I Am the 5-Year-Old Spy Who Kidnapped the Villain - Chapter 176

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【Chapter 176】

“If you’re going to nag, let me know beforehand. Just tell me this one thing, and I’ll need to educate you on how to behave as someone with a spy background.”

“…Huh?”

“What. Are you scared now that you actually have to listen to legitimate nagging?”

One of Sedric’s eyebrows slowly rose.

“No!”

I answered quickly, worried he might change his mind.

He’s really going to tell me? Just to nag at me a bit?

‘This person who wouldn’t answer even when I followed him around for a week is offering information, so I can listen to nagging for however many minutes!’

“I’m not scared at all! I’ll engrave every word you say into my bones!”

“You talk well.”

“Should I show you through actions?”

At my question, he made a puzzled expression.

With sparkling eyes, I clenched my fist and picked up a spare pen.

Then I tore off a small corner of the paper and wrote something on it.

“Here!”

I smiled brightly and handed it to him, and Sedric received it with a bewildered face.

“What is this.”

“Thank you, customer. I’ve issued one Aisha-exclusive nagging voucher!”

“…?”

Sedric frowned and stared at the paper.

[One-time voucher for nagging Aisha.

Usage time: 30 minutes]

Seeing the makeshift paper scrap coupon, he couldn’t speak for a while.

His expression was ambiguous, as if he didn’t know how to react.

‘Hmm. This isn’t it…?’

They say jokes are best received by people who’ve tried them before. He was clearly shocked by this new concept.

“…To think you’re my little sister.”

“Huh?”

He muttered quietly and shook his head roughly.

Wait. Just now… I think he called me his little sister?

It was so natural that I didn’t even have time to question it.

“Fine. I’ll accept it for now.”

Sedric pushed the coupon to the corner of the desk and brought the list in front of him.

Then he crossed out several names with his pen and wrote new names next to them.

Marquis, Count, Viscount.

Their ranks varied, and some names belonged to people who had been quite flattering to Father, which surprised me a bit.

“These guys were either spies from the beginning or turned to our side through persuasion. While you should know this list, the two people the Croste Family needs to seriously interrogate are these.”

Saying that, he circled one name.

My mouth fell open when I saw it.

“…Marquis of Frisia?”

“Do you have a connection with him?”

Since it was a familiar name, I muttered unconsciously, and he asked.

“No. I don’t have a connection, but… I’m acquainted with the Marquis’s daughter.”

That was quite a memorable relationship too.

Ollia, who had visited the Monster Training Facility and bullied Leila, was the daughter of the Marquis of Frisia.

“The Marquis of Frisia family has quite a deep history in the Frozen Kingdom, so when did the spy activities begin?”

“Since the current head of the family. I heard a spy was planted when his daughter was about thirteen years old, and it seems he’s still living well without being caught.”

Sedric spoke with a somewhat admiring tone.

At the same time, goosebumps rose on my arms as I grasped the situation.

That meant the current Marquis of Frisia wasn’t real, but a substitute like in Count Rowan’s case.

Young Lady Ollia…

I thought poorly of her just from seeing her bully people, but hearing this makes me feel sorry for her.

Even now, she must firmly believe that the spy pretending to be her father is actually her real father.

“And the other person is…”

While I was lost in thought for a moment, Sedric wrote something else under the name he had written earlier.

It wasn’t a person’s name.

“Yang.”

“Yang?”

It was an animal’s name.

“…Since Sedric called them ‘Yang,’ that spy must be a first-class spy, right?”

For reference, there were ranks among spies too.

Third-class spies who infiltrated as commoners or servants in noble households to extract information.

Since they exchanged information with each other, they knew each other’s personal details and identities well.

If one of them was exposed, another could easily eliminate the compromised colleague.

Long ago, Dorothy, who disguised herself as a maid and tormented me, was a third-class spy.

Those who infiltrated as nobles or in important roles were second-class. This applied to my case.

And those treated as top-level national assets like mages or people with special abilities were classified as first-class, with no one knowing their identity.

Because even if exposed, they had to be extracted and recovered somehow.

