I Am the 5-Year-Old Spy Who Kidnapped the Villain - Chapter 193

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【Chapter 193】

“With this much, we should have a good chance of winning, right? From King Burey’s tone, it seemed like he trusted my brother.”

“The King tends to trust spies too much. He’ll think that Bishop is the only spy who survived in the Frozen Kingdom, so he’ll rely on him even more.”

“Then he’ll just be digging his own grave for a whole month! He won’t even dream that we’ll attack tomorrow.”

Currently 2 AM, this place is my bedroom.

It was a perfect situation for scheming.

Hehehe!

I looked at the magic stone with a sinister smile.

When dawn breaks, Father and the knight order will depart for battle.

I was thinking about what to do until then.

Just then, I saw Sedric’s communication magic stone and came up with the idea of feeding them false information.

“As expected of my brother. The best! I get so much help thanks to you!”

Even when I gave him special double thumbs up, he didn’t budge.

But seeing his lips subtly curve upward, he seemed pleased.

Then,

“It’s late now, so go to sleep. You need to get at least some rest if you’re going to greet the Duke tomorrow morning.”

He turned his head as if acting indifferent, then placed his hand on top of my head and ruffled it around.

“Whoa.”

“Just go to sleep already.”

And before I could say anything, he left the bedroom.

I could clearly see he was doing it out of embarrassment.

“Geez, if you want to pat my head, just pat it. Why get angry about it?”

Still, it seems like he’s much more comfortable with me now, right?

Even though I got scolded for no reason, I still felt good.

I sat on the bed, combing my hair that had become a bird’s nest thanks to his patting.

Many things happened after the monster training competition ended.

First of all, the first thing was… as you just saw, I became quite close with Sedric!

In the process of extracting evidence from Bishop, we discovered that we worked well together.

Right after that, Brother Lucas became busy preparing for war and the monster wave, and Father did too.

But Sedric couldn’t officially step forward to help them.

‘Right now, when relations with Doctia are at their worst, if I walk around the castle, the knights might get confused. So I’ll just stay in my room…’

‘Then let’s gather in my bedroom!’

I was the one who stopped Sedric from trying to go back into the cave.

We mainly spent time together, and today we were even able to carry out secret operations like this.

“Anyway, we’re done spreading false information.”

I took out my notebook and crossed off an item from my to-do list with a pen.

The next item on the list was… finding Kail.

“…”

Can I even do this?

My eyes darkened as I looked at the notebook.

Currently, the Frozen Kingdom was facing unprecedented chaos.

Not only were they facing war with the Kingdom of Doctia, but they also heard news that a third monster wave would occur.

Grace mentioned it in a meeting where only key vassals were summoned, and I found out through Father.

“…Still, I thought war would happen someday.”

After all, Doctia had done too many things.

But at this point when a monster wave is about to happen, where could Kail be?

Naturally, he hadn’t shown himself even once since the monster training competition.

Just in case, I sent a letter to the Marquis of Schultz’s family, but the only response was that they hadn’t seen him.

‘The royal court, Father, Brother Lucas. Even Nox said he hadn’t seen him…’

Does this make sense?

It’s strange that no one is looking for Kail when he’s disappeared.

“They’re definitely hiding something…”

I was lost in thought, rolling the pen in my hand.

When I heard footsteps outside the window, I instinctively got up and rushed to step on the windowsill.

It’s 2 AM now.

It’s time for the guard knights to just stay at their posts.

‘Don’t tell me Doctia sent another spy…?’

You’re not the only ones who don’t sleep, I’m staying up all night too!

I glared with fierce eyes and shouted at the black shadows walking through the snow.

“Who’s there!”

Then one of the shadows flinched and turned his head.

“…Dandelion?”

The unidentified shadow was none other than Brother Lucas.

“Oh, Brother…? It’s dawn, what are you doing instead of sleeping?”

By the way, Lucas had recently been working hard to reinforce the ice wall in preparation for the monster wave.

