The Prince’s Nanny, Her Specialty Is Assassination - Chapter 128

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Chapter 128. First Mission (1)

‘He said he met Adrian at the library.’

Edwin told me about going to the library alone and running into the 1st Prince.

He seemed quite excited, saying it was their first long conversation and that Adrian seemed like a good person.

‘He said the 1st Prince supported his path.’

I don’t know specifically what was said, but if Edwin felt that way, it probably wasn’t a lie.

‘Though I’ve only seen Prince Adrian in passing.’

I recalled Adrian whom I had encountered at the Empress’s Palace.

‘He didn’t seem like the type to make empty remarks.’

Whether for good or ill, if he hadn’t been interested in Edwin, he wouldn’t have bothered speaking to him at all. That was the impression I had of the 1st Prince.

“And he said he doesn’t want to lose to the 2nd Prince.”

“What? Prince Edwin said that?”

Catherine couldn’t hide her surprise.

Edwin had always been afraid of Lloyd and intimidated by him.

The fact that such a boy had shown competitive spirit against his second brother seemed hard to believe.

‘Well, there seems to be an even bigger reason than that.’

I thought of the small girl that Edwin’s gaze always followed.

Duke Crowner’s only daughter, Bridget Crowner Lordling.

‘The girl who will become the future Empress.’

And Edwin’s naive first love.

Somehow I felt like laughing.

‘What is this thing called love anyway.’

Love – what exactly is it that makes even a child with barely dry blood in his head throw away everything for it?

It was truly incomprehensible.

“As Prince Edwin’s caretaker, I’ve decided to walk alongside the path he has chosen. So if you two would join us on that path, he would be more than grateful.”

I said while looking back and forth between Catherine and Seiji.

“Well, whatever the reason, I’m in favor.”

Seiji was still smiling as if he found this situation amusing.

“The title of tutor to the Crown Prince would be more honorable than tutor to a prince, and tutor to the Emperor even more so.”

He’s gotten quite good at lying naturally.

For an old man who has no desire for power whatsoever.

‘He just likes Edwin, that’s all.’

I glanced at Seiji putting on airs and turned my eyes to Catherine.

“Catherine. I’ll try to prevent what you’re worried about from happening, but honestly I can’t guarantee the outcome. No one knows the future.”

“…I know.”

“Will you still join us?”

Catherine remained silent for a long time at my question.

Then finally, as if her resolve was set, she opened her mouth with a determined expression.

“I am the Maid Captain of the 3rd Prince’s Palace. I have no intention of giving this position to someone else, nor do I plan to leave the Prince’s Palace.”

She looked at me with passionate eyes.

“I too will serve Their Highnesses to the end. As the Maid Captain.”

Good.

I showed a satisfied smile.

“Excellent. Then the three of us are now in the same boat.”

“So what do you plan to do from now on, Brown Lordling?”

Seiji asked as if truly curious.

“There doesn’t seem to be any immediate opportunity to bring Duke Crowner to our side.”

“First, we should do what we can.”

Right, let’s start with what we can do.

I added with gleaming eyes.

“And allies aren’t only found within.”

At my cryptic words, both of them turned their heads simultaneously.

* * *

Inside a dark alley somewhere in the Imperial Capital.

I stood together with Seiji, who was wearing a pulled-down hood.

“I never thought I’d end up doing something like this.”

Seiji looked at me while sighing deeply.

“Do we really have to go this far? Working an old man to the bone like this?”

“It can’t be helped. It’s something we already promised.”

“Really, I still don’t understand you sometimes.”

Seiji handed me the bundle he was holding and asked.

“How exactly did you become so close with the King of Adamant?”

“It just happened.”

“Ordinary people don’t just happen to form cooperative relationships with kings.”

“I’m not exactly an ordinary person, am I?”

At my answer, Seiji’s mouth stretched into a straight line.

But I didn’t care at all and unwrapped the bundle he had given me.

A pure white cleric’s robe revealed itself.

“What’s with that cleric robe? The color looks unusual.”

“Adamant provided it.”

The temples of the Kingdom of Leon were located throughout the entire continent.

Perhaps because of their vast scale, the cleric robes varied in appearance by temple.

The reason was to distinguish which region’s clerics they were.

‘This is why you should join hands with powerful people when making alliances.’

I put on the cleric robe that Kaiden had sent through his people over my clothes.

