The Prince’s Nanny, Her Specialty Is Assassination - Chapter 200

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Chapter 200. The Secret of the Red Magic Stone (4)

‘That he wants to become that kind of relationship.’

His golden eyes were shining so intensely it felt burdensome.

I clenched my fists while meeting Kaiden’s gaze.

‘…This isn’t good.’

Among human emotions, the ones most easily revealed would be affection or love.

‘This really isn’t good.’

Especially the affection a man holds for a woman was so easy to reveal that even a child could notice it.

‘Honestly, I had been vaguely aware of it.’

I already knew that Kaiden harbored strange feelings for me.

Through words thrown like jokes, through gazes I kept feeling, through occasional touches.

He was showing with his whole body that he liked me.

‘This guy likes me.’

When did suspicion become certainty?

When he checked on my safety first as soon as we returned after rescuing the 1st Prince?

When I heard his rapidly beating heart while he held me in his arms?

‘I don’t know when it started.’

However, what was certain was that the emotions Kaiden showed were completely unnecessary to me.

“Your Highness.”

It took quite a while to fully understand the meaning behind Kaiden’s words.

I stood like a statue before slowly opening my mouth.

“It seems Your Highness’s hobby is making others uncomfortable.”

“Have I made you uncomfortable?”

“Considerably so.”

He seemed displeased with my answer.

Kaiden’s straight eyebrows shot up sharply.

“Why is that?”

Was he really asking because he didn’t know?

If I were to look for reasons, I could find a million of them.

I stared intently at Kaiden before opening my mouth.

“Because Your Highness is the king of a nation, and I am merely a noble of common birth.”

Though I was the prince’s caretaker and now also served as a guard, my essence remained unchanged.

I was a woman of orphan origins adopted into the Brown Lordship.

“No other reason should be necessary.”

“Is your reason for rejecting me merely because of social status?”

“Of course not. Social status is just the biggest reason among many.”

Kaiden frowned at my answer.

He removed his hand from the desk he had been gripping and crossed his arms.

“By any chance, among those many reasons, isn’t there one that I don’t seem like a man to you?”

That he doesn’t seem like a man? Hardly.

No matter how I looked at him, he could only appear as a man with that appearance.

“No, that’s not the reason.”

This answer seemed to please him.

Kaiden’s expression became much more relaxed.

“Then that’s fine.”

“Pardon?”

“I said it’s fine since I do seem like a man to you.”

The guy seemed somehow excited.

Though he seemed in a bad mood earlier, now his face was full of smiles.

“So I’ll pretend I didn’t hear today’s rejection.”

No, why are you the one putting my rejection on hold?

A man’s heart was truly incomprehensible.

“My feelings won’t change.”

Kaiden listened to my answer and grinned.

His upturned lips held baseless confidence.

“Well. We’ll have to wait and see about that.”

“I don’t have a hobby of giving people false hope.”

“How could people live without hope?”

At this point, wasn’t he just being stubborn?

I asked with a furrowed brow.

“What exactly do you like about me?”

I didn’t remember being particularly kind to him, nor did I think I had given him any openings.

Could it be that my appearance was his type? Of course, this face wasn’t one that would lack popularity.

‘If he’s a young and handsome king, absolute beauties would line up for him.’

I couldn’t understand why he would reject such women and choose me instead.

Regardless of gender, wasn’t it instinct to choose something more beautiful and more valuable?

“What I like about you? That’s quite a difficult question.”

Kaiden stroked his chin with a serious expression.

“Everything?”

What kind of unconvincing nonsense was that?

Just as I was about to retort, Kaiden immediately added more.

“I like those eyes that look at me, I like the expressions you make for me, and I like your unique way of speaking.”

It was such a fluent answer that I suspected he had prepared it in advance.

Moreover, he continued speaking as if he wasn’t finished yet.

“I like that you’re strong enough to protect others besides yourself, and I like that you pretend not to care about others but ultimately can’t pass by those who need help.”

“I understand, I understand, so please stop…”

“I would have liked you no matter what you were like.”

Kaiden smiled at me.

“So my feelings won’t change as long as you remain yourself.”

His large hand slowly rose toward the side of my head.

Normally I would have swatted it away immediately, but this time I couldn’t bring myself to do so.

Kaiden’s expression as he fiddled with the ends of my hair was too sorrowful.

