How the Prince Makes Friends - Chapter 236



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Episode 236

“…….”

Lawrence stood there blankly for a moment, then cautiously went out into the hallway. But it was the same.

Neither Benjamin, nor my knights, nor even the Duke’s servants were in sight. No one was there.

‘Prince, did you know? There’s a ghost in our mansion!’

A chill ran down my spine. I felt like I was possessed by something.

Come to think of it, I didn’t run into anyone on my way to Baedong. Even though it’s a townhouse, how could I not run into the servants?

‘First of all… I have to go back… … .’

Lawrence returned the way he had come, clutching his hands that were clammy with cold sweat. However, no matter how long he walked, he could not reach the playroom. No, he could not even find the stairs leading up.

‘Calm down, calm down. It’s just that I’m so nervous.’

Lawrence took a deep breath, but his heart pounded loudly in his ears. This was the first time he had been completely alone like this.

The Duke’s townhouse, which I had been familiar with since I was young, felt incredibly unfamiliar.

Lawrence didn’t know where he was going, but he kept walking. He wanted to get out of here somehow.

“Gasp…, gasp…….”

At some point, I was walking almost as if I was running. My breath was puffing out of my throat, but I couldn’t stop because of an inexplicable sense of fear.

Then I found a familiar room.

“……!”

An old door, but a little thicker than the other rooms.

It was Aryl’s room.

Lawrence swallowed dryly. It was usually an unremarkable room, like a corner storage room, but strangely enough, it caught his eye.

dripping.

Lawrence knocked lightly, waited a moment, and then carefully opened the door.

“…Aryl…?”

“Prince?”

“……!”

I felt relieved when I heard the answer right away. I was worried that no one would answer.

But that sense of relief was short-lived, as my body was suddenly pulled somewhere,

“……!”

Something came over me.

* * *

‘You’re playing well.’

Nihil snickered as he watched Evan babble nonsense while drunk.

‘I’ll have to tell Lian to meow and cry in front of Mongmongi later.’

Nihil, who was delighted at the thought of teasing the kids, was able to smile even in the midst of pain.

“……!”

At that moment, Nihil noticed something strange and opened his eyes wide.

‘The pain… is gone.’

The pain I had been receiving from Ariel suddenly disappeared.

Nihil was dazed for a moment, then quickly checked Aril’s condition. The fruit had not returned.

Ariel was still sleeping soundly and there was no significant change in her physical condition.

Chook-

I opened the curtains. It was a clear, cloudless day, and the moonlight was vivid.

‘Why on earth?’

There is no way that the divine punishment will be suddenly withdrawn.

Nihil got up and started to search for the reason why the pain had disappeared. It might be a temporary phenomenon, but it might be the only clue to avoiding divine punishment.

‘First of all, the position and shape of the moon that is most related to the divine punishment… … .’

However, since there were no recorded cases up to now, the cause was unknown.

I wanted to wake Ariel up and ask her about this and that, but I couldn’t bring myself to do it. She probably didn’t sleep well that many times while she was alive.

‘Should I write a case report now?’

It was something that might take months or years of observation, but it was the only thing Nihil could do right now, so he picked up his pen.

-July XXXX, Asron Calendar… … .

Knock knock knock, Nihil stopped writing and started knocking on the desk.

‘What day is it today?’

Nihil got up and looked for a calendar. There was a small desk calendar on the nightstand next to the bed, with a red circle drawn on it, roughly once a month.

I checked the date, hoping that it might have something to do with the reaping of the new gods, but when I calculated it carefully, it was just the day that the puppy came here to meet Ariel.

Nihil flipped through the calendar. The circles appeared more frequently as the days went by. It meant that the guy had been visiting less frequently recently.

“…….”

Nihil swallowed his sigh. It was a pity for Ariel, who had been waiting for his brother day and night, but he couldn’t just criticize the little dog.

It must have been hard for him in his own way.

Nihil picked up his pen again.

And just as I was about to check and write down today’s date, I realized that it was past midnight and the date had passed.

’00:21.’

It’s been 21 minutes since it became ‘today’.

Nihil was lost in thought. He wasn’t sure, but he figured it had been about twenty minutes since the divine punishment had been reaped.

‘Is today special?’

Nihil wasn’t sure, but since there were no more clues, he decided to look for anything different from yesterday.

And it was discovered sooner than expected.

‘… It was a rotten moon.’

The month when God’s eyelids droop, which comes once every two to three years.

“under.”

The corners of Nihil’s mouth slightly rose with a sense of relief and bitterness.

