How the Prince Makes Friends - Chapter 292
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Episode 292
“Could you please… cure Ariel?”
“……!”
The one who was surprised by those words was none other than Evan. Who would have thought that he would pray for Aryl’s healing as a wish… ?
“Wait a minute, Your Highness.”
Evan quickly blocked Lawrence’s path. He was grateful that he was thinking of Ariel, but this wasn’t a simple matter of whether or not it could be treated.
But just as I was about to say something about Aryl’s condition, the wildcat spoke first.
“of course.”
“…! you……!”
“Really?!”
“There’s nothing I can’t do. But is it okay for me to use that as a wish?”
“Of course, of course! That’s enough.”
“Okay. Don’t worry about Ariel, just go to sleep. Oh, and take Pepe with you.”
The lynx said so and calmly handed me the snake doll.
“Thank you, Neil. Good night.”
“Yeah, good night.”
As the two pink snakes leisurely left the bedroom, the lynx, as if it were nothing, turned off all the lights and slowly crawled under the covers.
“Hey, you go to sleep too. Training is going to be tough for a while.”
“…Are you okay?”
“What are you talking about?”
Even though he knew what he was talking about, Nihil pretended not to know.
Not only was it impossible for me to tell Ariel how to cure her, I didn’t feel like explaining everything to anyone right now.
But the little puppy opened his mouth stubbornly despite my ignoring.
“…If it’s something you have to sacrifice…, don’t do it.”
“…….”
“Aryl would definitely not want that.”
“…you fool.”
“…….”
“It’s your little brother’s business, so how dare you say something like that.”
Nihil had no choice but to sit up again. He wasn’t really going to sleep anyway.
“Actually, treating Aryl is not that difficult for me.”
Yes. It was an immortal body anyway, and since it was a rotten moon, there was nothing to forget, and if my body was relatively intact, it wouldn’t take too long for me to fall asleep.
“But the problem comes after that.”
“Is there… a price to pay?”
“You should pay the price, not me. Why do you want to leave it all up to me?”
“……!”
Evan’s expression softened at the slight bruise. He felt as if the burden had been lifted a little.
“What should I do? I’ll do anything.”
“It won’t be easy. Because —, —.”
“…what?”
“—, —go.”
“???”
Evan instinctively picked at his ear. The lynx’s voice was strangely muffled and hard to hear.
I was perplexed, wondering if my hearing had gone deaf, when I heard the clear voice of a lynx.
“I guess you can’t hear me.”
“…Are my ears malfunctioning?”
“No. Your ears are fine. I thought I was being rude to you……”
Nihil shrugged his shoulders as if he had no other choice, but Evan’s face turned pale.
“Is it really something that shouldn’t be revealed…?”
“Oh, I made a bet with that kid.”
“Arani…, Archduke?”
“I guess there was strong opposition.”
As he spoke, Nihil showed me a plain-looking necklace that was hanging around his neck. It was a necklace with a very complicated spell engraved on it that would block all conversations related to certain keywords if they were entered.
“I made a bet with the kid on the condition that he would cure Aryl. This is a magical tool that the kid made in a hurry because he couldn’t cast magic directly on me.”
Of course, since Nihil could have figured out the keyword and avoided it whenever he wanted, it was effectively a useless magical tool, but its mere existence became a leash.
“I think my child is really smart.”
How did you manage to pick out exactly what I would say and set it as a keyword… … .
“And you also have a great aesthetic sense.”
Even though he was very angry, he carefully chose a necklace that would be engraved with a formula, even though he would have happily accepted a dog collar.
“…So what should I do?”
“–.”
“…I can’t hear you.”
“My child seems really thorough and meticulous.”
“…….”
In the end, all Evan could hear was Nihil’s boasting about his 6th-century birth.
* * *
“What is this so early in the morning….”
Sedes was embarrassed. When he opened his eyes with a heavy heart, he saw mysterious eyes resembling black opals staring down at him.
“Father, are you awake?”
“…You shouldn’t be barging into the king’s bedroom like this.”
Honestly, this is an intrusion. Even though he is my son’s friend, it is not right to barge in like this. What on earth are my knights doing… .
“…Please save me, my lord.”
“…….”
Sedes was speechless at the sight of his knights hanging upside down from the ceiling.
“Isn’t that too much?”
“They won’t let me wake up my father.”
“…Is it urgent?”
“Of course. Father, let me try this out.”
“This is…….”
Sedes, who had gotten up, absentmindedly accepted what his son’s friend had handed him. It was none other than a pitch-black crystal ball.
“…Isn’t this a communication port?”
That was also a dedicated anti-aircraft communication port. Was there really something urgent?
“Please connect quickly.”
“…You know how to use it, don’t you? Why don’t you connect it directly….”
“When I connect, my aide will be contacted.”
“Why don’t you just contact your aide?”
Sedes tilted his head in confusion. With the Archduke busy, it was inevitable that he would be connected to his aide.
“When Harpen’s bloodline connects, it connects directly to the Archduke.”
“……?”
“Didn’t you know?”
