How the Prince Makes Friends - Chapter 246



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Episode 246

“…It’s annoying.”

“yes?”

Rianus, who had been chattering away, froze in place. He wondered if he had heard wrong and asked again, but the answer he got was the same.

“It’s annoying.”

“…older brother?”

Why is my brother suddenly acting like this? Is he not pleased with my treasures?

“What kind of treasure is this?”

“……!”

The card the fairy had written was thrown to the floor. Rianus was surprised and hurriedly picked it up, making excuses.

“Hyung, bro, this may not seem like much, but it was given to me by a fairy…”

“What kind of fairy is that!”

Bam! Bam!

“Ugh!”

“Do you really believe in fairies? Or are you kidding me?!”

Lawrence, angry at Lianus’ naivety, pushed him away.

Although Lianus’s butt hurt, he was more confused by his brother’s sudden anger.

“Oh, no, bro. Look at this.”

Did you misunderstand my ridiculous claim that there were fairies as a joke? Lianus quickly made an excuse, holding out the sealing wax that he had neatly torn in front of Lawrence.

“I’m not kidding, it’s real. There are even fairy footprints here……”

But my brother became even angrier.

“You’re always like that! You just want to brag to me about things you got without putting in any effort!”

“I’m not trying to brag, I just wanted to let you know that fairies exist…….”

“Do you really not know? That was not given to you by a fairy, but by Your Majesty!”

“……?

Lianus was perplexed by the fairy’s gift, which was given by His Majesty, and looked for Nihil. However, his friend who had been by his side until just now had disappeared somewhere. And Sir Evan was also gone.

… At some point, it was just me and my brother in this place.

But my brother either didn’t notice the strangeness or didn’t care and just yelled at me.

“How could you not know! His Majesty cherished and loved him so much!”

“I, I really didn’t know…….”

Lianus hesitated and stepped back without realizing it, overwhelmed by Lawrence’s momentum.

“I, I think my friend secretly brought it. I will apologize to His Majesty and return it properly……”

“no!”

No! Lawrence screamed in a fit of rage. Lawrence couldn’t stand the abomination of someone who was loved more than anyone else, thinking that he was naturally not loved.

“Ugh, shut up……”

I was overcome with sadness. I tried to act more dignified than anyone else. I gave up a lot to become a model and respected person for everyone.

“…I tried harder, I acted more princely! Why…, why are you the only one who gets loved?”

“Tongue, brother, I was wrong……”

“You’re the one who’s cursed, so why should I be the one who’s unhappy?”

“……!”

Lianus was so shocked that he froze in place. Could it be that his brother was also unhappy because of him?

‘I’m happy.’

“Ha, but, Neil said he was happy…. And I wasn’t under any curse or anything….”

“Do you believe that? Your mother and your nanny both died because of you! Everyone who is around you becomes unhappy!”

“……!”

“Your Majesty, you have lost the woman you loved so much! In the end, both you and Baedong will be unhappy. And you will be abandoned!”

Since I will be abandoned, you should be abandoned too. It is so unfair that only I am abandoned.

“Because of you…, because of you, I became unhappy!”

Lawrence cursed Lianus, even though he knew it was nonsense. If I couldn’t be happy, I couldn’t wish you happiness either.

“If it weren’t for you, I would…, I would…!”

“shut up!”

puck!

At that moment, a shock struck my face along with a curse. Strangely, it didn’t hurt, so much so that I wondered if I had been hit.

But before he could straighten his staggering body and assess the situation, Lianus pounced on him.

“Ugh, get out of the way!”

“Brother, what do you know?”

Thud, thud, thud, thud!

Lianus swung his fists wildly. He could no longer listen quietly.

“Brother! About me! What do you know!”

I never killed my mother or my nanny, nor did I wish for it. Above all, their deaths should never have been my fault. Isn’t it too unfair that they lost their lives just because of me? That kind of life was too meaningless.

“Mother, Mother said that she wanted to give birth to me!”

“…Rain, get out of the way!”

“They called me a miracle, a light!”

But who are you to criticize that, hyung! How dare you call the noble sacrifice of the two of you a curse!

“The nanny, the nanny said I was the prettiest! That I was lovable! Even though I drank poison and vomited blood, I was the one who worried about me first!”

Lianus kept yelling nonstop. He didn’t really know what he was saying, but he felt like he would have bad thoughts if he didn’t keep pushing like this.

