How the Prince Makes Friends - Chapter 270
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Episode 270
“Step back. This is the procession of the Tai Kung.”
At those words, Sedes gave orders to his knights without hesitation.
“Get out.”
“…But Your Majesty…….”
Of course, it was a matter of safety and the knights hesitated as there was an immediate threat ahead, but Sedes spoke firmly.
“You are a precious person, so I will serve you personally.”
Eventually, the knights took their time and stood at either end of the gate, kneeling on one knee to make way.
The lycanthrope, who was looking at the shape, nodded in satisfaction and stepped aside to make way for them.
A familiar face crossed the door behind the wolf. It was Aspel, who was known as the Archduke’s aide.
‘… The Archduke did care.’
I had come alone or with only one aide, so when you look closely, there were twice as many reinforcements. And one of them was a wolf of enormous size.
‘Then, is the person following behind Taekong?’
Sedes carefully watched Aspel walking away without realizing it. The man following behind looked a bit younger, but judging by his pointed ears and reversed eyes, he definitely looked like a demon.
‘… That guy is the Archduke’s father… … ?’
Sedes was puzzled by the sight of someone who looked completely different from him, even younger than the Archduke, but he tried his best to greet him without letting it show.
But before he could say anything, the man stepped aside and a few more people followed him out.
‘… …?!’
Sedes was confused by the number of performers, which was larger than expected.
Even though it’s our first meeting, how can we know who the Archduke’s father is? This is something you have to be aware of!
‘These things don’t even age!’
The Grand Duke and all of them must be several times older than me, yet they don’t have a single wrinkle or white hair.
But as if that thought was frightening, a man with white hair walked out.
“……!”
As soon as Sedes saw him, he immediately knew that this was the Taekong.
Crunch, crunch.
Long white hair and a white, flowing robe resembling a priest’s robe followed him, sweeping the floor.
“…….”
Sedes glanced at the black horns rising above his white hair, then quickly looked down.
‘… I have a strange feeling… … .’
Although it was clearly our first meeting, I had a strange feeling of foreboding as if I had experienced this situation before somewhere.
Maybe it was because his appearance was similar to that of the Grand Duke. If you bleached the Grand Duke white, wouldn’t it be roughly similar?
Of course, it was impossible to tell if he actually resembled the Archduke because his face was covered with black cotton. Furthermore, he did not have the oppressive feeling of someone pressing down on him like the Archduke.
But the lack of intimidation did not mean that he looked weak. Strictly speaking, the gap was so large that it was almost impossible to feel anything.
Yes, it is like the universe, too distant to dare to live consciously, and too vast to deny its existence… … .
“Rex.”
“……!”
Sedes was startled by the gentle call and quickly shook off his thoughts. For losing his mind in a place like this, he really deserved to get hit in the back by Abel.
But just as he was about to apologize politely, the girl next to Evan spoke first.
“…Angel?”
“……?!”
Sedes was terrified. What kind of nonsense is that to a demon! Even with the ominous horns growing out of his head!
Sedes quickly glanced at Taekong. He hoped no one had heard, but the demons’ eyes were already focused on the child.
The child tilted his head, looking up at Space, as if he didn’t feel the enormous gaze.
“Uh…, not really?!”
“…….”
Evan quickly covered the child’s mouth. It would have been better if he had covered it a little sooner, but the demons’ expressions were already hardened.
‘I should have warned the kids in advance… …!’
Sedes felt his heart sink as the atmosphere grew colder, but he couldn’t shift the blame to the child, so he quickly opened his mouth.
“I’m sorry, Taegong. It’s my fault for not telling you about this in advance. I didn’t mean it badly, so please forgive me.”
“What do you mean?”
“……?”
“I didn’t hear anything.”
At those soft words, the demons who had been glaring at the child quickly relaxed their gaze and lowered their gaze.
“Rex, can I ask you for guidance?”
“…! Of course. I’m nervous and keep acting immature.”
