How the Prince Makes Friends - Chapter 306
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Episode 306
thud.
Dios lowered his head at the small vibration he felt.
I thought it would take at least two days for his pulse to return, but perhaps it was because he had poured all the potions he could into his body, or perhaps because his body wasn’t damaged too much, but he seemed to have recovered faster than expected.
Of course, it will take more time to wake up.
“…….”
Dios stared at the arrow stuck in the wall for a moment, then pulled it out and burned it. He threw the wolf cub roughly into his room.
After cleaning up the bloodstains, removing the booby traps, and putting my father to bed, the sun began to rise.
As if nothing had happened, just like that.
Fatigue came on suddenly. Normally, I would fall asleep for about two weeks after the end of the rotten moon, but this time, even though my father helped me a lot, I had a hard time holding back sleepiness.
‘It’s so easy.’
It’s strange when I think about it. It was really nothing, so how could I have hesitated so much?
I’m not going to die anyway.
‘You won’t die anyways?! Then can’t you sacrifice something for the child?!’
‘It’s just a matter of drawing some blood, so what? It’s not a big deal to that monster anyway.’
‘It’s easy for you anyway! Why don’t you help me?’
“…….”
You ungrateful bastards.
Maybe he didn’t want his father’s value to be diminished by the word ‘anyway’.
Dios, who was suddenly displeased, lightly touched his white eyelashes, then brushed his hair neatly to the side and stood up.
Bam.
“……?”
Then, something fell from his arms and he lowered his head. It was the letter from his father that he had received just a little while ago.
Rustle.
Dios opened the letter. He had seen it several times already, but he just wanted to see it again.
Then, I opened my eyes slightly when I saw that a postscript had been added at the end of the letter in a different color of ink. It seemed that the spell that had been cast upon me by my father’s death had been broken, and the hidden sentences had come to mind.
-Thank you for your patience, Dia.
“…….”
Without realizing it, my hand holding the letter tightened.
-I hope you continue to hesitate.
It would not be a mistake to think that those words mean something to the effect of not giving up.
“…father.”
Dios opened his mouth, carefully unfolding the slightly crumpled letter and putting it in his bosom.
“Don’t listen to those ungrateful bastards.”
“…….”
“There are some good guys here, aren’t there?”
“…….”
“There are also lumps of flesh that my father likes….”
“…….”
Of course, there was no answer.
Dios closed his eyes tightly and then opened them.
“…Please, don’t get too lost.”
* * *
‘—, do you want to eat this?’
I held out the strawberry pie. It was something the next door neighbor had prepared for me, but I thought it was too much for me to eat alone, so I brought it with me.
‘Okay. … You eat too and go.’
‘good!’
I sat down at the small table without hesitation. He immediately brought out some fragrant tea, a rare tea that was hard to find in this rural area.
— handed a piece of pie to me and the boy next to me. The boy was wary of me, but he accepted the pie — handed him without complaint.
‘—, this is when you say thank you.’
‘… … .’
‘Haha, it’s okay. —I guess you’re still very shy.’
‘Shut up, you idiot.’
‘Ahahaha.’
I laughed heartily. The boy’s reaction was always funny to see.
— lifted the strawberries from his pie and placed them on the boy’s pie. The boy instinctively tried to refuse when he saw it, but he remembered that it was useless and obediently accepted it.
As I watched the peaceful scene, I somehow couldn’t help but smile.
‘-, …they say?’
‘…Huh? What did you say?’
I tilted my head. Suddenly — I couldn’t hear his voice very well.
Then, out of nowhere, a strawberry was thrust in front of me.
‘Rian, eat mine too.’
“……!”
Lianus opened his eyes wide. He saw cotton candy.
“…Ruth, if you’re awake, can you let this go?”
“Oh, brother!”
Now I see that it wasn’t cotton candy, but my brother’s head.
Lianus quickly let go of his brother and got up. He felt like he had had a very warm and nostalgic dream, but he couldn’t remember it.
“What about Som Som?”
“I don’t know.”
Lianus looked around the bedroom. There was no cotton, no baby, no Sir Evan.
“Ruth, more than that.”
“yes!”
“We overslept.”
“?!?”
Lianus was surprised. Why did he suddenly sleep in when he wasn’t even sick? It was really unusual for his brother, who was second to none in terms of diligence, to sleep in with him.
Clack, clack.
But instead of doing something in a hurry, Rian opened the glass jar on the table and leisurely picked out a candy. I have to eat yellow ones today.
“Yum.”
“…Are you eating candy in the morning?”
“No, bro. This is the medicine Neil gave you for your last birthday. You got Pepe too, bro.”
Rianus gestured to Pepe, who was lying next to his brother, and said. Then he found Pupu, who was lying upside down next to him, and laid him down nicely.
Pupu’s right eye, which used to dangle as if it would fall off at any moment, had been sewn tightly shut since around my birthday, and unfortunately, it was a little more crooked than before.
While I was comforting myself and rolling the candy in my mouth, my brother asked me a question.
“Is it delicious?”
“Um, no. This is only on the outside, but the inside is really bitter.”
Lianus rolled the elixir around in his mouth a few more times before swallowing it whole. It would be too late if he swallowed it after the sugar coating had completely melted.
“Actually, I don’t really want to eat it, but I do. If I get sick, Neil will suffer. And Neil said that this is really expensive. One pill costs one gold coin…”
dripping.
