How the Prince Makes Friends - Chapter 310



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Episode 310

“Because it disappeared.”

“……?”

Evan felt confused by the indifferent answer, as if the child had gone to a friend’s house to play, and asked back.

“It disappeared…, you say?”

“okay.”

I couldn’t see it directly, but I could tell. The connection with me was completely cut off.

Still, the guy lasted longer than expected. Originally, he should have died before he could even last half a day, but the clever thing managed to hold out by changing its fluffy body into a simple water droplet shape.

Of course, if I had suppressed my desires just a little bit and not reached out to my father, I wouldn’t have gotten the stupid result of being destroyed.

Who exactly do you resemble to be so stupid and mean?

‘… It must resemble me.’

Dios laughed in vain. He was also foolish enough to think that he was a little envious of his anima, who was rubbing her pale face and body as if it didn’t matter at all that her body had disappeared.

“Why, why?”

But Evan, who was shocked by the answer, stuttered and showed his embarrassment.

“Oh, is it because you were attacked?”

“I have never been attacked.”

“Then what about that wound earlier…….”

“That’s because I experimented with it myself to check the concentration of the holy water.”

“No, why are you testing that on your body?!”

Evan was terrified. Even though he had once been human, the current Archduke was clearly a demon.

“Anyway, tell Little Rex that Anima can’t be seen anymore.”

“…….”

“Go now.”

However, Dios calmly gave another order to banish Evan, regardless of whether he was terrified or not. In fact, his experiment wasn’t over yet.

‘If I use holy water from time to time, it might be okay to be by my father’s side.’

It was for this very reason that I did the crazy thing of pouring holy water on this body.

Of course, there will be pain when pouring holy water and weakening the magic energy… … .

But even so, it was an experiment that had to succeed at all costs, if only to eliminate the wolf pups.

Anyway, in order to resume the experiment, the wolf cub had to disappear, but the wolf cub was still in the same place, just moving its lips with an indescribable expression.

“Aren’t you going?”

“Are you okay?”

“If it’s a wound from the Holy Water, it’s okay. If you drive it out with more powerful magic, it’ll be no problem to recover.”

“No, I mean, he was like a son to me, wasn’t he?”

“Speak sense.”

Dios frowned at the word son. The reason it called itself father was because its father, of all people, treated it like a grandson.

Just as my father’s existence was absolute to me, his existence was also absolute to my anima, who resembled me.

It didn’t matter what the actual relationship was between Requies and my anima. Even if my father had simply treated it like a pet, my anima would have gladly accepted that treatment.

“If you really want to be specific, it’s the same as me, I think of my father as my father.”

Or maybe God.

Dios swallowed his words and lowered his gaze back to the documents.

Apart from the fact that you hold me up as a god, you have given me the name Dios (god) instead… … .

“…Did the cotton ball really disappear?”

“Did you give me affection?”

Dios’ face crumpled at Evan’s persistent questions.

Damn wolf cub, I can’t beat him up again… … .

Dios unconsciously clenched his fist, but decided to hold back once more. That was a very important key to breaking his father’s curse.

“…I already warned Little Rex…, don’t get me wrong. It’s not a living thing, it’s just a ball of magic…”

“No, no, that’s not it…….”

Although Dios explained it kindly with great patience, Evan could not easily agree with it. Of course, he had developed feelings for him while fighting with Cotton Ball, but that was not the problem now.

“Then that is……”

Evan glanced down. It was dark and small, so he didn’t notice it at first, but something strange was crawling in front of the Archduke’s desk.

At first glance, you might mistake it for a bug… … .

“…Your Majesty, there’s something like dust crawling in front of the desk….”

“……?”

Dios raised his eyebrows as if asking what on earth he was talking about and got up from his seat.

And then you discover it.

“…Is that a different guy?”

“…….”

“Kku, Kkui……!”

A lump of dust that runs away in surprise when it encounters me.

* * *

“Kkuii……”

Somnus, who had been playing around with his white hair wrapped around his body, avoiding the evil chains, now climbed up onto his grandfather’s forehead, feeling that his destruction was not far off.

And then I tossed and tossed him hard. If I tossed him hard enough, he might wake up.

‘baby.’

How nice it would be if I could finally hear that affectionate voice and meet those gently curving gazes.

But it was useless, because Grandfather wasn’t just asleep. Moreover, since Somnus was already as thin as a fingernail, it was difficult to wake up someone who was sleeping normally.

‘I want to stay longer.’

They say human greed is endless. No, since I resemble my master, perhaps my master’s greed is endless.

Somnus was worried. How could he spend more time with his grandfather?

I shouldn’t ask my master for more magic power. Looking at his actions, it seems like he won’t give me any more anyway, but if I mix any more magic power into him, it’ll be hard for me to reach my grandfather anyway.

‘But I want to stay longer.’

Somnus was caught in an endless conflict.

I want to stay with my grandfather, but if I do, I will disappear. If I disappear, I will be separated from my grandfather forever. To avoid disappearance, I have to get out of here. But I have to be separated from my grandfather.

As Somnus was pondering for a long time, a thought suddenly came to his mind that Anima would never have thought of.

What I need to maintain my body is the magic power provided by my master.

But does that magical power necessarily have to be the master’s? Can’t one replenish one’s magical power directly?

“dream!”

Somnus, who had come up with a hypothesis, flew away to find a magic stone to absorb.

