I Am the 5-Year-Old Spy Who Kidnapped the Villain - Chapter 119

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【Chapter 119】

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‘Eavesdrop on whatever conversation Grace Majesty and Nox are having and let me know about it. But you can’t get caught. Got it?’

Click.

Kail, who had solemnly opened the door and come out, memorized and re-memorized the command Aisha had given him.

A sense of determination could be felt from his small hands, like maple leaves, gripping the door handle.

That’s right.

For the first time in his life, Kail was more serious than ever before.

In a situation where his desire to be with Aisha had reached its peak, she had declared that she would play with him ‘all day long’ and let him sleep ‘together’ with her in his cat form like before.

Though small, the boy who was the leader of monsters walked down the corridor with a confident attitude.

Using his keen sense of smell to track Nox’s distinctive scent, he could tell that he and some people were gathered in a reception room not far away.

However.

“Hello? Is there something you need?”

The maid was the problem.

That kind maid guarding Nox’s den like Cerberus!

‘…Knock her out? Or kill her? What should I do?’

The maid flinched momentarily at the eerie gaze that couldn’t be hidden even by his brown eyes.

As she fell into thought in front of the boy who was deep in contemplation, she said “Ah” and smiled brightly.

“Did you come to get the dessert that Grace Majesty mentioned? The chef is working hard on it right now, so could you wait?”

“…”

“Or is there something you want to drink? Orange juice? Milk? Just say the word.”

“Milk, no…!”

I can’t be tempted.

Kail, who had almost obediently answered milk, shook his head vigorously.

First of all, knocking out or killing the maid wouldn’t work.

From what he had learned in etiquette lessons so far, his teacher had told Kail that carelessly hitting or killing people was something only monsters did.

Somehow, it seemed like Aisha would scold him whenever he did such things.

Kail didn’t want to do anything she disliked.

‘Then what should I do.’

Though he racked his brain hard with a sullen expression, to the maid’s eyes, it just looked like the boy was staring at her because he wanted something from her.

“Sorry, but if you don’t have anything to ask of me, could you wait in Aisha’s room over there?”

“…”

“Grace Majesty is in an important meeting, so it would be troublesome for you to be in front of this door.”

He had just planned to stand still and eavesdrop on the conversation, but it seemed like he needed some reason to stay here.

A reason. A reason to be here.

‘And when you turn back into a cat, Kail… I’ll even let you sleep with me!’

Aisha’s words, which sounded good just hearing them, seemed to echo in his ears.

Normally, given his personality, he would have found it bothersome and left, but this wasn’t a normal situation.

The opportunity of a lifetime.

He couldn’t miss it.

“…!”

Right then.

A flash of inspiration crossed through Kail’s mind as he was rarely doing something called thinking.

‘If it’s this…’

“I’m not just standing here.”

“Huh?”

The doll-like boy was staring intently at her.

The maid, who had been glancing at the child out of curiosity from that fact alone, opened her eyes wide in surprise.

“The Lady told me to stand here as punishment. I’m not here because I want to be.”

Kail stuck himself right against the wall next to the door and raised both arms high up.

“…Oh my.”

At that sight, the maid suppressed her laughter inwardly.

She was the only person in the corridor, yet he was obediently serving his punishment even where no one was watching.

It was both pitiful and cute.

“I see. Did you play some kind of prank?”

“Yeah.”

“What kind of prank did you play to be serving punishment?”

Kail, who hadn’t thought of a reason, closed his mouth for a moment.

When the maid, mistaking his behavior for embarrassment, suppressed another laugh—

“I called an adult ‘bro.'”

“What? Pfft…”

In the end, the maid who couldn’t hold back her laughter covered her mouth with her palm.

‘Piece of cake.’

Kail secretly raised one corner of his mouth in a sinister manner.

When he got in trouble at Croste Ducal Castle, he would often sit on the reflection chair placed in the corridor, and he remembered how people passing by would find Kail cute when they saw him.

This maid’s reaction was exactly the same.

“Anyway, that’s why Nox has to inspect me. Excuse me for a moment.”

Even at Kail’s attitude of mixing informal and formal speech, the maid smiled thinking it was cute.

Rather, she had been bored, so it seemed like it worked out well thanks to him cutely serving punishment beside her.

“…”

But unlike her who had lowered her guard, for Kail, this was when things really began in earnest.

Actually, he had been listening all along.

To the sound of people’s conversation coming faintly from beyond the closed door.

Though ordinary people couldn’t hear it, he, who possessed the keen senses of a beast, concentrated on the conversation coming through the small gap.

“Are you joking? What if Aisha hears you, suddenly opening the door and shouting like that?”

“Ah, I’m sorry. It’s just, I was so surprised…”

“What’s going on that you’re acting like this?”

When Grace asked, the man called Count Del who had burst through the door earlier hesitated.

