The Prince’s Nanny, Her Specialty Is Assassination - Chapter 172

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Chapter 172. Trap (3)

“You seem to have lived a rather smooth life, Sir.”

Pinet wore a dazed expression at my words.

“Pardon?”

“Seeing you make such ignorant remarks, you’re beyond naive.”

Humans are the kind of creatures who, for their own safety, would pray for the misfortune of not only unknown children but even their own offspring.

‘Yes, just like the Empire’s Emperor who threw the young princes into this limb.’

I added with a hardened expression.

“I apologize if I offended you. I’m not particularly fond of such optimism.”

“Oh, no. I suppose you could think that way…”

Pinet seemed embarrassed and mumbled his words.

Then he spurred his horse and retreated back to the rear of the procession.

“I’ve been thinking for a while now.”

Edwin, who had awakened at some point, was rubbing his sleepy eyes.

“Ray, no, Kayl gets along well with people, but seems to really hate people.”

The boy leaned his back against me with a face still drowsy from sleep.

“Or do you just dislike Sir Pinet?”

“What reason would I have to dislike him?”

“Then why do you speak so coldly to someone you like?”

I never said I liked him.

I glanced at Pinet, who was making a dejected expression at the back of the procession.

The boy was looking even more dispirited as he listened to Bata’s nagging.

“…I simply disliked hearing someone casually speak of wishing for another’s happiness.”

The lover who killed me had once said they wished for my happiness, that they would do anything to make me happy.

Those words were sweet poison to be avoided in the battlefield of life, a trap to be evaded.

“Your Highness should also stay away from those who casually speak such words.”

“I’m not stupid enough to be unable to distinguish between flattery and sincere words.”

Edwin looked at me with a frown as if he couldn’t understand.

“Is it so strange for Pinet to say he wishes for my happiness?”

“Do you not think it strange, Your Highness?”

“No, I don’t think it’s strange.”

Edwin nodded without hesitation at my question.

“Because I also wish for Pinet’s happiness.”

The boy’s gaze lingered on the faces of the knights following behind us, including Pinet.

“I want the people I know, and who know me, to be happy. At least, I hope they’re not unhappy.”

Large, bright blue eyes were now quietly looking up at me.

“And I want Rachel to be happy too.”

It was a voice so small that no one but me could hear it.

“Do you dislike it when I say things like this too?”

Those crystal-clear eyes wavered slightly as if gauging my reaction.

“…How could that be.”

I placed my hand on Edwin’s crown and gently tousled his hair.

“I think my words were too harsh. I’ll apologize to Sir Pinet separately later.”

“Hmm.”

Edwin suddenly grinned after hearing my response.

“I knew you just weren’t saying it—Rachel wishes for my happiness too, doesn’t she?”

It was something I couldn’t deny, nor had any reason to deny.

I was someone who had decided to be here for Edwin and Emilia’s happiness.

To fulfill Emma’s last wish.

“…I believe I asked you not to call me by that name here.”

“I wasn’t talking to Kayl, I was talking to Rachel.”

Edwin turned his head with complete innocence.

“I was talking to Rachel, my caretaker.”

“The caretaker isn’t here right now.”

“Can’t I even talk to myself?”

Just because he’s grown a bit, his skill at talking back keeps improving too.

I quietly looked down at Edwin’s crown and chuckled softly.

Hiiiiiiiing.

At that very moment, a loud death cry came from the front ranks.

The entire extermination force procession stopped, unable to advance further.

“What’s happening?”

“There seems to be a problem with the front ranks.”

“What? What kind of problem?”

Edwin shifted restlessly on his saddle.

The boy kept lifting his head with a worried expression.

Grrrrrumble.

It was then that the Gloria Knight Order and even the soldiers fell into chaos.

‘Ground tremor?’

Sound traveled faster than vibration.

A sound like distant thunder came, and then the ground beneath our feet began to shake.

Kwaaaaa!

Eventually, something burst forth from the ground.

A long body divided into segments, dozens of pairs of legs attached to both sides.

A monster with the disgusting appearance of a giant centipede revealed itself.

“Monster, it’s a monster!”

“Damn it, everyone get away!”

The Empire’s formation crumbled all too easily at the monster’s appearance.

It couldn’t be helped since the creature had suddenly burst out from underground while they were moving along a narrow mountain path.

Moreover, there wasn’t just one monster.

“Aaaaah!”

