The Prince’s Nanny, Her Specialty Is Assassination - Chapter 176

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Chapter 176. Trap (7)

“Welcome, Prince Edwin.”

Kaiden politely greeted Edwin as he entered the tent.

He did give me a strange look as I followed behind, but I ignored it.

‘As expected.’

I quickly checked the people gathered inside the tent.

‘From Adamant’s side, there are three people: Kaiden, Oliver, and the mage named Aurel. From the 1st Prince’s side, only Duke Crowner.’

After confirming the personnel, I discovered one unsurprising fact.

‘As expected, none of the 2nd Prince’s faction are here.’

Not only the 2nd Prince himself, but neither The Marquis of Redcliff nor Ian were visible.

As if this meeting had been arranged in secret from them.

“This is quite bewildering.”

Jerome, who had been sitting in a chair, frowned as soon as he saw us entering the tent.

“Why have you brought The 3rd Prince here as well?”

He kept glancing at Edwin with displeasure.

“I thought His Majesty wanted a private audience with me.”

“Haha, it’s better not to create situations that could cause misunderstandings, don’t you think?”

Says the person who didn’t want to create misunderstandings after acting so friendly toward me.

His shameless remark was truly astounding.

“Then is there a particular reason why you didn’t invite The 2nd Prince?”

“There is a reason, but I’ll explain that reason in due course.”

Kaiden clasped his hands behind his back and smiled lightly.

For some reason, he wasn’t in full armor but wearing just a light shirt and pants, and up close, I could smell that familiar jasmine scent.

‘Does he carry that soap even to battlefields?’

At this point, isn’t he more of a germaphobe than me?

Even I don’t think to bring soap on important and urgent missions.

‘Ah, but he’s a king, so he doesn’t need to pack it himself.’

Even if he doesn’t pack it himself, others will take care of it for him.

I was having such pointless thoughts when I quickly snapped back to attention.

It was because Kaiden kept mentioning Edwin.

“More importantly, don’t you have something to say to The 3rd Prince, Duke?”

“No, that’s…”

“I believe Prince the First personally ordered you to express gratitude to Prince Edwin.”

“Ahem.”

Jerome cleared his throat, pretending to adjust his voice.

“…I heard the whole story from Prince Adrian.”

He kept glancing sideways at Edwin, then politely bowed his head.

“I sincerely thank you for saving him, Prince Edwin.”

“Eh? No, no! I didn’t directly save my brother!”

Edwin waved his hands as if embarrassed.

Then he suddenly grabbed my arm and pulled me forward.

“The one who saved Brother Adrian wasn’t me, but my guard here, Kayl. If it hadn’t been for Kayl, no one could have saved my brother.”

Watching Edwin’s profile as he enthusiastically recounted my exploits with sparkling eyes reminded me of old times.

‘Come to think of it, this guy was always unnecessarily enthusiastic about my affairs.’

Edwin had raised his voice to defend me even in front of The Maid Captain, whom he feared so much. That was when he was even weaker and had less than he does now.

‘Thinking about it, that wasn’t even that long ago.’

I felt strange somehow.

It seemed like Edwin had changed a lot in that short time.

His height had grown by more than two spans, his face had lost some baby fat, and he no longer got scared but spoke his opinions in front of others.

“So the one who saved my brother wasn’t me, but Kayl here.”

Well, fundamentally he doesn’t seem to have changed much though.

I turned my head after watching Edwin, who was panting after finishing what he had to say.

“Hmm.”

Sure enough, Jerome was looking at me with interested eyes.

He observed me silently for a moment, then spoke.

“You, what’s your name?”

“…Prince Edwin was just calling me Kayl until a moment ago. Did you perhaps not hear?”

This proves that when Jerome called me by a different name instead of Rachel on the first day we met, it wasn’t a mistake.

He’s not someone who acts annoying on purpose, but just an annoying person who’s a bit stupid.

“Pfft.”

Then Kaiden suddenly covered his mouth and turned his head.

Oliver and Aurel, who were standing on either side of him, were also grimacing.

Like people trying to suppress bursting laughter.

“You, you bastard…”

Jerome also trembled beside them, his face turning bright red.

Unlike the others, he seemed to be suppressing anger rather than laughter.

“Ra- I mean, Kayl!”

Edwin grabbed my sleeve and shook it with a troubled expression.

“How can you speak to the Duke like that!”

