I Am the 5-Year-Old Spy Who Kidnapped the Villain - Chapter 143

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【Chapter 143】

“What? You’re going to the snowy plains with Kail for a bit?”

They say there’s no paradise where you run to.

“That’s right. It wasn’t part of the plan, but Kail needs to start his social activities in earnest, and there’s something we need to finish in the snowy plains before that.”

Nox, who was looking at my stiff expression, asked with a sigh.

“…How long are you planning to avoid Kail?”

That’s right.

After Kail and Nox’s reconciliation was successfully completed.

The very person who helped them was busy living while avoiding Kail.

‘Aisha, could we talk for a moment…’

‘Sorry! I have to go to the academy early these days!’

When he came looking for me in the morning, I used the academy as an excuse.

‘You’re back from the academy, Aisha? Then how about we…’

‘Sorry! I have a meeting with the guide about monster training right away!’

When I came back and ran into Kail, I made other excuses and avoided him.

In reality, far from having meetings, I was just playing and eating with the monsters.

‘…I’m not usually this avoidant type.’

I let out a deep sigh.

How should I put it, if I faced Kail, we’d definitely talk about that night, but I wasn’t ready to have such conversations with Kail who was still like a childhood friend.

The first night.

Do you know what happens when you get married.

That’s something only I should know, shouldn’t Kail, who’s still a child, not know about such things?

‘No… now if you just look at appearances, Kail is more mature and adult-like than me…’

Whoosh—

Suddenly remembering Kail drinking water, my face instantly heated up.

“Lady. Are you feeling unwell? Your face suddenly turned red…”

“Yeah. So tell him not to come looking for me.”

“Pardon?”

Swish—

I quickly waved my finger to create a small dark cloud above my head.

As the suddenly formed baby dark cloud gently snowed down on me, I felt the heat subside a little from the cold sensation touching the top of my head.

“Tell Kail not to come looking for me because I’m sick.”

Not yet.

To have such conversations with Kail, I felt like I needed to read books about how to give sex education to children first.

No, wait a minute.

Is this wrong?

Come to think of it, seeing how he mentioned the first night and was so embarrassed, maybe Kail already knows everything…?

“…my…”

Why does Kail already know about such things?

Good heavens. My head’s going to explode.

“…Lady Aisha!”

“Huh, huh?”

An urgent voice caught my soul that had briefly run away.

As my blurred vision returned, I saw Nox looking flustered as he held an umbrella over me.

“Please stop this snow first. You say you’re sick, so why are you getting snowed on?”

Before I knew it, heavy snow had fallen and accumulated on my head and surroundings.

“There’s a saying about fighting fire with fire…”

“I don’t care about fighting fire with fire or whatever, at this rate you’ll really catch a cold.”

Hmph.

“Alright…”

Swish—

Seeing Nox worry this much, my condition seemed serious, so I quickly stopped the snow.

“Haah…”

When I became dejected again, Nox let out a deep sigh at my appearance that would have grown mushrooms if it weren’t cold.

Then he folded the umbrella and spoke as if muttering.

“I don’t know what happened with Kail, but we’re leaving for the snowy plains at dawn tomorrow.”

What?

“Tomorrow dawn?!”

It’s not like we’re fleeing in the night, why are we going so urgently?

“You have an expression asking why we’re going so urgently when it’s not like we’re fleeing in the night, but Kail has been persistently approaching Lady Aisha to convey this message for a while now.”

“Could that be why he kept asking me to talk?!”

“Probably.”

“Then he should have said so earlier!”

Disgust briefly crossed Nox’s expression.

“…”

I know. It’s my fault.

“Ahem.”

Feeling unnecessarily embarrassed, I cleared my throat and nodded while grabbing my complicated forehead.

“Alright. I’ll definitely come out to see you off.”

If they’re leaving at dawn tomorrow, there wasn’t much time.

Even if we couldn’t have a deep conversation, I would definitely say goodbye.

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So the next dawn.

Having not slept a wink, I quietly went out to the corridor only after seeing the dawn break through my bedroom window.

Sneaking out through the castle’s back gate to check the situation, I saw servants examining luggage in front of a small carriage.

