How the Prince Makes Friends - Chapter 318



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Episode 318

“Neil… is crying….”

“…….”

Dios was silent for a moment. The tears that flowed ceaselessly from his calm, unwrinkled face were as if water were simply spilling on a marble sculpture, showing no emotion whatsoever.

But Dios opened his mouth with difficulty, looking at the bite.

“…Go back now.”

If it was before I started dreaming, then maybe it wouldn’t have been so bad, but once I started dreaming, there was nothing good about having little Rex by my side.

Because I didn’t know when my father would wake up from his dream. And right after he woke up, he was more annoying than usual.

Dios guessed that it was because the dream just before was the most horrible, so horrible that he could not bear it without waking up.

“Go back, Little Rex.”

Dios said more firmly. In fact, my father may have been dreaming from the moment he closed his eyes. His dreams could not have been just nightmares, right? I was sure that he had just begun to dream because his tears were the only indicator I could tell.

“Sniff, but baby…, Neil cries so much….”

But little Rex, despite my telling him to go back, just sniffled and wiped away his father’s tears.

Dios looked at Lianus like that and spoke a little more firmly.

“Rianus.”

“……!”

Shudder.

When he first heard his name from Dios, Lianus froze.

“Go back.”

“…….”

“When you feel better…, I’ll call you.”

“…It’s a promise, Dia.”

I promise, Dia.

“…….”

Dios closed his eyes tightly as the voice echoed in his head. Why does that guy keep coming to mind lately? It’s been over 500 years already.

Dios did not respond any further, but with a wave of his hand, sent Lianus flying towards the Palace of Estas. The Shadow Knight with the wolf cub was with him.

Bam, bang-!

“Your Highness, Sir Frederick…!”

The wolf cub came looking for me in a hurry, perhaps because the knight he was dealing with had disappeared.

“Don’t be so excited. I sent you to the Palace of Estas.”

Dios waved his hand roughly, his back turned to Evan. Depression engulfed his entire body and he didn’t want to do anything.

“I’m tired, so I’ll get some sleep. Stay by Dad’s side.”

“Ah, I see…, …?! Your Majesty, your majesty, that wildcat guy….”

The wolf cub fidgeted when he found his father late, but Dios added as if it was nothing.

“…If the pillow gets too wet, change it.”

* * *

‘No matter what role you play, just let me remain as your family.’

‘…Please stop talking nonsense and come inside.’

Dios, feeling embarrassed for no reason, snapped and pushed his father into the house. Then he glared sharply at the young man who was standing there blankly.

‘What are you looking at?’

‘ha ha ha…….’

‘Get out. Don’t come near me again.’

‘I’m not really trying to do anything bad… … ‘

‘Go!’

Pfft, Dios shoved the young man hard. He had to go to the market, and if this guy was here, he couldn’t leave his seat without worry.

The guy who was pushed staggered greatly, but didn’t fall over like before.

‘Going to the market?’

‘Don’t worry!’

‘Would you like to go with me?’

‘Why me… …!’

Dios was about to shout at him, asking why he was going with you, but then stopped himself. If this guy followed him, wouldn’t he be able to show off to his father?

‘…Follow me.’

‘…! really?’

The guy followed me, laughing stupidly. Dios tried his best to ignore the guy chasing him and bought the items written on the note one by one.

‘It’s cheaper and better quality at that grandma’s place than here. Sometimes they even throw in some extras.’

It was a little noisy with the chatter next to me, but thanks to that chatter I was able to get things cheaper than usual.

‘Hey, do you have this?’

‘Yonsuk is talking nonsense to adults… …!’

‘Hahaha, sorry, mister. My little brother is a bit rude… Oh, did you trim your beard? You look so handsome today.’

‘Big, how did you know that?’

‘You’ll know when you see it! Oh, how much is this? It looks good.’

‘That came in this time… … .’

He was good at reading the market. He was friendly and polite to everyone, and he was quick-witted and could read other people’s moods well.

‘Hey, buy these too.’

Dios handed the boy a note with a list of things to see, because he didn’t want to deal with people.

The guy glanced at the note and then wiped the corner of his mouth.

‘Well, these spices will be hard to get here. They don’t stock them because there’s no demand. They’re also expensive compared to the quantity… I have some that I grow at home. Do you want to come to my house?’

‘…it’s okay.’

Dios snatched the note back. He was glad to get help, but he didn’t really want to go all the way to the guy’s house. He could buy the things he couldn’t buy later…

‘Go now. And don’t come to our house ever again.’

Dios, who had finished shopping, chased the young man away. He didn’t say thank you. People with high affinity tend to get tired when they’re around. It was better not to get any closer.

But the guy came back the next day.

‘Hello. I brought some herbs that I grow… … .’

‘I told you not to come!’

‘Dia, is your friend here?’

‘You’re not my friend!’

From that day on, the guy’s visits became more frequent. Dios was busy chasing him away, but the guy kept knocking on the cabin door with all sorts of excuses, bringing herbs, tea leaves, snacks, etc.

One day, I woke up and found the boy peacefully drinking tea with his father.

‘Dia, are you awake?’

‘…?! Why are you here? And who called you that?!’

‘But you didn’t tell me your name. Reki told me to ask you directly… … .’

‘Rekii-? Are you crazy? Don’t call your father like that!’

‘Reki said it was okay to call me by my name.’

Right, Reki? The guy said that and gave me a nod.

‘father!!!’

