The Prince’s Nanny, Her Specialty Is Assassination - Chapter 130

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Chapter 130. The First Mission (3)

“Are you talking about Viscount Ian Miller?”

“Yes, that bastard.”

The Captain wore an indifferent expression at his subordinate’s words.

“He’ll probably come.”

“Ah, that bastard is quite annoying.”

“Watch your mouth. He’s one of the young nobles that the Marquis of Redcliff favors.”

“That’s exactly it. He’s not even paying with his own money, just a messenger, yet he looks down on people.”

The Captain frowned at The Man’s complaints.

“Don’t even think about saying such things in front of him…”

“Stop nagging, Captain. Do you think I’m stupid enough to lack that much sense?”

It seemed the alcohol had gotten to his head quite nicely.

The Man lay slanted on the sofa with sleepy, half-closed eyes.

“Ah~ I want to get out quickly and smell some gunpowder.”

“Speaking such blasphemous words in The Temple. You really don’t seem destined for heaven.”

“And you’ve been picking fights since earlier, so do you want to go at it?”

“Are you confident you can win?”

The two mercenary group members stood up abruptly as if they were about to fight.

But soon they felt The Captain’s murderous aura and sat back down, pouting.

“…Hmm?”

At that moment, Young Mercenary who was putting dry firewood into the fireplace tilted his head.

He had been quietly staying out of his seniors’ conversation until now, speaking for the first time.

“Didn’t you just hear some sound?”

“What sound? Are you hearing things now?”

“It’s not hallucinations, I heard a sound from outside the door…”

“This is a Secret Chamber that only the high priest and we know about. If there’s a sound, it would be the high priest passing by.”

Strange. If it were the high priest’s presence, I would have noticed long ago.

Young Mercenary scratched his head and glanced at The Captain.

‘Since The Captain is also staying quiet, I must have heard wrong.’

He gave an awkward smile and nodded.

“Ah, I must have heard wrong. Sorry, brothers.”

“That guy, when is he going to start pulling his weight?”

Young Mercenary laughed sheepishly while receiving criticism from his seniors.

So this time he failed to hear it.

The faint sound coming from outside the door once again.

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‘Kingdom of Leon.’

I walked only fast enough that it wouldn’t feel unnatural to anyone watching.

Since I deliberately went only to places where no human presence could be felt, I didn’t encounter anyone.

‘The Holy Kingdom deliberately commissioned them to release mutant monsters.’

The content of the conversation I heard in the Secret Chamber was truly shocking.

Even from my perspective, having experienced all sorts of unreasonable things, it was difficult to understand.

‘What exactly are they scheming?’

If The Holy Kingdom gave the order, it ultimately means it was the Holy Emperor’s will.

Why on earth did the Holy Emperor give such an absurd command?

‘Even though the current Holy Emperor is far from being clean and honest…’

Though he was someone who took all kinds of bribes and had rigid thinking, he had never done anything that would cause massive casualties.

He was neither stupid enough nor bold enough for that.

‘If it gets out that The Holy Kingdom did this, the repercussions would be huge.’

Deliberately releasing monsters knowing there would be victims.

I couldn’t guess the reason at all.

Why on earth would they do such a thing?

‘And what about the job commissioned by House of Redcliff?’

Clearly those guys were ready to do anything to put the 2nd Prince on the throne.

Then did they receive a commission to eliminate Edwin?

‘But those guys weren’t from The Organization.’

The guy who targeted Edwin at the hunting competition clearly said ‘The Breath of Angels will reach you.’ Those who tried to kill Edwin were definitely from The Organization.

‘Then they must have received a different commission.’

What could it be?

I stopped in place for a moment with a frown.

‘Honestly, that’s not the only thing bothering me.’

Accepting commissions from The Holy Kingdom while simultaneously taking jobs from House of Redcliff.

Unless they were easy jobs to carry out, it was rare to accept commissions simultaneously.

Whether it was a mercenary group or assassin’s guild.

‘Neither side would commission easy jobs. So does that mean they’re commissions that can be carried out together? Or perhaps…’

Could the commissions from The Holy Kingdom and House of Redcliff be related to each other?

My head was getting more and more complicated.

‘And what about that viscount at the end?’

Was it Viscount Miller? It sounds like a name I’ve heard somewhere.

‘Ah, the letter in The Empress’s chamber.’

There was definitely someone with the surname ‘Miller’ among the names written in the correspondence in The Empress’s study drawer.

‘I remembered it because the first name was the same as Ian’s.’

I don’t know who he is, but he doesn’t seem to make a very good impression.

