The Prince’s Nanny, Her Specialty Is Assassination - Chapter 69

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Chapter 69. The Princess, Bridget Crowner (1)

“Haah.”

Jerome swallowed a sigh as he saw the worry and disappointment that appeared on his daughter’s face.

But right now, his responsibility as a knight commander took priority over his responsibility as a father.

“What’s the species and scale?”

“Four Giant Centipedes! The vice-commander has already gone up with the 3rd Army!”

“Damn monsters. So tiresome. Are the mages and clerics just decorations? They never do their job properly!”

Jerome angrily rose from his seat.

As he was about to follow his subordinate outside, he flinched and turned his head.

His daughter, Bridget, was looking down at her feet with a gloomy expression.

“Bri, this father of yours…”

Jerome swallowed his words.

At times like this, he resented his fate of having to leave his child behind and depart.

Though he had raised his daughter like a precious jewel after his wife’s death, the time they spent together wasn’t much.

That was what he felt most sorry about toward his daughter.

“Please go safely.”

“Bri?”

“Are you not the sword of the Empire, Father?”

Bridget’s face had quickly hardened like a clam closing its shell.

On her pretty face was a resolve that didn’t match her age.

“…I’m sorry. Stay right here and don’t move. I’ll be back soon.”

Jerome patted Bridget’s head and immediately left the study.

In the end, only Bridget remained alone in the study.

“Hmph.”

Bridget made a sound that could have been either a snort or a sigh.

Then, making her father’s request meaningless, she immediately slipped out of the study.

“I can practice archery by myself.”

Bridget looked around the corridor, and after confirming that Jerome had completely disappeared, she brightened up.

The eyes of the small girl running with her green dress fluttering were sparkling.

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“Haah, three more shots!”

Edwin looked at the target full of arrows with a pleased smile.

“I hit 97 out of 120 shots, so that’s not bad, right?”

Just as Edwin was picking up another arrow.

“Kyaaak—!”

A scream came from not far away.

Edwin looked around with surprised eyes.

“What was that sound…”

“Kyaaaak—!”

“…Catherine?”

It was definitely a woman’s scream.

At this time, the only woman who would visit the Gloria Knight Order would be Catherine.

Could Catherine have had an accident while bringing snacks?

“Catherine—!”

Edwin hurriedly ran toward where the scream came from.

Following the side path next to the training grounds, he saw an unfamiliar figure.

“Kyaaaaa! Go away! Go away, I said!”

“Catherine! Are you alri…?”

Edwin hurried toward her but stopped in his tracks.

The owner of the scream wasn’t Catherine.

“Uh…”

What Edwin found at the place he ran to was an unknown girl.

Bright red hair and gem-like turquoise eyes.

It was like looking at a single rose blooming quietly in a place no one knew about.

Edwin’s pupils shook.

“Huaaaang!”

The girl who had been sitting and screaming for a while finally burst into tears while clutching her head.

At the girl’s feet, a snake was hissing.

“Aaaaak! Save meee—!”

The girl was terrified as she watched the snake gradually approaching her.

Edwin was surprised to see the girl trying to kick at the snake and reached out his hand.

“Hey, don’t provoke it like that. If you stay quiet, it’ll just go…”

The girl seemed to notice Edwin’s presence only when he spoke to her.

Stopping her sobbing, the surprised girl raised her voice.

“What, what! Who are you!”

“Who am I? Uh, I’m Edwin…”

“What are you staring at! Do something about that thing!”

The girl seemed completely uninterested in Edwin’s name.

As if she didn’t care who he was, she just shouted urgently.

“What are you doing! When someone’s in danger, you should do something!”

“So if you stay quiet and still, it’ll just go…”

“Aaaaak! I don’t want to! Hurry up and do something about that disgusting thing!”

It seemed the girl had already lost her reason.

“Haah.”

Edwin finally raised his bow.

When he grabbed one end of the bow and extended the other end, the snake recoiled.

“Good boy? I’ll send you somewhere else.”

The snake flicked its tongue and flinched before climbing up the bow.

As soon as the snake climbed onto the bow, Edwin threw it over to the thicket.

The snake that safely landed in the thicket across soon slithered away into the distance.

“Hey, are you okay?”

Edwin offered comfort while looking at the girl who was still sniffling.

But the girl only talked to herself and vented her frustration.

“Sniff, Father is mean!”

“Huh?”

“If he hadn’t left me alone, this wouldn’t have happened!”

The girl was so upset that she even flailed her legs around.

“He said he’d practice archery with me! Always saying he’s busy! Always leaving me alone!”

“Uh, um…”

Before he knew it, Edwin was crouching beside the girl, listening to her complaints.

