I Am the 5-Year-Old Spy Who Kidnapped the Villain - Chapter 186

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【Episode 186】

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A few hours ago.

‘Then I’ll go catch Kail! See you at home…’

‘Where do you think you’re going.’

Just as I was about to ignore everything and leave in search of love, a large hand suddenly grabbed my shoulder.

‘Whether you catch that guy or not isn’t what matters, there’s something more important right now.’

It was Sedric with a serious expression.

‘The test results for the potion’s components should be out by now. The royal court will be informed soon too.’

At those words, I finally came to my senses.

What we needed to do immediately was expose Bishop’s true identity.

With that thought, I waited for the competition to end.

I was so busy being wary of Bishop that I couldn’t train even a single monster, and Kail didn’t achieve any results either.

Could it be because of what happened earlier?

Just as I was feeling better thinking I wasn’t the only one worried about it—

Someone acting suspiciously restless came into my view.

“Young Lady Ollia. What are you suddenly trying to throw away?”

At those words, Ollia suddenly froze stiff like someone being strangled.

‘Why is she acting like that?’

Having maintained silence throughout the award ceremony, I looked at her complexion for the first time.

‘…She’s standing there with a face that screams “I’m the culprit.”‘

But there’s no way Ollia could be involved in this, right?

The berserk potion we submitted belonged to Bishop.

However, it was definitely suspicious that she immediately tried to throw away something from her pocket when they announced a belongings inspection.

“A belongings inspection? Do we really have to put up with such a thing?”

“Lady Ollia is a noble. You witnessed that terrible scene 10 years ago firsthand, so why would you be carrying a berserk potion?”

Among the surrounding students, voices filled with doubt mixed with complaints.

Nevertheless, I crossed my arms and stared at Ollia.

A bottle of potion came out of her pocket, and the professor standing before her was holding it in his hand.

“The substance in this jar contains components that can identify berserk potions. If it reacts purple, it’s a berserk potion. If it doesn’t react, it means it’s just water.”

The teacher explained quite earnestly, but the dissatisfaction didn’t disappear from the surrounding students’ faces.

Honestly, this situation is confusing for me too.

Even though I was the one who pointed out Ollia.

No matter how terrible that girl’s personality is, and however she managed to get 2nd place.

She’s not a young lady with enough courage to use a berserk potion!

“…The jar is reacting.”

What?

Just as he said, the substance in the jar was turning purple starting from where the potion had dropped.

A young lady with both a terrible personality and great courage?

This could have been a real disaster, couldn’t it?

“Kyaah—! It’s really a berserk potion!”

I was so shocked I felt dazed, but starting with one female student’s scream, the surprised voices of surrounding participants began to grow like waves.

The same was true for the spectators.

“My goodness, a competition participant was carrying a berserk potion?”

“If that potion had been scattered around, we all would have died!”

“Then my first place is gone because of Young Lady Ollia?! That’s ridiculous! I stayed up all night for the past month studying only about monsters!”

Even Barton, the young marquis who had taken first place, vented his frustration angrily, feeling wronged.

Meanwhile, the professor paid no attention to the surrounding noise.

He calmly asked again, as if wanting to give the trembling and frightened Ollia another chance.

“…Young Lady Ollia. Where did you get the berserk potion? Surely someone gave it to you?”

“Th, that’s…”

But when Ollia couldn’t answer—

“…I understand.”

The professor sighed lightly and shouted to the guards.

“We’ve discovered a berserk potion during inspection. Please take away Ollia Rost, who was in possession of the potion!”

“N, no!”

It was then that Ollia, who had been frozen like ice, finally opened her mouth.

“…Young Marquis Nick brought it! The young marquis recommended that I try using the berserk potion!”

“Wh, when did I ever recommend it! I just said it was okay to use if there was someone who wanted to!”

Young Marquis Nick, shocked by Ollia’s confession, squawked like a duck.

But the problem was that his excuse had no effect whatsoever.

“…Are you insane?”

“How could a noble from the Frozen Kingdom use a berserk potion? Especially at a competition full of monsters?”

“…This is tantamount to treason.”

Faced with the suddenly focused gazes, his face turned pale, and his choice was—

To use the same drowning person strategy as Ollia.

“I, I didn’t bring it! Th, that’s— Father said if I asked Bishop for help, he would take care of everything…, so Bishop gave it to me!”

At Nick’s confession, the noisy surroundings suddenly became quiet as if a string had snapped.

