The Prince’s Nanny, Her Specialty Is Assassination - Chapter 118

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Chapter 118. Her Children (1)

‘How strange.’

Could people who don’t share any similar features actually look alike?

Edwin found himself unconsciously staring blankly at Kaiden’s eyes.

“Well then, I should be departing now.”

Kaiden met the prince’s gaze before turning his head away.

He mounted his horse that had been waiting in advance, along with a simple farewell.

“Thank you for everything, Prince Edwin. Princess Emilia.”

The young king of Adamant showed a gentle smile toward the 3rd Prince siblings.

“Please stay healthy.”

As he greeted them and grabbed the reins, Kaiden’s gaze suddenly turned toward behind the prince.

There stood the prince’s caretaker, who had appeared at some unknown time.

“…I hope we can meet again soon.”

Kaiden gave a light bow along with his meaningful words.

“Take care, Your Majesty the King! Come play with Ria again!”

“Please return safely, Your Majesty.”

At the clear voices of the young prince siblings, the corners of Kaiden’s eyes and mouth curved briefly before relaxing.

And so, the first guest of the 3rd Prince’s Palace, who left countless questions for everyone, returned to his kingdom.

* * *

“Huh?”

That very night after the King of Adamant had returned.

I returned to my room after leaving Edwin, who had quickly fallen asleep in his bed.

But several items in the room had been moved slightly out of place, creating a disheveled appearance.

‘Someone secretly came by.’

Since I hadn’t entered the room even once after leaving in the morning, someone must have secretly infiltrated during that time.

‘Seeing that they didn’t even think to erase the traces, does it mean they don’t care if they’re caught?’

I approached the desk by the window with a furrowed brow.

But there was a black velvet box sitting on the desk.

“This is…”

Seeing that nothing had disappeared, it seemed the intruder had entered my room to deliver this item.

‘It’s not something like a bomb device, is it?’

I shouldn’t carelessly touch an object of unknown origin.

I stared at the box for a long time before discovering a note placed beside it.

[A gift to commemorate our alliance.]

It was an unfamiliar handwriting I’d never seen before.

The peculiar writing was clean without unnecessary flourishes but had a rough texture that reminded me of someone.

Somehow I felt like I knew who had sent this box.

I hesitated for a moment before reaching for the box.

Click.

When I finally opened the box, what revealed itself inside was a crystal orb the size of a baby’s head.

Judging by the elaborate patterns carved on its smooth surface, it seemed to be a magical item.

‘A communication orb?’

Communication orbs were called revolutionary inventions because they allowed long-distance contact without messenger birds or letters, but they had the drawback that only people with matching paired orbs could contact each other.

And because skilled mages had to carve magic circles into the magic stones one by one, the price was incredibly wicked.

Thanks to that, it was an expensive magical item that was hard to see even during my days as the head of the assassin group.

‘To give something like this to a prince’s caretaker before leaving.’

What if I had been someone who didn’t know what this was or how to use it, yet he just gave this as a gift?

“Well.”

I lifted the crystal orb up with one hand.

The round moon trapped inside the transparent orb was shining brightly.

‘Kaiden Ram.’

The young king of a country that hadn’t existed for long.

The man who shed inexplicable tears at the place where I died.

‘As expected, he’s concerning.’

I don’t know when I’ll see his face again.

But since he left a means of contact first, I can gradually learn more going forward.

About what kind of person he is, and what relationship he had with my previous life.

“…I’m curious.”

What exactly is Kaiden Ram’s true identity?

I gripped the crystal orb in my hand even tighter.

The moon that had been visible through the orb was no longer visible.

* * *

The Bentrum Empire’s Founding Festival concluded successfully.

Originally it was meant to celebrate the unprecedented good harvest in the Empire’s lands after several years, but the news that most interested the envoys from various countries was none other than the Empire’s succession hierarchy structure.

‘The Empire’s 3rd Prince has found his place.’

Rumors circulated among the envoys that the 3rd Prince, who had no presence since the fall of the Kingdom of Lionel, was gaining the Emperor’s trust and aiming for the crown prince position.

Truly, the protagonist of this year’s Founding Festival was none other than 3rd Prince Edwin.

* * *

“Oh my, look at me. Tomorrow is that day, and I haven’t even prepared.”

One morning when the excitement of the Founding Festival had not yet cooled.

Catherine suddenly stood up while organizing documents.

“What day is tomorrow?”

