I Am the 5-Year-Old Spy Who Kidnapped the Villain - Chapter 194

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【Chapter 194】

“Cough, cough.”

“?”

“Cough, cough, cough.”

What started as a fake cough suddenly seemed to catch in his throat, as the man bent forward and began coughing roughly.

That knight is a bit strange.

To react like that to someone else’s love confession.

Is he the type who empathizes well…?

I was flustered, but a person’s health comes first.

I hurriedly asked Lucas.

“Is that person okay? He’s not sick or anything, is he?”

“Uh, yeah. It seems like it. I should take him to the infirmary. Haha, ha. I’ll go, so Dandelion, you should hurry and sleep.”

“Cough, cough, cough.”

Lucas pushed the back of the man who was still coughing and quickly disappeared with an awkward laugh.

“…Really strange… Could it be that he’s not feeling well but Lucas is forcing him to work?”

It’s not his personality to do that, but things have been so busy lately.

“Ugh.”

It was a conversation that left only uneasiness.

I rested my elbow on the windowsill, propped my chin on my hand, and looked up at the moon, now alone.

The last moon I saw was a crescent, I think.

Before I knew it, the rounded moon was gradually taking on a perfect circular shape.

‘…The Monster Wave comes when it becomes a full moon, right.’

It seemed like there really wasn’t much time left.

* * *

Meanwhile, at that moment.

“You asked me to hide it. But what are you going to do if you choke so obviously?”

The man who had been hiding his identity all along, Kail, was pushed weakly by the grumbling Lucas toward the Ice Wall.

Even though he was covering his entire body with a robe, it was obvious that he was very flustered.

Indeed, Kail was like that.

He had only approached Aisha, but had never once heard an answer from her.

He thought it was natural.

He was the one who liked her. Naturally, he thought it was right for him to give to her.

But.

‘Well, Kail is my first love.’

When her unbelievable voice echoed more clearly than any echo, he quietly gritted his teeth and pulled his hood down over his head with his hand.

Actually, when he first saw Aisha, anxiety came before joy.

He had planned to head Beyond the Edge of the World at dawn when everyone was asleep.

The fact that he was stepping forward to stop the Monster Wave was top secret known only to Callipus, Lucas, and Nox.

Naturally, if Aisha found out, she would make a fuss about following him, so from the moment he made his decision, he kept his distance from her.

He thought she would naturally fall away on her own.

Kail hoped Aisha would be angry rather than sad because of him.

Then when she remembered this in the distant future, she would think it was just unnecessary worry rather than trauma.

But when he heard her confidently say that he was her first love, his thoughts wavered for a moment.

He wanted to immediately take off his hood and answer her.

That you are my last love.

That it was decided from the moment I first saw you.

Heat spread to his face and neck, making him feel hot.

“Hey, can’t you hear me? Snap out of it!”

With Lucas’s complaining words, his hood was suddenly pulled off from behind.

Only then did Kail realize he had arrived in front of the Ice Wall.

When he turned his head, he saw Lucas glaring at him, breathing roughly from rushing out like he was escaping.

“Brother is asking… what’s with you. Why is your face so red.”

Then he asked with a start.

“Since you heard Aisha’s confession, naturally—”

“So what is it, just pick one of the two!”

He had asked and received an answer, but Lucas, whose face had turned red instead, cut off his words.

“If you like her so much you could die, you should have at least said goodbye. What is this? It’s already annoying that my precious sister confesses to liking some Maein, and all you do after hearing it right in front of you is cough?”

“Then would my breathing work properly?”

It wasn’t sarcasm but a genuine question.

Aisha said her first love was him—naturally, he couldn’t breathe properly, right?

“This guy… looks like he’d make several women cry but says such innocent things…”

Lucas, who seemed to think it was meaningless to be angry at such behavior, swallowed his anger alone and ran his hand through his hair.

There was an incident in the middle, but they had arrived safely in the end.

This place was the Ice Wall Gate.

Opening this gate would lead to the snowy plains teeming with monsters.

“Once you go out, we’ll close the Ice Wall Gate for a while. Just in case, we decided to make a latch with logs.”

Lucas, who had suddenly lowered his voice, glanced at Kail.

It meant this was the last chance, but Kail, who had come to his senses, didn’t even move and just nodded his head.

‘Is he a guy who doesn’t know fear at all…?’

A few days ago.

