How the Prince Makes Friends - Chapter 314



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Episode 314

Bam, bang!

As I hurriedly opened the greenhouse door, the vines immediately wrapped around me.

“…! Seaweed!”

Lianus was surprised to see Miyeok’s condition. If it had been before, he would have picked me up and rolled me up as soon as he saw me, but now Miyeok looked so wrinkled and weak that all he could do was hug me gently.

The majesty that covered the ceiling of the glass greenhouse was gone, and now the body was like a dried tea leaf… I was so upset that I almost cried.

“Miyeok, are you in a lot of pain?”

Dori dori.

“Are you hungry? I’ll give you food!”

Dori dori dori.

Although Miyeok continued to struggle, he was so weak that to Rianus, he only appeared to be fluttering around.

Rianus, whose heart was growing impatient, turned his head towards Lima.

“Lima, lend me your sword.”

“If you’re going to cut down dry plants, it’s dangerous, so I’ll do it.”

“What?! That’s not it! Don’t do that to Miyeok!”

Lianus quickly wrapped himself around the vines. The seaweed must have been scared too, because it pulled the vines closer and wrapped itself tightly around me.

“Don’t worry, Miyeok. I will definitely save you.”

As he said this, Lianus wrapped himself in vines and headed towards the center where the roots of the seaweed were. In every place he passed, the seaweed vines had fallen limply, and each one was wrapped around a flowerpot, which seemed to be to water the herbs.

“Miyeok, Neil is not here right now. So I will pack your lunch.”

Rianus, who had come to the center of the greenhouse, carefully stroked the dried and shriveled vines. Miyeok seemed to have a hard time moving the vines, so he just held me tightly and didn’t move much.

“Lima, give me the sword.”

“…What are you trying to do?”

“I won’t do anything dangerous. It’ll only take a little while.”

Lianus held out his hand to Lima, holding back tears. Lima hesitated for a moment before handing me a very small pocket knife.

“Miyeok-ah, how much blood do you need?”

“……!”

slap!

At my question, Miyeok, who had been slumped over, was startled and threw away the pocket knife he was holding. Then, as if I was going to pick up the pocket knife again, I quickly stretched out the vine, picked it up, and handed it to Rima.

“Uh… why? Didn’t you live off of blood?”

Lianus was puzzled. Apparently, my friend had given a lot of blood to Miyeok and became anemic… … .

If it had simply been drinking water, it wouldn’t have become so withered. Since the seaweed plant knows how to provide water to other plants, it wouldn’t have failed to provide its own water.

“Then what do you want to eat?”

At my question, Miyeok hesitated and moved the vines creakingly.

Perhaps because I had moved too vigorously a little while ago, dry vine leaves kept falling on my head. As I stared at them with some concern, the vines came closer and swept away the fallen leaves.

“A plant that cleans its own fallen leaves…….”

Lima, who had been watching, muttered incredulously, but Rianus ended up shedding tears at the sight of it being so pitiful.

“…Because our Miyeok is smart.”

Lianus tried to act as if nothing had happened and continued speaking.

“Smart seaweed, tell me what you need?”

At those words, Miyeok’s largest vine came towards me, carefully swept my eye area, and then lightly tapped my forehead.

And at that moment, what Miyeok wanted vaguely appeared in Lianus’s mind.

“…This…, does it require mana?”

Nod nod.

“That’s it!”

Rianus, who understood Miyeok’s meaning, smiled brightly and then froze.

“Then why did you drink Neil’s blood?”

“…….”

If it was just mana that was needed, then my friend’s blood wouldn’t have been needed. When Lianus questioned with narrowed eyes, Miyeok fidgeted and then tapped the vine on his forehead again.

“Hmm…, it seems like Neil’s blood has a lot of mana….”

It seems that my close friend thought that it would be more efficient to share his blood rather than supplying the hard-to-find magic stones. According to Miyeok’s information, a single drop of Nihil’s blood seems to be equivalent to a low-grade magic stone…

Actually, since it became easier to obtain magic stones thanks to the Grand Duke, it seems that magic stones have been supplied instead of blood, but it seems that more is needed than expected.

Of course, considering the original size of the seaweed that covers the entire greenhouse, it’s understandable that a lot of magic stones would be needed, but it seems like it’ll take some time to procure that amount.

“Don’t worry, Miyeok. I’m a prince, even if I look like this. I can get you a magic stone or something…”

Passus… thud, thud.

“……!”

At the moment he was speaking confidently, several of the vines of the seaweed that had been working among them withered and twisted in an instant, and the flower basket he was holding rolled across the floor.

Lianus looked at the greenhouse floor where the water had risen and his face hardened. It seemed that the condition of the seaweed was worse than he had thought.

“Ah, that won’t work. First, I’ll bring you the magic stone in my room! Let’s go quickly, Rima.”

“yes.”

Lianus turned around immediately, but before he could take a step, the seaweed wrapped around his wrist.

“What’s wrong, Miyeok?”

Dori dori.

“I told you not to go?”

Nodding. Miyeok nodded the vine up and down, then grabbed my hand and shook it back and forth as if asking me to play.

“No, Miyeok. You’ll be in big trouble if you do that. I’ll be back soon, so just wait a little bit.”

But Rianus spoke firmly, pulling away the vines, and started walking again. He also wanted to play with Miyeok, but if he was any later, he could have been in big trouble.

“…Prince?”

“Hey, butler!”

As I entered the palace entrance, I happened to run into the butler. Thinking it was a good thing, Lianus asked the butler to get him the magic stone.

“You don’t have to get a lot at once, just get as much as you can as quickly as possible and move it to the front of the greenhouse.”

