How the Prince Makes Friends - Chapter 204



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Episode 204

“……?”

Lawrence looked up in wonder at the pink color that filled my field of vision. Before I knew it, Baedong had come over and was pushing a pink rose towards me.

“…Are you unemployed?”

When I finally opened my mouth to ask, Baedong trimmed some rose petals and put them in my hair.

Lawrence tried to add something to the irreverent behavior, but was momentarily stunned by the bashful smile on Baedong’s face and was unable to say a word.

“Huh? Prince 1 was here too? Hello!”

“Hello, Prince.”

“hello!”

The children who found Lawrence came to greet him belatedly, but Lawrence, whose mind was already complicated, had no time to accept the greeting.

Why are you giving me flowers all of a sudden? Why pink flowers of all things? Does Baedong know that the meaning of pink roses is hesitation? Is this a sign that he is considering my proposal? No, it may be because the symbolic color of the Wernus Palace is pink.

Maybe he was just trying to tease me… but he smiled too beautifully for that to be the case.

“…Your Majesty, Your Highness!”

“……!”

I quickly raised my head at the sound of my name being called, and saw red eyes similar to my own. It was Aiden, who had come into my palace at my request to have Baedong.

“Ah…, Aiden.”

“You seem to be in a daze the whole time. Are you okay?”

“It’s okay, it’s okay.”

I don’t know how I got back to my palace that day. I think I heard Rianus thanking me for the gift, but I don’t think I did.

Lawrence quickly cleaned up the paper that had been smudged with black ink and picked up his fountain pen again. Then he glanced at the vase that had once contained a single pink rose, but was now filled with red roses.

‘Prince, what is this dirty flower?’

‘… This is… … .’

Lawrence couldn’t answer his mother’s question right away. It must have already been conveyed to him by his servants, so why did he ask?

‘Throw it away right now. Let this mother give you a bright and pretty red rose.’

‘…yes.’

His mother did not like pink, saying it was the symbolic color of Wernus. In fact, she did not plant any pink roses in the garden, but the occasional pink rose that bloomed among the red roses gave Lawrence a strange sense of relief.

“…….”

In fact, Lawrence knows that the reason his mother hates pink is because of him.

Lawrence cautiously called out to his cousin, thinking of the pink roses that must have been thrown into the trash can.

“Aiden.”

“Yes, Prince.”

“Are there any flowers…, no, it’s not.”

Lawrence quickly changed his words. Aiden didn’t know the situation well, and it seemed like a stupid question.

“Yes, please let me know if you need anything.”

“…I will do so.”

Lawrence glanced at Aiden, who was treating him with respect, then looked down again.

This wasn’t the kind of relationship he had in mind. Something a little closer, more natural, more comfortable, like Ryan’s relationship… and one where he could share secrets…

“…Do you like pink?”

“yes?”

Aiden, who was asked an unexpected question, seemed to ponder the intention of my question for a moment before answering confidently.

“No. I don’t like it.”

Aiden continued, grinning.

“Isn’t pink something that only girls like? Or maybe a sassy guy like the second prince? Oh, and do you like it, Prince?”

“…No, that’s not possible.”

“Haha, that’s not a color that suits a calm and strong prince.”

“…….”

“I like the vibrant red color…, oh, and I also think the dark blue hair you inherited from Your Majesty is really cool.”

“…Is that so?”

The conversation ended there.

* * *

“Neil, I’m going out… what are you doing?”

After getting ready to go to his Emperorship class, Lianus was about to say goodbye when he noticed his suspicious friend smiling slyly and sneaked over to him.

Nihil was trying to pass on a pacifier, aka a pacifier, to Som-Somi, out of nowhere.

“Honey, tell me this too.”

“…The devil is biting the scepter…?”

“huh?”

Wow-

“Huh, huh!?”

At that moment, Som-Som-yi opened her mouth with a “Wow” and swallowed the pacifier in one go.

“I swallowed it!”

