I Am the 5-Year-Old Spy Who Kidnapped the Villain - Chapter 145

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【Chapter 145】

“So. You’re saying two young ladies are suddenly fighting right now?”

“Yes. But they’re not paying any attention to our mediation…”

The full story of the incident was as follows.

After the successful completion ceremony of the monster training facility, many nobles became interested in monsters.

At that time, the facility’s observers were only northern nobles and a few carefully selected nobles.

However, due to the more favorable reaction than expected, the Croste family apparently selected a few more families and asked about their intention to observe the training facility.

Since it was just observing the training facility, Father didn’t oversee it directly, and I understood that Dorian and the guide were in charge of guiding the observation—

“What exactly is the situation?”

As I hurriedly walked, I asked, and the guide explained.

“Well, actually… it was closer to Marquis Ollia’s daughter unilaterally picking a fight with Count Leila’s daughter.”

“Picking a fight?”

“Well, during the observation there was time to see the Peris up close, and Lady Leila was scared. But Lady Ollia tried to force Lady Leila to hold a Peri…”

“If you were going to act like this, you shouldn’t have come to the training facility!”

That was when it happened.

Just as I arrived at the training facility entrance, a sharp voice pierced and stabbed at my ears.

“Do you know how many of my friends wanted to come here but couldn’t? If you were selected, you should act accordingly…”

As I entered, one young lady with sharp eyes was yelling at another young lady who was trembling with a gentle face.

The one yelling was probably Ollia.

Just as I made that judgment and approached to stop her.

Ollia asked the other young lady with a mocking smile.

“Oh, don’t tell me you dislike monsters?”

“Young ladies?”

As I intervened between them and called out, both young ladies turned toward me.

“Ah. Princess Aisha, Young Master Lucas!”

Ollia, who was holding a baby Peri tightly in her arms, completely changed her fierce expression 180 degrees upon seeing me and smiled brightly.

On the other hand, Leila…

I could see a figure intermittently gasping for breath in a corner with nowhere else to go.

Eyes filled with terror.

Trembling shoulders.

“Ah, Princess Aisha…”

Her voice calling me was slightly hoarse, as if she had screamed “no” several times.

Even if the opponent was a monster, to be terrified to that extent?

Why on earth?

I momentarily wondered, but first ran over to support her.

And I looked sharply at Ollia and asked.

“…Lady Ollia. What were you doing just now?”

“Princess. You don’t need to take Lady Leila’s side. To react like that just from seeing a tiny Peri, she must be acting on purpose.”

What? Acting?

If this is acting, real actors would all lose their jobs.

“So you tried to force her to hold it?”

“Yes. Otherwise, there would be no point in coming here. She seemed so scared, so I deliberately chose a baby to make her hold…”

“Lady Ollia. Is a Peri a toy?”

“Pardon?”

At my question, silence briefly filled the room.

Actually, in this situation, it wasn’t just Leila who caught my eye.

There was also the pitiful baby Peri, forcibly held in Ollia’s arms, too terrified to even struggle.

Ollia flinched and looked down at the Peri whimpering in her arms, then shut her mouth like a clam.

Did she finally grasp the atmosphere?

As if gradually realizing that I was angry because of her, her tone became drastically more cautious.

“Ah, well… a Peri isn’t a toy but a monster… isn’t it?”

“Exactly. I asked if a monster is a toy.”

“Uh… no. A Peri isn’t a toy, but a powerful weapon that can be utilized…”

“That Peri you’re forcibly holding right now. It’s raising its tail and holding its breath because it’s dying of discomfort.”

“Ah, holding its breath… Kyaa! I think it’s dead!”

Ollia, who belatedly paid attention to the limp Peri, screamed and shook her arms.

Then the baby Peri that fell to the floor landed hard on its bottom.

“Piiit-!”

The Peri, suddenly thrown just before fainting, sprawled out and let out a pained whimper.

Good heavens.

To think we invited such a person as a guest.

I quickly ran over and picked up the young Peri.

