I Am the 5-Year-Old Spy Who Kidnapped the Villain - Chapter 172

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【Chapter 172】

A middle-aged man was sitting in the room.

A pleasant face with a generous build and a chin covered by a sparse white beard.

The man blinked in surprise as if he hadn’t expected my appearance.

I felt the same way.

“…Teacher?”

He was my Academy professor, Bishop.

“Yes, Aisha. I am your teacher, but… why are you here? Ah, sit here for now.”

He looked at me with a flustered expression, then said “Oh my” and slid a chair next to him.

“Ah, no. Do you know what this place is for? Don’t sit down.”

Just as I was about to sit down in confusion, the startled Bishop pushed the chair back in.

Clatter-

I almost fell flat on the floor, but I’m a former spy after all.

I quickly stuck out half my bottom before the chair disappeared and managed to sit.

Having quickly assessed the situation, I asked.

“Are you perhaps the guest for the Masamo gathering, Teacher?”

“Huh? How do you know about Masamo?”

“Because I’m one of the members of the gathering.”

…So please give me the chair quickly.

I was holding on with all my strength, but gradually half my bottom was trembling.

He muttered “Oh my, sorry” and turned the chair back for me to sit comfortably.

‘…What on earth is this about? Bishop coming to a Masamo gathering.’

I thought as I barely managed to sit in the chair.

Bishop had been my magic teacher for the past 10 years.

Since Grace Majesty often came to school personally and I mainly conversed with her, I learned more magic from him.

‘Of course, I mostly solve things with abilities so I hardly use magic.’

Anyway, he was a great expert who had been in charge of only excellent students since the early days of the Academy.

To what extent? Well, you could think of him as the second-best magician in the kingdom after Grace.

But why was I puzzled by Bishop’s appearance?

“What brings you to the Masamo gathering, Teacher…?”

“I don’t know either. While talking with Grace Majesty, I somehow ended up participating. But today Her Majesty couldn’t attend…”

“No, Teacher… you’re a representative member of the monster opposition faction.”

“Cough!”

When I said it outright, Bishop, who was drinking water, choked.

“You rascal! Aisha. How can you say such things openly at a Masamo gathering?”

I blinked in disbelief.

“No, but you are openly in the opposition faction…”

That was true.

Teacher, Bishop Viscount, was a person from a family that was representative of opposing Grace and monsters in social circles.

“Well, I am openly in the opposition faction but… ahem, cough!”

He quickly wiped around his mouth with a handkerchief and continued.

“Recently, Young Master Kail who was adopted as a direct heir into the Marquis of Schultz family. An ability to control monsters, isn’t that too fascinating?”

“It is.”

“During tea time with Grace Majesty, the topic of Young Master Kail came up by chance, and she said if I came to the Masamo gathering, she would tell me about him in detail.”

Hmm. Did he really come because he was curious about Kail?

Whatever his intention, it seems like he came to the wrong place.

“Young Master Kail won’t be participating in the gathering, will he? He’s not even a member to begin with.”

“What, really? How disappointing, and even Her Majesty isn’t coming…”

His eyes suddenly turned toward me as he grumbled.

“No wait, this might actually be better…”

“Pardon?”

He seemed to be muttering something, but his voice was too low to hear clearly.

Just as he smiled and shook his head saying it was nothing, the meeting room door swung wide open.

“I heard a guest came today, but good heavens, Bishop Viscount?!”

As soon as the door opened, Count Del appeared in splendid attire with his mouth agape.

“Count Del, why is your expression like that? A new guest is coming today so put on a pleasant face to welcome- you’re not someone to welcome, Bishop Viscount!”

Maria, the Marquis’s wife who appeared next, was the same.

“What’s wrong with everyone? Why are your expressions like that?”

Marquis Aria, who was yawning as she entered, also looked at the two people having fits with strange eyes, then froze when she made eye contact with Bishop.

