The Prince’s Nanny, Her Specialty Is Assassination - Chapter 222

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Chapter 222. The Prince’s Palace Secret Weapon (5)

‘Why is she staring at me like that?’

The Emperor was slightly flustered.

He couldn’t fathom Emilia’s intentions as she stared at him intently without taking the four-leaf clover he was offering.

‘I have no idea what she’s thinking.’

Those large blue eyes silently gazing up at his face were even becoming burdensome.

“We greet His Imperial Majesty.”

Meanwhile, the maids following the Princess all prostrated themselves flat on the ground in unison to greet him.

“Your Majesty? Your Majesty?”

Emilia tilted her head at the maids’ words.

The child seemed to ponder for a moment, then widened her eyes and took a step closer to the Emperor.

“Daddy?”

The Emperor’s eyes wavered slightly at this address he was hearing for the first time in his life.

None of his children had ever called him by such an affectionate term as “daddy” before.

“Sorry, sorry. This is the first time Ria has seen Daddy this close up, so I didn’t recognize you.”

There couldn’t possibly be any thorns in words spoken by such a young child.

Perhaps the reason his heart felt uncomfortable was because he already knew he had been indifferent to the child.

“But Daddy, are you really giving this to Ria?”

Emilia wrapped both her hands around the Emperor’s hand holding the four-leaf clover. Thanks to this, the small leaf looked like it was stuck to the back of his hand.

“Hehe, thank you!”

She seemed delighted to have obtained five of the four-leaf clovers she had been searching for so desperately. Emilia smiled brightly and carefully received the four-leaf clover.

“Here, please hold this for Ria. Ria might drop it while carrying it.”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

Emilia entrusted the four-leaf clover to the maids standing behind her and turned around again.

“Well then…”

Just as the Emperor was about to leave first.

Emilia came running toward him with quick little steps.

“Daddy!”

Emilia, who had run over cheerfully, hugged the Emperor’s legs tightly.

“Thank you! Ria is really happy!”

The Princess showed her teeth in a smile toward the Emperor who was looking down at her with surprised eyes. Just like her caretaker who always stayed by her side.

“Then Ria will go now…”

It was just as Emilia was about to turn away as if she had no more lingering attachments.

Grumble.

Someone’s stomach clock rang out loudly.

The culprit stopped in place with her ear tips dyed bright red.

“Th-that wasn’t Ria. Ria didn’t make that sound…”

Normally, it would have been well past the time for the Princess to have finished dinner.

But since she had skipped meals and crawled around the garden all day, it was natural for her to be hungry.

“You must be hungry indeed, Princess Emilia. Let’s hurry back and have a meal first…”

“Then we shall take our leave first, Your Imperial Majesty.”

The maids quickly attached themselves to Emilia’s side, taking her hand to lead her back.

“…I haven’t had my meal yet either.”

At that moment, the Emperor spoke quietly with his hands clasped behind his back.

“If the Princess doesn’t mind, shall we dine together?”

A meal alone with the Emperor, not even at a royal banquet!

The maids once again exchanged flustered glances and bowed their heads toward Emilia.

“Your Highness, what would you like to do?”

“Hmm.”

Emilia frowned as if troubled by the decision.

As the child continued to hesitate, the Emperor rang a bell on the table.

Then the head attendant approached with quick steps as if he had been waiting from afar.

“Did you call for me, Your Majesty?”

“Prepare tonight’s dinner with dishes that children would enjoy.”

“Children?”

The head attendant raised his head at the unexpected request.

He spotted Emilia standing with the maids, smiled knowingly, and bowed his head again.

“I heard that high-quality cacao beans have arrived from the south. I’ll have them prepare chocolate for dessert as well.”

Chocolate? What’s chocolate?

As Emilia tilted her head at the head attendant’s words, one of the maids whispered to her in a small voice.

“It’s a treat that’s sweeter and softer than candy.”

“Whaaaat? Sweeter than candy?”

Emilia’s eyes suddenly sparkled.

The child took the Emperor’s hand without hesitation and looked at him.

“Ria is hungry! Let’s go quickly! Okay?”

Unlike her brother, the Princess who was naturally fearless and bold pulled along the Emperor whom everyone feared.

“Wow, Ria held hands with Daddy for the first time! Hehe!”

A small, pure, bright, and soft living being.

The Emperor stared down at the tiny hand gripping his fingers, then adjusted his grip.

‘How absurd.’

Firmly, so that Emilia wouldn’t lose her grip and be unable to keep up with his pace. Considering someone smaller and weaker than himself was a first in the Emperor’s life.

* * *

“Well, well, who do we have here? Kayla, no, isn’t that Rachel?”

