The Prince’s Nanny, Her Specialty Is Assassination - Chapter 187

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Chapter 187. Those Who Share the Same Will (2)

“Uh, uh…”

Johannes was staring at me with a dazed expression.

As if he had never imagined that I would appear and save him.

“Are you injured anywhere?”

“N-no, I’m not!”

Johannes quickly dusted off his bottom and got up from where he sat.

He showed no reaction to my asking if he was okay, but seemed to finally come to his senses when I asked if he was hurt.

“Thank you for saving me. That…”

“I’m Kayl.”

“Sir Kayl, well, this is…”

“Small talk can wait. We’ll hold off the monsters. You need to evacuate the remaining patients first.”

Johannes nodded solemnly at my words.

Then he carried the lying patients on his back and ran toward the windmill.

“Kayl!”

Edwin came running to me, breathing heavily.

The sword he was holding and his armor were thickly stained with monster blood.

Admirably, it seemed he had taken down a monster all by himself.

“You scared me by suddenly running off! You should have said something before going!”

“I’m sorry, it was urgent.”

The 3 Knights who arrived one after another skillfully dealt with the monsters that had broken through the wooden palisade.

Karl, who had been fighting alone, seemed surprised by the sudden appearance of allies.

“What about Johan? Is he okay?”

“Fortunately, I rescued him before the monsters could get to him.”

I replied to Edwin’s words while surveying the surroundings.

The monsters were forcing their heads through the gaps in the wooden palisade.

‘Their appearance is strange. This is the first time I’ve seen monsters like these.’

The monsters covered in black fur looked somewhat like bears at first glance, but had a much more vicious and ferocious appearance.

Judging by how they were drooling and charging madly, these seemed to be mutant variants too.

‘So it was intentional after all.’

I had wondered why the flying nightmares that only inhabit the south suddenly appeared.

Those guys were just a distraction to split up the extermination forces, and the real threat was here.

‘Then joining up with the 1st Prince or Adamant might take longer than expected.’

There’s no way whoever orchestrated this would have only released monsters on our side.

“Damn, why are there so many of them?”

“Where the hell were these things hiding before they came out?”

The number of monsters squeezing through the wooden palisade kept increasing.

Despite the 3 Knights and Karl fighting hard against them, the monsters’ attacks grew increasingly fierce.

‘Where’s Edwin?’

Edwin, who had been by my side just moments ago, was nowhere to be seen.

I searched for him while dodging the charging monsters.

‘So that’s where he went.’

Edwin was helping Johannes move the scale disease patients.

He was earnestly supporting them without caring that his skin was touching the scale disease patients.

“What are you doing! Hurry up and go!”

“B-but, young knight, is it really okay…”

“Ah, really! I told you I’m not a kid!”

Johannes was looking at Edwin with surprised eyes.

As if impressed by his attitude of not only readily helping someone he had no connection with, but also treating the scale disease patients without any hesitation.

‘Well, that’s just how he is.’

Edwin reacted sharply to being called a kid while still earnestly helping Johannes. Watching the back of his head made me feel strange.

As if someone had tickled the corners of my mouth, my lips naturally curved upward into a crooked smile.

“All the patients have been evacuated!”

“Sir Karl, now you can fight freely!”

Perhaps thanks to the extra hands.

Johannes and Edwin finally succeeded in moving all the patients from the quarantine area to the warehouse.

“Sweep them all away!”

“Hiyaaaa!”

After confirming there was nothing left to worry about, the knights burned with even more fighting spirit.

But strangely, the monsters’ momentum showed no signs of weakening either.

“Sir Kayl!”

Pinet shouted to me while panting heavily.

“There are too many monsters! At this rate, the wooden palisade will completely collapse! What should we do?”

“Damn it, these bastards keep ignoring us and trying to squeeze inside!”

I frowned at the knights’ words.

Normal monsters would either dodge the knights’ attacks or charge at them even more fiercely.

‘But those guys are ignoring the people attacking them and keep trying to push inward.’

At first I thought they were showing unusual behavior because they were mutant monsters, but that didn’t seem to be the case.

‘Could it be that they’re currently…’

Whether human or animal, there’s one thing that’s hard to hide.

Namely, their ‘gaze’. And that applied to monsters as well.

‘Are they targeting Edwin?’

Their half-crazed eyes, with only aggression remaining, were focused entirely on Edwin.

The reason they were baring their teeth and charging madly was none other than the young prince.

‘Damn it.’

My mind raced.

‘As long as those things are targeting Edwin, they’ll keep trying to enter the village.’

