The Prince’s Nanny, Her Specialty Is Assassination - Chapter 184

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Chapter 184. The Prophet, Johannes (1)

‘Johannes?’

The name of the person I met for the first time today sounded strangely familiar.

‘Come to think of it, I think the name of the Successor of the Holy Emperor was also Johannes.’

The Prophet, Johannes.

Surely they couldn’t be the same person?

‘It’s not impossible though.’

Certainly, they said the Prophet and Guardian were last spotted near the Mondragón Mountains.

‘And this place is also connected to the Mondragón Mountains.’

If their travel routes coincidentally overlapped, it wouldn’t be strange to encounter them.

‘If by any chance that guy is really the Prophet…’

It would truly be an understatement to say heaven helped us.

To find the most important card for the succession issue in a place we fled to escape monsters.

“Good heavens.”

Meanwhile, Johannes, who had been greeting the knights, spotted Edwin and couldn’t hide his shock.

“Why is such a young child here? Are you even bringing children to monster subjugation?”

Johannes knelt down in front of Edwin.

Then he wiped the black soot from the boy’s face with his sleeve.

It was a delicate touch, like seeing a male Catherine.

“Wait, didn’t you all say you were knights?”

Johannes scolded the knights like someone who had been betrayed.

“How can people who follow chivalry do such things! Are you really knights?”

“Huh? Oh, no, that’s…”

His scolding with that pretty and gentle face wasn’t particularly threatening.

But there was something like strange dignity in Johannes’s voice.

A strong presence that even the burly knights couldn’t easily make excuses against.

“Gah! Don’t look down on me!”

Only Edwin reacted angrily to his words.

The boy shook off Johannes’s hand with a flushed face.

“I’m not a child! I’m a proper knight too!”

When the person in question vehemently denied it, Johannes seemed surprised too.

He blinked his large eyes and stared intently at Edwin.

“A knight? You?”

“Yes! Not only that, but I’m also a prin…”

I quickly covered Edwin’s mouth.

If words like Imperial Palace or prince came out of the boy’s mouth, we would be the ones in trouble.

‘If Edwin’s identity is revealed, it’s obvious we won’t be welcomed.’

Although most of the villagers seemed to welcome us, there were definitely hostile gazes among them too.

‘They might be pretending to welcome us more because we’re knights carrying weapons.’

I looked at Johannes with surprised eyes.

‘Especially if that guy is really the Successor of the Holy Emperor, we absolutely must not reveal Edwin’s identity.’

Johannes himself probably knows well how much critical influence he has on the Imperial Palace’s succession issue.

‘If he finds out Edwin is the 3rd Prince, he’ll definitely think we approached him on purpose.’

I kept Edwin’s mouth covered and whispered quietly in the boy’s ear.

“It would be better not to reveal your status to the people here. I’ll explain the reason later.”

Edwin seemed to think for a moment, then calmly nodded his head.

When I slowly removed my hand, the boy cleared his voice and continued speaking.

“Ahem, anyway, what I meant was that I’m also a knight, so don’t look down on me as a child.”

Unlike before, it was a strange way of speaking mixed with honorifics.

But Johannes smiled as if he didn’t particularly care.

“Oh my, I see. My thinking was shallow. I didn’t know there could be such a small and cute knight in the world.”

“That’s why I’m not small and cute…!”

It wasn’t exactly wrong, but Edwin started snorting again.

He seemed to really hate being called small and cute.

“Hmm, that’s strange. I was just stating facts though?”

“No, I’m not! What exactly about me is small and cute! I’m a proper thirteen years old! In just two years I can even have my coming-of-age ceremony!”

Every time Edwin raised his voice and jumped up and down, laughter leaked out from among the people. The reaction from our knights wasn’t much different either.

“Why, why is everyone laughing?”

Edwin looked around at the knights as if feeling wronged.

“Do I really look that small and cute?”

The three knights couldn’t answer easily.

Although he had grown a lot compared to when we first met, it was true that he was small compared to them, and it was also true that his beautiful face still leaned toward the cute side due to his young age.

“I don’t think it’s wrong.”

“Sir Bata! What kind of nonsense is that! Our for-, no, our Lord Edwin is such a brave knight!”

Bata, who was the only one to answer honestly, frowned.

He looked wronged as Pinet jabbed his ribs even though he had done nothing wrong.

“Ugh…!”

Edwin trembled with a face full of anger.

Small teardrops finally formed in the boy’s large eyes.

“Ah, I was ignorant.”

