How the Prince Makes Friends - Chapter 214



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Episode 214

“Neil.”

Suddenly, as I opened Nihil’s bedroom door, I saw a dead body, no, Rima lying on the ground.

“Ugh, ugh, king, kuluck…, prince, sa, please save me….”

“…Is Rima okay?”

“The young master is trying to kill me…….”

Lima struggled to get up, then fell back down. His whole body was drenched in sweat, and so was Nihil.

“Huh… Lian, is class over?”

“huh.”

Nihil brushed his hair back and took a deep breath. Rianus looked at him with new curiosity, as it was the first time he had seen Nihil sweating or catching his breath.

“Neil, did Rima do something wrong?”

“No. I was training.”

Nihil lowered his wooden sword and pressed his temple. His eyes were tired and his head was aching from continuing to stare at the mana that was barely visible.

“What kind of training are you doing?”

“Your mana awareness training.”

“……?”

Lianus tilted his head slightly, unable to understand the meaning of those words. Why is Nihil doing my training?

“I was trying it out myself to teach more efficiently.”

“Oh… I see.”

Although it was still something he couldn’t understand, Lianus just nodded.

“Are you doing well?”

“Not yet. It might take longer than I thought.”

“Um… is there anything I can help you with?”

“…Then, would you like to take some medicine first?”

“……?”

“My body is too weak to be of any use.”

“???”

Lianus, whose body had suddenly become weak and useless, was dragged away and made to drink a bowl of tonic.

“Rian, from now on, take the health supplement every day.”

“…Do I have to eat it?”

Rianus, who had been soothing his tongue with chocolate, became a little sad when he was told to take bitter medicine every day.

“I’ll try my best to make it as delicious as possible.”

“Ugh……”

… Even if the medicine tasted good, how good would it be? However, since Nihil looked quite serious, Lianus could not refute and nodded his head in agreement.

“Rian, you need to eat a balanced diet to become strong.”

“…….”

But for some reason, I couldn’t shake the feeling that Nihil was being extreme today.

‘… What did I do wrong?’

Lianus chewed on his vegetables and then glanced at his friend. Nihil was having a staring contest with Paprika for some reason.

“What’s wrong, Neil? Did you hear anything strange?”

“…It’s nothing.”

The crunchy, chewy sound of paprika was particularly loud.

* * *

Nihil vowed never to force paprika on his child again. It is really bad to feed him food he doesn’t like. Honestly, there are plenty of foods that can replace the nutrients in paprika.

“Ugh.”

Swaying-.

“…! Are you okay?!”

When I stumbled a little during training, the puppy started to fuss.

“Don’t be so excited.”

Nihil frowned and squeezed his eyebrows shut.

During the classes with teachers who knew my circumstances to some extent, I would put Lima in my place as guard and train with Evan. Unlike Lima, who worked quietly, this little doggy would bark so loudly whenever he looked even a little tired.

“You don’t look like you’re going to get excited! Normally, no matter how much you run, you don’t lose your breath, but now you’re slumping around like a sick chicken…!”

“My head is ringing. Be quiet. …Jane.”

“Yes, yes yes!”

Jane, who had been waiting, came running at my call with two steaming bags.

After taking a short break by alternating between hot and cold compresses to relieve eye fatigue, Nihil got up again and picked up his wooden sword.

“Come and take a look, puppy.”

“Why on earth are you doing this?”

“Please cooperate quietly so that we can find an accurate and effective training method for our child.”

“…….”

Evan narrowed his eyes. Even though he had to skip class when the guy trained like this, the hours of training couldn’t have been easy. Plus, he was always swapping places with the pharmacist boy, not the lynx himself.

“That’s it for today.”

“Come and look around.”

“I won’t do it.”

“Even though it’s for Lian?”

“The prince will be very pleased if you fall.”

“…….”

Nihil glared at the unruly dog, but Evan threw the wooden sword away as if in a rage.

“What do we do now?”

