Surviving As The 5Th Prince Of Hellman Kingdom [EN]: Chapter 158

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I had felt G-Dragon’s gaze on me for quite some time, but I pretended not to notice and kept searching for him.

Just as my neck started to hurt, Alphonse subtly approached me.

“Your Majesty, I think it would be best if I left. Oh, I’m definitely not trying to slack off. It’ll be easier for him to show himself if I’m not around.”

He clearly just wanted to slack off, but what he said wasn’t entirely wrong. As soon as I gave a slight nod, Alphonse quickly disappeared.

After that, I continued to call out for G-Dragon at the top of my lungs for a while longer. Eventually, I got a little tired and sat down on a large, flat rock.

“I don’t even need you to come back to the royal capital, just show me your face…”

After weakly uttering those words, I was resting when I felt a faint vibration.

‘He’s coming!’

G-Dragon was finally moving.

I quickly turned my head.

He peeked out, revealing his face slightly, and our eyes met.

To be precise, it wasn’t eyes, but the unique sensory organs that faceless dragons possess. They look similar to eyes, so I call them eyes for convenience.

He had grown noticeably larger than before molting.

About 1.5 times?

I was relieved that it was exactly as I had expected. I had prepared something for him.

Anyway.

He was indeed the adorable one I knew.

“You rascal! Where did you go without saying a word!”

I quickly ran over and hugged his head.

“G, Grooo…”

G-Dragon hesitated, feeling shy.

“Grooo! Grooo…”

Soon, he rubbed his cheek against my face.

To be honest, I was a little embarrassed by the situation when I first ran towards him, but before I knew it, those thoughts had completely disappeared from my mind.

“If you woke up from a nap, you should have told me, you little rascal.”

“G, Grooo…”

G-Dragon mumbled.

“No, it’s all my fault for neglecting our little cutie. I’m sorry.”

“G, Grooo! Grooo, Grooo.”

He lowered his head, saying he was sorry too.

“Now, let’s go home.”

“G, Grooo…”

G-Dragon hesitated.

Just as he seemed to make up his mind and was about to nod slightly!

“Meow!”

Harry, who had been quietly observing the situation from my chest, poked his head out.

I had actually forgotten about him for a moment.

I was startled and checked G-Dragon’s reaction.

“G, G, Grooo…”

I don’t know who named their species ‘Faceless Dragon.’ He could clearly make such an obviously shocked expression.

“Meow, Meow!”

“Grooo!”

“Meow!”

“Grooo!”

G-Dragon, who was about the size of an adult woman, and Harry, who was a little bigger than my fist, glared at each other, engaging in a battle of wills.

“Meow!”

Suddenly, Harry darted forward like lightning.

At the same time, G-Dragon’s body whipped around like a lash.

It looked like he was trying to strike Harry. I thought it was dangerous and reached out to stop him, but I met G-Dragon’s eyes.

In that moment, I had a gut feeling that if I intervened, I would really have to let him go.

He was smart.

I trusted him.

Whoosh— Whack!

G-Dragon struck Harry. It wasn’t very strong. It was about the same strength as swatting away an annoying fly.

Harry collapsed on the floor with a dazed expression. Soon, tears began to well up in his eyes.

“Meow, Meoooow!”

Harry burst into tears.

“Grooo, Grooo! Grooo? Grooo!”

G-Dragon sternly scolded Harry. He was clearly saying that he was the top priority, and Harry was second.

“Meoooow…”

Harry looked at me, gauging my reaction.

At the same time, G-Dragon also looked at me.

I nodded with a solemn expression.

Hierarchy is important.

The kingdom had become a mess because of an unstable hierarchy. The neighboring Hamel Empire is currently going through the same thing in real-time.

“G-Dragon is right, Harry. Treat him with the respect due to an older brother.”

“Meow, Meoooow!”

“This doesn’t mean I love you any less. G-Dragon will be punished the same way if he does something wrong.”

“G, Grooo?”

“Of course. I apologize this time because I was careless and you were hurt, but if you leave home again without saying anything, you’ll be in trouble.”

“G, Grooo…”

After saying that, I took another step back and watched them.

Harry, who had stopped crying, hesitated for a moment before crawling up and prostrating himself in front of G-Dragon, acknowledging that he was the youngest!

G-Dragon nodded and gently brought his head next to Harry.

“Grooo, Grooo.”

“Meow, Meow?”

“Grooo!”

It seemed an agreement had been reached. Harry carefully climbed onto G-Dragon’s head.

“Groooo! Groooo!”

G-Dragon powerfully lifted his head.

“Meoooow!”

Harry stood tall on top of him with all six paws, roaring. It was an amazing sight, a mystical beast and a divine beast becoming sworn brothers beyond their species.

How could I just stand by and watch this?

I couldn’t let only a few people see them together. I reached into my pocket and rummaged through the space expansion pouch [a magical pouch that can hold a large number of items].

If G-Dragon continued to refuse to return home, I was going to use the secret weapon I had prepared to persuade him.

“G-Dragon, look at this!”

“Grooo?”

“Meow?”

It was armor and a helmet.

The armor was basically scale armor, reminiscent of dragon scales. It was made of gold to match Harry’s fur color.

The helmet had a stylish horn.

I got the motif from the horn of a unicorn, a famous divine beast. It was a gift I prepared for him, who couldn’t freely show his face.

While explaining to Gilloud about making Titan’s exo-armor, which resembled a divine messenger, G-Dragon suddenly came to mind.

