The Prince’s Nanny, Her Specialty Is Assassination - Chapter 324

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Side Story 3. So the Two of Them (2)

‘So this is Adamant’s Royal Palace.’

Adamant’s capital wasn’t all that unfamiliar.

It used to be Lionel’s capital in the past, and I had visited several times back then.

‘It’s changed quite a bit from those days.’

During the era when Lionel was still standing.

That palace was splendid but somehow gave off a feeling of weakness.

‘Does a house change when its owner changes?’

Adamant’s Royal Palace stood in the exact same spot where Lionel’s Palace used to be. More precisely, it seemed they had expanded and renovated Lionel’s Palace for their use.

‘It looks just like a fortress.’

Its appearance was closer to a fortress than a palace, giving off a sense of solidity.

The fortress walls, reinforced with thin plates of adamant, scattered pale radiance with their unique color every time they reflected sunlight. The light wasn’t strong enough to make one squint, but it was a mystical glow that naturally inspired awe.

“We greet His Majesty the King and Her Majesty the Queen.”

Adamant’s palace gates weren’t just one, but several.

Only after receiving the same greeting countless times from the guards at each gate did Adamant’s main castle finally reveal itself.

“This is the chamber where Your Majesty the Queen-to-be will stay for the time being. You may remain here until the wedding night.”

It was quite an antique chamber.

Though the wallpaper and ceiling all seemed newly renovated, there were several places that showed human wear. Particularly the books crammed into the bookshelf that occupied one wall.

“This place.”

Perhaps he thought I was paying particular attention to that area.

Kaiden suddenly brought his face close to my ear and whispered softly.

“This is the chamber where Sister Idis stayed. As far as I know, she lived here since she was a baby.”

The place where Edwin and Emilia’s birth mother was born and raised.

Somehow it felt strange and peculiar.

“It’s not that there’s any particular intention, it’s just that all the other places are chambers where my deceased brothers stayed.”

“Would that be a problem?”

“Of course it would be a problem.”

Kaiden muttered complainingly as if asking why I would even ask such a thing.

“I don’t want you staying even for a moment in chambers where those bastards lived. Just imagining it gives me chills.”

The newly built main building could only be entered by those who had obtained royal status, so I couldn’t enter until after the wedding.

So, the chamber given to me was the one where Idis had stayed. The reason was that it was the finest chamber among those used by the old Lionel royalty and the only one that had been used by a princess.

“If it’s uncomfortable in any way, I’ll have them prepare another chamber. There are quarters that foreign envoys used to use, so there should be decent chambers for a short stay…”

“It’s fine.”

I politely declined Kaiden’s suggestion.

“I like it here too.”

If I asked for another chamber to be prepared now, it would only earn the resentment of the attendants. I didn’t want to trouble them when they were already busy with wedding preparations.

“Then you must be tired from the journey, shall I have them draw a bath? What would you like for dinner…”

“Dinner is fine. I just want to rest a bit.”

“But this is your first dinner here…”

Before leaving Bentrum, Edwin and Emilia had insisted I eat so much that I felt like the lunch I’d eaten still hadn’t been digested.

“Everyone withdraw.”

At that moment, Kaiden issued an order for all the attendants waiting nearby to leave.

The attendants were flustered but didn’t dare disobey the king’s command and hurried away.

“If I leave them be, their nagging never ends.”

“Thank you.”

“How long are you planning to use such formal speech?”

“I can’t speak casually to His Majesty the King of a nation. Especially not in front of his subjects.”

It might be different after becoming queen.

Kaiden shrugged and approached me.

He tucked my disheveled hair behind my ear and asked.

“Are you very tired?”

“No, I was just making an excuse because I thought the attendants would keep bothering me.”

“Then shall we take a walk?”

“A walk?”

“Yes, there’s something I want to show you.”

Something he wanted to show me.

Instead of answering, I quietly nodded.

Then Kaiden threw open the terrace door connected to the chamber.

“Shall we go then?”

There would still be attendants standing in front of the door.

I took Kaiden’s outstretched hand. And we jumped down below the terrace balcony like thieves escaping from guards.

“Is it alright for a king to do this?”

“It’s because I’m king that I can do this.”

Having leisurely evaded the knights and attendants waiting outside, we walked along the stone path laid below the terrace.

I couldn’t help but laugh at Kaiden’s behavior, interlocking our fingers tightly as if worried he might lose me.

“What’s wrong?”

“It reminds me of the old days.”

Memories of that day when I held young Kaiden’s hand and ran away.

Why couldn’t I remember when we first met?

“You were so cute back then.”

As I muttered like I was talking to myself, Kaiden suddenly stopped walking.

He narrowed his eyes slightly and glared at me.

“Are you saying I’m not cute now?”

I turned my head at the voice tinged with disappointment.

A man with shoulders so broad and large that my neck hurt from looking up was staring down at me with piercing eyes.

‘That’s… quite far from cute, isn’t it.’

No matter how many times I looked, his appearance was far from cute.

If I had to categorize it, Kaiden’s looks were closer to, well, obscene.

‘But…’

Those rough hands holding mine as if it were a lifeline, those piercing golden eyes looking only at me, that dejected expression waiting for words to come from my mouth.

“You’re cute.”

Yes, how could such a man not look cute?

I lifted the hand Kaiden was holding and shook it lightly.

“Prince Kaiden too.”

Was it my imagination that Kaiden’s ear tips seemed to turn red for a moment?

Kaiden stared at me intently, then suddenly frowned deeply.

“Are you treating me like a child?”

“Isn’t that what you wanted?”

“I didn’t want you to look at me the way you look at Emilia.”

Men’s hearts, really.

I let out an incredulous laugh and shook my head.

Kaiden probably wasn’t serious either, as he soon chuckled and started walking again.

“But what exactly is it that you want to show me?”

We had walked quite a bit, but Kaiden showed no signs of stopping.

“Just a little further.”

Adamant’s Royal Palace wasn’t as large as the Bentrum Empire’s Imperial Capital, but it was quite massive in scale. The antique palace, which occasionally reflected sharp blue light, created a mystical atmosphere thanks to well-maintained trees and artworks placed throughout.

“We’re here.”

The place we finally arrived at was a garden.

No, could this simply be called a ‘garden’?

I stared blankly at the flower beds that stretched endlessly, too vast to take in at a single glance.

Swoooosh.

As the wind blew, a fragrant scent pierced through to the tip of my nose.

A field full of beautiful flowers whose names I didn’t know spread out in the middle of the palace.

Among the countless flowers, jasmine particularly caught my eye.

“…Is this the season for jasmine to bloom?”

“Did you know that magic stones can also make flowers bloom?”

Looking closely, I could see stone-like objects glowing faintly blue embedded here and there beneath the garden soil.

‘To think they’d use so many magic stones just to make flowers bloom.’

Others would have called it madness and been outraged.

But Kaiden simply looked at me as if such facts didn’t matter at all.

“Do you like it?”

Was this really a matter of liking it or not?

A wind carrying the scent of jasmine blew over.

The intense floral fragrance somehow made me feel dizzy.

“I…”

Then Kaiden opened his mouth while gazing at the jasmine flowers rippling before us.

“I always thought of you in this place.”

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