I Am the 5-Year-Old Spy Who Kidnapped the Villain - Chapter 166

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【Chapter 166】

Thanks to my statement, Sedric’s death sentence was fortunately able to be exempted.

‘If we can just get internal information about Doctia, there’s no need to execute him.’

‘Ahem, then it seems we need to keep an eye on him for now.’

Come to think of it, they too seemed to realize that it would be beneficial to use Sedric if they could.

Instead, since using Sedric could lead to our family’s information leaking out, they requested binding magic that would prevent him from leaving Croste Ducal Castle and restriction magic that would prevent him from holding a pen or writing with his hands from the Royal Palace.

After the meeting ended.

“…Well done, Aisha.”

Once everyone had left, Father finally breathed a sigh of relief and stood up from his seat with a slight smile.

“If you hadn’t stepped forward, Sedric would have been executed as planned.”

Father’s words were probably right.

Protecting his current family and loyal retainers would have been more important to him than a son he was reuniting with after decades.

“It was worth pushing through the guards protecting the corridor with Brother and opening the meeting room door.”

I smiled and made a V with my fingers as a victory ceremony.

“Of course. No matter how much of a trashy bastard that Sedric is, he did save Dandelion’s life twice. Anyway, with this we’re even on debts.”

“You worked hard too, Lucas.”

When Lucas muttered indifferently from the side, a large hand roughly ruffled his hair.

Then Lucas frowned with an “Aah-” and rubbed his disheveled hair with an embarrassed expression.

“Father. I’m old enough now, so patting my head is…”

“You’ll all be children to me for life.”

“Well… yes.”

Now, what a heartwarming scene this was.

But an even better happy ending in this situation would be having Sedric here with us too!

With my shoulders raised from Father’s praise, I crossed my arms and spoke triumphantly.

“Father. Now all that’s left is to reconcile with Sedric privately.”

“Reconcile privately?”

That’s right.

Since we’ve avoided Sedric’s execution, what remains now is sharing deep family love with our surviving blood relative, right?

‘While sharing family love, it would be even better if Sedric actively provided information about Doctia and demonstrated his abilities.’

Actually, the latter was the biggest reason I didn’t want to let Sedric go, but anyway.

“You see, I’m the one who reconciled Nox and Kail, aren’t I?”

When I mentioned my accumulated career and shot out sparkling eyes, Father and Lucas, who had fallen silent for a moment, exchanged glances.

“…Lucas. This kid shoots beams from her eyes in two situations.”

“That’s right. Either when she makes a truly groundbreaking proposal. Or when she’s about to cause trouble.”

What.

Are they badmouthing me right in front of me…?

Though I was slightly flustered, I continued speaking without caring.

“Especially Father, you’ve never even had a conversation with Sedric. When things are this awkward, having a serious conversation can actually be poisonous.”

“Really? Then what do you do.”

Fortunately, Father had an expression that said let’s hear it.

“You play a prank. Tell him you’ll forgive him if he calls you Father.”

“Then Sedric will run away.”

I heard Brother’s reproachful voice from the side, but I saw it.

At the word ‘Father,’ Father’s lips twitched slightly on his expressionless face.

“Well, fine. I’ll try it when the opportunity arises.”

“Good. And if that doesn’t work, we can just extract information about Doctia while saying we’ll impose other punishments then.”

He nodded silently.

It seemed like he wanted to quickly end this ridiculous conversation, but I could feel even a faint excitement in his expression as he nodded.

‘Father. This dutiful daughter guarantees it. It will definitely work out well.’

Why?

Because there’s a certain scene being drawn in my head right now.

A situation where Sedric, his face crumpled with confusion and embarrassment, closes his eyes tightly and calls Callipus… Father.

Having experienced the same spy life, I’m certain that Sedric has already turned his back on Doctia.

I became especially certain from the fact that he attacked fellow allies, and that he drank the suicide potion without hesitation.

‘Now I just need to gently open his closed heart.’

And so Father actively accepted my opinion, and several days passed.

