How the Prince Makes Friends - Chapter 210



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Episode 210

Bam, bang-!

“Saltcat…! …What are you doing?”

Evan, who had returned to Lianus’ room in a hurry after looking through Nihil’s diary, froze in place at the sight unfolding before his eyes.

The lynx was shuffling the overturned cup while the prince sat in front of him. Yes, just like a savage… … .

“Rian, choose.”

“You can’t see it now?”

“…Hmm, yeah. You guessed right.”

The lynx lifted the cups with a serious expression. They were all empty.

Is this guy teaching gambling to our innocent kitten right now?

“…Don’t teach strange things.”

“That’s not it. You come here too.”

“……?”

“Evan, come here!”

At the call of the world’s cutest and most adorable kitten, who was swatting at his side, Evan forgot how serious he was and went over to sit down beside him.

“I’ll put these stones in a cup and mix them up, so you can find them.”

“…okay.”

I nodded absentmindedly and stared intently at the cup containing the stones.

“Rian, close your eyes.”

“huh!”

Soon the cups began to mix at a speed that scared Evan to death.

The damn cat guy could even lift a cup and move rocks in mid-air, a feat that would make even the thieves run away in tears.

“Now, go and find it.”

“……this.”

Evan pointed to the cup on the right with a hesitant expression. Nihil did not immediately pick up the cup, but instead called out to Rianus, who still had his eyes tightly shut.

“Rian, you choose too.”

“huh!”

Rianus opened his eyes wide and without hesitation, he immediately pointed to the cup in the middle with his finger.

“this!”

“…….”

The cup was lifted. The stone came out of the cup that Lianus had chosen.

“…I don’t think the prince moved the stones to make himself feel good.”

“What on earth do you think I am?”

What the heck. He’s a crazy old man to the kids.

Evan glanced at Nihil and then turned his head to the prince.

“There must be a reason why the prince’s eyes were covered.”

“Yeah. I guess Lian’s eyes are a little strange.”

“What?! Fix it now!”

Evan continued to shake Nihil without listening to what he was saying.

“Ugh, shake it, Lian! The puppy is bothering me!”

“No! Don’t bother me!”

Evan finally calmed down after Lianus clung to him, but he continued to glare at Nihil.

“What have you done to our prince!”

“Why do you think I did something?”

Nihil sighed deeply and continued his explanation. Evan’s eyes widened as he briefly and concisely explained that what was in the cup was not a stone but a magic stone, and that Lianus seemed to be able to see mana little by little.

“…Is that good then?”

“Well, it’s hard to say right now. Lian, do you want to follow me?”

“huh!”

Nihil took Lianus to his room and was momentarily speechless at the sight that unfolded before his eyes.

“…….”

“…sorry.”

Evan took a step back without realizing it.

The study, which was practically a restricted area, had its door wide open, and the bookshelf leading to the secret room had been hit by some sort of shock, with several books missing and scattered on the floor.

The bedroom rug was half-upturned and out of place, lying miserably on the ground, probably kicked out by the dog as he was rushing out.

“…….”

Evan glanced at Nihil and quickly flipped the rug over with his foot. Nihil sighed deeply at the sight and took Rianus to the study.

“How is it, Lian?”

“…I feel dizzy.”

Lianus looked around the study with curiosity, but then he couldn’t help feeling dizzy and turned his head away. It seemed as if the room was shaking.

‘I don’t think it’s been like this before.’

Lianus had only been to Nihil’s room a few times. That was understandable, since Nihil was always in his room. It was no fun to visit an empty room without a friend, so it was only natural, but at least when he had been there before, the room had been motionless, as if it were alive.

“First, let’s go out.”

Nihil dragged Lianus out again, leaving the library with all sorts of magic hanging over it behind him. He then began writing a letter.

-Your Highness the Grand Duke. The weather is getting hotter and hotter as summer approaches. I am using the highest-grade magic stones that the Grand Duke sends me where necessary. However, I am worried that the Grand Duke might collapse from the heat while collecting magic stones for me, a weak person…

Nihil was writing the letter playfully, but he suddenly became worried that the child might get angry. After all, he hadn’t even apologized for the note he sent last time, calling her an ‘idiot’.

“…….”

Nihil crumpled up the letter he was writing and began writing again honestly.

-Dia, come see our baby, he’s babbling.

Not long after handing over the short letter to Somnus, Mana began to stir.

“Neil, the baby is coming!”

Just before the passage opened, Lianus, who had been staring at the mist rising in the air, smiled brightly and welcomed the baby when he appeared.

“Come in, baby!”

“…….”

However, Dios pushed away the clinging Rianus and threw the crumpled note at Nihil.

“[Please don’t send me this kind of garbage.]”

“[How can the child’s recent status be considered trash?]”

“[What kind of child is that? Anima is just a lump of magical power. And…….]”

‘Go, go, Your Majesty! The baby, the baby is babbling… …!’

‘Shouldn’t we be going to greet Your Majesty’s successor!?’

‘No, wasn’t it different?’

‘Do you need an attendant?’

“…….”

Dios touched his forehead as he recalled his aides who had been making a fuss. It seemed like they were seriously mistaken about something, but it was so funny that they were making excuses right then and there that he just left.

‘It’s been crawling up my spine these days… … .’