‘Dia, did you sleep well? Come here and have a cup of tea. I’ll prepare breakfast for you right away.’

‘Oh, really!’

‘Oh, Reki, I’ll help you too.’

‘You! Don’t cling to Father! Father, I will help you.’

The noisy routine continued for a while, and the noise eventually became part of Dios’ daily life.

Although he never stayed in one place for more than a month at the shortest and a year at the longest, he stayed there for a particularly long time.

It was probably because they knew subconsciously that the seemingly friendly guy was quite lonely, and that if they left, he would be left alone and wander around vaguely.

Things started to go strangely when an epidemic came to the village.

Of course, my father and I didn’t realize the existence of the epidemic right away. We didn’t interact with people very much in the first place. Even when that guy would go shopping for us, we didn’t go to the village even more.

I also found out about the epidemic when I went out to the market because the guy’s steps had suddenly stopped.

Dios headed to the guy’s house. The reason he didn’t come was probably because he had contracted an infectious disease. He lived alone, so he had no one to take care of him. Even if he was sick, he would suffer alone.

‘What is it, Dia? Are you worried about this hyung and came looking for him?’

‘Who is your brother?’

But unfortunately, the guy was in pretty good shape.

‘Ahaha, it was worth all the effort to bring her food! It’s summer so it’s hard to get Dia’s favorite strawberries. What should I do?’

‘Be quiet!’

Dios snapped and looked around the house. The guy didn’t have any contagious diseases, but he seemed busy. He was laying out things and working hard on something.

‘What are you doing?’

‘Ah… , t, this is it? That… , it’s not some kind of strange spell or anything… … .’

‘Are you making a cure for the plague?’

‘… How did you know?’

‘I can tell just by looking at it. My father is also good at handling herbs.’

‘… Rekido uses herbs?’

‘Better than you. My father is very knowledgeable about herbal medicine and medicine. I’ve been sick before… But why do you just make it and pile it up?’

Dios gestured to the glass bottles piled up in a corner of the room. Since the village was so small, there would be enough leftover even if they were distributed to everyone in the village.

‘… I’m not sure… … .’

‘Just give it to me. If you don’t believe me, don’t eat it. Is there some kind of poison in it?’

‘Well, no. It’s just some medicine to lower the fever.’

‘If you don’t believe in your abilities, ask your father.’

‘but…….’

‘let’s go.’

He returned to his father with the boy and the medicine he had made. His father looked at the ingredients of the medicine the boy had made and told him that it was a medicine that would help with fever, but that it would not be a fundamental cure for the epidemic.

‘I guess so… … ?’

‘But it will help, so why don’t you just share it?’

The guy hesitated for a moment at my words, then shook his head.

‘… I guess it’s better to just pretend not to know.’

‘After all that work, what is this?’

Dios thought the guy was really strange, but didn’t really add anything to it. After all, the townspeople didn’t care what happened to him.

But perhaps because of such evil thoughts, Dios soon fell ill. He had contracted an infectious disease.

‘Have you met anyone else recently?’

‘…doesn’t exist.’

‘Have you ever been bitten by a bug?’

‘No unauthorized creatures are allowed in this house. And I haven’t left recently.’

‘Then is the problem with water or food? Nana Reki is fine, aside from that… Oh, Dia, want to try this? It’s an experimental product, but… There’s nothing bad in it.’

The period of illness was not very long. Thanks to my father who usually gave me good health supplements, my symptoms were not as severe as other people’s, and that guy soon came up with a cure.

‘Now, we just need to distribute this to the townspeople… … .’

‘Why are you hesitating?’

‘…I know.’

Oddly enough, the guy was hesitant to give away the cure, even though he had made enough to distribute to the townspeople.

Dios saw the guy like that and put the cure in a basket and left it in front of the village chief’s house. The guy was terrified when he found out about this later, but he seemed relieved to see the epidemic gradually subsiding.

Since then, the number of visitors to the forest began to increase, and it seemed that the story of his father was spreading among the people, but Dios was not worried. At the time, he was learning magic.

‘Father, I have finally succeeded in performing illusion magic!’

‘Excellent, Dia.’

My father, who could clearly see the flow of mana, was a very good teacher, and I was quite talented in magic. Of course, I only memorized the spells I needed at the time, so my basics were a bit lacking, but I planned to learn the basics step by step once urgent work was over.

‘Dia, I know you’re smart, but wouldn’t it be better to build the basics first?’

‘First, I’ll learn only the things that are urgently needed. Haven’t people been coming into the forest too often lately? The rotten moon won’t be here until the year after next, so I’ll learn it first.’

Dios was excited about magic. He thought that if something happened, he would have to protect his father.

‘Dia, you didn’t succeed in performing a difficult illusion magic.’

‘Just learn one more thing.’

Although illusion magic was a great achievement, Dios wanted to learn the mental magic that erased memories. He never wanted to see his father, who was being accused of being a monster and was sad, again.

‘…Dia, the spirit series requires 7 rings.’

‘Illusion magic was also a 5-circle spell.’

Dios confidently replied to his father’s worries that he would be able to do it right away. He had already done the 5-circle illusion magic in just a dozen days, so he thought he would only have to work on the 7-circle magic for a month or two.

The fact that he had succeeded in performing the 5-circle illusion magic was because Requies had personally modified and simplified the technique for his son, but he did not know this at the time.

… I think it would have been better to stick to illusion magic a little longer.

So my pride created a witch’s hut that was not there.