I’ve thought to myself dozens of times that maybe there really is a curse, that people are miserable because of me.

Unlike my real-life nanny, who would tell me that it was okay and that it wasn’t my fault, the nanny in my dreams constantly blamed me, and the corpses of dead animals would appear whenever I forgot about them.

Whenever something happened, it felt like it was all my fault. No, it was my fault too.

Because I was too oblivious and stupid to notice the artificial misfortune right away.

At that moment, my vision spun around as my arm, which had been swinging wildly, was caught. I had been subdued by my older brother and my posture had been reversed.

But the angry Rianus continued to thrash and kick.

“Why are you blaming me? I never once wished for you to be unhappy!”

“……!”

His eyes grew hot and tears welled up. Rianus didn’t want to show that he was crying, but he couldn’t wipe them away because his arm was being held.

Lianus continued speaking with difficulty, swallowing back the tears that were welling up in his throat.

“Do you really think that you are unhappy because of me?”

“Yeah. If it weren’t for you, I would…!”

“So you had my knight poison my friend?”

“How about that…?”

“Then how long did you think I wouldn’t know…?”

The end of my voice cracked comically. My hands and feet still trembled as I thought about my friend getting sick from the cake I gave him.

“Do you know, hyung? Do you know how I feel, worried that someone might have died while I was sleeping?”

“…….”

“Why on earth did you do that?”

“…….”

“I made you unhappy, my brother. You felt so wronged that you were unhappy because of me… so you took revenge on me?”

“…….”

His brother didn’t answer. Rianus was annoyed by his brother’s attitude, so he turned his head and bit his arm.

“…! Hey, let go of this!”

“Nooooo!” (I can’t let go!)

“Let go!”

“Srr!” (I hate it!)

A surprised Lawrence tried to rip Rian off, but Rian grabbed Lawrence by the hair and bit the top of his head.

“…! Rianus! What are you doing!”

“Bam, bam, bam, bam!” (You damn bastard!)

“……!”

Lawrence was momentarily dumbfounded, once by the unfamiliar pain of Jeong-soo biting his scalp and twice by Lianus’s insults.

But something even more surprising happened.

“Ruth! Stop it, stop it!”

“!!!”

His Majesty has arrived.

* * *

“What the hell are you doing!”

Sedes shouted as he swung down the transparent curtain blocking my path. The children were fighting over the gift I had given them, but I couldn’t get close because of the transparent curtain.

“Clean this up right now!”

“That won’t work.”

Nihil forcibly grabbed the father of the children who was about to run away screaming and sat him down. In fact, this was also a lot of lenience for the father of the children. The puppy was already subdued and the sound was blocked.

“I just told you to come see the kids, I didn’t say you could interfere.”

“So you’re saying I should just watch the kids fight like this?!”

“What are you going to do by interfering in the kids’ fight?”

“Whose fault is it that the kids have come to this point?” Nihil sneered.

“but……!”

“stop.”

Nihil cut off Sedes coldly. It was so loud that it almost drowned out the children’s conversation.

“Father, unless you want to get your mouth covered like a dog, just watch.”

“…!, .….!!”

“It’s not that I’m leaving you alone because I can’t subdue you.”

Sedes shut his mouth as he watched Evan screaming in silence. There was not a single lie in what his son’s friend said.

I couldn’t even tell what had happened to my knights who were hiding. Since they didn’t appear in front of me, I was sure they had been subdued at least.

“shut up!”

At that moment, an unexpected curse was heard. When Sedes looked back at his sons in surprise, he heard the sound of excuses coming from nearby.

“…I didn’t teach you how to swear.”

That doggie did it. I told him to use only polite and kind words… … .

“…….”

Sedes was speechless at the absurdity. He was disgusted at the duplicity of the child who, after having subdued all the knights, was concerned about his own reaction to a single curse.

But Sedes could no longer care about his son’s friend. Rianus had thrown a punch!

There was a dull noise and Lawrence staggered back from the strong impact. Sedes was so surprised that he got up from his seat again, but he was blocked by the transparent membrane and could do nothing.

And at that moment, Lianus attacked Lawrence again, and the children fell to the ground.

‘Is Rianus hitting Lawrence while cursing just now?’

I couldn’t believe it, but Rianus, who had trampled Lawrence, started throwing punches again and started screaming.

“Brother, what do you know?”

“……!”