So, I quickly made it.

“I just made it look decent for now. If you like it, I’m thinking of using proper materials and making it so it doesn’t break even after you grow larger. What do you think? Do you like it?”

“G, Grooo! Grooo!”

G-Dragon circled around the armor and helmet. He must have known why I prepared such a gift and was moved.

“Meow, Meoooow! Meow!”

Harry’s cries were full of envy.

“Okay, put Harry down and come here.”

“Grooo…”

G-Dragon carefully put Harry down.

I equipped him with the helmet and armor.

‘Is it a little big?’

I made it a little loose on purpose, thinking about his size after molting, so it was a bit baggy. Well, it didn’t really matter since I was just roughly shaping it.

I admired him in his full armor.

After equipping everything, he looked a bit like Gaia Dragon, the divine beast of the Earth Mother who died during the religious war.

“Meoooow! Meoooow!”

Harry, who had become a loyal flatterer in a short time, was going crazy, saying he looked cool.

“Grooo? Grooo?”

G-Dragon twisted his body, wanting to see himself.

Snap-!

[Mirror of Illusion]

I snapped my fingers and manifested a simple magic so he could see himself. A large mirror appeared in the air, reflecting G-Dragon.

“Groooo!”

G-Dragon was startled to see himself. He then stared silently into the mirror. The sensory organs I called eyes seemed to be strangely moist.

Must be my imagination?

“Groooo…”

After admiring himself for a long time, he slowly approached me and lifted his neck. The bow tie was right in front of me.

“Grooo, Grooo.”

He showed me the bow tie a couple of times and gestured towards Harry.

“Are you saying to give this to Harry?”

“Grooo, Grooo.”

“Meow? Meow!”

It seemed he was trying to give Harry, who was envious, the first gift he had received.

What a thoughtful fellow.

As G-Dragon wished, the bow tie became Harry’s. I tried to tie it around his neck, but it was too big, so I wrapped it around his body.

“Meow! Meow!”

He was still happy in front of the mirror.

It was a happy ending.

Thump, thump, footsteps were heard.

It was obvious who it was.

I turned my head and, as expected, it was Alphonse with a triumphant expression. I don’t know if he knew it, but most of his advice was correct.

“How is it? Aren’t I useful sometimes?”

I wanted to praise him, but I suddenly didn’t want to.

But this time, I’ll admit it.

“Good job.”

***

A month had passed in the blink of an eye since G-Dragon returned to the royal palace.

“I am honored to be invited to this tea party with Your Majesty and the Queens.”

“Speak comfortably, Sister.”

“No, Your Majesty. I must uphold the laws of the royal family first, so that those below do not disrupt the laws of the royal palace.”

Since becoming king, there are only a handful of people who call me ‘Evan’ even in private.

Barisada.

Lucas.

Fran.

Lastly, Reina.

Reina… well… she usually calls me Your Majesty without fail…

“Your Majesty, do you have a fever? Your face is flushed.”

“Ah, no.”

I quickly erased the lewd scene from my mind.

I looked at Reina’s belly, the result of our love.

Already seven months pregnant.

It was an unmistakable pregnant woman’s belly.

I calculated in my head.

Unless the baby comes out particularly early, I should be able to witness the birth when I return from the upcoming Western Expedition.

‘That’s a relief.’

As I was thinking that, I met Lanua’s eyes as I brought the teacup to my lips.

She was startled and turned her gaze away.

“Lanua, have you had any inconveniences while living here?”

“No. I have not.”

A little slow, but quite natural Lionel language. I could tell how hard she was working.

“Ah! Occasionally, I feel like the ground is rumbling slightly. I wonder if I am the only one who feels it? I am worried that it may be a sign of an earthquake.”

That was definitely a pre-prepared line before the tea time. She is not yet able to naturally say difficult words like ‘earthquake’ or ‘sign.’

Still, I felt proud of her for showing such effort.

“I’ve felt it often since I was young. You don’t have to worry too much.”

I couldn’t really say it was because an adorable one was living in the garden.

G-Dragon was still unable to freely show his face.

This was because the production of the armor and helmet was significantly delayed.

There are limits to the armaments that grow and shrink according to a person’s physique. Only Amantium, a divine metal, is ‘somewhat’ free from the law of conservation of mass.

If you delve into the details, there is no end to it.

The conclusion is that making it able to withstand when he grows larger is not an easy task.

Fortunately, the good thing is that G-Dragon’s body itself is strong enough to withstand Aura [magical energy], so I only need to focus on aesthetics.

If I had to focus on functionality as well, I would have been frustrated.

Fortunately, after Isabel found an alloy among the alloys she was researching that was perfect as a material, production picked up speed.

‘It’ll be made by the time of the Western Expedition, right?’

I thought of Gilloud, who was complaining that he was already busy enough, but I was asking him to make even this. Still, when I explained the situation well, he frowned and promised to make it in time.

He is a man of great integrity, so I have no choice but to trust him.

I imagined it in my head.

The night of the red moon, mystical beasts and monsters pouring down from the Belkas Mountains.

The soldiers looking at them in fear.

Then!

A divine messenger descends from the sky, Titan, and the giant mystical beast he commands, G-Dragon, will judge them.

‘This… has to work.’

At the very least, every single soldier who participated in the Western Expedition will have the name of the god Danar engraved in their minds.

A smile naturally formed on my lips.