The Prince’s Nanny, Her Specialty Is Assassination - Chapter 99

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Chapter 99. A Sleepless Night (1)

‘Damn it.’

This time I wasn’t as startled as when I first saw Kaiden.

Unlike then, he was proudly flaunting his presence for all to see.

But even though I clearly knew he was there, goosebumps prickled along my spine.

‘What kind of human being is he, really?’

My instincts constantly warned me that the person standing behind me could take my life at any moment.

I forced myself to remain calm as I parted my lips.

“…I greet Your Majesty the King.”

As I answered while staring straight ahead, a small chuckle escaped from behind me.

The presence I had felt by the wall near the door gradually drew closer.

“Hmm.”

Kaiden, the King of Adamant, came to stand behind me.

He was close enough that I could feel his breathing.

“An open door doesn’t necessarily mean permission to enter, does it?”

“I apologize. I thought something might have happened to Your Majesty, so I entered without permission. My rudeness…”

“Enough with the apologies.”

Kaiden cut off my words and asked in a low voice.

“What’s your reason for seeking me out?”

It was quite a languid voice.

Kaiden drew out his words.

“I’m certain I asked the Housekeeper to come.”

He spoke with a voice tinged with amusement, as if he found this situation entertaining.

“But I never expected the Caretaker herself to grace me with her presence.”

“I have something to tell you about that matter.”

I continued in a calm tone.

“The Housekeeper suddenly fell ill and couldn’t come. It seems to be a cold or flu.”

“A cold? She was perfectly fine just a while ago.”

“…It appears to be acute. So she said she should rest in her chamber for a while, lest she infect Your Majesty while attending to you.”

I was quite pleased with the excuse I smoothly delivered without pause.

This should ensure Catherine won’t be summoned by this man during the Founding Festival period.

“Oh my.”

Meanwhile, Kaiden clicked his tongue as if truly sympathetic after hearing my words.

“How unfortunate that she’s fallen ill.”

“So if you need nighttime attendance, I’ll quickly find another woman for you. If you could just wait a moment…”

Suddenly I was at a loss for words.

The Man’s thick chest had suddenly blocked my view.

“…Your Majesty Kaiden?”

When I raised my head, pretending to be unaffected, Kaiden was looking down at me.

His vivid golden eyes gleamed brilliantly in the darkness.

Like those of a beast.

“That would be rather troublesome.”

A strange light flickered in Kaiden’s eyes.

As if he had discovered interesting prey.

“I need a woman by my side right now.”

Surely this bastard isn’t going to spout nonsense about being unable to sleep if he doesn’t do that for even one day?

‘They say heroes are lustful. Is this guy one of that type too?’

When I slightly furrowed my brow and glared at him, Kaiden smiled mischievously.

“I have more delicate aspects than I appear to have.”

Where exactly are these delicate aspects supposed to be?

From the outside, it looks like even his brain and spinal cord are packed solid with muscle.

“I can’t sleep without someone beside me.”

It was quite an ambiguous statement.

Depending on interpretation, he could be either a lecher who plays with women every night, or an insomniac who can’t sleep without human warmth nearby.

Well, whichever it was, it had nothing to do with me anyway.

“I’ll have them bring tea that’s good for insomnia. So…”

“Are you trying to substitute for the Housekeeper?”

Kaiden was staring at me intently.

Uncomfortably so.

“Of course not. I merely came to deliver a message.”

“…How unfortunate.”

Has he finally given up?

Kaiden, who had been leaning against the door, slowly straightened his body.

Thinking I could finally escape this uncomfortable space, I quickly reached for the door handle.

“It can’t be helped.”

At that moment, Kaiden lowered his head and whispered near my ear as if talking to himself.

“Then I’ll have no choice but to tell His Majesty the Emperor that the hospitality at the 3rd Prince’s Palace was lacking.”

His sharply raised eyes curved gracefully like willow branches.

As if he were teasing me.

“…Are you threatening me right now?”

“Well. How you think about it is your freedom.”

What a truly shameless bastard.

Making blatant threats and then saying how I think about it is my freedom?

I silently glared at him steadily.

“If you want to leave.”

Kaiden smiled slyly and stepped aside.

Not forgetting to show the kindness of opening the door for me directly.

“You may go anytime.”

“…”

“I suppose I’ll have to visit His Majesty the Emperor tomorrow with a haggard face from suffering insomnia.”

There are limits to how much one should tease a person.

As I stood with a stern face looking only ahead, Kaiden shrugged his shoulders as if bored.

He stretched once, then walked toward the bed with slow steps.

“When you leave, don’t forget to close the door…”

Thud, thump.

It was before the arrogant young king could finish his words.