I looked up while braiding Emilia’s hair, sitting on the sofa prepared in the maid captain’s office.

“Oh, well…”

Catherine started to speak but then glanced at Emilia.

The princess seemed uninterested in the adults’ conversation, absorbed in reading the fairy tale book in her hands.

“Caretaker, come here for a moment.”

Catherine took me to the window and whispered in my ear.

“Caretaker, could you go to the temple with Prince Edwin tomorrow?”

“The temple?”

I don’t like temples.

I asked with a furrowed brow.

“Why?”

“Oh, well…”

Catherine hesitated for a moment before whispering quietly.

“It’s Mrs. Emma Conrad’s death anniversary. The previous caretaker.”

Emma’s death anniversary.

I looked at Catherine with wide eyes.

“…Does the Imperial Court observe that person’s death anniversary?”

“More precisely, the 3rd Prince observes it separately.”

Catherine continued with a pitying tone.

“The previous maid captain even prevented that. So I heard that Prince Edwin would always go to the room that Mrs. Conrad used on her death anniversary and stay locked up there all day.”

She seemed to realize something and waved her hands at me.

“Of course, the room she used is a different room! The room you’re using was originally unused by anyone. So you don’t need to feel uncomfortable…”

“Then.”

I asked in a dry voice.

“Should I escort Their Highnesses to the temple tomorrow? What about permission?”

“They say that even if you haven’t had your coming-of-age ceremony, no special permission is needed for temple visits.”

“I understand. Then I’ll escort Their Highnesses tomorrow.”

After hearing my answer, Catherine let out an “Ah!” in exclamation.

“Ah, only Prince Edwin is going to the temple.”

When I frowned instead of answering, Catherine added an explanation.

“You must have noticed too, Caretaker, but Princess Emilia doesn’t know that Mrs. Conrad has passed away.”

When Emma died, the princess was only three years old.

She was too young to understand death.

“Prince Edwin only told Princess Emilia that Mrs. Conrad went on a very long journey. So Princess Emilia doesn’t even know how Mrs. Conrad passed away.”

I gazed quietly at Emilia, who was sitting on the sofa earnestly reading a fairy tale book.

Her innocent face, which seemed to know nothing, caught my eye.

“So tomorrow I’ll take care of Princess Emilia. Caretaker, you can go to the temple with Prince Edwin.”

“…No.”

Catherine looked puzzled.

“Oh, then shall I escort Prince Edwin there…”

“No, I’ll escort both of them.”

“What? But…”

Catherine was looking at me with worried eyes.

“It’s fine.”

I said while looking at Emilia, who was swinging her legs on the sofa.

“…Even if she doesn’t understand death, she can still say goodbye to someone who has departed, can’t she?”

* * *

Leon Temple, located in the Empire’s capital.

It was not very far from the Imperial Capital.

“Welcome.”

The elderly priest with a kind expression looked at us with slightly surprised eyes.

“We received word from the Prince’s Palace. The 3rd Prince, the 1st Princess, and Brown Lordling who accompanies them, correct?”

“That’s correct.”

After hearing my answer, the elderly priest politely greeted Edwin and Emilia.

“I greet the Empire’s 3rd Prince and 1st Princess.”

Edwin nodded with an unusually gloomy expression today.

“Then please follow this way.”

We slowly followed the priest.

“Neitche, is this the temple?”

Meanwhile, Emilia kept looking around while being held in my arms.

It seemed she found the temple, which she was visiting for the first time, fascinating.

“It’s huge and beautiful!”

Her cute voice, which didn’t match the sacred atmosphere of the temple, echoed through the stone corridor.

How long did we walk like that?

As we emerged from the stone corridor, sunlight suddenly pierced my eyelids.

I reflexively frowned and then slowly opened my eyes.

‘This place.’

The place the priest had guided us to was the communal graveyard behind the temple.

On the green lawn, many tombstones were arranged at regular intervals.

“Here it is.”

The elderly priest made his way between the tombstones and stopped.

In front of him stood a tombstone engraved with the words ‘Emma Conrad’.

“Then, please take your time.”

After the priest disappeared, only three people remained in front of the grave.

Amid the awkward and heavy silence, Edwin slowly knelt on one knee.

He carefully placed the white carnation bouquet he had cherished and carried from the Imperial Palace in front of the tombstone.

“…It’s been a while, Emma.”

Edwin murmured in an unusually subdued voice.

“I’m very late, aren’t I?”

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