The Prince’s Nanny, Her Specialty Is Assassination - Chapter 23

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Chapter 23. What I Failed to Protect (3)

“What are you doing? Why aren’t you accepting it quickly?”

Emilia looked back and forth between the teacup and Lloyd with displeasure.

Edwin, growing anxious, began to appease Emilia.

“Emilia, your second brother is apologizing to you. Accept it quickly.”

“I don’t want to!”

“Emilia! Hurry up!”

“I don’t want to―!”

“Emilia―! Listen to me!”

“Uuugh!”

Emilia made a frustrated groaning sound.

The princess really disliked this person called her second brother.

He was the one who had told them to hang her earlier, and he was also the one who shot the arrow.

But since Edwin was pressing her, she had no choice.

The princess reluctantly extended her hand.

Seeing this, Lloyd grinned.

“That’s right, gifts should be received with your hands.”

Splash―

Lloyd tilted the teacup and poured the tea directly onto Emilia’s hand.

“Waaahhh―!”

“Emilia!”

Startled, Edwin grabbed Emilia’s hand and quickly hid her in his embrace.

Fortunately, the tea seemed to have cooled, so she didn’t appear to be burned.

“Hahahaha!”

Seeing this, Lloyd burst into loud laughter.

“Don’t tell me you’re actually scared? That I might harm that worthless little brat?”

He was more than capable of doing just that.

The Lloyd that Edwin knew was someone with that kind of nature.

‘It’s okay, it’s okay. She’s not hurt. Emilia is safe.’

Just as Edwin was holding his sister and breathing heavily.

Drip―

Lukewarm liquid flowed down over his head.

“Didn’t I tell you? To stay out of my sight.”

Lloyd continued speaking while holding the teapot upside down.

“I simply cannot understand how someone like you could be a prince with equal rights to me.”

Edwin, someone whose only redeeming quality was his pretty exterior.

A half-brother who shared only the common trait of being the Emperor’s bloodline.

‘But.’

Lloyd frowned.

He recalled the image of The Previous Caretaker who had once raised her voice in front of him to protect that damned child.

‘I don’t understand.’

What was so good about this worthless brat who had nothing, whose maternal family no longer existed to support him?

‘Why on earth did she protect such a guy.’

Seeing Edwin crying pitifully and The Previous Caretaker embracing him while comforting him with a gentle voice made his blood boil.

Though he couldn’t pinpoint the exact reason why.

“This warning is only once, remember that.”

Lloyd threw the empty teapot to a servant and turned around.

But he couldn’t even take two steps.

“You villain―! Apologize to my brother!”

Because Emilia bit his shin with all her might.

“Ugh! You little beggar―!”

Lloyd finally lost his reason and kicked Emilia, who was clinging to his left leg, with his other foot.

The moment he saw his sister get kicked, Edwin’s pupils contracted sharply.

It felt like a thin thread in his mind had snapped.

At the same time, Emma’s face, smiling with her eyes closed, flashed before him.

Edwin let out a scream and lunged at Lloyd.

“Aaaahhh―!”

“Ugh!”

Edwin instantly knocked down the 2nd Prince and climbed on top of him.

Then he swung his fists wildly.

It was truly a dogfight.

Edwin shouted while shedding tears.

“What did I do so wrong―!”

“You bastard―!”

“My sister did nothing wrong either! Why are you bothering her―! Why!”

As if releasing all his pent-up resentment, Edwin’s fists were relentless.

He seemed to overwhelm Lloyd, who was a head taller than him.

But it was only momentary.

He couldn’t defeat the 2nd Prince who had trained under excellent masters since childhood.

Lloyd grabbed Edwin’s arm and instantly reversed their positions.

He struck Edwin’s face without hesitation.

Blood formed on the 3rd Prince’s lips.

“Stupid fool.”

Lloyd looked down at his brother with gleaming eyes.

“Fine, I’ll teach you. Just how pathetic and worthless you are.”

He grabbed Edwin’s collar and raised his right hand high.

“One or two hits won’t be enough.”

Just as his fist was about to come down with that sinister threat.

“Stop.”

Lloyd frowned as he looked at his arm caught in mid-air.

The one who blocked him was a woman he’d never seen before.

Judging by her attire, she seemed to be a maid working in the Imperial Palace.

But how dare she block a prince’s path.

“Let go of this…”

Lloyd tried to shake off her hand in annoyance.

But for some reason, his arm caught in the woman’s grip wouldn’t budge.

‘What? This strength?’

Lloyd was flustered.

Though he was young, he had trained for a long time and was stronger than his peers.

His strength was certainly not weak enough to be easily stopped by some frail maid.

Lloyd shouted with bewildered eyes.

“You, what are you! Do you know who I am!”

But the woman only looked at him with unchanging cold eyes.