It was the second day since news spread through the Imperial Palace that the subjugation campaign had ended successfully and the princes were returning.

“You don’t look injured, which is fortunate. Your face actually looks brighter?”

Somnia waved her hand as if pleased by the long-awaited contact.

She grinned while looking at my face reflected in the crystal orb.

“Things are going well according to your plan on this end, how about on your side?”

[I’m returning while keeping distance from Prince Edwin. It seems it will take a bit more time to get back.]

“What? How did you end up separated from that little prince?”

[It’s complicated to explain. I’ll explain when I get back.]

I spoke with an indifferent expression.

[So, is there nothing unusual happening at the Imperial Palace?]

“Nothing unusual. Except that rumors about the 2nd Empress have started circulating?”

[I’m asking if anything happened that wasn’t in our plans.]

“Something not in our plans.”

Somnia swept her long hair back and propped her chin on one hand.

“Oh, there was one intruder at the 3rd Prince’s Palace.”

[An intruder?]

“Yeah, but it seems like they were targeting you, not the Princess or other people.”

[…Me?]

“Right, that’s what Cecil said. An assassin-like guy attacked as soon as he confirmed that the child had brown hair and green eyes.”

[Who’s Cecil again?]

“You know, that doll child who was deliberately disguised to look like you. The one playing the short-term Rachel Brown role.”

Ah, that one.

I recalled the doll maid who looked similar to me.

Seeing that she even had a name now, it seemed she was adapting very well.

[Is that child safe?]

“Safe and sound. Since you said she needed to have the skills to guard the Princess, do you know how much care I put into making those children?”

[Then what happened to that assassin?]

“Unfortunately, he escaped during the process of Cecil subduing him and calling the imperial soldiers.”

[He escaped? You just let him get away?]

“But wouldn’t it be strange for a maid to chase after an assassin? It would be troublesome if other people noticed.”

Somnia tapped her long pipe from the Eastern Continent on the floor and continued speaking.

“But it seems like he didn’t come to kill you in the first place, but to investigate your identity? He kept asking Cecil if she was Kayla Angel.”

[What?]

“This is just my personal opinion, but I think that bastard Ian probably sent him.”

For a moment, my heart sank.

At the same time, strangely enough, I could feel my mind cooling down.

[When was it that he infiltrated the 3rd Prince’s Palace?]

“About ten days ago?”

That would have been before the cliff collapsed.

It meant it was before Ian saw Saylus’s magic.

‘Then that means he was suspicious of my existence even before that.’

What grounds could he have had for sending a subordinate to the 3rd Prince’s Palace?

Could he have become suspicious from just that single moment we encountered each other in the Imperial Capital?

‘That Rachel Brown and Kayla Angel are the same person?’

What a perceptive bastard. Then and now.

I let out a bitter laugh and fell into thought.

‘It’s annoying that he boldly sent a subordinate to the 3rd Prince’s Palace, but it might actually be a good thing.’

The subordinate who escaped would have mistaken the doll maid Cecil for Rachel Brown. And he would have thought she was a different person from Kayla Angel.

‘Even if the guy who barged into the Prince’s Palace thinks the maid is Kayla Angel, Ian would never believe those words.’

Having confirmed Saylus’s presence at the location where the Subjugation Campaign took place, he would abandon his suspicion that ‘Rachel Brown,’ the 3rd Prince’s caretaker, is Kayla Angel.

‘Ian knows that Saylus is always stuck close by my side.’

It was an unintended gain.

Even if I encounter Ian in the Imperial Capital as the 3rd Prince’s caretaker, I no longer have anything to worry about.

“By the way, what about our scruffy Prince?”

Somnia expressed sympathy as if she felt sorry for Edwin who would have to lead the Knights alone.

“I hope nothing happens on the way back.”

[Nothing will happen.]

I answered Somnia’s words decisively.

[Even if something does happen, it’ll be fine.]

“It’ll be fine?”

[Yes, I didn’t raise that kid to be that weak.]

“Hmm, well, a child raised by your hands wouldn’t be weak.”

Somnia suddenly made an expression as if she was holding back laughter.

“Is that why Princess Emilia is like that too?”

[What about Princess Emilia? Is there some problem?]

“No, there’s no problem. There’s no problem, but…”

The young guild master of the Golden Goose Guild giggled and squinted her eyes.

“It would be better for you to see it with your own eyes when you return. It’s too complicated to explain.”

[What do you mean…]

“Well, what I can tell you right now is.”

Somnia wrinkled her nose and smiled.

“Catherine wasn’t the only secret weapon of the Prince’s Palace.”

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