How the Prince Makes Friends - Chapter 300
Only Noblemtl
Episode 300
“I said I’m going too!”
“Old, Commander, I’m not going to defeat demons, I’m going to teach humans.”
“I can teach well too.”
“I think you should reconsider your own abilities…….”
“Are you done talking?”
“…….”
Knock… , knock… , knock… .
Dios, who was absentmindedly typing on his diary, heard Khan’s voice ringing in the hallway and got up from his seat.
“Your Majesty, where are you going?”
“Dimir, when is it time to visit the palace?”
“They should be ready to open the passage by now.”
“okay.”
“Are you going?”
“…I’m worried that I won’t be able to do it properly.”
“……?”
Dios came out of the hallway with the bewildering aide.
Upon arriving at the basement where the demon was being kept, the soldiers waiting to move the demon were seen frozen in tension.
‘I think it would be better to guide them directly in the beginning.’
In fact, the soldiers were nervous because of their superior’s appearance, but Dios made up an excuse for himself to accompany them and quietly joined them.
But the pretext was just a pretext, and Dios, who had escaped through the passage, went straight to find his father.
“[……!]”
My father was startled when he saw me, but then smiled brightly. Dios felt relieved at his consistency and quietly opened his mouth.
“[Father, I have something to tell you.]”
At those words, my father came running without a moment’s hesitation.
“Don’t you have any pride?” Dios added, somehow looking annoyed.
“[Don’t stick.]”
“[……!]”
When I snapped at him, my father stopped in surprise. Dios said with the corners of his lips curled up.
“[Don’t come any closer. Isn’t this enough for conversation?]”
At those words, my father’s shoulders slumped. When I saw my father when I was young, he looked so manly and mature, but now, perhaps because he had grown younger, he really did look like a child.
My father stared at me for a long time without moving from that spot, like an obedient dog.
I was starting to feel a little proud, thinking that I had the upper hand, when my father, as if he had had a good idea, clapped his hands together and started circling me while maintaining some distance from me.
Uda dadada dadada-.
“[…….]”
Dadadadadadada-.
Dios was speechless at the absurdity. He felt like he had lost somehow.
“[…it’s annoying.]”
“[……!]”
Chin, chin, chin.
“[…….]”
“[……after.]”
Dios stared at the white back of his head, then sighed and grabbed the back of his neck.
“Aspel.”
“…! Yes, Your Majesty.”
“I’ll leave this to you.”
“All right!”
After leaving the rest to Aspel, Dios took his father and moved to his father’s bedroom in the palace of Wernus.
My father smiled broadly, wondering what was so good about having the back of his neck grabbed, and then brought out tea and snacks as if he had prepared them from the beginning.
“[Dia, what’s wrong? Oh, please eat this first. We don’t have much time. It’s summer, so the tea is cold, but if there’s anything you want to eat, please let me know.]”
“[I’ll just take care of business and go right away.]”
“[Oh, then I’ll speak first. I had something I wanted to say, too.]”
I prepared a gift, too. My father said that, then hurriedly searched through his pockets and took something out. It seemed like he kept it in his pocket so he could give it to me whenever he wanted.
One looked like a letter, and the other was a white ball of cotton the size of a fist, looking very familiar.
“[…what is that.]”
“[This is a doll I made. It’s my friend Som-Som.]”
“[…….]”
Dios was dumbfounded and didn’t respond. He wasn’t asking because he didn’t know. What kind of doll is this at this age? It was clear he was trying to tease her again.
“[No need,]”
“Kkui!”
Just as I was about to firmly refuse, my anima in my arms poked its head out and snatched the doll away. My father looked at my anima and said happily.
“[I’m glad you like it.]”
“[…….]”
Dios opened his lips, then closed them again. Making excuses here would only make himself look more ridiculous.
“[Hasn’t the cotton wool gotten a lot smaller than that?]”
It must have been this big… My father made a fist with his small hand and pretended to compare its size with Anima’s.
“Kkui, Kkui-!”
Anima was trying to monopolize a doll much larger than her body, but Dios didn’t like the sight of it, so he snapped at her for no reason.
“[Say what you want to say.]”
“[Ah, um, so…….]”
When my father was about to speak, he looked at me with an embarrassed smile.
“[I wrote it in the letter, but… I wanted to tell you that I am grateful.]”
“[What are you talking about?]”
Dios frowned. Lately, all he could remember was his father.
“[Just… everything. Thank you for being with me in the past, thank you for waiting for me, and thank you for giving me a chance.]”
“[…….]”
“[I’ve only apologized to you recently, but I don’t think I’ve ever thanked you. In fact, it was because of you that Ariel’s punishment was possible.]”
“[…I don’t know what you’re talking about…. Even without me, there’s no problem with Father using his abilities, right?]”
Dios looked down, feeling strangely embarrassed. He saw the water droplets on the glass flowing down.
“[If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t have even thought of using my abilities.]”
“[…….]”
Dios, who had been reflexively swiping the water droplet, froze at those words.
It was none other than himself who caused his father, who did not like to assimilate due to his duty as a translator, to cleverly twist and apply his assimilation ability.
‘… If only I hadn’t asked to be saved back then… … .’
