How the Prince Makes Friends - Chapter 266
Only Noblemtl
Episode 266
“Who wants to play the role of a perverted wizard who only shows affection?”
“…….”
There was a tense silence at that question. Baedong looked at the articles as if they were pitiful, then floated a small box in the air for the number of people.
“Choose.”
“…Does it have to be decided that way?”
Walter, who was particularly unlucky in such games, timidly protested. If they were my subordinates, I would have immediately assigned someone to do it, but since they were His Majesty’s direct escort knights, that wasn’t easy.
‘I don’t know about anything else, but I don’t want to be some kind of perverted wizard who only shows off to children… … .’
However, the other knights had already picked out their boxes one by one. Walter had no choice but to take the remaining box, and when he opened it, he found long pieces of paper inside.
Walter looked through the long, winding thing. Seeing that the other articles were empty boxes, he figured he had probably won.
“Congratulations, Commander. You have become the wizard who kidnapped a young snake.”
“…What is this?”
“It’s a snake the kids made. Isn’t it cute? It’s okay to be happy.”
“…….”
I’m not happy at all.
Walter sighed deeply and tried to put the paper snake, which was no different from a piece of paper, into his bosom. But he couldn’t throw it away since it was made by the princes.
“What, give it back. It’s mine.”
But it was taken away again. I guess it wasn’t meant to be given away for free.
Baedong, who had carefully placed the paper snake in his bosom, looked through the articles and continued his explanation.
“Our side has fewer people, with one escort for each father and children. Including the leader, there are four Auror knights, while the other side has eight, including one royal knight.”
“…With that number of people, there probably aren’t any knights left on the Queen’s side.”
Walter was secretly relieved. He had been worried that someone might attack Evan while he was away.
Although the child was large and strong, he had now lost all of his weapons and was wearing mana restraints, so I couldn’t help but worry.
“Some of them will chase me, so you only need to deal with at least 4 and at most 6 of them.”
“Well, that’s about it.”
The Queen’s Shadow Knights were formidable, but I didn’t think they would be pushed back.
“I’ll say it again, be careful not to let anyone escape. You’ll be at a disadvantage since we have fewer men.”
With those words, Baedong tore open the air and opened a passage. Walter stared blankly at the distorted space.
‘I never thought I would see another passage opened by someone other than the Archduke’s passage.’
Moreover, since I had never used that passage before, I felt a strange sense of rejection and was reluctant to step forward.
“Captain, if you’re scared, should I hold your hand?”
“…Okay….”
However, unlike himself who was trying to refuse, the other knights quickly grabbed Baedong’s hand and opened their mouths as if warning him.
“Take it, Commander. I told you that if you’re not careful with the movement magic, your body could get pierced by the structure.”
“Is that so?”
Walter looked down at Baedong in surprise at the explanation, but Baedong opened his mouth in a trembling manner while looking at the knights holding his hand.
“I opened the passages one by one to prevent that from happening. It’s safe, so you can just go, Captain.”
“…….”
“Well, if you’re really scared, hold my hand.”
“Okay.”
Walter smiled faintly and just walked into the passage. And as soon as he stepped out, his eyes widened in surprise at the changed view. He had unconsciously thought of the passage as a road, so he thought it would be a long black space.
“Captain, I know it’s interesting, but don’t block the passage and go away.”
Baedong, who had been following right behind with a line of knights, pushed himself aside as if he was an inconvenience.
“You can play the role of a metamorphosis wizard, right? Oh, and I’ll cast an illusion spell to make you look like a black wand.”
“…after.”
Walter, who was distraught, sighed and turned his robe over. The shadow knights immediately hid as if they were running away, and Baedong added a voice-changing spell and a spell that made it difficult to recognize faces.
As I entered the inn, I saw a knight’s subordinate sitting alone in the corner.
‘I knew you had a strong desire to succeed, but… … .’
Walter approached Martin with a slightly bitter smile.
“But it’s the rebels that have the charm of being tamed. Don’t you think so?”