All three people looked as if they had encountered mortal enemies on a narrow bridge.

Opposition faction nobles and my teacher.

I hesitated a bit, not knowing which way to treat him-

I decided to show courtesy first to His Majesty the King’s guest.

I laughed and stood up from my seat.

“Today’s guest is Bishop Viscount! Everyone please welcome him!”

“Ahem, hmm. Yes. How do you do?”

At my introduction, Bishop, who had been scratching the back of his neck, gave an awkward smile.

Only then, as if released from freeze tag, the members glanced at each other and carefully took their seats.

Count Del still looked flustered, but for now put on a polite smile and spoke.

“…How do you do, Bishop Viscount. But this is a Masamo gathering, did you perhaps come to the wrong address?”

“No. I came to the Masamo gathering at Grace Majesty’s invitation.”

“Oh my…”

The Marquis’s wife, who let out a small exclamation, couldn’t contain her curiosity and asked.

“Why?”

She had a direct tendency like me.

That’s probably why we’re close.

“Ahem, hmm. So while I was talking with Grace Majesty…”

Bishop repeated the explanation he had given me.

However, he couldn’t be released from interrogation right away.

Because the three people, who seemed to be nodding in understanding, poured out other questions.

“Is that something worth attending our gathering as a guest for?”

“Yes, yes?”

“Are you planning to switch to the supporting faction through this gathering?”

“No, that’s not…”

“No, that’s what I’m most suspicious of. You’re not a spy from the opposition faction, are you?”

Three pairs of fierce eyes glinted ominously.

Hmm. It’s natural suspicion.

I don’t know why Bishop came here either.

Right now it wouldn’t be strange if Frozen and Doctia went to war immediately.

The people of the Frozen Kingdom were keeping their eyes wide open trying to search for spies hiding within the kingdom.

But Bishop Viscount was opposition faction among opposition factions.

For His Majesty the King to invite such a person to a Masamo gathering, naturally he must have suspected him of being a spy and wanted to interrogate him, right?

“No, no! I am… I’m opposition faction, but I’m not opposition faction!”

When cornered, Bishop Viscount shouted as if wronged.

“What does that mean?”

His explanation immediately followed the puzzled question.

“There are those among the nobles who oppose Grace, but that faction is also divided into two.”

So, one group consists of people who dislike the new king himself for bringing monsters into the Frozen Kingdom’s territory.

The other group highly regards her abilities but criticizes her values, saying monsters are unacceptable.

Bishop claimed to belong to the latter.

He opposed the entry of monsters with his own reasoning, but didn’t blindly criticize her.

That’s why the two of them were able to get along well.

“Every time we met, we engaged in debates and had a good influence on each other, and her talent as a mage was recognized to the point where she was appointed as an Academy professor. You know that I’m currently the only opposition faction member at the Academy, right?”

Well, the Academy professors were carefully selected from only the mages Grace acknowledged as soon as she became King.

‘I was curious about how Teacher became an Academy professor, but there was such a story behind it.’

I was a bit surprised by this truth that even I, who was close to His Majesty, had never heard before.

‘Even so, being invited to a Masamo gathering would be a completely different matter, wouldn’t it?’

A long silence passed.

Count Del, who had deliberately kept his mouth shut to create a heavy atmosphere, looked at Bishop with calculating eyes before nodding his head.

“…Anyway, it seems you don’t completely dislike our gathering, so welcome.”

It meant he had temporarily passed for now.

“Phew! Finally!”

Bishop, who let out a short exclamation, wiped his sweat with a handkerchief.

Only then did I grin and ask.

“His Majesty isn’t here, but let’s at least chat with us. Is there anything you’re curious about?”

“Of course it’s Young Master Kail! By the way, how did you all feel when you first saw the Young Master? Such an ability to reign over monsters!”

To think that would be the first topic he brought up.

Bishop Teacher, did you accept the invitation not because you had some other purpose, but because you were genuinely curious about Kail?

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