While putting even more strength into the hand gripping Lloyd’s wrist.

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“Your Highness Emilia! Oh my―!”

Catherine screamed upon seeing Emilia sprawled on the lawn.

I confirmed that she was lifting the princess up and turned my gaze.

The 2nd Prince was glaring at me as if he wanted to tear me apart.

I examined the boy carefully.

‘2nd Prince, Lloyd Catalonian Bentrum.’

Thanks to Catherine’s tip, I was able to recognize his identity the moment I saw him.

He was the only child born between the current Emperor and 2nd Empress Helena Redcliff.

Perhaps it was because he had the backing of the Redcliff Marquess’s Estate, said to be the wealthiest in the Empire.

The guy truly seemed to fear nothing.

‘He doesn’t resemble the Emperor at all except for his hair and eye color.’

Since the 2nd Empress was a famous beauty, that was probably fortunate for Lloyd.

Just as I was contemplating Lloyd’s appearance.

“Your Highness―!”

At that moment, two knights who appeared to be the 2nd Prince’s escorts came running from afar.

They seemed to have been keeping watch, worried someone might witness the Prince’s wicked amusement.

The knight drew his sword the moment he saw me.

“You bastard! Let go of those hands immediately! How dare you lay hands on His Highness!”

As soon as the knight finished speaking, I threw away Lloyd’s wrist that I had been gripping.

The guy was pushed back stumbling toward where the knights stood.

“Such, such impudence!”

“Your Highness, are you alright!”

“That thing, just now….”

I ignored the enraged 2nd Prince and helped Edwin to his feet.

“Are you alright?”

“How, how did you?”

Edwin looked at me with surprised rabbit eyes, as if he hadn’t expected me to appear.

The kid was a complete mess.

Setting aside his clothes covered in dirt and grass, his tear-stained face and split lips too.

Anyone would mistake him for a street vagrant rather than a prince.

“Insolent thing! Why aren’t you kneeling and apologizing to His Highness immediately!”

At that moment, one of the escort knights shouted at me.

He was still pointing his blade at me.

Pointing a sharp sword at an unarmed civilian—what a guy who knows nothing of knightly honor.

‘Ah, but then again. Knights were originally all about appearances anyway, all cowardly and petty bunch.’

I clicked my tongue inwardly and bowed my head with an indifferent expression.

“I apologize. As the 3rd Prince’s caretaker, I could not simply stand by and watch the situation before my eyes. Please forgive me.”

“Ha! To speak of forgiveness so easily!”

The knight seemed flustered at receiving an apology more easily than expected.

“A caretaker?”

At that moment, Lloyd raised his eyebrows as if he had learned something interesting.

“So you’re the caretaker who came in to replace that insolent old hag?”

Instead of answering, I quietly stared at Lloyd.

“How amusing. The master is worthless trash, yet the caretakers are all equally insolent.”

The guy looked me up and down and smiled as if finding it ridiculous.

“Edwin, if you needed a dog to bark for you, shouldn’t you have picked a sturdier and cleverer one? Not some stupid mutt that can’t tell heaven from earth. The first time might be a mistake, but the second time….”

Lloyd turned his gaze to Edwin, who was trembling beside me.

“Wouldn’t that be the master’s intention?”

“Br-brother….”

“But since I can’t punish the master directly, I’ll have to hold the dog accountable for the wrongdoing.”

The 2nd Prince called to the escort knight standing beside him in an indifferent voice.

“A mere caretaker not only touched a prince’s body without permission but even pushed him—the crime is great. Cut off her hands for insulting royalty.”

“Yes, Your Highness!”

The knight approached me without hesitation at his master’s words.

“Caretaker!”

Catherine, who was behind us, screamed in shock.

But the knight’s steps were unwavering.

“No! Stop it!”

Edwin, who had come to his senses, desperately tried to block the knight’s path, but it was useless.

The guy pushed Edwin aside with one arm as if he didn’t care about him at all and stood before me.

“Now, quickly extend your arm here….”

It was just before the guy grabbed my arm.

I quickly prostrated myself on the ground and embraced Edwin, who had been pushed by the knight.

“Impudence―!”

When I suddenly shouted, bewilderment and confusion appeared on the faces of everyone present.

“Prince Lloyd! A mere knight not only touched a prince’s body without permission but even pushed him—the crime is great. Please cut off his hands for insulting royalty!”

“What, what did you say?”

The knight turned his head with a bewildered expression.

He looked back and forth between me and the fallen Edwin, then turned his head with a blank expression.

And he looked at his young master and stupidly asked back, “What should I do?”

‘Perfect.’

Meanwhile, I smiled coldly as I sensed the approaching presence.

Beyond the thicket spread out behind there.

The Emperor’s banner fluttering in the wind was drawing closer and closer.

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