The Prince’s Nanny, Her Specialty Is Assassination - Chapter 277

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Chapter 277. Last Dance (3)

“What is this!”

“The 3rd Prince? How did you get here…?”

Seres and the other Elder Council nobles couldn’t hide their confusion.

The private soldiers guarding them drew their swords.

“How did they get in?”

“Magic? But most of the Imperial mages are on our side…”

While the nobles were flustered by this unexpected variable.

Led by Vice-Captain Philip of the Gloria Knights who appeared with Edwin, the knights protected The Emperor’s party.

“Everyone stand back!”

“How dare you take The Empress and Crown Prince hostage and threaten The Emperor! Can you still call yourselves nobles of the Empire!”

The confrontation between the nobility faction and the imperial faction continued.

Edwin, who had also drawn his sword, looked around with a tense expression.

“Catherine, Ria is scared.”

“It’s okay, everything will be okay.”

Catherine pulled Emilia into her arms and muttered as if talking to herself.

“Everything will be fine.”

As soon as she finished speaking, shouts erupted from among the nobles.

“How dare you interfere in this place!”

“The 3rd Prince should step back! This is a matter between The Emperor and the Elder Council!”

Such clear hostility pierced through the air.

Edwin resisted the urge to step back and took another half step forward.

“How can you people do such a thing! Not only did you kidnap The Empress and Crown Prince, but you’re also threatening The Emperor! Do you truly think this is the proper conduct of subjects!”

Damn it, we’re almost there now.

Seres showed his displeasure and shouted.

“The 3rd Prince has no right to interfere!”

He quickly turned his head toward The Emperor.

“Your Majesty! Don’t you know the truth yourself!”

He pointed at Adrian standing with The Empress and raised his voice.

“The 1st Prince is intelligent, but he is not strong enough to handle the position of emperor! Unless he had unwavering determination like Your Majesty, but that’s not his nature either!”

Adrian quietly lowered his gaze at Seres’s words.

“No!”

At that moment, Edwin shouted loudly.

Everyone focused on the young prince’s words.

“Brother Adrian is more qualified than anyone! He studied harder than anyone, he worked harder than anyone!”

Edwin’s face reddened with anger as if he himself had been insulted.

“Brother’s efforts are not so insignificant that they can be dismissed as nothing just because he was born sickly and has a gentle nature!”

It was a world where those without talent, those not born healthy, those not always rational and cold had to work harder than others.

Especially if you were born as a prince of the Empire.

“You all don’t know how hard Brother Adrian worked! You don’t know how much he suffered!”

Adrian didn’t even want to become Crown Prince or Emperor. Despite that, he only worked hard for the sake of everyone who cared about him.

“If you have such complaints, come up with better reasons! Submit a petition together!”

Edwin shouted at the top of his lungs while holding his sword.

“Do it honorably! Don’t threaten people so cowardly like this!”

Edwin breathed heavily.

Adrian, standing behind him, stared blankly at Edwin’s back.

“…The 3rd Prince thinks that way.”

The Emperor, who had been listening for a while, spoke up.

He had an unreadable expression on his face.

“What do you all think?”

None of the Elder Council nobles could easily answer.

The same was true for Seres, who had led them here.

“No, there’s nothing to ask about what you think in the first place.”

The Emperor looked around at the nobles and lifted one corner of his mouth.

“If you had even half the level of the 3rd Prince, you wouldn’t have even thought of committing such foolishness.”

Several nobles’ faces flushed at his criticism.

They seemed deeply ashamed of being compared to a child who hadn’t even had his coming-of-age ceremony.

“…Which side is foolish will only be known when everything is over.”

Then, Seres narrowed his eyes and bared his teeth.

“I really didn’t want to go this far.”

When Seres gestured, dozens of masked men jumped down from above the ceiling.

“Assassins?”

“There were more besides those who attacked the banquet hall?”

“Just how many infiltrated…”

Philip and the other knights were flustered but maintained their formation.

They pushed The Emperor and the royal family including Edwin to the inside and pointed their sword tips at the approaching enemies.

“If Your Majesty has no intention of joining us, then it can’t be helped.”

Seres’s cunning eyes gleamed coldly.

“Attack.”

As soon as the order was given, the masked men and private soldiers rushed toward The Emperor.

Clang, clang, crash.

The Imperial Palace was soon filled with the sound of clashing weapons.

