How the Prince Makes Friends - Chapter 241



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Episode 241

When asked if the little one was sleeping, Somnus stared blankly for a moment before shaking his head. Then he escaped from her embrace and jumped up and down.

“I guess you’re working.”

Nod nod.

“Then let me know when you’re done.”

If it was just simple document work, I wouldn’t have been upset. It seems like he’s doing some physical work.

Nihil put Somnus back in his arms and got out of bed, intending to wait for the little one and go for a night walk.

However, as soon as he stepped into the hallway, a familiar magic thickened and Somnus opened his mouth. The boy had connected the communication.

-Father, what’s wrong?

“Dia, are you done with your work?”

Nihil closed the bedroom door and cast silence and concealment spells around himself. It was a pointless act, to be honest, but he wanted to enjoy the fact that he could use magic freely.

-No big deal. It was just a crack that opened and closed.

“Is that so?”

Suddenly, his height grew and his field of vision became higher. Nihil lightly straightened his messy hair and added as if an idea occurred to him.

“Oh, it seems the balance is broken because it’s a rotten moon. Cracks will probably occur more often than before.”

-Has the rotten moon returned?

“Yes. It started today.”

-… Then, can I use force?

“Of course. Aren’t you using it now?”

-… … .

Dios didn’t answer, but he seemed to be in a very good mood, as he could see Somnus’ eyes sparkling as he looked him up and down.

-Should we take this opportunity to destroy the entire temple?

“That’s… please bear with me. More importantly, Dia, I actually contacted you because I needed to discuss something.”

-… What are you trying to do now… … .

Dios trailed off, as if he was nervous. In fact, he could have been nervous. If it was just a good thing, he wouldn’t have to discuss it in detail.

Stab, stab.

I could hear the chirping of crickets. The summer night seemed quiet, yet full of life.

Nihil walked around the palace, keeping silent for a moment, then carefully opened his mouth.

“Dia, do you remember your teenage years?”

There was an absurd laugh at that question.

-… Requies, you’re the only one who would consider that puberty.

“Puberty was a bit long and flashy, though.”

It was certainly spectacular. It was enough to make people move all the way to the temple.

-… What kind of person, in their teens, would aim for the… , …

The little one stuttered, embarrassed by his teenage years. My child is still cute even when he’s grown up.

Nihil gently stroked Somnus and comforted the boy who was ashamed of his dark past.

“No, Dia. Everyone, at least once during puberty, seems to wish the world would end.”

-… I usually just think about it.

“Well, usually, it doesn’t have the power to destroy the world.”

If adolescent children had the power to destroy the world, it would have been destroyed several times over already.

The world of children growing up is that much more confusing.

-If my father hadn’t been so indecisive in the first place, that wouldn’t have happened.

“Yes, that’s right.”

Nihil nodded. He spoke lightly, but he knew that it wasn’t simply teenage rebellion.

“Ugh, euaaaah!”

At that moment, a child’s scream was heard from above. When I raised my head, I saw a baby snake and a puppy playing.

Nihil was a little sad that his conversation with his little one was cut off, but he quickly dispelled the spell. It was so frustrating to have his legs shortened.

-…Why is that there again?

Dios, who had discovered Lawrence beyond Somnus’s vision, asked incredulously, but Nihil only shrugged his shoulders and gave a vague answer.

“I was trying to pick up some cotton candy, but there was a kid hanging on to it for free.”

-… … .

“I had no choice but to bring you along.”

-ha…….

Nihil chuckled at the sigh of Dios rising from deep within and placed Somnus on his head.

“Dia, if a child falls from the sky, can I pick it up?”

-What is that,

“…! Don’t touch me!”

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a loud noise and the child fell.

Nihil reached out, thinking he should give a shout-out to the dog who had played a dangerous game with the child. He quickly casted a spell to slow down his speed, knowing that if he just took it, the child would be quite shocked.

The storm has settled into the baby’s arms.

“this.”

“……?”