“…I don’t quite understand…. Does it mean that if Harpen’s bloodline is connected, the Grand Duke will receive it, and if not, the aide will receive it?”
“Similar, but a little different. This communication port is originally connected to two places. One is a regular communication port that the Grand Duke has, and the other is an attachment communication port that the Grand Duke always carries with him no matter what.”
“…The communication device you always carry with you?”
“If the Rex’s directly manipulate the communication port, they will be connected to that communication port. By the way, our good Archduke keeps it in his bosom so that he can receive contact from the Rex’s at any time.”
“ah…….”
Only then did Sedes recall what the Archduke had received whenever he had contacted him directly. When he had contacted him for the absurd reason of asking him to make a love potion when he was young, and when he had contacted him in tears after his older brother had died in an accident…
“…I feel strange.”
Sedes felt a strange excitement in his heart. In his 30 years of life, he could count on one hand the number of times he had directly operated a communication device, and even those were mostly during his reckless days.
But the Archduke always responded without delay, except when his son’s friend was kidnapped by him.
I’ve never once thought it was strange… … .
“…I feel like I’ve neglected my grandfather who was waiting for his grandson to contact me.”
“So you should have at least said hello to me more often.”
“Connect me quickly,” Nihil said, poking out his lips and holding up the communication port.
Our child suffers so much from loneliness. We really cannot help but be ungrateful people.
“…But if you have something to do, can’t you go to the Grand Duke directly…?”
“I’ve been banned from entering.”
“……?”
“There was a very minor quarrel due to differences of opinion.”
“no…….”
Sedes wiped his face in disbelief. So, you woke up the sleeping person and asked him to contact you instead of you, when you were banned from entering?
“…What is your business?”
Sedes took a deep breath and prepared to connect the communication. He wanted to send his cheeky son back, but it might be urgent.
“…Just saying hello….”
“…….”
“I couldn’t sleep because I was so worried. But I couldn’t wake up the sleeping kids and ask them to connect to the network….”
“…Is there a chance that I’ll get in trouble for connecting the communication?”
“Well, about 10 percent…….”
… That means you’ll definitely get in trouble.
Sedes opened his eyes wide in disbelief and glared at his son’s friend. How could he be so shameless?
“In exchange for a little scolding, I’ll help train the knights a bit.”
“…….”
“I will also teach magic to the Prime Minister…….”
“…….”
“I’m taking good care of the kids too.”
Father! Sedes finally gave in to his son’s friend’s nagging and decided to establish communication. His son’s friend had done too much for him to ignore.
I briefly wondered if I would actually receive it, but as soon as the light in the communication port blinked, the Archduke’s voice was heard.
-What’s going on, Rex?
“Ah…, that, just a moment….”
Surprised, Sedes immediately held out the communication port to his son’s friend. However, his son’s friend, who had been throwing a tantrum just a moment ago, shook his head and stepped back.
“……?”
-…Rex?
“Ah, no, that, Your Highness, is none other than…….”
Sedes stuttered in embarrassment. He wanted to hang up the phone, saying he had the wrong number, but he couldn’t do that because his son’s friend was holding onto the hem of his pajamas as if telling him not to hang up.
-If you have nothing to say,
“…Did you sleep well…?”
-… … .
“…….”
Ah… I should have just said I had nothing to say.
The communication tunnel became quiet. I could see my knights covering their faces as if they were feeling a sense of empathic shame and refusing to look.
Even after thinking about it myself, I still felt like this wasn’t right, so I was about to pretend it was a mistake and cut off the communication, when I heard the Archduke’s voice.
-… What are you talking about?
“It’s not a joke… ”
Sedes made excuses and glanced at his son’s friend. His son’s friend still seemed unwilling to receive the message, but unlike the knights who hung their heads in shame, his eyes were brighter than before.
Sedes had no choice but to just chatter away.
“I just wanted to say hello and call you.”
-Is there really nothing to do?
“…I guess so.”
Although Sedes was slightly disheartened by the Archduke’s criticism, he did not cut off the communication unilaterally, telling him to stop talking nonsense.
“…Thank you for taking care of the princes.”
Still, since I had already made the call, I felt like I should say something, so I listed off all the things I was thankful for, including the help I had received since I was little, and I was able to fill the time.
Of course, we don’t know how the Archduke took it.
-Thank you for everything.
“…I guess so.”
There is nothing left to do now. No matter how desperately my son’s friend looks up at me, it is the same.
-Then tell Bae Dong-han.
“……?”
-Stop talking nonsense.
“…?! Now, Your Highness, for a moment,”
Stop.
“…….”
“…….”
The communication was cut off without any time to make any excuses. What on earth happened between the Archduke and his son’s friend… ?
“I’m glad that the Archduke’s mood has improved a little.”
“…? How did this make the Archduke feel better?”
If you don’t ignore me the next time you contact me, you’ll be lucky.
“You didn’t mention me. Oh, it’s time for the kids to wake up. I’ll be going now. I’ll ask you again next time, so make sure you have plenty to say.”
My son’s friend must have been very satisfied with my service because he waved his hand and disappeared.
“…….”
What a bolt from the blue this morning.