Suddenly, as that thought occurred to me, my mood began to sink, and something cold touched the back of my hand. When I raised my head, I saw my father carefully placing a drop of water on the back of my hand.
“[I…, in the end, I was able to act with such courage because I had you as a safety device. Ah, Dia, don’t move.]”
“[…….]”
His father continued to pour water drops. Dios thought about shaking the drops off, but he left them as they were, thinking that his father needed more time to think.
“ah.”
The water drop that had been growing in size eventually burst, but it was no longer cold.
Dios looked down at it quietly and then raised his head. My father, who had been looking down as if embarrassed, was now looking straight at me.
“[Because I knew that even if things went wrong, you, at least my little one, would be on my side.]”
“[…….]”
“[Oh, I didn’t mean to burden you. It’s just what I think.]”
There is absolutely no need to feel burdened or obligated, my father added, and then took a sip of his drink as if he was relieved that he had said all he wanted to say.
“[Now it’s Dia’s turn.]”
Dios kept his mouth shut when he heard that it was his turn. He was the one who had come, but he had not yet organized what he wanted to say.
Then, wondering if there was something he could be doing to offend his father, he suddenly opened his mouth.
“[Why do you steal other people’s diaries?]”
“[Ah…, did you get caught?]”
“[Is that something you would do, leaving a note as if it were a joke? Are you really crazy?]”
“[But I was so curious that I couldn’t just pass it by.]”
But I left my diary behind as an apology… Dios felt annoyed at the rambling excuses.
“[I’m not curious!]”
“[I was wondering.]”
“[No, really…!]”
Dios tried to get up from his seat, but then wiped his face and gulped down his drink.
“[Dia, have some cookies too. I made them.]”
“[…Do you bake cookies for your kids these days?]”
“[This was baked for Dia.]”
“[You know when I’ll come.]”
“[I figured that if I kept baking every day, an opportunity would arise. But I didn’t know that I would be able to give it to you this quickly. I’m so happy.]”
“[…….]”
Dios glared at the mischievous, smiling face before putting the cookie in his mouth. It was not too sweet but rather rich, which was exactly my style.
Dios silently ate a few more cookies. The wolf cub that was supposed to be attached to Little Rex was getting closer, but he cautiously opened his mouth, knowing that it wouldn’t be able to hear our conversation anyway.
“[father.]”
“[Yes, Dia.]”
“[…Should we pretend there was no bet?]”
The reason I said that unexpected thing was probably because the cookies were delicious.
“[…what are you talking about?]”
“[It means that I will accept my annoying father. Without having to test the blood clots.]”
“[ah…….]”
“[Of course, you will have to stay in my mansion until you wake up from your dream…….]”
“No, Dia. I don’t like that anymore.”
“……?”
Dios looked puzzled at his father’s sudden change of language. Surely he knew that the wolf cub was outside… … .
But Nihil continued speaking.
“How many times have you not already endured it? There is no need for you to continue to sacrifice yourself for the sake of efficiency. Don’t you think so too, Puppy?”
“…….”
Crunch, squeak-.
Evan, who had something to say to the Grand Duke and was waiting for the conversation to end, had no choice but to open the door at the sound of a bark.
“It’s a matter of treating Aril. If you want to handle it, you or Aril should do it. You don’t want to be in debt, do you?”
“…Of course.”
Evan nodded cautiously. Every word was correct from start to finish.
But there was one catch. Just because I wasn’t indebted to the Grand Duke, it didn’t mean I wasn’t indebted to the savage.
Evan glanced at the Archduke, who was staring at him indifferently, then turned his head to the lynx, who was munching on a cookie without a care in the world.
“you…….”
“I don’t think you owe me anything, because I do what I want. Not for you or Ariel, but for me.”
“but…….”
“I’m going to do it anyway even if you tell me not to. Oh, Dia, aren’t you going to eat more? I worked hard to make it, so you have to eat it all. You can’t leave until you finish it all.”
“…….”
The lynx changed his words and shoved a cookie into the Archduke’s mouth. The Archduke’s expression crumpled in real time, but he didn’t seem to care.
Evan hesitated for a moment, then opened his mouth carefully.
“…grandee.”
“What is it?”
“Actually, I came to ask you a favor, Your Highness. Please don’t kill Ariel.”
“…Who killed the child?”
“……?”
Evan was confused.
“But last time I told the prince… to prepare to say goodbye….”
“ah…….”
The Archduke clicked his tongue, looking a little embarrassed, as if he had never thought that he could interpret it.
“That’s not what I meant.”
“…then…….”
“Because if I won the bet, I was going to take my father with me.”
“……?”
“It’s not the wolf cub you have to say goodbye to, it’s your father.”
“Yes? Okay, okay, just a moment, Your Highness.”
Evan stuttered, flustered by the unexpected answer. Could it be that if he can’t handle it properly, our little kitty will have to be separated from the wildcat for life…?
“Why. Are you going to give up?”
But in response to the provocative question, Evan ended up clenching his fists and lowering his head.
“…No. Please give me a chance.”
Knock knock.
Instead of an answer, I heard the sound of a chair being dragged. I looked up and saw the station, which was no longer scary at all.
“…Don’t keep complaining because it’s hard.”