How the Prince Makes Friends - Chapter 163



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Episode 163

The princes’ teachers stood dead around the throne in the audience room, and only an old, arrogant snake came forward and opened its mouth.

“That’s not human.”

“…Does that matter?”

Sedes gave the duke a vague answer and looked down at his second son, who was still sobbing while holding onto the hem of his cloak.

I was secretly glad that he came running to me for help while he was being threatened.

My son’s other hand was tightly held by his friend, who seemed to think that it was relatively safer to be by my side with so many escorts.

“Would you put something you don’t even know in your palace?”

The Duke said so, but to a third party, it seemed like he was just trying to rationalize the fact that he had injured himself while fighting with a child.

“If it doesn’t harm you, then that’s fine. I’ll listen to other teachers’ opinions as well.”

I think everyone has had a child at least once. Sedes said so and calmly read the evaluation report.

The evaluation of my son’s friend was generally satisfactory. The theory grades were generally good, and the attitude score was also… , not as bad as I thought. It seems that, except for a few teachers, he never raised his voice in the first place.

The problem was that the guys had already fallen for my son’s friend.

Sedes sighed deeply as he looked at the evaluation form submitted by Abel.

“…Your Majesty, no matter what, how can you give a higher score than the prince to a child who has never attended a single class?”

“Ah, um…, is that not possible?”

“…Please speak sense.”

Sedes narrowed his eyes and glared at his friend. No matter how much he wanted to help, what would happen if he showed his favor so blatantly?

“But…, it really suits the emperor well….”

Sizzle-

I quickly tore up the evaluation form before Abel’s nonsense made things worse.

“Marquise Francesca.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

“I thought it was a perfect score.”

“you’re right.”

“But why is that child’s score 200?”

Even though he was in charge of two subjects, his total score was 400.

“Haha, because you’re so kind and cute.”

“…….”

“Oh, please don’t tear it! I’ll fix it to 100 points.”

“ha…….”

Sedes touched his forehead. It was a mess. In the midst of all this, he couldn’t help but say something again, seeing Marquis Francesca, who was really trying to get a hundred points.

“Write down the correct score. You probably didn’t get a perfect score, right?”

“No, you’re absolutely right.”

“…Did you set the test difficulty level too low?”

In response to that question, Karus came closer and whispered softly.

“The history test was a bit more difficult, but the language test was harder than the prince’s.”

Carus brought in some texts he didn’t know well and asked Nihil to interpret them. Thanks to him, he was able to complete two more papers.

“I asked my friend to put his name on the paper because his contribution was so great, but he refused, saying that he should not be included.”

“…….”

After hearing the circumstances, Sedes looked at Karus as if he was dumbfounded, but he slightly stuck out his mouth as if he was disappointed that he couldn’t give him a total of 400 points, and rewrote the history subject evaluation form to 99 points.

“Why is this 99 points?”

“You’re a little… wrong.”

“……?”

The young marquis avoided Sedes’s eyes and slipped the test paper to him.

Whether it was a consideration or simply a matter of being conscious of the eyes, my son’s friend’s test paper was multiple choice, unlike my sons’.

Only the last question was a subjective question worth 5 points, but you could see that it was given partial credit.

-List the names of all kings.

Below that, the names of past kings were written in a row in crooked handwriting that looked like it was written by a right-handed person with his left hand. It was an answer that showed the child’s meticulousness and cleverness.

‘… Hmm? It seems like they were all correct… … .’

Sedes read the messy handwriting, and when he saw the last name, he opened his mouth without realizing it.

-Cedi de Harpens

“…….”

“Um…, yes. So it’s 99 points.”

Sedes glanced down at his son’s friend, wondering if he was trying to tease him, but the boy who was wiping the prince’s tears simply tilted his head as if asking why.

“…Just…, give me 100 points.”

“Haha! How generous!”

Your Majesty will be recorded as a saint. Carus said with a grin and quickly rewrote the score.

Yeah… where did it not say ‘father’?

At that moment, I heard whispering from a corner. It was the person who had changed my name to ‘Seddie’ and his sister, Countess Talandrus.

“Sister, please raise my grade for class attitude.”

“Abel, don’t be stubborn. How much higher do you want me to raise it? 80 points is already generous.”

“He may seem a little cocky, but he’s actually really kind and affectionate.”

“…Aren’t you only affectionate towards the prince?”

“I like small and cute things. Please raise my score quickly. I just glanced at Madame Sarette’s evaluation report and it was a zero.”

“What is not a minus?”

“Oh, hurry up.”

If Neil gets kicked out, it’ll be more difficult for me. Unable to bear the complaints of her younger brother, the countess eventually adjusted the score.

Sedes checked the evaluation sheet that had fallen into his hands. The final score was 89 points, but the ‘9’ that was created by adding a stick to the ‘0’ of 80 points looked very unnatural.

No, actually, the ‘8’ was also unnatural. Instead of being a round snowman shape, it was a dented snowman shape that looked like it had been hit in the head.

‘… I guess it was 60 points at first.’

I wondered if it was okay to manipulate the scores so blatantly, but the queen surprisingly didn’t care. Maybe there was another trick. Maybe she didn’t care about the child’s grades from the beginning.

Sedes spoke to the still sobbing Lianus, who was holding onto his cloak.

“Second Prince, go to your seat with your friend.”

“Sniff, please protect my friend.”

No, who is protecting whom? I swallowed the words rising in my throat and tried to calm the prince down, but the prince was caught in the hand of his close friend.

Thud thud thud.

“…….”

The son’s friend carried the second prince in his arms and went down the podium to stand next to the first prince.

Even Prince 1, who usually hid his emotions well with a smiling expression, looked down at his son’s friend as if he found it truly ridiculous.

