How the Prince Makes Friends - Chapter 195



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Episode 195

“Okay, wait a minute…!”

Evan couldn’t help but be amazed at the way Lianus and Karus were grumbling about how good it was.

“Your Majesty… did you just steal the one and only magical tool?”

Even His Majesty cannot do anything carelessly with the Grand Duke’s things?

“Don’t call me so formally. Aren’t we now true friends who acknowledge each other? Just call me Karus.”

“That’s not important right now. How are you going to handle it if you get caught…!”

“Ahahaha, Marquis Torai did something like that again, I guess I’ll just move on.”

Evan touched his forehead. Yes, it could be passed over like that. It wasn’t like I was being sold off, I just moved from Hyems Palace to Wernus Palace. I have a position, so maybe His Majesty will just let it pass.

But what about the Grand Duke? Will the Grand Duke just let it pass?

“…I’ll make sure to put it back secretly.”

Evan didn’t want to see Carus get skewered. One experience was enough.

“Haha, Sir Evan, don’t worry too much. The Grand Duke doesn’t really care about this item. If you can’t contact him, he can just come and find it himself. This is just an item for humans. Since it only connects to the Grand Duke, security isn’t that tight.”

Who would think of contacting the Grand Duke? He can’t be sold, either. Carus said, shrugging his shoulders.

“…That’s great, but if you brought it, doesn’t that mean you plan on using it?”

If you’re not using the communication port to break someone’s head or drive nails in, then you’re saying you’re going to contact the Archduke as it’s supposed to be used, so do you think the Archduke wouldn’t care?

“Haha, you wouldn’t kill me, would you? I would be more grateful if you came in person.”

“…Is that what you’re aiming for?”

“Well, let me say this first.”

“Carus, let’s connect quickly!”

Lianus jumped up and down and urged Evan on, looking at the kitten.

“Your Majesty, what will you do if the Grand Duke gets really angry…….”

“But we have to get Neil back!”

Lianus had a corner of his faith. It was none other than the ‘restriction’ that the Archduke himself had placed upon himself.

The Archduke can never directly harm the royal family, nor can he interfere in politics. And above all, it is unlikely that the Archduke will harm his close friend.

“If you say that I, a member of the royal family, did it, then there’s nothing you can do. Karus, hurry, hurry!”

“yep!”

But despite several attempts, the communication port failed. Instead, Sir Ernest appeared. He had been caught stealing.

“Ugh… Sir Ernest, can we try one more time?”

“Didn’t you say earlier that you would try it one more time?”

“No, no. This time, it might really connect.”

Lianus quickly put the communication port in his bosom, worried that it would be taken away, and then naturally scooped up the pudding that Carus had given him and put it in his mouth, saying that he would rest for a while and try again later.

Karus smiled happily as he watched Lianus happily eating the ugly pudding Kara had made for him, but then he took care of his secret friend who had become very intimidated after the appearance of the Royal Knight Commander.

“My secret friend Sir Evan, you eat too.”

“…I’m fine.”

“Even though our Kara made it ourselves?!”

“…….”

“Kara will be sad.”

“…No. I will eat well.”

“Hahahaha, good idea. Commander, have one while you wait. Now, sit down here. My secret friend won’t be able to rest comfortably if you stand there stiffly.”

Carus pulled Walter over and sat him down, offering him some pudding. Walter sat down in shock at the mention of Evan not being comfortable, and with a subtle expression, he uncorked the bottle of pudding.

“By the way, Evan. I didn’t know you and the Marquis were so close.”

“Pfft, crunch, crunch.”

Evan barely managed to stop the pudding from spilling out of his mouth. Who would have thought that the Master would ask him this question right now? He was a little sullen, having already been scolded by the prince for being too rude before.

“…sorry.”

“Boss! Why are you killing the spirit of my secret friend?”

“No, that’s not what I meant. I meant it that way…….”

“Don’t bother my secret friend!”

“Your Majesty, there is a misunderstanding. And why are you a secret friend instead of just a friend?”

“Isn’t it cooler if it’s secretive!”

“…It’s not a secret at all.”

“Since our Evan is shy, we did this… ”

“What are you two talking about in front of the parties involved!”

Rianus looked at the three people meowing happily and then took out a communication device from his bosom. He had told Sir Ernest that he would do it one last time, so if he secretly made the communication now, he could do it two last times.

But contrary to expectations, the communication port was not connected and only the light kept blinking.

“Eek…….”

Lianus was so disappointed that he almost cried. What if he couldn’t get his friend back like this?

Maybe we should go on an adventure to find the Grand Duke’s residence somewhere in the ocean.

First, let’s take Evan with us… , Pupu and Popo… , and maybe ask the butler and the maid to go with us. Oh, and Robert too. If we give Rima a deposit and ask her to go with us, she’ll probably go. Yvonne and Jane won’t be able to do that since they have to take care of the Shaton kids too…

“Oh, I’ve never been on a big ship before…….”

“…yes?”

“What if I get seasick?”

“…Are you saying this all of a sudden?”

Walter looked at Rianus, who was suddenly complaining about seasickness, as if he found it absurd.

Walter thought that maybe it was because of this quirky side of Evan that he made the prince sound like a kitten, a kitten.

