The Prince’s Nanny, Her Specialty Is Assassination - Chapter 216

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Chapter 216. The History of Two People (4)

“…Let’s stop here.”

The long, long kiss came to an end.

I stopped Kaiden’s hand that was trying to creep up toward my chest and calmed him down.

‘Honestly, it’s not like I’m not affected.’

What woman would refuse when such an obviously handsome and charming man was coming onto her?

‘But, but…’

I pressed my hand to my forehead.

‘This guy is eight years younger than me!’

The thought of devouring the thirteen-year-old child I met when I was twenty-one, now that he’s grown up, made what little conscience I had scream in protest.

‘I’m in no position to criticize those old noble lords who take young women as their second wives.’

When I pushed him away with my hand, Kaiden immediately stopped his actions.

He looked a bit disappointed, but didn’t seem displeased.

Instead, he kept adjusting his pants, seemingly uncomfortable down below.

“…I’m sorry.”

I glanced at Kaiden’s lower area and sighed.

“I’m the one who encouraged you and then…”

“You’re saying strange things. Why would you be sorry?”

Kaiden frowned as if he couldn’t understand my apology.

“If you don’t want to do it, of course we should stop.”

“But Your Highness is uncomfortable…”

“I’d rather be uncomfortable than force you to do something you don’t like. And if I just leave it alone for a while, it’ll go down on its own. So don’t worry about it.”

Should I say he’s strangely gentle in weird places?

It’s quite a contrast to that bastard who never gave in on things like this.

I unconsciously thought of Ian and frowned.

“But if you’re still concerned.”

Kaiden sat on the floor and spread his arms toward me.

“Come here and sit.”

It wasn’t a difficult request.

After hesitating briefly, I sat with my back against Kaiden’s chest.

Then he trapped me between his arms and legs and nuzzled his face against my shoulder.

‘I feel exactly like a honey pot being hugged by a big bear.’

Sitting with my back to someone was awkward, but the position was comfortable.

Though there was something very bothersome around my waist area subtly asserting its presence.

“…By the way, I wonder how much time has passed.”

I looked outside, which had become much darker than before.

“Well.”

Kaiden mumbled with his head buried against my shoulder.

“Probably about three or four hours.”

“Not as much time has passed as I thought.”

“Don’t worry. When dawn breaks, Aurel will find us.”

I wasn’t particularly worried.

Even without Adamant’s mage, Saylus would come looking for me right after midnight.

‘Edwin should be safe.’

As long as Saylus is with him, nothing serious will happen.

Even if he can’t use magic right now, he’s quite useful.

If he weren’t, I wouldn’t have bothered to assign him to Edwin.

“…Prince Kaiden.”

I opened my mouth while looking at the campfire that had died down compared to earlier.

“Your clothes seem to be dry, so you should change.”

“I don’t want to.”

Kaiden was being strangely stubborn.

He hugged me even tighter as if he would never let me go.

“Then at least let go of me for now. I need to change into my own clothes.”

“Why.”

Kaiden replied in an innocent voice.

“That outfit looks good on you too.”

“…Do you perhaps have that kind of preference too, Your Highness?”

“What kind of preference?”

“The preference for getting excited by putting your clothes on a woman.”

“…When you put it like that, it makes me sound like a very impure person.”

You do have impure intentions though.

His gaze had been glued to my chest visible through the shirt collar and my thighs exposed below, never looking away.

“Ha, fine.”

I pretended to relax my body, then immediately sprang up from my position.

Caught off guard, Kaiden ended up losing his hold on me and pouted.

‘He really is just like a child.’

I thought he had a more cunning and mature personality.

Was this his true nature?

“And Your Highness should put on some clothes too. Aren’t you cold?”

“I’m fine. Actually, I’m still a bit warm.”

“Well, I’m not fine. I’m not.”

Kaiden was still half-naked.

Looking at his well-toned body made me feel heat rising to my head again.

As I hurriedly tried to look away, I unfortunately made eye contact with him.

“Why. Is it uncomfortable?”

Did he notice my gaze?

The corners of Kaiden’s eyes curved slightly.

“It’s not like you’re seeing it for the first time.”

That’s right. It’s not like it’s the first time I’ve seen it.

I had seen his naked body before in the encampment when I treated his side wound.

‘Back then, I really didn’t think anything of it.’