Moreover, because of the peacock, the cotton thread had been torn and now his face was completely exposed, so all eyes were on him.

Even the queen, who was displeased with his appearance, glanced at him from time to time as if she was not indifferent.

… Are you trying to score points based on your looks?

A pair of eyes that seemed slightly indifferent met my gaze.

Sedes pretended not to notice and quickly turned his eyes to the evaluation form.

I couldn’t figure out what kids these days were thinking. No, maybe I couldn’t understand them because they weren’t ‘kids these days.’ Maybe they weren’t ‘kids’ in the first place.

“There must be something wrong with that kid. Otherwise, how could their attitudes be so different?”

Madame Sarette spoke passionately and pointed to the evaluation submitted by Countess Talandrus.

I taught the same subject, but one side got 89 points and the other side got 0 points, so it was even stranger when they didn’t say anything.

“You have no idea how unruly and unruly that child is. It’s common for him to run around during class. He even pulled this old man’s hair. I’m sure he’ll have a bad influence on the Second Prince.”

“Madam, aren’t you exaggerating a bit? Although he may be a bit… arrogant, he’s not a violent child.”

“I guess that boy was very kind to Countess Talandrus, judging by the fact that she gave him such a generous score.”

“I wonder how Madame Sarette raised her child to be so violent.”

A current flew between the two ladies.

Sedes couldn’t figure out why Countess Talandrus was taking her son’s friend’s side so much, but he figured that this was also due to Abel’s influence and let it slide.

“It is wrong to treat this old man, who was sent by His Majesty, so badly. If there is something wrong with that child, it is clear that the Second Prince has made a remark.”

One of Sedes’ eyebrows rose. Why am I blaming my son for his friend’s arrogance?

“Both ladies, please calm down.”

As I was contemplating whether or not to say something, a red velvet curtain suddenly opened up next to me.

My eyes squinted at the intense colors. I miss her, who looked great in gold and green.

“What kind of disgrace is this in front of Your Majesty? Remember the purpose of this meeting. Baedong’s score is not important.”

The queen tripped herself up without fail. If she didn’t like something, she could just say so, but why did she have to make excuses?

Her speech continued.

“However, given the recent behavior of the second prince, who is swinging his fists or skipping class, there is some truth to the claim that Baedong is having a negative influence.”

“So you’re saying you’re going to kick the child out?”

Finally, Sedes stepped forward. The queen’s face hardened slightly as he openly revealed his discomfort.

In the first place, it would be right not to intervene in the education of the princes and the royal family, as it is under the jurisdiction of the queen, but if you just leave it alone, you will see your son’s friend trespassing in the palace.

Maybe our child will run away from home.

The queen soon smiled and turned her gaze to her son’s friend.

“How can we cast out a child who has no place to go? However, until the child’s identity is revealed, it seems right to separate him from the Second Prince. Just in case, how about calling a priest and having him check?”

At those words, the second prince became nervous and hid his friend behind him, then shook his head slightly. It seemed that he had to avoid the priest.

“They’re doing so well, is there any need to separate them?”

“No matter how young you are, you can’t only do what’s good for you.”

“Please stop, Your Majesty. In the first place, that child was not a mere child, but was allowed to enter the palace as the prince’s ‘guest’. That child has no obligation to be educated.”

“How can you just let that vulgar thing go?”

I felt my anger rising at the word ‘vulgar’. My lover used to criticize me in that way too.

“That damn vulgarity, vulgarity, vulgarity. I’m dying of boredom.”

My voice grew louder without me realizing it.

“Yes, what’s the biggest problem? Being arrogant? If you hate being so shallow, then don’t call the child. Just leave him to live comfortably in the palace of the Second Prince. Why on earth did you call him here and cause trouble?”

“It’s a bad influence on the second prince….”

“Since when did you start taking care of the second prince? Don’t worry about whether the kid goes astray or not. Just leave him alone whether he runs away holding his friend’s hand or not.”

At those words, Nihil hugged Lianus. Sedes was terrified.

“No, no, I didn’t say kidnap him. Put the prince down.”

Put it down again.

“…….”

I’m going to turn back.

The atmosphere that was about to become tense suddenly cooled down. Thanks to that, Sedes also came to his senses, but his head was still throbbing.

Even as everyone looked at him with expressions like, “What kind of guy is that?”, my son’s friend’s expression remained indifferent.

‘… There’s a reason they call it Torai.’

Sedes swallowed what he really wanted to say and quickly defended his son’s friend.

“…She is strange, but isn’t she very well-behaved? It’s hard to believe Madame Sarette’s claims.”

“No, Your Majesty. You must not be fooled!”

As Madame Sarette spoke, she took out a crystal ball. Sedes’ eyebrows rose slightly.

“This is a video storage device. It contains the child’s violent behavior in its entirety.”

Soon the video began to play. The video was moving around quickly, as if it had been recorded while in my arms, and even that was mostly black. However, the old woman’s new voice was clear.

-Gyaaah, can’t you let this go?

-Sit still!

-Why are you wearing your hood over your head indoors?

-It’s been so long!

-It’s not enough to just wear nice clothes! Shouldn’t you set a proper example?

Clang, bang, bang, bang, bang.

“…….”

Sedes stared blankly at the video and then touched his forehead. It seemed like his son’s friend had really given the old lady a hard time.

The video was mostly filled with sounds of something breaking or shattering, aside from the old woman’s screams, followed by sounds of running and things like cloth being torn.

My second son, not knowing that things were like this, opened his eyes wide and looked back and forth between Soo-Jung Gu and my close friend.

“It’s so shameful to reveal my incompetence, but this old man really tried.”

The old lady had already taken out a handkerchief and was wiping away her tears.