Sedes, who had been looking at me with admiration for his soft charisma without realizing it, suddenly came to his senses and started walking.
But on the short way up to the stage, disaster almost struck again.
As he passed the witness stand, his stomach seemed to pop out.
“coup……!”
“Oh, no, Som.”
“Neil, stay quiet!”
Fortunately, my smart and quick-witted sons quickly caught Baedong and stopped him, so the disaster was prevented.
“…….”
Sedes noticed and then moved next to Taekong, covering the witness’s seat with his body.
Taekong was quite tall for a slender man, so he couldn’t completely block the view, but it seemed better than showing Baedong struggling while being trampled by the princes.
‘…Why does it try to run at me whenever it sees long hair?’
He was like that during the Grand Duke era, so I really don’t know who his son is that he doesn’t listen to me like this.
‘… The trial hasn’t even started yet and I’m already exhausted.’
Sedes sighed secretly.
* * *
“Kui.”
“…….”
“…….”
There was a moment of silence. No, there had been silence, but the silence flowing between Lianus and Lawrence was a little different.
Lianus and Lawrence looked at each other at the same time, a sort of confirmation that they had heard correctly.
But once our eyes met, no matter how much I denied it, the answer was already set.
Lianus called Somsom in a very soft whisper.
“…Soft?”
“……!”
Dori dori dori.
Nihil, no, Som-Som, who had the appearance of Nihil, shook his head in surprise.
However, even the most clueless Rianus couldn’t just say, ‘Oh, I was mistaken.’ Nihil’s expression clearly showed that he was thinking, ‘How on earth did you know?’
Even Nihil didn’t usually show that kind of expression, so it was even more obvious.
It seemed as if Nihil had warned her not to get caught, but Som Som started to fidget noticeably, but soon she started acting shameless, with an expression that said, ‘What are you going to do about it?’
Lianus was momentarily speechless. He had not noticed it when he was a cotton ball, but his expression was so colorful and intuitive.
‘… Then, where did Neil go?’
I was confused. Where on earth was my best friend and Som Som took his place? I didn’t even know exactly when the change happened.
But the situation was not conducive to discussing it now. My friend must have had some circumstances and left Som-Som behind instead.
Moreover, if it was discovered that his close friend had gone somewhere, he might be accused of running away, so Lianus quickly decided to kiss his brother.
“Hyung-nim, from now on, Som-Som is Neil.”
“…Can you do it well?”
Lawrence looked at Lianus, who was starting to tremble again, and asked worriedly. He may be good at lying, but he is not his brother.
Lawrence glanced at the demons who were coming out of the door one by one, then sneakily blocked Baedong’s path. Still, since he was the tallest, he thought he could block them somehow.
But the disobedient cotton ball wasn’t the only person I had to worry about.
“…Angel?”
“?!”
Ariel noticed the abnormality in Baedong and raised her voice!
“Uh…, not really?!”
Fortunately, Sir Evan quickly covered his mouth, but Lawrence’s heart began to pound.
‘Hey, what if I get caught?’
Fortunately, the one called Taekong didn’t hear anything, so he was able to get through safely, but there was another troublemaker.
As soon as the leader of the demon tribe, known as the cotton ball, passed by, he tried to jump out in front of them!
“coup……!”
“Oh, no, Som.”
“Neil, stay quiet!”
Lawrence covered his brother’s mouth with one hand to prevent him from slipping up, and with the other, he quickly pulled Baedong closer.
‘… … !’
However, whether it was because he had transformed into a strong body, or because the cotton ball itself was strong to begin with, he was almost dragged forward even though both Rianus and I were holding on to him at the same time.
Chalpadak!
In the end, Lawrence felt that it couldn’t be done, so he threw his weight on Baedong and attacked him. Even in the midst of all this, perhaps because he thought that he had to faithfully fulfill his role, the cotton ball that had turned into Baedong stopped making a sound, but it didn’t stop rebelling.
