The Prince’s Nanny, Her Specialty Is Assassination - Chapter 269

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Chapter 269. Bloody Feast (6)

“Is this really okay?”

Blazing flames and pitch-black smoke, with occasional shouts echoing through the air.

The scene visible through the window looked like the gates of hell had opened.

Prince Lloyd looked around slowly with a worried expression.

“You never said anything about setting fire to the Imperial Capital.”

“Don’t worry.”

Ian picked up an apple from the basket.

The apple in his hand flew through the air and landed back in his palm repeatedly.

“It’s merely a means to divert attention.”

“But if the flames spread!”

“Do you think I would let that happen?”

“Still…”

“Prince Lloyd.”

Ian smiled as he looked at the prince standing by the window.

“Your Highness just needs to stand there quietly. Then you’ll become emperor without doing anything.”

He stood up from his seat, apple in hand, and approached Lloyd.

“How wonderful is that? To ascend to the highest position of power in this country without getting a single drop of blood on your hands.”

Lloyd’s face was reflected on the glass-smooth surface of the apple.

The prince’s reddened face looked both terrified and furious.

“So don’t unnecessarily interfere and get in the way. Unless you want to pathetically end your life after losing even your prince status.”

“Are you threatening me right now?”

“Of course not. Threats are only made to people worth extracting something from.”

Ian raised one eyebrow and smiled.

“Right now, I’m giving you an order.”

“What…”

“After all, Your Highness has no way to even confirm whether you’re a real prince or not.”

Ian casually touched upon Lloyd’s weakness.

Yet Lloyd couldn’t say anything and just hung his head, unable to throw a tantrum like before.

“But the fact that you inherited the blood of the Marquis of Redcliff is undeniable. For now, that alone is sufficient.”

The 2nd Prince, offspring of a great noble family.

Even if there were doubts about whether he truly inherited the emperor’s bloodline, what couldn’t be accomplished with the solid support of the Senate nobles?

“The Emperor will move secretly once he realizes there’s a fire and the Imperial Capital’s magic circle isn’t functioning properly.”

He would never try to inform the nobles gathered in the banquet hall.

He would want to hide the fact that an ominous incident occurred on the very day the 1st Prince was to ascend to the crown prince position.

“Still, someone of the Emperor’s stature can’t move alone, so he’ll probably head toward the palace gate with Count Crowner.”

Ian smiled broadly.

“Then the banquet hall, with the Emperor and Count Crowner gone, will fall into our hands.”

The targets were Prince Adrian and Prince Edwin.

And the pro-Emperor nobles gathered in the banquet hall.

Tonight was the perfect opportunity to sweep them all away.

“Once that happens, half the operation will be as good as successful. The situation afterward will flow according to our will.”

Lloyd looked up at Ian with a stunned expression.

There was an indescribable ferocity in his face as he bit into the apple while looking down out the window.

“You are…”

Lloyd spoke in a voice that suggested he couldn’t understand at all.

“Why exactly are you going this far?”

“Naturally, to make Prince Lloyd emperor.”

“But even if I become emperor, you can’t become the real power. The Senate nobles and people from House of Redcliff would never give a high position to someone who wasn’t born noble like you…”

“Who says that?”

Ian turned his head to look at Lloyd.

A strange gleam flickered in his desolate gray eyes like ruins.

“Who says I wasn’t born noble?”

Lloyd’s eyes widened at the unexpected answer.

“You were a noble? But my grandfather said you were from ordinary merchant origins…”

“A person’s status changes with time and circumstances.”

Ian leaned his shoulder against the window and smirked.

“Though I’m in this state now, I too had glorious days.”

A memory that remained vivid in his faded recollections.

But whenever Ian recalled those peaceful and glorious memories, he had to endure pain as if his chest was being branded with a hot iron.

“Though those days will never return.”

In those days, he could have anything he wanted and do anything he wished. It was a time when he could live thoughtlessly like a sheep peacefully grazing within a fence.

“So I decided to reward myself.”

Though he called it a reward, it was actually closer to revenge.

Revenge against all those who had stolen his glorious days.

“I will reclaim everything that was taken from me. By any means necessary.”

Making Lloyd emperor was part of the plan he had devised.

“Master.”

Just as Ian was about to say more.

The door opened and a masked person entered with silent steps.

“The Emperor and the Duke have left the banquet hall with some of the knights. They’re currently heading toward the palace gate where the fire broke out.”

