How the Prince Makes Friends - Chapter 307
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Episode 307
‘…If you don’t wake up by dinner time, wake me up.’
‘Okay, baby.’
I answered so confidently… … .
“…Sir Evan, it’s not yet time, should I wake the baby?”
When Rianus returned from lunch, he looked at his bedroom, which was so full of magic that it was almost overflowing, and asked in a trembling voice.
The magic was so thick that ordinary people could see it with the naked eye, and if a stranger saw it, they would have thought a crack had opened in my bedroom.
“Ruth, it’s dangerous, get off……”
Even with the exception of the knights who could protect themselves and me who could not sense magic, it was not easy to approach them, but even the butler who always had a kind smile on his face asked with a hardened face this time as if he felt the situation was serious.
“…Shall I prepare some holy water?”
I don’t know if I can get it since the Quies Mensis has just ended, but the butler added as he called Sergio.
“Mr. Sergio.”
“Yes, butler.”
Sergio had a history of growing demon plants inside his body against his will, so he was able to approach magic relatively easily compared to other ordinary people, but perhaps because of the unique aversion to the image of magic, he observed the situation from a distance.
“Go around the palace and get all the remaining holy water.”
“…All right.”
Just as Sergio was about to turn around,
“for a moment.”
Someone suddenly appeared and blocked Sergio’s path.
“?!?”
Sergio froze in place, unable to even scream. Rianus was equally surprised, but Sir Evan and the butler seemed to be aware of his presence and showed no reaction.
“Sir Aspel?”
Then, I opened my eyes wide as I realized that I had seen that face somewhere. It was His Highness the Grand Duke’s chief aide.
“…I’m sorry for surprising you.”
Aspel awkwardly apologized to Sergio, who was frozen stiffly, unable to breathe, and then turned to the butler.
“You wouldn’t be thinking of pouring holy water directly on the baby, would you?”
The butler was startled by those words and explained.
“Oh, no, Sir Aspel. It was a misunderstanding. I was simply taking measures to prevent the magic from spreading any further. If you need any other measures, please let me know. I will do my best to assist your child.”
“…The baby will be exhausted from closing the cracks for a long time, so he won’t be able to wake up for a while. He has been like that until now.”
As he said that, Aspel clenched his fists. The Archduke slept for a full month after the rotten moon as if he had finished his work, but in fact, this was not simply resting. This was a process of overcoming a kind of magical erosion.
This time, the elders helped, but that doesn’t mean the process was easy.
The elder destroys the cracks in a way that no living being would dare even think of attempting, by forcibly dispersing the magical power gathered in the cracks with an unparalleled gravitational and repulsive force that cannot even be compared, but the grand duke weakens and destroys the cracks by directly absorbing the magical power contained in the cracks and releasing it again to spread it widely.
Unlike the elders who can handle natural mana as if it were their own without having to absorb magic power, the archduke who has to absorb magic power directly is still at risk of being consumed by magic power.
‘If it were any other demon race, they would have been absorbed into the crack immediately upon trying, or would have lost their sanity due to being eroded by the magic.’
However, the Grand Duke never lost his senses. Of course, while he was sleeping, he could not control his magical power and would let it out, but even then, seeing that he could restrain it from spreading beyond a certain range, it must be an incredible self-control. Even now, the area was restricted more strongly than when the Grand Duke was there.
‘Instead, the magic was even thicker… … .’
“Gyu, wasn’t it Your Highness the one who closed the crack?”
“…….”
Aspel was momentarily speechless at the prince’s question. The baby was actually the Archduke, but he could not reveal that fact without permission.
Aspel quickly made an excuse.
“The baby… assists Your Majesty.”
“Forcing a baby to do hard labor is clearly child abuse.”
“…….”
Aspel, who suddenly became a child abuser, wanted to say something in response, but eventually couldn’t find the words to respond and kept his mouth shut.
“Lord Aspel, Lord Aspel.”
At that moment, the second prince approached him. He seemed to be quite fearless, as if he was not afraid of the demons. Is this why the Grand Duke likes Harpen’s bloodline?
“Are you okay, baby? Does anything hurt?”
“…You’ll be okay.”
Aspel changed the subject. There was no way that the process of driving out the magic erosion would not be painful. However, direct contact was dangerous, so he could not even do something as trivial as wiping away the sweat.
Of course, His Majesty doesn’t know that the rotten month is over and that he is sick. He just thinks that he is catching up on the sleep he missed during the rotten month.
I don’t know if it was because we were insensitive to pain or because we couldn’t remember, but all we could do was turn around and protect the defenseless archer.
“Lord Aspel, Baby asked me to wake her up tonight… can I wake her up?”
“Originally, after the rotten moon ends, he sleeps for a full moon. I don’t know if he will really wake up even if you wake him up.”
“……!”
Lianus was surprised by the unexpected answer. The situation seemed worse than he had expected.
‘Neil would be sad if he found out the baby was sick… … .’
What should I do? Rianus was troubled. If his friend found out that the baby had fallen ill while he was away, he would be very heartbroken and would surely blame himself.
Rianus felt that it couldn’t be helped and tried to go into his room to check on the baby’s condition. However, the Archduke’s aide immediately stopped him and stopped him.
“You must not make direct contact. It may cause magical erosion.”
