The Prince’s Nanny, Her Specialty Is Assassination - Chapter 116

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Chapter 116. The King’s Promise (1)

Something he wants to know.

I raised an eyebrow at Edwin’s words.

“Remember the homework I mentioned before? About finding a way to attack Adamant Castle.”

Edwin’s eyes gleamed with intelligence.

“You told me to look for weaknesses back then. And you said weaknesses are usually what a person loves most.”

That’s right.

I quietly listened to Edwin’s words.

“So I asked His Majesty the King what was most precious to him. What was so precious that he wouldn’t mind trading his kingdom or even his own life for it. But then…”

Edwin widened his eyes and kept tilting his head in confusion.

“When His Majesty heard that, he just started laughing. Then he said there’s a woman he holds dear in his heart, and if someone brought her to him, he could just hand over the Adamant Kingdom.”

The Adamant Kingdom ‘just like that’?

To call his own country, which he built by starting a rebellion and fighting for his life, something he could give away ‘just like that.’

Does that mean the woman he holds dear is that precious to him?

‘Is the precious person he lost because of the Breath of Angels the same woman?’

That would make sense.

Since there’s no way to bring back someone who’s already dead, he could make such a bold statement about wagering his country without hesitation.

Though if by any chance someone could revive the dead, whoever brought that woman back to life could end up holding Kaiden’s leash. Well, there’s no possibility of that happening.

“Did he say nothing about what kind of person that woman was?”

Edwin shook his head with a dejected expression.

Then, as if something suddenly came to mind, he opened his mouth.

“Oh, but he did say he would definitely recognize her if he met her again. He said that person has a mark on her body.”

The fact that he talks about meeting her again suggests they might not be the same person.

‘More importantly, a mark on her body.’

If it’s in a hard-to-see area, it would be difficult to confirm.

‘Now I’m curious too.’

What kind of woman could she be that the great King of Adamant would say his kingdom wouldn’t be too much to give up for her?

‘But if he has a woman he’s set his heart on, how can he just let any woman into his bedroom?’

Of course, he was looking for a woman to stand night watch, not a bed partner, but the fact that a man who claims to have a woman in his heart would casually let another woman into his bedroom didn’t sit well with me.

“So what do you think?”

Just then, Edwin asked while lying prone on the bed with his chin propped up.

“Can you guess what kind of woman King Kaiden likes?”

“…I have no idea.”

“Right? It really isn’t easy.”

He let out a small sigh and flopped down flat.

Then he flailed his arms and legs around like an overturned bug.

‘Why is he suddenly acting like that?’

I was used to Edwin occasionally performing incomprehensible actions.

Like continuously laughing while mulling over unfunny stories, or repeatedly climbing up not-very-high places and jumping down.

At first I couldn’t understand it at all, but Catherine said all children are like that.

‘I was never like that when I was young.’

Never do anything that yields no gain. That was the only wisdom I learned in the back alleys during my childhood.

‘But now I can roughly understand.’

As a result of persistent observation, I realized there was information I could read even from Edwin’s seemingly meaningless gestures.

‘He seems to be in a good mood.’

When Edwin couldn’t control his limbs and shook them around like that, it was usually when he was in a good mood.

Sure enough, after flailing his arms and legs for a while, he stared blankly up at the ceiling and spoke.

“You know, Rachel.”

“Yes.”

“King Kaiden seems like a pretty good person.”

“Is that so.”

“Yeah!”

Edwin turned his head toward me.

His eyes, like embedded lapis lazuli, sparkled.

“At first I thought he disliked me, but it doesn’t seem like that. You don’t challenge someone you dislike to a sparring match, right?”

Instead of answering, I nodded and pulled the blanket over him.

“You seem to have enjoyed the sparring.”

“Yeah, it was tough but rewarding! I think I have a vague idea of what I’m lacking.”

Edwin looked at me with bright, sparkling eyes while covered up to his chin with the blanket.

“When the Founding Festival is over, I want to practice swordsmanship more diligently.”

To discover his own shortcomings and even think about improving them.

‘That’s quite admirable of him to say.’

I hid my emerging smile and smoothly brushed back his bangs.

It had become a bedtime ritual at some point because he liked having his hair touched.