Among them, Kail stood tall with a slightly anxious expression, watching one particular spot.

It was in the direction of my bedroom window.

He probably wanted to say goodbye, but seemed to be holding back because he felt bad about waking me up…

‘…I’m sorry.’

To think I ignored and passed by someone who only thinks of me for several days.

Regardless of the conversation that night, Kail is just my pure childhood friend.

‘…Kail.’

At the sight of him standing there like a dejected puppy, I swallowed and gathered courage.

“Ka, Kail.”

Since it was a name I hadn’t called in a while, my voice cracked slightly.

Even though my voice was small from embarrassment, he must have heard it well because Kail’s head quickly turned toward me.

“Aisha. Weren’t you sleeping?”

Kail’s face immediately brightened as he approached with long strides.

“I didn’t go toward your bedroom thinking you might be sleeping, but I should have gone to see your face if you were awake.”

As I always notice, he’s gotten incredibly tall.

With the shadow getting closer, my head tilted up to the point of aching.

Only after raising my gaze for quite a while could I see Kail’s face.

“I heard from Nox. You’re going to the snowy plains today… Sorry for avoiding you all this time.”

Of course, having committed a sin, I lowered my head again.

‘Ha. Apologizing right before leaving. This is the worst.’

I didn’t have the face to look at him, so I was just looking at Kail’s legs covered by his robe.

Suddenly, he bent down and met my eyes.

Purple eyes looked at me intently through his white hair.

“Why did you avoid me?”

I avoided him because I was embarrassed to say that.

I mumbled while avoiding his intense gaze.

“Right. Why did I avoid you…”

“Was it because I said something strange back then?”

…Right. Why is he asking when he already knows?

It was a bit annoying, but I wasn’t in a position to get angry right now, so I decided to just nod.

“Hmm… Something like that, I think. Did you know?”

“Yeah. It was my fault. I wanted to get scolded by you directly.”

Then, a calm low voice pierced my ears.

“…What?”

I slowly turned my head.

Only then did I see Kail watching me with an unchanging gaze.

There was no change in his expression, but he was sincere.

“That word starting with ‘first.’ I shouldn’t have brought it up in front of you.”

Just before saying that, I could feel the slight hesitation and trembling clearly transmitted.

‘So he was chasing after me because he wanted to apologize. Because that was weighing on his mind…’

His serious attitude made me feel calmer as well.

“…Kail, you didn’t do anything wrong. You said it because you were worried about me.”

“Still, it was something I shouldn’t have said carelessly.”

“Hey, anyway, you apologized, so it’s fine now!”

“Aisha…”

Twitch.

Huh?

At that moment, it seemed like the corners of his mouth, which had been pressed into a straight line, lifted slightly.

The voice calling my name definitely sounded filled with emotion.

But the face I met again was full of mischief.

“No. I won’t say such things anymore. Especially if I had known beforehand that you would sensitively avoid me and run away because of that…”

Huh, what does this mean…?

Tsk.

“Keep that wicked mouth shut.”

I quickly covered his mouth with my palm.

This guy still has some lingering resentment.

He seemed about to playfully blame me for running around, but I intended to end this conversation now.

“Running away, my foot. I was just. It was just awkward. I’m not sensitive at all.”

“See, see. You’re being sensitive right now too.”

I could feel his lips smiling beyond my palm.

“No? I’m not? I’m not sensitive at all? I’m totally relaxed?”

“I get it. But anyway, Aisha.”

“What.”

“I have more to say, could you move your hand?”

“No. If you’re planning to tease me again, I’ll stuff my fist in your mouth this time, so talk like that.”

“I thought of a good solution for that matter.”

“…What solution?”

I don’t know what he’s talking about, but did he come up with some good idea?

When I slowly lowered my hand out of curiosity, Kail, finally freed from my hand, became serious again.

“You said you’d marry to prepare for war with the Kingdom of Doctia. Rather than marrying some human noble, there’s a better way.”

A better way?

Oh ho. Now he’s really gotten serious.

Intrigued, I narrowed my eyes, and he wiggled his finger, gesturing for me to bring my ear closer.

“…What is it?”

When I obediently brought my ear close, a ticklishly low voice pierced my ear.

“Marry a Maein.”

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