I Am the 5-Year-Old Spy Who Kidnapped the Villain - Chapter 178

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【Episode 178】

‘First, where is Bishop?’

Fortunately, he was seated in the section reserved for Academy teachers.

Especially when our eyes met, he gave me a friendly smile and waved his hand.

I also smiled and greeted him politely.

‘Could he really be a spy?’

I don’t know.

If the teacher who had been so kind and friendly for the past 10 years was a spy…

Beyond the sense of betrayal, it would be a little sad too.

That’s when it happened.

“Huh…!”

When I turned my head at the sound of someone gasping in surprise nearby, I saw Lady Ollia standing among a group of opposition nobles.

When our eyes met, her face turned pale.

At first she seemed terrified, but soon hatred and resentment mixed in.

Probably because I had taken Leila’s side at the monster training facility.

Until then, Ollia’s marquis family had been a house that publicly sucked up to the Crosht family.

But after that day, they seemed to have completely turned away from the Crosht family.

Judging by how openly they were mingling with the opposition nobles.

“Lady Ollia, what’s wrong?”

“Your complexion suddenly turned pale.”

Seeing Ollia’s obviously strange expression, the young nobles around her began to worry about her.

Then.

“…?”

“…”

I could see the corners of Ollia’s mouth, who had locked eyes with me, faintly rising.

She looked around at my surroundings.

As if confirming the fact that I was alone.

Then, she soon hid behind a young noble as if frightened and said.

“…It’s just that Princess Aisha is glaring at me.”

What…?

I wasn’t glaring at you.

Is this face a glaring expression? It’s more of a disgusted expression.

Though she whispered quietly, her voice was clearly audible, and I looked at her in disbelief.

Since I was alone anyway, was she planning to diligently spread rumors at this timing?

Meanwhile, the flustered young noble looked back and forth between me and Ollia, then asked her.

“…Why would the Princess be glaring at Lady Ollia?”

Up until this point, I was just picking my ears indifferently.

Well, just let her talk.

She can’t even make a peep in front of me.

Whether it was gossip behind my back or in front of me, ignoring it without any emotion was nothing.

Moreover, to openly badmouth someone in such a crowded place.

Considering her age, I suppose it could happen, but it seemed like excessive childishness and was absurd.

However.

“Actually, I went to observe at the monster training facility the other day… and the Princess scolded me then. She told me not to treat monsters carelessly, saying they might become more precious resources than nobles…”

“What? She said monsters are more important than nobles?”

The next words caused an immediate commotion.

Ollia’s voice was loud, but the young noble’s voice was even louder, so everyone around heard and turned to look at me.

‘I never said that though?’

When I frowned slightly in surprise, she flinched and hid even further behind the young noble.

I could tolerate everything else, but I couldn’t stand by and watch her fabricate facts.

Thinking that, I took a step forward—

But someone else was faster.

Another young noble shielded Ollia and glared at me subtly.

Then he smirked and raised his voice as if for me to hear.

“My goodness, saying monsters are more important than nobles. This is why the Crosht family receives criticism.”

As expected, he was a member of an opposition family that was on the list.

The children around looked at me in surprise at his hostile tone.

While some hurriedly watched my reaction,

“She said such a thing? Even if she’s a princess, that’s a bit…”

“Monsters causing problems again? It’s not just once or twice, always causing disturbances.”

There were also those who whispered and looked at me with dissatisfied eyes.

‘They’re going to escalate things like this?’

My goodness, what are they thinking showing such an attitude if it’s a lie?

I pondered for a moment.

Should I say something about this or not?

You guys don’t know that even Duke Callipus gets fed up when I open my mouth once.

That I’m a very persistent person.

“Actually, quite a few families think that way. Coexistence with monsters, I can’t understand events like today either.”

“If they won’t let us touch monsters, why did they have observations in the first place? Only Lady Ollia who went out of curiosity becomes pitiful—”

“Hey, you guys.”

