The Prince’s Nanny, Her Specialty Is Assassination - Chapter 231

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Chapter 231. Return (5)

Dry your hair? Who’s drying whose?

Edwin blinked his eyes blankly.

“What did you saaaay!”

Just then, a loud shout echoed through the bath.

It wasn’t Kaiden’s voice, nor Edwin’s.

“What did you just say, you pitch-black brat? You dare say you dried our precious one’s hair?”

Saylus suddenly emerged from the bath, slicking back his wet hair while fuming.

“Sa, Sayl…”

“How dare you enter the bath where His Majesty the Prince is washing without permission. Are you insane?”

Kaiden, who had risen from his seat, growled while facing Saylus.

A murderous atmosphere flowed through the grand bath floating with rose petals, as if a fight would break out at any moment.

“Ca-calm down, Your Majesty the Emperor! You get out too, quickly!”

Edwin grabbed onto one of Kaiden’s arms in surprise, as if embracing it.

Then he frowned and shouted at Saylus.

“What are you doing! Get out right now!”

“No, that bastard touched our precious one first! Tell the truth! When you fell from that cliff, didn’t he also mess around with our precious one in that cave! Right!”

Kaiden let out a scoff as if he found Saylus’s words absurd.

Then he raised one eyebrow and tilted his head.

“If you know so well, why are you asking?”

“Wha, wha, what…”

Saylus pointed at Kaiden with his mouth agape.

“You, you, you really…!”

“Tsk, what am I doing dealing with someone not worth my time.”

“I-I-I can’t forgive this!”

Even I, the contractor, can’t easily touch her.

That pitch-black brat dares to do such shameless things to my Kayla!

Saylus swung his fist at Kaiden while scattering tears.

“You shameless bastard!”

As he swung his fist, the water in the grand bath splashed up like waves.

There was even a large crack in the marble wall on the opposite side.

People usually think of mages as smart weaklings, but Saylus seemed to completely defy such common sense.

“Your Majesty the Emperor!”

Edwin screamed without realizing it.

“Ha.”

But his opponent was also the continent’s greatest knight king, called the Conqueror.

Kaiden stood there, catching Saylus’s fist with one hand.

“You’re certainly far from being an ordinary human, aren’t you.”

“Look who’s talking?”

Saylus retorted in a sharp voice while frowning.

His very existence was no different from a magic stone, so he could exert power surpassing ordinary humans even without using magic.

‘I swung that seriously.’

It had enough power to evaporate half the bath water and crack the wall behind.

Yet Kaiden had blocked his fist as if it were nothing.

“You monster, don’t come near our precious one anymore. Got it?”

“Why should I listen to you?”

“If you value your life, you should listen to me.”

“You’re the one who should stay quiet if you value your life.”

Kaiden put strength into the hand gripping Saylus’s fist.

“His Highness the Prince is right here, so swinging fists recklessly is inappropriate.”

A menacing cracking sound echoed through the bath.

At the same time, Saylus let out a shrill scream.

“Aaaaah—! You brainless brute with only strength!”

He quickly shook off Kaiden’s hand and stepped back.

“Just you wait! I’ll tell our precious one everything when she comes!”

“Do whatever you want.”

Kaiden answered carelessly then looked back at Edwin.

“Are you alright, Your Highness.”

“Huh? Oh, yes, I’m fine…”

Edwin closed his open mouth and smiled awkwardly.

While thinking that adult fights were more childish than expected.

“Shall we get out soon. It seems we’ve been in the bath too long.”

“Ah, yes!”

Edwin followed Kaiden out.

He could hear Saylus grumbling something behind them, but only briefly.

He disappeared with a displeased expression on his face.

“I-I’m sorry. I told him not to appear without permission…”

“Please don’t apologize. It’s not Your Highness’s fault.”

Edwin silently dried his body with a towel at his words.

Normally, maids would have come in to attend to him, but today there was no one near the bath at Kaiden’s request.

“Do you usually bathe without attendants, Your Majesty the Emperor?”

“Yes. I dislike having someone nearby when I’m defenseless.”

“Oh, then I…”

Even if it was to match meal time, should he have bathed separately.

But it was Kaiden who first suggested entering the bath together.

Edwin hesitated with a troubled expression.

“Your Highness is fine.”

Then, Kaiden added as if reading the young prince’s mind.

“I wanted to try bathing together at least once.”

“Huh? With me?”

Kaiden chuckled without realizing it.

