I Am the 5-Year-Old Spy Who Kidnapped the Villain - Chapter 158

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【Chapter 158】

“Sedric…?”

For some reason, my thoughts froze and stopped, but a thin, weak voice slipped out.

And-

“Didn’t these men just say Sedric? No, they called for Lucas, so why did you come out, Sedric!!”

Even though she couldn’t see, her ears must have been perked up the whole time, as the princess chattered and screamed.

While struggling to shake off the assassins’ grasp, the pain in her ankle seemed worse than expected.

Every time she twisted her body roughly, her ankle visible beneath her dress hem flinched.

Sedric watched this scene and quietly pondered.

Originally, what he should be doing was following the assassins to help with Aisha’s kidnapping, but…

He quietly drew the dagger tucked at his waist and asked.

“Where did you come from?”

Though they knew his name and spoke of urgent messages, he couldn’t be certain they were really a rescue team from Doctia.

Because there was no evidence of it anywhere.

Sedric, taking a defensive stance, looked like he could slit the man’s throat at any moment.

The assassin, slightly flustered by his intensity, tilted his head.

“Where did we come from? Obviously from Doc… tia.”

But the assassins’ condition was a bit strange.

First, their breathing was rough.

It would be natural to have trouble breathing with masks on, but assassins should be able to control their breathing enough to hide their presence even while masked.

Sedric’s suspicion grew.

“Proof?”

“Didn’t we tell you we arrived faster than the message we sent? Stop interrogating us and let’s move quickly. It’ll be troublesome if Prince Lucas comes.”

“So ultimately, you have no proof that you’re from Doctia.”

“Wh, what?”

“If you can’t prove your origin, I can’t let you take Princess Aisha.”

“We don’t have time to fight among ourselves. We really came from Doc, Doctia-!”

That’s when it happened.

Another assassin who had been listening to the conversation struck his chest with his hand as if frustrated.

“We need to move quickly! Ever since we entered this forest, I’ve been strangely dizzy and incredibly hot, making it hard to move… huff, what’s making it so…”

Then suddenly, as if suffocating, he tore off his mask and threw it away, staggered, and collapsed.

“What? Hey!”

At the sudden situation, Sedric’s gaze moved quickly.

The collapsed fellow assassin.

The other assassin who hadn’t collapsed yet but had been breathing roughly since earlier.

This forest was certainly hot.

But if they had just arrived and collapsed from the heat, it didn’t explain why he, Lucas, and Aisha had been fine until now.

‘So there must be another reason why this guy collapsed like the other beasts.’

“Hey? Are you okay? Why are you suddenly collapsing and making a fuss? No matter how hot it is, this much should be…”

The assassin who had been panicking over his collapsed comrade now pleaded desperately.

“Sedric, let’s go quickly. This place is strangely hot to an abnormal degree… I’m going crazy.”

No, he was about to plead but stopped.

The man who had been breathing roughly sighed and suddenly changed his words.

“Do you have any water? I thought I drank enough on the ship, but I’ve been strangely thirsty since arriving here.”

“There’s no drinking water. But there’s a stream nearby.”

When he gestured toward the stream just in case, the assassin suddenly tore off his mask and threw it away.

Then, like someone under hypnosis, he began walking in that direction while panting and forcibly dragging Aisha.

“Ahhh-! What, why are you dragging me! Sedric, you get lost. You’re not even my blood relative-!”

At this, Aisha struggled and resisted even more.

Seeing well-trained men on the verge of collapse from heat while she still flailed like a live fish, she was certainly strong, being an ability user.

‘What should I do?’

Watching the struggling Aisha, he almost laughed despite the inappropriate situation.

Certainly, when looking at Princess Aisha, it was strange, how should he put it.

He felt tense but not wary.

“Hey.”

“What? Eek-!”

Pretending to call the assassin while slightly extending his shoe in front of the man, the assassin who had been looking at Sedric couldn’t see ahead and tripped over his leg.

