How the Prince Makes Friends - Chapter 245



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Episode 245

“I’m just imitating magic.”

“……?”

“Okay, I’m done.”

“It really has become cotton candy,” Nihil muttered, smiling at the baby snake with a questioning expression on its face before changing the subject.

“Have you ever thought about your wish?”

“ah.”

At that question, the baby snake opened its eyes wide as if it had remembered something and began to think seriously.

“Let me know if you remember.”

Nihil looked at Lawrence for a moment, then picked up his pen and scribbled something on a small piece of paper. It was the coordinates of the place where the crack was expected to open.

“hmm.”

Nihil, who had been writing diligently, thought for a moment, then brought a map of the kingdom, compared the locations, and drew two lines and erased a few of the coordinates.

“Soft and fluffy.”

“Kuya!”

“Please pass this on to the little boy.”

“Kui!”

Somnus nodded vigorously as if asking to be left to him, then swallowed the note.

“Honey, tell her to leave the double lines alone so I can take care of them myself.”

“Kuiyah?”

“Don’t worry, there won’t be any major damage.”

“Kuii.”

Somnus nodded as if he had nothing to worry about.

‘No matter what, if a crack opens in my front yard, even a heavy-bottomed peacock will move it himself.’

Nihil, who erased the coordinates corresponding to the Duchy of Tesaurus, smiled proudly and picked up his pen. Still, he is a sword master, so how could he not catch a few demons? Furthermore, since the royal knights are currently raiding the dukedom, there should be no shortage of troops.

‘I should tell the kids’ father too.’

-Father, a crack is expected to open in the dukedom in two days. The Grand Duke won’t come out right away, so do as you wish. I hope at least one of the annex buildings will be destroyed.

“hmm…….”

Nihil thought for a moment and then added one more line.

-Come see the kids this evening.

After roughly writing down the details, I encrypted it with magic and sent it to the children’s father’s desk in his office. No one would be able to read it unless the prime minister decrypted the encryption magic.

‘If possible, I hope the whole area around the duke gets destroyed.’

“excuse me…….”

At that moment, Pinkie approached him, speaking hesitantly. Did she choose her wish? Nihil went straight to her.

“Call me comfortable.”

“…….”

“You used to sing so well.”

“…When?”

“When you find me in your palace.”

“……!”

“You found me at the Duke’s Townhouse too.”

“That, that is…….”

Lawrence’s face turned red for no reason. At the time, he didn’t think much of it because he thought of Baedong as a dumb person who didn’t know anything, but he was so embarrassed when he thought of having been manipulated by Baedong all this time.

“…In my palace…, how did you escape? Did you use magic back then too?”

“I couldn’t use magic back then…, well, even a duke can’t sense my presence, so how could a knight be any different?”

“ah…….”

“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to leave without saying anything.”

“That… no, that’s not it.”

Nihil patted Lawrence’s head, looking a little disappointed. It was quite funny how he remained calm while trembling.

‘It’s a little sad, but… … .’

But it was not something that could be done with just carrots. Right now, there was no time to treat the wound without draining it.

Nihil continued speaking with a faint smile.

“There was nothing I could do because there were other knights hiding and watching.”

“…? What article are you talking about?”

“Queen’s Knight. He was hiding and watching you while you were searching through the chest.”

Lawrence’s face hardened at those words. Nihil snorted.

“Then, did you think your mother would just say, ‘Oh, I see.’ and move on?”

“…….”

“How naive.”

The pink hair bowed down. Nihil did not comfort her any further.

“What is your wish?”

“Can I think about it a little more?”

“okay.”

Take your time.

* * *

In the evening, when all work is over.

Clang, clank, clank, clank, chin.

“…What on earth are you doing, Rianus?”

Lawrence asked in a trembling voice as he watched Lianus stirring up the mess in Baedong’s room.

“Brother, you really haven’t seen the video?”

“…You still haven’t given up?”

“If it were you, my brother, who would sell videos of you sleeping, how could you give it up?!”

“…Of course that’s true, but….”

“Rian, you have 20 minutes left.”

“Ahhhh!”

Lianus became anxious.

“Sir Evan, couldn’t you find it?”

“…sorry.”

“You’re not just looking for something to buy a video game, are you?”

“…….”

Evan averted his eyes, secretly hoping that the prince wouldn’t be able to find the video sphere.

Of course, I didn’t find it by accident. If I found it, I could have the prince’s image for free, but that wouldn’t be possible. If I got my hands on it, I planned to keep it as a family heirloom. However, the wildcat must have really hidden it on purpose, because no matter how much I searched, it wouldn’t come out.

