The Prince’s Nanny, Her Specialty Is Assassination - Chapter 167

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Chapter 167. Interception (2)

“Hey!”

Pinet threw off his mask and jumped down from his horse.

The rest of the knights who had joined the pursuit force also drew their swords and immediately leaped into battle.

“We did exactly as you ordered! How do you like it?”

“Well done.”

“Haha! Don’t underestimate the Red Fangs of the 3rd Knight Order.”

How shameless.

I chuckled as I watched Pinet swiftly swinging his sword.

‘There was a guy in the organization who acted just as frivolously.’

He was a master at lightening the mood.

Though his life was shorter than the other subordinates.

“If you keep fooling around like that, you’ll die early, Sir Pinet.”

“What? You knew my name?”

“Would I only know your name?”

I had memorized all the names of the 3rd Knight Order knights when Edwin began training with them.

‘Just names?’

Age, birthplace, family relations, criminal records, and so on.

Since they were the ones living closest to Edwin, I had made it basic knowledge to know that much about their personal information.

“Wow, Sir Kayl is more sociable than he looks?”

“I’m not a knight. Drop the ‘Sir.'”

“Oh, is that okay? Then I’ll just call you Kayl?”

“Do as you please.”

Pinet giggled and kicked the head of the monster in front of him.

“But whose idea was that chain?”

He pointed to the long chain sprawled on the ground.

“It was my idea.”

Directly confronting a herd of monsters charging like buffalo would be suicide.

The human body is fragile enough to be trampled to death even by ordinary cattle.

“Ooh, so you really were a monster subjugation specialist mercenary! It wasn’t just bluffing?”

Isn’t that something anyone could think of, not just a subjugation specialist?

The most efficient way to attack four-legged beasts all at once is to tie up those four legs.

“But if you were going to do it, you should have given us a heads up!”

Pinet shouted while swinging his sword widely.

“The monsters all fell at once and we pursuit forces almost tumbled too!”

“You should have dodged that on your own.”

I answered while grabbing Edwin’s arm and pulling him away.

A monster’s corpse fell with a thud where he had been standing.

“Aren’t you the Empire’s finest Gloria Knight Order?”

At my words, Pinet burst into hearty laughter.

Several knights around him also let out quiet chuckles.

“Wow, you’re the first person to say that to us from the 3rd Knight Order.”

“It’s not wrong though, right? We’re still part of the Gloria Knight Order anyway!”

The knights of the 3rd Knight Order exchanged words with each other as they brought down the remaining monsters.

“Hyaaaah!”

“Hold that one’s head steady!”

“Help me over here!”

We joined forces with the soldiers remaining in the Second Prince’s camp to repel the monsters.

Then subduing the monsters became much easier than expected.

‘They seem to be finishing up over there too.’

When I glanced toward the First Prince’s camp, it seemed the remaining monsters that had gone there were also completely annihilated.

‘Speaking of which.’

I recalled the person who had come running across the grassland.

‘Kaiden Ram.’

To volunteer as bait all by himself.

‘He’s definitely not in his right mind.’

The sight of him riding his black horse and running in front of the monster herd looked not like a king of humans, but like a king of monsters leading his army.

‘He didn’t notice my scheme, did he?’

Since he had completely moved to the First Prince’s camp midway, he wouldn’t have seen our pursuit force separately luring the monsters.

‘Even if he saw it, well, it can’t be helped.’

The subjugation campaign was a chessboard for deciding the Empire’s succession.

Kaiden would know that fact better than anyone.

‘He was the one who gave me the strategic map in the first place.’

I stared intently toward the First Prince’s camp.

It was difficult to confirm Kaiden’s appearance due to the monster corpses and soldiers swarming around.

‘I wonder what reaction he’ll show when he realizes I made a move.’

Will he get angry that I didn’t follow the strategy he set up?

Or will he smile that enigmatic smile again and tell me it’s interesting?

“Still, they changed the strategy first, so don’t blame me.”

“Huh?”

Edwin turned his head at my voice.

“What did you just say?”

Instead of answering Edwin’s question, I shook my head.

“They’re coming again!”

Just then, someone’s shout was heard.

I raised my head while shielding Edwin with one arm.

In the distance, I could see another herd of monsters being driven by Adamant’s subjugation force.

‘There don’t seem to be any variant monsters.’

Fortunately, there appeared to be no variant monsters among the newly approaching monster herd either.

“Prince Edwin.”

I removed the arm that had been blocking Edwin’s front.

“You remember what I told you, right?”

“Yes!”

Edwin nodded spiritedly and gripped his sword even tighter.

“When fighting monsters, never get more than five steps away from Le— I mean, Kayl! I remember!”

“That’s enough then.”

I drew the remaining dagger tucked at my waist.

Holding daggers in both hands brought back old memories.