I silently mouthed “wow” without making a sound.

While trying to catch Bishop, I caught Ollia and even caught Nick, who hadn’t been thinking at all.

The families that Ollia and Nick belonged to were also in communication with the Kingdom of Doctia, so they needed to be caught anyway.

I just didn’t expect such a chain arrest party to unfold like sausages.

…Is this what they call one shot, three kills?

‘Good.’

I quietly turned my head and gave a thumbs up to Sedric, who was standing like a shadow.

Leaning against a tree, he raised the corner of his mouth for about 0.5 seconds before immediately erasing his smile.

My eldest brother’s rare smile.

This is quite precious.

“…What on earth is this… you guys…”

Bishop, who had been watching the unfolding situation and reading the room until then, muttered with a face so distorted he looked ready to cry.

Grace, who had also been watching this scene in shock, belatedly organized the situation.

“First, take away Young Lady Ollia who used the berserk potion, and Young Marquis Nick who brought in the berserk potion. The same goes for their families in the audience seating.”

“Your Majesty, we are innocent! We only trusted Bishop when he said he would take good care of our children!”

“L, let go of me! Father! I’m being dragged away, Father!”

At the King’s command, the guards began arresting Ollia and Nick, along with their family members.

Ollia cried out for her father, but Marquis Rost was also being dragged away in a state of bewilderment.

“What on earth is happening?”

“I don’t know. But what’s certain is that if we hadn’t caught them now, it could have escalated into something big like the Pose Duke incident 10 years ago.”

“Ha, who’s going to guarantee my prize money!”

100 participants.

And about 300 spectators.

In a place where both nobles and commoners were watching regardless of status, nobles who used berserk potions were dragged away.

To the commoners, this incident might just look like a mishap involving “illegal potions.”

‘But the nobles will be different.’

They would know that the families Ollia and Nick belonged to were all ‘representative’ families of the anti-monster faction.

Of course, only two families were caught among many, but well?

With this situation, the opposition faction families would now be unable to make much of a fuss and would be shunned in high society.

‘…That’s fortunate. At least within the Frozen Kingdom, it’ll become a bit safer.’

Of course, conflict with Doctia was still unavoidable.

No, perhaps we had moved even closer to war.

However, kingdoms with solid internal foundations and those without differed in military strength by as much as heaven and earth.

So Frozen would be at a much greater advantage.

‘By the way, what’s going to happen to Bishop?’

Just then, with this sudden question in mind, I looked around.

In this situation, Bishop should be the first one dragged away for major interrogation, right?

But Bishop was shaking his head as if tired, then entering inside under the escort of knights.

‘Why?’

There was one fact that confused me that I didn’t know.

Father and Grace were also firmly prepared just like me.

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Callipus was now so sick of spies that even hearing the letter ‘S’ from ‘spy’ made him nauseous.

He hated them so much that he could draw his sword immediately if given the slightest excuse, when a secret message came from the royal court.

[Report received that Bishop possesses a berserk potion. Not certain.]

Not certain, but sending a secret message?

There’s no smoke without fire.

[For reference, reported by Miss Aisha.]

Even Aisha made the report?

Then he couldn’t just sit still even more.

“Let’s move.”

After the competition ended noisily, he quietly exchanged glances with Lucas, got up from his seat, and entered the academy building as inconspicuously as possible.

Bishop had entered the waiting room saying he wanted to rest as soon as the competition ended.

“…Oh my, Duke Croste. How do you do? But what brings you to this place…”

“To clean.”

Callipus, who found Bishop in the waiting room, walked over and plopped down on the sofa next to where he was sitting.

With his already tall height plus overwhelming build, Bishop naturally shrank his shoulders as he became dwarfed.

“…?”

Slightly flustered Bishop broke out in cold sweat.

He seemed not to know how to interpret this situation where Callipus had suddenly come looking for him and even sat next to him.

Wiping away the trickling sweat with his hand, he decided to respond with his usual good-natured smile.

“…Cleaning? For the Duke to do cleaning personally, haha! That’s quite an interesting story.”

“Right. Since I’m a noble, I’ve never cleaned with my own hands even once.”

Callipus continued speaking calmly like someone making jokes without even smiling.

“But sometimes I find it more comfortable to personally clean up foreign species that have snuck into the kingdom. I’ve suffered a lot from them, you see.”

“…?”

Bishop’s expression, which had been smiling brightly, froze just like that.

‘What did I just hear?’

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