I Am the 5-Year-Old Spy Who Kidnapped the Villain - Chapter 174

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【Episode 174】

As the King’s command rang out loudly, the aide who heard his words was startled and disappeared, saying he would quickly bring him.

And a few minutes later.

“Duke Croste has arrived for his visit.”

As the door opened with the announcement of the guest’s arrival, a massive man appeared.

It was Duke Callipus.

“It has been a long time, Your Majesty King Burley.”

Saying this, he extended one hand.

Burley’s lips almost stiffened due to the greeting that showed no proper respect for a king, but he naturally responded and clasped the hand.

“It’s been a long time indeed, Duke Callipus. Even though the current situation is quite turbulent, I’m grateful that you kept your promise like this.”

“It’s fortunate that there was a promise.”

An incredible force was felt from their clasped hands.

“Even if there hadn’t been one, I was planning to visit the kingdom anyway. You must be relieved to meet as an envoy rather than an assault.”

King Burley tried to pull his hand away from the grip that felt like it would cut off blood circulation and crush his bones, but the Duke wouldn’t let go with an expressionless face.

Unbelievably now, there was a time when the two kingdoms had been allied nations.

The two allied nations that had always fought together whenever there were monster invasions promised to meet officially once every 20 years to prepare for threats that could come at any time.

In fact, King Burley hadn’t expected Duke Callipus to come of his own accord in this situation.

He would want to kill him immediately.

The people think that Croste killed his son out of baseless hatred for them.

But in reality, Doctia had tried to kidnap the princess and prince, and they had been keeping the missing first prince as a spy.

‘Perhaps he came with some completely unreasonable demands.’

“Hahaha! An assault, you say. That’s quite an excessive joke!”

“You think it’s a joke. I hope you’ll take it to heart.”

A maid, slightly startled by the blunt words, quickly poured tea, then bowed her head and disappeared.

A suffocating silence briefly filled the room.

‘I thought he would harbor hatred…’

King Burley silently smiled and stared at Duke Callipus.

‘I heard rumors that he cherishes his family, but that doesn’t seem to be entirely true.’

He thought he would lose his reason.

From the gaze that looked at him so coldly that it made his hair stand on end, he felt tremendous self-control.

King Burley clicked his tongue inwardly and broke the silence.

“I was going to tell you directly, but you brought it up first. This incident was my management failure. I destroyed House Pose, but the remaining remnants harbored evil intentions and committed this act.”

“…”

Even the King himself thought it was an absurd excuse.

Callipus showed no reaction, as if he was pretending not to hear.

Nevertheless, the King continued speaking.

“I was already planning to apologize officially, so this worked out well.”

He quickly pulled out a box before the Duke could say anything.

“This won’t appease the Frozen Kingdom’s feelings, but please understand it as a sign that we’re continuing to handle the aftermath of the incident.”

Then he opened the lid of the box.

‘…Ugh. To think I have to touch something like this directly.’

The King suppressed his churning stomach and picked up what was inside.

Callipus’s face showed emotion as he met the unfocused black eyes.

As expected.

Even if he didn’t completely fall for it as anticipated, it seemed to have touched his seemingly suppressed emotions at least a little.

In this world, ability users were precious.

Executing such a precious ability user was an act no different from executing royal blood.

‘I just need to get through this time.’

King Burley swallowed imperceptibly and anticipated Callipus’s reaction.

If he could just get through this time, ‘Yang’ who was infiltrating the Frozen Kingdom would reveal the ugly truth.

About the Maein introduced as a new ability user, Kail.

If that guy Kail really was the Maein from the scriptures, the Frozen Royal Family’s credibility would plummet for deceiving people by calling him an ability user.

The surprise attack would begin then.

Just like his situation 10 years ago, when nobles who had turned their backs on the royal family were wondering which house to side with.

The opposition nobles infiltrating throughout the Frozen Kingdom would fulfill their roles as spies.

“Your Majesty.”

It was while he was lost in thought for a moment.

King Burley, who came to his senses at the low voice, showed a faint smile.

“What is it?”

“Is this really dead?”

“…What?”

It wasn’t something to say while looking at a corpse that had obviously lost its life.

“Of course it’s dead. The head has already been cut off, do you think it would spring back to life if reattached?”

King Burley, who was clicking his tongue inwardly wondering if something was wrong with Callipus’s eyes, was slightly sarcastic.

“If you’re certain it’s a ‘corpse,’ please bring some ice water and try submerging it once.”

“!”

King Burley, already feeling guilty at Duke Callipus’s request, raised his voice.

“Wh-what are you saying! You, no matter how angry you are, do you have some sick hobby of desecrating corpses?!”

“No matter how much I scheme, could I match Your Majesty?”

“What?”

“Please bring ice water. Whether the intention is desecration or not. It’s just that, so it shouldn’t be an unreasonable request.”

“…”

He lost.

Callipus was smiling coldly.

‘How, how did he figure this out…’

“If there’s no ice water, I’ll personally make it for you.”

He hadn’t anticipated this situation and was momentarily stunned, when suddenly a dull sound came from his hands and a piercing cold was felt.

Looking down, an icicle created by Callipus was stuck there.

And the icicle began melting rapidly.

Aebin’s facial features also melted away with it.

That’s right.

This corpse was fake.

Naturally, King Burley couldn’t kill the only remaining ability user here.

“Since House Pose was destroyed, I guess the methods are still stuck 10 years in the past.”

“Duke-!”

Burley shot up from his seat.

Though the lie had been exposed, there was no time to argue about it.

Burley was angry that he dared use abilities in front of him, the king.

“What do you think you’re doing! How dare you use abilities against me, the King of Doctia…”

“Next time it might be aimed at your head.”

But at the sharp warning that cut off his words, the King’s mind finally started working.

Duke Callipus’s eyes contained anger.

‘…This is…’

This was unexpected.

While he was frozen in confusion, the Duke slowly rose from his seat.

King Burley stiffened momentarily in fear at the size difference, but the other party didn’t seem to care.

As if he was accustomed to situations where people looked at him with frightened eyes.

“If I followed my nature, I would have burst your head instead of this. But I’m stopping here because I keep my children’s advice to think of the family and kingdom in my heart.”

Children… does he mean the princess and prince?

What’s so special about those kids that he’s suppressing even that level of anger?

“Anyway, after seeing your behavior today, I’ve realized it wasn’t even worth coming to this place. The 200 guards currently waiting outside will be stationed in the border region between Doctia and Frozen.”

“!”

Burley’s frozen eyes widened, but he could only move his lips without being able to say anything.

“If something like this happens one more time, well. I can only interpret that as meaning you intend to destroy Doctia due to your own low intelligence.”

Even though it was clearly a space where sunlight streamed in well, the temperature seemed to have dropped below freezing.

Callipus, who had been leisurely observing the King frozen like ice, left the audience chamber without even a farewell.

“…Hah, haah…”

Only then did the King hastily exhale the breath he had been holding.

The situation had taken a strange turn.

The border region where Duke Callipus said he would station his guards was a short forest of about 10km.

Long ago, after Doctia declared a ceasefire, it had become a demilitarized zone that both kingdoms tacitly agreed not to touch.

If the Crosht Family stationed their knight order in the demilitarized zone, the nobles would realize that he had lost in this negotiation.

‘…That must not happen…!’

Burley, who had clenched his fists until his fingers turned blue, shouted.

“Send an urgent message to Yang! Use all available resources to quickly uncover the truth about that white-haired bastard-!”

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