The Prince’s Nanny, Her Specialty Is Assassination - Chapter 318

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Side Story 2. The Princess’s First Love (4)

‘Scared, scared, scared…’

Now even screams wouldn’t come out.

Emilia held onto the horse with all her strength.

But the horse, not receiving any signal to stop, just kept running forward at full speed.

“Emilia!”

Edwin’s voice could be heard from behind.

Emilia squeezed her eyes shut and shed tears.

“Huuuk…”

Surely when she rode horses with Edwin, running at this speed didn’t bother her at all. She couldn’t understand why she was so frightened now.

“Emiliaaaa!”

“Brother!”

All the young princess could do was desperately call out to Edwin who was chasing after her.

‘Rachel.’

One person who came to mind at this moment.

Emilia thought of the name of that person who had always been her salvation.

“Ra…”

Just as the princess was about to unconsciously call out Rachel’s name.

“Princess!”

A still unfamiliar voice.

Emilia slowly opened her tightly shut eyes.

“Your Highness! Take my hand!”

Edwin’s friend, Leo, was chasing after her on horseback, reaching his arm toward the princess.

“Hurry!”

Leo looked at the princess with desperate eyes.

“Trust me! You won’t get hurt!”

He had clearly said he didn’t know how to ride horses, so how had someone learning to ride for the first time today managed to chase after her? But Emilia was still too young to immediately think of such questions.

“Huuuk!”

Emilia stopped sobbing and barely managed to reach one hand toward Leo.

“Ha!”

It was reflexes that didn’t miss the crucial moment.

Leo let out a short shout and grabbed the princess with one arm, pulling her into his embrace.

But due to that reaction, both of them ended up falling together from the running horse.

“Emilia! Leo!”

Edwin, who had followed right behind, hurriedly dismounted and ran toward them.

“My goodness, are you both alright? What about Emilia? Are you hurt anywhere?”

“Y-yes…”

Emilia barely regained her senses and responded to her brother’s question.

Though she was covered in dust, the princess didn’t seem to have any serious injuries.

“Uuk…”

The problem was Leo.

Having fallen while protecting the princess with his whole body, his condition didn’t look very good.

Blood was flowing from his head, and he seemed to be having difficulty breathing.

“Leo, are you okay? Leo! Try to stay conscious…”

Emilia stared blankly at Leo, who wouldn’t release his arms from around her even while his consciousness was fading.

“Prince Edwin! Princess Emilia!”

“Heavens, what on earth happened…!”

The maids who had chased from afar were shocked as soon as they found the children.

They called attendants to move the injured Leo to the guest room, and Edwin carried Emilia on his back, accompanying them to the guest room. It was an unexpected commotion in the peaceful Crown Prince’s palace.

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“Causing an accident as soon as you arrive. I can’t take my eyes off you, can’t take them off.”

Seiji let out a deep sigh while looking at Leo groaning on the bed.

Though he deliberately used an irritated tone, it was filled with worry for his disciple.

“Master, how is Leo’s condition?”

At Edwin’s question, Seiji waved his hand dismissively.

“Two ribs are broken and his wrist ligaments are stretched. The back of his head is torn a bit too, but wounds like this heal on their own once stitched up. It’s nothing serious.”

It didn’t seem like nothing serious.

Edwin frowned as he looked at Leo.

“Wouldn’t it be better to call a healing mage?”

“If you get accustomed to healing magic from the start, there might come a time when you can’t even use healing magic when you really need it. Just let it heal naturally.”

Besides, why use magic when the Empire’s greatest pharmacist and scholar is right here, Seiji scolded Edwin before turning away.

“Still, I’m glad our little puppy wasn’t hurt.”

It was fortunate in the midst of misfortune.

If the princess had been injured, not only the nearby maids but even Leo couldn’t have escaped punishment.

“That Leo kid, I always nagged him about his unnecessary meddling. But this meddling was alright.”

“Ha, haha…”

Leo let out a weak laugh at his master’s nagging.

Fortunately, he had regained consciousness as soon as he was moved to the guest room.

“But Leo.”

Edwin, who had been standing with a gloomy expression, opened his mouth as if realizing something.