How could we fight while preventing all those monsters from entering the village?

“Eiiit!”

Edwin’s battle cry could be heard from not far away.

He was already driving back the monsters alongside the 3 Knights.

‘No matter how I think about it.’

There seemed to be only one way.

I slowly approached Edwin’s side.

“Kayl?”

Edwin looked puzzled when he saw me approaching from behind.

“Why are you just standing there? We need to hurry and defeat these guys…”

“To save everyone, we can’t fight here.”

“What do you mean, ugh!”

Before Edwin could question me further, I grabbed his wrist and ran.

Fortunately, the stable where the knights’ horses were kept was right next to us.

“Sir Kayl? Where are you going!”

“Everyone mount your horses! We need to get outside!”

“What? What do you mean…”

“If we stay inside the village, those things will keep trying to enter the village! Hurry!”

The 3 Knights were clearly flustered by the sudden order.

But they soon came to their senses and followed me onto their horses.

Neighhhh.

I spurred my horse down the side path next to the wooden palisade with Edwin mounted in front of me.

Graaaaar.

As expected.

The monsters turned around and began chasing us as soon as Edwin left the village.

“They’re all following us!”

“Lady Kayl, is it really okay to keep running like this? If we get caught…!”

The knights shouted from all directions with voices full of anxiety.

“Just keep running! We need to get as far from the village as possible!”

“Kayl, why are you suddenly doing this!”

Edwin cried out in a worried voice.

He gripped the horse’s mane tightly while continuously looking back at my face.

“Wouldn’t it be better to keep fighting in the village? The forest is more dangerous…”

“Those monsters are targeting Prince Edwin.”

“What?”

Edwin’s large eyes were stained with shock.

“They’re targeting me? Why?”

“Those are variant monsters. Who do you think sent them?”

The Marquis of Redcliff and the Holy Kingdom. And the 2nd Prince.

Edwin shut his mouth tightly after thinking of the answer.

His face, which had been flushed with excitement just moments ago, was now pale with fear.

“The monsters’ gazes kept turning toward Your Highness. Like trained hunting dogs.”

“What? That’s…”

“So if Your Highness had continued to stay in the village, those bastards would have inevitably entered the village and turned it into a wasteland.”

Edwin said nothing more.

As if he was no longer curious about the reason for suddenly rushing out of the village.

“Aaaahhh!”

“No!”

The variant monsters were excessively fast.

They caught the horses of the knights running at the very rear.

“S-save me!”

A knight who had tumbled from his horse crawled on the ground.

A variant monster leaped up with its maw open above his head.

“Block it!”

“Crazy bastards!”

I reached out toward the knights jumping down from their horses.

Before I could say anything, they leaped in front of the monster’s maw to save their comrades.

“Aaaahhh!”

The knight screamed and rolled forward.

At that very moment, a massive greatsword split the monster in half.

“I guess all the Empire’s knights are cowards.”

“You are…”

Karl sneered and jumped down from his horse.

He swung his sword widely at the monsters rushing toward us.

Several monsters were knocked down with just one strike.

“Are you alright?”

A clear and gentle voice that didn’t match the situation of a chase with monsters. Johannes came running with his platinum hair flowing.

“Get up quickly.”

“Y-yes! Ugh!”

The knight groaned while being helped up by Johannes.

Seeing him limping, it seemed he had twisted his ankle when falling from the horse.

“Oh dear.”

Johannes examined the fallen knight’s leg and clicked his tongue.

“You’ve sprained your leg.”

He infused divine power into the knight’s leg.

The slightly swollen ankle subsided in an instant.

“G-goodness. Were you a cleric?”

“I told you I was something like a physician.”

Johannes smiled brightly.

Then he turned his head toward me and winked with one eye.

“I came to repay my debt, Sir Kayl.”

“…If you’re going to repay it, do it properly.”

I jumped down from the horse along with Edwin.

And I entrusted him to Johannes.

“Please take care of Edwin. You two must absolutely not come forward.”

“What? Wait!”

Edwin strongly objected to my words.

“What are you talking about! I want to fight together too!”

“Edwin, please stay here quietly!”

“But me staying still alone…!”

“Didn’t I tell you! Those monsters are targeting you!”

I pushed away Edwin who kept trying to follow.

“Right now, it won’t help if Edwin comes forward! So please just stay still…”

I hadn’t intended to scold him, but somehow the words came out in a reproachful tone.

I turned my head, thinking ‘oh no.’

“…I won’t be of help?”

Sure enough, Edwin was looking at me with his sword drooping down.

His large blue eyes were trembling finely.

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