I Am the 5-Year-Old Spy Who Kidnapped the Villain - Chapter 160

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【Chapter 160】

“You didn’t come all the way here to interfere just to save the princess, did you?”

I was a little surprised that Aebin had followed us all the way here, but that was all.

I just needed to act normally without changing my expression.

“Coming to interfere? I thought you had safely traveled by carriage, but when I suddenly heard there was a crash, I was so shocked. Do you know the Count’s mansion is in chaos right now?”

“How did you find out about that? The entire carriage fell into the sea.”

Sedric crossed his arms and leaned against the wall at an angle.

It seemed like a natural action, but it was a calculated move that didn’t give Aebin any chance to be curious about what was outside.

Fortunately, Aebin only leaned back leisurely in his chair and didn’t get up.

“Wreckage presumed to be from a carriage was found near the sea. You, disguised as a count, and the Croste heirs all went missing at once, so it’s under investigation. It’ll probably be concluded as a carriage crash death.”

“So why did you come?”

“Me? I told you. I came to pick up Aisha because I missed her. By the way, where is Aisha?”

That damn Aisha obsession.

‘…Should I just set sail recklessly?’

Sedric looked at him as if he was annoyed to death and raised one eyebrow.

“Do you know about the Island of Death?”

“Of course! It’s famous among pirates. Wait, is this the Island of Death?”

“That rumor seems to be true. The assassins sent by the Doctia faction suddenly died. I don’t know what the reason is, but we need to escape quickly.”

“So where’s Aisha?”

“She ran away.”

A moment of silence passed.

Aebin, who had been keeping his mouth shut as if he couldn’t believe it, asked again.

“Sedric. Are you saying you failed your mission right now?”

“They’re both ability users, so they escaped quite well. The problem is we could all die if we stay on this island. Let’s retreat for now and look again in a few days. By then, those guys will probably be found as corpses too.”

“I don’t want to.”

Suddenly, the surrounding air dropped like frost.

Before he knew it, Aebin was standing in front of Sedric, his lips curling up in a twisted smile.

“I don’t care about that Lucas guy or whatever his name is. But Aisha needs to be brought back alive, doesn’t she?”

‘…Is he showing his true colors?’

Sedric clicked his tongue inwardly.

He thought Aebin only had some fondness for Aisha.

But this level was almost obsession.

Even seeing him confuse Lucas’s name, who was the same target, it seemed like he had no interest in anyone other than Aisha from the beginning.

“Did you forget the orders from above? Kidnapping is the top priority. If we miss them, they said to kill them instead.”

“That’s why I’m asking why you’re giving up on kidnapping. I’ll do it instead. Move aside, Sedric.”

Aebin tried to push past him and go out, but the relatively tall Sedric stood firm and blocked him.

“You must be crazy wanting to die.”

“Die? I’m the most dangerous person in the world. With just a little poison, I could melt this entire island.”

He always pretended to be stupid, but Sedric knew.

That Aebin’s insides were as gloomy and dangerous as his abilities.

Sedric still blocked the way and looked down at Aebin while calculating.

‘Those guys. Have they escaped by now?’

No. Those idiots didn’t know that Aebin had come all the way here.

They might just be worrying about how to escape.

They might be picking coconuts with snowballs or searching the entire forest for raft materials.

Then what were the chances of Aisha and Lucas beating Aebin?

He wasn’t sure how strong those two were, but honestly speaking, Aebin was a ticking time bomb itself.

He usually seemed playful, but due to his characteristic obsession to be recognized and his strong abilities, if they fought seriously, even Sedric would be slightly pushed back.

“Sedric, what are you doing? Move aside.”

The voice that had sounded light began to gradually sink.

Ah.

Again.

Sedric unconsciously realized that he was trying to protect Aisha and Lucas and narrowed his eyes.

Why on earth? Because they were the same blood?

Or maybe…

“Hey, Sed—”

“I’m thinking, so shut up.”

Aebin hesitated at the frosty, eerie low tone.

If he wanted to save them because they were the same blood, he should have refused to carry out the mission in the first place.

He wanted a more certain reason.

An efficient, rational, and valid basis.