“Don’t get too excited and go to sleep quickly. Tomorrow is the last day of the Founding Festival, isn’t it? You’ll need to get up early to see off the delegation.”

“Right, I should sleep soon.”

Edwin smiled brightly and slowly closed his eyelids.

He had been chattering away just moments before, but once he was covered with the blanket and lying down, he seemed quite sleepy.

Well, he had sparred with the continent’s strongest knight, so his stamina must be severely depleted.

“Well then, you sleep well too, Rachel.”

Edwin eventually fell asleep, breathing softly and lightly.

Not forgetting to give me his nighttime greeting.

* * *

It was when the dark sky was just beginning to grow faintly bright.

“Y-Your Majesty?”

Catherine looked stunned seeing the Adamant delegation hurrying their departure preparations since dawn.

And rightly so, since it was so early that the other delegations hadn’t even woken up yet.

“You’re leaving already?”

“Ah, I have a lot of work piled up that I left behind.”

Kaiden smiled as he put on the armor handed to him by his subordinate.

“The country hasn’t been established for very long, so there’s a lot the king must handle personally.”

“I-I see.”

Catherine worried that perhaps he was leaving early because he wasn’t satisfied with their hospitality.

“But if you want to pay your respects to His Imperial Majesty, you should stay a bit longer. His Majesty isn’t available for official duties yet…”

“Ah, you don’t need to worry about that.”

Kaiden showed a relaxed smile.

“I already paid my respects to His Imperial Majesty yesterday and asked for his understanding.”

Thanks to that, the Emperor also knew that Kaiden would be leaving early this morning.

Leaving first might seem rude, but the Adamant delegation’s early departure was partly for the Emperor’s sake anyway.

“If it weren’t for those monsters rampaging every day, I could have stayed leisurely longer.”

Kaiden shrugged as if it were regrettable.

“I personally liked this place so much that I would have wanted to stay longer even after the Founding Festival ended.”

It was as if he had read the maid captain’s inner thoughts.

Sure enough, Catherine’s face brightened considerably at the king’s praise-like comment.

“R-really?”

“Mm, I liked the grand bath, and I was satisfied with the service. Thanks to you, I had a good rest.”

“N-not at all! We’re the ones who regret not being able to serve you better.”

After several exchanges of courteous remarks, Kaiden tightened the straps on his gauntlets and said,

“By the way, I heard His Highness the Prince isn’t awake at this hour yet. There’s no need to wake him on purpose…”

“King Kaiden!”

Just then, the chamber door opened and Edwin rushed in, looking like he hadn’t fully woken up yet.

He must have changed clothes in a hurry, as one button was left unfastened.

The young prince held onto the door handle, breathing heavily.

“Mmm, Ria’s sleepy.”

Behind Edwin, Emilia was toddling out, still not fully awake.

“Oh my. It seems I spoke too late.”

Kaiden wore a troubled expression.

His eyes showed he hadn’t expected to wake even the young princess.

“Mmm? It’s the King!”

Emilia rubbed her eyes, then smiled brightly and approached Kaiden.

“Your Majesty, you’re already awake? You woke up earlier than Ria.”

Kaiden knelt on one knee before Emilia and smiled back at her.

“I apologize for waking you, Your Highness the Princess.”

“Mmm, it’s okay. Ria’s not sleepy anymore, yaaawn.”

Emilia kept yawning, then tilted her head upon seeing Kaiden’s armored attire.

“But Your Majesty, where are you going?”

“Yes. I must now return to my home country, or rather, to my home.”

“Huh?”

At that moment, Emilia’s eyes widened.

“You’re going home? Why?”

“Well, that’s…”

“Your Majesty is Ria’s friend. Weren’t we supposed to live together?”

Don’t friends usually not live together though?

Kaiden smiled awkwardly at the princess’s words.

“I’m sorry, Your Highness. I also have family at home that I need to take care of.”

“Isn’t Ria family too?”

Kaiden flinched for a moment at her question about whether she wasn’t family.

“Ria is, Ria is a friend! Friends are family too!”

She seemed to think they had similar meanings since both words ended with the same character.

Emilia pouted her lips and began to sniffle.

“Your Majesty is Ria’s one and only friend! Don’t gooo!”

Finally, the young princess burst into tears.

Kaiden froze completely, unable to even touch the princess who was crying pitifully while clinging to his neck.

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