The Prince’s Nanny, Her Specialty Is Assassination - Chapter 230

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Chapter 230. Return (4)

“What’s wrong, Emilia? You should hurry and greet him.”

It was a situation where the King had greeted them first.

Edwin urged Emilia, who was hiding behind his back.

But the young princess only shook her head repeatedly and hugged Edwin’s legs.

“Ria, you really…”

While the flustered Edwin stood between the two, unable to do anything.

Kaiden chuckled softly as he watched Emilia glancing at him.

“Oh my, it seems Princess Emilia is being shy since she hasn’t seen me in a while.”

There was no way Emilia would be shy.

Even the late Emma used to say there was no baby who was less clingy and less shy than Emilia.

“Princess Emilia.”

Kaiden subtly showed the sword sheath hanging at his waist to Emilia, who was still ignoring him. A rabbit doll was dangling from the end of his sword handle. The doll looked quite clean for having been through the subjugation campaign, as if it had been specially cared for.

“Am I not Princess Emilia’s one and only friend? Have you already forgotten your friend?”

Emilia slowly poked her head out at his words.

Then she spotted the rabbit doll hanging from the end of Kaiden’s sword handle and her eyes widened.

“Rabbit!”

The young princess kept looking back and forth between the rabbit and Kaiden.

Then she tilted her head as if realizing something.

“…Your Majesty?”

“Yes, that’s me.”

Emilia’s eyes widened at Kaiden’s answer, and she walked forward.

“Ria’s friend!”

“Yes, that’s right. I knew you remembered.”

“Waaaah—!”

It was such a joyful cheer that her earlier shyness seemed meaningless.

The princess rushed into Kaiden’s arms and hugged his neck.

“Your Majesty! Your Majesty!”

“What?”

If she was going to be this happy to see him, why did she act so distant at first?

Edwin scratched the back of his head with an incredulous expression.

“I heard that young children become more shy as they grow. Princess Emilia has grown since I last saw her, so that might be why.”

“Is, is that so?”

“Yes, my aide has three daughters, and those children are shy every time they meet me too.”

It would be natural since he only met them once every time the children grew a span or two.

“In any case, I’m glad Princess Emilia recognized me right away.”

Kaiden stood up, holding Emilia with one arm.

He smiled faintly as he looked at the princess who was giggling while hugging his neck.

“I would have been disappointed if you hadn’t recognized me.”

Edwin stared blankly at Kaiden holding his sister.

Why did he think the two of them looked similar when they smiled?

“Prince Edwin?”

“Brother, what’s wrong?”

Kaiden and Emilia were looking at Edwin strangely as he stood silently. The two pairs of eyes looking at him seemed even more mysteriously similar, making him feel odd.

“Oh, it’s nothing.”

How strange of me. I’m having such pointless thoughts.

Edwin shook his head slightly and smiled.

“But…”

Edwin, who was about to enter the palace without thinking, suddenly frowned.

Because the person he thought he would definitely meet upon arrival still hadn’t shown herself.

“Ria.”

“Yeah?”

“Where’s Rachel? Where is Rachel?”

Emilia widened her eyes at the prince’s question and tilted her head.

“Rachel is with brother.”

“What? She’s not here?”

“Uh-huh, since brother came, Rachel came too, right?”

For a moment, his heart sank.

‘Rachel hasn’t returned yet? Why? Did something happen? She definitely said she would return in time for when the subjugation forces arrived at the Imperial Capital.’

The color gradually drained from Edwin’s face.

Just as his blue eyes wandered around, lost.

A warm hand pressed down firmly on the prince’s shoulder.

“Calm down, Prince Edwin.”

“Uh…”

“Do you remember what I told you?”

The King of Adamant, who had fallen with Kayl—that is, Rachel—from the cliff, returned to the subjugation forces the very next day.

Thanks to the Adamant knights searching desperately and his relatively good physical condition despite the fall, he was able to return quickly.