I tried to imagine the face of someone named Ian Miller but gave up.

Just thinking about the other matters was giving me a headache.

‘It feels like holding a tangled ball of yarn.’

Mercenary Group, House of Redcliff, Kingdom of Leon, mutant monsters.

Things that seemed to have no connection to each other were complexly intertwined.

It seemed impossible to unravel for now.

‘What could it be?’

I narrowed my eyes and turned around.

Several crows were circling above the Cathedral with the bell tower.

Looking at their glossy black feathers reminded me of someone.

‘Then did The King of Adamant, did Kaiden roughly guess this fact?’

I recalled those golden eyes that seemed to see through everything.

And that mysterious gaze whose intentions I couldn’t read.

‘I don’t know.’

It was truly unknowable.

I couldn’t be certain, but I could only vaguely guess that the situation was turning out more serious than I had expected.

‘No, there’s no need to think complicatedly right now.’

Just as thinking something is a problem makes even trivial things problematic, thinking something is complicated makes it complicated.

‘First, making Edwin the crown prince. Let’s just think about that.’

For me, I just needed to eliminate those who would obstruct Edwin’s path.

By any means necessary.

‘Then those guys would clearly become obstacles.’

I resolved as I silently exited The Temple.

‘Whatever they are, I’ll just eliminate the obstacles.’

A resolve befitting both The Previous Caretaker and a former assassin leader.

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Deep in the night when everyone was asleep.

I looked at the brightly glowing orb under the blanket.

[The Holy Kingdom and the mercenary group.]

The translucent Kaiden projected by the communication orb was illuminating the inside of the blanket.

[Things are flowing in an interesting direction.]

“I wonder about that. No matter how I think about it, this doesn’t seem like an interesting situation.”

When I replied in a dry voice, Kaiden laughed.

Even after hearing the full report, his face was overflowing with composure.

“Aren’t you in trouble?”

I stared quietly at Kaiden.

“I heard the Holy Kingdom side is going to impose sanctions on Adamant.”

[Ha, sanctions?]

Kaiden snorted as if it wasn’t even worth laughing at.

[On what grounds are they imposing sanctions? Are they planning to blame others after pulling such shady stunts like releasing monsters?]

That young brat’s arrogance reaches the sky just because he established one country.

Doesn’t he know the reason why the Holy Kingdom can remain firmly in place despite being riddled with all kinds of corruption and corruption?

I opened my mouth with a frown.

“The Holy Kingdom’s power is stronger than you think. Whether diplomatically or religiously, if they start applying pressure, His Highness will also have headaches.”

At that very moment, an interesting glint appeared in Kaiden’s eyes.

[Hmm, he’ll have headaches. In what way?]

“Well, they could refuse to send clerics to Adamant, or withdraw the temples. Diplomatically, there’s also the method of moving neighboring countries with deep faith to immediately block trade routes.”

Surely you didn’t fail to think of such things?

When I looked at him with distrustful eyes, Kaiden suddenly burst into laughter.

[Haha, really.]

After laughing for a while, Kaiden rested his chin and tilted his head to the side.

[You’re truly clever, you know.]

He stared at me intently as if I were right in front of him.

[So much so that you’re terribly unsuited for caretaker work.]

Did I seem like I was being too much of a know-it-all?

I changed the subject as if nothing was wrong.

“You flatter me. I was just stating common sense.”

Isn’t this something anyone could think of in the first place?

Anyone with a brain attached couldn’t overlook the influence the Holy Kingdom has on the continent.

[I wonder.]

Kaiden smiled crookedly at my answer.

[At least it doesn’t seem like a caretaker’s common sense.]

“Are you looking down on caretakers?”

[No way, how could I.]

He widened his eyes and pretended to be surprised.

Though I couldn’t find any trace of agitation in the pupils reflected in those upturned eyes.

[I’ve never looked down on them. I just had preconceptions.]

“The preconception that caretakers are ignorant?”

[It’s a preconception I’ve withdrawn since meeting you, so you don’t need to worry.]

What a peculiar fellow.

Those who were skilled with swords generally lacked eloquence.

But seeing how Kaiden never lost a single word, it seemed he had honed his tongue as well.

[More than anything, I was surprised once again by Brown Lordling. I never dreamed you would complete this mission so quickly.]

So you really were looking down on me.

I looked at Kaiden with an expressionless face.

“…Then what will you do going forward?”

[Going forward.]

Kaiden made a deliberately serious expression and tapped the desk with his fingertips.

[This has become troublesome. Directly striking the Holy Kingdom is still too much.]

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