The Prince’s Nanny, Her Specialty Is Assassination - Chapter 245

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Chapter 245. Karma (9)

“You know, Rachel! I went to see daddy again today!”

Even though The Marquis of Redcliff had been beheaded, The 2nd Empress had been deposed, and The 2nd Prince had been confined to his palace, daily life in the imperial court continued as usual.

In particular, Princess Emilia stuck close to my side as always, chattering away endlessly.

“Last time, you know. That four-leaf clover Ria gave me? I gave it to daddy as a good luck charm too. And he says it really works!”

How could she have so much to say?

Whenever Edwin went to participate in knight training, Emilia would stick right next to me and refuse to leave.

“Is that so.”

“Yeah! So Rachel, you have to carry the four-leaf clover I gave you everywhere, okay? You can’t lose it, okay?”

Even if I wanted to lose it, I don’t think I could.

I rummaged through my pocket at The Princess’s words and pulled out a handkerchief.

“Huh? Why is the four-leaf clover Ria gave you here?”

“The Housekeeper made it for me.”

On the handkerchief, the four-leaf clover Emilia had given me was attached flat like embroidery.

“I carry it with me like this all the time, so don’t worry about me losing it.”

“Wow! It’s pretty!”

Meanwhile, Emilia grabbed the handkerchief I held out with both hands, her eyes sparkling.

“How did you do it? Amazing!”

“She said it was made using a technique called pressed flowers.”

“Pressed flowers? What’s that?”

“I don’t know the details either, but she said it’s a technique for permanently attaching plant leaves or flowers to fabric.”

“It’s like magic! I’ll ask Ria to make one for me later too!”

I stroked the head of Emilia, who was hugging my waist and nuzzling her face against me.

“But you know, Rachel.”

After sitting on my lap and purring for a while, The Princess suddenly looked up at me and asked.

“When is The Emperor coming again?”

“…You mean Prince Kaiden.”

“Yeah. This time he only played with brother all the time, and barely played with Ria before leaving. He promised to play with Ria a lot when he comes again, so when is he coming?”

Well, when could he come again?

I recalled Kaiden’s face the last time I saw him.

‘Once the banquet period ends, I’ll probably have to return right away.’

After that first night we spent together.

Kaiden secretly came to my quarters every night until the day before he left.

He became increasingly skilled at seducing me as the days passed, and I couldn’t refuse such a Kaiden.

‘And when I return.’

On the last night Kaiden came to see me.

He confessed to me in a hesitant voice.

‘I might have to meet with daughters from several noble families for marriage meetings. I made a promise with my retainers before coming out for the subjugation campaign…’

So it wasn’t a coincidence that he had brought up marriage to me.

For the first time, I figured out what answer Kaiden wanted before he told me.

‘Don’t worry.’

So this time, I had no choice but to lie.

A lie for Kaiden’s sake.

‘Just because we slept together doesn’t mean I have any intention of making unreasonable demands of you.’

But Kaiden’s expression after hearing my answer wasn’t good.

He looked very displeased and angry.

‘…So you’re saying we should just be sleeping partners?’

‘If that’s what you want, I’m fine with that kind of relationship.’

The longer our conversation continued, the more Kaiden’s face contorted.

It was completely incomprehensible to me.

‘It’s not like that decision was easy for me either.’

I didn’t have any hobby of sharing a man with other women.

Nevertheless, I said such things because I had no intention of marriage in this life anyway, and I didn’t want to hold Kaiden back either.

‘I said that because even in that form would be fine, that it didn’t matter so he shouldn’t feel burdened.’

As king, continuing his lineage was a duty.

Especially as ruler of a new kingdom, he needed to form solid alliances through marriage with daughters of families that could help him.

‘…So that’s all I am to you.’

I was the one who made that decision prepared to be hurt, so why was he making a more hurt face?

“Rachel?”

Emilia looked up at me intently and tilted her head.

“What’s wrong? What are you thinking about?”

“Nothing. It’s nothing.”

“Rachel, did you fight with The Emperor?”

“…Pardon?”

“Well, Rachel and The Emperor seemed really close. You were always together.”

“…Me?”

“Yeah! The Emperor was next to you when Ria was with Rachel, and he was next to Rachel even when Ria wasn’t there.”

Had we been together so much that even a child noticed?

I tried hard to hide my embarrassed expression.

“No, we didn’t fight.”

“Really? That’s good then. Catherine said friends shouldn’t fight.”