Edwin’s face with his eyes wide open looked exactly like his sister’s surprised face whenever he caused trouble.

“Yes, were you uncomfortable?”

“Oh, no! What would I be uncomfortable about!”

Edwin waved his hands and shook his head left and right.

“Um.”

After silently drying themselves and about to change clothes.

Edwin hesitantly opened his mouth.

“What is it.”

“If, if I train hard, can I have a cool body like Your Majesty the Emperor when I grow up?”

It was an unexpected question.

But it was also a cute question that a boy of that age would ask.

Kaiden blinked and unconsciously reached out his hand toward Edwin’s head.

“Of course.”

Edwin let out a small gasp, surprised by the sudden touch.

“Huh?”

“Ah, I’m sorry.”

Kaiden seemed to come to his senses at that sound and immediately raised his hand.

“I was rude.”

“Oh, no! I really like having my head patted!”

Edwin’s face was slightly flushed.

The prince turned his head away abruptly, seemingly embarrassed by raising his voice.

“What I mean is, you don’t need to think of it as rude!”

Apart from Emma and Rachel, Kaiden was the first person to treat him so casually, to pat his head like he was treating a child. Even his biological father, the Emperor, had never treated him with such affection.

“You must be hungry! Shall we go quickly?”

“…Prince Edwin.”

“Yes?”

“What do you think it would be like if Your Highness had a maternal uncle?”

“…A maternal uncle?”

Edwin raised his eyebrows as if he had never thought about it.

The prince’s face, which had been thoughtful for a moment, gradually darkened.

“Well, I’m not sure. I’ve never met anyone from my mother’s side of the family.”

“Then…”

“But even if someone claiming to be my maternal uncle suddenly appeared after no contact all this time, I don’t think I’d be particularly happy about it.”

In Edwin’s awkward smile, there was a glimpse of anger and sadness that had accumulated layer by layer over the years. It was the sorrow of a child completely abandoned by his blood relatives.

“Such a person would be no different from a stranger.”

It was quite a resolute voice.

Kaiden stood silently for a moment, then smiled lightly.

“…That’s right. They would be no different from a stranger.”

“But why do you ask such a thing?”

“It’s nothing, nothing at all.”

Kaiden finished getting dressed and opened the door in front of Edwin.

“Then let’s go.”

Having finished their noisy bath, the two walked shoulder to shoulder toward the dining room. For people who had just enjoyed a half-bath, neither the adult nor the child looked particularly refreshed.

* * *

“You’re saying Prince Edwin didn’t receive any contact?”

After finishing his meal and returning to his chamber, Edwin was finally able to hear news about Rachel from Catherine.

“I didn’t receive contact directly from The Caretaker either, but heard it through someone. From one of The Caretaker’s acquaintances.”

The news about Rachel that Somnia had conveyed wasn’t very specific.

“So where is Rachel now?”

“Oh, about that.”

Catherine tilted her head slightly as if puzzled.

“The acquaintance last received contact from The Caretaker two days ago, and at that time The Caretaker said she was in the Holy Kingdom.”

“What? The Leon Kingdom?”

The Leon Kingdom was quite far even from the last extermination site.

Even if she had taken a detour on the way back, there was no reason to go all the way to the Holy Kingdom.

“Yes. She said something came up in the Holy Kingdom, and she would finish dealing with it before coming back.”

Something came up in the Holy Kingdom.

Edwin looked out the window.

Fireworks celebrating the safe return of the extermination forces were bursting in the darkening sky.

‘You’re really okay, aren’t you, Rachel?’

The young prince frowned as he thought of his one and only caretaker.

* * *

“Where is she! Where did she go!”

The Holy Knights armed with silver armor were running around in confusion with their swords drawn.

The underground reservoir was pitch black without a single torch.

“Don’t tell me she escaped?”

“Damn it, I said there’s no need to capture her alive! I told you several times to just catch her even if it means killing her!”

“You think I couldn’t catch her because I didn’t want to? Karl, do you know how strong that bastard is!”

“No, Karl isn’t the problem right now! What’s with that black-haired person who suddenly appeared!”

The Holy Knights argued with each other even though they couldn’t see each other’s faces.

Just as one of the knights was about to raise his voice even louder.

“Gaaah!”

The armored body crashed to the ground.

The knights were startled and became even more alert.

“It’s useless.”

Then, a low voice echoed softly in their ears.

“Because darkness is on my side.”

A green gleam flickered in the darkness of the reservoir.

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