“Why did you lie about never learning to ride?”

The horsemanship Leo had shown wasn’t at a level that could be displayed after just a few hours of instruction from Edwin.

“Ah.”

At Edwin’s question, Leo smiled awkwardly.

“Well…”

Leo glanced at Emilia, who was in Catherine’s arms, then answered quietly.

“I thought Princess Emilia would be disappointed. How upset would she be if she couldn’t ride horses because of me.”

“What…”

Edwin sighed as if at a loss for words at his answer.

Emilia, who was sitting in the chair, also blinked her large eyes.

“…Then.”

Emilia wiped her red nose with the back of her hand and asked.

Her face looked like she was about to burst into tears again.

“Did Leo get hurt because of me?”

“What? No, that’s not it! It was my choice, ow!”

Leo hurriedly spoke then frowned.

It seemed his broken ribs were pressed as he moved while raising his voice.

“Waaaaah! Ria is, Ria is sorry!”

The young princess finally burst into tears seeing Leo unable to breathe from pain.

“Because Ria rode the horse on her own, brother got hurt…”

“What on earth is all this commotion about?”

Just then, Rachel, who had returned from the Imperial Palace, opened the door and entered.

Her eyes held a stern light as if she had already heard about the entire situation.

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“Still, it’s really fortunate. His Majesty the Emperor ended up praising Leo instead of punishing him.”

Catherine sighed deeply while arranging Emilia’s dress.

“I don’t think it turned out well.”

I replied while examining the curtains hanging by the window in Emilia’s room.

“We’ll need to be more careful to prevent such incidents in the future.”

“Y-yes. It’s largely my fault as the head maid for not paying enough attention to Princess Emilia…”

“It’s not your fault, but rather the carelessness of the maids who were attending to Their Highnesses that day.”

After Edwin became Crown Prince, the number of attendants residing in the palace nearly tripled. With so many people, it was impossible to thoroughly examine the character and qualifications of all the newcomers.

“I heard that you didn’t give the maids appropriate punishment.”

“C-Caretaker, that’s…”

“Catherine, since the number of people under your command has increased, becoming a reasonable and fair supervisor accordingly would benefit you as well.”

Catherine muttered with a troubled expression at my words.

“But Emilia is caring for both her in-laws and her own parents, and Luna is already married with three young children. If we reduce their wages, they might face financial hardship…”

“Wouldn’t that be better than being fired from their maid position or losing their heads?”

I spoke firmly while removing dust from the curtains.

“Before word spreads elsewhere, handle the punishment yourself, Catherine. Thanks to the news that Leo protected Princess Emilia, the maids’ mistake was covered up, but if the story comes up again, it will be difficult to avoid greater punishment.”

Catherine still looked like she had much to say, but eventually nodded weakly.

“Yes…”

“Your problem is that you’re too soft-hearted.”

“I’m sorry…”

“Being soft-hearted isn’t wrong.”

“Sniff, Caretaker.”

“But remember that after I leave, there won’t be anyone to give you such advice.”

At my words, Catherine drooped her eyebrows even lower and pretended to cry.

“Sob sob, why don’t adults have caretakers? I need a caretaker too. Can’t you stay by my side until I retire?”

“I’ll have to decline.”

“Caretaker, you’re so cold.”

Catherine stood up with a sullen face, holding several of Emilia’s dresses in her arms.

“But Princess Emilia has been going out unusually often lately. Do you know why, Caretaker? She wants to change clothes frequently, and even when I offer to play with her, she refuses, which makes me feel left out…”

She stopped mid-sentence and pressed her lips tightly together.

“C-Caretaker? Did I say something wrong?”

“…No.”

“Then why are you suddenly glaring into space like you want to kill someone?”

“Who knows.”

I gripped the curtains I had carefully smoothed out, making them wrinkle again.

Outside the window, I could see Emilia running enthusiastically with a flushed face.

The person the child was chasing was none other than Edwin’s friend, Leo.

“I don’t know the reason either.”

The peaceful scene of the two children playing and running around.

Watching that sight somehow made me feel inexplicably irritated.

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