“As it always has been.”

Along with those cryptic words, Kaiden withdrew his hand.

He showed me a small speck of dust caught between his fingers and smiled softly.

“There was dust on you.”

The white dust fell helplessly to the floor.

I stared blankly at Kaiden.

Just as he was about to smile and speak again.

“What kind of scheming is this, you brat!”

“…What an unexpected uninvited guest.”

“Who’s an uninvited guest, who? I’ve been here from the beginning, you know?”

Saylus’s sudden appearance shattered the strange atmosphere.

“Honey, you can’t fall for such cheap seduction, okay? Got it?”

“Who exactly are you calling cheap right now…”

Right, this kind of openly noisy situation was much better.

I tried to forget the words Kaiden had spoken and changed the subject.

“Why are you suddenly popping out and making a fuss again?”

“How could I not pop out right now? This half-formed guy is trying to steal our honey away!”

At the rude remark, Kaiden couldn’t hold back and tried to draw the great sword behind the desk.

“Please calm down, Prince Kaiden. I’ll apologize on his behalf.”

“What apology! What did I do wrong!”

Saylus was leaning on the desk and arguing fiercely when he suddenly froze.

His gaze was fixed on something on the desk.

It was a red magic stone that had come from the body of a mutant monster.

“Huh?”

As soon as Saylus saw the magic stone, he frowned with all kinds of expressions.

Then he picked up the magic stone and let out a scornful laugh as if it was ridiculous.

“What’s this?”

His bright red eyes, resembling the red magic stone, gleamed with interest.

“Who made such a cute little toy?”

“Do you know what that is?”

“Of course I do.”

Saylus brought the magic stone close to his eyes.

“The spell techniques created by those mage bastards who messed with my body are carved inside this. Though it’s incomplete.”

“Spell techniques?”

“Yeah. A spell technique that can continuously draw external magic power and a spell technique for brainwashing.”

He examined the red magic stone from all angles as if it were interesting.

“Oh my, they even put in divine power? Was it to control magic power rampage? They made it quite complexly and well?”

They say he’s the strongest mage in human history, so it wasn’t just empty boasting.

I grabbed Saylus’s collar as he observed the magic stone with interest.

“Then can you also find out who made that magic stone?”

“Hmm, well? Usually when making something like this, they don’t carve their name saying who made it.”

I had hoped another clue might emerge showing that the Marquis of Redcliff and the Holy Kingdom were in collusion.

‘I guess I can’t find out something like that after all.’

Just when I couldn’t hide my disappointment.

Saylus held the magic stone toward me and grinned.

“But I can find out where the source that supplies magic power to this magic stone is.”

“What? Is that really true?”

This time Kaiden also seemed interested.

“That magic stone came from the body of a suddenly appeared mutant monster.”

“Hmm, is that so?”

“Not only Adamant but the Empire also suffered great damage because of the mutant monsters.”

He was already looking at Saylus with serious eyes.

“Can you really find the source of the magic power contained in that magic stone?”

“Of course. Do you think I would lie?”

“If that’s the case.”

Kaiden asked with an even more solemn expression.

“If we find and destroy the source, will all the mutant monsters disappear too?”

“Yeah. They’ll disappear since the magic power supply will be cut off.”

The key to the subjugation campaign was visible.

I looked at Kaiden, and Kaiden looked at me too.

“I, I finished writing the letter!”

Right on time, Edwin approached us holding the completed letter.

He looked puzzled seeing the suddenly appeared Saylus and our surprised expressions.

“D-did something happen?”

“Well, yes.”

I smiled as I received Edwin’s letter.

“It seems things will go better than expected.”

“Really?”

“Yes, we found a way to eliminate all the mutant monsters at once.”

“What? Really? That’s great!”

Edwin was so happy he looked like he might jump.

I handed back the letter Edwin had written.

“Your Highness, could you add a postscript to the letter?”

“A postscript? Sure, it’s not difficult.”

Edwin unfolded the letter again and picked up the quill pen.

“What should I write?”

“Just write one sentence asking Catherine to fulfill the favor I asked of her.”

“A favor? What favor did you ask?”

“That is…”

I could feel Kaiden’s gaze also turning this way at the mention of a favor.

I ignored that gaze and brought my index finger to my lips.

“It’s a secret between women.”

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