I Am the 5-Year-Old Spy Who Kidnapped the Villain - Chapter 140

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【Chapter 140】

Then he looks at me with bright, sparkling eyes.

I stood there blankly for a moment, meeting those eyes.

“Aisha?”

“…Huh?”

“What’s wrong? Did I do something wrong?”

That expression of his, immediately fidgeting and asking anxiously, is familiar.

“…No, it’s just. It’s been a while since you acted like yourself… Hahaha!”

My laughter echoed through the quiet training ground.

Kail, whom I reunited with after 10 years, had a fiery personality similar to before, but he was still unfamiliar somehow.

Because he had grown up too much.

But those eyes full of expectation.

They’re exactly the same as young Kail who used to follow me around!

“Hehe. It’s nothing. Let’s go eat dinner!”

With my mood considerably lightened, we ate dinner and even had dessert properly, then sat in front of the warm fireplace.

Snow was falling outside the window. The sound of firewood burning could be heard crackling in the slightly darkened room.

‘Should I talk about Nox?’

It seemed like a good atmosphere for a serious conversation.

Come to think of it, I haven’t brought up Nox to Kail since that day.

Fidget.

Having made up my mind, I fiddled with my mug and started to speak.

“Kail.”

“Aisha.”

Oh. Our voices overlapped.

I looked at Kail in slight surprise, and he seemed to have had the same thought as me.

“You go first.”

As expected, Kail yielded to me.

“No. You go first. What I was going to say wasn’t important.”

But I shook my head.

Anyway, Nox will apologize to Kail later… so I don’t really need to say anything.

“Alright. Then I’ll go first. Have you received any letters from that poisonous plant since the banquet?”

Ah. I should have just talked about Nox.

“…”

I exercised my right to remain silent.

I kept my mouth shut and quietly looked away from Kail, but an increasingly intense gaze tickled my left cheek.

And soon.

“…Have you already set a wedding date?”

Whatever he was imagining, he asked in a faintly trembling low voice.

What the hell? Because of you, I couldn’t even have a conversation, let alone get married!

“Because of the chaos you caused at the banquet, I couldn’t even make small talk, let alone get married!”

“Ah. That’s a relief.”

“A relief? Do you want to fight me?”

When he responded so nonchalantly to my frustrated outburst, I became even more annoyed.

But Kail still reacted calmly.

“Why would I fight a battle I’d obviously lose? But anyway, Aisha. So you were really planning to marry that poisonous plant?”

Wow, how frustrating. How many times has he said the same thing?

I pounded my chest repeatedly.

“Kail. I’m 16 years old. Within the Frozen Kingdom, I’m old enough that it wouldn’t be strange at all for me to get married.”

“Then do you love that poisonous plant?”

“What?”

The heated conversation ended with just that one question from him.

I looked at Kail with slightly surprised eyes, not expecting him to ask such a thing.

Again.

I thought we were still the same close friends as before.

I definitely thought Kail was no different from those days, that I felt comfortable with him.

But when I met his serious eyes, that strange, ticklish sensation near my heart stirred again.

“…Sorry.”

Perhaps judging that my expression looked frightened, Kail sighed with an apologetic face.

Did he think he was forcing me to answer?

There was a hint of self-reproach in his voice.

“…If you told me you had a man you truly loved,”

Kail, who had been hesitating, continued.

“I wanted to congratulate you. Though I would have lived with you while playing the role of your family’s pet dog.”

…That last part is a bit dangerous, isn’t it?

“Ahem!”

I pretended not to hear that comment and neutralized the heavy atmosphere with a fake cough.

“Kail. I appreciate your concern, but right now the Frozen Kingdom is in a situation where war with the Kingdom of Doctia could break out at any time. With internal divisions happening within the kingdom as well, my marriage could be a good means to expand our house’s influence.”

Then he looked even more confused and asked.

“So you’re getting married to fight Doctia?”

“Something like that.”

“Do you know what you do when you get married?”