“…Huh, there are plenty of people who can do it besides you.”

“…? Hey, hey! Where are you going!”

Nihil turned around and left the annoying dog behind. Aren’t there more than enough guys to train?

‘I have to go to the kid’s father and lie to him that he will train the knights and borrow them.’

But Nihil, who came to find his father, immediately regretted it.

“…….”

“…Requies.”

A very familiar man furrowed his eyebrows.

* * *

At some point, strange rumors began to circulate in the palace.

At first, it was such a trivial story that I couldn’t understand why the rumor was going around – that my son’s friend was sick.

But, as is the case with all things, rumors spread by word of mouth and grew like a snowball.

The light rumor that my son’s friend was sick soon changed into a rumor that my son’s friend was seriously injured by the First Prince’s supporters, and later, this changed into an absurd rumor that the First Prince’s side had harmed him in order to keep him in check because the Grand Duke had made the Second Prince’s Bae Dong the successor.

I was just about to contact the Archduke to ask him to correct the situation because I was afraid that things would get worse if I just left it alone, but that happened to coincide with my son’s friend’s visit.

“@@#$! %@#$@!!!”

“@#%^…, @#$…….”

“#$%@#$$!!!”

“…….”

Sedes mechanically sipped the cold tea, trying to escape the situation before his eyes even a little.

For some reason, my son’s friend, who had discovered the Archduke, tried to run away immediately, but the Archduke grabbed my son’s friend and sat him down in front of him, talking to him for 30 minutes already.

My son’s friend was kneeling on the sofa with his head bowed in frustration. From the look of the situation, it seemed like he had done something wrong and was being scolded by the Grand Duke.

“Your Majesty.”

“What is it!”

“…No. Go ahead.”

“No, Father, you’re going too far. Shouldn’t you stop me?”

“…….”

Sedes’ heart was torn as he heard a word from both of them. Then, his son’s friend shouted.

“Soft and fluffy!”

“Kkuii!”

Finally, the Archduke snatches the baby’s toy. It’s a really long, stretchy fur ball, and upon closer inspection, it looks like the demonic creature he brought in earlier… called Anima.

“Let go of Som-Som-I!”

“Kuyaaaa!”

The boy’s friend and the fur ball kept yelling at the boy, but the Grand Duke still snatched the fur ball away from the boy. I shouldn’t say this, but he really seemed like a bad adult.

“[How can you give it and then take it away!]”

“[Why would I leave behind an anima that can’t even do its job properly!]”

“[Somsom didn’t say anything because I asked! Please give it back!]”

“[Is it normal for a subject created with my magic to ignore what I say and only listen to what my father says!?]”

“[What should I do when Anima resembles her master!]”

“[this person…….!]”

bang!

Dios finally lost his temper and slammed the table. It was a pure blow with no magical power, but the table could not withstand the force and shattered as if it were exploding.

“…….”

Sedes looked at the badly broken table and the teacup that had once sat on it, now rolling on the floor, and put his hand on his forehead.

He couldn’t dare to question the Grand Duke. He might end up like a table.

Sedes sighed deeply and placed the teacup he was holding on the side table next to the sofa. I don’t know why the Archduke and his son’s friend are fighting, but if they’re going to fight, I hope they do it somewhere else.

“Father, listen to me!”

At that moment, his son’s friend came running up to him and grabbed the hem of his cloak. Sedes was inwardly terrified, but he couldn’t bring himself to tell him to go away.

“No matter how much I think about it, isn’t it bad to give and then take it away?”

“Well, it’s definitely wrong to give and then take away. … But isn’t there some reason for that?”

Sedes nodded and was about to agree with his son’s friend, but quickly changed his words at the sight of the Archduke’s fierce gaze.

“Father, you’re weak.”

“Please, take note. And I think you need to learn to respect your elders.”

“…….”

“…….”

“Huh? Why is that?”

