The Prince’s Nanny, Her Specialty Is Assassination - Chapter 205

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Chapter 205. The Fall (3)

 

Everything was falling.

 

Fragments of shattered rock, screaming humans and thrashing monsters alike.

 

And among all the falling things, Edwin was there too.

 

“Prince Edwin!”

 

Someone’s scream echoed loudly in my ears.

 

Edwin was growing more distant, his hand still reaching out toward me.

 

“Sayl…”

 

Calling out would be useless.

 

The three chances to borrow Saylus’s magic were over.

 

Now the ground beneath my feet was crumbling away too.

 

‘What should I do?’

 

What should I do? How can I save Edwin and get us both safely back up?

 

My head filled with questions chasing their own tails.

 

‘Can’t I use my magic power? If I wrap threads made from magic around Edwin’s body and pull him up?’

 

No, impossible.

 

There’s a limit to the weight that threads made from magic power can handle.

 

No matter how young a child, the combined weight of armor and sword would be too much and the threads would snap.

 

‘Then is there no way? Really no way?’

 

Is there really no way?

 

I looked at Edwin.

 

Edwin was looking at me too.

 

In the eyes of the falling young prince, there was only the bright blue sky and me.

 

‘…No, there is a way.’

 

The moment I met those bright blue eyes, the only method came to mind.

 

The only way to save Edwin right now.

 

Crash.

 

I used the crumbling rocks as footholds and rushed downward.

 

Faster, stronger, kicking off and going down, down.

 

To where Edwin was.

 

“Lady Kayl!”

 

“Why is she suddenly doing that…”

 

Meanwhile, the 3 Knights didn’t know what to do seeing me throw myself down.

 

Saylus also looked down the cliff and screamed.

 

‘Just a little more.’

 

The wind resistance from the rapid descent made my flesh tremble.

 

I reached out both hands toward Edwin, who was getting closer and closer.

 

“…Rachel?”

 

Finally my hands reached Edwin.

 

He looked at me with surprised eyes.

 

Up close, I could see his pale face was soaked with tears.

 

“Prince Edwin.”

 

“Rachel, why…”

 

I gripped Edwin’s arm and the back of his neck tightly.

 

His eyes shook uneasily.

 

“What, what are you doing, Rachel? It’s dangerous! Why you too!”

 

“I will definitely return.”

 

“What?”

 

Edwin looked at me with eyes that didn’t understand.

 

“So until I return, don’t give up.”

 

I shouldn’t make promises to a child that I can’t keep.

 

I smiled at Edwin, who had a bewildered expression.

 

“Survive until the end.”

 

It would be nice if I could leave more gentle words, more encouraging words.

 

Catherine would have said something more fitting, but I couldn’t.

 

“Rachel, what do you mean…”

 

I held onto the confused Edwin and rotated my body.

 

At that moment, the positions of Edwin and me, who had been lower, were reversed.

 

“Pinet! Bata! Catch him!”

 

Pinet and Bata, who were hanging from Saylus’s shadow, hurriedly reached out their hands.

 

I threw Edwin toward where they were with all my strength.

 

“Got him!”

 

“Quickly pull him up!”

 

Fortunately, Edwin was safely caught by the two men and pulled up.

 

[Kayla Angel! Are you crazy!]

 

I could see Saylus looking shocked.

 

When he shouted in my head, it felt like stars were flashing before my eyes.

 

[You can’t even use magic now, so why did you do such a thing! Is that little kid’s life more important than yours?]

 

That can’t be right.

 

Where in the world is there a life more precious than your own?

 

[Before dying it was Ian, now it’s that brat? No one protects you, so why do you alone sacrifice yourself for such things…]

 

Shut up, Sairius Krobel.

 

I pointed my finger at Saylus, who was sitting slumped on the cliff.

 

‘Protect Edwin instead of me. Never fall. Even when day breaks, don’t come to me.’

 

It wasn’t a request but an order.

 

Saylus stared at me until the end with his face bright red.

 

[Don’t die this time, Kayla Angel.]

 

A voice that sounded extremely angry echoed in my head like an echo.

 

[If you die, I won’t be able to protect that brat even if I want to.]

 

If I die, the magic power to summon Saylus will be cut off.

 

Naturally, his spirit form will have no choice but to disappear too.

 

“No! No! Nooooo!”

 

Meanwhile, Edwin screamed and reached his hand toward me.

 

The knights who were with him in the shadow stopped the struggling boy.

 

‘After going through the trouble of saving him, what’s he doing trying to fall again?’

 

I looked at Edwin’s face growing distant and smiled wryly.

