The Prince’s Nanny, Her Specialty Is Assassination - Chapter 96

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Chapter 96. A Guest at the Prince’s Palace (1)

‘This is strange.’

I definitely felt a suspicious presence earlier.

I frowned as I searched around the Prince’s Palace.

‘Could I have been mistaken?’

It was true that my senses had become duller than before since awakening in Rachel’s body.

Though that was relatively speaking.

‘With so many outsiders coming in, I might have confused their presence with something else.’

If I still had no results after searching this long, there was no reason to continue looking.

It was when I was turning the corner of the long corridor to return to the main building.

Thud.

I bumped my face into a solid wall.

‘What? Why is there a wall here…?’

Clutching my aching nose, I looked up to identify this mysterious wall.

But what appeared before me wasn’t a wall, but a person.

‘What the…’

He was an extremely large man.

He seemed to be covered from head to toe in pitch-black darkness.

But only his eyes were a brilliant golden color like starlight.

Still.

“It’s been a while.”

A soft, low voice echoed in my ears.

I unconsciously held my breath and took a step back.

“From your expression, it seems you haven’t forgotten me.”

I had guessed from the string of titles he carried at his young age, his body hidden beneath his clothes, and the atmosphere he exuded that his skills wouldn’t be ordinary.

‘But to this extent…’

I silently looked up at Kaiden.

I couldn’t sense any presence from him at all.

Even though he was standing right in front of me, it was as if he wasn’t here.

“Now that I see you up close.”

Kaiden gazed at me quietly, then smiled faintly.

A strange glint passed through his eyes.

“Your eye color is unusual.”

“…Pardon?”

What’s this all of a sudden?

I looked at The Man with bewildered eyes.

“I like it.”

Now it was beyond absurd and even unpleasant.

Appearing out of nowhere and nearly smashing my nose, then spouting nonsense about liking my eye color.

‘I’d love to test whether that guy’s philtrum is harder or my fist is, but I should restrain myself.’

I was a caretaker, and he was a king of a nation.

So there was only one thing I could do right now.

“…I greet His Majesty King Kaiden.”

As I reluctantly bowed my head, I heard the sound of suppressed laughter from above.

I frowned and looked up, meeting Kaiden’s eyes.

“Your expression is quite something to see.”

“…May I ask what kind of expression I’m making?”

“Hmm, a very amusing expression.”

Just as I was about to feel troubled by the strength unconsciously entering my fists.

“Caretaker! Caretakerrrrr! You can’t do thattttt!”

Catherine was running toward us in a hurry from far away.

Really now, what did I even do that she’s running over yelling that I can’t do something without even checking properly?

“Head Maid.”

“Huff, huff, Caretaker, that…”

Catherine, who had barely reached me, was breathing heavily.

She was so out of breath that she couldn’t continue speaking.

“Gasp, I was late. Princess Emilia suddenly said she urgently needed the bathroom…”

That was certainly something Emilia would do.

She must have been standing since dawn at the Imperial Palace, receiving greetings from all sorts of delegations.

Rather, it’s impressive she held it in until now.

“Huff, gasp. Ah, I apologize, Your Majesty. To leave such an esteemed guest standing here while I was away, please forgive…”

“There’s nothing to forgive or not forgive.”

Kaiden smiled at Catherine, who was still breathing heavily.

“It was an unavoidable situation, so naturally I should understand.”

“I’m, I’m sorry, and, th-thank you. For understanding.”

Catherine bowed her head deeply with a flushed face.

Why is she suddenly fidgeting with her body? How strange.

“But.”

Kaiden looked around in all directions, then turned toward me.

“I don’t know where I’ll be staying. Could you guide me?”

“Oh my, look at me! I’ll guide you right away. If you follow me…”

Just as Catherine was hurriedly trying to lead the way.

“Before that, I don’t think I’ve received an apology yet.”

“What? An apology?”

“Not you, this one.”

Kaiden turned toward me as he spoke.

“A moment ago, you bumped into my chest without permission and didn’t even apologize.”

Shouldn’t I be the one receiving an apology?

He’s the one who caused trouble by always tensing his chest muscles and nearly destroying someone’s nose.

“Did that happen? My goodness, Caretaker, hurry up and apologize!”

Ah, why did I have to wake up in the caretaker’s body of all things?

If I had woken up in the Emperor’s body instead, I could have beaten up all the guys I didn’t like to my heart’s content.

