The Prince’s Nanny, Her Specialty Is Assassination - Chapter 247

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Chapter 247. Premonition (2)

Drip, drop, drip.

The sound of water falling echoed.

The Man struggled to push his eyelids open.

As soon as he realized that cold water droplets were falling onto his forehead, he was startled.

“Huh, gasp!”

The Man who had regained consciousness frantically looked around.

He clearly remembered failing to kill The 3rd Prince’s siblings and fleeing, but he couldn’t remember anything after that.

‘Something, something black attacked me?’

Had something ambushed him? Or perhaps he had fallen while running away.

No, none of that mattered now.

‘Where the hell is this place?’

He thought it was an underground dungeon, but since he couldn’t see any iron bars, it didn’t seem to be a prison.

‘The Window, there’s The Window. Maybe I can escape through there?’

It was then, as The Man pressed his lips together and racked his brain.

“You’re awake.”

He hadn’t even known someone was there in the darkness.

As soon as The Man saw the figure sitting in the chair across from him, he tried to back away.

No, he tried to back away but failed.

“Ugh, urgh!”

The Man struggled to untie the rope that was binding him.

But the rope that held his body and the chair together like one piece wouldn’t budge.

“It’s useless.”

A dry, low voice of indeterminate gender.

The figure sitting across from him continued speaking with their face hidden in the shadows.

“Who ordered you?”

“Wh, what are you talking about…?”

“You had the nerve to shoot arrows from beyond the 3rd Prince’s Palace wall, and now you’re going to play dumb.”

The shadow in the darkness openly scoffed.

“A nobody like you couldn’t have been part of Breath of the Angel.”

The shadow muttered quietly to themselves, then abruptly stopped laughing as if it were a lie.

“Just tell me who ordered you. Then I’ll end it without pain.”

Moonlight seeping through The Window slightly lifted the darkness that had fallen over the room.

At that moment, the eyes of the figure sitting across from him glowed green.

“But if you don’t speak.”

As the shadow stood up from their seat, the chair made a rattling sound.

“I plan to use every method I know to make you suffer until you talk.”

“…A, a Woman?”

The shadow fully revealed under the moonlight was a very ordinary-looking Woman.

She had an intimidating posture with her chin raised high, but she had gentle features.

“Ha, haha!”

The Man let out a short laugh as if relieved.

There was no need to be afraid in front of a Woman who looked like she’d never killed even a mouse in her life.

“Listen, miss, I don’t know what you’re asking about, but I…”

“You’re making a foolish choice.”

It was before The Man could finish speaking.

Terrible pain pierced the inside of his collarbone.

“Gaaaaaahhhhh!”

“Don’t exaggerate. I didn’t even stab you with a knife.”

The Woman muttered quietly with an expressionless face.

“Listen, I know hundreds of ways to make people talk.”

The Woman pressed the blunt pen tip she had stuck into the inside of The Man’s collarbone even harder.

“Ugh, ughhhhh! St, stop it! Stop it!”

“The torture hasn’t even started yet and you’re already exaggerating.”

“It’s not exaggerating! It’s not! It feels like my flesh is going to tear!”

What kind of assassin can’t even endure this level of pain.

The Woman clicked her tongue softly and tilted her head slightly.

“Really? If your collarbone breaks like this, it’ll be even harder to endure. What should I do? Should I put a gag in your mouth…?”

“I’ll talk! I’ll talk! I’ll tell you!”

The Woman who had turned away slowly turned her head at his answer.

“You’ll talk?”

“Yes! I’ll tell you everything! So st, stop it! I’m dying!”

“If you’re an assassin, you should know that people don’t die that easily.”

“Damn it! I’m not an assassin, I’m The Hunter from the Countryside Frontier!”

“…The Hunter? You mean a human hunter?”

“No! Just a real Hunter! I hunt rabbits and deer!”

The Man raised his voice in an anguished tone.

Tears were already hanging in the corners of his eyes.

“Do you think I wanted to shoot arrows at those kids? I have a wife and children to feed! If I didn’t dirty my hands, my family would die!”

“Then tell me who hired you.”

“I can’t say! I absolutely can’t say! If I talk, my family will die!”

The Hunter cried out through his tears.

His outburst was so violent that the chair he was sitting in shook.

“I just did what the person the count sent told me to do! They said they’d pay me if I took the job, but if I didn’t take it, they’d kill my entire family, so I had no choice…”

“The person the count sent? Who is that? Which count are you talking about?”

