How the Prince Makes Friends - Chapter 171



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Episode 171

The teething fairy Sedi opened her mouth a few times, sighed deeply, and finally opened the terrace window.

“…First, please come in.”

“Excuse me.”

As we entered, we saw the knights putting their swords back into their scabbards with a look of despair on their faces.

“The way you greet guests is brutal.”

Nihil walked over and plopped down on the sofa in the bedroom.

“…What kind of guest would invade the bedroom terrace in the middle of the night? And this is the 5th floor, after all….”

Sedes sighed deeply and covered his pajama-clad son with a blanket. If the boy had been an assassin, he would have died without anyone knowing.

Even my knights only began to become alert after hearing a knock on the terrace window.

“I forgot to make a sound.”

“…….”

“It’s possible for your son’s friend to make mistakes.”

“…….”

If I make a mistake twice, my heart will drop.

“I had no choice because it was difficult to come out unless the baby was sleeping.”

“How on earth did you get up here?”

“It flew in.”

“……?”

“Didn’t you know? I actually have wings.”

“…….”

Sedes glanced at the boy’s back, his pupils trembling, wondering if it was true. Of course, there were no wings.

“They are wings that only good children can see. Father is too old to see wings.”

“…Really?”

When I asked that question sincerely, I heard a snickering sound.

“Father also has a lot of fun teasing.”

“…….”

“I just crawled up normally.”

No, how is that ordinary? Having wings would be more ordinary.

“So…, what brings you here in the middle of the night?”

“Ah, I came to make a deal with the fairy father.”

“…Why is that title?”

My son is like a fairy? A fairy father? Well, if that’s the case, then it’s not exactly a bad title…

“Take it.”

“……?”

Sedes was handed a small glass bottle and stared at what was inside. It contained something like a white pebble, smaller than a pinky fingernail.

What is this insignificant thing?

“…What is this…?”

I looked at it carefully, wondering if it was something really great, and then I got an unexpected answer.

“The baby is wet.”

“……!”

“Oh, there’s a letter here too.”

Sedes opened his eyes wide at the identity of the pebble and quickly took the letter. He carefully opened the envelope and saw the handwriting written clearly and forcefully.

“The child was scared and came to me for advice.”

While reading the letter, my son’s friend explained to me in detail the process of how he had his teeth pulled. His words, actions, and even his facial expressions.

My heart raced as I listened. It was such an ordinary day. But it was all the more precious because of that.

“You’re acting as a parent instead.”

As he said that bitterly, a calm voice called out to him as if to soothe him.

“Father.”

“…Why is that?”

“Nothing can replace parents.”

“…….”

“Even if I act as a parent, I’m just a close friend who’s like a parent, but even if you can’t act as a father, aren’t you a father who can’t act as a father?”

“…I see.”

“So, do your best.”

“…….”

I felt a little grateful because it seemed like he was saying that he would definitely leave a place for himself.

“Next time I’ll bring the whole baby, so you pick it out yourself.”

“Ugh…!”

Sedes burst into laughter as he imagined the prince being carried by his best friend with tears welling up in his eyes.

By the way, can you pull out the crying prince’s milk tooth?

“And father, you have to take responsibility and write a reply.”

“…Hmm.”

Sedes groaned. What on earth could he possibly reply to a letter that asked for a strong new front tooth and asked him to gently tap the back of his knight’s head?

“I can hit the back of a knight’s head, but I can’t give him new teeth.”

“…How could it be so dry?”

The son’s friend sighed. Sedes was about to reply, asking what the problem was, but he closed his mouth when he saw that even his knights were squinting.

“I guess I was expecting too much from you, Father.”

“…Isn’t that too harsh….”

“Okay. I’ll tell you briefly what it is, so write it down.”

Sedes, who had started taking dictation at the age of thirty, picked up his pen with a slightly depressed look.

He promised himself that he would write the next letter himself, and he learned the words from his son’s friend.

“…It got a little long.”

My son’s friend only gave me a couple of lines, but as I wrote them down, I had more to say and the letter became longer than I expected.

I was a little concerned that I had written the sentences in a jumbled manner on a small card, but I couldn’t help but smile because I was satisfied with the fact that I had written the letter myself.

“Please prepare a gift as well. It should not be too big, so it can be placed under the pillow.”

Sedes was wondering what to give her, and then he brought out a jewel the size of a baby tooth. However, when his son’s friend saw it, his expression crumpled again.

“Why is that?”

“…….”

I tilted my head to the side, thinking that it was worth exchanging for a small, precious baby tooth, but then I heard another sigh.

“Father, I guess you’re not thinking very well since you woke up. I’ll give you one more chance to think about it.”

“…….”

I guess this wasn’t it.

Sedes turned around and searched through his jewelry box again. The jewels were clearly too small.

widely-.

As I was about to pick up a slightly larger gem, a small hand suddenly shot out and closed the jewelry box. The box almost bit my hand.

My son’s friend, who had come over before I knew it, wrapped a blanket around him like a cloak and was hanging from the table, opened his mouth.

“Father, do it like the Tooth Fairy does.”

“…What is it like to be a tooth fairy?”

“Prepare something simple.”

“…….”

“Usually they put in one fairy tale.”

