How the Prince Makes Friends - Chapter 242



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Episode 242

“Kuuk-.”

“Oh, you crazy bastard. Spit it out now, you evil anima bastard!”

“No, not at all.”

“Is that the problem now?”

Evan grabbed the furball and shook it, pretending to swallow our cute and lovable prince and burping it peacefully.

“Spit it out! Spit it out!”

“Don’t bother Som-Som. She’ll be back soon.”

“Why are you so peaceful?”

Evan felt like his clothes were going to burst. Our prince was being eaten right before our eyes… …!

At that moment, a strong energy was felt that even Evan, who was bound by Mana, could feel.

“……!”

Evan was surprised and quickly changed his stance, reaching for his waist, but since his sword had been retrieved, he couldn’t catch anything.

As I was contemplating whether I should forcibly release the Mana restraints, the air tore open and someone walked out.

Again.

“…….”

“…….”

Evan was speechless.

What emerged from the crack was an Archduke who looked uneasy, and a prince in his hands.

Rianus, who was extremely embarrassed by his appearance, rolled his eyes and then carefully waved his hand.

“Uh… Sir Evan, I’m home.”

Evan gaped in surprise, then quickly walked over to pick up the kitten and quickly stepped back.

Dios looked at Evan as if he was feeling pitiful, then turned his gaze and looked down at his father.

“[Requies.]”

“[Dia, this is not me.]”

“[I know. So I’ll take that stupid anima with me.]”

“[?! That won’t do!]”

Nihil quickly stuffed Somnus into his arms. He couldn’t let his grandson be taken away from him in vain like last time.

“Kwiing……”

“I, I abominable…….”

“…….”

Dios’s face became strangely strange as Evan trembled at the sight of Somnus crying in pity.

Dios himself thought that his anima was extremely abominable, but he felt that he should be the one to curse his anima.

“[Dia, Som-Som is not stupid. Our child is so smart!]”

“Kui.”

“[…I’d rather be stupid.]”

Dios barely managed to suppress a sigh.

He knows it too. That abomination didn’t devour little Rex without knowing what it was doing.

The damn Anima sent me to bully Little Rex instead! If I bully Little Rex in front of my father, he might hate me!

“Kuii……”

“[Dia, SomSom is also reflecting.]”

“[…I’ll make you a new one.]”

Wouldn’t it be a little better if we created it anew and trained it from scratch?

“[It’s probably useless.]”

“Kuiku.”

“[…….]

Dios looked at his anima in bewilderment as she nodded in agreement with her father’s words.

Although anima were not common, anima usually did not go out to their masters like that.

Of course, that is only natural. If the owner of the anima disperses his magical power, the anima will disperse as if it had never existed in the first place.

‘That’s probably because he knows that no matter what he does, his father will be on his side and protect him.’

And that blind faith must come from none other than yourself.

“Kuikuya.”

“Hahaha, Somsom, was it fun?”

“…….”

Dios glared at his anima, who was clinging to his father and acting all cute, when he suddenly remembered his diary. Since the rotten moon had returned, he would definitely be able to open it without any problems.

‘Come to think of it, there must have been a reason why I didn’t look at my diary at all during the rotten moon.’

He said he was tired of it, but the Rotten Moon comes around once every two or three years. That meant he would have checked it out at least once.

“[Dear Grand Duke.]”

“[……?]”

At that moment, a playful call was heard. I turned my gaze and met eyes dyed white.

“[The crack will open soon.]”

“[ah.]”

That’s right. A crack.

I was so busy that I didn’t have time to check my diary or anything because of the cracks that opened simultaneously as if they had been waiting for the rotten moon.

but,

“[…I don’t feel it.]”

He felt nothing. He had lived his whole life thinking of closing the crack as his atonement and karma.

“[It’s not open yet. Can I help you?]”

“[…no.]”

Dios opened the passage. It was still early days, so he could handle it on his own.

“[I’ll ask you later when I’m busy. Just tell me the location.]”

“[…….]”

“[…father?]”

