I Am the 5-Year-Old Spy Who Kidnapped the Villain - Chapter 118

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【Chapter 118】

I think I had a dream.

The treatment room of Croste Ducal Castle. Through blurry vision, I could see myself lying inside.

Torn and bloodstained clothes and disheveled blonde hair.

It seemed like a past moment when I had collapsed after rescuing Lucas who was trapped in Ahili’s Circus.

When the physician pronounced my death, the people around me wailed.

Callipus, who remained until the end, seemed unable to let go and placed my body in a cold room to prevent decay before leaving.

And when quite some time had passed.

Someone appeared.

Purple eyes filled with curiosity were revealed between fluttering white hair.

It was Kail.

‘Live a little longer.’

After saying that while looking at me, he immediately stamped his foot on the ground and injected his magic into me.

His magic that flowed into my body met mine and soon began moving at full speed somewhere.

Exiting the castle gate, it crossed the massive ice wall guarded by Croste knights.

The white snow ground and blue horizon collided, emitting a piercing light.

The edge of the world had unfolded.

The mass of magic moved forward as fast as a bird gliding through the sky.

Looking down, monsters throughout the snowy plains were detected.

And going a little deeper. When entering the deep snowy plains that even the Croste family members had never seen, a massive castle made of wooden planks appeared.

No, it wasn’t a castle. This place was a village.

Around the 4-story building made of planks, shacks painted in loud colors were clustered together.

Giant orcs were carrying huge planks here and there, and small creatures like dwarfs were diligently sharpening axe blades.

The magic that circled the village once entered through the top floor window of the 4-story building.

Inside the dark room.

A dwarf wearing a pointed hat was standing.

‘King of Monsters, our leader. The time has come to judge the humans who stole our sanctuary. Please go to where you should be… Hm?’

The dwarf who had been muttering as if entranced turned his head.

He had encountered the magic.

‘What an interesting fellow. Who are you?’

A gleaming madness flashed in the dwarf’s eyes as he examined the floating magic for a while.

‘What peculiar magic. Come closer to me.’

Rough hands like crocodile scales gradually covered my vision.

‘If you join us, we’ll be invincible.’

I couldn’t move at all because of the blackened vision.

After wandering in darkness for a while, I came to my senses as if waking from a dream.

* * *

“Oh.”

When I opened my eyes, what I saw was an antique ceiling with famous paintings.

Was it a dream? It must have been a dream.

The bizarre monster’s eyes kept flickering like afterimages. My heart was still pounding.

Was what I just saw merely a dream, or was it a memory from the past?

If this is indeed a memory, when I died saving Lucas, did Kail bring me back to life…?

By the way.

The last place I collapsed was the classroom, but in front of me is another unfamiliar ceiling.

Looking at the famous paintings, it seems to be the Royal Palace.

Since fainting wasn’t just once or twice anymore, I wasn’t even flustered.

Is this the timing to say “Where am I, who am I?”

“Now, please explain quickly!”

When I put strength in my body and sat up abruptly, the people around me looked at me in surprise.

“Aisha!”

Among them, Kail who was closest to me hugged me as if pouncing.

I could feel a small tremor in his arms wrapped around my neck. The shoulder where he buried his face gradually became wet.

“Aisha. I’m sorry. I was wrong. Aisha fainted because I suspected her. Aisha has a glass head and glass body, you didn’t lose your memory, did you?”

“Kek.”

He whimpered like a dog who found its owner and tightened his grip around my neck even more.

When I flailed my arms because I couldn’t breathe-

“Kail. Aisha needs stability, so come out quickly.”

Nox, who approached urgently, grabbed the back of his neck and lifted him up. Kail, who was pulled by him, burst into tears like a child.

“Aisha, don’t forget me, wahhh!”

“Oh. Nox. I’ll take care of Kail.”

Seeing that, I was flustered and grabbed Kail’s hand.

He must have been very shocked since I collapsed right in front of him.

“…Sigh. Please don’t forget that this Maein is much stronger than Aisha.”

“What’s the use of being strong when he can’t live without me.”

There are no bad children in the world. They’re just starved for attention.

I spread my small palm and cooed.

“Come here, Kail. That’s right. There, there.”

“Aisha is mine.”

Then Kail burrowed into my arms as if he had been waiting.

“Kek.”

I thought I could hear the sound of my ribs cracking from the small Maein’s arm strength.

But.

“Th… that’s right.”

I couldn’t abandon the whimpering puppy-like guy.

‘A mother’s heart is to sacrifice for her child.’

Reminding myself once again that I was the one who took in Kail, I slowly died while patting his soft head.

That’s when it happened.

“Have you recovered your strength?”