‘Oh, what should I do…?’
At that moment, his eyes met the eyes of a giant lycanthrope. Lawrence was so surprised that he quickly hid his trembling belly in his arms.
What if he gets hacked? I was starting to feel a little resentful of His Majesty for hastily setting up the trial.
But the giant wolf quickly turned its head away as if it had seen something it shouldn’t have seen. Now that I looked, the other demons were the same. They turned their heads at the small commotion, and when they saw Baedong, they quickly looked away and pretended not to see him.
‘I see! The demons know that this child is the Archduke’s pet!’
Clearly, the demons have the ability to distinguish between people based on something other than their appearance.
Lawrence, who had regained some sense of reason, quickly whispered to Baedong.
“If you don’t listen, the Grand Duke might scold you.”
“coup.”
But Baedong just laughed.
Lawrence was flustered by the attitude that seemed to suggest that he should scold him if he wanted to, but then he opened his mouth as if he remembered Rianus, who was struggling and barely holding on to Baedong’s trouser leg.
“Neil might be disappointed if he finds out I made a fuss.”
At those words, Somsom’s movements suddenly stopped. It was unclear why she followed Baedong more than her original master, the Grand Duke, but since it was effective, Lawrence quickly joined in as well.
“You are Neil’s right now, so if you make a fuss, it’s all Neil’s fault. Do you want that?”
“…….”
At those words, Som-Somi slumped and shook her head from side to side. Fortunately, Som-Somi did not resist any longer, but she lay face down on the floor and did not move.
Lawrence took a deep breath and groaned as he sat up. However, he seemed to have no intention of getting up, so it was best to leave him sitting on the floor without putting any strength into his legs.
“…Kuu…”
“Somsom, don’t be too disappointed. I’ll talk to Neil.”
“Kuiyah?”
“Yeah. I’ll praise you for doing a really, really good job. Okay, promise.”
“coup!”
“…….”
Lawrence secretly wiped his face as he watched Baedong quickly hook his pinky.
‘… How can I hold out until the trial is over?’
The trial hasn’t even started and I’m already exhausted.
* * *
Nihil barely managed to suppress his laughter and sat down, looking down intently.
I came wearing a cotton shirt just in case, and it turned out to be an excellent choice. It wasn’t hard to hide other emotions, but strangely enough, I had a particularly hard time holding back laughter.
The seat reserved for Libra was one level higher than that of her father, and it seemed that he was more concerned about the arrival of the Grand Duke’s father.
Nihil sat quietly, watching the children, waiting for the right moment for Libra to come forward. It might be different for a high-profile Archduke, but if he were to overuse his magic right away, he would likely be more likely to arouse suspicion, so it would be better to come forward when everyone’s emotions were high.
“It’s a conspiracy! Why did I try to kill the prince?!”
The uproar occurred after the identity verification process to confirm each person’s identity was over and the issues were being sorted out. It seems like it will come out sooner than expected.
“Isn’t there evidence here!”
“How can that be evidence! How can I be sure that the man’s voice is the article I sent? In the first place, how can I believe that magical tool that doesn’t even have the Magic Tower’s certification?!”
“Stop. Don’t raise your voice while we’re sorting out the issues. And you don’t have to use magic tools as evidence.”
The father of the child stopped the situation with a frown. The conversation going on in the court was amplified by the minister and echoed throughout the large courtroom. It seemed that it was quite distressing to hear the sharp voice of the queen.
“Witness, John Martin.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
“Can you confirm that there is no falsehood in the claim that the Queen’s knights attempted to harm you?”
“Yes, I am sure. If that young wizard had not been by my side, I would have died for sure.”
“Then go up to the scales and prove your intention.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Nihil floated a huge silver scale into the air.
The father also seemed surprised by the sudden appearance of Libra, but since directing was important in these cases, Nihil raised the corners of his lips and quietly muttered.
“Comfort for the wronged soul, punishment for the liar.”