The Prince’s Nanny, Her Specialty Is Assassination - Chapter 294
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Chapter 294. Confession (3)
“Wait a moment, what do you mean by that?”
I put strength into my wrist that Kaiden was holding.
“Engagement, you say?”
It was incomprehensible words.
It wasn’t enough that he suddenly appeared at the Imperial Palace, but now he was bringing up engagement out of nowhere. I couldn’t make heads or tails of it.
“Between me and The Prince?”
Kaiden looked at me as I barely managed to ask back.
He seemed to study my expression for a long while before turning his head away.
“Even if you don’t like it, endure it for now. This is the only way to save you.”
What was I supposed to endure?
And what did he mean by this being the only way to save me?
It was even more absurd than when I watched Kaiden choose to fall himself to save me from the cliff.
“The Emperor!”
Whether she knew my flustered heart or not, Emilia just hugged Kaiden as if she was happy to see him.
“It’s been a long time, Princess Emilia.”
“Mm-hmm! It has been a long time! But what do you mean by that?”
Emilia tilted her head while being held in one of Kaiden’s arms.
“Rachel is a caretaker, not a fiancée, right?”
The young princess seemed to think that fiancée was some kind of profession like caretaker.
Kaiden listened to Emilia’s words and laughed lightly.
“Yes, she’s The Prince’s caretaker. But as of today, she’s also my fiancée.”
“What’s that?”
“It means we’re going to get married.”
She must have known what marriage meant, as Emilia’s face became completely flushed.
“Rachel and The Emperor are getting married? Really?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
“Then Rachel and The Emperor will all live together? With Ria and Brother too?”
Kaiden smiled at the princess’s innocent question.
“If Princess Emilia wishes it, couldn’t it be so?”
“Kaiden!”
In my confusion, I ended up calling him only by his name.
Kaiden nodded at me as if telling me not to worry.
“It’s fine. You don’t say anything and just stay still.”
“But…”
It was before I could even ask anything back.
Clerics came rushing out from inside the temple.
And surprisingly, Johannes was at their center.
“The Emperor.”
No matter which country you went to, within the temple, The Emperor was law.
Here, The Emperor was a more noble existence than any emperor or king.
The knights serving the emperor all bowed deeply at the waist, and Kaiden also lightly bowed his head.
“It’s been a long time.”
Johannes, wearing pure white robes, truly looked like God’s representative.
“Kayl, or should I call you Brown Lordling now.”
“Johan, no, why is The Emperor here?”
“I stopped by to discuss something with The Emperor.”
Johannes exchanged glances with Kaiden and then turned his gaze back to me.
“I was also asked to be a witness to the relationship between The King of Adamant and you.”
“What do you mean…”
“The King will explain the details to you later.”
Johannes smiled warmly and turned around.
“Shall we return to the Imperial Capital then?”
As soon as The Emperor turned around, the holy knights who had been waiting on the side followed.
At the front, I could see Karl, his closest aide. When our eyes met, he nodded lightly.
“The Emperor will be waiting for us.”
“Wait, please wait a moment! I received an exile order! If I return to the Imperial Capital like this…”
“Don’t worry.”
Johannes turned toward me and winked one eye.
“We’re going to discuss the matter of your safety as well.”
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The path leaving the Imperial Capital had felt long.
But the return journey felt far too short.
‘What is all this in just one day?’
It seemed like I had been driven out of this place just about two hours ago.
Standing in front of the Imperial Palace again, my heart sank heavily.
“Rachel.”
Edwin, who was holding my hand, looked at me with worried eyes.
“Don’t worry. It’ll be fine.”
Edwin’s hand was trembling slightly.
The boy who was comforting me without knowing what was happening himself was both admirable and grateful.
“…Yes, I believe so.”
I squeezed Edwin’s hand tightly.
And I looked at Kaiden’s back as he walked ahead.
The young king was still crossing the Imperial Palace corridor with Emilia in one arm.
“We request an audience with The Emperor.”
Finally, the doors to the Audience Chamber we arrived at opened.
Johannes, who entered first, politely greeted The Emperor.
“How is your health?”
“Thanks to the treatment from the clerics The Emperor sent, I’ve improved greatly. However…”
The Emperor’s voice lowered.
Naturally, an unfriendly gaze flew toward us.
“It seems someone who shouldn’t be visible to my eyes is also present.”
In the Audience Chamber, not only the king but also Jerome and other nobles of The Empire were present.
They stirred upon seeing me appear with The Emperor and The King of Adamant.
“Would you explain how this came to be, The Emperor.”
“The King of Adamant here will provide the explanation.”