‘Back then, I never had to face monsters in such an open space.’

I spun the dagger once in my hand and caught it again.

‘It doesn’t matter.’

Back then I had to fight alone or with a few comrades, but now there were many allies around.

And among all these people, there was only one person I needed to worry about—Edwin.

“Five steps.”

I stared at the charging monster herd and gave one final reminder.

“Make sure to keep it.”

“Yes!”

With Edwin’s strong response as the last exchange, we couldn’t have a conversation for a while.

Thus, the first day of the subjugation campaign was passing by.

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The joint subjugation campaign between the Bentrum Empire and the Adamant Kingdom.

Their first battle concluded very successfully.

“The subjugation force’s casualties were much fewer than we expected.”

Oliver, the commander of the Adamant Extermination Force, looked around with an expression full of pride.

“Especially His Highness the 3rd Prince’s side reportedly had almost no casualties.”

Monster corpses were piled up like mountains in all directions.

If they were also life forms of this land, it was regrettable, but it couldn’t be helped.

Land where monsters passed through became contaminated with poison and filth, turning into an environment where humans couldn’t survive, so they had to be completely exterminated beforehand.

“It must be thanks to His Majesty the King serving as bait.”

Kaiden wiped the blood on his cheek with the back of his hand.

He replied to Oliver’s words with an indifferent expression.

“Yeah, though it wasn’t particularly entertaining.”

“You seemed to be enjoying it plenty.”

“I could have enjoyed it more if I were alone.”

Who does monster subjugation single-handedly? Ah, our lord does.

Oliver answered his own question and let out a deep sigh.

“Subjugation campaigns aren’t like jousting tournaments, my lord.”

“I know.”

Kaiden wiped the blood from his armor with a towel brought by his servant.

“But it seemed like monsters were escaping midway through – was there some trouble in the rear?”

“Ah, I was just about to report on that matter.”

Oliver snapped his fingers and lowered his voice.

“Some suspicious fellows suddenly struck from behind, causing the monsters to chase after them and flee from their route.”

“Suspicious fellows?”

Could it be the Breath of the Angel? Or the Holy Kingdom?

Kaiden’s eyes instantly sharpened.

“Yes, the monsters got excited because of those bastards and suddenly charged toward the 2nd Prince’s camp, which caught us off guard.”

“…Toward the 2nd Prince’s camp?”

That’s strange.

If it were the work of the Breath of the Angel or the Holy Kingdom, they would have targeted the 1st or 3rd Prince.

“I was terrified. From my position, I couldn’t suddenly change course. I was worried that the soldiers remaining in the 2nd Prince’s camp would be helplessly slaughtered…”

Oliver continued speaking in response to his lord’s silence.

“But knights from the 3rd Prince’s side appeared and blocked them.”

Kaiden raised one eyebrow.

“From the 3rd Prince’s side?”

“Yes, they were all waiting in front of the camp as if they knew beforehand.”

Oliver paused to clear his throat, then lowered his voice even more.

“But that person who’s supposedly the 3rd Prince’s guard – they don’t seem to be ordinary at all.”

If it’s that woman, she’s certainly extraordinary in many ways.

Kaiden stared intently at Oliver as if telling him to continue.

“I mean, she took down dozens of monsters by herself in an instant!”

The fact that the 3rd Prince’s side had virtually no casualties was surely thanks to that person.

Oliver continued in a serious voice.

“But what was surprising wasn’t just that one person. The Gloria 3rd Knight Order soldiers led by His Highness the 3rd Prince weren’t bad either.”

The Gloria 3rd Knight Order was typically thought of as the unit with the poorest skills.

“Even in that sudden emergency situation, they immediately targeted the monsters’ legs with chains as if they’d been waiting for it.”

The longer his adjutant spoke, the deeper the strange light in Kaiden’s eyes became.

“Hmm.”

The young king recalled the intelligent eyes he had encountered last night.

Those green eyes that resembled the person he was searching for so very much.

“…Disobeying orders. How interesting.”

“What? What do you suddenly mean by that?”

Oliver was startled and jumped up from his spot.

“I have never disobeyed my lord’s commands even once! Please don’t suddenly say things that make my heart drop!”

“I wasn’t talking about you.”

Kaiden tossed the used towel to Oliver.

“I’ll leave the cleanup to you.”

“Where are you suddenly going again!”

“Where am I going?”

The king smiled with an unreadable expression.

“I have to go catch the one who disobeyed orders.”

Disobeying orders was the most severely punished crime in military law.

But Kaiden looked quite excited for someone going to catch a traitor.

‘Our lord isn’t such a scoundrel that he’d be thrilled to go kill someone.’

Oliver bit his finger and shook his leg.

“I hope nothing bad happens…”

He muttered to himself while watching Kaiden’s retreating figure.

His voice, full of worry, echoed faintly in the air.

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