“Ah, I apologize.”

He had been calling me by name right beside him, then suddenly asked what my name was, which momentarily annoyed me. So I ended up answering in my usual tone.

“My name is Kayl. I’m someone hired to protect Prince Edwin.”

Even after hearing my answer, Jerome remained silent, flaring his nostrils.

It seemed his anger wasn’t easily subsiding.

“Ka-Kayl is a former mercenary who specialized in monster subjugation. So when it comes to monsters, he knows more than others.”

Edwin kindly added an explanation.

But Jerome still just glared at me with displeasure.

“Hmm, a monster subjugation specialist.”

Then Kaiden placed both hands on the huge round table and spoke.

“Then the strategy to target the legs of the monsters that attacked The Second Prince’s Quarters the day before yesterday also came from your mind?”

Bringing up past events just to praise me.

His intention was so obvious it was embarrassing.

“The story about single-handedly rescuing Prince the First from the attack of a giant centipede monster wouldn’t be an exaggeration either.”

Why is that guy’s tone like that again?

It was like a bad actor reading directly from a script.

“Then we should rather seek advice from our side.”

“Advice, you say.”

Jerome frowned at the young king’s words.

“When it comes to monsters, doesn’t Your Majesty know better than that person? Why would you need advice from such a person…”

“The thing is.”

Kaiden smiled regretfully.

“This monster is a bit peculiar.”

“Peculiar?”

Jerome frowned.

He made a serious expression as if recalling the centipede monster he had faced during the day.

“I didn’t notice anything particularly peculiar.”

“The centipede monster that attacked us during the day is originally nocturnal.”

Kaiden tapped the table with his finger.

“No matter how cloudy and rainy it was, acting so aggressively at that time is abnormal.”

“Monster behavior has many variables, doesn’t it?”

Jerome replied as if it were nothing significant.

“Those creatures sometimes turn aggressive without reason when they feel their territory has been invaded.”

“Yes, I thought so at first too, but….”

Kaiden trailed off and raised his hand.

Then Aurel stepped forward and placed a cloth bundle on the table.

“What is this?”

At Jerome’s question, Kaiden smiled meaningfully.

“This was found in the body of the monster that attacked us today….”

The young king unwrapped the bundle with one hand.

Then a red light that had been hidden inside leaked out.

“It’s a magic stone.”

The stone, about the size of a child’s fist, was brimming with magical power.

And there was a strangely familiar sense of unease.

“This is a magic stone?”

Jerome also seemed to realize something was strange as he frowned.

“Magic stones are supposed to have a bluish tint. But this one has a reddish glow, doesn’t it.”

“Yes, it means someone has tampered with the magic stone.”

Kaiden smiled faintly and tapped the magic stone with his fingertip.

“By the way, this had this color from the moment we extracted it from the monster’s body.”

“What? What does that….”

“Isn’t it strange, Duke Crowner?”

Recently, the number of monsters had increased excessively, and monsters displaying behaviors different from existing ones had appeared.

Anyone could see it was an abnormal phenomenon.

“Moreover, this place borders the Holy Kingdom. As you know, monster magic power is incompatible with divine power.”

Yet the monsters appeared brazenly, attacking humans and turning the area into a wasteland. As if divine power posed no obstacle at all.

“I’ve faced quite a few monsters with magic stones of this color.”

Kaiden’s eyes gleamed sharply.

He was now holding the magic stone in his hand, rolling it around.

“Then one day, feeling something was off, I conducted a small experiment on the monsters.”

The red magic stone displayed its sinister light even in Kaiden’s hand.

“It was an experiment to inject divine power into the magic stone.”

An ordinary magic stone would be destroyed the moment divine power was injected into it.

But the magic stone from the mutant monster Kaiden caught wasn’t immediately destroyed by divine power.

“The red magic stones from mutant monster bodies contained a certain amount of divine power.”

“Divine power? What do you mean….”

Jerome stood with his mouth agape, looking dazed.

As if he couldn’t properly understand what he had just heard.

“Now, the monsters rampaging even near the Holy Kingdom only targeted the rear of the extermination forces. And traces of divine power were found in the magic stones inside those monsters’ bodies.”

The rear only had the Gloria 3rd Knight Order led by Edwin.

Kaiden lifted the red magic stone in his hand and grinned wickedly.

“Quite interesting, isn’t it?”

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