“Catherine said that?”

“Yeah, she said the more you like and care for each other, the more preciously you should treat each other and say nice things! So Rachel, if you’re friends with The Emperor, you can’t fight, okay?”

“…Yes, Your Highness.”

Fortunately, Emilia quickly lost interest in the topic and changed the subject.

“But Rachel, I have a worry.”

“A worry? What kind of worry?”

“Well, lately grandfather won’t play with Ria. Ria’s a little sad.”

Grandfather, you mean.

I frowned and asked back.

“You mean Seiji?”

* * *

“You’re here quite early.”

The gardener of The 3rd Prince’s Palace, no, the sage Seiji, snorted as soon as he saw me and walked past.

He crouched down in the vegetable garden behind the cabin and began hoeing.

“I heard you nearly died in the subjugation campaign, but you look fine?”

“Thanks to you.”

I stared intently at Seiji’s back.

“…You look thinner than before. Are you eating properly? Catherine is worried that you skip meals often. Princess Emilia is also sulking because you won’t even meet with her.”

“Sk-skipping a few meals! What’s there to worry about just because an old man skipped a few meals due to poor appetite!”

Seiji answered without stopping his hoeing.

“And I haven’t been meeting that little brat because I’ve been experimenting only with poisonous herbs lately, worried that poison might have seeped into my body and it might be dangerous. That chick is worrying unnecessarily.”

“Still, don’t skip your meals.”

“Ugh, I’m eating well! Young people and their nagging…”

“You’ll have a lot of work to do soon.”

“What? What do you mean by that?”

“The scale disease cure.”

Suddenly Seiji’s shoulders trembled.

I watched his reaction and continued speaking.

“Prepare to make it again.”

“…What does that mean?”

“Exactly what I said.”

Seiji had already risen from his seat and was looking this way.

“I asked what you meant by saying such a thing.”

“You’re not trapped in Ruxen Village anymore, and now you can make a complete cure for Scale Disease, can’t you.”

I nodded while leaning against the cabin pillar.

“The ingredients that could only be obtained from the Kingdom of Leon will soon be available without limit.”

“What are you talking about!”

Just moments ago, I thought his crouched figure looked pitiful.

‘I should take that back.’

This old man has energy that’s more than abundant.

I stood still while Seiji grabbed me by the collar.

“Kayl, no, Rachel, you bastard! Did you finally sell me out? Somnia, I knew it from the moment that crazy woman started coming and going from the Prince’s Palace! You really did sell me out to that woman…”

“I obtained a promise from Sage Johannes.”

“…What?”

“Unlike the dead Previous Sage, he’s someone who truly knows how to care for people.”

I had an intuition when I saw Johannes helping Scale Disease patients during the subjugation campaign.

If God exists, and if there’s a representative chosen by God, Johannes might be exactly that kind of existence.

“When I told him that the person who makes Scale Disease medicine is alive, he readily agreed to provide support.”

“…Really? Really? The Sage promised that?”

“Yes, originally it was a promise to be kept if Prince Edwin ascended to the throne, but.”

Johannes, whom I met again in the Holy Kingdom, promised me.

Even if Edwin doesn’t ascend to the throne, he would unconditionally cooperate in making Scale Disease medicine.

“He said that now, regardless of whether Prince Edwin ascends or not, as soon as the internal political situation in the Holy Kingdom stabilizes, he’ll put his efforts into commercializing the Scale Disease cure.”

Seiji’s eyes widened as if they might tear.

His faded-colored pupils shook mercilessly.

“Congratulations in advance. Now everyone in the world will know about your existence.”

The sage who didn’t want to be forgotten, who wanted to save everyone.

A bewildered joy bloomed across his aged face.

Seiji gradually loosened his grip on my collar.

“You once told me this. If I truly valued saving lives more than taking them, then I should save you.”

“You…”

“So I saved you, but sometimes I regretted it too.”

That’s how it was back then.

The Holy Kingdom wouldn’t change, those who saw the medicine Seiji made only as money would remain, and most people in the world were more interested in making more money than saving more lives.

“Even if the day came when the medicine you created would be released to the world, I wondered if you could endure until that day arrived.”

Time doesn’t wait for mortal beings.

When I first met him, Seiji was already an old man, someone for whom counting the days until death was faster than counting the days left to live.

“But it ended up like this after all.”

I smiled broadly while meeting Seiji’s eyes.

“There was value in surviving to the end, wasn’t there.”

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