I definitely thought I’d be able to see Father with Sedric by his side within a week.

But.

“…I haven’t met him even once since then. According to the maid, he doesn’t even come out of his bedroom.”

Thud.

What is this, like getting struck by lightning on a sunny day.

“What?! My prank strategy didn’t work?”

“I told him to try calling me Father, but he kept saying he heard wrong, so when I finally said I’d change the punishment, he said okay and ran away.”

Father’s lips, still speaking with a charismatic face, were slightly turned down.

Oh my goodness.

Did I just inadvertently make Father look childish?

“It’s not your fault, Aisha. I was the one who made the decision.”

When I unknowingly froze with my mouth agape, a cookie flew into my mouth from across the table.

Munch munch.

Callipus sighed in relief watching me eat the cookie even with a serious face.

“If it really doesn’t work, we can ask him to reveal the list of spies remaining in Frozen under the pretext of punishment. Then he’ll have received punishment too, so we won’t bring up talk of execution again.”

Hmm.

If there’s no other way, we’ll have to do that…

‘But if we ask for information under the pretext of punishment, Father and Sedric might never be able to return to a family relationship.’

I didn’t particularly like Sedric, so it didn’t matter to me… but still, Father seemed to want to improve his relationship with him.

What should I do?

A way to move Sedric’s heart.

No, a way for Sedric to actively integrate into our Croste Family.

That’s when it happened.

“What a strange fellow he is.”

I had been lost in thought for a while, when Callipus, who had finished his cup of coffee, pressed around his eyes with his hand and muttered to himself.

“Others are desperate to live, but he’s just waiting for time to die.”

“Huh?”

“What?”

Oh. This is it.

“What did you just say?”

“…Just waiting for the day to die?”

“No, before that.”

“Others are desperate to live, but he’s just waiting for time to die.”

Slightly surprised, Callipus repeated what he had said earlier.

Right, this is it.

This was the key point.

“…Father.”

When I grabbed his large hand with sparkling eyes as a good idea occurred to me, Callipus drew a line with a reluctant expression.

“Don’t look at me with those troublemaking eyes again.”

“I really thought of a good idea this time.”

“Don’t do it.”

“No. This Sedric reconciliation operation is my mess, so I’ll clean it up myself.”

“I told you not to.”

I left Father behind as he worriedly tried to stop me and immediately rushed out of the study.

The only difference between me, who had been a spy, and Sedric.

It was that unlike me, who had asked for help because I wanted to live, Sedric had no particular desire to live.

“…Then I just need to give him a reason to live, right?”

Before going to the treatment room where Sedric was, I stopped by somewhere else.

It was the garden.

* * *

At that moment, in Sedric’s treatment room.

Someone’s labored groaning could be heard from the treatment room that should have been filled with silence.

Sedric, whose body had somewhat recovered, had gotten out of bed and was doing push-ups.

As time passed, he only heard words telling him to rest and was provided with hearty meals three times a day, making him feel like his body and mind were gradually becoming lazy.

‘Try calling me father.’

And another reason he needed to exercise.

“…Damn it.”

Dripping with sweat, he lifted his upper body and then bent his arms again, increasing the speed of his workout.

It was because of Duke Callipus’s ridiculous punishment.

After his private meeting with the Duke, Sedric had returned to his bedroom as if fleeing and hadn’t gone outside for several days.

He was afraid that if he went outside the treatment room and ran into the Duke, he didn’t know what he might hear again.

‘Does the Duke still want me to become his son?’

Even though I committed a crime worthy of death?

Even though there are hundreds of reasons why I can’t become his son?

“…I’m a disgrace to the Crosht family. It’s nonsense.”

It must have just been nonsense that came out because they met after a long time.

That’s when it happened.

Knock knock.

With a quiet knocking sound, Aisha opened the door and appeared.

“Oh my, exercising?”

Thinking she was probably going to chat and leave again, he stopped his workout, but surprisingly, she was holding something in her hands.

“…What’s that?”

Sedric’s eyes narrowed.

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