– Don’t worry.

Kaiden whispered quietly to Edwin, who had come running in tears.

– Your guard is truly safe. When you return, there will be a ‘caretaker’ waiting, not a ‘guard’.

How did he know that his guard ‘Kayl’ was actually ‘Rachel’?

That question was brief, and Edwin could finally feel truly relieved after hearing his words.

‘Rachel might lie and say she’s fine even when she’s not, worried that I’d be anxious.’

Even though he had confirmed Rachel’s safety through Saylus beforehand, he had been secretly anxious for that reason.

“But, but…”

Edwin clenched both fists tightly and hung his head.

“Your caretaker is a strong person.”

Kaiden said in a firm voice.

He looked down at the sniffling Edwin and awkwardly patted the prince’s small shoulder.

“There must be a reason for the delay. So let’s trust and wait.”

“…What if she’s not just late?”

What if she had taken on another dangerous task and couldn’t return?

Or if not that…

Edwin’s shoulders trembled slightly.

“What if she’s thinking of never coming back…”

“Prince Edwin.”

It was a voice filled with strength.

Edwin looked up with tears in his eyes.

Eyes the exact same color as his mother’s in the portrait were looking at him.

“Do you not trust your caretaker?”

Not trust her?

If he couldn’t trust Rachel, who in the world could he trust?

Just as Edwin was trying to swallow his tears and rubbing his stinging nose with his hand.

“The caretaker said she would be a bit late because something came up that needed to be resolved.”

A maid who had approached silently spoke to them respectfully.

She was one of Somnia’s doll maids, with eyes as clear as glass beads.

“Something to resolve? Wait, Rachel contacted you? When…”

“You can hear the details from the head maid.”

The maid, Becca, pointed toward the main palace with one hand and smiled brightly.

“We’ve prepared hot water in the grand bath. Let’s have you bathe first before eating.”

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Splash.

Hot water overflowed from the Grand Bath.

Edwin glanced sideways while submerged in the bath up to just below his nose.

He had unintentionally ended up bathing with Kaiden to make it in time for the meal.

“Prince Edwin.”

Kaiden spoke while splashing water on his shoulders with his hands.

“Are you uncomfortable having me beside you after all?”

“Oh, no! Not at all!”

“Then do you have something you’d like to say?”

It wasn’t so much that he had something to say, but rather it was just awkward.

Though he had built a friendship with Kaiden, they weren’t close enough to bathe together without a stitch of clothing on.

‘But wow, he really is impressive.’

Edwin stole glances at Kaiden’s upper body, half-exposed above the water’s surface.

His body, which seemed to be made entirely of muscle, was covered with scars both large and small.

Among them were some that looked like nothing serious, and others that appeared to be quite fatal wounds.

“Um, The Emperor.”

Unable to overcome the awkwardness, Edwin finally spoke cautiously while splashing water on his face.

“Is there a reason you left your scars as they are?”

The higher one’s status, the more they tended to dislike having scars remain on their body.

So people would try to completely heal their wounds with the help of Temple Priests or mages before scars could form on their bodies.

“Ah.”

Kaiden glanced at the scars on his body and smiled lightly.

“There’s no particular reason. I have a constitution that doesn’t respond well to healing magic, so I just left them alone and they ended up like this.”

“A constitution that doesn’t respond well to healing magic?”

“Yes, I overused it when I was young. Prince Edwin, you should also let minor wounds heal naturally on their own.”

What would cause someone to overuse healing magic as a child?

Edwin stared intently at Kaiden before changing the subject.

“But how did you know that my guard is actually my caretaker?”

“…Ah, that.”

This time the silence was long.

Kaiden rested his arms on the edge of the bath and continued slowly.

“I found out by chance.”

“By chance?”

“Yes.”

Kaiden seemed to think for a moment, then grinned.

It was a mischievous smile that somehow felt playful.

“While drying hair, by chance.”

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