The aide warned that even high-ranking demons should be concerned about the erosion of their magic energy in this situation. It was said that humans would have to be careful about circulating their mana here, so perhaps the magic energy in my room is thicker than in the demon world right now.
But Lianus smiled broadly.
“I don’t have any mana in my body, so I don’t have to worry about erosion.”
I had despaired so much after finding out that my body couldn’t create Auras, but now that I met Nihil and saw another possibility, my body feels special.
“that……!”
At those words, Aspel opened his eyes wide as if he realized something, then asked me to wait a moment before suddenly disappearing.
“……?”
Lianus stared blankly at the empty space left by Aspel, who had suddenly disappeared. Fortunately, Aspel soon reappeared and handed him a wet towel from somewhere he did not know.
“…Could you please wipe away the baby’s… no, baby’s sweat?”
“What is Imhan?”
“Sweat. I can’t reach you, baby.”
“……!”
Rianus was surprised by those words. It seemed that the baby was in more pain than he had thought.
“I will take care of the baby!”
However, contrary to his confident words, Rianus reflexively hesitated and stepped back at the sight he saw as soon as he opened the door.
Even though it was broad daylight, the room was completely pitch black. The magic seeping out through the cracks in the door was literally just the tip of the iceberg.
If I had to pick one silver lining, it would be that the magic didn’t spread wildly just because the door was opened.
Evan, who didn’t know it would be this bad, stood in my way nervously.
“Your Majesty, please wait a moment. They say there is no danger of erosion, but I think it would be a good idea to clean up the area around the Holy Water a bit. Sir Aspel, is that okay?”
“…It’s okay.”
Eventually, after sprinkling holy water around, my vision cleared up a bit. However, the baby, the source of the magic, was still there, so as time passed, the magic grew thicker again.
While everyone was looking at the lowly magic with concern, it was Sir Evan who spoke first.
“…There might be more holy water in my room. I’ll go look for it.”
“Then I’ll contact the top of Ali. There might be some holy water left being traded secretly.”
“I’ll try contacting my mother, too. She interacted with the shrine quite a bit because of my leg. She might have some holy water left at home.”
Following Evan, the butler and Sergio also left the room.
Lianus stared blankly at their backs before turning his head again. He was grateful for their help, but no matter how much holy water he sprinkled around, it wouldn’t solve the fundamental problem.
“Baby, you’re so hot.”
The baby’s face was distorted in pain, and all he could do was wipe the sweaty face, which was very frustrating for Lianus.
“…If excessive magic is the problem, how about trying a mana restraint?”
At that time, His Excellency the Prime Minister, who was visiting for a class on imperial studies, watched the scene and cautiously gave his opinion. The class had to be temporarily postponed due to the baby’s situation, but it was fortunate that the class was taught by His Excellency the Prime Minister, who knew the situation.
Lianus’ eyes widened at the novel idea, but Aspel shook his head and answered.
“Even a normal baby wouldn’t be able to handle the level of minerals in Cupium. Maybe something like Nigrorum would be okay….”
“What about Nigrorum? Is it hard to get?”
“I’ve only heard about it, Prince. It’s said to be a black mineral that absorbs even light. Even if it were discovered, it would be impossible for humans to mine it, so it probably wouldn’t be obtainable through normal means.”
“uh…….”
Lianus rolled his eyes at the explanation. Somehow, he felt like he could get that Negrorum.
Rianus put down the heated towel and searched under the bed.
“…What are you doing?”
“What are you doing, Ruth…?”
Aspel and his brother looked at me as if I was being absurd as they saw me suddenly go under the bed, but Rianus paid no attention and took out a long wooden box that he had hidden away.
“Tch. Sir Aspel, please look at this. It’s the holy sword that Taegong gave me as a birthday present……”
“…Holy Sword?”
Aspel looked perplexed at the mention of the holy sword, but Lianus, who didn’t notice, continued his explanation and opened the lid of the wooden box.
“It was a sword that absorbed mana. It was a special sword that only I, who had no mana in my body, could use.”
“Why is that a holy sword…, um, if it’s okay, I can touch it…, no, I don’t think I even need to touch it. It seems right.”
“Yes? … Ah.”
Lianus asked absentmindedly and then let out a small sigh.
Before I knew it, black fog-like magic was slowly gathering around my sword.
* * *
Step, step, step, step… … .
Evan quickened his pace. He had already searched his room once to find the holy water, but he wanted to check again.
Crunch.
When he opened the door, he saw the room was in shambles because he had been searching for the holy water. But since he didn’t have time to worry about messiness right away, Evan started searching the room again.
‘… There should definitely be more left… … .’
But no matter how hard I searched, I couldn’t find the holy water.
“after…….”
Evan, unaware that Nihil had secretly taken the holy water and used it, just tore at his poor hair.
‘…Shall we go to the cat’s room?’
Strangely enough, I didn’t really feel like going to the guy’s room, but there were a lot of things like medicine in the guy’s study, so there might be some holy water there.
Evan had no choice but to take another step. He was worried about the Archduke. If he was preventing the erosion of magic, then being in a room full of magic would do no good.
But Evan stopped walking again in front of Nihil’s room, feeling an inexplicable sense of unease.
“…….”
Bam.
Evan threw open the door violently and went into the room, trying to shake off his uneasiness.
And then I found out.
“……!”
Inyoung is tied to the bed, wrapped in pitch-black chains.