I Am the 5-Year-Old Spy Who Kidnapped the Villain - Chapter 15

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【Chapter 15】

“So how exactly did this happen?”

Crash—!

The window turned white for an instant due to the lightning that struck without warning.

At the same time, the fake plant headband on his head trembled, creating an eerie atmosphere.

“What’s with that headband?”

Callipus asked.

“It’s a disguise. I was curious about the kid’s identity, so I’ve been hiding in the study’s flower pot since last night.”

Wow. That’s impressive?

I genuinely admired him and gave him a thumbs up.

“Your skills are amazing. Nox, you should be a spy!”

“As if I’d be pleased by such flattery,”

Fidget—

Nox stopped speaking and his expressionless face turned slightly red as he adjusted his headband.

“For your information, I made this myself. Anyway—”

Thud.

“…I’m already shocked enough that we adopted a con artist kid, but now that kid is a spy from the Pose Duchy.”

He placed the headband he’d removed on the table and stared at me.

Having thrown off his bizarre disguise, Nox was unmistakably the Croste Duchy’s aide.

“…”

His emotionless blue eyes clung to me persistently, as if they would rummage through my mind.

I finally realized it.

I had been wondering why one particular person hadn’t been visible for the past few days.

‘So it was Nox!’

Only then did I realize that the long-haired person I’d spotted at the window was also Nox.

‘Now that I think about it, it’s a rule for the maid sisters to wear their hair in buns. Nox is the only one in the ducal palace with a ponytail!’

Regardless, Nox continued speaking indifferently.

“Anyway, if people found out about this fact, there would be chaos.”

“Just keep it hidden.”

“You call that keeping it hidden?”

“It’ll stay hidden if you just keep your mouth shut.”

“Keep my mouth shut, you say.”

I turned my head back and forth following the two men’s conversation, then gritted my teeth.

Not everyone in the ducal palace needed to know my identity.

But Nox was Callipus’s closest aide.

Moreover, he was a sharp-witted and capable aide who had suspected me from the beginning.

So naturally, I thought he would have told Nox.

‘This looks like we need to talk.’

I discreetly poked Callipus’s chest.

Then Callipus, who had been glaring fiercely, lowered his head toward me.

“What.”

I whispered in his ear.

“Guard. Don’t tell me you’re the only one who knows I’m a spy?”

“I didn’t think I’d get caught.”

“…What?”

He didn’t think he’d get caught.

From the mouth of the man who conquered the North, he didn’t think he’d get caught!

“…You didn’t prepare everything in advance before adopting me?”

“I told you before. I never had any intention of adopting you in the first place,”

Callipus, who had been continuing his words, suddenly covered his mouth with his hand.

As if his true feelings had almost slipped out without him realizing it.

“What?”

What was that? What was he about to say just now?

“…Guard?”

As I tilted my head curiously—

“Don’t worry. Even though Nox looks like that, he’s my subordinate. He listens to me well.”

A large palm roughly ruffled my hair. Thanks to that, when I opened my eyes that had closed, Callipus had returned to being the adult I knew.

“You’re acting just like a real father.”

That’s when it happened.

Clap, clap. Clap.

As if there was no need to listen any further. With dry applause that cut through our conversation, Nox stood up from his seat.

“Our fake princess seems to have cast some kind of hypnosis on His Excellency, and she’s doing an outstanding job as a spy. Not knowing how worried I’ve been.”

And after glaring at Callipus with a slightly resentful gaze—

“Guards!”

He suddenly opened the door and began screaming.

“There’s a spy from the Pose Duchy here!”

But Nox’s shouting stopped right there.

“Squeak?”

At the same time, Squeaky, who had been sitting peacefully, suddenly flew through the air.

Because I, who had been holding Squeaky, drew a semicircle with my arm and made a big leap.

The so-called Flying Squirrel Martial Arts.

Jump like a frog and soar like a flying squirrel.

“Wait a moment!”

As I landed on Nox’s shoulder in perfect form—

“What are you doing! Get down!”

The startled Nox reached out his arm to grab the back of my neck.

If I could be caught easily, I wouldn’t have leaped in the first place.

Swoosh—

Sitting on his shoulder, I crawled down his back like a lizard climbing a tree.

“What is this, don’t touch my butt!”

“There’s only your butt to grab, sorry…”

“This little brat…!”

When the flustered Nox bent his upper body,

‘Hup!’