Perhaps because our relationship had subtly changed, now it just felt awkward.

I ran my fingers through my almost-dry hair and said whatever came to mind.

“I just feel sorry thinking that little kid grew up to become a vulgar adult who strips anywhere.”

“Ah, don’t worry about that. I don’t strip just anywhere.”

Kaiden looked at me and smiled slyly.

“I only strip easily in front of you.”

Was he a fox instead of a wolf, this guy?

“That doesn’t sound like something a king should say.”

“I’d rather you see me as a man than as a king.”

He really is a fox, not a wolf.

I turned my head while having the useless thought of how I could change Kaiden’s title from Wolf King to Fox King.

“Anyway, I’m going to change.”

“Oh, you’re going to change in front of me?”

“…Could you please pick one – either act like a child or act like a perverted old man?”

“It’s a joke, just a joke.”

Kaiden giggled at my words and got up from his spot.

He turned his back and waited until I finished changing clothes.

“Here.”

I returned Kaiden’s shirt to him.

He stared down at the shirt I handed him for a long moment, then brought it to his face.

“It smells like you.”

Kaiden looked down at me with a grin.

“If I wear this, it’ll feel like you’re holding me.”

“…Just stay shirtless. I’ll burn that in the fire.”

“It was a joke, don’t look so serious.”

I couldn’t tell if he’d grown up well or just grown up to be a troublemaker.

I glared at Kaiden as he quickly put on his shirt, then straightened my own clothes.

[Kayla! Are you safe? I’ll summon you right now!]

Just then, a booming voice echoed through my head.

As soon as the words ended, the shadow beneath my feet began to ripple.

“Kayla!”

The one who suddenly emerged from the floor was none other than Saylus.

“You’re safe, honey…?”

Saylus, who had been crying and trying to embrace me, seemed to sense something was off as he felt around what he was hugging with his hands.

“Honey, you’ve grown a lot in the meantime. Your shoulders are even broader than mine…”

“Where do you think you’re butting in, pervert.”

Kaiden stepped between Saylus and me, glaring at him.

“Huh? Kyaaaah!”

Saylus realized he was hugging Kaiden instead of me and screamed.

“What! Why is this dark bastard still alive!”

“You’re loud enough to hurt my ears.”

The two glared at each other with eyes full of hostility.

“Both of you, stop it.”

I stepped between the two of them.

Then I placed a hand on Saylus’s shoulder.

“And Saylus, you need to return to Prince Edwin’s side.”

“What? What are you talking about?”

“Exactly what I said. Just leave me here and go back.”

Saylus frowned.

His red eyes showed a light of incomprehension.

“I can’t go back to the extermination forces. If I return, I’ll be completely marked.”

“What? Marked? By whom?”

By whom indeed.

The person who knows that I’m Saylus’s only contractor.

Ian would have definitely noticed the moment Saylus used his power.

The fact that I, who was thought to be dead, had returned alive.

“I’ll explain later, so just stay by Prince Edwin’s side.”

I hesitated for a moment before asking him.

“Prince Edwin is safe, right?”

“You don’t care about me at all, do you?”

“Is Prince Edwin safe or not?”

“Ah, that brat didn’t lose a single hair, so don’t worry! He’s so energetic that he cried all night looking for you, and I almost punched him but held back! Even when I told him you were alive, he was so annoying!”

Edwin cried.

I suddenly remembered his face that I saw during the moment I was falling.

“So you should come back with me too. I can’t do this caretaker job anymore!”

“…No, you go back alone. I’ll return to the Prince’s Palace by myself.”

“But if you don’t return…”

“Consider me dead.”

I stared into the air with clenched fists.

“Kayl Angella, who was assigned to guard The 3rd Prince, died saving the prince.”

“What?”

This time Kaiden also looked at me with surprised eyes.

“Honey, you’re planning to fake your death?”

“Yes.”

The extermination operation was essentially over anyway.

The priority was to prevent Ian from harboring any more suspicions about my identity.

‘To do that, I need to eliminate all clues he could speculate from and confuse his thinking.’

I looked at Saylus and said firmly.

“So go back and tell Prince Edwin that I’m safe and not to worry.”

It seemed my reunion with Edwin would have to be postponed for a while.

I placed my hand on Saylus’s shoulder and added one more thing.

“Also tell him not to worry and that The Caretaker will be waiting at the Prince’s Palace when he returns.”

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