“Grace Majesty?”

I don’t know when she had been there, but Grace asked about my condition with a worried face.

Unlike usual, she wore glasses and comfortable pants, and tapped the glass bottle connected to the rope tied around my wrist.

“Fortunately, a lot of magic was absorbed. You almost couldn’t endure it and would have been in danger, but it was fortunate that you collapsed in the Royal Palace.”

“Huh…?”

Couldn’t endure magic? Danger?

I tilted my head at the incomprehensible words.

Then she nodded with an extremely rational gaze.

“It means Aisha almost died.”

“What?!”

“Your Majesty. I’m sorry to interrupt the conversation, but Aisha just woke up.”

“Ah. I see. Rest for now. Sorry…”

“This is serious!”

That’s when it happened.

The door burst open and the person who entered was Count Del with a pale face.

“Princess Aisha’s magic is…”

“Quiet.”

“Be quiet.”

“Oh.”

At Grace and Nox’s sharp rebuke, Count Del became rabbit-eyed and made eye contact with me.

Flinch.

“Princess Aisha, you… you’re awake. Haha. Did you sleep well?”

He lowered his voice and greeted me, then opened and closed his mouth toward Grace.

‘Somewhere else. Talk.’

Then he quickly turned his head and disappeared.

“….”

“….”

A moment of silence flowed in the place where he had left.

“What’s going on? I’m fine now.”

My head doesn’t hurt anymore and my stomach isn’t churning either.

When I sat up straight and asked to hear an explanation, Nox and Grace stared at me intently, then glanced at each other.

And they answered simultaneously.

“It’s nothing.”

“It’s nothing.”

…What?

I quickly raised my head and blinked while looking back and forth between the two.

“It’s nothing special. Miss Aisha just needs to play and eat with children her age since she’s awakened healthy.”

Poing.

Grace smiled and gently stretched my cheek without hurting me.

“Yes. That’s right. The only thing Miss Aisha needs to do is eat and play.”

Pat pat.

Nox made a bizarrely uncharacteristic smile and stroked my head.

“I’ll have dessert brought, so Miss Aisha should rest a bit more. Even if you say you’re fine, you need rest.”

“His Majesty is right. We’ll step out for a moment so as not to disturb Miss Aisha. Kail, take good care of the Lady.”

Nox even unusually left Kail with me and quickly exited the room with Grace.

Urgently, as if they were running away.

“….”

It was too awkward not to notice. Their behavior just now was an act to avoid telling me anything.

At this point, I hoped everyone would catch on… I’m not an ordinary 5-year-old.

No, other people might not know, but Grace and Nox should know that fact.

However, even though they knew I wasn’t an ordinary 5-year-old, they seemed to be trying to forcibly make me into one.

“Do they think I’m stupid?”

I muttered toward the world.

“Or is the world trying to make me stupid?”

“Aisha? What are you doing?”

At my soulful monologue, Kail, who was nestled in my arms, tilted his head.

“Kail. Doesn’t something seem strange?”

“What? I’m just happy that Aisha woke up.”

“What exactly did you hear here?”

“Nox told me to play well with Aisha.”

Kail, who had thoroughly heard only what he wanted to hear, rubbed his face against my arms.

That’s right.

Kail was an idiot.

‘Hmm… I wonder what Grace Majesty and Nox are going to talk about. I want to listen.’

Should I eavesdrop secretly?

I could follow them stealthily without making a sound. For me, who had received spy training since childhood, that much was easy.

But.

“I don’t think I can leave here without removing this rope.”

Unfortunately, I couldn’t get away from the bed because of the rope wrapped around my wrist.

Based on what she said, it seems like this is used to draw out the dark magic from my body.

‘It would be bad if I untied this and left, right?’

If I can’t move, I need to have someone else do it.

And the only person I can give orders to in this situation is…

“….”

My gaze, which had been looking at the glass bottle, turned to Kail.

I’m not sure if this baby cat can do it well… but even if he fails, I’ll just get scolded.

“Kail.”

“Yeah?”

“It’s a special mission.”

“Special mission?”

Oh right. He probably doesn’t know the word ‘special mission.’

After thinking for a moment, I bravely raised my eyebrows and commanded.

“I have a favor to ask! If you do my favor well…”

“If I do it well?”

“…when we return to the Ducal Palace, I’ll play with you all day long from morning until bedtime!”

“?!”

Kail’s brown eyes, who had taken a transformation potion in preparation for today’s lesson, widened round.

Not stopping there, I added one more thing.

“And when you turn back into a cat… I’ll let you sleep with me too!”

Thud.

Kail dropped the rope he had been fiddling with at my words and solemnly knelt on one knee, pledging his loyalty.

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