The Prince’s Nanny, Her Specialty Is Assassination - Chapter 317

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Side Story 2. The Princess’s First Love (3)

Lucksen Village, Plague Village.

The village where Edwin first met Seiji and Leo had a mana stone mine the size of a small mountain.

“According to the mage who went with us.”

Seiji paused to catch his breath, then smiled so brightly that all his teeth showed.

“He said the scale is larger than expected. It seems mana stones are distributed down to about 9,800 feet underground.”

“Whaaaat?”

This time, not only Edwin but I was surprised too.

As far as I knew, no mana stone mine of that scale had been discovered in the Western Continent yet.

“I don’t know for sure, but the reserves must be enormous.”

“Not all the mana stones will be of excellent quality, but if you think of all that as money…”

Edwin nodded at my words.

Then he smiled brightly as if overwhelmed.

“Since The Emperor personally promised, Ruxen Village can now become an ordinary village.”

It had been several months since the scale disease cure that Seiji created was revealed to the world.

The medicine he made was being sold at such a cheap price that one could hardly imagine it was a cure for an incurable disease.

‘The people of Ruxen Village were the first to benefit from it.’

But just because the incurable disease disappeared didn’t mean people’s deep-rooted prejudices and preconceptions disappeared too.

‘The problem was that Luksen had lived as a plague village for too long.’

Until now, Luksen, where only plague patients had gathered, had no lord to lead the village, no major business to support the village’s livelihood. Nor did it have any specialty products or goods representing the village. Of course, even if there were any, they wouldn’t have been allowed out since they were from a plague village.

‘And other territories wouldn’t accept them either.’

Thanks to the cure, the scale disease was completely healed, but other territories were reluctant to accept people from the plague village. Those who had suffered from the disease for a long time had faint scars left from the treatment process, and those scars made people feel uncomfortable.

‘But now that Ruxen Village has gained one value that surpasses all of that, it should be fine.’

A value called more absolute than any other value existing in this world.

The only value that could even surpass one’s birth status.

It was wealth.

“If the Imperial Court announces that they will directly develop the mana stone mine, people from other regions will flock here looking for jobs, and naturally Ruxen Village will be able to prosper on its own.”

Edwin exchanged a few more words with Seiji. Then he looked at Leo.

The boy raised one corner of his mouth toward him sitting across from him.

“I kept my promise, didn’t I?”

“What?”

“I said I’d help you get out of the village.”

Edwin stood up and smiled triumphantly.

“Now you won’t have to say sorry anymore.”

Leo blinked blankly and chuckled.

“Yeah.”

Then he stood up following Edwin.

“Thanks.”

Leo looked down at Edwin slightly and smiled.

“For keeping your promise.”

Leo’s black eyes sparkled.

Though the two had changed a lot since they first met, the sight of them standing face to face looking directly at each other was exactly the same as back then.

“You learned swordsmanship? Then let’s spar later!”

“I didn’t really learn it…”

“What? Not confident? Then let’s use wooden swords instead of real ones. I’ll go easy on you.”

“What? Go easy on who? If we’re doing it, let’s just use real swords.”

The serious conversation was brief.

Edwin and Leo started bickering like children their age.

The two who decided to have a sparring match before dinner were leaving the room when something small followed behind them.

“Brother Edwin! Where are you going!”

“Huh? Emilia?”

“You promised to let me ride a horse! Why aren’t you keeping your promise!”

“Ah, right.”

Edwin glanced at Leo with a troubled expression.

No matter how much he cherished his sister, wanting to spar with a friend he hadn’t seen in a long time was typical boy psychology.

“Well, Emilia, the horse riding is tomorrow…”

“You promised! You promised me first! Is Brother a bad person who breaks promises he made first?”

“Emilia, that’s too harsh. It’s not like I said I wouldn’t let you ride, tomorrow…”

At that moment, Leo intervened as a mediator in the young siblings’ fight.

“How about we postpone the sparring? Instead, I’d like to learn horseback riding too.”

