disappear by the end of the day, so now was the time to cut it off.

By the way, cat ears? Kids these days seem scary in many ways. Is this what pure evil is?

At that moment, the puppy that was scanning the invitation opened its mouth.

“Don’t even think about cutting off your ears.”

“You, aren’t you satisfied with just a tail?”

“…What are you talking about?”

“Don’t be greedy. Give your ears to the child.”

“……?”

Evan paused for a moment, wondering what this meant, then shouted.

“Oh, really! I don’t need your tail!”

“Didn’t you like it?”

Nihil said, tilting his tail slightly towards Evan. It was a tail that would soon disappear, but he was secretly proud that he now had complete control over it.

“I told you I don’t like it! I’m not going to have it!”