“Well, you see.”

“Why?”

“I can hardly believe it myself, but… as a result of analyzing Miss Aisha’s magical energy, it’s different from that of ordinary people.”

“What are you talking about?”

“Monster magical energy is flowing through Miss Aisha.”

A brief silence followed Count Del’s answer.

He continued speaking urgently again.

“What’s even stranger is that the components of the magical energy of the Maein called Kail and the magical energy flowing through Miss Aisha’s body are exactly the same!”

“…Does that make any sense?”

“Look at the analysis chart.”

Another brief silence flowed, and Nox spoke up.

“But Princess Aisha is definitely a direct descendant of the Croste Ducal Family. Doesn’t she also use ice abilities?”

“I know that too, so calm down. I’m not saying that Miss Aisha is a monster right now.”

“Then what is it?”

“We’ll have to investigate thoroughly to know for sure, but… there’s a possibility that Kail’s magical energy was transferred to Miss Aisha.”

“Then it would have been transferred to me too.”

“It’s not like that. It’s not a disease, and does magical energy spread just by being together? You know that’s impossible too.”

“Then…”

“For some reason, Kail’s magical energy must have been injected into Miss Aisha. I don’t know if that was intentional though.”

“We’ll have to investigate.”

“Right. But what’s important now is the reason Miss Aisha collapsed.”

Magical energy—that was a term he had heard in class earlier.

But our magical energy is exactly the same? What does that mean?

Kail, who had been just listening to the incomprehensible words, perked up his ears.

He was also curious about why Aisha had suddenly collapsed. Fortunately, it didn’t seem to be because he had tormented her.

“Aisha has the talent but was a child who had no need to use magical energy. Because she has special abilities.”

“But?”

“She already had no use for magical energy, but then the powerful magical energy of that monster, even a Maein, entered her. So Aisha’s body couldn’t handle it and collapsed.”

“But there were no warning signs at all.”

“Really none? Or perhaps, was Kail acting strange?”

“…If you mean Kail, his personality has become rather twisted lately…”

“Why?”

“I don’t know. He was stupid but obedient, but recently he’s been calling the Captain of the Guards ‘hyung,’ throwing his sword around, and not participating in training. There were many complaints.”

“Wait. How old was Kail when we first saw him?”

Then, Grace suddenly lowered her voice as if finding this interesting.

“I’m not sure about his age…”

“No. I mean when Kail was in cat form.”

“Ah… Well. One or two months old? I remember he was almost a kitten…”

“Then that means he’s roughly 5 to 6 months old in cat terms now. I’m starting to get a clue.”

“Am I the only one who doesn’t understand?”

“Cats go through a growth period when they’re about 5 to 6 months old. It’s when their energy circulates most actively.”

“Then…”

“It means that if Kail, who’s in the midst of growing, keeps staying close to Aisha, she might faint again.”

Silence fell once more.

This time, Kail was also in shock.

But in fact, he was already shocked for a different reason.

“…Excuse me, child?”

The maid, who couldn’t hear the conversation in the reception room, looked at the child out of boredom.

At the same time, she flinched at his cold expression that was unbelievable for the innocent young child from before.

‘What, what…?’

Then Kail’s sharp gaze turned toward her.

The maid, feeling chilled, quickly straightened up and forced a smile.

“Oh. I see. You need to focus on raising your arms.”

Whether she apologized or not, Kail’s expression only grew darker.

When Aisha had collapsed at Ahili’s Circus.

He had done what he could to save Aisha. Namely, injecting his incomprehensibly powerful magical energy into her.

But he never imagined that action would actually put Aisha in danger.

It was natural.

This young boy had only recently learned he was a Maein, and the human world, as well as sharing magical energy with humans, was all new to him. There was no way he could have known such things.

He wanted to be with Aisha. That was his only feeling.

Those blue eyes that had been like salvation in his dying moment. Aisha, who had become his entire world from the moment they first met.

‘But if I’m with Aisha…’

“Child? Child!”

Kail, who had been glaring into space with an eerie gaze, suddenly stood up abruptly.

The startled maid called out to Kail, but he threw himself toward the open window in the corridor.

By the way, this was the 4th floor.

“Kyaah!”

When the maid screamed at the dangerous action incomprehensible to ordinary people, the reception room door burst open and Grace came out.

“What’s wrong?”

“Th-that white-haired boy suddenly went through that window…”

Grace narrowed her eyes as she listened to the pale maid’s words.

“How long has that child been here?”

“Huh? Th-that, almost right after His Majesty went in for the meeting…”

No way.

Grace stared beyond the window Kail had escaped through with a bewildered expression.

There was already no one outside.

“Find Kail for now.”

“Yes.”

“Yes!”

At her command, the Monster Appreciation Society members also began moving in unison.

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