He used his abilities all day long, so when night came, he would fall asleep like withered grass.

What’s he doing staying awake until dawn today?

When I opened my eyes wide with curiosity, Lucas smiled awkwardly and scratched the back of his neck.

“Ah. Well, they said there are still monsters that haven’t been moved beyond the ice wall. I was going to the ice wall to check.”

“Couldn’t you leave that to the knights?”

Maybe there’s still work to do even after delegating it.

Thinking I should help at times like this, I rolled up my sleeves.

“Should I come with you? I happened to be awake because I couldn’t sleep.”

“No, no! Absolutely not! Don’t come down!”

“…Huh? Don’t come down?”

I thought he’d be happy if I offered to help while taking a walk together.

Instead, Brother’s face turned pale.

“Y-yeah! You’re going to greet Father when he departs at dawn later. You should sleep now. I can handle this alone, don’t worry.”

“…Really?”

Isn’t his reaction a bit excessive?

And if he can handle it alone, who’s that person next to him…?

Hmm. Suspicion detected.

I narrowed my eyes and asked.

“Who’s that person next to you…”

“A knight!”

“Ow. My ears hurt.”

I quickly covered my ears at the sudden loud voice.

No. If it’s a knight, just say it’s a knight. Why are you jumping up like someone who got electrocuted…?

Even more strange things weren’t just one or two.

If he was really a knight of Croste, he would have greeted me first as soon as he knew I was a princess.

But the man wrapped tightly in a black robe just stood there stiffly.

“A knight?”

“Yeah.”

“But he won’t even greet me once?”

When I asked with my arms crossed, the man who had been staring into space finally turned his head.

And, nod.

The man with his face hidden by a hood nodded at me and then ignored me again.

“…?”

That, that’s strange.

Among the knights of Croste that I know, there was no one who greeted people like that.

“Such a rude person is a knight of our House? Hey. Hey, take off your hood.”

“Ah, Aisha!”

Just then, Lucas pressed down on the back of the man’s head, forcing him to bow to me.

“See, he bowed, right?”

“….”

“And you, you don’t even know what kind of pain this person might have, yet you suddenly tell him to take off his hood, huh? How flustered would he be?”

“Brother. I’d be just as flustered hearing such ridiculous excuses.”

“A-anyway! I made him greet you, so we’re leaving!”

He creaked like a robot while giving his pathetic lecture, then made a huffing sound as he tried to hurriedly leave.

“Brother.”

“What?”

Of course, he stopped walking as soon as I called him.

“By the way, have you seen Kail?”

It was just a habitual question by now.

These days, whenever I met people, I would ask if they’d seen Kail like a greeting.

‘I don’t really expect much, I’m just asking.’

Brother would sigh and say he didn’t know every time I asked this question, so I expected the same response.

But surprisingly, I didn’t hear the usual exasperated sigh.

Instead, as if flustered, cold sweat beaded on Lucas’s cheek and trickled down.

And strangely, I felt like the man who had turned his gaze away was quietly listening to our conversation.

‘Why?’

I couldn’t see his eyes, but I could feel with my skin that his entire attention was focused on Lucas and me.

He’s been acting a bit strange since earlier…

‘Well, if he’s a knight, he’d have no choice but to be sensitive to his masters’ arguments, right?’

I wouldn’t know about other people, but since Brother Lucas said he was a knight.

Since someone trustworthy said so, I believed it.

When I tilted my head and looked at the man, Lucas belatedly sighed with an exasperated expression.

“You ask me that every time you see me. Why? Do you have something to say to him?”

“I have plenty to say.”

“Like what?”

“Well, what I want to say is…”

“No, don’t tell me.”

Brother suddenly cut me off and turned his head to face me directly.

“Seeing how he’s not coming around like this, maybe he’s grown to dislike you now? Why bother being curious about such a guy? Just erase him from your mind.”

“I can’t. I can’t erase him.”

“Why?”

“Because Kail is my first love.”

“*Cough*.”

Just then, the quiet man suddenly cleared his throat.

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