Just as I was rolling up my sleeves with a murderous look in my eyes.

“Who said anyone was scolded? What I saw being there was completely different?”

Wavy brown hair swayed in front of me like waves, blocking my view.

The identity of the person who stepped forward confidently was Leila.

“I was also there together that day. But everything Lady Ollia said is untrue.”

“Leila, why are you here…!”

At Leila’s unexpected appearance, Ollia’s complexion turned blue.

But regardless, she continued speaking proudly with her arms crossed.

“Rather, that day, wasn’t it Lady Ollia who forced a monster into my arms while I was afraid of monsters and berated me?”

“…What?”

“What is she suddenly talking about…”

The young nobles looked at Ollia in confusion at Leila’s words.

Their eyes seemed to be asking for the truth.

Cornered, Ollia’s mouth pursed like a dot.

“Th-that’s… O-Ollia came all the way to the training facility, but couldn’t do anything, so I was trying to help…!”

“I have trauma with monsters. So to overcome that trauma, I was just staring at the monsters with my own eyes. Lady Ollia must have found that sight frustrating?”

Though her tone was quiet and proud, her eyes as she crossed her arms were extremely cold.

“To the point where she forcibly took out a baby monster from the cage and tried to make me hold it. Ah, Princess Aisha did say something. Not to secretly touch the Crosht family’s private property, and not to bother me.”

“Secretly touching private property…?”

“There was nothing like that in what she just said. More importantly, a noble touched another family’s private property?”

The training facility incident had spread quite a bit among the nobles, but only this part was kept hidden by our family.

For Lady Ollia’s honor.

But it ended up being revealed anyway.

Thanks to Leila, who couldn’t stand by and watch injustice.

As was the reason we had hidden it, nobles thought coveting others’ property was behavior worse than beggars.

Did she think it would never be revealed until the end?

I couldn’t understand why she had stepped forward so confidently.

“…Lady Ollia. Is what she said true?”

“Coveting others’ property is something only people worse than beggars do. Lady Ollia couldn’t have done such a thing.”

The young nobles tried hard to defend her.

But when Ollia said nothing, her expression gradually became more troubled.

In that situation, Leila delivered the finishing blow.

“If you really can’t believe it, shall I call Young Master Lucas who was present at the scene?”

She had directly mentioned Lucas’s name.

For reference, my brother was known among the young marquises in high society as an ice demon risen from hell.

“Th-that, well, Young Lady Ollia. It seems you two will have a long conversation, so we’ll step back for a moment.”

Then one of the young marquises who had stiffened at the mention of Lucas cautiously spoke up.

The other young marquises also began to quietly retreat while reading the atmosphere.

“Then I’ll also…”

“We apologize for intruding on the young ladies’ conversation…”

Panicked by this, Ollia let out a shriek.

“What?! You said you would protect me!”

“Ah, well… we’ll protect you once the competition starts. We’ll come back to escort you when the conversation is over.”

As the young marquises who had been protecting her retreated like a receding tide—

Ollia, left alone, trembled while clenching her fists.

She had felt wronged at the Monster Training Facility too, and now she seemed to think it made no sense that the situation had turned unfavorable for her again.

“…I’m so envious that you have such a scary older brother, Princess Aisha.”

In the end, all Ollia could do was mock me.

“Yes. It must be disappointing for you in many ways not to have such a brother.”

Of course, I smiled sweetly and easily countered.

“…Acting so superior will only last for now… Huh!”

Ollia, who had been gathering tears in her eyes from anger, tried to say something but hastily covered her mouth with her hand.

Just like someone who had said something they shouldn’t have.

“…What were you about to say just now?”

It seemed like something important, so I narrowed my eyes.

“Th-they told me to absolutely never say this…”

The flustered Ollia muttered to herself, then quickly grabbed her dress hem and hurriedly disappeared in the direction the young marquises had fled.

“…?”

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