The Prince’s Nanny, Her Specialty Is Assassination - Chapter 95

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Chapter 95. Founding Festival Preparations (6)

“Haha, then I won’t be modest and will ask.”

The Marquis of Redcliff responded with a smile in his eyes.

“Your Majesty, if you and Count Crowner were to duel, who do you think would win?”

A cold silence followed his question.

Jerome glared at the marquis who had brought up such a difficult question, then glanced sideways at Kaiden.

‘He’s certainly not ordinary.’

With frequent monster appearances these days, wars between humans had decreased.

Thanks to this, Jerome had never had any occasion to clash with Kaiden until now.

‘The Knight King, they say.’

Though he was acting refined in front of the Emperor, Jerome was also a knight who wielded a sword.

He too had the competitive spirit to want to face off against the skilled warrior who had conquered the entire western region in just three years.

However, he had no intention of openly revealing such feelings.

“I’ve heard much about the Empire’s sword.”

Then, Kaiden spoke first.

His gaze was directed toward Jerome.

“As one who wields a sword, it would be a great honor if we could compete someday.”

When a beautiful young man smiled and spoke humbly, who could possibly object?

Jerome cleared his throat several times at the Adamant King’s response.

“Ahem, if the Knight King would face an old man like me, that would truly be an honor.”

“While staying in the Empire, may I request a sparring match if the opportunity arises?”

Wasn’t that just a polite remark?

Jerome’s eyes widened slightly at the unexpected proposal.

For a moment, he sensed an inexplicable hostility within Kaiden’s smile.

“I would like to attend as a spectator to that sparring match, if the opportunity arises.”

“Your Majesty is always welcome.”

“By the way, about the reason why the Adamant delegation’s arrival was later than scheduled.”

The Emperor, who had joined the conversation between the two, naturally changed the topic.

He now wore an extremely serious expression.

“You said it was because of monsters. Are monster appearances still frequent in various places?”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

Kaiden answered seriously, his smile fading at the Emperor’s words.

“There was an attack by a pack of monsters on the way here, but it wasn’t a very large scale. Still, just to be safe, we eliminated all the monsters in the area, so attacks should decrease for a while.”

“…All of them?”

On the route from the Adamant Kingdom to the Empire lay the waist of a great mountain range.

Due to its geographical characteristics, powerful monsters frequently appeared there. Thanks to this, the Empire’s knight orders often went there for subjugation, but they had never once eliminated all the monsters.

The number of casualties among the knights was always greater than the number of monsters defeated.

‘That means they eliminated all those monsters and still hurried along the way.’

The Emperor quietly stared at Kaiden.

Then he soon smiled as if nothing was wrong.

“I express my gratitude for your efforts. You must be tired from the long journey, so please rest and recover first. The founding festival banquet doesn’t start until three days from now anyway.”

The Emperor turned his head toward the Empress sitting beside him.

“Empress, where did you say the Adamant delegation would be staying?”

“The 3rd Prince’s Palace.”

At the mention of the 3rd Prince, Kaiden’s eyes slightly contorted, but no one noticed.

“Edwin.”

At the Emperor’s call, 3rd Prince Edwin stepped forward.

Emilia was hiding behind him, clutching her brother’s trouser hem.

“I am 3rd Prince Edwin Anaxinianus Bentrum. And this is 1st Princess Emilia Luce Bentrum.”

Fortunately, he didn’t stutter, and his voice didn’t tremble.

However, Kaiden said nothing even after receiving Edwin’s greeting.

He simply looked back and forth between the prince and princess who were much smaller than himself a couple of times.

‘Why, why is he doing that?’

Edwin, who didn’t have the courage to meet Kaiden’s eyes, could only break out in cold sweat while fixing his gaze on Kaiden’s solar plexus.

‘Could it be that he doesn’t like me?’

Had the rumors about the shameful nickname “mutt prince” spread all the way to Adamant?

What if he suddenly shouted that he absolutely couldn’t stay at the 3rd Prince’s Palace and left?

It was while Edwin was fidgeting anxiously.

“I greet His Highness the 3rd Prince and Her Highness the 1st Princess.”

Kaiden finally spoke.

“I am Kaiden Ram. I ask for your kind consideration during my stay in the Empire.”

It was a greeting that showed no signs of displeasure.

Edwin unconsciously raised his head and met Kaiden’s eyes.

The golden eyes that had shone brilliantly even from afar were warmer in color than he had thought.

“Edwin.”

Meanwhile, the Emperor watched the two exchange greetings before giving his command.

“Serve our distinguished guest well until he returns to his homeland. Do you understand?”

“Yes, Your Imperial Majesty.”

As Edwin bowed to the Emperor, Catherine, who had been waiting behind, stepped forward as if she had been waiting for this moment.

