The Prince’s Nanny, Her Specialty Is Assassination - Chapter 53

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Chapter 53. Special Medicine for Muscle Pain

‘Was I too hasty?’

I need to appear as nothing more than an ‘ordinary caretaker.’

Realizing my mistake, I quickly bowed my head.

“I apologize. Please forgive me.”

“Don’t do things you need to apologize for. Not if you value your life.”

The Emperor slowly descended the stairs.

It was when he was passing by my side.

“Be grateful that I don’t dislike those who try hard.”

It was a small voice that only I could hear.

“I’ll turn a blind eye for now. Though I don’t know how long that child will last.”

With a low chuckle, the Emperor suddenly left.

I watched the spot where the Emperor had disappeared and clenched my fists.

‘Being looked down upon doesn’t suit my temperament.’

Ever since coming to this Imperial Capital, nothing has suited my temperament.

Though everything was truly disagreeable, I had to endure it for now.

‘Because that would be more helpful for both me and Edwin.’

But even so, why didn’t I want to back down?

I straightened my clothes while thinking of Edwin’s naive face.

‘A replacement.’

I descended the steps the Emperor had walked on.

To fetch the prince I had chosen, not the Emperor or the Knight Commander.

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Splash—

“Aaaah!”

Splash—

“Eeeek!”

Plop—

Edwin made strange groans as he exerted himself.

But his body wouldn’t follow its master’s will.

‘It’s hard! It’s hard! I said it’s hard!’

After finishing the training of running to the mountain peak 10 times, what awaited the young prince was ladder climbing.

Edwin looked up like a drowned mouse.

Above his head, a long ladder was positioned.

The so-called ‘Stream Crossing.’

Despite its cute name, it was one of the Gloria Knight Order’s exclusive training exercises that made many people gasp for breath.

Edwin stared blankly at the knights passing above him.

They were all fully armed, hanging from the ladder as they headed to the other side.

Some of them couldn’t bear the weight halfway through and fell into the water pit.

Of course, no one fell as consistently as Edwin did.

“Your Highness, if you stay in the water too long, you’ll tire easily!”

A knight threw down a word of advice from above.

At his words, Edwin gritted his teeth.

‘Do my brothers all train like this too? How do they manage something this difficult?’

No matter how he thought about it, it didn’t seem like his brothers would do this kind of training.

But that didn’t mean he could storm out of this place.

‘Earlier my knees were creaking, now it feels like my arms will fall off!’

Edwin climbed out of the water pit that came up to his solar plexus and grabbed the ladder once more.

He gritted his teeth and reached out one arm, then the other, but it was the same result.

“Aaaah!”

Edwin fell into the water again with a loud noise.

He had only passed nine rungs, but his arms kept losing strength.

It was frustrating. He was angry at himself for only being capable of this much.

“Uuuugh!”

Edwin gritted his teeth until his molars ached and crawled out of the pit again.

His wet clothes clung to him like heavy cotton, but he didn’t care.

The prince’s mind held only one option: to complete the target amount given to him.

‘I’ll do it! I’ll do it and…!’

Someone’s image flashed through the young prince’s mind.

Not just one person, but several.

“Aaaah!”

Edwin reached for the ladder once more.

Shouting ‘Just a little more!’ countless times in his heart.

“Haaaah.”

Having finally succeeded at crossing the ladder, Edwin collapsed onto the dirt ground.

The first day the 3rd Prince participated in Gloria Knight Order training.

After about 200 attempts, he finally succeeded in crossing a distance of 600 feet by ladder.

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“Uugh…”

As soon as Edwin regained consciousness, he made a pained sound.

“Are you awake?”

“Brother, are you okay?”

Hearing mine and Emilia’s voices, the boy slowly turned his head.

“Emilia? Rachel…?”

“You lost consciousness during training. This is Your Highness’s bedroom.”

“…Bedroom?”

Edwin looked around with a dazed expression and drew in a breath.

“I haven’t finished all the training yet… Aaaah!”

The boy who tried to get up hastily screamed and collapsed.

“Uuugh—!”

“You’ll have considerable pain from using muscles you haven’t used. Just lie down for now.”

“But there’s still other training left…!”

“Your Highness, it’s evening now. Training has already ended.”

Around the time the knights finished their last training, Edwin succeeded at stream crossing for the first time and then lost consciousness and collapsed.

As soon as the boy fainted, I brought him here, washed him, and changed his clothes.

It had been four hours since that moment.

“Ah…”

Edwin sighed at the dusky sky visible through the window.

The boy leaned his back against the headboard, completely dejected.

“I really can’t do it after all.”

“What do you mean by that?”

“I couldn’t endure the training to the end.”