“Ki, kiing. Kiing… pii-…”

The baby Peri, finally reaching safety, panted for the breath it couldn’t catch during this time and trembled violently.

I glared at Ollia with quietly sunken eyes.

There were three major things she did wrong here.

First.

Coming here despite being an unqualified human who doesn’t treat monsters as living beings.

Second.

Forcing that object on someone who was trembling in terror.

And third.

“This baby Peri, who let you hold it?”

Continuing my thoughts, I couldn’t contain my rising anger and asked.

Ollia, who had turned pale, stammered her answer.

“Well… since I’m short, I thought a baby Peri would be perfect for me to hold. A big Peri seemed a bit burdensome…”

“No. I mean, how did you come to hold the Peri? Our guards would have only let you see the Peris up close, not touch them.”

That’s right.

The purpose of this observation was originally to see and experience Peris up close.

Not to touch or torment them like objects.

Moreover, baby Peris hadn’t accumulated much experience with the world yet, so contact with outsiders was prohibited.

Nevertheless, the fact that Ollia was holding a baby Peri meant she forcibly took the Peri despite the guards’ dissuasion.

“Lady Ollia.”

“Yes?”

“How long were you holding the baby Peri?”

“Uh, only about 3 minutes…”

“Then hold your breath for 3 minutes right now.”

“Pardon? Ah, well, holding my breath for 3 minutes would be a bit difficult, wouldn’t it…?”

Seemingly flustered by my sudden command, she looked around.

It was a look seeking help from the people around, but all that came back were cold stares.

Even Leila, who was adjusting her dress hem and standing beside me.

Dorian and the guards were also turning away from Ollia with one eyebrow slightly raised.

“…Can an ordinary person hold their breath for 3 minutes…?”

Unable to get help from anyone, she slowly backed toward the training facility entrance.

Thunk.

Ollia, who bumped the back of her head against something hard, turned around with a terrified expression.

Then Lucas, who was standing guard at the entrance, opened his mouth with a disgusted expression as if looking at a bug.

“Lady Ollia.”

“…”

“Holding your breath for just 3 minutes isn’t scary enough to be terrified of, nor painful enough to be forcibly bound and unable to move.”

Under his cold gaze, Ollia’s hands began to tremble.

However, Lucas’s words continued.

“As it happens, I’m scheduled to meet with Marquis Rost, your father, in a week. Testing the Rost family’s willpower through this incident wouldn’t be a bad idea either.”

Ollia, who had been unable to say anything due to fear, barely managed to protest at the mention of her father.

“…No, that… that… you can’t. My father, this meeting involves a contract matter with the Croste family… No, I’ll, I’ll hold my breath…”

In the end, Ollia chose to accept the punishment.

Under the piercing gazes, she took a breath and held it while shrinking her shoulders.

However.

“…Mmph… huff… cough, gasp!”

Not even 30 seconds had passed when she suddenly burst into dry coughs.

She coughed so hard that tears welled up in her eyes, then began to whimper as if the fierce gazes directed at me were too much to bear.

“…Even though I did wrong… how can you make me do something like this? I’m a noble princess. That’s just a monster baby!”

At this point, I realized.

That Ollia was someone who couldn’t be reasoned with.

“Ollia. I’ll have to explain this in terms you can understand. Right now, Ollia nearly damaged the Croste family’s property rights.”

“What? I never even hit Peri…”

“But since you took it without permission, it would fall under theft.”

I smiled sweetly and asked Leila.

“Lady Lailah. If rumors spread that a noble princess tried to steal another family’s property, how would she be treated in high society?”

“That, that can’t happen…”

Ollia’s face turned pale as she muttered faintly.

Still struggling to catch her breath as if she hadn’t recovered emotionally, her expression showed she was imagining what would happen.

Nobles who were busy showing off what they had, trying to steal from another family?

Forget being treated like a beggar, she would probably be treated like vermin.

Moreover, it wasn’t just Ollia who would be personally disgraced, but an act that would bring shame to the entire Losta Marquis family.

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