I Am the 5-Year-Old Spy Who Kidnapped the Villain - Chapter 104

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【Chapter 104】

 

Whether Arzen was angry or not, Aebin responded with a cheeky grin and shameless reply.

 

“Haha. Sorry. How could I possibly beat such a small and cute kid?”

 

“Aebin! You stay right there! If you really leave, you’ll be in trouble! That’s an order!”

 

Even though Arzen went as far as calling it an order, he leisurely walked away and disappeared beyond the gate.

 

Soon, only I was left standing dumbfounded in the sparring arena.

 

“Huh!”

 

The murmuring among the audience showed no signs of stopping.

 

Arzen, who had slumped into his chair, gritted his teeth while desperately fanning his reddened face with a fan.

 

In the original story, Aebin was an upright, pure young man who couldn’t stand injustice.

 

However, the boy I just saw seemed to go beyond being slightly mischievous for his age—he even appeared rebellious.

 

Had his personality changed after spending his childhood years in a different direction from the original?

 

“Good heavens… what kind of situation is this?”

 

Anyway, once he disappeared, the flustered referee glanced at me sideways.

 

So the result of this duel became.

 

“…Due to Aebin’s forfeit, the winner is Lady Croste Aisha!”

 

This.

 

“…”

 

This wasn’t really winning, nor was it losing…

 

“What is this?”

 

“Sigh, I had such high expectations…”

 

I pretended not to notice the deflated reactions of the audience and quickly escaped from the arena.

 

“Haah-.”

 

I thought I’d die from embarrassment.

 

Only when I passed through the gate and reached a place where the audience couldn’t see me did I finally let out the breath I’d been holding.

 

I needed some time to organize the situation.

 

I had met the protagonist of the original story. Though he was in a slightly different state than what I knew.

 

And I learned something I didn’t know from the original—that he had often watched Aisha during his training days at the Pose Duchy.

 

And that the reason was curiosity and affection.

 

From his somewhat embarrassed expression, those words seemed to be true, but there was a face that overlapped in my mind.

 

It was Kail, who had unavoidably left today but always followed me around.

 

“Oh.”

 

I paused and seriously pondered.

 

‘Could I possibly be a chair king in this world?’

 

Ah. That’s not it.

 

Shake shake.

 

I shook my head and glanced back at the arena.

 

Somehow, I had gotten entangled with the male protagonist.

 

This was something that had twisted the original story quite a bit, since originally Aebin was supposed to come to the North and meet Callipus when he was close to adulthood.

 

Moreover, he had used ice abilities. It seemed he had been hiding the fact that he used poison abilities even at the Pose Duchy.

 

And what was the reason King Arzen didn’t introduce Aebin as ‘Pose Duke’s illegitimate son’?

 

It seemed like there was some scheme…

 

“Father- Brother Lucas!”

 

Since it was difficult, I should lean on my family for now.

 

“Aisha.”

 

When I returned to the audience seating with pitiful straight-line eyes, Callipus, who had come out to meet me in advance, quickly picked me up.

 

“Are you okay? Are you hurt anywhere?”

 

“Sniff. No.”

 

Father held me like a baby while cooing, and with his other hand, he tidied my disheveled hair.

 

In that state, he headed toward our seats and asked.

 

“You two were sticking close together the whole time—what did that mold say?”

 

“It’s not mold, it’s Ae…”

 

“Did he scare you? Did he mock you saying that making snow was all your ability amounted to?”

 

Suddenly cutting off his words, he asked in a low voice.

 

Callipus’s eyes had darkened.

 

If I said yes, he looked ready to chase after Aebin regardless of the public duel or anything else.

 

Surely Father had also seen Aebin use ice abilities, but in the midst of all this, he seemed more concerned about whether I might have been hurt than about the abilities.

 

“No. Nothing happened at all!”

 

Shake shake-

 

I shook my head vigorously for the sake of my father who would worry about me.

 

“Then why did that moldy bastard stick to you?!”

 

But this time, a disgruntled complaint popped up from below.

 

It was Lucas.

 

“And what, he called you, cute, cute?!”

 

Standing near my dangling feet, he waved his fists and shouted angrily.

 

“You are cute though.”

 

“F-Father!”

 

When Callipus interjected with those words, Lucas’s eyes became like a rabbit’s—

 

“Of course, it’s not something for mold to say.”

 

After confirming his son’s reaction, Callipus took his side. Lucas, who had looked full of complaints, brightened his face again and swung his fists.

 

“Exactly! Damn it. I should have been the one to face that gloomy guy!”

 

The duel between knights who entered after me and Aebin was continuing, but the two focused only on their conversation the entire walk.

