How the Sidekick Prince Lives Again Chapter 120

Published at 12th of July 2023 11:48:54 AM

“Did you meet noonim today?”

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At dusk, Khalid returned to the guesthouse and asked a question as soon as he entered the bedroom. He was attending a military meeting to finish the Knights Order’s matter, but when he heard Renato was called by Maryam, he immediately rushed over.

“Welcome back. Pardon? Ah…… Yes. Her Majesty invited me to the greenhouse, so I went there for a while.”

Sitting on the sofa reading the report Arche had brought, Renato welcomed Khalid when he entered.

“Was it alright?”

Khalid approached in stride, examining Renato’s complexion. He had heard from Nasir on the way that nothing had happened, but he was not relieved. It might be different before, but now he could not fully trust Maryam. As a Queen, Maryam would likely try to use Renato for her benefit even while expressing her gratitude for saving Laila’s life.

“How can anything not be alright? I was only thanked for helping Her Majesty the Queen Consort.”

“I heard that Marquis Ziyad has filed a formal petition to award a medal and a title to you, Your Imperial Highness. Noonim is also positively considering it.”

“Ah, I heard that too. There is no need for that……”

“Did she not say anything else?”

“……Uhm, she said Her Majesty the Queen Consort really wants to meet me?”

Pausing for a moment, Renato answered, putting down the document in his hand. He wondered if he should tell Khalid the whole truth, but he thought it would be better if Khalid didn’t know his request to Maryam today. And Maryam wouldn’t talk about that, either.

“Hmm, is that so?”

Khalid squinted his eyes, not missing Renato’s very brief hesitation before answering. But instead of questioning Renato, he sat down across from him. He was quite certain that Renato was hiding something, but decided not to ask because it didn’t seem to be something bad based on Renato’s expression and mood.

“Did your work finish peacefully?”

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“Yes, all the troublesome work is finished now.”

“That’s a relief.”

“What about Your Imperial Highness? What is the document you are looking at?”

“It’s the Empire’s news brought by my aide. Contrary to my worry, His Majesty the Emperor seems to be doing well.”

Recalling the news brought by Iris, who remained in the Empire, in his mind, Renato put on a relieved expression.

“If His Majesty succeeds in recovering like this, the atmosphere will change in an instant.”

Tristan was such a talented Emperor that he was called a hero until he collapsed from injuries and depression. Perhaps because of that, the atmosphere had changed just through his active rehabilitation and his start to take care of political affairs. The imperial faction, pushed back by the noble faction for the past few years, was also revived.

“That might make things easier than I thought.”

Renato muttered in a voice filled with anticipation. Central nobles who were sensitive to power couldn’t not read the flow. According to Iris’ report, a slight change could already be sensed in the social circle. Among the nobles not deeply involved with the Medus family or the noble faction, some secretly became neutral.

“That’s good news.”

“Yes.”

Renato confirmed Khalid’s words and happily smiled. He plucked up a bit of courage and modified a few things unlike in his previous life, but a lot had changed. He suddenly wondered if things would have been different had he had the courage in his previous life, but quickly dismissed it.

There was nothing more foolish than to dwell on the past and regret it. The important thing was to keep his mind straight and change from now on.

“Have you had dinner?”

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“Not yet. How about your highness?”

“I haven’t, either. I thought I could have dinner with Your Imperial Highness since there was no other schedule today, so it’s fortunate that I seem to have come back in time.”

“Then should I ask Louis to prepare dinner?”

“Yes, before that……”

Khalid trailed off his words, seemingly having something to say, then put his hand in his jacket pocket. Then he took out a box with a purple ribbon.

“What is that?”

“It’s a gift.”

Ahem, Khalid let out a soft cough and gave him the box. Reflexively accepting the box, Renato blinked his eyes.

“Gift……? For me?”

“Please open it.”

Renato alternated his gaze at the box and Khalid with a puzzled expression, then carefully untied the ribbon at the man’s words. When he opened the box, he saw a luxurious crystal bottle filled with a light red liquid.

“What is this?”

“It’s a pheromone perfume.”

“……Pheromone perfume?”