Lucas visited the study with Nox on his father’s orders.

He was already tense because war was imminent, but his father’s words, getting straight to the point without any personal conversation, were shocking.

A Monster Wave would soon arrive, and the only being who could stop it was Kail,

But he didn’t have the power to stop it because he had used his magic to save Aisha 10 years ago.

‘Then what happens?’

To Lucas’s question, Callipus answered.

‘Kail said he would choose Aisha.’

It was a choice worthy of Kail.

But once he went through this gate, it might really be the last time.

Lucas naturally thought saving Aisha was the right thing to do, but separately from that, seeing Kail so calm made him wonder if he lacked a sense of reality.

So he was giving him one more chance.

“Kail. You seem to think lightly of it because you’re a Maein, but once the Monster Wave starts, you could immediately turn.”

“Yes. That’s why I plan to get as far away from the Ice Wall as possible before then.”

“How?”

“I’ll take the monsters and leave. Beyond the Edge of the World.”

“…”

Lucas rubbed his face at this absurd plan.

However, thinking there was something else he needed to say right now, he opened his mouth again.

“Thank you for saving Aisha with your magic. And… for deciding to sacrifice yourself to save that child.”

“…”

“Make sure to come back alive. If it seems dangerous, just run away.”

That’s when it happened.

“Kail.”

Nox, who had finished his business and arrived late, hurriedly ran toward the gate.

“Good thing you haven’t left yet. Are you planning to leave now?”

“Yes. That’s right.”

At Kail’s calm answer, Nox took off his monocle and put it in his pocket.

‘In the end…’

Nox too had heard Callipus’s words in the study and couldn’t recover from the shock for a while.

But the conclusion was one.

Aisha had to be protected.

Even if the result was Kail’s sacrifice, Nox was also planning to make the same decision as everyone else.

Because that was what Kail wanted too.

After hesitating for a moment, he let out a deep sigh and hugged Kail.

Though Nox and Kail had spent 10 years together in the snowy plains, this had never happened before, so Kail flinched.

“You heartless bastard. You’re not even shedding a single tear.”

He was crying quietly.

Though he was covering his eyes with his hand to hide it, his trembling voice gave him away.

Kail’s eyes widened slightly as he awkwardly raised his arms and wrapped them around his back.

He suddenly remembered how Aisha had called Callipus father.

Not brothers, not friends, but someone closer than anyone else.

He knew that’s what parents were, but he had never thought he would have such a person in his life.

“…Is this a situation to cry over when the Maein are going to the snowy plains?”

“I’m not crying. You emotionless child, like a block of ice.”

“Thank you for treating me like a son.”

If he had a father, wouldn’t it be Nox he could speak of?

At Kail’s calm confession, Nox’s closed eyelids slowly lifted.

“You were like a father to me.”

He had been such a caring presence.

Kail, who had been smiling faintly, grabbed Nox’s shoulders with both hands and stopped the embrace.

It was time to leave now.

If he delayed any longer, he wouldn’t be able to draw the monsters far enough from the ice wall.

“Lucas. I’m leaving now, so please open the gate.”

“Huh? Oh.”

Lucas, who was seeing Nox’s tears for the first time, stood there with a bewildered expression before belatedly nodding.

“Open the gate.”

When he commanded the guards, the massive iron gate slowly opened with a laborious sound.

“Please protect Aisha.”

Kail, who was crossing through the gate, turned his head and left his final words.

When Lucas and Nox nodded, he left the ducal palace without a moment’s hesitation, as if he trusted them completely.

* * *

“…What, what is this…”

The sound from the recorder connected to Chichichi cut off.

Having heard everything, I collapsed to the ground as my legs gave out.

I had a suspicion.

The man next to Lucas seemed to be paying unusual attention to me, and he showed strange reactions to my confession, so I had sent Chichichi to investigate.

But the conversation I just heard was too shocking.

“…So right now, to save me, he’s going to sacrifice himself without taking back the magic he gave me?”

My heart plummeted.

I thought there was a bottom, but it felt like I had been submerged in an endless abyss.

As the area around my eyes grew hot and tears began to flow, I came to my senses and wiped my tears with the back of my hand.

“…Who gave you permission to go die?”

Of course I couldn’t let him go like this.

“If you’re going to protect me, you should at least get my permission first, you stupid fool.”

I jumped up from my spot and leaped out the window.

I ran straight toward the ice wall.

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