To hear such words from Kail.

It was a bit absurd, but I immediately nodded and answered.

“Of course I know. Especially if we ally with Briarwood, our influence will extend to the southern region, making our house even stronger.”

“Not that kind of thing. When you think about it personally.”

“Personally?”

“When you get married, you have to eat with that man, go places together, do everything together.”

“Well, that’s…”

“You have to go everywhere together, and if you’re married, on the first night after the wedding,”

The rapidly continuing low voice stopped.

Kail seemed slightly frozen, as if surprised by his own words.

“First night, then what? Why did you stop talking?”

“…”

“Kail?”

“Sorry for pressing you. See you tomorrow.”

“Huh?”

He suddenly stood up and disappeared as if fleeing.

Was it because of the warm air from the fireplace?

The back of his neck seemed slightly red as he went out through the door.

“…What is this situation?”

The problem was that the curiosity was left for me to deal with alone.

No. Why start talking and then just leave?

“First night, then what? You should finish what you’re saying so I can either argue back or explain. Do you think I’m some clueless child who knows nothing about marriage?!”

I shouted with all my might.

He couldn’t have gotten out of the corridor yet, so he definitely heard my voice.

But unfortunately, there was no response from him.

I breathed heavily while staring at the firmly closed door.

“Ha.”

This is so frustrating I could die.

Acting all grown up, chattering away like he learned so much, then suddenly stopping – what’s that about?

Still, I should finish the conversation we were having.

“No, first night. And what? If we’re getting married, we’re getting married, so what are you complaining so much about? First night, first night…”

I had bolted upright in anger, but suddenly my legs gave out and I collapsed back onto the sofa.

“…night?”

My mouth fell wide open as I unconsciously muttered the word that followed.

Oh my goodness.

There was a reason he couldn’t finish his sentence.

* * *

The empty dawn training ground.

Kail couldn’t leave the training ground until dawn that day because of the overwhelming self-reproach and shame he couldn’t control.

Thwack-!

He didn’t know how many dozens of innocent logs he had slashed and stabbed with his real sword.

Even that wasn’t enough, so he threw his sword to the ground and wildly punched the logs with his bare fists.

Thud-!

It felt like a volcano had erupted in his throat.

It was no longer training but just meaningless flailing, but he couldn’t stop his actions because of the heat that kept rising within him.

‘First night, then what comes next? You need to finish what you’re saying so I can either argue back or explain. Do you think I’m some naive fool who knows nothing about marriage?!’

When he fled down the stairs.

He naturally heard Aisha’s voice, which sounded like she was bursting with anger.

But Aisha, do you really know?

Did you shout so confidently knowing everything?

‘Probably not.’

Even when he froze up because of his slip of the tongue, those red eyes looking at him showed not a trace of embarrassment.

She just looked puzzled about why he had suddenly stopped talking.

Seeing that innocent expression, he thought he’d rather die if he didn’t get out of there immediately.

Right.

It would be better not to see Aisha for a while.

She must have been very flustered.

No, if he saw Aisha again in this situation, he would be the one getting flustered instead.

“Hah.”

After punching things for a long time, Kail finally returned to his bedroom late and fell asleep without turning on a single light.

And so, morning came.

“…”

Even though he had only slept for a few hours, he opened his eyes at exactly 7 AM as usual.

Since he had often stayed up all night during frequent camping trips, sleeping late and waking up early wasn’t particularly difficult.

But if there was a difference.

Unlike usual when he would start his day without thinking, his head was now full of random thoughts.

‘I should apologize properly.’

Kail came to a conclusion after thinking about it all night.

Of course, The Child was innocent, so even if he apologized, she might ask why he was apologizing, but wasn’t it wrong in the first place to suddenly cut off the conversation and leave?

He got up from his spot with a slightly nervous expression and was arranging his blanket when it happened.

Flutter-.

Something flew up over the lightly fluttering blanket.

It was a white piece of paper.

Kail caught it and checked what the paper was.

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