“It’s okay, it’s okay.”

“…Is that how you normally feed it?”

Is a pacifier something you can swallow? Isn’t it something you just hold in your mouth? Is it actually just a pacifier in appearance?

As I was struggling in the disorganized chaos, the air suddenly began to ripple and split apart. A familiar silhouette was revealed.

“Requies.”

“Are you here, Dia?”

The baby, whom I hadn’t seen in a long time, looked very uncomfortable. Her small, round hands were clenched so tightly that they were trembling, and I could hear a cracking sound as if something was inside them.

“You didn’t like my gift?”

In response to Nihil’s clever question, the baby threw something. Nihil caught it lightly and showed it with his open palm.

“…Kiss kiss?”

Why is the baby having the stuff that Somsom ate…?

“Please send something like this one more time.”

“I sent it because I thought it was needed, but I guess it wasn’t.”

Suddenly, I heard a teeth-grinding sound. If you bite that hard, your teeth will get damaged. Now that I think about it, the baby is all grown up, but I wonder if this is a permanent tooth. I still have more baby teeth.

Rian watched their conversation peacefully, his tongue gently pushing another baby tooth that was starting to shake.

“…Please hand it over.”

“You can’t return the cotton.”

“I told you not to give it a weird name!”

“What a strange name, that’s too much. I thought of this name after much thought.”

Doesn’t it suit you? Nihil smiled again. Nihil has been smiling a lot lately, but I don’t know if it’s a good thing or a bad thing because it’s that kind of smile.

“Okay. I’ll go.”

“Huh, huh? Baby, are you going right now?”

While he was secretly thinking that his friend would not be bored while waiting for him, Rianus hurriedly called the baby.

“Baby, can we play some more?”

“…….”

“Neil needs to be alone while I’m taking class……”

“…….”

“You must be lonely…….”

“ha…….”

Lianus smiled at the baby’s sigh. He felt reassured for some reason.

“Rian, tell the prime minister to come over when he has time.”

“huh!”

* * *

“Why are you looking for the Prime Minister?”

Dios, who confirmed that the lump of blood was leaving the palace, immediately asked his father. His father, perhaps thinking that he would be scolded, avoided eye contact and gave a vague answer.

“…I just have some business to attend to.”

“…….”

But Dios had no intention of just letting it go.

“Should I ask the prime minister directly?”

“…no.”

Perhaps knowing that I wouldn’t give in easily, my father hesitated for a while before finally opening his mouth.

Dios’s eyebrows rose crookedly after hearing the explanation.

“…So you mean you’re healing the prime minister’s mana circuits and leaving the guild in his care?”

“…yes.”

“I thought you only took care of the blood clot, but you’re involved in everything.”

“…….”

Nihil slowly lowered his eyes, thinking that the broken pacifier was probably taking revenge on him.

“Why do you have to work in the palace?”

“…I happened to meet the prince….”

Being hit by a carriage and kidnapped was something he couldn’t do anything about. The seaweed that clung to him was cute too…

“ha…….”

Dios sighed deeply and ran his hand through his hair. However, perhaps because he was young, his father simply had a satisfied expression on his face, as if he was looking at something cute.

“…Tsk.”

He turned back to the way he was treated as if he was still a child. It was quite a sight to see him licking his lips in regret.

“Even a small town would be in trouble, so how are you going to cope with being injustice here?”

“that…….”

dripping-

At that moment, a knock came on the door that I thought would just pass by. I tried to be relaxed, but it was good to have the guts to knock on the door.

“Come in.”

Dios raised his eyebrows at his father’s permission to immediately fall. He thought about returning to his younger self, but for some reason he wanted to embarrass his father, so he didn’t do it.

But the old man, who appeared to be the butler, was not surprised at seeing himself.

“Inspiration, what’s going on?”

Dios frowned slightly at his unscrupulous father who was calling a greenhorn a true inspiration.

“I dared to interrupt your precious time, fearing that you might be inconvenienced by my inadequate treatment.”