Rotten moon.

It was the month when Nihil was the freest, where he could use his strength without being caught.

* * *

“baby.”

“Euuung…….”

“I have to get up.”

Aril opened her eyes slightly at the sound of a low, gentle voice calling her name, then dove into her blankets in the face of the intense sunlight. Then, she suddenly felt strange and tilted her head.

‘…Who is it?’

It was a voice I heard for the first time.

Since my brother was the only adult male who stopped by my room, I thought for a moment that it was him, but my brother had never called me baby, and he didn’t have such a soft, beautiful voice.

But apart from that, the tone of his speech was so affectionate that I didn’t feel wary.

“Aryl.”

“Ugh, yeah……”

“Let’s eat breakfast.”

The word morning only made me more and more suspicious.

Ariel, who fell asleep late after being sick all night, always woke up in the afternoon, so her first meal was always lunch.

Moreover, the maids only left the food behind and didn’t wake me up to take care of it for me.

Rustle, rustle… … .

Who on earth could it be? Aril thought as he carefully pulled away the blanket. A dazzling white waterfall appeared.

“wow…….”

Aril exclaimed in admiration as she looked at the long white hair that swayed beautifully in the sunlight. And then, in that moment, she knew.

‘You were an angel.’

Even though he looked like an adult, I couldn’t help but notice.

Finally, did he come to heaven? Ariel looked around. It was the room he had been staying in, but it was slightly different.

The slightly damp blanket had a warm scent as if it had been dried in the sun, and the stuffed dog Pippi, which had been slightly wrinkled from being held so tightly, was as clean as new.

‘I wonder if I won’t be in pain anymore.’

But I was concerned about my brother whom I hadn’t been able to greet.

“Aryl.”

“yes yes!”

Aril quickly got up and sat up straight. The beautiful and mysterious eyes that met his gaze gently curved.

“Is there anything you want to eat?”

“Hey, what do you want to eat?”

“Yeah. Whatever.”

“Uh…, then…….”

Ariel, who knew nothing about food because she always ate what was given to her, hesitated for a moment before opening her mouth.

“Oh, it’s beef stew with a lot of meat in it……”

After speaking, Aril felt a little embarrassed and mumbled an excuse.

“I had a delicious meal before, but there wasn’t much meat. That was a little disappointing…….”

“okay.”

Nihil smiled as if to tell her not to worry and waved his hand lightly. Soon, a small table for the bed was placed in front of Ariel and a warm meal was served on it.

“……!”

The child’s eyes widened as he saw magic for the first time. The child opened his mouth a few times as if he wanted to ask something, but in the end, he picked up the spoon without asking anything.

“Okay, I’ll eat well.”

“If there’s anything else you want to eat, just tell me.”

“yes yes.”

However, Ariel nodded and seemed to be eating diligently, but then suddenly stopped and started crying with food stuffed in both cheeks.

“…?! Ariel, why are you crying?”

Nihil was perplexed. Was it perhaps tasteless? But since it was something they sold at a restaurant, it should be basic… … .

‘… Did I bring you a dish that wasn’t quite finished… …?’

I was thinking that I should have made it myself even if it was a little late, when Ariel opened her mouth.

“Turn it, thu…, this, this….”

“I’ll listen to you, so swallow your food first and then speak slowly.”

At those words, the child opened his eyes wide, wiped away his tears, chewed his food, swallowed it, and opened his mouth.

“Hmm, I can’t see you anymore, oppa?”

“Why? I heard your brother won’t come anymore.”

Nihil tilted his head. He must have heard Evan ask permission through the stuffed rabbit to bring his little brother.

“But…, if my brother is to come here….”

I have to die.

“???”

Nihil was dumbfounded when he suddenly saw Aril trying to kill Evan. He wondered if he had misheard.

Aryl continued speaking with her eyebrows furrowed.

“I… I know. I’m dead.”

“what…….”

“Did the angel decorate my room exactly like that because he was afraid I would be surprised…?”

“Wait a minute, baby. I think you’re misunderstanding something….”

Nihil quickly corrected Aril’s mistake. I had felt this way before, but children’s imaginations were truly extraordinary.

After hearing the story, Ariel opened her eyes wide and asked cautiously.

“I’m not dead yet?”

“okay.”

“Then can I see you again, oppa?”

“Okay. So don’t worry and eat first.”

“yes!”

Ariel answered cheerfully as if she had never cried before and inhaled the beef stew. The well-cooked meat was incredibly tender.

“Ariel, do you want to go out for a walk?”