What reason do I have to risk my life to save you guys?

‘I’m alive because of that belief.’

Just then, the answer he desperately wanted seemed to brush past his ear.

That’s right.

Those kids had too many reasons to survive, while he had even more reasons to die.

Sedric was destined to live as a spy and eventually die anyway.

So it would be more efficient for those kids to survive instead.

Then.

“Aebin.”

“What?”

“You can’t go outside.”

Crash—!

Along with Sedric’s conclusion, an explosive rupturing sound burst out.

Sharp ice columns that instantly pierced through the ceiling and shot up.

The shattered ship tilted toward the sea below.

* * *

“What was that sound?”

“I don’t know. It’s none of our business. That stupid Sedric probably tried to escape alone and fell into the sea.”

At that moment.

I, who had been quietly picking up tree branches, raised my head.

There seemed to be a loud sound from the western direction, but I didn’t feel any commotion like dust clouds rising.

It sounded like a few trees had fallen…

“Isn’t something wrong?”

When I kept asking because something seemed strange, my brother finally sighed and looked in the same direction as me.

But just looking like this, we couldn’t tell what was happening.

“Should we go check it out? There might be people who drifted here like us.”

“Yeah. Let’s go.”

The entire forest was already hot and humid as if a heater had been turned on.

I wanted to get to the beachfront quickly, so I was about to move with my brother’s support when.

“You helped me, so help me too.”

“Kyaah—!”

At the sudden young voice, I jumped up, forgetting that I was hurt.

It’s a cockroach.

A talking insect!

Rustle.

I hid behind my brother’s back and screamed.

“It’s a giant cockroach! The obsessive maniac of Earth that stubbornly survived even after dinosaurs went extinct!”

“What…? What does that mean?”

Ah, I don’t know. Cockroaches are disgusting.

Creatures with four or more legs are scary!

I’ve hated cockroaches the most since my previous life.

During my spy days, rolling around here and there, I should have gotten used to bugs, but that was an exception.

No way, did these wheeled bastards conquer not just Earth but this world too!

I was trembling and gripping Lucas’s sleeve tightly when I heard a slightly flustered voice from across.

“Aisha. That’s not a cockroach.”

“…Huh?”

If it’s not a cockroach…

“In the original work, they called it a white cockroach though?”

“What’s this original work again? It is white, but it’s not a cockroach, it’s more like a big lizard… I think. But that thing looks like a monster?”

“Lizard? Monster?”

Finally coming to my senses, I peeked my head out from behind Lucas’s back.

“…Since you told me to run away earlier… I’ll help you too.”

A creature smaller than I had imagined was sitting there weakly.

At least it had four legs.

And as Lucas said, a lizard-shaped monster stuck out its dry tongue and spoke.

“It’s, it’s too hot… When I’m near you, I feel a bit cooler… Who, who are you?”

Lucas frowned.

“…What’s it saying? All I hear are hissing sounds.”

“It says it’s too hot. Of course it would be hot. I’m hot too, but it’s a monster.”

Monsters are born and raised in the North.

So they’re usually strong against cold but vulnerable to heat.

“Why is it on this island?”

I was curious, but saving the lizard came first.

I hurriedly approached it and quickly summoned a small cloud to sprinkle snow on it.

“Huh, yes. This was the feeling.”

“So it was cool because of my ability?”

Slurp slurp slurp-

The lizard seemed to forget to answer and kept licking the snowball.

Earlier it looked like dried half-dried squid.

The lizard’s skin, now moistened, sparkled like white snowflakes and became plump.

Soon the very satisfied lizard grinned widely.

“…Delicious. Thank you. It’s nice and cool being around you.”

Then it pouted its lips and glared at something.

“I thought I was going to die because of that thing.”

“That thing?”

We turned our heads following the lizard’s gaze.

Then we saw a giant plant blooming wide like a sunflower standing toward us.

“That’s…”

The reason I realized this place was the Island of Death.

It was a dark red, disgustingly shaped man-eating flower.

And it wasn’t just standing there, but wriggling as it approached us, then froze when our eyes met…

Oh my.

…So there existed something more disgusting than cockroaches.

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