At my words, the expressions of my son’s friend and the Archduke simultaneously became subtle. However, Sedes did not think that what he said was wrong, so he simply shrugged his shoulders and lifted his son’s friend, who was still holding onto his cloak, to sit on his lap. It was an action that came out of his subconscious.

“…I feel a strange sense of guilt.”

Nihil wondered for a moment whether it was okay to sit on the younger one’s lap like this, but soon decided to think of it as being respectful.

Soon, a hand started stroking my head. It was a clumsy but very affectionate touch.

Nihil was dazed for a moment before burrowing into his arms. A soft laugh was heard from above his head, and the hand that had been stroking his head began to carefully pat his back.

“If you’re tired, get some sleep.”

“…….”

‘…I wonder.’

I felt sleepy because I had been focusing on training for the past few days. It was also comfortable to be in my father’s arms.

Just before losing consciousness,

“Requies!”

I was forcibly pulled out of consciousness by someone.

“……!”

Before I could even raise my head in surprise, my body suddenly lifted and crashed somewhere.

“Ugh!”

“[Wake up!]”

Immediately afterwards, something flowed into my mouth.

“Ugh, kuluck!”

The smell of iron was strong. The blood that filled my mouth brought me back to my senses.

“D, Coloch, Dia, Archduke, stop, stop! Stop squeezing the wound!”

Before I knew it, my little one was digging his nails into the palm of my hand and squeezing out blood, his face turning pale.

“[Solve the fairy tale now! Are you planning on eating that bloody lump of existence!]”

Only then did Nihil realize that he had almost consumed the existence of Lianus, and he quickly assimilated with Magi. He was very careful not to assimilate with his little one.

Soon, the body that had been weak became healthy as if vitality had been forcibly injected into it. The white hair that had been fluttering in front of my eyes turned pitch black, my vision suddenly became clearer, and I began to hear sounds that I had not heard before, one by one.

Nihil quickly checked with the child’s father first.

“Coolook, Father!”

“……!”

Sedes blankly stared at the sight of Nihil transforming into a demon, then came to his senses at the call. However, he soon felt confused again and touched his forehead.

‘I definitely thought I was holding Ruth… … .’

My son had never been here before. From the beginning, it was just his friend and the Archduke. But why did I have that kind of misconception?

Then suddenly a red hand appeared in front of me. It was the Archduke.

The moment I opened my mouth in surprise at the sight of the blood-covered palm,

“Take a break.”

With those words, Sedes’ consciousness was cut off. Then, the knights beside him also fell down without fail.

“…….”

“…….”

A heavy silence flowed through the living room. Nihil could not bring himself to raise his head, so he just fiddled with his front apron, which was covered in the little boy’s blood.

“after…….”

Shudder.

Nihil shrank back into a deep sigh that contained many meanings and stammered as he opened his mouth.

“I’m sorry… I’m sorry.”

“…….”

“I’m so sorry, Dia.”

The little boy looked down at me for a long time after my apology, then opened his mouth heavily.

“…I wish that lump of blood was here.”

“…….”

“It could have ended neatly.”

Isn’t that right? The soft words sounded like a rebuke to my actions that put the child in danger, or like a regret that I couldn’t finish it.

Nihil didn’t argue. If Lianus had been here, then it would really be over.

“If you were born with a weak body, shouldn’t you at least take care of it properly? Why did you torture your body like that?”

“…I thought that I shouldn’t keep the fairy tale for too long…….”

“Was the person who knew that so absent-minded that he didn’t even notice that the fairy tale rate was going up?”

“…I was wrong.”

Even though he had already been nagging about it for over 30 minutes, Nihil remained silent. This time, it was really dangerous. Not only did he almost eat the child, but he almost got eaten himself.

As I lowered my head further, my jet-black hair flowed down.

What do I look like now? I was in a hurry so I assimilated into the magic, but I couldn’t tell exactly how much my appearance had changed.

‘How much holy water is left… … .’

“father.”

“…Yes, Dia.”

“Would you like to come to my mansion?”

…I guess it turns out like this.