Two forces collided, each trying to achieve their own goals.

“Block them!”

“Capture The Emperor and the princes!”

With dozens of people clashing at once indoors.

It was a scene no different from a small war.

“Ugh!”

Edwin struck down a masked man rushing at him and flinched.

‘That woman is an assassin.’

Philip’s words kept echoing in his ears.

The thought that Rachel might be the same type as these masked men trying to kill him made his hands tighten involuntarily.

“Die!”

“Ugh!”

Edwin pushed away the assassin who rushed at him shouting for him to die, then readjusted his stance.

‘Rachel is different from these people. These people are different from Rachel.’

Right, Rachel is different from those who kill people just for money without any reason.

“Hah!”

The young prince swung his sword while repeatedly muttering to himself as if hypnotizing himself.

“Excuse me!”

Meanwhile, Catherine, who could only watch the situation from behind, grabbed the hem of Saylus’s clothes standing next to her.

“Can’t you do something!”

“What should I do?”

“You’re a mage!”

“I’m a mage, so what?”

“You’re a mage with amazing skills who can use shadow travel magic and instantly heal Prince Edwin’s wounds!”

Catherine pointed with her chin toward where the battle was taking place, looking frustrated.

“A mage of your level could take out that many people in an instant!”

“Yeah, that’s right.”

“Then why are you just standing there watching like it’s a fire across the river?”

“I only have two uses of magic left for today.”

Saylus added in an indifferent voice while crossing his arms.

“And our guy also told me not to kill people carelessly.”

“What? What do you mean by that?”

“It means I won’t get involved in that business unless absolutely necessary.”

“But if Prince Edwin ends up in danger again because of this…”

“I’ll protect that guy. Don’t worry about that.”

Catherine frowned at Saylus’s response.

But The Mage completely turned away from her as if he didn’t want any more questions.

“So if you don’t want to die a pointless death, hold that kid tight and stay by my side. I can protect you and that furry little one without using magic.”

Catherine looked at Saylus with an incredulous expression before lowering her head.

Emilia, who was being held in her arms, was opening and closing her eyes while gripping Catherine’s collar tightly.

“Charge forward!”

“Stop them from getting out!”

It was a close battle with neither side giving ground.

But casualties were slowly beginning to appear.

“We need to get outside! We must join up with Duke Crowner!”

However, victory was still nowhere to be seen for either side.

Waaaaaaah.

On a night with a full moon.

The battle at the Imperial Palace was growing increasingly fierce.

* * *

“Can you hear it?”

Ian tried to plunge a dagger into the back of my neck with a relaxed expression.

But I also immediately jerked my head back to avoid his attack.

“There’s quite a commotion going on below. I wonder if those little ones you care about are down there too?”

I didn’t bother to answer.

There was no value in responding to words unrelated to our fight.

“How desperate.”

Ian spouted useless words every time we clashed.

“Do you want to know why I killed you that badly? It won’t do you any good to find out.”

Either repeating the same things he’d said before.

“Was it eight years ago? I think we fought like this before, trying to kill each other. Do you remember?”

Or trying to reminisce about things that didn’t suit him.

“Still, to think you can face me with such a pathetic body, you really are impressive.”

Or getting under my skin with words that could be either praise or mockery.

“But I won’t have to fight you like this anymore.”

It was a statement as if he intended to end it all with his own hands now.

“…Yes, that’s right.”

And that moment was the only time Ian and I were in agreement throughout our entire fight.

Under the night sky illuminated by the full moon.

We charged straight at each other with single-minded focus.

Shiiiiik.

Our daggers, more familiar than our own limbs, aimed for each other’s necks.

It was a fight where even the slightest error would end one of us.

‘How strange.’

I thought I would fight you in a complete rage if we ever fought like this.

‘But instead, it’s only now in this moment that I can see everything about you so clearly.’

Everything seemed more vivid than ever before.

The trajectory of Ian’s swinging dagger, his fluttering clothes, and even the subtle anxiety cast over Ian’s face that still wore a smile even in this moment.

Clang, tang.

The moment when a fight is decided in chaotic combat is surprisingly anticlimactic.

My sword deflected Ian’s blade and immediately reached his neck.

At the same time, we lost our balance and fell entangled together.

“Now tell me.”

I said quietly while mounted on top of Ian.

“What was your reason for killing me, Ian Angel.”

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