Johannes finally stepped forward as if trying to resolve the situation.

“I forgot the truth that what you see isn’t everything. Actually, the knights I know are usually just big guys with lots of muscles.”

“That’s, that’s prejudice! You can become strong even if you’re not big!”

Edwin protested as if feeling wronged.

Then he suddenly grabbed my arm and pulled me forward.

“The strongest person among the knights here is this person!”

Why are you suddenly dragging me into this?

I unintentionally stepped forward in an awkward position.

“This person is the strongest among the knights here?”

Johannes stared at me intently, then smiled.

“I don’t think so?”

“He is! Ka-, no, Kayl is the strongest!”

“Well, I don’t think I can agree with that opinion. Little knight.”

“That’s why I’m not a little knight…”

Johannes looked down at Edwin, who came up to below his solar plexus, as if finding him cute.

“Because there’s someone else who’s the strongest among the ‘knights’ here.”

It was then that everyone had puzzled expressions.

“Lord Johan, what are you doing here?”

A deep and serious voice. A giant that even the three knights would have to look up to. Even a huge greatsword carried on his back.

‘He’s not an ordinary guy.’

I quietly observed the man.

The man also made eye contact with me and momentarily frowned.

‘At that level, he’d be similar to Kaiden.’

It was the moment I tensed up inwardly and reached for the dagger behind my back.

“Oh, Karl!”

Johannes saw the giant man and raised his hand cheerfully.

“I heard new guests came to this village, so I was exchanging greetings.”

“…Guests?”

The man called Karl was wearing his hood pulled down deep.

His face wasn’t visible, but the glimpse of his eyes was full of wariness.

“Oh, I’m late with introductions.”

Johannes gestured with both hands toward Karl standing beside him.

“This is Sir Karl, and he’s the strongest knight I know.”

“Lord Johan, why are you saying such unnecessary things about me being a knight?”

“Well, since all the new guests are also knights, I wanted to show off Karl a bit too.”

“…Knights?”

Karl’s eyes suddenly darkened.

“Why are knights here?”

He muttered to himself and then moved closer to Johannes.

“Lord Johan, let’s return to our quarters for now.”

“Huh? Why all of a sudden? The treatment of the villagers isn’t finished yet.”

“That’s not what’s important right now.”

Karl gently tugged at Johannes’s sleeve and whispered in his ear.

“Hmm? Isn’t that just needless worry?”

“No, it isn’t.”

“But…”

Johannes glanced sideways at Edwin, then turned his body.

“Well then, please have your meal. I need to go tend to the patients here.”

“You tend to patients? Are you a physician?”

“Ah.”

He hesitated for a moment at my question, then smiled awkwardly.

“Something like that.”

He’s not good at lying, is he.

‘Someone who isn’t even a physician but stays to heal patients, and travels with a knight.’

I quietly watched Johannes and Karl as they walked away.

‘Now I’m certain.’

Johannes and Karl.

They were definitely the Prophet and Guardian that both the Empire and Holy Kingdom were pursuing.

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“What were you thinking, talking with them?”

Karl’s face was quite serious as they left the village hall.

He directed his words at Johannes walking ahead.

“It was hard to see clearly because of the dust, but judging from the emblems and decorations on their armor, they definitely looked like knights from the Bentrum Empire!”

“Knights from the Empire? What business would Imperial knights have coming all the way here?”

“I did hear news that the Empire and Adamant Kingdom would be conducting a joint monster subjugation nearby.”

Karl’s voice grew increasingly louder.

“No, more than that, it wasn’t enough to give your real name to people you barely know, but you even revealed my identity! They could be mercenaries sent by the Second Prince!”

“I told you that’s just needless worry. I’ve always freely given my name anyway. Johannes isn’t exactly a rare name.”

“Why did you have to mention that I’m a knight?”

“I didn’t say Holy Knight, so isn’t it fine?”

Johannes was responding casually when he frowned.

“And Karl, anyone can see you look like a knight. Wouldn’t it be stranger if I introduced you as a bandit or merchant?”

“…Are you joking right now?”

“Hey, it was half joke, half serious.”

Johannes smiled sheepishly and shrugged his shoulders.

“Well, there was a child among the knights who was acting cute. I wanted to tease him a little, so I got carried away.”

“Please do something about that meddlesome nature of yours. Someone who shows such consideration for complete strangers doesn’t think about the person guarding him?”

Karl growled quietly with a lowered voice.

“What if they happen to be connected to the Second Prince or the Marquis of Redcliff?”

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