 

The two didn’t seem to know, but I did.

 

The fact that their conversation was being transmitted in full to the surrounding people whose eyes were sparkling with curiosity.

 

“Young Master Lucas has quite a fiery personality.”

 

“He looks really cold on the outside, but it’s unexpected. He has cute aspects that match his age.”

 

“By the way, Lady Aisha receives plenty of love from the Duke and Young Master.”

 

“How nice… I wish I could receive some concern from such a handsome Duke too.”

 

The whispering voices could be heard all the way here.

 

‘…Embarrassing.’

 

Poof-

 

Having nowhere to direct my gaze, I buried my head in Father’s embrace.

 

“Father.”

 

Lucas called Callipus as if something had occurred to him.

 

“What.”

 

“Come to think of it, how was that mold able to use ice abilities earlier? He doesn’t seem to be from a branch family, just a commoner, so could it be that people other than the Croste family can also use ice abilities…”

 

“Mouth.”

 

That’s when it happened.

 

Callipus suddenly cut off Lucas’s continuing words. His voice was surprisingly blunt.

 

It was enough to make Lucas, who had been chattering thoughtlessly, flinch momentarily.

 

“Later. Now shut your mouth.”

 

At Callipus’s command-like words, which had only been gentle before, a surprised Lucas hung his head low.

 

Only then did he seem to realize. That people’s gazes were directed toward us.

 

And that in the current situation, talking about ‘the reason Aebin was able to use ice abilities’ would be disadvantageous to Croste.

 

“…”

 

When Lucas became quiet, Father silently ruffled his hair roughly.

 

Soon after taking his seat, he immediately gave quiet orders to the Captain of the Guards.

 

“Lilis Tex, who used ice abilities during the last successor trial.”

 

“Yes, Your Highness.”

 

“Send an urgent message to Nox, who is handling affairs in my place at the Ducal Palace. Tell him to investigate when that child manifested ice abilities, the circumstances. And whether he can still use abilities now. Tell him to investigate and report immediately.”

 

“Understood.”

 

The Captain of the Guards, who had bowed his head slightly while being conscious of people’s gazes, disappeared silently.

 

‘…As expected, he’s been keeping an eye on things all along.’

 

I thought he didn’t have much on his mind since he only played pranks on me and Lucas.

 

The person who straightened his back and sat up was no longer the affectionate father we had known just moments ago.

 

He was Callipus Croste.

 

Callipus also seemed to have figured out that this situation was the King’s plan.

 

It couldn’t be helped.

 

King Arzen was leisurely swinging one leg, leaning his upper body comfortably against the armrest.

 

“….”

 

He was staring at us intently with a smile.

 

Callipus’s jaw tensed.

 

His red eyes, as if engraved in his deep-set features, were glaring clearly at King Arzen.

 

Like a predator waiting for an opening from its opponent.

 

That’s when it happened.

 

“The next match is between Croste’s Deron and Frozen Royal’s Tom!”

 

The battle of wills between the two men ended with the referee’s announcement.

 

However.

 

“Wh-what?!”

 

The last person to smile was King Arzen.

 

“Th-that knight is also using ice abilities just like that commoner child from earlier!”

 

In the middle of the sparring arena.

 

During the newly started duel between two knights, when the royal knight who was being pushed back by the Croste knight stepped on the ground, a massive ice pillar suddenly shot up from beneath his feet.

 

“….”

 

At that sight, one of Callipus’s eyebrows, who had been expressionless, rose.

 

“…What is this.”

 

Lucas also stood up from his seat as if he couldn’t believe it.

 

“D-does this make sense? Why are ice ability users appearing one after another…”

 

“Moreover, that ability is being used by a Frozen Royal knight, not a Croste knight, right?”

 

“Does such a thing even exist?”

 

People began to murmur with their mouths agape as if they had seen something they shouldn’t have.

 

There were even nobles who glanced at us while saying, “I thought ice ability users only came from the Croste Ducal Family?”

 

Along with such reactions, King Arzen’s smile grew deeper.

 

And the next match too.

 

“Croste’s Voice and Frozen Royal’s Little!”

 

Even the match after that.

 

“Croste’s Dome and Frozen Royal’s Kosher!”

 

All of the Frozen Royal knights used ice abilities, and the result was total annihilation.

 

“Phew. When you use abilities, you don’t even need a sword, do you?”

 

The royal knight who had easily subdued the Croste knight with ice abilities hummed a tune as he disappeared from the sparring arena.

 

‘…How on earth….’

 

I hurriedly looked at Grace, who was sitting next to Arzen.

 

But she, who had been expressionless throughout, turned her head toward me.

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