How the Prince Makes Friends - Chapter 194



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Episode 194

“Aaang, Your Majesty, how could you do that-!”

Lianus was upset. When he returned from his hard training in swordsmanship, his friend was gone and all that awaited him was the dreaded kidnapping news.

“I trusted you and left it to you!”

“…I’m sorry.”

“Your Majesty is an idiot!”

A cotton bat flew towards him, but Sedes was so embarrassed that he just quietly took the blow. He was also a little cute.

“Ugh, can you please contact the Archduke through the communication port?”

“…I’m putting it in, but….”

After several attempts, I was finally able to contact him. However, for some reason, the Archduke was a little angry.

There was nothing on the dedicated anti-aircraft communication port, but given the circumstances, it seemed likely that someone had connected by mistake.

The Archduke did not notice that the communication port was connected and continued to converse with someone, but it was impossible for Sedes to eavesdrop on the conversation as it was an unfamiliar language.

The word ‘requies’, which was the only word I knew, was repeated several times, but considering the annoyance in his voice, I wondered if the word might be used as a swear word.

‘… Should we change the name of the square?’

I’m a little hesitant because it’s a name my second son made up himself, but if it’s a word that’s commonly used as a means of insult or threat, then it’s right to change it.

“…Ha, Your Majesty!”

“Uh, um…, yeah.”

Sedes, who had been lost in thought for a moment, came to his senses at the call of Lianus.

“Your Majesty, what did the Archduke say?”

“Well… I guess it’ll be hard to connect today. I’ll try connecting again tomorrow.”

Still, since I could hear laughter here and there, my son’s friend must be safe. Maybe he knew the Archduke from the beginning.

“That can’t be!”

However, Lianus, unaware of the situation, collapsed on the floor. Evan quickly helped him up again, but Lianus hung on to his hand without putting strength into his legs.

After defeating the grim reaper with great difficulty, the archduke immediately targets my close friend. How could this happen?!

Lianus was very upset. What if my friend doesn’t come back like this? How should I go and rescue him?

“Ruth, sniff.”

“Crunch!”

Lianus, who had blown his nose refreshingly, wiped away his tears with his sleeve in a solemn manner.

Even if the opponent is a grand admiral, I can never give up on my close friend.

* * *

Nihil sat there blankly, dumbfounded.

‘[Requies, are you crazy?]’

‘[You really wanted to die, so you decided.]’

‘[Please follow me.]’

“…….”

I never thought that the first thing I’d hear after meeting him for five hundred years would be, “Are you crazy?” It seems like the little boy’s mouth has gotten harsher since I last saw him.

“[What are you standing there blankly for?]”

At that moment, a piece of iron suddenly appeared before my eyes.

“[This is…….]”

It was scissors. Hairdressing scissors at that.

Nihil stared at it blankly for a moment, then eventually burst out laughing and took it.

“[Dia, please sit down. You’re too big to reach.]”

“[It’s not that I’ve grown, it’s that my father has grown smaller.]”

And I was this tall five hundred years ago, too. Dios grumbled as he slumped to the floor.

Nihil sat down on the floor and stared at the little boy, who was no longer a kid, for a moment until his eye level was just right before he turned around and walked behind him.

As I walked carefully so as not to step on the hair that was straying onto the floor, I heard the voice again.

“[You can step on it.]”

“[Wouldn’t it be a shame?]”

“[…Wouldn’t it be a shame?]”

Nihil didn’t respond any further and just ran his hand through his jet-black hair. He didn’t ask why he had grown his hair so long.

This will only be a result of maintaining my existence.

“[Dia, maybe it’s thanks to you that I didn’t disappear.]”

Because I stubbornly left my ‘to do’ behind like this.

“[…Have I perhaps disturbed your rest?]”

But the little boy’s shoulders visibly stiffened, as if he had interpreted my words differently.

“[I ruined my chance to find true peace…, ugh.]”

“[What are you talking about?]”

Nihil grabbed the boy’s head, who was getting serious on his own, and pulled it. Then he grabbed a big handful of his hair and cut it off.

“[Dia, it’s true that I had no desire to live.]”

“[Then again…….]”

“[But have I ever wanted to die?]”

“[…….]”

The sound of scissors cutting followed. The cut hair fell to the floor with a thud.

“[I received death because I had to, I never wanted to receive it.]”

“[…but wasn’t that true death?]”

“[That’s true.]”

Finally, I opened my eyes again.

“[But, Dia. There is something you should know.]”

“[What… are you saying?]”

“[The reason I died is because I knew I would not die.]”

“[…I don’t know what that means.]”

“[If I were truly dead, I would not have easily received those deaths. Ah, Dia, it is still tall, but can it not be small? My arm hurts.]”

“[…….]”

Nihil jokingly pressed Dios’s crown on his head. But the boy only frowned and showed no intention of shrinking.

Nihil hung his head in frustration for no reason.

“[They say a little messenger came and went to the prince’s palace.]”

“[…What is a messenger?]”

“[The prince seems to have mistaken you for a messenger who has come to claim my soul. Was it perhaps you?]”

“[her.]”

Dios, who had suddenly become a little reaper, opened his mouth wide without realizing it because he was so dumbfounded. That’s why that lump of flesh was crying and making such a fuss.

“[But he told me not to worry because he defeated me.]”

“[Did that blob of blood say that?]”

Dios, slightly hurt by the news of being defeated, furrowed his eyebrows and glanced at his own disheveled hair on the floor.

I definitely got screwed.

“[Why are you looking at me like that? Do you feel it’s a waste to lose the hair you worked so hard to grow?]”