The Hunter who had unknowingly spilled the secret quickly shut his mouth.

“Since you’ve already spilled it, it would be better to tell me everything.”

The Woman grabbed his shoulders with both hands and whispered.

“If you keep your mouth shut, your body will become even more miserable.”

“Ugh, ughhh…”

“As I said before, I know hundreds of torture methods. From pulling out or cutting off body parts to methods you can’t even imagine that will make you beg to die.”

The Hunter looked up at The Woman with terrified eyes.

There wasn’t a trace of emotion in The Woman’s green eyes.

“Of course, even if you suddenly display superhuman endurance and survive all that, it won’t matter.”

The Woman’s voice echoed in his ears like an echo.

“With just one word from me, a very evil mage could turn you into a monster so unrecognizable you wouldn’t know what you were.”

I don’t think I’m that bad of a guy, though.

At that moment, it seemed like he could hear strange words echoing back from the darkness like a hallucination.

“Hii, hiik, hiiiik, I, I am, I am…”

The Hunter let out a shallow breath.

His face was colored with deep fear.

“I’m not a good person. But I’m not as despicable as the bastard who hired you to do this.”

The Woman stroked The Hunter’s shoulder and moved behind him.

“If you tell me everything honestly, I’ll guarantee your family’s safety. Of course, I’ll also let you return safely to your family.”

It was an unbelievably tempting offer.

The Hunter gasped with surprised eyes.

“A, are you serious? I, I tried to kill The Prince and The Princess?”

“Yes, our Prince is a very generous and kind-hearted person.”

The Woman placed her hands on his shoulders and patted them lightly.

“He told me to spare you if you honestly tell us everything. And I’m someone who always keeps my promises…”

“Count Molton! Count Molton!”

The hunter screamed out the answer the woman wanted to hear.

“Someone sent by House Molton gave me the commission!”

* * *

In the deep of night when everyone was asleep.

I quietly fidgeted with the communication orb sitting on my desk.

Recently, the communication orb had never once lit up on its own.

“You look deep in thought, honey?”

“Why did you come out without permission?”

Saylus shrugged his shoulders and casually threw himself onto my bed.

“You’re kicking up dust.”

“Hmph, everyone knows our honey is a neat freak. What do you think I don’t know that you do laundry once a week?”

Really, he never loses an argument.

I decided to ignore Saylus lying behind me.

“You know, honey seems to have forgotten, but I’m also human-born with my own right to decide, you know? I’m not some rock that just waits forever when told to wait.”

“I get it, so be quiet. You’re noisy.”

“Are you waiting for contact from that dark guy, by any chance?”

“…I told you to be quiet.”

“What’s so good about a guy like that anyway?”

Saylus clicked his tongue as if displeased.

“Aside from being a bit big and young, I don’t see anything better about him than me.”

“Is it that hard for you to keep your mouth shut?”

“If you’re doing this because the bed feels empty, I’d recommend myself too.”

“What are you recommending?”

“I’m recommending myself.”

Incredulous, I turned my head to see Saylus lying face down on the bed.

“I’m not just good at magic, you know.”

His red eyes glowed seductively through his disheveled white hair.

He smiled mischievously like a wicked fairy, lightly swinging his legs.

“…Wait. I’m going to go destroy the magic circle where your main body is.”

“Eeeek! I get it! I get it! I misspoke!”

Saylus rushed over as I got up from my chair and pretended to pack my things.

“Kayla, I was wrong, okay? So let’s not do anything that sounds terrible just to hear about it?”

He should have done this from the start.

I peeled Saylus off from around my waist and sat back down in my chair.

“But are you really going to leave that hunter alive as is?”

“Yes, since he told the truth about everything.”

“Hmm, I don’t think that’s a very good idea.”

Saylus scratched his cheek and leaned against the wall.

“Of course, I sent him home nicely as you said. But if that Count Molton or whatever finds out that guy is still alive, do you think he’ll leave him alone?”

“…He won’t leave him alone.”

No noble would leave alone someone who failed their commission and even spilled information about who hired them.

If it became known that the hunter returned home safely, both he and his family would obviously be in danger.

“So I’m thinking of going there myself.”

“Huh? Where? To the hunter’s house? There’s nothing to see there? I took a quick look around when I dropped him off, and there really was nothing but trees and grass…”

“No, not there.”

I looked at Saylus and spoke firmly.

“I need to visit House Molton.”

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