When I awkwardly recited those lines, I felt so humiliated that I wanted to bury my nose in an empty plate and die.
‘Move quickly.’
But why don’t these guys launch a surprise attack?
As the humiliation gradually turned into resentment towards the Queen’s Shadow Knight, the bag in my arms started to wiggle and dropped something. It was a glass bead the size of a fist.
And the moment Martin snatched the sack that had come down from his product to pick it up,
Boom! Ki-ki-kik!
The swords wrapped in aura clashed simultaneously.
* * *
Martin, who quickly flew away, glared at the shadow knight who had come with him.
An aura was rising from his sword, and no matter how I looked at it, it didn’t seem like it was a mistake for him to swing his sword at me.
“What do you want to do?”
Martin felt a cold sweat running down his back at the sudden situation, but he pretended to be calm and asked awkwardly.
“You wanted to kill me and monopolize the ball?”
“…….”
But instead of answering, the knight swung his sword.
“……!”
The air parted, and the still-hot wind blew past my face. My earlobes started to sting, as if I hadn’t been able to completely avoid it, but for now I had to be satisfied that my face wasn’t torn apart.
Martin kicked the ground with his auror wrapped around his leg. Without a weapon, confronting the auror would have been suicidal.
But the knights pursued him fiercely, and Martin, who had the burden of being a prince, was soon caught up again.
Martin quickly thought about it. If he continues like this, he won’t last long and will die.
“Why on earth are you doing this!”
“…….”
But the other party still didn’t say anything. Martin didn’t know whether the other party was acting on their own or whether they had already discussed it among themselves, but if it was the latter, there was no answer.
“…Please bear with me for a moment, Your Majesty.”
Martin whispered quietly and held the child in his arms, exposing him to danger, before shouting at the other person.
“If you show any more hostility, the prince will not be safe.”
“…….”
“If the prince gets hurt, the queen won’t just let it go, right?”
“It doesn’t matter.”
“……?”
Martin was confused by the soft answer. Surely we had not come to rescue the prince.
‘Could it be that he is the one who approached the Highness with hostility?’
Perhaps he was the one who had joined hands with the common knight. However, the answer that followed was truly shocking.
“The prince, you, and even that commoner knight. It is the king’s order to kill them all.”
“…what?”
Martin was dumbfounded.
Even if it’s like that for me and the common knight, why for the prince…?
But before I could gather my thoughts, the distance between me and him narrowed again and the sword wrapped in aura swung around.
‘…! This can’t be avoided!’
Martin, whose reaction was delayed due to thinking, squeezed out as much mana as possible and wrapped himself in aura.
But I could tell. My aura wouldn’t be able to stop the enemy knight’s aura.
The skill gap was too big to have any hope.
‘If only I had a sword… …!’
Martin tried to rationalize it, but the truth is that having a sword wouldn’t have made a difference in the outcome. It was the order of the Viscount, and no one else.
‘Like an idiot… without even realizing that he was being used.’
Perhaps because he sensed death, Martin curled up and wrapped his arms around the child, wanting to do one last knightly thing.
And at that moment,
Boom! Ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-kik!
There was a short thud, followed by the sound of metal scraping.
“…! What is this!”
“……?!”
Martin opened his eyes in surprise at the sound of his opponent’s astonishment. The prince in his arms was holding onto the sword with his bare hands.
“Hey, let go of this!”
Each, each, each –
Even when the knight tried to pull out the blade with force, the tip of the blade surrounded by aura shattered into pieces as it scraped against his bare hand.
“Oh, really……”
The Shadow Knight’s face gradually turned white.
Realizing that something was seriously wrong, he finally threw away his sword and tried to run away. Before he could even leave sight, a child threw a sword and blew off one of his ankles.
“!!!”
No screams were heard, but the knight’s silhouette collapsed with a crash.
The child who was watching this opened his mouth.
“But still, he’s a knight, so shouldn’t he take the sword?”
“……!”
Martin hesitated in surprise at the child’s dry voice. He didn’t know what had happened, but he was certain that the child in front of him was not the prince.