“Don’t worry. The training ended as soon as Your Highness fainted.”

“What? Why?”

“A monster appeared at the North Gate, I heard. The entire Knight Order deployed immediately.”

In the Empire recently, monsters had been frequently coming down to attack settlements.

The Imperial Capital was no exception.

‘But it hasn’t been long since they went to subjugate monsters in Adamant.’

Didn’t the King of Adamant say he had eliminated the source of the monsters?

It was somewhat strange for monsters to appear this frequently.

“I see….”

Meanwhile, Edwin wore a troubled expression as if something was weighing on his mind.

I could never tell what was going on in that little head of his, but right now I felt like I could understand.

“You did well.”

When dealing with people as well as beasts, both carrot and stick are necessary.

I lightly patted Edwin’s head.

“…Huh?”

Edwin looked at me with surprised eyes.

“I said you did well. Honestly, I thought you wouldn’t even be able to finish climbing the mountain.”

At my words, Edwin’s eyes immediately widened.

“Really? I did well?”

The fact that I hadn’t even expected him to succeed didn’t seem important.

“Yes. You did very well.”

The boy’s face lit up with joy at my single word of praise.

“Then, then! Can I become strong like Count Jerome too?”

Jerome again, that bastard.

Edwin was looking at me with bright, deer-like eyes.

“…Didn’t Your Highness say you wanted to become strong like me?”

My voice came out unintentionally sullen.

“Huh? I did! Rachel, you’re incredibly strong too!”

Edwin answered with his usual bright face.

“But Jerome is the strongest in the Empire. They say you should always aim high.”

The boy added with a cheerful smile.

“Master said so!”

Seiji, that old man has a habit of saying unnecessary things sometimes.

It wasn’t wrong, but why did hearing those words now make me feel bad?

“…Your Highness, please take off your clothes.”

“Huh? Why the clothes all of a sudden?”

“I need to loosen your tense muscles. You have to train again tomorrow.”

I picked up the jar that was placed beside me with an indifferent expression.

When I opened the lid, a pungent smell wafted up.

“Neitche, what is that?”

Emilia approached me with a curious expression.

Then she caught the scent and wrinkled her face in disgust.

“Achoo! Achoo! Aaaaachoo!”

“Princess Emilia, come here.”

I wiped the runny nose under Emilia’s nose and carried her on my back.

“Wh-what is that?”

Edwin tried to move away from me as if sensing something ominous.

“It’s massage oil diluted with pepper oil.”

“Pepper? Isn’t that used for cooking?”

“Things don’t have just one use.”

“Uh….”

Edwin looked at the oil in my palm with a horrified expression.

“But they said that stuff is really expensive. How did you get it?”

I couldn’t tell him I had swiped one when I went to the Medical Institute to get Edwin’s cold medicine before.

As a caretaker, I couldn’t teach the children to steal.

“…I obtained it by chance.”

I too had muscle pain that never went away from training every night.

So when I discovered this item at the Medical Institute, I had no choice but to swipe it.

“Now take off your clothes and lie face down.”

“Everything?”

“Yes. Everything except your underwear.”

“Do I really have to go that far?”

“Should I do it over your clothes then? It’ll be less effective.”

Edwin hesitated for a moment at my words, then eventually obediently took off his clothes.

Wearing only shorts, the boy immediately lay face down on the bed.

‘Clean.’

When I first met him, he was covered in bruises all over.

Now seeing the boy’s body clean without a single wound, I felt moved.

“Ugh, it tickles!”

As I carefully placed my hands on him, Edwin writhed.

“Hey, it tickles!”

“Bear with it.”

Edwin giggled for a while before soon letting out a scream.

“It hurts! I said it hurts!”

“Then it won’t hurt?”

I deliberately didn’t hold back my strength.

“Gently! Please be gentle! That spot hurts too much!”

“I am being gentle.”

“Gueek!”

This was punishment for daring to mention that Jerome was the strongest in front of me.

I pressed harder out of spite, and the boy made a sound like a suffocating frog.

“Gueeek. Rachew, pwease go easy.”

“Neitche! Ria wants to help big brother feel better too!”

Emilia, who I thought was sitting quietly on my back, suddenly jumped onto Edwin’s back.

“Kruuuuugh!”

“Big brother, Ria will make you feel better quickly!”

“Kruuugh, Ria, no….”

Edwin, with his face half-buried in the pillow, writhed his entire body.

No matter how I looked at it, those weren’t hand movements to make him feel better quickly, but to send him away quickly.

Perhaps the princess has a talent for assassination.

“Eeeek!”

Edwin screamed with his face buried in the blanket, then immediately lifted his head.

“Eek, hey, Rachel! Be honest! You’re mad at me about something, aren’t you!”

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