Just then there was a knock on the door.
“Prince, it’s Ariel.”
“Oh, listen……”
“Just a moment, Ruth.”
As I was about to let Ariel in without hesitation, my brother stopped me in a hurry and started combing cotton candy diligently.
“Why won’t this sink….”
However, the fluffy cotton candy did not go down easily, and Rianus licked his lips at the sight of such cotton candy.
“Can I ask you to bury your spit in it?”
“Isn’t this all because you were mumbling next to me? Stop talking nonsense and just pick the booger from your eyes.”
“oh.”
Lianus quickly rubbed his eyes. But before he could even wipe the boogers from his eyes, the door opened and he looked up to see a baby boldly entering without the owner’s permission.
“…! Baby!”
Of course, Lianus didn’t care.
“Are you awake?”
“Baby, we overslept.”
“I deliberately didn’t wake you up. The wolf cub probably hasn’t woken up yet.”
“…! Evan the Great?”
“Yeah. I hit him a little yesterday because he was being cheeky.”
“?!?”
Lianus was shocked. What on earth had happened during the night?
“I have something to tell you.”
“Are you a baby?”
“Yes. It’s a story about a father and a wolf cub.”
At Dios’s words, Rianus blinked.
“Neil picked up the wolf?”
“…It’s a story about Aryl.”
“What is that?”
Lawrence reacted quickly at the mention of Ariel. Dios continued, pressing his forehead to ward off sleepiness.
“Aryl’s treatment is finished. However, there is something you must be careful of.”
“What is it?”
“Can you promise me you won’t go around telling people about it?”
“Of course, baby.”
Dios washed his face dry and chose his words. Originally, it was better not to let anyone know about the punishment, but since he had to continue to avoid temples and priests, if the guys he was going to spend time with didn’t cooperate, the wolf cub might end up being accused of being a witch.
Of course, it would have been okay to tell them when something happened, but it would have been better to say this in advance so that there would be no misunderstandings later. Furthermore, when the little Rexes grow up, they might develop prejudices.
“Aril was suffering from divine punishment. He has escaped now thanks to his father’s deception, but be careful, because if he enters a sacred place or comes into contact with a high-ranking priest, the god will become aware of Aril’s existence.”
“What happens if you find out?”
“I can punish you again or kill you.”
“What did Aril do wrong?!”
“If I had to find fault, it would be that I was born of the Wolrang tribe.”
“That’s just nonsense!”
The little rexes jumped, but Dios just raised the corners of his mouth.
“The original gods are absurd.”
“Aryl, don’t worry. There aren’t many temples in Harpens……”
“That’s right, Ariel. There aren’t many priests either.”
Even among the rare but ardent followers of the Archduke, there were those who detested the temple.
“…Thank you, princes.”
Ariel smiled shyly and expressed her gratitude. I was worried that the princes would think of me as a bad child, but my worries were for nothing.
“If you continue to react like that in front of strangers, you might be branded a witch or a heretic.”
However, Dios broke the warm atmosphere by giving a soft warning. As long as the wolf cub was stuck with the small rexes, it was inevitable that they would meet strangers or go abroad.
“Do you really think you would do that?”
“Don’t laugh at me. In other countries, the power of the temple is stronger than you think. In the Holy Empire, when they want to get rid of someone, they sometimes use the method of accusing them of heresy.”
Moreover, from their perspective, the Kingdom of Harpens was heresy itself. Because of that, diplomacy was not easy… … .
‘… Now that I think about it, I guess I was the one who was getting in the way.’
It is entirely my fault that Harpens is so closed off and underdeveloped.
Dios smiled bitterly. The thing that he had set out to protect them had actually turned out to be poison.
“…If the treaty of protection is broken, exchanges with other countries will gradually open up, and the number of temples will increase. It can’t hurt to be careful.”
“If there is a Grand Duke, why bother building a temple?”
“What good is a treaty if it’s broken?”
“There’s no loyalty!”
“…It’s not as far in the future as you might think, Little Rex. The royal authority will gradually weaken, and the Holy Empire will interfere more. Prepare in advance.”
“Um… Anyway, the point now is to keep Ariel from getting involved with the temple, right?”
“okay.”
“More than that, baby. When is Neil coming? I miss him….”
“…….”
Dios touched his forehead. It seemed that he was most curious about when his father would return.
“…Don’t look for your father for a while.”
“…! why?”
“Don’t ask. The important thing is that you must not contact your father.”
“…If we touch it, it’ll be a big problem?”
“No big deal. He might run away.”
“……!”
Dios replied vaguely and washed his face dry. I’m tired.
“Baby, are you tired?”
“Okay. So don’t ask any more questions.”
“I’ll lend you my bed, so you can sleep here for a bit. Oh, and I’ll lend you Poofoo too.”
“…….”
Before he could say anything, an old teddy bear was brought into his arms. Dios stared blankly at it and then took out a white, cotton-like doll from his arms.
“…I have one too. A doll.”
Although it was a little small to hold and sleep in… … .
Although I wanted to stay by my father’s side, I couldn’t do that because I, a demon, didn’t know what kind of influence staying by my father’s side would have on him while he was unconscious.
“I’ll ask Neil when I wake up.”
“Can I not ask?”
“yes.”
…a real disobedient bastard.
“…If you don’t wake up by dinner time, wake me up.”