The light purple eyes went round because of the unexpected gift. He was already surprised when received a gift from Khalid, but its identity was even more surprising. Holding the perfume bottle in his hands, Renato looked at Khalid with startled rabbit eyes.

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“You said you were curious about my pheromone scent before.”

When their eyes met, Khalid slightly wrinkled the bridge of his nose. He coughed once more in embarrassment and explained about the pheromone perfume.

“Alpha and Omegas’ pheromones vary from person to person, so even a good perfumer cannot reproduce it perfectly. So I commissioned several perfumers and chose the one most similar to my pheromone scent.”

“……”

“After trying it myself and asking Nasir and others to check out, it seems about 95% of my pheromone was reproduced.”

Renato blankly looked down at the perfume in his hand. He never thought Khalid would give this gift to him.

“I, I seem to have uselessly worried you……”

When too surprised, people would speak gibberish words. Other words came out first when he needed to say thanks. Not knowing what to say or how to react, Renato repeatedly clenched the perfume bottle and unclenched it, moving his lips.

Khalid probably ordered the pheromone perfume because he was once upset about being unable to smell his pheromone perfume when drunk.

Did I say it was unfair that I couldn’t smell it while Trudy could?

Renato nibbled his lower lip, tracing his hazy memories. He also remembered begging Khalid for a pheromone shower, saying he wanted to feel the pheromone properly even if he couldn’t smell it. Recalling his memories, he dropped his head.

“I was acting childishly to your highness for nothing……”

“Please don’t say that. I’m giving this to you because I want to. I understood and sympathized with Your Imperial Highness’ feelings at the time. If our circumstances were switched, I would be curious about your pheromone scent, too.”

Interrupting Renato’s words, Khalid got up and walked over to him. As the distance between them narrowed, he felt a familiar scent. It was his pheromone smeared on Renato’s body.

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Recently, Khalid felt strangely guilty whenever Renato had his scent. They agreed on marking Renato to show people the relationship between the two was not bad and to prevent useless bugs from getting entangled.

It actually worked quite well. In the past few weeks, they were able to block the Alphas and Omegas who harbored irreverent desires for Khalid and Renato. Betas, who couldn’t smell Khalid’s pheromone covering Renato, also stopped approaching after hearing other people talk.

‘After all, his highness the grand prince is indeed an Alpha. It seems that he has a very strong desire for exclusivity for his companion.’

‘Isn’t that like being soaked in his pheromone? Just like how they say that a late love is scary, who knew that the grand prince would be head over heels to this extent?’

‘No one is as dangerous as an Alpha crazy about his companion. If we approach His Imperial Highness incorrectly, we might be on his highness’ black list. Let us be careful.’

Khalid knelt in front of Renato, recalling the nobles’ talk about them at a dinner banquet a few days ago. Then, he placed his hand on Renato’s that was holding the perfume bottle.

“Right now, Your Imperial Highness’ body is also smeared with plenty of my pheromone, so it’s unfair that only you, the person involved, don’t know. I hope you will be glad to accept this perfume even though it’s not my real pheromone.”

“Your highness……”

“And please don’t feel too burdened. One of my knights is an Omega that dates a Beta. He said it’s not uncommon for Alphas or Omegas to gift their Beta lovers with pheromone perfumes that reproduce their pheromones.”

Whether for political reasons or love, Alphas and Betas or Omegas and Betas were sometimes together as married couples or lovers. And of course, the Betas would be curious about the other’s pheromones. It’s a natural instinct to want to know everything about their loved ones.

“When I heard that, I had a thought. I wish Your Imperial Highness could have had one before getting curious about my pheromone scent…… I’m sorry that I’m lacking and dull in this aspect.”

“No! Please don’t apologize. Rather, I, thank, thank you very much. I’m really happy.”

Renato hastily shook his head, stuttering his thanks. He should have said it immediately after receiving the pheromone perfume, but couldn’t as he was taken aback by the gift he had never thought of before.

“I should have said thanks first…… I was acting silly because I have never received gifts from others. Thank you. I didn’t think you would make something like this for me…… I truly never dreamed of this. Thank you so much, your highness.”

Chapter end