I Am the 5-Year-Old Spy Who Kidnapped the Villain - Chapter 180

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【Chapter 180】

It was an unexpected situation.

Even if an incident were to occur, I thought Bishop would target Kail, not me…

But there was no time to think about such things.

I was startled and took a step back while squeezing my eyes shut.

“Aisha. Are you okay?”

When I came to my senses, I realized the black shadow blocking me was a massive back.

It was Kail.

He who usually didn’t come first and only reluctantly approached when our eyes met.

The moment I seemed to be in danger, he immediately rushed over to save me.

“…Are you hurt.”

“…Huh?”

“Are you hurt anywhere?”

As I stood there dazed by the sudden situation, Kail grabbed my wrist.

After the initial surprise, he turned my arm this way and that to check it.

Then he suddenly grabbed my cheek and turned it left and right, checking for any scratches.

Kail’s jaw was tense with strain.

His breathing was also slightly rough, unlike usual, making him seem much more startled than me.

“…Kail. You seem more shocked than me, but I’m fine.”

I grabbed his wrist. It seemed I needed to calm him down first.

“My body is fine and I’m not hurt anywhere. But are you okay? Did any fragments hit you?”

“…”

As I kept asking, his wavering purple eyes finally began to calm down.

“…No.”

The answer came out with a quiet sigh.

Only then did Kail let me go.

“What’s going on here. Aisha, are you really okay?”

Then Bishop approached with a surprised face and asked.

Even he seemed caught off guard, his mouth agape in bewilderment—

“I’m sorry! I was practicing throwing smoke bombs to lure monsters, and it accidentally went toward Lady Aisha…!”

Not far away, an ordinary-looking male student came running over breathlessly.

Brown hair and brown eyes.

He was so ordinary that you’d think there’d be at least one like him at the academy.

“If you’re going to throw it, throw it toward the forest. Why throw it toward the starting line?”

Kail’s gaze, which had been worriedly examining me, instantly sharpened toward the student.

“I’m, I’m really sorry. Lady, are you alright? I wanted to apologize properly…”

“The Lady is fine, so it’s none of your business. Just get lost.”

“But I want to apol, apologize…”

Kail glared at him with the intensity of someone who would have killed him if there weren’t people around.

His eyes suddenly went cold, like he’d reverted to his old self.

“Kail, it’s okay. He wants to apologize, so we should accept it. It was a mistake.”

Excuse me, everyone.

I’m the one who almost got hurt, so why do I have to deal with an angry Kail and a scared student?

“Ka-il.”

I pushed hard against Kail’s back, but he didn’t move like a stone.

Ugh. Ten years ago he was just a little kid, why did he grow so big?

“Kail!”

When I raised my voice, the massive back flinched slightly.

Eventually, he reluctantly made way.

But his displeased gaze remained fixed on the frightened student.

I needed to sort out the situation first.

“Um, I’m fine. But throwing smoke bombs even in the forest isn’t good. People other than monsters could be startled too, right?”

“Th, that’s right… I’m sorry. This will absolutely never happen again.”

The student, his face red with embarrassment, approached me and bowed his head.

“It’s okay. Since I wasn’t hurt, it’s fine.”

I giggled and waved my hand.

But Kail, who kept glaring at the student with narrowed eyes, muttered like a curse.

“…If she had been hurt, you would have been dead.”

“Kail. Where did you learn to say such things?!”

I was shocked and scolded him, and he made a “hmph” sound quietly before turning his head with a sullen expression.

That, that.

He still hasn’t gotten rid of his childhood temper!

“A, anyway, I’m sorry once again, Lady. This will never happen again.”

The student, who had been looking back and forth between me and Kail, hesitantly bowed and stepped back.

And as he passed by my side.

‘…?’

The student’s hand touched mine for a moment, and he handed me something.

When I realized there was a note in my hand, the boy had already disappeared.

‘What is this?’

I checked the note in my hand.

[Bishop ‘Yang’ is correct. Come to the 1st floor warehouse of the academy building immediately without being noticed by him.]

‘…This is…’

I quickly turned my head.

Could that student just now have been Sedric?