The man with the severed ankle glared at the child with bloodshot eyes.
“You, who the hell are you!”
“Something like a wizard.”
“……?!”
Martin was shocked. He couldn’t believe that it was him and not the wizard from before.
‘Was it magic that stopped the sword?! No, then who the hell is that man?!’
Somehow I thought he was quite large for a wizard… … .
Then, Martin suddenly remembered that he was not alone and quickly got up from his seat. The Shadow Knights of the Visionary would soon defeat the man disguised as a wizard and join him. If he was going to escape, he had to go now.
But, frighteningly, two or three people came closer in an instant.
Although I was a little puzzled by the clearly reduced number of people, it didn’t matter whether the man who was pretending to be a magician had dealt with the remaining four or not.
Martin called the child urgently.
“Hey, hey, those knights have more comrades! If they want to escape, they have to escape now…!”
“It burst slowly.”
“……?”
Martin was puzzled again by the flat voice. Could it be that he was trying to deal with all the articles coming his way right now?
However, contrary to expectations, the knight who approached was not the Shadow Knight of Vision, but a man he had mistaken for a wizard earlier and a man he did not know well.
“Captain, slow down.”
“……?!”
Martin was shocked by the child’s beating. The leader? Was it a group, not an individual? Why on earth did he set such a trap?
At that moment, the man called the captain opened his mouth tremblingly.
“…I took care of it in a hurry. Four of us took care of six, so I think this is okay.”
“He tried to stab me.”
“…!? Why are you acting like a prince…? No, you’re not hurt!?”
“I got a cut on my palm. Look.”
The child held out his small hand, saying that his palm was cut while holding the sword’s blade with his bare hand.
The man looked at the child’s hand in horror, then opened his eyes half-heartedly.
“I guess it’s because I’m getting older that my scars aren’t very visible.”
“What are you talking about when you’re only halfway through your life?”
“…It’s not half-gray yet.”
That or that. The child shrugged and continued speaking nonchalantly to the knight who was standing there blankly with his ankle flying off.
“Deal with that.”
“Wouldn’t you need a witness?”
“No need.”
As the child spoke, he took out a glass bead from his bosom.
-The prince, you, and even that commoner knight. It is the Highness’s order to kill them all.
The resonating voice was clear.
* * *
Wheeing~ Snap!
Evan swatted away a mosquito that had landed on his cheek, wiped his palm with a rag, and threw it away. There was already red blood on it, as if someone had bitten it.
“…Damn mosquito.”
Evan, who couldn’t sleep because of the mosquitoes that swarmed him whenever he forgot, finally got up.
Although it was my second time in prison, I felt more relaxed mentally than before, so all sorts of thoughts came to my mind.
‘I want to see the prince.’
I missed the way your cheeks twitched every time you smiled brightly. If I had known this would happen, I would have asked myself that question.
‘It was really cute how he kept pestering the queen to be put in prison… … .’
More than that, that rascal guy, he always shows up out of nowhere, but never shows up when I need him. How nice it would be if we could bring our prince and show him our faces for a bit at times like this.
Wheeing~
Just then, a mosquito appeared and buzzed again.
Ouch! Evan cheekily swatted a mosquito that passed by. And at that moment, the smell of blood wafted into his air.
“……?!”
Evan was surprised. How much blood must a mosquito have sucked to smell like blood?
But soon, he realized that the smell of blood was coming from somewhere else, and his face hardened.
“…Hey, warden.”
He called out to the guards quietly, but there was no answer. Evan felt puzzled and leaned close to the bars, scanning the prison corridors. The guards stationed at regular intervals were all collapsed.
“Hey, you!”
Evan was startled and screamed, but the guards were already as dead as before and did not move at all.
Thud, thud… … .
At that moment, someone’s footsteps were heard. Evan was about to report the situation, but quickly shut his mouth.
Thud, thud, thud… … .
“…….”
As the footsteps got closer, the smell of blood grew stronger.