The smooth, rustling texture characteristic of high-quality fabric held none of the simplicity and piety of clerics who serve the gods.

“Take this.”

Seiji handed me a thin silver plate after I had finished putting on the robes.

“This is the cleric’s identification badge you asked me to get for you. That’s right, isn’t it?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“Is it usable?”

I roughly examined the sacred script engraved on the silver plate.

Even upon close inspection, it was hard to distinguish from the real thing – it was worth the fortune spent on a skilled back-alley craftsman.

“Hmm, not bad.”

“What do you know about judging such things? What if real clerics see through it?”

“No, with this quality, even the most discerning cleric wouldn’t know it’s fake.”

Forging identification was a basic skill for assassins.

And I prided myself on having better eyes than anyone for distinguishing well-made forgeries.

“Sigh, anyway.”

Seiji looked at me with worried eyes.

“Please don’t get caught.”

“Don’t worry.”

I bowed my head lightly toward Seiji.

“Then while I’m away, please take care of Prince Edwin.”

“Don’t worry. I’ll guard the Prince’s Palace well with The Maid Captain.”

How reliable. I let out a small laugh and turned around.

Outside the alley, I could see a massive temple boasting brilliantly bright walls.

‘Shall we go then.’

I stepped forward confidently.

To carry out the first mission for the alliance with the King of Adamant.

* * *

‘I felt this when I came for Emma’s memorial day too.’

I fiddled with the silver plate and glanced back behind me.

The holy knights guarding the temple entrance were yawning widely.

‘The security is absolutely terrible.’

They barely glanced at my fake identification badge, and when they saw I was wearing cleric robes, they immediately opened the door and told me to go in.

It was truly absurd.

‘Well, it’s a sacred place that even The Emperor can’t carelessly touch, so their guard is bound to be down.’

It worked out well for me.

With security this full of holes, it was twice as easy to move around.

Even as I walked all the way to the dormitory where the clerics stayed, not a single person found me suspicious.

‘Now then, where should I start looking?’

Befitting a place called the largest temple in The Imperial Capital, its scale was quite considerable.

To look around everything, even spending all day examining it wouldn’t be enough time.

‘A place where the most clerics gather would be good.’

I already knew the identities of the clerics who entered and exited the imperial palace and the fact that most of them belonged to this place. It was thanks to my personal helper’s efforts.

– The temple people who enter and exit the imperial palace? Sir Dale would know well about that!

Catherine immediately answered when asked if she knew about the temple people who entered and exited the imperial palace.

– Who is Sir Dale?

– He’s The Knight who works as the captain of the palace gate guards. Why? Shall I ask him for you?

It was a moment when I was convinced that Catherine’s true calling wasn’t being The Maid Captain but an assassin or information broker.

‘If I had met her in my previous life, I would have suggested she join Our Organization.’

Of course, Catherine would have been terrified and refused back then.

I shook my head, dismissing the pointless imagination.

‘It seems my concentration has dropped considerably from being soaked in civilian life.’

Having stray thoughts during a mission was something only amateurs did.

It was just as I was calming my mind again and moving forward.

“Sister? What are you doing here?”

How troublesome.

I had been deliberately moving only through inconspicuous places, yet someone appeared.

‘Could it be a cleric who belongs to this place?’

If so, they would recognize at a glance that I was a fake cleric.

I turned around, prepared to strike their neck and leave if necessary.

“The prayer meeting will end soon. If you don’t hurry, you won’t be able to attend, you know?”

Fortunately, the person who suddenly appeared wasn’t a cleric.

Judging by The Worker’s clothing they wore, they seemed to be a servant working at the temple.

I tried hard to think of a decent excuse with a calm expression.

But soon there was no need for that.

“Ah, I heard many new clerics came from The Holy Kingdom this time, so you must have come from there too?”

I’m grateful they’re misunderstanding on their own.

Instead of answering, I kept my mouth shut and quietly stared at The Worker.

Then he smiled warmly and pointed his finger somewhere.

“The Great Prayer Hall is over there. If you don’t run quickly, you might receive penalty points, you know?”

A prayer meeting held in The Great Prayer Hall.

‘All the clerics here will gather there.’

I smiled faintly and nodded toward The Worker.

Then I quickly ran toward The Great Prayer Hall.

Dong, dong, dong—.

The bell sound that began ringing from the bell tower in the middle of the temple followed behind my footsteps. Dark and long like a shadow.

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