Perhaps because the magic tool’s mana ran out, the baby snake had already turned into a pink snake.

Compared to our Miyeok, the first one wasn’t very cute, but when it turned pink, it seemed to add a pound or so to its cuteness.

“Escape is a failure, Pinkie.”

“……!”

Perhaps it was sad to hear that the escape had failed. The pink snake distorted its face and soon began to sob while hugging the back of my neck.

“Ugh, uh-uh, uh-uh, ugh…, uh-uh-uh!”

“Okay, [Dia, I’ll contact you again.]”

Nihil had no choice but to postpone the conversation and try to calm the child down first.

“Easy-, good girl, Pinkie. Stop.”

“Ughhhhhhhhhhhh!”

But somehow, it felt like the baby was crying louder. Fortunately, the pulse was slowly returning to normal.

“Are you okay?”

As I was patting the child, the puppy that followed me down asked me worriedly. Nihil didn’t let it go and started nagging me right away.

“What if you play such a dangerous game with a child?”

“… was holding on tight.”

“You missed it in the end.”

“…I was able to catch it.”

Evan mumbled an excuse, saying that he could have caught you, but he didn’t catch you because he saw you below. But Nihil wouldn’t let him off easy.

“You call that an excuse, huh? How on earth were you planning to catch that guy with the restraints around his neck?”

“…I was wrong.”

“Apologize to the kid right away.”

“I’m sorry. …No, I’m sorry, Your Highness.”

“…….”

Lawrence, who had been crying out loud, felt as if the tears were flowing away. He was speechless because he was so dumbfounded.

It was strange that the knight would talk to him in a sneaky way, and that Baedong would lightly catch him when he fell from the fourth floor terrace and then nag him.

“Let’s go, Pink.”

“Don’t call me that…!”

Lawrence was about to argue, but was startled by the sudden change in his vision and stopped talking. He had already returned to his room.

“What is this…….”

Surely he was dreaming. But as he heard the knight’s voice following him, Lawrence realized that this was not a dream.

“What? How did you do that, you rascal.”

“It’s a teleportation magic.”

“…Can you write something like that?”

“You can use your magic freely for a while. If you need anything, just tell me.”

Baedong responded to the enormous fact as if it were nothing, then laid himself down on the bed and conjured a teapot and teacups out of thin air.

Lawrence stared blankly at the teapot floating around him in surprise. The teapot poured steaming milk into a teacup and then disappeared.

“Drink.”

“…….”

Lawrence asked, absentmindedly accepting the teacup thrust in front of him.

“…Were you a wizard?”

“Not really. I’m nothing.”

“But… you didn’t use magic.”

“Because I belong to everything.”

“……?”

Lawrence was puzzled by the enigmatic answer, but received no further response. Instead, he heard the knight’s question.

“Magic can… create things like that?”

“What are you talking about?”

“Dagi-na… something like warm milk.”

“I just brought this from the kitchen.”

“…how?”

“If we can move people, why can’t we move a tea set?”

Of course, there was a world of difference in difficulty between moving something in front of you and moving something that was far away toward you, but for Nihil, it was the same.

Lawrence listened to their conversation and looked down at the cup of hot milk that was sloshing around. Perhaps it was the warmth that was spreading through his palm that made him feel a little more at ease.

Horrock, Lawrence drank the milk cautiously. It was very sweet, as if it had been mixed with honey.

‘You didn’t take any more drugs, did you?’

But who would have thought that Seolma would catch people… As I was almost done emptying my teacup, my eyes began to close without fail.

Lawrence placed his empty teacup on the nightstand and crawled into bed. He had already finished drinking the milk, and he would rather lie down comfortably and sleep than look ridiculous while sitting up.

But as soon as I lay down, the blanket was thrown back. Baedong had thrown off my blanket.

“……?”

“Pink, you should brush your teeth and go to bed.”

“…….”

For some reason I felt annoyed.

* * *

‘It’s full of cotton candy!’

