The Prince’s Nanny, Her Specialty Is Assassination - Chapter 182

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Chapter 182. Flying Nightmare (1)

The next morning.

The heavy rain had stopped and the sky was clear and bright.

The extermination forces of the Empire and Adamant hurried to prepare for the next subjugation.

“We’re taking the lead? Why?”

Prince Lloyd frowned with displeasure.

“His Majesty the King of Adamant has decided so.”

“Ha!”

He let out a hollow laugh at Ian’s words as if he found it absurd.

“Why does that bastard keep changing the strategy as he pleases?”

No matter how much of an expert he was in monster subjugation, it didn’t sit well with him that a mere new kingdom was leading the extermination.

‘It’s also annoying that he put me at the front instead of Brother Adrian or that mutt.’

The fact that the vanguard was dangerous in any battle was something even a snot-nosed child would know.

“Hmph, Knight King? Conqueror King? He’s just ruling over a small country that’s not even a third of the Empire…”

How arrogant.

Lloyd was deeply displeased with Kaiden’s decision to blatantly put him in a dangerous position.

“Hey.”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

Ian seemed completely unbothered even though someone much younger than him was calling him like a subordinate.

“What the hell have you done as an advisor? Sometimes you tell me to trust only you, but I don’t know what I’m supposed to trust based on what I see. Why did Grandfather even grant a title to someone like you?”

It was language bordering on insult.

But Ian bowed his head to Lloyd with a smile across his face.

“I apologize, Your Highness. Yesterday an completely unexpected situation arose and disrupted our operation.”

“Don’t be ridiculous. Shouldn’t you anticipate and move considering all such things?”

Lloyd clicked his tongue with dissatisfied eyes.

“I don’t know why you’re blaming the situation for your own lack of ability.”

The prince turned his gaze with narrowed eyes.

There, Duke Crowner and Adrian were mounted on horses.

“Hey, is this unexpected situation you’re talking about Brother Adrian being where that mutt should have been?”

Instead of answering, Ian slightly bowed his head.

Then Lloyd snorted and muttered to himself.

“He’s not going to live long anyway, so what does it matter if he dies to monsters or from illness. Grandfather really worries about all sorts of things just to appease House Crowner.”

It was truly callous words filled with malice.

Ian lowered his eyes and twisted up the corner of his mouth.

The young brat who wasn’t even dry behind the ears had an utterly wicked way of thinking.

‘Indeed, evil seems to be inherited through bloodlines rather than learned.’

Seeing the evil shadow of the Marquis of Redcliff reflected in Lloyd’s still immature face.

“So what are you going to do now? Is there any guarantee another opportunity will come?”

“Opportunities are created, Your Highness.”

“What if you miss it again?”

“Then I’ll create another one.”

Ian answered quietly but firmly.

“Success originally falls into the arms of those who pursue it to the end.”

“Enough with the nonsense.”

Lloyd glared at Ian with sharp eyes.

“So this time you can definitely get rid of that mutt?”

“Of course.”

Ian looked toward the rear of the extermination force led by the First Prince.

Even from a distance, glittering blonde hair was visible.

“It will definitely go as you wish.”

* * *

Even when the weather is too nice, it’s a problem.

I observed Edwin, who clearly showed signs of fatigue.

“Are you alright, Your Highness?”

“Yeah, I’m fine.”

Edwin wiped away the sweat flowing down his forehead and nape.

“It’s just a bit hot and tiring. The armor seems to make it even hotter.”

“Still, you mustn’t take it off.”

“I know, I know.”

He waved his hand dismissively as if annoyed.

“Your Highness, if you’re hot, would you like to try this?”

“What is this?”

Pinet, who had quietly approached, offered a few small plant roots.

The roots, about the size of a pinky nail, had a cute pouch-like appearance.

“Ice spirit’s pouch. Where did you find it?”

“There was a cluster over there in the shaded area. So I dug up a few…”

Pinet was answering excitedly but then looked surprised.

“Wait, how did you know? Even the folks living in remote mountain villages don’t know much about this plant.”

“Ice spirit’s pouch?”

Edwin tilted his head as he picked up the plant root Pinet had given him.

“So what does this plant do?”

“Ah, if you put that in your mouth and chew it, the heat will go away.”

“What? Really?”

“Try it and see if it’s real or not.”

Pinet smiled mischievously and pretended to put the plant root in his mouth.

Then Edwin glanced at me while fiddling with the plant root.

He was a kid who knew well that he’d get scolded by me if he ate just anything carelessly.

“Don’t swallow it, just chew. It’s a plant that’s hard to digest.”

At those words that were like permission, Edwin popped a plant root into his mouth.