“…I apologize.”

I reluctantly offered an apology.

“Please graciously forgive the rudeness I committed against Your Majesty…”

“Not Your Majesty, Kaiden.”

Another unexpected answer came from The Man’s mouth.

“…Pardon?”

“I’ll forgive your rudeness, so call me Your Highness Kaiden.”

It was somewhat unexpected.

I thought someone who founded a nation would have an authoritative personality, but to ask me to call him by name in exchange for forgiving my rudeness.

‘Does he get along casually with his subordinates?’

Well, since he was also of commoner origin, he might be insensitive to class differences.

“Understood, Your Highness Kaiden.”

When I answered obediently, The Man’s—Kaiden’s—eyes curved pleasantly.

“Then now it’s your turn.”

What turn?

When I looked at him with eyes that showed I didn’t understand, he added.

“Your name.”

“…Are you asking for my name?”

“I don’t think I asked for your name when we met before.”

What does he want with my name?

Why would a king of a nation be curious about something like a prince’s caretaker’s name?

It seemed my instinctively wary gaze had shown.

Kaiden added an explanation as if he had read my mind.

“I’m asking purely out of curiosity, so I hope you won’t be too guarded. Everyone knows my name, but I don’t know everyone’s name.”

He smiled brightly at me as I stared at him silently.

“It’s not so strange to be curious about the names of people who know me, is it?”

Despite his suspicious entrance, his tone was quite gentle.

Just by looking at him, he seemed like someone who would force you to speak if you didn’t give your name willingly.

“…Rachel Brown.”

“Rachel.”

Kaiden murmured my name and then grinned.

“A name that suits a caretaker well.”

He muttered as if talking to himself as he passed by me.

The laughter mixed in clearly showed his intention to tease.

“Though you don’t seem to suit the position of caretaker.”

What?

I frowned and turned my head.

But Kaiden had already gone quite far away.

“Oh, the room where Your Majesty will stay has been prepared with a private bath. And for meals…”

Catherine’s voice, who had suddenly ended up following the king instead of giving directions, also grew faint.

I glared at the retreating figures of the two people.

‘Something smells fishy.’

From Kaiden Ram, the King of Adamant, came a scent similar to Duke Crowner’s.

The scent of a strong person, and somehow a fishy smell from behind.

‘That bastard is definitely two-faced as well.’

Ha, beautiful eyes?

I shuddered as I recalled what he had said.

‘I haven’t even heard such cringeworthy words from Ian.’

Still, since he was supposedly the founding king, I had some expectations.

Who would have thought he’d be the type to chase after women enough to spout such nonsense to a woman he’d just met.

‘It would be troublesome if I got unnecessarily involved by getting too close.’

By my guess, Kaiden would be similar to Jerome or even stronger.

If he happened to notice my true identity, it would obviously become troublesome.

Of course, there was a bigger reason.

‘If he keeps bothering me with talk about my eyes like before, it’ll be hard to escape.’

I, ‘Rachel Brown,’ was not from proper nobility and was an unmarried woman.

Though I was a prince’s caretaker, if a king of a nation showed open interest, I’d be in a difficult position to refuse.

‘Anyway, Edwin won’t be able to train, and I have no obligation to entertain guests, so I suppose it’s fortunate.’

Avoiding guests staying at the Prince’s Palace throughout the Founding Festival period was an extremely tricky and bothersome task.

But it couldn’t be helped. Since bombs don’t avoid people, I had no choice but to skillfully avoid the bomb myself.

“This is annoying as hell.”

I moved my steps slowly with an annoyed expression.

Having no idea what kind of trouble I would face because of the Prince’s Palace guests in the future.

* * *

Splash.

The hot spring water filling the massive marble bath rippled.

Kaiden was half-submerged in the bath, running his hand through his hair.

His black hair, grown to around his neck, took on an even deeper hue.

“Transmission.”

Then, Kaiden uttered a single short word.

A small crystal orb shot up from the water into the air.

Whirrrr.

The crystal orb vibrated weakly and soon projected a translucent screen in the air.

In the screen was a man with a small build.

He looked surprised as if he could see Kaiden outside the screen.

[Your Majesty Kaiden?]

Long braided dark purple hair, narrow eyes that made it impossible to tell if they were open or closed.

The name of the man with such an impressive appearance was ‘Aurel Dragoon.’

He was Adamant’s chief court mage and known as Kaiden’s right hand within the kingdom.

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