“All right.”

“good!”

This made me feel much better. Rianus quickly climbed the stairs. And when he entered the hallway on the fifth floor where his room was, he found a familiar ball of cotton.

“…Soft?”

“Ku, kui.”

Somsom, who was wandering between my room and Nihil’s room, jumped in surprise when she saw me. I hadn’t seen her since morning so I wondered where she had gone, but it looks like she was here.

I don’t know how she moved between palaces with that small body, but I guessed why Somsom came here.

“Are you waiting for Neil?”

“Kui……”

As if her guess was right, her round body collapsed on the floor. It seemed that Somsom felt the empty space of Nihil just as much as she did.

“It’s okay, Neil will be back soon.”

“…coup…….”

I tried to comfort her in my own way, but Som-Som-yi twisted her body and started staring at Nihil’s bedroom.

‘… I was wondering what you were looking at so intently outside the window… … .’

It seemed that he was looking at the Wernus Palace, or more precisely, Nihil’s bedroom. The room that my brother had assigned me was located in a place where I could see the Wernus Palace from afar.

Lianus looked down at the fluffy thing and then turned the doorknob of his room. It seemed like he should first give the magic stone to Miyeok and then take the fluffy thing with him.

Neil certainly wouldn’t want Somsom to wait for him like this.

‘I have to stay strong so that Neil doesn’t have to worry when he comes back.’

To do that, we must also protect the seaweed safely.

“…Lima, where did all the magic stones that were here go?”

However, no matter how much I searched my room, I couldn’t find the magic stone. There were magic stones embedded in the bathroom, as well as in the magic tools Nihil had installed here and there, but for some reason, all the places where the magic stones had been embedded were empty.

“…Aren’t you mistaken about the location…?”

“Um…, no.”

Of course, an ordinary person might have been confused about where the magic stone was embedded because the magic tool was so complicated, but he couldn’t have been mistaken because he could see the flow of mana flowing out of the magic stone little by little.

“I can’t see any flow of mana at all.”

It was just an empty shell. It had some delicate incantations carved into it, but that was it.

Since the power source that operated the spell was completely gone, these magical tools could not function properly.

“Come to think of it, why isn’t there a baby…….”

Where did the baby who was supposed to purify the magic that had seeped into my room go?

“Shut up.”

Lianus thought it was strange, but soon got up from his seat, thinking that the baby had gone out for a moment to have a snack.

“Lima, let’s go to Neil’s room.”

There are so many magical tools there that it’s dizzying. There must be a few magic stones to spare.

* * *

‘Ah… I miss our prince… … .’

I was so bored watching the lynx lying there like a doll that I said something like that, and the Archduke, who was looking at the documents, raised his head.

‘The little Rexes seem to be enjoying some refreshments in the indoor garden right now. That Franca… … .’

‘This is Francesca.’

‘Yeah. It looks like that spirit master guy is here too, so you go and have fun too.’

‘… Is that okay?’

‘I won’t have this much free time when my father wakes up, so I might as well enjoy it now.’

‘yep!’

Thanks to the Archduke’s kindness, Evan quickly left the Palace of Wernus without a single rejection.

On the way to the Estas Palace to meet the cutest creature in the world,

“Hey! Sir Evan, hello!”

“Ah… hello.”

Evan awkwardly responded to the loud greeting.

After becoming a Sword Master, there were more and more people who greeted him like this, but Evan always had trouble figuring out how to react because he didn’t know who they were.

‘Well, that’s not important right now.’

The important thing now is that I can play with my kitten.

“Are you busy?”

“Yes, I’m sorry.”

Evan continued walking, ignoring the knights trying to catch him. It was such a waste of time to deal with those guys while leaving the cute kitten behind.

But ignoring him was not the first or second thing, and when a high-ranking noble spoke to him, it became a headache, so Evan circled around to a place where there was no sign of people.

And then, in the indoor garden where we arrived, shocking news was heard.

“Ruth went to see Miyeok, but……”

“…Seaweed?”

“They say it’s a demon plant grown in a greenhouse….”

“ah.”

At the mention of the demon plant, Evan only then remembered the bizarre vines that resembled a lynx. He had completely forgotten about them, having not been to the greenhouse recently.

“My secret friend Evan, how about we have some tea together here until the Second Prince arrives?”

“Ah…, um….”

Even with the advice of his only friend of the same age, Evan couldn’t help but agonize. He wanted to talk to Karus, but he was worried about the prince.

“Evan, since Sir Rima is with you, the prince can enjoy his vacation without worrying.”

“But Master…….”

“I know you like the prince, but… don’t you need some time for yourself? And the second prince said he’d be here soon, so it might be better to wait so we don’t miss each other.”

“Ah… I see. Then, excuse me for a moment.”

Evan was eventually persuaded and sat down. It certainly made sense. In fact, hadn’t he crossed paths with the prince on his way here?

“But if the prince seems a little late, I will go find him.”

“Okay, okay. Let’s go together then.”

* * *

“…Soft?”

“Ku, kui.”

“…….”

Dios, who had cleverly taken Evan somewhere else, quietly looked down at Lianus, who had appeared on the fifth floor while hiding. At first, it seemed like he had come back to the palace knowing something, but it didn’t seem to be the case.

“It’s okay, Neil will be back soon.”

“…coup…….”

… How will he react when he sees his father?

“Lima, let’s go to Neil’s room.”

Dios wondered how long that lump of flesh could endure seeing an unloving father.

‘Dia, wouldn’t it be better to fix this habit of testing people?’

A soft murmur of silence could be heard in his head, but Dios smiled wryly instead.

Father, I still can’t trust humans.