This time I transformed into a monkey and jumped to his shoulder.

“…Huff, huff.”

The flustered Nox’s blue eyes widened.

I could tell from his expression. This match was my victory.

‘Is it already over?’

Looking at the aide’s face that had lost its soul, I felt a bit awkward.

This guy Nox. He has absolutely no athletic ability, so he really must have reached the aide position through studying alone.

“Are you okay?”

I felt unnecessarily sorry and scratched the back of my neck.

“Look at this. Anyone can see she’s a trained spy! Her athletic ability isn’t at the level of a 5-year-old!”

The angry Nox shouted sharply.

At those words, my hair stood on end, but I tried to calm my pounding heart.

‘Calm down, Aisha.’

Since I’d already been caught, I couldn’t just let it slide.

To gain Nox’s recognition, I had to somehow prove my worth.

“…Because I’m a 5-year-old spy, I can say this.”

“What did you say?”

Was it because I muttered quietly? Nox asked back.

I grabbed the hem of his shirt and shouted loudly.

“I’m a trained five-year-old! So I’ll prove my usefulness to Lord Nox!”

“….”

And then came the silence.

After taking a deep breath, I looked around.

Nox seemed flustered by my words and had frozen like a stone while gripping the door handle.

The same went for Callipus.

He was in an awkward position, neither standing up from the sofa nor sitting down.

His red eyes were wide open in a way that didn’t suit him, as if he was truly surprised.

‘Good. I’ve got their attention.’

Though it wasn’t quite the atmosphere I had expected, I continued with the basis for my argument in earnest.

“I’ll be a double agent. Then telegrams will keep coming from the Pose Duchy, and those telegrams will surely contain classified information too…”

That’s when it happened.

“Who told a five-year-old.”

I don’t know which of the two men spoke first.

“…to prove her usefulness.”

“…that they wanted usefulness?”

But the moment I came to my senses.

I was already dangling in the air, held by both hands by Callipus and Nox.

Blue eyes and red eyes.

The two men who had suddenly answered in unison like twins were looking at me with displeased expressions.

“Five-year-olds…”

And-

“…who told you to say such things?”

“…don’t say things like that.”

Their voices overlapped again.

“…Huh?”

What is this?

I couldn’t understand the situation and blinked slowly-

“They’re in sync at times like this.”

“Like master, like subordinate.”

“Enough. Let’s just stuff this brat’s mouth with strawberries.”

“Now you’re acting like the Duke Callipus I know.”

The two men, who suddenly got along like ten-year best friends, handed me over to Head Maid Mai.

The punishment I received was eating strawberry cake.

“…Uncle?”

It was the shocking punishment of keeping my mouth shut and just eating cake.

* * *

A little later.

‘Enough. Let’s just stuff this brat’s mouth with strawberries.’

‘Stuff this brat’s mouth with strawberries…’

‘Stuff her mouth with strawberries…’

Crunch-

My teeth marks were left on the fork I had been biting.

Mai’s eyes widened at my fierce appearance, but I wasn’t in the mood to care about others’ gazes right now.

It was still ringing in my head.

The Duke’s humiliating words!

‘Does he find me that unreliable? I can do everything too!’

Meanwhile, there was the princess’s whereabouts! And the successor test too!

My head felt like it was going to explode from all the unresolved problems.

As I glared with triangular eyes while chewing the cake, I felt Mai’s gaze from across the table.

Zing-

The moment our eyes met in the air.

“….”

Fear filled Mai’s face, which had been hoping for time to pass quickly.

She glanced at me repeatedly before bowing her head and backing away.

“Well, since I’ve brought the cake, I’ll be going now…”

“Head Maid Mai.”

When I called Mai with a desperate voice, her footsteps stopped heavily.

“Yes, Lady Aisha.”

Still glaring, I asked as if shouting.

“Does the Duke find me that unreliable?!”

“….”

Oops. A slip of the tongue.

My small hand quickly covered my mouth in surprise, but the words already spoken couldn’t be taken back.

I had said it in a fit of anger from my frustration.

Nox had discovered I was a spy, but it was supposed to be a secret from others. I shouldn’t live so recklessly!

“Mai, I’m sorry! What I just said…”

“Because you broke the contract.”

But then.

“He may have adopted you out of pity, but he wouldn’t trust you. You were the one who lied first, miss.”

The head maid muttered with a cold expression.

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