I Am the 5-Year-Old Spy Who Kidnapped the Villain - Chapter 19

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【Chapter 19】

“That butt… could it possibly be Lord Nox?”

He could hear the knights murmuring below, but he didn’t care.

24 years of a single-minded life.

Nox was a monster enthusiast, and also Croste’s aide.

Not once had he ever bent his beliefs because of people’s stares.

Having finally climbed up the wall, he carefully peered into Aisha’s room window.

And to see more clearly, he took out another monocle and put it on his other eye.

His eyes widened at the sight of the child’s back visible inside the bedroom.

“What are you doing right now!”

“Hi, hiiek!”

Got her.

He had already caught her in the act.

* * *

“…This should make Nox show interest, right?”

1 hour earlier.

Having returned straight to the bedroom, I began executing my full-scale operation.

Since I had possessed Aisha, I needed to break the original story to prevent my future death.

But in the end, I had become Callipus’s daughter just like in the original.

Of course, it was a situation where he had accepted me even knowing I was a spy, but I couldn’t feel at ease.

I had to gain trust somehow.

‘For that, I need people’s help.’

The problem was that there was no one to help me.

Callipus didn’t expect anything from me, and Nox was rather wary of me.

“Then there’s only one way.”

I chose the simplest-shaped dress from among several and spread it on the floor.

And I began drawing something on it with crayons.

As if a spy from the Pose family was writing a report.

“Acting this suspiciously, he can’t help but be curious.”

Head Maid Mai had said that Nox was currently in his personal study.

“…But do I look like I’d believe that?”

In a situation where Callipus was absent, he would want to monitor me even more.

So saying he was in the study was obviously a lie.

To watch what I do when I’m alone.

To catch me red-handed when I do something suspicious like this…

“What are you doing right now!”

That was when it happened.

Sure enough, as soon as I drew something, a fierce shout came from the window direction.

‘This is where it begins.’

“Hi, hiiek!”

First place in the Pose Duchy acting test.

Flutter—

As I, who had been suspiciously hiding the dress, suddenly raised my head—

“Greetings, fake Princess.”

Holding not one but two monocles while watching me, Nox was smiling ominously.

Geez, why does he look so scary.

A-anyway…

‘You’ve taken the bait!’

* * *

“…Did you climb up the wall?”

When I asked cautiously, pretending to be scared—

Having put his glasses in his pocket, he nonchalantly climbed through the window.

“I was monitoring you. To find out how the seemingly ordinary fake Princess could win His Grace’s favor.”

“So you entered my room without permission? And by climbing through the window!”

“Yes.”

His monocle, which didn’t reveal his true thoughts, glinted.

“While His Grace is away, I must play the role of the fake Princess’s father.”

“…”

“Though it’s bothersome, of course.”

He looked down at me with a bored expression.

“Since things turned out this way, I’d like to know exactly why His Grace adopted Lady Aisha. I want to understand the reason.”

“…”

Despite being caught secretly monitoring me, he acted as if it didn’t matter at all. He even seemed confident about it.

“But to think you’d commit such a cute little crime. What were you writing on the dress?”

What else? Suspicious information that you need to discover.

“Dress?”

Pretending not to know, I shrugged my shoulders and carefully pushed the dress I had hidden behind me with my bottom.

Then his sharp monocle, which wouldn’t miss such a thing, glinted repeatedly.

“What did you draw?!”

“Nothing?”

“If you drew nothing, why are you hiding the dress so suspiciously?”

“Even a 5-year-old has privacy.”

“But if it’s a 5-year-old who was ‘formerly’ a spy, that’s different. Reveal the identity of that dress!”

“Eek!”

Nox suddenly lowered his upper body and stretched his arm behind me.

I pretended to block him urgently, but unfortunately, his arm was much longer than my short one.

“Hehe… What exactly did you learn during spy training?”

He showed no mercy just because I was 5 years old.

Having successfully seized the dress, Nox looked down at me triumphantly.

What did I learn? Thanks to that, I’m putting on this excellent performance of pretending to lose.

And when Nox spread out the back of the dress wide—

“…Ahili’s Circus. 12 o’clock. Employee Warehouse.”

