The Prince’s Nanny, Her Specialty Is Assassination - Chapter 195

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Chapter 195. When the Heart Beats (1)

“No, why are you here?”

Aurel seemed surprised by my sudden appearance.

He looked around me and frowned.

“What about The 3rd Prince?”

“He’s with Oliver.”

“What? Why…?”

“He asked me to stop The Emperor.”

At my words, Aurel made an incredulous expression.

“No, why did that bastard make such a request to you?”

“I don’t know either.”

I frowned and stared straight ahead.

‘For now, I need to put out the urgent fire first.’

I could see Kaiden not far away.

‘…Is that even human.’

It was truly a vicious and brutal sight.

The scene of The Man wrapped in pitch black from head to toe wielding a greatsword as big as his body was almost surreal.

“It’s truly welcome that you came to stop your lord yourself.”

Then Aurel spoke in a calm voice.

“But I think no one can stop our lord right now. Not until he kills all The Monsters here.”

“…Will he calm down if all The Monsters disappear?”

“Probably.”

Aurel wiped the sweat flowing down his forehead.

He seemed to have already consumed considerable mana.

“But it’s impossible. My mana is almost depleted too, and if our Knights get close to The Prince, they’ll get cut down along with The Monsters…”

Then once again, there was only one method.

I sighed softly and quietly called out Saylus.

“It’s nice that you need me.”

Saylus, who appeared from the darkness, wrapped both arms around my shoulders.

He stuck close to my back and rubbed his face against my head.

“But it’s a bit disappointing that it’s to save another man, honey.”

“Wh, wh, what? Who is this person?”

Aurel looked back and forth between me and Saylus with his mouth agape.

His eyes were stained with shock, wondering what he was thinking.

“Just now, he called Kayl honey…”

“Yeah, honey.”

Saylus rested his chin on top of my head and grinned.

“Is there some problem with me calling my honey ‘honey’?”

“No, then are you two lovers?”

Aurel trembled like someone who had received a death sentence.

His excessively pale complexion was pitiful.

“Something like that?”

Saylus seemed to enjoy the reaction of the mage who was much younger than him.

“We’re in a relationship where we know everything about each other.”

“No, why! Why!”

Aurel suddenly screamed like a madman.

“Why are you dating? Huh? Do you want to see someone die? Who are you doing this for…!”

No, since when did dating become a mortal sin.

I glared at Aurel who was spouting nonsense and shrugged my shoulders.

“We’re not lovers, so don’t worry.”

“My goodness, oh my! Weren’t we in that kind of relationship?”

“If you keep spouting nonsense too, I’ll send you back.”

“Ah, right. You said I just need to eliminate all The Monsters?”

Saylus immediately changed his stance at the mention of being sent back.

As he smiled, baring his white teeth, darkness surged once again.

The darkness spread beneath the ground swallowed all The Monsters surrounding Kaiden at once.

“What is this…”

Aurel couldn’t continue his words with his eyes wide open.

He just stood there blankly with his shoulders drooping.

The scene unfolding before his eyes seemed unbelievable.

‘All The Monsters are dealt with.’

I watched the area swept by darkness.

Kaiden stopped when The Monster he was fighting disappeared.

“That’s a relief. Now he’ll calm down a bit…”

It was the moment Aurel let out a sigh of relief.

Kaiden, who had been standing still like a statue, began to move again.

“S-save me! I, I just did as I was told!”

It seemed there was still one of the mercenaries who was alive.

He sat down on the ground and crawled backward on his buttocks.

When his retreat was blocked by a tree, he immediately prostrated himself on the ground and began begging.

“P-please spare me! Please show mercy! If you spare me, I’ll tell you everything I know! So please…”

It was a desperate plea for life that was almost tearful.

But Kaiden raised his greatsword as if he couldn’t hear his words.

An eerie light gleamed on the blood-stained blade.

Thud.

Just before Kaiden’s sword would cut off the mercenary’s neck like a guillotine.

I grabbed the arm of the guy holding the sword.

“Stop it.”

Was he annoyed that his movement was interrupted?

Kaiden slowly turned his head toward me.

His golden eyes that always shone brightly were frighteningly empty.

“Didn’t he say with his own mouth that he’d tell us everything?”

I prepared to draw my dagger with my other hand in case of any mishap.

‘There are people who can’t distinguish friend from foe when intoxicated by blood.’

I never thought Kaiden would be that type.

I gripped his arm more firmly and continued speaking.