“Right. That’s why I don’t know anything except the name ‘Yang.'”

Sedric’s expression softened slightly, as if he finally realized I was truly from a spy background.

“Hmm… Yang.”

Then a scene flashed through my mind.

‘Anyway, see you then.’

The pendant that dangled from the neck of the man who said goodbye with a promise to meet again.

‘Right, that’s what it was.’

The necklace that Bishop wore at that time was definitely in the shape of a sheep.

“Sedric. Do first-class spies perhaps carry some kind of identifying mark? Like a necklace, for example…”

“How did you know that?”

How did I know? I just guessed.

Though I was surprised inside, I smiled shamelessly and asked back.

“My predictions are different since I’m from a spy background, right?”

Sedric looked displeased but didn’t deny it.

“Do you have someone in mind.”

“I can’t be certain, but… yes, I do. It’s my academy homeroom teacher, and he was wearing a sheep-shaped pendant necklace.”

Saying that, I clenched my fist in a sense of betrayal.

Teacher, Bishop Viscount might be Doctia’s spy.

And a first-class one at that.

How shocked would the people from the Masamo Association who opened their hearts that day be, and His Majesty King Grace too, if they knew this fact.

“That teacher’s family crest isn’t a sheep, is it?”

“No, it’s not.”

Thinking about it now, it was strange.

Of course, there was no law saying nobles couldn’t wear accessories unrelated to their family.

However, it was generally common to create necklaces or rings representing something that symbolized oneself.

But Bishop used a sheep that had no relation to his family or himself.

“…I can’t say for certain it’s that person, but the possibility is high.”

“Is accurate identification possible if you see them directly?”

“Of course. I was also a first-class spy.”

“Then…”

I wonder if he’d grant this request too.

I hesitated, then muttered while gauging his reaction.

“Well, you see. I’m participating in the monster training competition being held at the Academy this time…”

“So what.”

“Family members of participating students can be invited as spectators, so could I invite Sedric too? I’d like him to help confirm whether Bishop is really a spy.”

“Only family members can be invited.”

“Sedric is my family too.”

“….”

At my words, his red eyes wavered.

“That’s why we’re sitting side by side right now, isn’t it?”

“That’s…”

“Just looking at our appearance, anyone would think we’re siblings.”

Please. Please—.

When I deliberately sparkled my pitiful eyes while asking, Sedric, who had been avoiding me whether annoyed or burdened, let out a sigh.

And just as he was about to speak after pondering for a moment.

“What right do I have to…”

“Lady Aisha! Princess. Lord Nox and Lord Kail have arrived at the castle gate.”

A maid appeared, opening the door with a knock.

“Kail already arrived?!”

Surprised, I jumped up from my seat.

What should I do. He said he’d come around evening, so I haven’t prepared yet.

“Ugh, wait a moment. Let me get ready and I’ll be right there! Sedric. I’m giving you this invitation, so you must come. But since the Frozen society nobles don’t know Sedric yet, if you just slightly alter your hair and eye color, you should be able to get in.”

Naturally, he didn’t take the invitation I offered.

But I was in a hurry.

When I smacked the back of his clenched fist, he was startled and unconsciously opened his hand.

I forcibly shoved the invitation into his large hand and hurriedly ran off.

* * *

“….”

Left alone, Sedric stared at the closed door with a dazed expression.

Kail must be referring to that new ability user.

I don’t know how close they are, but seeing her jump up the moment the maid mentioned his name, it doesn’t seem like an ordinary relationship.

That aside.

“…This is troublesome.”

He stared at the invitation Aisha had forced into his hand.

The invitation wasn’t the only troublesome thing.

There was also the 30-minute nagging voucher placed on the desk.

Sedric sighed and stared intently at it.

It felt somehow burdensome.

It wasn’t money, nor was it an honorable treasure.

It was just a small piece of paper with that girl’s handwriting on it.

…Yet for some reason, he hesitated to even touch it.

“…What am I supposed to do with this.”

He sighed, his mind becoming complicated over the small gift he had never received before.

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