“If only Father hadn’t left me alone, I wouldn’t have encountered a snake! Right?”

“R-right?”

The girl who had been fuming for a while glared at Edwin.

“You! You just thought I was pathetic, didn’t you!”

“What? No! I didn’t think that at all!”

Edwin waved both hands frantically with a flustered face.

Then the girl made a sulky expression and spoke again.

“…Aren’t you scared of snakes?”

“Uh, I’ve seen them often.”

The Imperial Palace had many trees, and behind the 3rd Prince’s Palace was all mountains.

So snakes and insects often came into the room.

Thanks to that, Edwin had played with those creatures instead of the few toys he had since childhood.

The girl who had been listening to Edwin’s story suddenly screamed.

“Aaaah! So pathetic! My pride is hurt!”

The girl began venting her anger for an utterly ridiculous reason.

“How dare a lowly creature humiliate me? I’ll definitely get my revenge!”

The snake was probably just passing by. Could that really be called humiliation?

Edwin felt genuine confusion, but he just kept his mouth shut.

Emma had once taught him that when a woman was upset and he couldn’t comfort her, he should just listen.

“So, how are you going to get revenge?”

Instead, Edwin chose to go along with the girl’s words.

When he awkwardly asked the question, the girl’s eyes flashed like a cat’s.

“How else! I need to learn how not to be afraid of snakes!”

“…Is it possible to learn how not to be afraid?”

“Of course!”

The girl clenched both fists and suddenly sprang up from her seat.

“Starting today, I’m going to study snakes!”

Her vivid, sparkling blue-green eyes gleamed fiercely as if a snake were hanging in the air.

“I’ll gather all the snakes on the continent by species and watch them every single day! I’ll learn everything about their food, habits, and habitats!”

“Oh, then you won’t be scared anymore?”

“You weren’t scared of snakes because you saw them often, right?”

“Huh? Y-yeah, that’s right.”

“I saw a snake in real life for the first time today! My fear comes from ignorance!”

The girl crossed her arms and glared at Edwin.

“I read it in an Eastern classic. If you know your enemy and know yourself, you have nothing to fear.”

Her solemn voice sounded like a general about to go into battle.

Edwin couldn’t say anything in response to the girl’s spirit and just stared up at her blankly.

“I know my weakness of being afraid of snakes, so all that’s left is to figure out what kind of animals snakes are. Then the situation will be reversed.”

It sounded like complete nonsense, yet strangely convincing.

Edwin found himself nodding without realizing it.

“Wait, come to think of it, who are you? Why are you here?”

The girl seemed to have completely forgotten that Edwin had told her his name earlier.

In the end, Edwin had to introduce himself once again.

“I’m Edwin. I was receiving knight training here.”

“What, you’re a knight? Which army do you belong to?”

Should he call it belonging?

After hesitating, Edwin held up three fingers.

“3rd Army? Were you a commoner?”

“No, that’s…”

“Wow, that’s amazing.”

Edwin’s eyes widened at the girl’s words.

“…Amazing?”

“Yeah. It’s not easy for someone of commoner birth to enter the Knight Order. You must have worked really hard?”

After receiving praise, it felt strange to correct her.

Edwin’s face turned slightly red as he scratched his head and nodded.

Meanwhile, the girl continued speaking while tidying her disheveled clothes and hair.

“Thank you for today. But I’d appreciate it if you kept this secret from others.”

It’s not like he had anyone to tell anyway.

When Edwin remained silent without answering, the girl snapped at him.

“Why aren’t you answering? Are you planning to spread rumors around the neighborhood? About how I cried and wailed because I was scared of a mere snake?”

“N-no! Why would I do such a thing? I’m not that petty!”

Edwin jumped up from his seat and shook his head vigorously.

The girl looked him up and down, then turned her head away.

“Hmph! If I hear about today from anyone else’s mouth, I won’t let you off first!”

“I really won’t tell anyone…!”

“Well then, I’ll be going now. Today’s just not my lucky day.”

The girl turned around, her clothes fluttering.

“W-wait!”

Just then, Edwin called out to stop the girl.

“What? Do you have more to say?”

“Y-your name!”

Edwin found himself reaching out toward the girl and shouting.

“What’s your name?”

“My name?”

The girl raised one eyebrow at Edwin’s question.

Then she smiled so widely that dimples appeared.

“Hmm, I don’t want to tell you?”

Edwin stared blankly at the girl who was looking at him and smiling.

“But if you really want to know my name, try convincing me.”

The girl looked at Edwin with her hands clasped behind her back.

“What do you think is the reason I should tell you my name?”

All while wearing a dazzlingly bright smile that could make one’s soul slip away.

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