“…Sir Ernest and Carus, do you want to go too…?”

“yes?”

“…Where are you talking about?”

“Well, Neil…, huh?”

Just as they were about to entice the two to join them on their adventure to find Neil, the light that had been blinking in the crystal ball turned on completely.

* * *

My father soothed himself while looking at the pitch-black magic wrapped around his body.

“[Dia, can you please release this?]”

“[I don’t like it.]”

But Dios refused sharply.

“[Requies, it would be a problem if you thought I still had affection for you.]”

Wasn’t it already five hundred years ago? Dios said, but he wondered if that was really true.

At first, I tried to remember everything. I tried not to forget. This was for my father who would be forgotten, and it was a rebellion against my father who tried to erase my memories.

But he grew increasingly tired. His memory had its limits, and his father never showed up. He might have disappeared forever, Dios thought, and he might have found his own true rest after having only been a comfort to others.

As time went by, my hair continued to grow longer. I actually stepped on my own hair and fell over. I tried to cut it myself, but it wasn’t easy. No, maybe it was because my reflection in the mirror, my hair that dragged down to the floor, resembled my father’s.

Dios thought that he would slowly forget like this. When he died one day, there would be no one who would remember his father. Thinking this, he lived naturally among people. That must have been what his father had wanted.

But one day, I realized that I neither age nor die.

It wasn’t that he had slowed down his aging by ascending to the transcendent rank of the 9th Circle. He was no longer human. I don’t know exactly when it started. I can only guess that it was ‘back then’.

At some point, he stopped getting deeply involved in human relationships. His emotions became dull, and Dios searched for new stimulation. That was the reason he killed the Demon King who was summoned to Middle-earth 300 years ago and closed the rift. It wasn’t that he had any great sense of justice. It was just to appease his boredom…

‘Great Wizard, please protect us.’

No, that’s a lie. Dios fought with all his might. For days on end, without rest.

Because of a little boy who played the lyre for him one day when he said he was feeling sad, because of a fleeting relationship, because of that small thing.

…father.

Dios realized then that this was what he had been to his father. He was so small and fragile, yet he had taken up such a large space.

When I dealt with the Demon King, my hair had turned black. No, it wasn’t just my hair. The whites of my eyes had also turned black. Just like the Demon King.

At first, I thought it was just a curse from defeating the Demon King. But I soon realized that the change was an ability that only my father possessed, ‘fairy tale’.

However, he did not have the ability to control fairy tales like his father. And before he could do anything, horns grew on his head and his fangs became sharp.

‘Your, Your Majesty, your, your appearance… … .’

The child began to cry. It was understandable that he should have been scared, but the child, who was so innocent, believed that he was cursed.

‘Your Majesty, I will find a way to lift the curse. Just trust me!’

‘… Harpen.’

‘yes yes!’

Her green hair fluttered in the wind.

‘… If I were the original demon tribe… what would I do?’

‘… … !’

The child’s eyes widened at my lie, but soon closed with embarrassment.

‘Then it doesn’t hurt?’

‘… … .’

Dios could see why his father was so obsessed with memories. He didn’t want to forget. No, he couldn’t forget. This was the driving force of his life.

“[Dia.]”

Dios was interrupted from his thoughts by a gentle call. He had long thought that if he were to meet his father again, it would be awkward, that he might not recognize him because he had changed so much.

But now I know. The urgency that pulled at my hair was your desperation.

“[Dia, can you let me go?]”

“[…We’re not done talking yet. What on earth have you been doing to come here now?]”

“[…It’s only been a few months since I woke up.]”

After saying that, my father looked down as if he felt a little sorry.

“[Shouldn’t you have found me first as soon as you woke up?]”

As I continued to complain, his head dropped. Soon, I heard an excuse.

“[…I was so weak that I couldn’t do much. On top of that, so much time had passed that I thought you might have died too…….]”

“[I thought you’d forgotten.]”

“[…….]”

“[Why are you rushing at me when you thought of it like that? Are you determined to die?]”

“[…Dia, I think your words have become a little harsh.]”

Even in the midst of all this, my father continued to scold me. Dios felt his emotions welling up at the thought, but he deliberately kept a serious expression on his face and responded.

“[Stop treating me like a child. How long are you going to do that?]”

“[…If Dia becomes independent and starts a family…….]”

My father stopped talking and immediately changed his subject as if something suddenly occurred to him.

“[If you have a child, I will…]”

“[doesn’t exist.]”

Dios cut her off firmly. You still like children.

“[So you immediately ran after that blood clot when you woke up?]”

“[…Oh, I see. I didn’t follow you…]”

“[No, what is it? I would have followed you if it was very good. Don’t I know my father?”]

“[No, that…….]”

My father opened his mouth and then eventually changed the subject.

“[Rather than that, I think Dia and Magi will become one…]”

At those words, Dios crumpled his expression but obediently released the restraints. It seemed that he had lost all his strength, so he wouldn’t be able to run away even if he were let go. Even if he could, he wouldn’t run away leaving himself behind.

“[I, Dia, that…….]”

Look, he’s already looking at me like that. Dios felt a strange sense of relief and answered the question he wanted to ask.

“[It’s been converted.]”