It was a very dangerous thought that could easily lead to being absorbed in reverse, but it was worth trying anything if it meant being with my grandfather for just one more second.

Of course, a normal anima cannot absorb the mana of a magic stone. No, in the first place, it was the owner’s role to maintain the body, so it was a being that could not even think of such a thought.

However, Somnus, who inherited the talent, madness, and obsession of the great wizard, and who was intelligent enough to survive for a relatively long time and learn, was far from ordinary.

Fortunately, there was no need to go far to find the magic stone. My grandfather’s room was filled with magic stones that maintained all sorts of magic.

Just like his master, Somnus, who was smart, was also aware of the danger that he might be absorbed in return, so he first looked for the weakest and most vulnerable magic stone.

“Kkwya!”

You, be my prey!

And Somnus, who discovered the fragments of the magic stone, swallowed them immediately and began slowly extracting mana.

Eventually, when the mana from the magic stone that made up my body exceeded the magic power of the master,

“…! coup!”

The link with the owner was broken.

It has become a fully independent entity!

This was truly a miracle. But more important to Somnus was the fact that he could spend more time with his grandfather.

“Kkuiyang!”

Somnus, who had grown back to the size of a thumb, returned excitedly to his grandfather and continued to cuddle up next to him.

Then, when its body size decreases, it absorbs the mana of the magic stone again, and then it curls up again and absorbs the magic stone again… … .

After repeating this dozens of times, Somnus finally realizes something shocking.

The fact that the Magic Stone is not infinite… …!

“Kku, kkui!”

Somnus was confused, but he was not discouraged. The magic stone must be in another room.

Yeah, like Little Rex’s room… … .

… and so now.

“…Your Majesty, there’s something like dust crawling in front of the desk….”

“?!?”

Somnus was surprised as he crossed Little Rex’s study in search of the magic stone.

The damn wolf cub told his former master without any notice!

“Kku, kkui!”

Somnus immediately ran away, but of course, he was caught.

“What the heck is this….”

“…dream?”

who are you?

The captured Somnus tried to sneak a peek just in case, but of course, his former master didn’t give in easily.

“…This is driving me crazy.”

Dios was so dumbfounded that he touched his forehead. Although the color was different from before, and had a grayish tint, this was indeed his anima. No, to be precise, it was his anima.

‘I never thought Anima would become independent… … .’

“Kkuya? Kkuikku!”

“…….”

Even the connection was cut off so I couldn’t even tell what he was saying. However, I could guess to some extent because his fundamentals were similar to mine…

“What are you saying?”

“I guess… it seems like he’s telling me to put it down.”

If we were to infer a little more precisely, it would be something like, ‘What are you looking at? Put it down!’

“under.”

Dios threw the dust ball away. The dust ball glanced at him for a moment, then quickly ran away.

“Is that… a cotton ball?”

Evan asked cautiously with a puzzled look on his face. Somehow, the cotton ball felt a little different than before.

What should I say, it feels a bit more trivial.

Maybe it’s because it’s covered in so much dust.

At that moment, a sigh-like answer was heard.

“…I guess that’s right.”

“I guess you were hiding in a corner somewhere. It was covered in dust…….”

“No. That’s because the color changed. It’s because the mana that makes up the body changed.”

“Is that even possible?”

“Originally…, it’s impossible.”

Yes, it is impossible. In theory, another demon could inject more magical power into my anima and take ownership of it.

However, in human terms, this is no different than the blood flowing through the body being replaced with the blood of a completely different creature. How can one be okay when the body’s composition has changed…?

“ah…….”

Then Dios suddenly realized something and let out a sigh. Then he ran straight to the bedroom and grabbed the dustball that was slowly trying to steal the magic stone.

“Kkwiyaak-!”

The anima I caught struggled, but I had no intention of caring for it.

“Absorb it all.”

Dios, with a short command, opened a vial of holy water and pointed the spout at Anima.

“Kkwaaaaaaah?!”

The guy who was born as an anima of the demon tribe was terrified when he saw the holy water, but Dios poured the holy water on him.

Chiiik-

The sound of burning flesh, the smell of burning flesh, and the excruciating pain came rushing in.

“Kku, kkukyaak!”

Anima was making a fuss, but since this was painless anyway, it wouldn’t hurt.

After a while, when I had finished drinking a bottle of holy water,

“Kkui, kuii…….”

The bleached white anima raised its head. It also exuded a faint divine power.

“……!”

Dios, who confirmed my hypothesis, laughed heartily without realizing it, forgetting that his hand was burning.

This was a fairy tale. The reason Anima was able to maintain its form despite the change in the mana that made up its body was because the fundamental magical power that made this possible was the magical power that enabled fairy tales.

‘If this guy can do it, then I can do it too.’

That means…,

You can turn back into a human.

Of course, I didn’t think about turning back into a human. The human body was incredibly weak compared to that of a demon.

But if you go back to being human, you don’t have to do stupid things like keep pouring holy water on yourself.

Of course, there will be great pain in the process of fully accepting the divine power and canceling out all the latent magic within my body… , so what?

After thinking about it, Dios opened a new bottle of holy water.

The madness of Somnus, who said he would sacrifice his body to stay by his grandfather’s side, was all similar to that of his master.

But just before drinking the holy water,

“AAAAAHHHH!!!”

puck!

Something soft hit Dios’ head with a loud roar.

“This crazy demon aaak!!!”