The Prince’s Nanny, Her Specialty Is Assassination - Chapter 59

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Chapter 59. Vice-Captain Philip Meyer (2)

It had been about a month since 3rd Prince Edwin joined the Knights’ training.

Unlike at first, Edwin had become quite skilled at the training.

As he ran among the 3rd Division Knights, one knight spoke to him.

“You’re keeping up quite well now.”

Edwin sheepishly scratched under his nose at the knight’s words.

Seeing this, other knights began chiming in from here and there.

“Right, at first you were too busy just chasing our shadows.”

“You’ve definitely improved a lot compared to the beginning.”

“At this rate, won’t Your Highness become a Gloria Knight too?”

“Yeah, Your Highness can join and you can leave.”

“What? Hey!”

Edwin chuckled softly along with the knights’ jokes.

It was an unimaginable scene considering their first meeting.

‘Catherine deserves a lot of credit for this.’

Edwin recalled the day Catherine first visited the barracks.

It was about a week after he had started participating in training.

Catherine came to visit the Knights along with Rachel.

‘Rachel coming was one thing, but I didn’t expect Catherine to come too.’

Rather, Rachel, who came with her, had a disgusted expression as if she really didn’t want to be there.

– Oh my~ Hello, knights! You must be working so hard with your training!

It wasn’t just Edwin who was surprised. The 3rd Division Knights felt the same way.

Unlike other knights who were of noble birth, they were commoners who had no occasion to meet women working in the imperial palace.

So what would happen when two women working in the imperial palace appeared before them?

While the 3rd Division Knights were trembling like bachelors called to a mill.

– Oh my, look at me. I’m Catherine Bale, serving the 3rd Prince.

Catherine placed her hand on her chest and bowed.

She took the large basket Rachel was carrying and showed it to the knights.

– I brought some snacks to give you strength. Please help yourselves!

Inside the basket were sliced ham, apple pie, and milk.

The knights’ faces brightened immensely upon seeing the contents.

– I prepared plenty as His Highness instructed, so please eat to your heart’s content~!

At Catherine’s words, Edwin tilted his head.

He had never given such instructions.

Just as he was about to question this, Catherine secretly shook her head with a smiling face.

Rachel, standing beside her, also placed her index finger over her lips.

As Edwin stood there bewildered by the inexplicable hand signals.

– Thank you, Your Highness!

The knights’ resounding greeting filled the training grounds.

It was probably from that moment.

The 3rd Division Knights’ attitude toward the prince began to change.

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After that, Catherine visited the Knights every other day with snacks.

Thanks to this, Edwin’s popularity among the 3rd Division Knights soared daily.

“Your Highness, about that person. Does she happen to be seriously seeing anyone?”

“That person?”

“That angel with ivory-colored hair.”

“Ah, you mean Catherine?”

“Yes!”

“I’m not sure, but probably not?”

Whooooooo―

The knights made strange cheering sounds at Edwin’s answer.

Catherine’s popularity was also rising daily.

“Right. Thanks to that, you’ve been eating so well that your body’s gotten heavy, hasn’t it?”

“Gasp, Vice-Captain! When did you!”

But while distracted by their chatter, they were caught up to by Philip who had been following behind.

“Ten additional laps.”

“Ahhhhh! Vice-Captain―! That’s too much―!”

It was the moment the Knights cried out and started running.

Edwin also sighed and was about to start following them.

“Your Highness.”

But Philip stopped him.

“Could you spare me some time?”

It was an unexpected request.

Edwin looked at him with wide eyes.

But he didn’t refuse his proposal.

“Huh? U-uh, okay.”

“Then this way.”

Philip turned as if to say follow me.

It was rare for someone not from the 3rd Prince’s Palace to call him first saying they had something to discuss.

Edwin followed behind him with half anxiety, half excitement.

“Um, Philip, the Count?”

Edwin hesitantly stopped walking.

The place Philip had brought the prince was his study.

Perhaps his training performance hadn’t been satisfactory. Maybe he was called to be told not to come anymore.

The young prince’s eyes trembled finely with anxiety.

“What on earth is this about, bringing me all the way here….”

“Please accept this.”

“Huh?”

But contrary to Edwin’s expectations, Philip neither scolded nor drove him away.

He simply took something out of his drawer and handed it over.

‘Gloves?’

Edwin received the gloves he handed him.

They were leather gloves with a dark brown color and a strange luster.

“They’re gloves made from wyvern leather. Use them when climbing ladders.”

“Ah.”

Edwin looked down at his own hands.

His small, white hands were now full of blisters and calluses from the harsh training.

“Still, I can’t be the only one to receive something like this….”

“You don’t need to worry about the other 3rd Division Knights.”