After chewing for a while, the kid’s expression gradually brightened.

“My goodness, it’s real! The heat is completely gone!”

“Haha, what did I tell you?”

“How did you know about this kind of plant, Sir Pinet?”

“Well, my mother was an herbalist…”

Pinet stopped mid-sentence and smiled awkwardly.

“My mother taught me when I was young. Poor commoners have trouble getting ice in summer, so they beat the heat with things like this.”

“I see. I never knew that.”

Edwin chewed the plant root in his mouth diligently as if it was fascinating.

Then, perhaps concerned about me, he offered me the remaining plant roots.

“Kayl, aren’t you hot too? Try chewing this.”

“…I’m fine. I don’t really feel the heat much.”

“Really? Then I should save these and share them with the other knights.”

He seemed delighted now that the heat had subsided.

Edwin rode his horse with a much brighter face than before.

“Sir Kayl.”

As I was quietly following beside the prince, Pinet spoke to me.

“So how did you come to know about this herb, Sir Kayl?”

“Are you that curious about it?”

“Of course I’m curious! This plant is a precious one that only certain people know about.”

A precious plant, he says.

Hearing those words brought back memories I didn’t want to recall.

– Try chewing this, Kayla.

Before I became captain.

It was when I was assigned to raid a caravan crossing the desert.

– What is this?

– Just try chewing it.

– Isn’t it a poisonous plant?

– That’s too much. Don’t you trust your comrade?

Back then, we hadn’t even started calling each other lovers yet.

Ian stuffed something into my parched mouth under the scorching sun.

– What? I suddenly feel cool.

Satisfied with my reaction, Ian smiled brightly.

– It’s an herb called ice spirit’s pouch. If you chew the root, the heat goes away. How is it? Do you like it?

I chewed the plant root and replied indifferently.

– You know all sorts of things. Who taught you stuff like this?

– Ah, Uncle Geoerge who used to work at our house…

– You even had servants at home? Must have been quite a well-off family.

It was just something I said in passing.

But Ian’s face was momentarily shadowed with darkness.

– Yeah, it was.

The answer that came back after a pause was utterly ordinary.

Ian smiled again as if nothing had happened.

– Shall we go then?

Taking my hand and pulling me along as always.

“…yl.”

“…”

“Kayl!”

I looked up at the loud voice.

Bata, who had been at the very front of the procession, was standing before me.

“What’s the matter?”

“Monsters have appeared ahead. They’re not particularly threatening, but there are an enormous number of them and they’re currently scattering and fleeing in all directions.”

Bata added with a dark expression.

“…But the situation seems quite serious.”

“What? Serious? Didn’t you say they weren’t threatening?”

Pinet questioned as if he couldn’t understand Bata’s words.

“We just need to chase down the fleeing ones and catch them.”

“…There’s a village where people live in the direction the monsters are heading.”

A village.

I recalled the map I had received from Kaiden.

“That shouldn’t be a problem. All the villages in this area have erected massive wooden palisades to prevent monster intrusion.”

We just needed to exterminate the monsters before they reached the palisades.

But Bata’s face was still full of worry.

“Unfortunately, those palisades will likely be useless.”

“Ugh, stop being so frustrating! Just tell us what it is! What kind of creatures are they exactly…”

It was just as Pinet was grumbling in an irritated voice.

Booooooooong.

A shadow fell overhead along with a thunderous roar that made us doubt our ears.

The knights stared up at the sky with their mouths agape.

“Damn, why is something like that here!”

“Why are monsters that only appear in the south here!”

What blackened the sky above us was none other than a swarm of monsters.

The creatures resembling locusts were about the size of forearms and had the habit of moving in groups of hundreds at minimum, thousands at maximum.

“What is that! Locusts? Were there monsters that looked like that?”

“Yes! You can think of them as just giant locusts, but…!”

Pinet cut down several monsters charging at him before spitting out curses.

The last locust he cut down managed to break his sword with its teeth.

“Ugh, these damn locust bastards! Why the hell are they in a place like this?”

I cut a charging locust in half and dusted off my hands.

These monsters, rarely seen in the northern part of the continent, had a special nickname.

‘Flying nightmare.’

There was a reason such creatures, much smaller than other monsters and relatively easy to exterminate, earned that nickname.

“Watch out for their teeth, Your Highness! These crazy bastards can chew through steel!”

Their pincer-like jaws split into two branches, tearing at prey like teeth.

That strength was powerful enough to devour even heavily armored knights, armor and all.

“Aaaaah, get away!”

The entire extermination force became chaos.

Literally, it was the moment when the ‘flying nightmare’ began.

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