“Save me! Save…”

A soldier running toward us was kicked by the monster’s leg and flew far away.

“Ra, Ray…”

Edwin was about to call my name in a terrified voice when—

Kwaaaang.

The monster’s leg, resembling a huge, sharp stake, came crashing down where we were.

“Prince Edwin!”

“Your Highness—!”

The knights’ screams could be heard.

Edwin was looking up at me with startled eyes.

“Are you alright, Your Highness?”

If I had rolled away just a moment later, we both might have departed for the afterlife together with our upper and lower bodies separated.

Rolling around in the mud pit brought back old memories, making me feel quite unpleasant.

“Prince Edwin.”

I looked down at Edwin, who was lying on the ground in my arms.

“Why aren’t you answering? Did you perhaps hit your head…”

“No, I, I’m fine!”

“I see. Then…”

I immediately sprang up from where I was.

Edwin slightly frowned as if his wrist, which I was gripping, hurt.

“Run!”

There was no time to calmly explain the situation.

The massive monster’s legs were frantically stomping the ground.

“This way, Prince Edwin!”

“Hurry over here!”

The 3rd Knight Order members who had found a safe zone were waving at us.

They hid themselves on the steep hillside while desperately shouting.

“Faster!”

“It’s dangerous, Lady Kayl!”

I know it’s dangerous too.

I grabbed Edwin’s hand and ran with all my might.

The one fortunate thing at this moment was that Edwin was light and fast, quickly overtaking me as he began to run.

‘Just a little more!’

I need to regroup with the knights and hide in the lower part of the mountain ravine, then come back up once the monsters calm down.

Even in this urgent situation, thinking about what to do next was making me dizzy.

“Prince Adriaaaan!”

At that moment, someone’s scream struck my back.

When I unconsciously turned my head, there was 1st Prince Adrian frozen in place, clutching his sword.

‘Why is that guy alone in a place like this?’

Wasn’t he supposed to be with Duke Crowner?

Why is the 1st Prince standing alone in the middle of the battlefield in the first place? Without any guards?

“No!”

“I’ll save you, Prince Adrian…”

The knights who belatedly noticed the 1st Prince’s presence tried to rush to him.

But most of them moved too hastily and ended up skewered by the monster’s legs, becoming human kebabs.

“Ugh.”

The horrific sight even brought sounds of retching from here and there.

And 1st Prince Adrian was still standing under the monster’s huge shadow.

With a pale face as if he might collapse at any moment.

“Brother Adrian?”

Edwin also spotted Adrian and stopped walking.

“Brother! Brother Adrian!”

He was extremely agitated and tried to turn toward Adrian.

“Brother, come this way! It’s dangerous there!”

“No, Prince Edwin! It’s dangerous!”

Pinet and Bata, who had been hiding on the slope, quickly came up and grabbed Edwin’s arms.

“Let’s go down quickly!”

“But my brother, Brother Adrian…”

Edwin trembled all over.

Tears began to well up in his large eyes.

‘This is quite difficult.’

If the 1st Prince died in a place like this, it would actually benefit Edwin, the 3rd Prince.

This subjugation campaign was a ruthless competition for the crown prince position.

‘This guy must know that too.’

Why is he shedding tears and worrying that the 1st Prince might die?

Does the death of a complete stranger feel different from the death of blood relatives who were indifferent to him?

– When a person gets to know another person, from that moment on, they can’t help but wish for that person’s happiness.

– I want the people I know, and who know me, to be happy. At least I hope they’re not unhappy.

Such an annoyingly troublesome bunch.

I clenched my fist tightly.

“Prince Edwin.”

I grabbed the resisting Edwin’s shoulder and handed him over to the 3rd Knight Order.

“…Kayl?”

Edwin looked at me with blank eyes.

“Lady Kayl, why are you suddenly acting like this?”

“It’s dangerous! Quickly hide over here!”

The other knights also shouted urgently as I suddenly turned around.

“Pinet, Bata.”

I ignored their words and instructed the two people standing at the front.

“Protect Prince Edwin. If even the slightest scratch appears on His Highness’s body, I won’t let any of you off. Understood?”

Pinet stood there with his mouth open as if asking what I was talking about.

It was Bata who read my meaning and answered.

“…Return safely.”

“That goes without saying.”

I smiled slightly and quietly turned around.

Toward where the monster was, where Prince Adrian was.

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