“…….”

“If you don’t need it……”

“Dia.”

While the butler was speaking, my father turned to me. Dios stood slightly crooked and answered curtly.

“Are you unemployed?”

“What did you do to your inspiration?”

“I didn’t do anything.”

“Dia, you shouldn’t bother the old people.”

“…Requies, do you remember that I ate ten times more than that?”

My father’s eyes widened slightly at my response. Judging from his reaction, he had clearly forgotten. I sighed at the continued treatment.

“How long are you going to treat me like a child?”

“…Once a kid, always a kid.”

My father’s face looked very confused as he said that. He wondered if it was so strange that he had grown old, but then again, since time had stopped for him, he thought it could be so.

“Dia, would you like some tea?”

It’s been a while since we played chess together. Oh, and did you know that the rules have changed? I learned something from my child, so I’ll tell you.

He smiled brightly, as if he was just happy to get away from the heavy topic. Dios sighed deeply as he looked at his father who seemed to be at ease, and sat down at the tea table.

It came out while I was listening to the report, but…, it’s okay if it’s a little late.

“Then I will offer you some refreshments.”

* * *

Paul quickly and accurately prepared refreshments and went up the stairs. He was worried that the Archduke would be angry at the sight of the absence of a servant, but it seemed that he was not too late.

‘We must do our best to show that the young master is doing well here.’

If the prince were to take the young master away while he was away for a moment, it would be a very, very big problem!

As I was vowing to serve her with all my heart, with all my pretense and all my dissimulation, a young maid approached me, carrying a young assassin who was like a goldfish’s poop.

“Butler? That snack is….”

“Oh, Miss Perry.”

The young maid expressed her doubts, wondering whether it was strange for the young master to bring up the refreshments himself, or whether it was because of the young master’s personality, which did not allow him to enjoy refreshments when he was alone.

Around her neck dangled an amulet that the master had made for her. Mine had fallen apart, so it seemed that the master had made her a new one.

Paul glanced at the amulet made of pure white hair, then at the young assassin, then smiled and continued speaking.

“A distinguished guest has arrived, and I would like to personally welcome him.”

“…Has Your Majesty come secretly again?”

At that question, Paul opened his eyes without realizing it.

If that shitty cat had come, there’s no way I’d offer him refreshments. He probably wouldn’t have even noticed and just did his job.

Paul told Perry and Rima not to worry about anything, as he would take care of it himself, and quickly went up to the bedroom where the master was.

dripping-

“This is Butler Paul.”

But there was no reply. He could not even sense the faint presence of the Archduke. Thinking that the Archduke had taken the young master away, Paul hurriedly opened the door.

“…master?”

Fortunately, the young master was not kidnapped and was still there. The only other problem was that he was alone.

“…Your Highness the Grand Duke….”

“ah.”

The young master looked back belatedly, as if he had only just realized that he had arrived.

And Paul, who came face to face with Nihil, froze in place. For a moment, his eyes that had been mysteriously shining appeared pitch black.

“It seems the Archduke has come back from work. He had no choice but to go back because his subordinates were nagging him.”

“…Are you okay?”

“If you’re busy, there’s nothing you can do.”

“No, that’s not it…….”

I’ve seen eyes like these before. That day, when you came to me out of the blue in the middle of the night and asked me to hide the source of your high-level potion.

It was only for a short time, and the next day I saw the young knights teasing each other while looking at the footage, but I couldn’t help but be concerned.

Paul placed the tray with refreshments on the table and quickly examined every nook and cranny of Nihil. Unlike before, this time he did not resist when he touched his body.

“Do you need any potions?”

“no.”

There didn’t seem to be any injuries. If the Grand Duke had harmed the young master in the first place, he wouldn’t be able to stand here. I don’t know what happened in that short time, but…

“inspiration.”

“Yes, your highness.”

“I’m bored. Should I go see Anna?”

“…I will prepare.”