Just in case, I checked the back of the note too.

[PS. 30 minutes of nagging is insufficient. Request to extend coupon usage time to 1 hour.]

“…Oh.”

It really was Sedric.

‘Did he actually remember my request and come?’

Gratitude made one corner of my heart tingle.

‘From now on, I should call him Brother Sedric.’

Filled with emotion, I pressed my lips together and carefully hid the note in my pocket.

Then I quietly glared at Bishop, who was ordering servants to clean up the glass fragments.

So he really was a spy…

Feelings of betrayal and sadness washed over me, but something else was more important right now.

I had to catch Bishop before he could scheme anything.

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“The area where you were earlier seemed a bit noisy, what was that about?”

Grace asked.

“It was nothing much. I was trying to hand Aisha a water bottle when a student mistakenly threw a smoke bomb and broke it.”

Bishop burst into hearty laughter and sat down beside her.

The competition had begun in earnest, and the students had already entered the forest.

Though he appeared relaxed as he sat down, somehow the corners of his raised mouth remained stiff.

He had missed Kail.

Having recently received orders from King Burley to inject Kail with a berserker potion, he clicked his tongue inwardly.

‘That would have been the perfect opportunity. What a shame.’

According to the original plan, he should have handed Kail a water bottle containing the berserker potion.

But some interfering fool had caused Aisha’s water bottle to break instead.

After handling the incident and hurriedly searching for Kail, he had already received a water bottle from another professor and disappeared into the forest.

“Is Miss Aisha alright?”

He, who had been lost in serious contemplation, changed his expression like flipping a page at Grace’s question.

“Of course I’m fine, Your Majesty. But I almost got hurt too, aren’t you worried about me?”

“If it were you, you would have made a fuss and called for a physician the moment you got injured.”

“Haha! Your Majesty knows me too well!”

“Of course. How many years have we been together?”

As could be seen from him sitting next to Grace, Bishop currently had an intimate relationship with her both publicly and privately.

He had accomplished what other spies could never do.

He had gained the king’s trust with his characteristic bold eloquence and magical abilities.

Of course, sometimes after doing this kind of work for 20 years, there were cases where spies would forget their true identity.

But Bishop was not like that.

‘This is a chance to face off against Grace, how could I forget?’

He thought to himself and licked his lower lip.

Bishop had been highly competitive since childhood.

He was only satisfied when he was always first place among those around him.

The same was true for him as a mage.

Bishop wanted to prove his abilities somehow, so he cast curse magic on all the mages in Doctia.

But what was the result?

Far from acknowledging his abilities, he was criticized by the academy and stripped of his mage title.

One year later.

Bishop, who received a secret invitation from the kingdom, got the opportunity of a lifetime from King Burey.

‘You are the hope of the Doctia Kingdom. Someone of your caliber can defeat Grace with magic.’

‘…Excuse me?’

‘I’m entrusting this to you. When Doctia and the Frozen Kingdom engage in full-scale war, you will assassinate Grace. And with magic, which you love.’

Bishop felt a thrill.

King Burey had acknowledged his abilities.

He had even given him the authority to attack Grace, who was called the greatest of the era, during a full-scale war between nations.

Grace was an amazing woman.

As a child, she created portals that could move long distances in one go, and her powerful defensive magic using magic scrolls was recorded as something no one could currently penetrate.

‘…How thrilling that would be.’

Bishop wanted to be the first to break through Grace’s defensive barrier when war broke out between the two nations.

If he could cut off the breath of that noble mage, he felt he could become the greatest mage in the world.

‘Of course, feeding that bastard Kail the berserk potion comes first…’

“Sigh.”

Bishop let out a sigh.

Small efforts were necessary before leaving behind great achievements.

For now, it seemed he would need to go directly into the forest and inject Kail with the berserk potion.

There would probably be many students nearby, so if he really reacted, it would become quite a big topic.

“By the way, Your Majesty. Aren’t you worried?”

Bishop put on a worried expression as he broached the subject.

“About what?”

“The monsters released in the forest are trained, but… aren’t there unforeseen situations? I’m worried about my children, would it be alright if I went to the forest to check on security?”

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