“Sir Evan, actually Neil sold Sir Evan’s video to Sir Ernest!”

“yes……?”

A video?

Evan turned his head to look at Nihil, wondering what he was talking about. He was smirking, which was very suspicious.

‘…no way.’

“You, you…, weren’t you the one who deleted that video?”

“Don’t worry. The image you were thinking of was properly erased.”

“then?”

“Of course it’s a secret……”

“Sir Evan, there was a video of you teaching Robbie how to speak!”

“?!?”

“Rian, it’s a secret. What if I tell you?”

Nihil said so, but he just shrugged his shoulders as if it didn’t really matter if he got caught.

“You damn little cat!”

“It’s already sold. Calm down, puppy.”

“What the heck! Why aren’t you standing there?!”

Uda dadada, udangtang, thud! thud… … .

“…….”

Lawrence looked at the increasingly chaotic landscape with a sullen expression, then glanced down at the floor.

In the midst of all this chaos, something was running towards me.

“Kkiang!”

“…puppy?”

What kind of puppy is that? I haven’t heard of anyone raising one.

“Kkiuung……”

The puppy stretched out its short limbs and tried to climb up onto the bed where Lawrence was.

“…….”

Lawrence glanced at Lianus and then grabbed the puppy. My brother was busy looking for the video ball, so I don’t think he’d say anything if I touched the puppy.

On the other hand, the knight who was chasing Baedong found the puppy and looked at it with a dejected look, as if he had already accepted that the video had been sold.

“Kkiang!”

“What is this child’s name?”

“Evan II.”

“You crazy bastard! Don’t give your dog another person’s name!”

“Hey, you’re in front of the kids. Use polite language.”

“…….”

Why wouldn’t the conversation continue? Lawrence looked down at the puppy, wondering if it was really crazy, and then cautiously called the puppy.

“…Evan II?”

“that’s right.”

“No!”

“Kkiung!”

Lawrence found that a little amusing, but the knight jumped up and retorted.

“That guy has a separate name!”

“What is it?”

“that……!”

The knight seemed ready to tell me the name at any moment, but he froze and stopped.

“If you don’t want to tell me, that’s fine. Just call me Evan II….”

“No, it’s not! I said no! Wait!”

“……?”

The knight shouted, then frowned and began to mutter.

“…Robbie…, Robert…? Louis…, Almond…, Almondly…? Hmm….”

“Pheuheuph…….”

“Don’t laugh, you squirrel.”

For some reason, Baedong was laughing beside him, but the knight’s expression was very serious.

The knight mumbled something like a name a few more times and then opened his mouth with an uncertain expression.

“Robert Louis d’Almondri, Jr.”

“…Louis…, is that the dog’s name?”

“yes.”

Perhaps. The knight added in a small, uncertain tone.

“Kkiang!”

Lawrence’s face became delicate. It seemed as if the knight had memorized the name wrong. Who would give a dog such a grand name?

More than anything, I really didn’t like the fact that my nickname was included in the name of a mere beast.

“No, Sir Evan. You have the wrong name.”

See, you were wrong.

“Robert Louis de Armand II!”

“Oh, I see.”

“…….”

Although Lianus corrected her name, her middle name, which she didn’t like, remained the same.

“…changing the dog’s name…….”

“Rian, time’s up.”

“No way!”

“…….”

Lawrence wanted to argue a little, but he couldn’t bring himself to say anything when he saw Lianus collapse on the floor in despair at the mention of time out.

“Neil, where the hell did you hide it? Can you tell me now?”

“In your safe.”

“…You said you hid it in the bedroom?”

“Your safe is in your bedroom.”

I didn’t say it was my bedroom. Baedong muttered calmly and walked away, saying he would show me the video.

Lawrence followed behind without realizing it. To be honest, he was a little curious.

“Neil, can’t I buy that video…?”

I’ll give you all my allowance… I couldn’t help but chuckle as I watched Lianus mumbling in a gloomy manner.

Lawrence opened his mouth, suddenly wanting to tease his little brother.

“Can I buy that video?”

“Well… as long as you pay the price.”

“What? Brother! How could you do that!”

Lawrence laughed out loud without realizing it. He had never really thought about owning a video game, but if he could tease his little brother with it for the rest of his life, it might be worth it.

‘But where do I get the money?’

