The Prince’s Nanny, Her Specialty Is Assassination - Chapter 18

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Chapter 18. King Kaiden Ram

“I see.”

When I showed no interest whatsoever, Catherine made a disappointed expression.

“Why aren’t you asking who it is?”

“Because I’m not particularly curious.”

“Oh! Please be curious right now!”

Catherine threw a tantrum as if she would throw herself on the floor if I didn’t ask immediately.

Really, this Prince’s Palace is full of nothing but troublesome people.

‘Maybe I should have just left her locked up in the warehouse.’

I let out a short sigh while thinking something that would shock Catherine if she knew.

“Who did you see?”

“The Wolf King!”

Wolf King?

I don’t know who that is, but what a cringeworthy title.

“Don’t tell me you don’t know? He’s the most famous person on the continent right now!”

Catherine made a fuss at my indifferent reaction.

“He’s His Majesty, the young king of the newly established Adamant Kingdom! The Knight King! The conqueror of the west!”

The newly established Adamant Kingdom?

‘I never heard such a name before I died.’

A kingdom that I, who knew every region of the continent, had never heard of.

“When was this country established?”

“About a year ago, I think?”

So it really was a newborn nation whose ink hadn’t even dried on the map yet.

“Is that person so famous?”

“Of course he’s famous! He’s the one who destroyed the Kingdom of Lionel and practically unified the west!”

This time I truly had no choice but to be surprised.

The western continent was a place where conflicts never ceased, not only because monster strongholds were hidden everywhere, but also because it faced the lands of barbarians.

Therefore, countless kingdoms repeatedly appeared and disappeared like mushrooms after rain.

There had been only one country that lasted even a mere 100 years.

‘The ruler of the west, the Kingdom of Lionel.’

To think he destroyed such a Kingdom of Lionel and established a new kingdom.

For a moment, the backs of Edwin and Emilia playing in the distance caught my eye.

The Kingdom of Lionel was the hometown of the Third Consort and also the maternal family of those children.

The fact that place had disappeared from the map meant that those young children truly had nothing left to rely on.

“They say he can easily take down a hundred monsters by himself! I heard he came to the Empire this time to subjugate monsters too?”

Taking on a hundred monsters alone? There should be limits to exaggeration.

‘Monsters’ were evil and powerful creatures that drew their power from magic.

No matter how excellent a knight might be, they had to risk their life to face even one monster.

So the idea that a single human could take on a hundred monsters was nothing short of absurd.

‘Wait.’

Suddenly, a memory flashed through my mind.

‘That king is staying at the Imperial Palace?’

I recalled the unidentified man I had encountered not long ago.

The man who stood beside the Emperor while clad in pitch-black armor from head to toe.

“By any chance, are the Wolf King’s eyes golden?”

“Oh my, how did you know?”

Catherine’s eyes widened at my question.

“Everyone’s making a fuss saying those eyes make him even more frightening. They say it’s like looking at a monster.”

My brow furrowed for a moment.

When I turned my head, I could see Edwin and Emilia playing in the dirt some distance away.

“Brother, what’s this red one?”

“It’s a ladybug. Is this Ria’s first time seeing a ladybug?”

“Yeah! It’s pretty! Like a ruby!”

The children were still laughing innocently as always.

Somehow I felt a complex emotion stirring in a corner of my heart.

I couldn’t understand why.

* * *

Swoooosh.

Monster blood splattered, hide split open, and entrails spilled out.

The Empire’s soldiers all watched the scene with their mouths agape.

‘He’s certainly impressive.’

Even Emperor Cabellius III, who was observing from the very back of the subjugation force, showed interest in his eyes.

‘They said he was a wandering mercenary, and indeed.’

It had been three days since Kaiden began leading his knights to eliminate the monsters appearing near the Bentrum Empire’s borders.

The number of monsters that hadn’t decreased even when half the Imperial Knights’ forces were mobilized was cut in half in just two days.

The one who made such an seemingly impossible feat possible was none other than Kaiden, the knight commander and king of Adamant.

Scrape, squelch, scrape.

Sounds that made one’s spine chill just from hearing them echoed loudly.

Unlike the audience who frowned, Kaiden the performer was utterly expressionless.

“My lord, please leave the dismantling to us!”

The king’s adjutant, Oliver, came running urgently upon seeing that scene.

He too had a fierce appearance, covered in monster blood.

“I’ve already handled the tough tendon parts that are hard to cut, so you all take care of the rest.”

Kaiden smiled lightly while looking at his flustered adjutant’s face.

Then he lightly jumped down from atop the monster’s corpse.

“Yes! What are you all doing! Hurry up and process them!”

Under Oliver’s command, Adamant’s knights busily moved among the dead monster corpses.

The Empire’s knights and soldiers joined in belatedly, but unlike the skilled Adamant knights, they seemed clumsy.