“Brother! About me! What do you know!”

Thud, thud, thud, thud!

“…! Shouldn’t I be stopping you!”

Sedes looked down at his son’s friend in surprise at the dull sound that kept ringing, but he responded indifferently, looking at the children with a more calm expression than usual.

“I’m controlling it well so that you don’t get hurt, so don’t be so excited.”

As if that was true, the vase that had almost fallen during the children’s fight floated up and settled back into its place.

But the children fought among themselves, unaware that they were almost getting hurt.

“But who are you to criticize that, hyung! How dare you call the noble sacrifice of the two of you a curse!”

“…….”

Sedes clenched his fist without realizing it.

No, Ruth. It wasn’t some grand sacrifice or something.

It was just one of those crossroads of choices that was given to me, and that comes to everyone at all times.

And it was the same for her. Sacrifice means giving up something, but didn’t she get what she wanted instead? Her death was just a simple accident.

‘I never once thought that Natura died because of Lianus… … .’

Sedes stopped thinking and froze.

… Was that really so? Did you really never once think that way and resent Lianus?

In the face of growing disillusionment, Sedes roughly wiped his face. In the end, he was just one of the people who hurt Lianus.

At that moment, a soft call was heard.

“Hey, father.”

“…anything.”

“I guess you still haven’t come to your senses.”

“……?”

“It’s not just Lian that you have to take care of.”

“what,”

Just as I was about to ask what was going on, a scream-like shout was heard.

“…! Hey, let go of this!”

When Sedes turned his head quickly, he saw his second son chewing on his first son. Strangely, Lawrence was unable to fight back properly, and ended up getting grabbed by his hair by his younger brother.

“Bbeulhul Hyeonreum Sseubyeok!”

“Ruth!”

I couldn’t just stand by and watch that happen, so I reached out my hand in a hurry, and the transparent film disappeared.

“Ruth! Stop it, stop it!”

Sedes grabbed Laurence’s hair in both hands and tore at Lianus, who was biting Laurence’s head.

Perhaps because he had ripped it off too hastily, a handful of pink trucks came out in Lianus’ hand, and he flinched for a moment, but there was no turning back.

“…Sniff, Your Majesty?”

Even while biting his brother’s head, it seemed as if he had been crying, as tears still welled up in Rian’s eyes.

Sedes held Lianus in his arms and gently wiped away his tears.

“Ruth, no matter what, how can I….”

Bam, bang!

At that moment, the door opened and closed with a loud noise. I looked around and saw that Lawrence had disappeared.

“…? Lawrence!”

Sedes followed quickly, but there was no one in the hallway.

“Father, the child went to the room across the street.”

“ah.”

Following his son’s friend’s advice, Sedes opened the door to the room across from him and went in. As he stepped into the room, which was now dark, the door creaked and closed on its own.

Crunch, crunch, crunch.

“…….”

The door didn’t open.

Sedes, who was suddenly locked in the room, was a little embarrassed, but since he was holding Rianus in his arms, he tried his best not to show it and carefully looked around the room.

Soon, a round pile of quilts could be discovered beyond the thin chiffon canopy.

Sedes put Lianus down from his arms and approached the bed.

“Lawrence?”

Let’s call carefully, and after a while a muffled answer comes out, as if it’s soaked with moisture.

“…Oh, yes, Your Majesty.”

“Are you crying?”

“No, no, no, no.”

… I think she’s crying.

“Come out here.”

“…….”

“Lawrence.”

“Hipp, I’m sorry, Your Majesty. I’m sorry, Your Majesty. I’m not in my proper attire right now, and I’ve been rude. I’ll get myself in order and come see you.”

“…….”

Seeing Lawrence answering questions politely and politely even while crying, Sedes let out a sigh without realizing it.

‘I just thought he was a little more mature… … .’

My mind was in tatters. I thought I understood a little bit what my son’s friend had said.

“after…….”

Shudder.

“…….”

Sedes sighed and quickly held his breath. He looked at the pile of blankets that were shaking from the sigh he had let out without realizing it, and a feeling of guilt came over him. What have I done so far?

‘Yes, my son was not one.’

Sethe lifted the pile of blankets and sat them on my lap.

It was the same stiffness as when he was with Rianus, and he felt deep in his bones how much he had neglected his children.

“Lawrence.”

Sedes quietly called out to his eldest son and gently stroked the rounded quilt.

“Are you sick?”