He used to be a bad talker, but he’s been talking a lot lately.

“…So why did you call me?”

“Are you busy?”

“There is no rush.”

Even if there are, the aides will take care of it. Isn’t that the reason they were chosen?

Dios looked down at his anima, who had been mumbling and responding indifferently. Anima flinched in fear at the sight of him and hid in her father’s arms.

“That foxy……”

“Ahaha, doesn’t it look just like Dia?”

“…….”

Dios was so absurd that he wanted to argue, but since objecting would be like spitting in his own face, he ended up keeping his mouth shut.

“Dia, please help me out.”

“……?”

* * *

“Was asking for help like asking to be a child’s plaything?”

“A toy? This is training.”

“What about training….”

Dios snorted and wrapped his aura around the branch again, doing as ignorantly as his father had ordered, but making sure to show the weak points.

The lump of blood stared at the tree branch for a long time before swinging his wooden sword.

Crunch, the wooden sword broke as if it had been crushed by a tree branch. This was already the thirtieth attempt.

Dios clicked his tongue and waved his hand in the air. The practice sword fell to the ground with a clatter.

“There’s another wooden sword…!”

The lump of flesh widened its eyes, but without complaining, it immediately picked up a new wooden sword. However, Dios swung a branch to knock the wooden sword away and tapped its dark green head.

“Take a rest.”

“Baby, I can do more…….”

“Take a rest.”

“Ugh.”

Lianus became a little gloomy, but since he couldn’t train alone anyway, he laid down on the spot and closed his eyes to regain concentration. He kept his eyes wide open to see the flow of mana, but his eyes became heavy.

“Requies, no matter how much I think about it, this is greed. Unlike you, I can’t see mana clearly. All I can see is its ripples.”

“No! Neil, I can do it! Baby, give me a chance!”

A surprised Rianus sat up and expressed his opinion, but Dios pressed Rianus’ forehead and made him lie down again before continuing.

“It could take years just to get a feel for it. How long do you think humans can endure that uncertain and unstable time?”

“Dia, aren’t you being too skeptical?”

Nihil looked a little sullen at the overly skeptical Dios. He thought it was a good opportunity for Lianus, who couldn’t wear Aura, but it seemed like a stretch to outsiders.

“I’m sorry to tell you not to get carried away. Honestly, even if I could see mana as much as you, I couldn’t even imagine calculating the resonance point.”

I’d rather just suppress it all with force.

“And I’m not free enough to take care of Anna. How are you going to train her when I’m not around?”

“Ah, that’s if you train a dog…….”

“Are you talking about that thing crawling on the floor?”

Dios raised one eyebrow in puzzlement. There was a puppy that was running around the palace, waddling around… Are you planning to turn it into a spirit?

“Oh, not that small one, but the big one over there…….”

Nihil nodded at Evan for Dios’ misunderstanding.

“…….”

“…….”

Evan, who met Dios’ eyes, lowered his head in genuine embarrassment. It was a huge blow to be looked at normally after such a long time.

“Now that it’s grown up, let’s raise it… No, that’s enough.”

I shouldn’t say that. Even if I’m over 600, I treat myself like a child, so a 20-year-old guy would look like a lump of flesh. Or,

“…Is it a pet by any chance?”

“Dia…, no matter what, to people…….”

“…….”

‘I was an idiot to think that a kid raised by a wildcat would be normal.’

Evan, who had suddenly become a pet dog, opened his eyes squintingly and took a step back.

The conversation between the abnormal kids continued.

Dia, did I teach you that? You used to carry a whole bunch of wolf cubs in your arms. Please call them wolf cubs. And that’s not because I want to carry them, but because they’re attached to me…

Evan turned away from the pointless conversation and approached the kitten, who was listening intently.

“Your Majesty, aren’t you tired?”

“No, Sir Evan! I can do more!”

Lianus stood up and shook his head, as if he thought Evan would stop his training. It seemed that the sight of the lynx destroying the opponent’s Aura layer without an Aura was quite impressive.

For the prince, who could never create an aura because his mana vessel was broken, it must have been like finding an oasis in the desert.

‘I guess I should cheer…’

Even if its true identity is a mirage.

“Neil, can you show me one more time?”

“okay.”

At the prince’s request, the lynx took up the wooden sword. The baby took up his stance again, but he looked a little more nervous than when he was facing the prince.

“Dia, put on your aura.”

“…Take it easy.”

Soon, a very clear, yet obviously fierce and chaotic aura surrounded them.

This inefficient application of mana was intended to make it easier for the prince to find the weak points of the aura layer, but even though it may seem ignorant on the outside, controlling such aura without harming the opponent was by no means an easy task.

“Rian, look carefully. Here, here, and here are the weak points.”

“Hmm……”

However, the prince tilted his head as if he didn’t understand the explanation from the lynx guy. To be honest, even he, who had been exposed to Aura more, didn’t understand at all, so there was no way the prince could understand just because he had seen a little more Mana.

Besides, I just saw it a little bit and I still can’t feel the mana.

In the end, the prince’s training ended without any success, even by chance, until the sun went down.

* * *

“…Hmph, sniff.”

Deep in the night, when everyone was asleep, the sound of snoring would often break the silence.

“…….”

Nihil listened to that sound and closed his eyes again.