“…! Is it okay if I go out?”

Ariel hesitated a little. She knew her situation well. If she acted selfishly and her brother got into trouble… … .

“Your brother won’t be in trouble, so do whatever you want.”

“Really?”

“okay.”

Ariel laughed heartily and jumped out of bed.

If it had been before, I wouldn’t have been able to get out of bed properly, but now I could jump out of bed without feeling dizzy at all. My body felt light and I felt good. It was like a dream.

‘Oh, is this a dream?’

Aril stretched her cheeks as a sudden thought occurred to her. Then her eyes widened in surprise.

It didn’t hurt at all!

I pinched it hard several times, but it was the same.

‘Was it really a dream!?’

I felt like there was more than one or two strange things. It started with the angel who suddenly became an adult.

Of course, the adult angel was prettier and cooler. The baby angel was pretty and cute.

Ariel was surprised that it didn’t hurt even if she pinched the ball hard, so she tried it a few more times.

“…Aryl.”

“yes yes?”

“How do you pinch the ball…?”

“Oh, it’s nothing! Get out, angel!”

Nihil, who had been receiving Ariel’s fruit, asked in confusion, but Ariel, who was certain that it was a dream, gained a little more confidence.

‘It’s fun… … !’

It was so much fun. It was a shame that it was just a dream, but that was why Ariel acted even more actively.

I ran wildly down the long hallway, went into the kitchen and picked up food I wanted to eat, and even made a wreath out of flowers I picked from the garden.

And the sky flew too!

“Aryl, the sun is strong, let’s go inside now.”

“Oh…, yes.”

Aril, who was playing with various animals, came running to Nihil at his call.

I was a little sad that I couldn’t play with the animals more, but I didn’t want to disobey the angel’s words.

The angel seemed to sense my regret, so he stroked my head to comfort me, and then quickly picked me up in his arms.

“uh?”

And in the blink of an eye, my vision changed. Before I knew it, I was back in my room.

‘Anything is possible in dreams!’

dripping.

At that moment, a knock was heard on the door.

“…! Angel, hide!”

Aril forgot for a moment that he was in a dream and quickly grabbed Nihil and tried to hide him. However, the adult angel was too big to hide well.

“Angel, small, small!”

“…….”

Nihil quickly shrank down. In fact, the person across the door was someone Nihil had deliberately lured into Aril’s room, but Aril, unaware of the situation, hurriedly hid the shrunken Nihil behind the door.

Crunch, squeak-

Soon the door opened and someone came in.

“…Aryl…?”

“Prince?”

Aril’s eyes widened. It was an unexpected visitor. But what was truly surprising was what happened next.

Whoosh, flutter-

“?!”

The angel suddenly pulled the prince towards him and put him in a sack.

“What, what is this, untie it now!”

“Shh, baby, you have to be quiet.”

The surprised prince struggled in the sack, but the angel paid him no attention and just held the sack in his arms.

“Aryl, will you come with me too?”

“Uh…, I….”

Ariel, who had been blankly staring at the struggling bag, flinched at the question of whether he would follow.

It was nice being with the angel. I didn’t get sick, I could eat delicious food, and I could play a lot.

Deep down, I was hoping that this dream would continue.

but,

‘… If I keep going like this, will I never be able to see my brother again?’

My brother, whom I haven’t greeted yet, caught my eye.

‘They say he’s the youngest royal knight.’

‘Tsk tsk, how did I end up raising a sick younger sibling… … .’

‘Poor thing.’

‘If it were me, I would have just abandoned it and run away.’

Ariel knew that her older brother, who should have been admired, had become someone to be pitied because of her.

I couldn’t apologize. It wasn’t like I wanted to be sick, right?

But I really wanted to say thank you.

“…I want to talk to you first….”

“…? If that’s what you want to do… Okay. You won’t be sick for a while, so just don’t smoke.”

“…yes!”

Ariel nodded vigorously. The angel soon disappeared with the prince in the sack.

‘… But why are you taking the prince with you?’

Aril had doubts, but quickly shook them off.

‘Well, it’s just a dream anyway… … .’

* * *

All day long, Rianus waited anxiously for his friend, wishing that he would come today if possible.

However, that doesn’t mean I wanted this situation.

“Ugh, eugh, eugh, eugh!!”

“……Neil.”

“huh.”

“Why is that…….”

“Euuup, eub eub!!”

Rianus quickly corrected himself when he saw ‘that thing’ struggling.

“…Brother, why are you in my room?”

And that too with his limbs tied to the chair.