How the Prince Makes Friends - Chapter 233



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Episode 233

-Oh, Sir Evan. Come to think of it, don’t you think it’s time to stop talking?

-… Your Majesty, you are drunk.

-I think I just called your name last time… … .

-…Was it like that?

-Don’t pretend you don’t know! I remember everything!

-…but…….

-Do you think I’m the only one who thinks you’re my friend? It’s so disappointing…

-That’s… no, Mr. Karus.

– Even if you leave out the word ‘nim’! Okay, Evan, should we start changing our titles little by little?

“…….”

Nihil, who was watching Karus and Evan through the rabbit doll’s eyes, touched his forehead. The teacher was struggling to open the puppy’s mouth, but it seemed that his drinking capacity was too low compared to his enthusiasm.

“Hmm…….”

Nihil slurred. It wasn’t a bad choice for Lianus to ask for help from Karus.

Because it was better to confide in a friend of the same age rather than an object of care.

Karus knew that too, so he seemed to be trying to create a comfortable atmosphere, but the problem was that the little dog just listened and had no intention of bringing up his own story.

Eventually, the teacher, who had not been able to complete his mission until late at night, took out alcohol and this was the result.

‘This is difficult.’

Then something suddenly appeared in my sight. It was Somnus.

Somnus, who had previously trampled the rabbit doll out of jealousy, now hangs around in front of it every day after realizing that he had placed a vision sharing spell on it.

-Somsom, if you do that, Neil won’t be visible.

Then, while quietly whispering, Lianus put Somnus in the rabbit doll’s arms and placed the rabbit doll so that the puppy and the teacher could be seen well.

It was almost time to go to bed, but it seemed like our kids weren’t thinking straight.

Then, Rianus, who had been staring at the rabbit doll, asked quietly.

-Neil, are you watching right now?

Nihil nodded his head slightly at the question.

-Carus must have been feeling a lot of mental stress because he drank too much.

Well, it certainly seemed that way.

Nihil stroked the sleeping Aril’s head and thought for a moment before turning his gaze to Canary, who was tilting her head at the window.

“Your Majesty.”

-huh?

“Send the baby to the palace for decoration.”

-…Sir Ernest?

“okay.”

-What should I do?

“Assistant Watcher.”

-Can I send it now?

“huh.”

As Nihil nodded slightly and answered, a small shout was heard: ‘Seddie! Send Sir Ernest!’ Listen carefully.

-I told you. By the way, Neil, is it hot there?

“why?”

-Why? Your face is covered in sweat.

“…You didn’t dry your face after washing it. More importantly, Prime Minister, you’re still not good at magic, so practice more.”

-Still, I don’t think it’s worth letting on to this extent…

Before the Prime Minister could continue speaking, Nihil forcibly dispersed his mana.

“…….”

Thud, Nihil leaned his head against the wall. The cold sweat that had been forming on his forehead began to drip down his face.

It was hot. Even though he knew it was useless, Nihil unconsciously reached for something cold and put his cheek against it.

Nihil thought quietly. Wouldn’t it be better to just give the child medicine? No, since it can’t be cured anyway, it would be better to just kill it now…

“Huh…, angel?”

At that moment, the child who had been asleep began to move around. Nihil responded reflexively, even though he was still dazed.

“…here it is.”

“You can’t go anywhere.”

You must take me with you when you go. Ariel mumbled something like that, then held my hand and fell asleep again.

Nihil looked down at his hand and then opened his mouth softly.

“…okay.”

Whoosh, the candle went out.

* * *

When Walter arrived at the palace of Wernus, Carus was drunk and had his forehead pressed against the table.

“Hey, Captain~”

When Walter came in, Carus looked up and pretended to recognize him.

“Hehehe, what are you doing here, Captain? Hey, are you trying to take my secret friend away? I’m sorry, I can’t give in today!”

“Ka, Karus-sama, your head, your hair is falling into the glass!”

“…….”

Walter watched Evan hastily pull the hair out of the glass, then cautiously asked Paul.

“…Your Majesty, it seems you have had a lot to drink. Is it okay for you to leave it like that?”

“Haha, isn’t that how everyone plays when they’re young?”

“…Is that so?”

Walter asked sheepishly, then thought for a moment and nodded.

“Certainly…, it is a blessing to have a close friend in front of you and feel comfortable with him. Ah, go in and rest.”

“Hehe, then please take care of it, Sir Ernest.”

“yes.”

As Paul, who was busy with other things, hurriedly left, Carus laughed heartily and called Walter.

“Hahaha, Captain, would you like to join us?”

“…Your Majesty, are you alright?”

“Of course. That’s okay! Please sit down quickly!”