… I think the speech got a little shorter in the middle. Am I mistaken?

“…It’s a bit much to give a fairy tale to the prince…, can you give me some gold coins?”

“Instead of that, give her something she can keep.”

Sedes groaned and rummaged through his bedroom again. But there was no way he could find anything suitable for a seven-year-old child in the king’s bedroom.

I tried to bring in various decorations, but they were all rejected by my son’s friend.

“You’re being too picky…….”

Then, I noticed the bow that Natura had used while she was alive, which was taking up one wall of the bedroom. To be exact, it was the blue-black tassel decoration made from my own hair that was attached to the bow.

Sedes’ gaze naturally moved to his beloved sword, which was standing next to the bed. The hilt of the sword was decorated with a brilliantly shining gold tassel.

Sedes approached it as if he was entranced by its unchanging shine and ran his hand over it. It was soft.

‘Natura, what the heck is that hair… …!’

Just once, her once lush blonde hair was cut short.

‘Seddie, I heard that hair ornaments are popular among ladies these days! I have pretty hair, so I thought it would look really pretty if I made it into an ornament, so I made one!’

Okay, here’s a gift.

Sedes was speechless for a moment at the gift he received with a bright smile.

It is true that hair ornaments were fashionable, but noble ladies did not cut their own hair.

Well-groomed, beautiful and luscious hair was their symbol.

When a woman cuts her hair, it means… … .

‘Do you like it?’

‘… … very much.’

Sedes couldn’t bring himself to say in front of her, ‘The other ladies were trying to humiliate you.’

I was angry, but on the other hand, I really liked the gift.

But I couldn’t just sit by and watch my lover be treated like a cheapskate or called stupid.

So I grew my hair out.

‘That was the first and last time I grew my hair out.’

Sedes stared down at the two-colored tassel decorations and then slowly untied them.

“Since I’m going to use dual swords, I’ll need two decorations.”

“…….”

“This is a tassel decoration made using her and my hair. Is this good enough?”

“…….”

My son’s friend looked up intently, took the wine decorations with both hands, and returned, tucking them tightly into his bosom.

***

“…Where have you been?”

Evan looked down at Nihil, who had just returned from going out as soon as the prince fell asleep. Evan, who had been worried that he might leave forever, finally sighed in relief and locked the terrace window.

“I went to the tooth fairy.”

“…fairy?”

Evan’s expression became subtle. If it was a lynx, it would seem that he could really interact with fairies… but now it was clear that he had not met a fairy.

“…I never imagined that fairies would live under blankets.”

“ah.”

As Evan muttered as if to listen, Nihil, who had been wrapping the finest mink blanket around himself like a cloak, finally realized the blanket’s existence and placed it next to him.

“I’m cold. Go to bed quickly.”

As he said that, he picked up the wildcat. Perhaps because it was exposed to the night breeze, the body temperature he was receiving was extremely cold.

‘How embarrassed His Majesty must have been… … .’

Evan sighed deeply, guessing where Nihil had been. Still, the conversation must have gone well since he even gave her a blanket.

“The work isn’t done yet.”

“Can’t we do it tomorrow?”

“I have to finish it tonight.”

The cat who said that jumped down from my bed, went into the study, lit a candle, and began to melt the sealing wax.

“…What are you doing?”

“…….”

There was no answer to the question. Instead, a strange monologue was heard.

“Ah-, if only there really were fairies, they could surprise the prince……”

“……?”

Of course, I would be surprised if there were fairies, but why are you suddenly speaking like this?

Evan was suspicious of the exaggerated acting tone that was not typical of a cat, but decided to just watch in silence for the time being.

The strange monologue continued.

“Francesca’s youngest daughter’s birthday is coming up soon… Is there any way to surprise her?”

“…….”

“No, no. There is no such thing as a fairy. Even if there were, they would be truly terrifying.”

“…….”

“But if there’s a good fairy, you must tell her.”

After saying that, the wildcat poured melted sealing wax into the opening of the envelope and left the study without even putting a seal on it.

Evan wondered what the heck was going on, but he knew that if he left it like this, the wax would harden, so he searched through the drawer and took out a blank seal.

But then, somewhere, a breeze blew and a candle flickered.

“……?”

I looked back to see if the terrace window was open, but it was firmly shut.

The moment I turned my head again to stamp the seal, thinking I had made a mistake,

“……!”

Evan’s eyes widened.

There was a small footprint imprinted on the sealing wax.

If each footprint had been neatly placed, it wouldn’t have been so surprising, but the footprints were placed in a haphazard manner, as if they were competing with each other.

Even while I was watching, another footprint was quietly left in a corner of the wax.

“Did you get caught?”

The lynx asked, sticking its head out toward the study as if it had been waiting.

Evan opened his mouth in embarrassment, then nodded cautiously.

“…They were anxious to show off to the right person.”

The lynx, who had confirmed the footprints, muttered something and clicked his tongue. Then, in an instant, his expression changed and he shouted brightly.

“Wow! There really is a fairy! I have to tell Kara-san about it!”

After shouting like that, the cat put the letter and two tassel decorations under the prince’s pillow and then got into the blanket.

“…….”

Evan opened his mouth and carefully pulled the blanket up over him. It seemed like he was done with his work for the night.