She had certainly been more nervous than the prince just moments ago, but now she was incredibly calm as if nothing had happened.

“I am Catherine Bale, the housekeeper of the 3rd Prince’s Palace. I will guide you to your accommodations, Your Majesty.”

Kaiden nodded lightly at the housekeeper’s words.

“Then I shall take my leave now, Your Majesty.”

After giving his final greeting to the Emperor, Kaiden turned around without hesitation.

As he headed out of the hall, his gaze seemed to linger on Edwin for a moment, but it was only for an instant.

‘He doesn’t seem as scary as I thought.’

Edwin watched Kaiden’s retreating figure as he left the hall first, lost in thought.

‘But why does he feel so familiar?’

The young prince was puzzled by the inexplicable sense of déjà vu.

‘Is it because we met once before in the garden?’

Edwin lightly scratched his cheek.

It was strange to feel familiarity toward someone he had only met twice, but he dismissed it as nothing important.

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“My knees ache as I get older. Could you help me out a bit?”

“I am helping you.”

“Do it with more sincerity. More sincerity.”

“Damn old man, won’t you be quiet?”

“Hey, look here! Look at that personality coming out! Oh my, how scary! Is it proper for a caretaker to use such rough language?”

His mouth is the only thing that’s alive anyway.

I wiped the sweat flowing down my forehead and sighed.

‘When will Edwin come back?’

Sitting in the vegetable garden under the blazing midday sun, swinging a sickle, made me think of Edwin.

Right now, he would be busy receiving the delegation. Since Catherine, the housekeeper, had gone with him, I wasn’t too worried.

‘He needs to come back quickly so I can escape from this manual labor.’

After cutting weeds for a long time, I stood up for a moment and stretched.

Then Seiji, who was leaning against the cabin window, giggled.

“Well, well, has Kayla lost her touch too? Stretching after just cutting grass for a few hours? Are you getting old too?”

“…Even if I’ve lost my touch, I can still send someone like you off within 5 seconds. Shall we test it?”

When I turned around holding the sickle, Seiji’s face turned pale.

“Hey, hey, Kayla. I was just joking, why are you suddenly…”

“I’m certain I told you not to call me by that name.”

“Oh my! This woman is picking on an old man! Old man dying! You’re crazy!”

“I’ll turn you into fertilizer for this herb garden too. Stay still.”

Seiji locked the cabin door and started screaming.

Crash.

But there was no way the old wooden plywood could withstand my strength.

When I broke the door handle in one go and entered, Seiji looked at me with horrified eyes.

“Say that again. Who’s past their prime?”

“No, you’re exactly like your prime days! Exactly! Why do you keep coming closer!”

“That half-bald head of yours, I’ll make it completely bald today, so look forward to it.”

“Aaaaah!”

After catching up with Seiji like that for the first time in a while, quite some time had passed.

I noticed the sun had shifted slightly westward and quietly got up from my seat.

“What, is it over now?”

Seiji, whose hair was a complete mess, was sprawled helplessly on the floor.

He looked at me strangely as I suddenly dusted myself off and stood up.

“It feels like someone’s coming.”

“Huh? Who?”

“I don’t know either.”

It was a presence I was sensing for the first time.

At least it didn’t seem to be someone who originally lived in the Imperial Palace.

‘If they had been in the Imperial Palace, I wouldn’t have failed to recognize someone with this level of presence.’

Seiji blinked after hearing my words.

“If it’s someone with such a strong presence that you’re getting tense, it could only be Duke Crowner.”

“That bastard’s presence is about as much as a roadside pebble.”

“You’re probably the only person who would talk about Duke Crowner like that, Kayl, no. Rachel.”

He asked as if he couldn’t understand at all.

“I’ve been curious for a while, but why do you hate Duke Crowner so much? Did you make enemies or something?”

“I just hate him. I already hated him before, but I hate him even more now.”

“Why?”

I could give endless reasons for hating Jerome Crowner.

I hated how he acted differently in front and behind, I hated how he tried to cover it up, and I hated how he didn’t even think to hide his hypocrisy when caught.

“Do I really need to say all of that? I’ll be going now.”

“What, we haven’t finished all the vegetable garden work yet.”

Instead of answering, I glared at him intently, and Seiji tucked his tail.

“Well, yeah, we can do it later…”

I looked at Seiji trailing off and brushed the dirt off my clothes.

“Oh right, you heard the request, but don’t even think about coming out during the Founding Festival…”

“I wouldn’t come out even if you asked me to, so don’t worry.”

Seiji waved his hand without even thinking of getting up from the floor.

“Just get going. Isn’t it about time for Edwin to return too?”

“Yeah, then.”

I skipped the farewell and left Seiji’s cabin.

And I thoroughly searched around the Prince’s Palace.

To find the source of that annoyingly tremendous presence.

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