The Gloria Knights had been training consistently for years and were people who handled swords daily.

They couldn’t compare to the young prince’s tender palms.

“Your Highness could probably get better gloves. If you don’t like them, you can just throw them away….”

“No! I’ll never throw them away!”

Edwin’s voice suddenly rose.

The boy carefully put on the gifted gloves on both hands.

The prince’s eyes sparkled brilliantly as he looked down at his gloved hands.

Almost overwhelmingly so.

“…Do you like them?”

“Yes!”

Edwin nodded with a bright smile.

It was a smile like a small flower bud that had been sleeping until now blooming in full.

“Thank you, Count Philip!”

“…Don’t mention it.”

Philip wore an awkward expression as he watched the prince continuously moving his fingers, enjoying his new gloves.

It was rather bewildering to see him so happy over something so trivial.

‘It’s not like he’s someone who’s never received a gift before.’

Just as he had that thought, Edwin smiled brightly as if he had read his mind.

“This is the first time I’ve received a gift from someone other than Emma!”

“…Pardon?”

“Oh, wait. There’s Leo too. Count Philip, you’re the third!”

Philip was deeply flustered.

No matter how neglected he might be, he was still a prince – how could he have never received a proper gift?

“Is, is that really true?”

“What? That Count Philip is the third?”

“No, I mean that this is only the third gift you’ve received.”

“Yeah, it’s true.”

Edwin thought for a moment, then answered with a voice full of certainty.

“This is definitely the third gift I’ve received directly from a person.”

But normally when giving gifts to a prince, doesn’t the giver present them directly?

Unless they’re gifts sent from distant territories or countries.

“…It’s an honor to be the third.”

There was much he wanted to say, but he held back.

Philip quietly watched Edwin, who didn’t know what to do with himself after receiving the gloves, then spoke again.

“…Prince Edwin.”

“Yeah?”

“If it’s alright with you.”

Edwin looked at Philip with wide eyes.

Meeting the prince’s gaze directly, he continued speaking.

“Would it be acceptable if I taught Your Highness swordsmanship?”

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“Count Philip said that?”

“Yeah!”

I quietly observed Edwin, who was extremely excited.

The kid who had returned from knight training seemed particularly energetic today.

“Count Philip said he’d teach me swordsmanship if I was okay with it!”

Edwin leaned forward as if he might topple over toward me at any moment.

“I can learn swordsmanship, right? Right?”

For a kid whose table manners were impeccable to get this excited at the dining table.

‘Did he want to learn swordsmanship that badly?’

The reason I had put the kid in the knight order was simply to build his stamina.

I had thought no one would try to teach Edwin swordsmanship anyway.

‘Though I suppose it’s for the best, since I can’t exactly teach him the swordsmanship I use.’

Just as a knight’s swordsmanship is obviously a knight’s swordsmanship, an assassin’s swordsmanship is obviously an assassin’s swordsmanship.

If a prince of a nation used an assassin’s sword, everyone would point fingers.

‘It’s just swordsmanship specialized for killing.’

One-strike-kill swordsmanship with no trace of dignity or beauty to be found.

It wasn’t just the swordsmanship. Everything I had learned in the organization was like that.

A mindset that would stop at nothing to take human lives, and methods to kill people efficiently without being caught by anyone.

‘Those kinds of things.’

I quietly looked down at Edwin, who was clutching my sleeve with shining eyes.

‘I can’t teach such things to a kid like this.’

Hmm, Philip Meyer.

A knight of common birth and vice-captain of the Empire’s finest knight order.

‘That’s not bad at all.’

Recalling his appearance when I had encountered him in the knight order, I let out a quiet laugh.

He had seemed quite conservative and inflexible, a single-minded man, probably.

If he was that type, his skills would be honest too.

He wouldn’t know any tricks.

‘He’d be the perfect teacher for this kid.’

I gave a small nod toward Edwin, who was still looking at me eagerly.

“It’s a good opportunity. Do as Your Highness wishes.”

“Really? For real?”

“Yes, but it would be better not to tell others about it.”

The Imperial Palace was full of people who wouldn’t stay quiet if they learned Edwin was even receiving sword instruction. For example, the 2nd Empress who wanted her son to become emperor.

“I’ll speak to Count Philip about it separately.”

“Great!”

Edwin nodded his head vigorously up and down.

Then he began eating the food placed in front of him with relish.

But as time passed, Edwin’s face grew increasingly pale.

“…Ugh.”

Finally, after putting the last spoonful of soup in his mouth, Edwin dropped his spoon.

“I thought you’d be used to it by now, but apparently not yet.”

I spoke calmly to the kid who was breathing roughly.

“It’s desert scorpion venom. How is it?”

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