“Even for getting information, it’s better not to kill this guy…”

“…You.”

Then, Kaiden spoke for the first time.

A completely hoarse voice leaked through his slightly parted lips.

“Are you alive?”

A different light had settled in his golden eyes.

Thanks to that, Kaiden finally looked like a living human.

Just moments ago, he had looked like a soulless, mechanical existence.

“Of course.”

Fortunately, it seemed there wouldn’t be a situation where Kaiden would lose his reason and swing his sword at me.

I frowned and relaxed the strength in the hand that was gripping his arm.

“I wouldn’t die so easily…”

Before I could finish my words.

Clang.

The sound of a sword falling echoed as the thick scent of blood and the lingering traces of jasmine fragrance seeped deep into my chest.

Before I could even grasp what had happened, Kaiden’s voice immediately pierced through my ears.

“That’s right.”

Kaiden whispered while holding me in his embrace.

“There’s no way you would die so easily.”

“Your Majesty, please let go of this…”

I was about to push Kaiden away but lowered my arms instead.

Because there was a hint of tears mixed in his dry voice.

“Yes, there’s no way that would happen.”

Kaiden’s arms holding me tightened even more.

As if I might disappear the moment he loosened his grip even slightly.

Thump, thump, thump.

I could hear fierce heartbeats from beyond the cold armor.

Strangely, heartbeats whose owner was unclear.

* * *

“Your courage is quite admirable.”

Aurel clicked his tongue while looking at me.

“How you could fearlessly approach your lord in such a state, really.”

The fellow rambled on, recalling the scene he had witnessed with his own eyes just moments ago.

“When His Majesty suddenly restrained you with both arms, I thought he was trying to suffocate you to death.”

What exactly does this human think of his own lord?

When I looked at him as if he were pathetic, Aurel cleared his throat awkwardly.

“Ahem, anyway, as His Majesty the Emperor’s advisor, I offer my thanks. Thanks to you, we were able to capture the remaining enemies alive.”

Instead of answering, I turned my head.

Kaiden, who had regained his senses, was interrogating the captured mercenary together with Oliver, who had just joined us.

‘He looks fine now.’

Just moments ago, he had eyes that looked like they might shatter at any moment.

I slowly recalled Kaiden’s face as he had released me from his embrace.

He had looked relieved yet somehow regretful at the same time.

“Kayl!”

“Your Highness.”

As soon as Edwin saw me, he immediately embraced me.

The three knights who appeared behind him also surrounded us, wagging their nonexistent tails.

“We’re glad you’re safe, Lady Kayl.”

“When that Adamant knight made such a request to Lady Kayl, we wondered what he was talking about, but you really pulled it off!”

“They say you specialize in monsters, but it seems you’re also skilled at handling monster-like humans!”

While exchanging unfunny jokes with them.

Kaiden, who had finished the interrogation, approached us.

“How did it go?”

“As expected.”

Kaiden replied briefly to Aurel’s question.

“It’s the work of those we suspected.”

“Oh dear.”

Aurel clicked his tongue lightly as if expressing regret.

“How frightening. No matter how greedy one might be, would they really want to go this far?”

“That’s what power is like.”

Kaiden let out a scoff and turned his head.

He quietly observed Edwin, who was standing close by my side.

“Are you injured anywhere, Prince Edwin?”

“I’m fine. What about His Majesty the Emperor?”

Kaiden’s eyes widened slightly at the young prince’s worried voice.

He hesitated for a moment, then smiled gently.

“I’m fine as well.”

“Really? I heard you faced all the monsters alone, are you truly alright?”

“Of course.”

Kaiden looked toward me while wearing a kind smile.

“With the help of the escort His Highness sent, I was able to subdue the monsters much more easily, so please don’t worry.”

“More precisely, it was my help. Isn’t that right, honey?”

Saylus, this damn bastard.

The innocent fellow who doesn’t know when to butt in and when to back off had somehow emerged from the shadows and was standing with his arm around my shoulder.

“Our honey’s taste is really something. From then until now, she only likes guys who are broken somewhere.”

“…What is this?”

Kaiden was glaring daggers at Saylus.

Everyone broke out in cold sweat from the murderous aura emanating from his body.

“My goodness, calling a person ‘this’ so rudely.”

Meanwhile, Saylus didn’t even blink an eye at the murderous aura the Knight King was emitting.

“Learn some manners, brat.”

The fellow pulled my shoulder even tighter as if to show off, then curved his eyes into crescents.

“If you don’t want to die, that is.”

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