 

It was a smile meant to tell him not to worry, but somehow Edwin’s face seemed to contort even more.

 

Did I see wrong?

 

‘There’s water flowing below, so there’s a possibility of survival.’

 

Of course, it’s a very slim probability.

 

Still, I died once and came back to life, so maybe twice is possible too?

 

I let out a small laugh at my pointless imagination.

 

‘…If I just die like this.’

 

Then what would happen?

 

First, Saylus’s summoning would be released, and then Edwin would become dangerous too.

 

‘No, maybe it’ll be okay for now. The 3 Knights are there too, and Duke Crowner won’t just stand by and watch the 3rd Prince who saved his nephew.’

 

But what about after that? What happens next?

 

I haven’t gotten my revenge, and I haven’t fulfilled Emma and Edwin’s wishes either.

 

‘How pathetic.’

 

Both Kayla Angel’s life and Rachel Brown’s life.

 

I half-closed my eyes.

 

‘You promise? You’ll definitely come back? You won’t abandon Ria and leave?’

 

Suddenly, I heard the young princess’s voice in my ears.

 

I could even feel the small body that had burrowed into my arms and her warm body temperature.

 

‘…I should have told her.’

 

That even if I couldn’t return, it wouldn’t mean I was abandoning her.

 

I should have told her those common lies that I would always be in her heart.

 

‘Then Ria will keep, keep waiting.’

 

If I had known it would turn out like this.

 

Why is it that both my first life and second life alike always end with nothing but regret at the final moment?

 

“You can’t! You mustn’t go!”

 

“Damn it all!”

 

What’s this? Why is everyone suddenly shouting?

 

I successfully saved Edwin, so did something happen to him again?

 

I slowly opened my half-closed eyes properly.

 

‘Why?’

 

Fortunately, Edwin was safe.

 

He was safely inside the shadow that Saylus had created.

 

“My lord! My looooord!”

 

Along with a familiar scream, something was approaching me.

 

It was the King of Adamant, Kaiden.

 

‘Why is he here?’

 

Hadn’t he escaped safely? I definitely saw him heading toward the forest just before the cliff collapsed. Don’t tell me he jumped down again?

 

‘Why on earth? Could it be to save me?’

 

I stared blankly at Kaiden.

 

As he gradually got closer, I could see his face more clearly.

 

It was a face twisted with anguish. The eyes positioned in the center of that expression filled with pain were looking only at me.

 

‘Why.’

 

Right, I hadn’t understood from the beginning.

 

I had thought that all the words and actions this man showed contained motives I couldn’t comprehend.

 

Though I never imagined I would learn the reason at a moment like this.

 

Kwaaaaang.

 

Though it couldn’t be heard buried under the noise that assaulted my ears, I could definitely tell.

 

I stared at Kaiden with wide eyes.

 

‘Kayla.’

 

The mouth of the young king willingly falling toward where I was clearly shouting that name.

 

My oldest name.

 

* * *

 

It wasn’t a very old memory.

 

No, perhaps it felt that way because I had taken it out to look at every day, leaving no time for dust to settle.

 

“Get up.”

 

I wasn’t particularly fond of the cold morning air.

 

Kaiden buried his head in the warmth he felt by his pillow.

 

“I said get up.”

 

It wasn’t a particularly affectionate tone, but it wasn’t an angry voice either.

 

“We need to leave now.”

 

“…Mmm, can’t I sleep just a little more?”

 

The owner of the voice seemed flustered by the sudden wheedling and remained silent.

 

Then she opened her mouth again in that same dry voice.

 

“Get up if you don’t want to die.”

 

Kaiden slowly opened his eyes.

 

He could see the owner of the voice who had offered him her lap.

 

Mysterious green eyes like embedded topaz were looking down at him.

 

“You were the one who said you wanted to live. Then you should listen to me.”

 

Instead of answering, Kaiden slowly sat up.

 

His limbs, scrawny compared to his peers, still had no trouble moving despite their appearance.

 

“…Hey.”

 

The woman stopped putting on her outer garment and looked back at him.

 

“What should I call you?”

 

Though three days had passed since they’d been together, Kaiden didn’t know his companion’s name.

 

“Just call me anything.”

 

“When we’re mixed in with other people, it gets confusing if I just call you anything.”

 

It was a valid reason.

 

The woman seemed to hesitate for a moment, then answered briefly.

 

“Kayla.”

 

It was still an utterly dry voice.

 

The woman wearing a black mask turned around nonchalantly.

 

“Call me Kayla.”

 

Without the slightest suspicion that her existence would completely change one boy’s life.

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