“At this rate on the second day of subjugation, we should be able to return home a bit earlier.”

“Are you that eager to return home, Sir Oliver?”

“Of course. Who doesn’t like going home? Unlike you, my lord, I have a rabbit-like wife and three fox-like children.”

Oliver grumbled while wiping the blood from his face.

“Ah, I almost forgot. Since we’re in the Empire, I should buy plenty of rose oil.”

“Rose oil? Why. Do your daughters say you smell like blood or something?”

“No, it’s a gift for my wife. And my daughters don’t know what blood smells like, you know? I wash so thoroughly at the knights’ quarters before going home…”

Oliver was complaining but then changed the subject.

“Your Majesty should also buy something as a souvenir, right? They probably sell jasmine oil too?”

The young king of Adamant incongruously used jasmine-scented soap.

Moreover, jasmine fragrance was usually favored by women, which made the disparity even greater.

“But don’t you get tired of using the same scent for so long?”

“Not at all.”

“My goodness, is there a reason you like jasmine scent so much?”

“There is.”

Kaiden smiled while roughly brushing off the blood from his face and hair.

“When I smell that fragrance, it feels like I’m coming home.”

It didn’t make sense.

While he detested the laughter and seduction of women wearing jasmine perfume.

Oliver frowned then shrugged his shoulders.

He had long since given up on understanding his lord in general anyway.

“It seems the rumors underestimated you. You’re truly worthy of being called a war god.”

Kaiden nodded as he looked at the Emperor who had approached close by.

“You flatter me, Your Majesty.”

“The Adamant Knights’ skill in exterminating monsters is truly excellent.”

The Emperor smiled good-naturedly as he watched the Adamant Knights moving diligently.

“I wonder if those sharp sword tips would produce the same results when aimed at people instead of monsters.”

His face still wore a carefree smile that made him look like a simple country bumpkin, but there were clear thorns in the words coming from his mouth.

“Ah, you need not worry about such things.”

Unlike his aide who was breaking out in cold sweat, Kaiden replied with a bright smile.

“My subordinates are not unleashed beasts, but humans who understand chivalry.”

“Haha, is that so? That would be fortunate then.”

The Emperor clasped his hands behind his back and tilted his head slightly.

His bright blue eyes briefly flashed with a cold and murderous light.

“I’m of the opinion that well-trained humans are more dangerous than unleashed beasts.”

“Is that so.”

Kaiden didn’t lose his smile even as he met the cold gaze directed straight at him.

He lightly wiped away the drops of blood falling from the armor covering his shoulders.

“However, if they are human, they should clearly distinguish between where their power should be used and where it should not be used.”

“Where it should be used and where it should not be used?”

The Emperor made a hmm sound as if he found Kaiden’s words interesting.

“Where should it be used, and where should it not be used?”

“Power should be used to save people, and should not be used to kill people.”

Kaiden smiled brightly at the Emperor.

“If one is born human, shouldn’t they naturally know how to respect the lives of other humans?”

Oliver’s eyes trembled finely at his lord’s statement.

The fact that the Emperor before them, Cabellius III, had slaughtered all his half-siblings to claim the throne was known to everyone on the continent.

To make such a statement to that Emperor, essentially saying that humans who don’t know how to respect other human lives aren’t human.

“Haha, the King of Adamant is quite an interesting person.”

After hearing Kaiden’s words, the Emperor left a brief comment.

With a strange expression that made it impossible to tell whether his feelings were hurt or not.

“Your Majesty, the Minister of State Affairs has arrived at the border outpost. You must depart now.”

“Ah, yes.”

Whether fortunately or unfortunately, the Emperor soon left the subjugation site on horseback, using a state meeting as an excuse.

Without giving any proper farewell to Kaiden, who was supposedly a king.

“You’ve definitely earned his displeasure. Why did you say such unnecessary things?”

Kaiden frowned as he dried his hair with a new towel while listening to his aide’s nagging.

“He picked a fight first, so I just responded. Is there a problem with that?”

“There are many problems! The other party is the Emperor of the Empire!”

Kaiden drooped both eyebrows at his aide’s statement, making a pitiful expression.

“Oh my, I should quickly become the king of a great nation, if only to ease this sorrow. No wait, to satisfy our Sir Oliver, should I perhaps declare myself emperor?”

“My lord, this is the Bentrum Empire! I’m terrified someone might hear!”

“Sorry for having such a loud voice.”

“And where on earth did you see or hear such words?”

“What words.”

Oliver frowned as he asked back.

“The words about power being used to save people. You don’t actually think that way, my lord.”

When you’re more of the type who thinks anything annoying should just be killed.

Whether it was the Emperor or his lord before him, rulers were fundamentally no different.

“Ah.”

Kaiden let out a short sigh and then chuckled softly.

“Actually, those words.”

The young king squinted one eye and playfully added a comment.

“I heard them long ago from an assassin who came to kill me.”

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