A dull sound echoed through the chamber.

“…Right now.”

Kaiden, who was pinned beneath me, slowly opened his mouth.

He was half-lying on the bed, looking up at me.

“What exactly are you doing?”

I couldn’t sense any anger.

Kaiden’s voice even carried a sense of leisure.

But I could tell.

‘He’s flustered.’

The young King of Adamant was deeply flustered by the Prince’s Caretaker who had suddenly pushed him onto the bed. The very slight trembling of his pupils was proof of that.

“I’m trying to give Your Majesty what you desire.”

I pulled out the pin that held my neatly arranged hair in place.

Long ash-brown hair flowed down like silk.

“So I hope there won’t be anything to displease His Majesty the Emperor tomorrow morning.”

Thanks to my experience as an assassin, seducing men in bed was familiar territory.

Of course, when I seduced men, it was only when I needed to take their lives.

Kaiden frowned as he spoke.

“…Are you serious?”

He’s not a child, so does he really call that a question?

For a man who speaks so freely about needing a woman when sleeping, he has quite an innocent side.

“Well, is sincerity necessary for this kind of thing?”

There was no need for lengthy words.

I just wanted to get this over with quickly and return to my chamber.

Without permission, I reached for the king’s waist tie.

Swish, click.

“If this was a plan to surprise me.”

At that moment, Kaiden grabbed my wrist and pulled me down from on top of him.

In the blink of an eye, the situation was reversed.

“It worked. I’ll give you credit.”

Kaiden was looking down at me intently while keeping me trapped beneath him.

A rich jasmine scent emanated from him.

It was so strong, as if he had poured jasmine oil from head to toe.

“But it seems you’ve misunderstood something.”

Kaiden continued with an amused voice.

“I just meant I needed a human pillow to hold beside me.”

…A human pillow?

Does he have a hobby of making pillows out of humans?

‘Then this bastard did that to Catherine…!’

It seemed to be a fact that many high-ranking people had perverted sexual preferences.

‘Perhaps it would be better for this world if I eliminated him while he’s off guard.’

If he’s someone who can only sleep with a pillow made from women, wouldn’t it be better to help him sleep eternally right here? Before he sacrifices more women.

“What I’m saying is, you just need to stay in this chamber until dawn.”

But with his continued explanation, I couldn’t think of anything anymore.

‘He just wants me to stay in the chamber?’

Did he really just need something like a worry doll to guard his bedside?

Catherine might have thought that way, but I was completely off the mark too.

“….”

My face grew hot.

I had suddenly become a strange woman who got worked up all by herself.

If I could, I wanted to jump out the window right now.

Meanwhile, Kaiden looked at my face and burst out laughing.

“You’re interesting.”

His alien golden eyes glittered strangely in the darkness.

“Not only did you enter the king’s bedchamber without permission, but you also touched the king’s body without consent.”

“That was….”

“At this point, aren’t you the one who wants night service?”

Shut up, you arrogant little brat.

I barely swallowed the words that almost spilled from my tongue.

And I forced myself to speak calmly.

“…Then why did you specifically ask a woman to come to your bedchamber?”

“When I sleep with my subordinates, strange rumors keep spreading.”

“Strange rumors?”

“Rumors like the King of Adamant is a pervert who enjoys homosexuality.”

Kaiden wrinkled one corner of his eye as if truly troubled.

“My subordinates say they’d rather sleep with monsters than beside me, which is troublesome in many ways. So I asked The Housekeeper.”

“The Housekeeper is fine?”

“I thought if it was The Housekeeper, she’d be married so strange rumors wouldn’t spread.”

Having a married woman stay in his bedchamber.

‘…That seems like it would cause even stranger rumors.’

Instead of voicing my thoughts, I chose to correct the wrong information.

“The Housekeeper is unmarried.”

Kaiden’s eyes widened slightly at my answer.

He raised one eyebrow as if he hadn’t known.

“Hmm, that’s unfortunate.”

“Anyway, I greatly misunderstood as well.”

No matter how embarrassing it was, being able to admit one’s mistakes is what makes a true adult. I lowered my eyes slightly and added quietly.

“I apologize, Your Majesty.”

“No, it’s partly my fault for causing the misunderstanding. I should have explained properly to The Housekeeper too.”

Though he had no real intention of doing so.

Kaiden still had a mischievous look in his eyes.

After looking down at me silently for a moment, he slowly got up.

The sunken bed mattress sprang back up.

“Well then, you should head back now. I’ve been quite rude to the prince’s caretaker.”

Kaiden was already nonchalantly picking up the water bottle from the nightstand beside the bed.

As if he truly had no interest in me whatsoever anymore.

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