At Johannes’s words, everyone’s gaze turned to Kaiden.
“…As I understand it.”
The Emperor squinted while looking at Kaiden who stepped forward.
“The King of Adamant said he would visit The Empire to use the Great Temple.”
“That’s correct.”
“But I don’t understand why you’ve come here with The Emperor.”
He looked at me standing behind Kaiden with sharp eyes.
“And with a criminal of The Empire who has already been exiled.”
“The Emperor.”
Kaiden spoke for the first time since entering the Audience Chamber.
“First, would you dismiss everyone except those who came with me?”
He continued speaking with the corners of his mouth raised.
“I have something important to tell The Emperor.”
What could there be to discuss that couldn’t be said in front of the other nobles?
The Emperor looked at him with an unpleasant expression, then waved his hand dismissively.
“Everyone except Duke Crowner, withdraw.”
He looked at Kaiden and raised one eyebrow.
“I suppose it’s fine to leave one duke behind. He’s practically my right hand, after all.”
“Let’s do that.”
Once all the nobles except Jerome had withdrawn, the Emperor spoke again.
“So, what is this important matter you need to tell me?”
He rested his chin on his hand and glared at Kaiden.
“No, before that, why are you holding the Princess?”
He seemed displeased by the sight of Emilia being held in Kaiden’s arms.
“Come here, Emilia.”
The Emperor gestured toward Emilia.
But the Princess stared at the Emperor, then turned her head away sharply.
“I don’t want to!”
“…What?”
“Ria doesn’t like daddy who chased Rachel away! I won’t go!”
A cold silence fell for a moment.
The Emperor’s eyes seemed to waver for an instant, but quickly returned to normal.
“Your Imperial Majesty.”
Kaiden spoke to the Emperor who was silently glaring at him.
“I request a pardon for Rachel Brown, the caretaker of His Highness the Prince and Her Highness the Princess.”
He got straight to the point without any fancy packaging or preamble.
The Emperor looked at Kaiden with incredulous eyes. Jerome, standing beside him, did the same.
“I wondered what this important matter could be, and it really was a request about that woman?”
“To me, that woman is more important than anything else.”
“An important person. Just how important could she be for you to make such an unreasonable…”
“She’s more important than my own life.”
It was an answer that made even me feel embarrassed.
I could feel everyone in the audience chamber staring at Kaiden and me with wide eyes.
“I’ve already completed the engagement vows with Lady Brown.”
“What?”
It was Johannes who stepped forward before the surprised Emperor.
“I was the witness for both of them. This is the Holy Kingdom’s certificate recognizing the engagement between the King of Adamant and Lady Rachel Brown.”
The Emperor took the documents that were presented as if they had been waiting for this moment, and stared blankly.
‘Documents? But I never signed anything.’
I frowned and looked at Kaiden.
When our eyes met briefly, he shook his head lightly as if telling me not to say anything.
“My promise to marry Rachel was made before she became a criminal. But I have no intention of giving up on Rachel just because she became a criminal.”
Kaiden continued with a gentle smile on his face.
“That said, I can’t very well make the future Queen of Adamant into a criminal, can I?”
“…Indeed, the date signed on the certificate is before that woman received her guilty verdict.”
The Emperor silently examined the documents carefully before speaking.
“However, how did Your Majesty decide to take a lowly noble lady from the Empire as your queen? There must have been severe opposition from the nobles in your own country.”
“Yes, there was.”
Kaiden smiled brightly at the Emperor’s question.
“But now they’ve all been convinced, so you don’t need to worry.”
Did he really convince them? Or did he threaten them?
I looked anxiously between the Emperor and Kaiden.
“Yes, I understand. I know why Your Majesty brought that woman back, but…”
The Emperor placed the certificate on the desk with a sharp thud.
“If you truly wanted to make that woman your queen, couldn’t you have just taken her from the border immediately after her exile? I don’t understand why you’re coming to me asking for a pardon.”
He looked at Kaiden with sharp eyes.
“Is there perhaps another reason?”
“…The wedding is planned for about three years from now.”
Kaiden continued in a resolute voice, as if he had come here solely for this statement.
“So until then, I would like Lady Brown to fulfill her duties as His Highness the Prince’s caretaker.”
It was clearly an unreasonable request.
It would be more realistic to ask for Rachel Brown’s existence to be erased from the Empire and for her to be safely taken to Adamant.
“Ha, not only are you asking for a pardon without reason, but why would I grant such a request…”
Before the Emperor could finish speaking.
Kaiden threw his most powerful card before him.
“If you do that, I will transfer part of the mining rights to the largest adamantite mine in the Adamant Kingdom to the Imperial Palace.”
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