“…No, that’s not what I meant…….”

Walter politely declined, saying he was working, and scanned the table and surrounding area. It was littered with empty bottles of liquor.

Walter stuck out his tongue as he saw some strong alcohol here and there.

‘At this point, it’s a good thing to stay awake.’

“Your Majesty, you ate too much……”

“Ah, that……”

“……?”

At that moment, Evan was about to say something, but then he lowered his head. His ears turned a little red, and the Marquis next to him banged on the table and shouted in frustration.

“I don’t drink much. Did Evan drink it all?”

“Is that so?”

Although Carus’ condition was more serious than Evan’s, Walter let it go.

Then Carus opened his mouth and poured strong liquor into Evan’s glass.

“My secret friend Evan! Drink lots!”

“…thank you.”

“One shot, one shot!”

“Oh, yes.”

“…?! Hey hey hey, wait a minute, Evan. That’s not how you drink it…!”

Walter was shocked to see Evan drinking the strong alcohol over 50 degrees without adding anything, and tried to stop him, but it was already too late.

“Ugh, my throat feels burning…….”

“…Evan, are you okay?”

Walter quickly handed over the cold water that was next to him. Evan took it and drank it, then looked up at Walter and opened his eyes wide.

“Oh, Master, when did you come?”

“…….”

Walter rubbed his forehead. This guy wasn’t in his right mind either.

“…Evan, Your Majesty, why don’t you go in and rest now?”

“Huh? No! I haven’t finished my work yet!”

I tried to coax him in gently, but the young marquis started banging on the table and shouting.

“I need to have a serious conversation about life with my secret friend!”

“Is that so?”

Walter was a little embarrassed, but his determination was so firm that he had no choice but to say okay and step back.

Soon the young marquis began to grumble incoherently.

“Evan, I mean? I, I actually… don’t want to inherit anything like a family….”

“…Is that so?”

Both of their tongues were not functioning properly, so their pronunciation was extremely funny, but the content was not very clear, so Walter watched silently.

“I was 15 years old when my mother passed away.”

“Me too, I too passed away at that time.”

“Even when my father had just passed away…….”

“Me too, me too……”

Even though he was drunk, Evan nodded and responded whenever the young Marquis said something. Walter unconsciously listened to their conversation.

“My mother passed away, but I can’t help but feel sad. For me, it was my family and my siblings who took care of me.”

“…….”

Evan heard that and shut his mouth tightly, then nodded slightly with his head bowed.

“The Marquis was too much for me, a 15-year-old. To be honest, the Marquis is too big for a child to be the head of the household. Right?”

“Yes, yes……”

“So when my relatives offered to help, I thought it was a good thing… Because the adults would do better than me.”

I had a hard time taking care of my younger siblings… … As he said that, Carus felt around the table for something to drink.

Walter saw the sight and gently pushed the glass of water towards the young marquis who was about to lift his glass.

“Wow, it’s refreshing! But why is it so stuffy….”

Karus, who had taken a sip of cold water, tilted his head and continued speaking.

“Anyway, so! Yeah…, where did I leave off….”

“Family, family… relatives….”

“Oh, that’s right. That’s why I left it to you! Of course, I didn’t hand over the position of the head of the household…, Oh, do you see my hair? Our family is supposed to be born with this strange blue-green hair. Otherwise, we’d be very unhappy! But now that I think about it, it seems like the spirits were tormenting us….”

The young Marquis’ words often went off on different paths, but Evan simply nodded and listened steadily.

“I should take good care of my younger siblings, I should protect my family, that’s what I thought… But…, But you know…….”

Karus bowed his head without saying a word.

‘Don’t worry, Karus. I will help you make sure no one takes your place.’

‘You remember, right? You are the one who will inherit Francesca.’

My uncle tried to reassure me by saying that.

Since he was not born with cyan hair and had to pass the family line to his mother, at first I was very suspicious, thinking that he might be trying to eat the family line, but as I kept listening, the thought that I should inherit this family line became ingrained in my head.

‘Carus, you must interpret these documents. They are documents that are only passed down to the heads of the clans. Only by interpreting these can you properly inherit Francesca.’

My uncle placed great importance on authenticity, and perhaps because of that, he emphasized the need to interpret documents passed down from generation to generation.

‘Yes! I’ll definitely find out!’

I answered confidently, but honestly, my interest in those confidential documents didn’t last long.

Because it was such an unfamiliar language and there were no clues at all.

“I was busy and…, so…, honestly, I forgot and wrote this…….”

I lived like that for a few months, forgetting about it. Although the family documents that had been passed down through generations were important, I had to take care of the things that were right in front of me first.

