The Prince’s Nanny, Her Specialty Is Assassination - Chapter 303

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Side Story 1. The Knight and Assassin’s Proposal Strategy (2)

After finally managing to pry off Emilia, who had been clinging to my skirt until the very end, the place we arrived at was none other than the Capital Headquarters of the Golden Goose Trading Company.

After Edwin safely became the Crown Prince, Somnia was able to establish her trading company openly and legitimately in the capital.

“Welcome, The Caretaker.”

A large and splendid stone building with the Golden Goose sign hanging on it.

Going around to the back, a small side door appeared. As I familiarly opened the side door and entered, a familiar doll greeted me.

“It’s been a while, Lili.”

Somnia’s magical doll, Lili, who once worked as a spy in the 2nd Imperial Consort’s Palace, showed me a respectful smile.

“What brings you here today?”

“I came regarding the Veil Viscount Family. Is Somnia in today?”

“Yes, she’s here. Please come inside.”

Good thing we didn’t miss each other.

I followed Lili’s guidance and passed through strange curtain-like barriers several times.

Then, just like what I had seen at the Golden Goose headquarters in Paradis, a paradise-like scenery suddenly unfolded before me.

“Well, well, what brings our Caretaker to personally grace us with her presence? You must be very busy these days.”

Somnia approached leisurely with a pipe from the Eastern Continent in her mouth.

Having completely escaped her slave status, she still seemed to prefer loose and informal attire.

“It’s still cold outside, aren’t you cold dressed like that?”

“It may be cold outside, but this place is spring all year round, so it’s fine. I heard you went to the hunting competition and you’re already back?”

“Yes, at noon today.”

“Huh? Then you just arrived a little while ago. But you came here?”

“I have something I want to ask about.”

“Hmm, must be quite urgent business?”

Somnia naturally led me into the reception room and took a seat.

“So what are you curious about?”

“The current situation of the Veil Viscount Family.”

At my words, Somnia slightly furrowed her brow.

“Hmm? The Veil Viscount Family, you mean The Maid Captain’s family?”

“That’s right. I heard she suddenly returned to her family home a few days ago, and I have a bad feeling about it. Do you know anything?”

“Hmm, new information about the Veil Viscount Family. You mentioned it before, so I’ve been keeping an eye on them steadily…”

Somnia waved both hands in the air.

Then a bundle of documents fell from a transparent gap that appeared in the air.

“Hmm, let me see. New news would be…”

“Haven’t you heard anything like news that Viscount Beil’s wife’s condition has worsened?”

“Viscount Beil’s wife’s condition has worsened?”

At my question, Somnia opened her eyes wide and stared at me.

“There’s nothing like that? Rather, I heard that her condition has improved recently and she’s been going out frequently? More than that, there’s news that Viscount Beil has been busy lately hurrying to prepare for his eldest daughter’s wedding…”

“…What did you just say?”

“I said Viscount Beil’s wife is perfectly fine?”

“No, not that.”

Somnia scratched the tip of her nose with her fingernail and carefully repeated her words.

“That Viscount Beil is hurrying to prepare for his eldest daughter’s wedding?”

As far as I knew, there was only one eldest daughter in the Veil Viscount Family.

I glared at Somnia with a furrowed brow.

“Explain in detail.”

“Uh, well…”

“Why is the viscount suddenly hurrying to prepare for Catherine’s wedding?”

As far as I knew, Viscount Beil had no interest in his family.

Catherine said she always fought with her father who was addicted to gambling and debauchery.

How else would she have said that she took a job at the Imperial Palace, far from home, leaving behind her sick mother and young siblings because she didn’t want to fight with her father?

“Hmm, well.”

Somnia’s expression turned pale as she read the documents.

She glanced at me and then spoke in a crawling voice.

“Well, you see. Viscount Beil apparently lost big at a gambling table recently. But the opponent demanded his daughter instead of money? Ahahaha, all these old men must have gone senile, right?”

“…Is this funny to you? I told you to keep monitoring the Veil Viscount Family’s activities, didn’t I?”

Somnia seemed to sense the killing intent in my voice and shrank her neck.

“No, no, I was keeping watch! The viscount goes to gambling tables every day as routine, so I wasn’t monitoring his gambling activities specifically! How was I supposed to know something like this would happen? Rachel, you also told me not to interfere and just watch!”

She grumbled while half-covering her face with the documents.

“You said I couldn’t provide gambling funds, and I couldn’t block him from entering gambling dens, so there was no way for me to stop it.”

I rubbed my face with my hands.

Providing funds to a gambling addict was tantamount to pushing them further into a hellish life. But if I completely blocked the viscount from entering gambling dens, it was obvious he would take out all his irritation and anger on his family.

‘Family is always the easiest target for that type.’

During my work as an assassin, I had seen many people who ruined their lives with alcohol and gambling.

Such people were always experts at exploiting not complete strangers, but the family members who always stayed by their side.

‘A viscount would be no different.’

What could you expect from an old man who couldn’t even fulfill his role as head of the family and couldn’t come to his senses, despite his eldest daughter of marriageable age sending all her earnings as living expenses?

‘So it was all lies after all.’

It seemed the viscount had made his youngest son write a false letter.

Catherine was someone who would immediately react to concerns about her mother and siblings’ safety.

“Rachel, are you angry?”

Meanwhile, Somnia was still rolling her eyes while watching my expression.

“Should I send my subordinates even now? It might not be too late…”

“Who is the opponent?”

“Huh?”

“Who is the opponent that the viscount agreed to give Catherine to?”

“Ah!”

At my question, Somnia hurriedly handed me the documents.

“There, it’s all written there.”

Just how crazy must this bastard be to demand someone else’s daughter instead of gambling stakes? I quickly read through the documents Somnia handed me.

‘Count Luc Espard, wealthy provincial noble who recently lost his third wife, currently looking for a new wife, current age 68.’

For a moment, I doubted my eyes.

I read the last visible characters several times over.

“…Sixty-eight years old?”

Sixty-fucking-eight years old?

I almost let a curse slip from my mouth.

I stared at Somnia with blank eyes.

“This old man said he wants to marry Catherine?”

“You know the tastes of those senile noble old men, right? They’re the type who can’t give up young wives even if they’re dying of old age.”

It was so absurd that I was on the verge of letting out a hollow laugh.

I thought for a moment, then placed the documents I was holding directly on Somnia’s desk.

“Rachel?”

Somnia called out to me as I immediately turned around and tried to leave.

“Where are you going? What are you planning to do?”

“First, I’m returning to the Prince’s Palace.”

“What? Then what about Catherine? Should I send my subordinates?”

“…No, there’s no need for that.”

I stopped for a moment and turned my head.

“If it’s the Catherine I know, she won’t accept this ridiculous marriage.”

At my voice full of conviction, Somnia nodded blankly.

“Right, right. Catherine is a woman with more backbone than she appears, so our secret weapon would immediately refuse such nonsense, right?”

But perhaps we had been too complacent.

Quite absurdly, contrary to expectations, Catherine did not return even after several days had passed.

“Caretaker! Please look at this!”

Instead, another letter from the Veil Viscount Family arrived at the Prince’s Palace in Catherine’s place.

“Catherine is getting married?”

The letter contained news that Catherine had met a marriage partner in her hometown and would be getting married, along with an enclosed resignation letter stating she would be stepping down from her position as Head Maid.

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