Right now, all I have are the clothes that Baedong personally brought me. I don’t even know if Baedong will accept the clothes he used to wear.

‘… If I just tell Bae Dong-han to take my things one by one… … .’

Lawrence completely forgot that he had been kidnapped and unconsciously wondered how he would survive here.

At that moment, Lianus grabbed her hand and pulled her.

“Brother, I will show you my treasures.”

“……?”

As he spoke, Lianus opened the safe openly.

The safe was honestly more like a toy box than a safe, as it was filled with miscellaneous items that were hard to call valuable.

“You were really here!”

Rianus jumped at the sight of the video and started taking out everything in the safe and showing it to me.

“Oh, bro, these are bookmarks that I made with Neil. This one and this one are not mine, they are Neil’s. I gave them to Neil. This one is also Neil’s… Uh… What is this?”

“Oh, those documents are mine.”

“Well, this is also Neil’s deal. And this is the flower bracelet I made for Neil before… why is it here?”

“…….”

Lawrence looked at Lianus, who was tilting his head. This is why he doesn’t know who the owner of the safe is.

“Rianus, no matter how close we are, I don’t think it’s right to share a safe with others.”

“Uh… I never told Neil the safe password….”

“I’m good at picking safes and locks.”

“As expected, Neil is amazing!”

“…….”

Lawrence looked at his foolish brother, who was clapping his hands and saying that his safe had been robbed, with pity.

“Oh, and this is a gift the Tooth Fairy gave me in exchange for taking my tooth.”

“…Teeth Fairy?”

Lawrence turned his head in puzzlement, then froze. In Lianus’ hand was a familiar tassel decoration.

“…that…….”

“When I first lost my baby tooth, I took it to the fairy, and the fairy gave it to me as a gift!”

“…….”

Isn’t it so pretty? Lawrence couldn’t answer the bright words. He knew where he had seen this wine decoration.

Doesn’t Lianus really know that this is something His Majesty treasures so much?

‘Take this. This is your sword now.’

It was a tassel decoration that hung on His Majesty’s beloved sword as if it were a given even in dreams. I had seen it carefully stroked several times before as if it were really precious, so I could never have mistaken it.

‘If you cared so much for me, why… … .’

“Look! The Tooth Fairy wrote a letter for you too!”

“…A letter…….”

Lawrence opened the small card that Lianus had handed him with trembling hands. He saw densely packed letters that seemed to be about to burst.

Lawrence felt the urge to tear up the card in the awkward but sincere letter.

‘Me too… , I lost my baby teeth too… … . I lost them earlier and more than Rianus… … .’

But you never once wrote me such a heartfelt letter. No, did you even know that you had lost your baby teeth?

‘Why only Rianus… … .’

You were always like that. You seemed to treat him equally, but your gaze always stayed on Rianus more.

‘Your Majesty, the education of the princes is my job, so there is no need for you to go to the trouble of taking care of it.’

‘How can I trust my queen?’

‘… … .’

‘I’ll just drop them because it’s not appropriate to educate a concubine’s child and a legitimate child together.’

‘… Of course… … .’

‘Keep your mouth shut, Your Majesty. Wasn’t it enough that you brought in the ridiculous concubine system to lower her status?’

‘Natura’s concubine was originally a commoner with no status… … .’

‘No, she was a queen.’

‘If there had been no concubine system, she would have been nothing more than a government official.’

‘The government would have been you.’

‘Your Majesty, your words are harsh.’

‘Natura was the first queen. She was the king’s first wife!’

‘your majesty!’

‘You were my brother’s fiancée, so aren’t you ashamed of marrying me?’

…is it because I am not the child of the person I loved?

or not,

‘Ahhhh!’

‘Your Majesty, please calm down.’

‘Nanny, am I really that good? The prince has found out the secret! That fool has managed to take the earring off!’

Me… how much do you look down on me, that you ignore even the smallest thing I say!

‘Nanny! Sethe, he must have given me the seed of another man! Otherwise, how could a pink-haired child be born!’

Because I am not your son… … ?

‘Take it, Ruth. It is yours.’

‘Thank you, Father.’

I remembered the image of His Majesty in my dream taking what was mine and giving it to Lianus.

I know it was just a dream.

I know in my head that Your Majesty has never given me a sword, and that it has never been mine… … .

“Brother, I never imagined that there would really be a tooth fairy. When I saw a present under my pillow instead of a tooth….”

If I see you smiling stupidly, saying you don’t know anything and just like that,

“…It’s annoying.”

It’s so annoying.