“Huh? Leo, you can’t ride horses?”

“No, I’ve never learned to ride horses. I came here in a carriage too.”

Edwin scratched his head with a flustered face.

As if he never expected his friend couldn’t ride horses.

“Actually, I got permission to stay here until the Imperial Court sends investigators to Luksen again.”

Leo whispered quietly to Edwin alone.

“Our sparring can be postponed, but if you break a promise with your only sister, won’t you be in trouble for quite a while?”

He was right.

When Emilia got upset, it tended to last quite a long time.

“Alright.”

Edwin let out a sigh, then put his hands on his hips with a bright expression.

“Then today we’ll have horseback riding lessons for two people.”

“Wow, what an honor to learn horseback riding directly from Crown Prince.”

Leo replied naturally and looked at Emilia.

“Right, Princess Emilia?”

Emilia didn’t answer.

She just stared at Leo looking at her, then turned her head away sharply.

“Then I’ll go change clothes! Come on, Rachel!”

I was dragged out of the room by Emilia’s hand.

Emilia’s cheeks, striding ahead, were tinged with a light pink color.

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“Waaaah!”

Emilia sat on the saddle and screamed excitedly.

“Brother, can’t we go faster?”

“It’s dangerous, so no.”

Edwin didn’t grant his sister’s request to go faster.

He just rode the horse diligently while holding Emilia tightly with one arm.

“Okay, now it’s Leo’s turn. Emilia, wait for a moment.”

“Huh? But Emilia wants to ride more!”

Emilia puffed her cheeks in dissatisfaction at being told to get down for a moment.

But knowing it was meaningless to be stubborn, she obediently dismounted from the horse.

“Leo, you ride behind me.”

“Isn’t the posture a bit awkward?”

“You’re the one who asked me to teach you how to ride.”

Leo climbed up behind Edwin and received the reins.

He began to guide the horse slowly with extremely awkward movements.

“Don’t pull the reins too hard. Then it might suddenly run fast or stop. And don’t bend your waist, think of gripping the saddle with your thighs. And…”

Edwin’s explanation was as long as nagging.

But Leo, despite looking bored, followed his instructions step by step.

“Brother, when is Ria’s turn?”

“Mmm, wait just a little longer. Leo seems to be getting the hang of it now.”

“Ria has been waiting for a long time too!”

“I know, just wait a little more. Ria is a good girl, so you’ll listen to your brother’s request, right?”

Emilia frowned.

The child couldn’t endure the boring wait and kicked at the ground with her toes.

Then she spotted another horse tied up nearby and made an excited expression.

The horse the Princess discovered was a spare horse brought along for Leo to ride alone once he learned horseback riding to some degree.

Whinny.

The horse tied to the column, grazing on weeds growing from the ground, looked gentle.

Emilia glanced sideways at Edwin, who was absorbed in teaching Leo, and snorted.

“Hmph, I can do that much by myself now too.”

Both Catherine and Rachel were busy greeting guests and cleaning up.

The two maids guarding the Princess’s side were also quite far away.

‘Hmm.’

Emilia took advantage of everyone not watching and approached the horse that was playing around.

Fortunately, the horse didn’t startle upon seeing the Princess. It just stood quietly and swished its tail.

“Hehe, what a good horse. You can play with me.”

Emilia grabbed the saddle and spurs and climbed up onto the horse, almost like she was rock climbing.

‘I did it!’

Emilia beamed with joy at her achievement and grabbed the reins.

But the joy was short-lived, as she became frightened and panicked by the horse’s height, which was higher than expected.

“I-I’m scared. I want to get down.”

Just as the Princess was struggling to get down from the saddle.

The horse’s eyes widened and it suddenly reared up and galloped forward.

It was such strong force that the rope tied to the tree snapped.

“Kyaaaaaaah!”

The Princess screamed while hugging the horse’s neck.

The massive horse charged forward with the Princess on its back.

“Emilia?”

“Princess!”

Edwin and Leo, who belatedly grasped the situation, turned pale.

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