The Prince’s Nanny, Her Specialty Is Assassination - Chapter 3

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Chapter 3. Intense Initiation (1)

‘Anyone can see that guy is the 3rd Prince Edwin.’

Edwin was dressed in a way that made it obvious at a glance that he was royalty.

Only the insane royal family would wear clothes covered in such flashy embroidery and jewels.

‘But why are they doing such things to a prince?’

It was then that I wondered about the rude behavior of the boys surrounding and teasing Edwin.

“Damn it, seriously!”

The orange-haired boy suddenly pushed the prince to the ground.

I widened my eyes.

Though I didn’t know much about children, I knew very well what kind of temperament noble children of that age were born with.

‘Obviously he’ll cry and wail and call for a servant or something.’

I watched the situation, waiting for the prince to burst into tears.

So I could step in naturally at any time.

But the kid’s reaction was beyond my expectations.

“It’s my stuff! Give it back, you swindlers!”

Far from being discouraged, the prince attacked even more fiercely against boys who looked twice his size.

Even though it was dirt ground, he had fallen hard and it must have hurt quite a bit.

‘He seems to have some guts.’

But the orange-haired boy seemed to have just as much guts.

He was busy waving something above the prince’s head, teasing him.

“So Your Highness should come and take it yourself!”

Only then did I notice that what the orange-haired boy was holding was an accessory.

‘A bracelet?’

What he was holding was a women’s bracelet made of strung pearls and rubies.

It was quite crude for something belonging to royalty.

Perhaps that’s why it looked strangely familiar.

“Your Highness, you must keep your promise. As someone who is royalty.”

“I never made any promise with you guys!”

The prince shouted angrily at the boy speaking to him, but he just shrugged his shoulders.

“This is something we fairly won from Your Highness through a bet. But now you’re trying to steal it back like a little rat.”

The prince’s eyes wavered at the word “rat.”

“Th-that’s because you guys cheated me…!”

“Cheated? That’s a dangerous thing to say.”

The orange-haired boy widened his eyes and asked back.

“How could lowly things like us dare to cheat His Highness the Prince? Right, Gail?”

At his words, one boy who looked like the leader stepped forward from the middle.

The boy called ‘Gail’ had a particularly large build and fierce appearance among them.

“If you want it back so badly, why don’t you make another bet?”

Gail crouched down in front of the fallen prince and grabbed his shoulders tightly.

“What are you thinking of betting this time? How about that hand of yours?”

The kid showed a sly smile with eyes full of scheming.

Really. Watching these brats who aren’t even dry behind the ears acting like thugs is absurd.

I let out a light sigh and took a step forward.

Since I had decided to stay here for a while, I had to faithfully fulfill my assigned role.

“Your Highness, what are you doing here?”

As soon as I spoke, all the boys’ gazes turned toward me at once.

“…Rachel?”

The prince, Edwin, looked at me with surprised eyes.

* * *

At the sudden appearance of an uninvited guest, Gail frowned.

They said the 3rd Prince was such a burden that even the maids wouldn’t look for him if he disappeared, but apparently the rumors were exaggerated.

He clicked his tongue, mistaking the nanny Rachel for a maid.

“Tsk, we have an intruder. Let’s go.”

It was when Gail was about to leave with his gang.

Edwin grabbed his sleeve and held on.

“Give it back! Give me back my bracelet!”

Gail frowned and immediately shook off the prince’s hand.

He didn’t like the prince.

It annoyed him that this pathetic kid who had nothing better than himself got to live in luxury just because he was royalty.

“Wait there.”

Then, Rachel called out to stop him.

“It seems His Highness has something he needs to get back from you.”

“What?”

Not expecting her to stop him, Gail’s eyes widened.

“Leave it behind. While I’m asking nicely.”

Rachel looked at the guy and showed the most gentle smile possible.

In fact, only her face was smiling, and her words were close to a threat.

Perhaps because of her kind appearance that seemed like she would grant any request, it wasn’t threatening at all though.

Meanwhile, the boys who heard Rachel’s words looked at each other.

“Hey, are we screwed? No matter what, if they find out we really messed with a prince, we’re all dead.”

“Don’t be scared. They said all the maids of the 3rd Prince’s Palace are from insignificant families. If push comes to shove, we can silence her…”

Gail gritted his teeth listening to their words.

‘Idiots. Getting scared over just a few words.’

He approached Rachel with a completely confident face.

Was it because Gail was bigger than his peers? Or was it because Rachel was smaller than other people?