“[Stop talking nonsense and cut it off quickly. Do you know what happened to me because of this?]”

Thinking back to last night, my head started to hurt. There was dust in my hair before, but never a baby… … .

“[…I rolled on the floor crying with my hair tangled in my hair, telling them not to take my father away…….]

“[Ahahaha.]

Nihil, who was listening to the story of that day, couldn’t hold it back and burst out laughing. It was fortunate that the kids seemed to be having fun together.

“[Are you laughing now?]”

“[Uh, uh, don’t move, Dia. You don’t want to go bald. Ouch.]”

Thud, degururu… … .

Nihil took a step back to avoid Dios who turned his head sharply, and then bumped into the table. This caused the crystal ball that had been on the table to fall and roll across the floor.

The crystal ball was none other than a communication device, and judging by the fact that the receiving coordinates were fixed to one place, it seemed to be a means of communication exclusively for the royal family.

Since it happened to be flashing, Nihil reflexively connected the communication.

-Your Majesty, I finally received… … .

“[Requies, that goo made my hair a mess of snot!]”

Before the other person on the other end of the line could even finish uttering a single sentence, Dios screamed. It seemed that having the sticky mucus stuck to his hair was a very shocking experience.

But it had been a very long time since he had seen such an emotional appearance, so Nihil laughed softly again.

“[Father, you will understand only if you go through the same thing.]”

“[What are you talking about, Dia? Don’t you remember when you used to chew on my hair when you were little?]”

“[…….]”

There was even a day when he cut off my hair with scissors and put it on his head.

That day was also the day when the little boy came home from outside and heard things like, “That guy isn’t your father. Your hair is brown, and his hair is white.” It was also the day when the little boy came home from outside and ripped the other boy’s hair.

If I think about it, my little one was naive, but he didn’t suffer.

Nihil continued, chuckling as he recalled the past.

“[Where is the spit? When you can’t control your bowel movements…….]”

“[Requies! What the hell are you talking about!]”

Nihil eventually burst into laughter again. The person on the other end of the communication port seemed to be waiting for the conversation to end, but it seemed difficult in the current situation, so he quietly disconnected the communication port and placed it back on the table.

Nihil glanced at the grandfather clock in the corner. It was soon time for Ae’s sword training to end.

“[Dia, it’s time to go. If the child finds out…]”

“[Where are you going?]”

“[yes?]”

As I was getting ready to leave, I heard a slightly cold reply.

“[You can’t go anywhere.]”

Soon, black magic rose from the ground and enveloped my entire body.

* * *

“Class is over, Prince.”

“Ugh…….”

Rianus, who was attending class alone as usual due to Nihil being kidnapped, answered gloomily. Looking at Rianus like that, Carus coughed loudly.

“Your Majesty, I have brought you something.”

“…Did Kara make you some cookies?”

“Today it’s not cookies, it’s pudding… no, that’s not it.”

Karus smiled without realizing it and was about to take out the pudding, but quickly changed the subject.

“Look what I stole from the Hiems Palace.”

… steal?

Evan, who had been looking at Lianus the whole time at the words that he had stolen, looked back at the young Marquis for a moment, wondering if he had heard wrong.

“Haha, my secret friend Sir Evan, are you curious too?”

“…I’m really curious… but on the other hand, I don’t want to know.”

“No, no, that won’t do. We’re already accomplices.”

Karus, who had boldly claimed to be an accomplice, put his arms around Evan’s neck as he tried to step back slightly and dragged him. Evan flinched at the unfamiliar contact, but he did not resist and was dragged along obediently.

“Now, Prince, look at this.”

Karus carefully took out what was in his bosom and showed it to me. It was a very black crystal ball.

“what’s this?”

Lianus rubbed his eyes once and stared intently at the black crystal orb. Although he couldn’t see it clearly, it seemed as if a haze was rising around the orb.

“Ah, I think I get it!”

Lianus had seen this kind of thing recently.

“Isn’t that a magic stone?!”

The high-grade magic stone that the Grand Duke brought to His Majesty’s birthday party also swayed around like this. This was definitely a high-grade magic stone that had been beautifully processed into a round shape.

“Ding, wrong.”

“Oh, no?”

But it wasn’t the right answer, Carus shook his head, pushed up his round glasses, and snickered.

“This is a communication port.”

“Communication port…?”

If it’s a communication device, there was one in my palace too. It was an advanced communication device that could even store images.

As I tilted my head, wondering if it was really necessary to risk my life and steal the communication port from the main palace, Karus continued.

“Your Majesty, this is no ordinary communication device.”

“Hmm… a communications port made of black crystal?”

Although Lianus thought about it and answered, it seemed that it wasn’t enough, as Carus added an explanation in a low voice.

“This is a communication port that only connects to the Grand Duke.”

“……!”

“It’s a very, very rare magical tool, there’s only one of its kind in the world.”

Lianus opened his eyes wide at the unexpected nature of the crystal ball, then laughed out loud and jumped.

“Carus, you’re amazing!”

Carus shrugged slightly at the sincere admiration.

“Our Sylphy tried hard.”

At those words, the little girl the size of a palm sitting on Karus’ shoulder shrugged her shoulders. She was the only low-level spirit who responded to the summons of Karus, who had almost no talent as a spirit master.

To express his gratitude to the spirit of his contract, Karus gave it the name ‘Silphy’, and thanks to this, Silphy became an independent entity, unlike other spirits who do not have individual distinctions.

“Did you do well?”

“Yeah, yeah!”

Lianus nodded his head wildly.

Now I just need to contact the Archduke and ask him to return my friend!