“My maternal uncle helped me a lot. I received education since I was young, but when it came down to it, there wasn’t much I could do properly…”

As Karus continued to talk, he felt a little suspicious. He was clearly trying to listen to his secret friend’s worries, so how did he end up pouring out such complaints?

“huh…….”

“Carus, are you okay?”

“Yeah…, ah. Yeah, it’s okay.”

After a moment of blankness, my kind secret friend asked me with concern.

Karus wondered if it was necessary for him to tell all these stories, but soon shook his head slightly.

Isn’t it the law that if you want to hear someone else’s story, you have to tell your own story first?

No, maybe, I just wanted to say something.

“…One day.”

It was an ordinary day, not much different from any other day, although I was a little late for the government meeting after spending some time playing with my younger siblings.

Karus hurried his pace, but he wasn’t too worried. Most of the housework was done by his maternal uncle.

Some of my dissatisfied vassals would gossip about me, but Carus was not the type to care about such things.

‘… Quickly… Clean it up… … Otherwise… … .’

‘… Baron… Second son… … .’

‘… no gain… … , rather, Taran… , the eldest son… … neutral… … .’

I could hear the voices of the adults who had arrived earlier, talking amongst themselves.

Karus wondered what his servants would say in his absence, so he hushed his servants and slowly approached the door, pressing firmly against it.

‘It’s difficult to go to Tarandrus. I have to think about what happens after the eldest son inherits the family. I think I’ll step forward to help my brother.’

‘Oh, that’s right. I guess it’ll be a busy time for me too. Certainly… the problem is that he’s too young.’

‘That’s right. So we have to make sure that girl stays out of politics completely.’

‘Where would there not be a suitable person?’

‘… … ?’

… What kind of conversation is this?

Karus stood outside the door and tilted his head, unable to understand what the adults were talking about.

‘Well, what about Viscount Sirman?’

‘Oh, that’s him. I heard a rumor that the mine he invested in recently became a huge success… But does the Count have a son?’

‘The count himself said so. He said he had just gotten divorced.’

‘What? Hahaha, you know how to joke?’

‘Hahahaha, that’s right. It’s been a long time since I laughed like that!’

Suddenly, laughter broke out in the conference room. Karus couldn’t understand the conversation, so he couldn’t figure out why they were laughing.

‘Even if it’s a joke, don’t say something like that. How could you say that to a friend who’s in his forties… .’

‘no.’

At that moment, my uncle raised his hand and stopped them.

‘That’s a good idea.’

‘… Are you serious? The daughters of the Countess are older than Cayenne.’

‘That’s better. I won’t be able to spread my wings in that house. Furthermore, the Viscount and our young head of the household have a big age difference, so we can adjust their periods of activity so that they don’t overlap… ‘

‘???’

Karus, who had been secretly listening, became confused. He still couldn’t understand the content, but the mention of Cayenne was ominous.

‘I’ll write to the author. How about a young bride?’

‘… … !’

no way…….

His heart sank. His breathing and pulse began to quicken, but instead of rushing into the conference room, Karus took a deep breath.

In times like these, you must not act emotionally.

Click, he slowly opened the door, and all eyes were turned towards him.

‘It’s a little late.’

‘Welcome, my lord.’

The messengers came to greet me, but I couldn’t hear them.

‘Uncle, I heard an interesting story when I came in… … .’

Karus tried his best not to scream and raised the corners of his mouth slightly.

‘Are you by any chance promoting Cayenne’s marriage…?’

The tip of his voice trembled unintentionally. However, unlike himself who was nervous, his uncle smiled as if it was natural and opened his mouth.

‘Go ahead, nothing has been decided.’

‘… Cayenne is only 13 years old… … .’

Isn’t it a little, a little early? Carus asked with a little hope, but the answer he got was quite unexpected.

‘Gaju, Cayenne, that kid is very smart. Even though he only learned magic for a short time, isn’t his wind attribute magic already at the 2nd circle level? Well… , he also takes after his mother… … .’

There was an inferiority complex in the eyes of the maternal uncle who spoke like that, but Carus, who did not notice that inferiority complex, instead felt suspicious.

Our Cayenne is doing great, so what’s the problem?

‘…What does that mean?’

‘If this continues, we will be able to overtake the position of the head of the household. So shouldn’t we prepare in advance?’

‘… That’s what marriage is all about… … ?’

Karus was dumbfounded. How could he say something like that when he knew that he was spending all his time playing with his younger siblings?

‘The Viscount is not such a bad person. The author would also like to have a relationship with the Marquis, so he will bring gifts… … .’

Boom, clang!

‘Shut up, you piece of trash.’

Torai couldn’t stand it anymore.