He looked down at Rachel, who was much shorter than him, with contempt.

“Miss maid, this is something we received as payment for winning a bet with His Highness.”

Gail asked argumentatively with his hands in his pockets.

“But His Highness came into our quarters without permission and tried to take it. This is practically theft, isn’t it?”

Rachel listened to his words and then cast her gaze toward the prince.

The prince, Edwin, was just trembling as if frustrated.

Gail sneered at that sight.

‘Hmph, that thing is royalty?’

The way he immediately averted his gaze the moment their eyes met was truly ridiculous.

Then, Rachel opened her mouth with an extremely gentle voice.

“Then let’s make a bet with me too.”

“…Excuse me?”

“I’m saying let’s bet with that bracelet as the stake.”

At Rachel’s unexpected proposal, Gail made a dumbfounded face.

“Since it’s something you won through a bet, you wouldn’t complain about losing it through a bet either, right?”

She showed her teeth and smiled slyly.

Seeing that, Gail was so absurd that he let out a hollow laugh.

They said the maids of the 3rd Prince’s Palace were all from insignificant noble families.

But Gail himself was different.

He was the youngest son of a count, a page to the 2nd Prince, and at the same time, the top apprentice of the craftsman who made His Majesty the Emperor’s carriages.

Of course, he was still just an apprentice, but his status was much higher than some maid who wiped the ass of a worthless prince.

Gail laughed for a while and then exchanged glances with the boys standing on either side.

“Fine. If that’s what you want, miss maid.”

He looked Rachel up and down with gleaming eyes.

“But what are you going to bet?”

“What….”

Rachel lightly shrugged her shoulders.

“I’ll bet my hands then. Whatever you want.”

“What?”

She’d bet her hands.

Gail was flustered by Rachel’s nonchalant expression.

‘Ha, even a worthless maid acts all noble because of her status.’

Gail was extremely irritated by Rachel’s confident attitude. So he made up his mind.

Just like that annoying 3rd Prince, he would make the woman before him kneel as well.

* * *

Gail and Rachel.

The two sat facing each other with a wooden box between them.

Gail roughly slammed his cup down on the box.

“The betting game will be ‘Monte’. Oh, perhaps you don’t know it since you’re a noble lady?”

Rachel’s eyes narrowed at his words.

‘Monte.’

A very simple street gambling game that only required three cups and one ball.

It was one of the common entertainments popular not only in the Empire but across the entire continent.

“I know it.”

Gail frowned at her still leisurely attitude.

Then, Edwin grabbed Rachel’s sleeve from behind.

“What are you doing right now? Get up immediately!”

The prince urged Rachel in a heavily lowered voice.

But instead of Edwin, she looked straight at Gail and answered.

“You don’t need that bracelet?”

At Rachel’s question, the prince’s voice became even quieter.

“N-no. It’s not that….”

“Then stay still.”

“But they use all kinds of weird tricks! I got fooled even with my eyes wide open!”

“It’s fine.”

“What? What exactly is fine?”

Edwin looked at her with incomprehension at Rachel’s calm voice.

Gail, her opponent, was equally unable to understand her.

What on earth was she trusting to be so carefree?

Meanwhile, the boys who saw this scene quickly became spirited and jeered at Rachel.

“You picked the wrong opponent, maid lady. Gail is a master of Monte, you know?”

“Too bad, maid lady. We won’t go easy on you even if you cry and beg later, okay?”

But Rachel quietly murmured with the same leisurely expression as before.

“…How unfortunate indeed.”

As if she truly found it unfortunate.

* * *

Gail put the ball in the rightmost cup and turned it over.

“Three chances. If you get at least two out of three right, it’s the maid’s victory.”

“Fine.”

As soon as Rachel’s answer fell, he began shuffling the cups.

The three cups moved so fast they looked like afterimages of each other.

Everyone’s gaze was fixed on the three cups flying around on the box.

Thud.

Finally, Gail’s hand movements stopped.

He grinned and asked Rachel.

“Which one is it?”

“Right side.”

Silence fell at her answer without a moment’s hesitation.

Rachel was expressionless, but her face was full of confidence.

Edwin, watching this, swallowed his saliva alone.

“Not bad, maid lady.”

Meanwhile, Gail shrugged as if he’d gone easy on her since it was the first time, then flipped the cup.

Just as the maid had said, the ball was in the rightmost cup.

“If I get it right one more time, I win.”

And Rachel, she was looking at Gail with a cold expression.

Gail unconsciously flinched as he looked at Rachel.

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