“What the hell are you doing right now!”

The man’s face, buried in the damp soil, instantly turned bright red.

Sedric shrugged with his arms crossed.

“What did I do? It’s your fault for not looking ahead.”

Honestly speaking, that action was impulsive enough to surprise even himself.

But he couldn’t hand over an ability user to someone whose identity he didn’t even know.

Well, judging by how they didn’t harm him despite all his suspicion, they were likely from Doctia, but there was no solid proof.

“Anyway, the stream is over there, so if you’re thirsty, you’d better move quickly.”

“I know that too… ugh!”

The assassin who tried to get up and walk again tripped over Sedric’s foot once more.

“Damn it-! Are you playing games right now!”

Being tripped not once but twice, the man’s face began turning red and blue with humiliation.

“It’s not like we’re kids playing pranks, and when someone’s struggling, you keep tripping them… cough. Huff!”

That’s when it happened.

The angry man suddenly burst into coughing.

It was so severe that he even let go of Aisha’s neck that he’d been gripping.

He had looked hot since earlier, but not to this extent.

It didn’t seem to be just from getting heated up over Sedric’s continuous foot tricks.

Soon the man’s pupils rolled back.

“This is… crazy…”

Thud.

And so the remaining assassin also collapsed.

Sedric looked down at him with still cold eyes and thought.

‘Heat deadly enough to kill people.’

The reason Sedric and the two siblings were fine was clearly due to their respective ice and snow-related abilities.

Is this why it’s called the Island of Death?

But what exactly was making it this hot?

Tap.

Then something hit the top of his head and fell to the ground.

Looking up, he saw a black bird circling in the sky, cawing.

It was a Doctia messenger crow.

Usually, the Pose Duke’s family and Doctia used mice for messaging, but when mice couldn’t travel, black messenger crows would take their place.

He unfolded the message that had fallen to the ground.

[The first rescue team seems to arrive earlier than expected. Since we plan to attempt Aisha’s kidnapping first, join them immediately upon meeting. If you happen to get separated from the rescue team, wait on the ship docked at the west beach.]

His face gradually hardened as he read.

So they really were Doctia’s assassins after all.

Recently, as Doctia’s royal foundation weakened, a noble faction emerged to exploit the gap, making it hard to trust easily.

That’s why he had refused to cooperate until they showed proof, but they died from unexpected heat.

If he had been certain from the start that they were Doctia’s people, Sedric would have cooperated in kidnapping Aisha without hesitation.

‘…The situation has become a bit troublesome.’

The message in his hand was mercilessly crumpled.

Though he had carried out various missions, this was the first time he felt so lost and flustered with everything he tried to do.

It was already unusual that he, who had always completed tasks quickly and smoothly, still hadn’t finished this mission.

Had he ever felt himself to be this clumsy before?

“…Sedric?”

While he was lost in such doubts, Aisha fumblingly removed the cloth that had been covering her face.

Since it had come to this, it would be right to kidnap the Princess as planned.

The reason he had ended up stranded on this island.

The reason he had come to face someone from House of Croste, whom he thought he’d never see again.

It was all because of one mission and goal: to kidnap an ability user.

“…”

His knees, which had been stretched out straight, slowly bent.

He quietly watched the Princess, who was brushing away her disheveled hair and making a fuss about being frustrated and scolded.

A sudden question had occurred to him.

If he kidnapped the Princess, what would happen to that guy Lucas?

‘I’m alive because of that conviction of his.’

If a conviction more important than life itself were to be broken.

Then would that guy no longer have a reason to live?

“…Another useless thought…”

Why was he worrying about something that had nothing to do with him?

He froze as he was lifting his head to try to erase the unconscious doubt.

“Did you save me?”

Because of that sudden question.

Aisha, who had now completely revealed her face, was looking at him.

Round red eyes, identical to his own but much clearer, filled his vision completely.

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