Lianus was amazed. The world was full of fluffy, colorful cotton candy. The trees, the grass, the flowers, even the little huts were made of cotton candy.

‘Rian, you can eat as much as you want.’

‘really?!’

He could eat as much cotton candy as he wanted! Rianus ran straight into the cotton candy hut and took a big bite. Then his eyes widened.

‘cellar?’

‘What’s wrong, Lian.’

‘It doesn’t taste like anything.’

It was fluffy, but it wasn’t sweet. What’s more, it didn’t melt in my mouth.

‘Why is it like this?’

Lianus tilted his head and approached a tree that had cotton candy instead of leaves. But the cotton candy tree, like the cotton candy hut, tasted like nothing.

Then my friend held out a cotton candy flower.

‘Want to try this?’

‘huh!’

But the moment I took a big bite,

“Kuyaaaa!”

“……!”

Lianus woke up startled by Somsom’s scream. And then he was startled again.

He was eating cotton candy!

Lianus quickly spat out the cotton and wiped the cotton’s fur that was now damp with his saliva, and apologized sincerely.

“Somsom, I’m sorry!”

“Kuiayai!”

Somsom screamed in anger. She raised her fur as if threatening, but it was damp from her saliva and did not stand up well.

I was clearly eating cotton candy in my dream… … !

I guess reality isn’t cotton candy, it’s fluff.

“…He said it didn’t taste like anything…….”

“Kuyaaaaak! Kuyaaaaak!”

“Pfft, pfft…….”

When I looked around, my friend was covering his mouth and laughing loudly. Rianus pouts his lips at the sight, but then decides to calm down Som-Som-yi, who is jumping around in anger.

“Somsom, I’m so sorry. I didn’t mean to eat you.”

“Kuyaak! Kuiik!”

Even with a sincere apology, Somsom didn’t easily let go of her anger. Rianus could understand. If it had been him, he would have been very surprised if someone had tried to eat him.

But apart from that, since Som-som usually didn’t respond unless it was his close friend, Lianus felt a little annoyed that his first conversation with Som-som started like this and slumped his shoulders.

“Somsom, if you feel better, you can bite me.”

“Wait a minute, Lian, that’s a bit…”

“Kuyaa!”

Although Nihil tried to stop her urgently, Somsom opened her mouth wide as if to say, ‘Do you really think I can’t bite you?’

“……?!”

Before Lianus could say anything more in surprise,

“Prince!!!”

Wow!

The maw of a pitch-black beast was closing in on him.

* * *

What awaited him inside the beast’s mouth was not a dark, damp stomach, but a clean, spacious office and a calm, looking down on him.

“…….”

“…….”

Rianus stared blankly at the man in front of him, then rolled his eyes and looked around.

And he was surprised three times: once by the gazes poured on him, twice by the fact that he was on the Archduke’s desk, and three times by the fact that he was sitting on the Archduke’s work documents.

“…hiccup.”

I had hiccups.

“under.”

Shudder.

Lianus flinched at the empty laughter that seemed to contain a lot of meaning and hurriedly got down from the desk.

Kudang.

“Ouch!”

Although he stumbled and fell on his butt due to being in a panic, Lianus quickly got up and bowed his head.

“…Uh…, Archduke, hello?”

“…….”

“How did this happen……”

In fact, even Rianus himself didn’t know exactly what had happened, but he decided to first explain what he had experienced.

If you sincerely appeal that this situation was absolutely not your intention, you might get scolded a little less.

“I ate cotton candy in my dream…?”

“…….”

“But then I found out it was cotton. What is it?”

“…….”

The Archduke’s expression became increasingly crumpled. Lianus quickly waved his hands and continued speaking hurriedly.

“Oh, Your Highness, listen a little more. That’s why Som-Som-yi is angry, and I told her that she could bite me to vent her anger… ”

“…….”

“Uh…, I got swallowed.”

“ha…….”

Ugh.

With another sigh, Lianus became sullen.