His voice reading the fake report had turned eerily stiff.

This was clearly a spy’s contact message to anyone who saw it.

“…What are you planning to do at this place?”

The surrounding air instantly sank like a heavy weight.

“Are you planning to boast about successfully deceiving Duke Croste and becoming his daughter?”

“…”

Th-this is much scarier than I thought?

“I’m curious about what exactly the fake Princess is trying to do, so let me come along too.”

“Eh?!”

As I froze, he let out a hollow laugh and threw the dress onto the bed. Then he grabbed my scruff like catching a kitten and lifted me up.

Without even a moment to panic, I was led by him onto a carriage.

* * *

“Get down.”

Though he told me to get down, his large hand firmly grabbed my scruff.

Since reading the fake report I had written, Nox had stopped treating me as a ‘Princess’ as Callipus had ordered.

It was going according to plan.

Fortunately, Nox seemed convinced that I was in communication with the Pose family.

‘It’s a bit scary… but well, I’m glad we made it this far.’

As I entered the circus tent under his surveillance, cold air clung to me as if I had entered a freezer.

Then a strong spotlight illuminated the host who had stepped onto the stage.

“Welcome to Ahili’s Circus, the greatest monster show on earth that you’ve all been waiting for-!”

“Waaah!”

“Waaah-!”

The host’s voice rang out loudly, and the excited audience members rose from their seats without exception.

“…Monsters? They gathered here to watch monsters…?”

Nox was startled by the unexpected situation and muttered in a puzzled voice.

That’s right.

This was a circus that showcased illegally imported monsters.

But people like Nox who entered the circus for the first time couldn’t help but have doubts.

Monsters couldn’t communicate and were ferocious, making them difficult to hunt. Yet a monster show.

Nox, who knew the characteristics of monsters well, would find it even stranger.

Then how did this circus bring and manage monsters?

What was used here was precisely ice abilities.

The second prince of the Croste Ducal Family.

Lucas, whom I would save from now on, was trapped here having his abilities exploited.

* * *

At that moment. Beyond the Edge of the World.

“We’ve eliminated the pack of Winter Wolves that were lurking near the Ice Wall.”

“What about the orcs?”

Callipus’s black hair fluttered through the fiercely falling blizzard.

Red bloodstains that stood out particularly in the white world.

Blood flowed down between his palms, but Callipus wiped it off as if it were nothing and roughly wrapped the wound with bandages.

Bleeding during monster subjugation was a natural occurrence.

“We confirmed about 10 orcs lurking around the border area.”

“The troops.”

“Three are in combat-incapable condition. The rest are ready.”

“Then at dawn today…”

Callipus’s lips closed as he was continuing his words.

Suddenly a child as small as a cotton ball came to mind.

Aisha.

The little one who would be waiting for him at the ducal palace.

Of course, she would get by spiritedly even without him.

But somehow he was a bit worried about leaving Aisha to Nox.

‘Is he nagging that innocent child even now?’

After thinking for a moment, Callipus changed his words.

“Let’s finish as quickly as possible. Prepare immediately.”

“Yes. Understood.”

After sealing the bandage, he downed some alcohol.

Strong alcohol was essential to endure the cold that easily exceeded minus 30°C.

His red eyes, hot like lava, were already directed toward the distant north where the orcs were located.

‘If I finish quickly, I can return tonight.’

Someone was waiting for him.

When he returned home, there was someone who would embrace him.

“…”

It was when the corners of his previously indifferent mouth lifted slightly at the warm feeling he hadn’t experienced in a long time.

“Your Excellency. An urgent message from Lord Nox.”

The child’s face, white like flour, disappeared due to the message the knight handed over.

‘An urgent message?’

That couldn’t be right.

The only threat to the Croste Ducal Family was monsters.

But with him directly eliminating the monsters now, there shouldn’t be any dangerous situations.

“…”

However-

[I discovered Aisha secretly writing a report. She’s currently heading to the contact location written in the report.

PS. I told you so, didn’t I?]

“Your Excellency? The subjugation preparations are complete…”

“We’re going back.”

“Pardon?”

“Create a portal. I have somewhere to go immediately.”

Callipus crumpled up the letter with a feeling of his blood running cold.

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