“Good, then let’s move immediately…”

“But the members who went toward Prince Edwin’s palace haven’t returned yet.”

Ian stopped mid-step and froze in place.

“The ones who went to Prince Edwin’s palace haven’t returned yet?”

“Yes, seeing that Prince Edwin’s attendants escaped with The Princess, it seems they were defeated by someone.”

Defeated by someone.

Ian’s eyes narrowed.

‘I heard The Princess attended the banquet. But how was she escaping from Prince Edwin’s palace?’

Ian paused his thoughts and let out a quiet laugh.

Actually, there was no need to think this deeply about it.

The answer was already clear from the fact that the assassins who went to Prince Edwin’s palace hadn’t returned.

‘It’s Kayla’s doing.’

It seems she returned to the palace with The Princess and encountered the assassins.

Ian twisted up one corner of his mouth as if amused.

“Among those who escaped from Prince Edwin’s palace, was Rachel Brown not seen?”

“Yes, that woman was not visible.”

Then did she head to the banquet hall?

Ian scratched near his eyes with his fingertips, then immediately moved his legs.

“We proceed to the banquet hall as planned. Escort Prince Lloyd.”

“Yes, Master.”

As soon as Ian’s order was given, the masked person snapped their fingers.

Then other masked people jumped down from the ceiling and stood on either side of the 2nd Prince.

“Then what about the palace gate?”

“Fire a signal flare as soon as we occupy the banquet hall.”

The door opened and moonlight poured through the window in the corridor.

Ian squinted as if the light was blinding, then smiled brightly.

“A signal flare bright enough for our old noble lords, who made the difficult journey with soldiers, to recognize at a glance.”

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“When exactly is His Imperial Majesty returning? Could something have happened outside?”

“You keep telling us to stay put without giving us the exact reason. We have the right to know too!”

Now, no matter how much Empress Melanie tried to persuade them, it was no use.

The nobles suddenly detained in the banquet hall poured out all sorts of complaints and grievances.

“I need to leave right now to arrive at my territory on time! My first grandchild’s baptism is tomorrow!”

“Let us return to our manor! If you’re going to keep us here like this, at least provide us with rooms! This is absolutely outrageous!”

“Move aside! How dare a mere knight block the path of a count!”

The knights standing guard at the banquet hall doors blocked the nobles with troubled expressions. Finally, Philip, unable to bear it any longer, shouted loudly toward the nobles.

“Please don’t do this! His Imperial Majesty has given strict orders that absolutely no one gathered here should be allowed outside!”

However, his words only added fuel to the anxiety the nobles were feeling.

“Then why exactly! Why did he suddenly give such an order! On such a good day!”

“Unless something has happened outside, there would be no reason to give such an order, would there?”

The nobles’ complaints echoed noisily throughout the banquet hall.

Even the musicians who had been playing stopped touching their instruments, reading the room.

“Ria, I’m scared…”

Emilia, who had entered the banquet hall, also burrowed into Catherine’s embrace as she watched the nobles each shouting loudly.

“Catherine, when is Rachel coming?”

“The Caretaker will be here soon too. Don’t worry too much.”

It was when Catherine was comforting the tearful Emilia.

Whoooosh.

About ten windows on the second floor of the banquet hall opened all at once, and strong wind rushed inside. At the same time, the massive chandelier that had been illuminating the banquet hall crashed powerlessly to the floor.

Crash!

As the chandelier fell, the banquet hall became pitch black.

“Kyaaaah!”

“What? Suddenly? Why did it get dark…”

The panicked nobles’ screams and rambling voices became entangled.

In the sudden chaos, Edwin reached out toward Emilia and Catherine.

“Ria! Catherine!”

“Brother!”

“Your Highness, we’re here!”

Edwin hurriedly moved toward where the voices were coming from.

However, where he reached out, it wasn’t his family members but someone else standing there.

“Found you.”

A chilling voice that echoed low.

Edwin stared blankly at The Man whose outline was only faintly visible in the darkness.

“Farewell, brat.”

Soon, something sharp pierced into his abdomen.

Edwin looked down at the dagger embedded in his stomach and collapsed to his knees.

“Aaaahhh!”

“Kyaaahhh!”

Simultaneously, screams and cries filled with terror echoed from everywhere.

The metallic smell of blood spread in all directions and the banquet hall was filled with death.

The banquet hall’s feast was being stained with a deep, very deep crimson.

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