Dios asked back, puzzled by the unanswered question.

“[Why are you doing that?]”

“[Dia, you don’t think you’re the cause of the crack, do you?]”

“[…….]”

“[Don’t feel obligated. The cracks have been there since the beginning.]”

“[…Please tell me the coordinates.]”

Dios replied curtly for no reason. It must be because of you who always tells me everything is okay that my habits have become so bad.

“[I’ll just list a few that will open soon. I’ll send the rest through SomSomi, so you don’t have to be on guard.]”

“[…yes.]”

“[If Somsom becomes even a little unstable, I will step forward.]”

“[That won’t happen.]”

Dios, who received a note with coordinates written on it, snorted and went into the passage.

“…The Archduke has gone…?”

The kitten that had been clinging tightly to the puppy’s arms came down hesitantly.

“How was it, Lian?”

“Huh? What?”

“That’s what I’m talking about, Grand Duke.”

“uh…….”

I see. That was the Archduke’s place. If you think about it a little, it’s obvious, but Lianus was so shocked and out of his mind for various reasons that he didn’t have time to think about it.

“Um…, was it good…?”

I don’t remember the office scenery. I didn’t get to see it properly in the first place. But I definitely remember the big wolf that came there.

“…While I was explaining the situation to the Grand Duke, a huge werewolf came into the office…….”

“You’re talking about Khan.”

“Ah…, um…, but it was a bit of a strange person…, no, it was a wolf.”

“Khan caught you and threw you into the cage?”

“Uh, uh? No, no. Just…….”

Lianus rolled his eyes and recalled the situation.

“He suddenly came in front of me, knelt down, and asked if I wanted to ride.”

“…….”

“And I don’t know what it is, but he wants me to do it again like I did last time. It feels good…”

“Oh my, that was a really strange wolf. Let’s never meet again.”

Nihil abruptly ended the conversation. As a lycanthrope, Khan relied more on smell than sight when distinguishing others, and it seemed that he had mistaken Rianus for himself since he had been united with him at the time of their meeting.

“Yeah. But the Grand Duke was so angry that he kicked me out.”

“…….”

I guess I should probably explain this to the kid properly. I was just combing his hair normally… … .

“Kuiyah.”

Boom, Degur… … .

At that moment, Somnus took out the video sphere that was in his arms. It seems that the space was too small.

Nihil quickly tried to hide the video, but the kitten, with its keen senses, showed curiosity about what kind of scent it had smelled.

“…Neil, what is that?”

“Huh? It’s nothing.”

Nihil calmly put the video sphere in another pocket, saying it was nothing.

Lianus felt very bothered by such a Nihil, but soon turned his head away. If my close friend was like that, then so be it.

However, while washing up, I couldn’t help but pay attention to the sound of Evan and Nihil’s conversation that I could hear secretly.

“Hey pup.”

“What is it?”

“Will you buy it?”

“…….”

“I’ll give it to you cheap.”

“…How much is it?”

“Ahhhh! Neil, you took a video of me?!”

Bam, bang!

Lianus, who had been mindlessly listening to the conversation, ran out of the bathroom. He couldn’t just sit by and watch, having previously seen his friend haggling with Sir Ernest over Sir Evan’s video.

“Erase it!”

“No, Lian. It’s just a pretty glass bead.”

Now, look. Isn’t it pretty? Nihil tried to brush it off by saying so, but it was no use.

“Lies! There’s mana rippling around me?!”

“Oh, no.”

“I forgot you could see it,” Nihil muttered nonchalantly as if it was nothing, and put the video sphere in his arms.

And then he just turned around and ran away.

“……!”

Lianus chased after Nihil in a hurry. However, when he opened the door, Nihil had already run to the end of the hallway and was just peeking his head out from around the corner.

“Sir Evan, hold Neil!”

“…It would be quicker for the prince to pretend to fall while running to catch that guy.”

“……!”

That’s right!

Lianus pondered seriously. When would it be natural for him to fall?

At that moment, Nihil, who had been peeking out from the other end, asked while slightly sticking out the video screen.

“Are you going to fall?”

“…no.”

I feel like if I really fall down I’ll get captured and stuffed.

“That’s too bad.”

“If I sell it to my father, it’ll probably be expensive,” Nihil said, smacking his lips as if he really regretted it.

“Hey, are you going to buy it or not? If you don’t decide now, I’ll sell it to the baby’s father.”

“Where is that!”

“What? You want to show His Majesty how I catch and eat cotton?!”

No! Lianus shouted. It would be better for Sir Evan to live, who had already seen the situation!

‘We have to get the video ball back!’

* * *

“no!”

Uda dadada dada-!

“…….”

Lawrence turned over the covers. It was a noisy and chaotic morning, one that would hardly be considered a palace.

‘How can one be so undignified?’

Even as I thought about that, I knew that my current appearance wasn’t very good either. Even though it was past my wake-up time, I still hadn’t gotten out of bed.

Lawrence stroked the hair fluttering in front of his eyes. The dark blue hair that was just like His Majesty had turned into a pink color like cherry blossom petals. The effects of the magic tool had completely worn off.

In fact, it wasn’t all a dream, so I didn’t have time to have such shallow hopes. The pink I saw as soon as I woke up immediately brought me back to reality.

‘What do I do now?’

Baedong knew about it originally and let it slide, but it was only a matter of time before he got caught.

‘Should I run away?’

But even if he ran away, it was uncertain whether he would be able to return to his mother right away without meeting anyone.

If someone other than the mother were to discover that the spell had been broken, the mother might retrieve the corpse of a boy with blue-black hair and claim it as the prince’s corpse.

Because she would be better off as the mother of a dead prince than as a woman who made her illegitimate child the prince.

Lawrence buried his head in his bed, imagining himself being dragged away as a royal impersonator.

Depressing thoughts kept running through my head. Where is my real father? Does he have the same pink hair as me?

My father couldn’t have been a nobleman. I don’t know of any nobles with pink hair.

‘… Will you welcome me if I go there?’

Bam, bang!

“Neil!”

At that moment, Lianus came noisily into the bedroom. Lawrence flinched and tightly held the blanket he had covered himself with.

“Neil, where are you!”

Lawrence was suddenly irritated. That person, who had no dignity at all, was a royal, so why shouldn’t he be one?

‘I tried harder… … .’

I tried to look more dignified than anyone else. I tried to look like a prince, so that no one would suspect that I was not a prince.

But what is the result? Even though he has the ability, he is worried that he will be kicked out, but what he lacks is that he can live however he wants and still monopolize his father’s love.

“… Sir, Neil, …?”

“…….”

I wonder if there really is such a thing as a natural bloodline. While I always stay up late studying, you have always kept up well even though you often miss class due to illness. You haven’t even been sick much lately.

Even though your grandfather didn’t teach you swordsmanship on purpose, you were able to take a stance just by glancing at me. Even though you haven’t had a proper teacher for long, and even though he’s much smaller than you, you’re fighting me on equal terms.

My mother said I was half-baked and a thousand-dollar, but I struggled, unable to keep up with even that half-baked quality.

Even though you clearly had the same teacher and education as me, many teachers showed interest in you as soon as you were divided into classes, as if they had been waiting for you. They couldn’t possibly have taught you more, yet you’re not only catching up with me, but trying to get ahead of me.

…as if my existence was an obstacle to you.

“…Sir, Brother!”

“……!”

Lawrence, who was lost in thought, flinched in surprise and held onto the blanket tightly. Rianus shook me violently, even though he had barged in while I was sleeping.

“Brother, isn’t Neil here?”

“…Why are you looking for Baedong here?”

Lawrence responded with a needlessly grumpy and blunt tone. But Lianus did not give in.

“Brother, Brother. You didn’t hide Neil, did you?”

“no.”

“I’m sure I came here…….”

“I said no……”

“Lift the blanket!”

“Hey, it’s not here…!”

Flutter!

“!!!”