I Am the 5-Year-Old Spy Who Kidnapped the Villain - Chapter 198

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【Chapter 198】

The moment I saw his face, my body reacted before my mind did.

When I came to my senses, my right hand was already gripping a poison needle without me realizing it.

“…Aebin. How did you get here?”

Calm down, calm down.

‘It’s a losing battle even if I attack first anyway.’

Taking a deep breath to calm myself, I regained my composure and stared at Aebin.

Long ago, he had attacked me but let me win in our match.

And when we met last time, he tried to kidnap me but didn’t attack.

That meant there was some hope for conversation.

“Can’t I come? I got a private carriage and came as fast as I could.”

“…You know very well that I have no reason to welcome you.”

“Ah.”

When I spoke harshly, he let out an exclamation as if something had just occurred to him and lightly climbed onto the windowsill.

“Sorry about trying to kidnap you last time. I had no choice because of my mission then.”

…Does smiling while apologizing solve everything?

“Your apology isn’t worth accepting.”

“But I really did quit being a spy. Can’t you give me just one chance?”

“Would you forgive someone who kidnapped you and even attacked your family?”

I hadn’t forgotten that he had attacked Sedric afterward too.

But despite my increasingly wary attitude, he spoke in a strangely clear voice.

“…I think I would forgive them.”

“What?”

“If it were you.”

I frowned in bewilderment, only to meet his grinning black eyes.

In his eyes that smiled without calculation, my flustered face was vividly reflected.

‘This guy is more serious than I thought.’

And more crazy than I thought.

I quickly grabbed the bell rope beside my bed.

“…Anyway, you’ve committed the crime of sneaking into the ducal palace. If I just shake this bell rope, everyone will come here. Before that happens, speak quickly. What’s your purpose for coming here?”

“Hmm. Alright. I’ll tell you.”

Right. What do you want?

“By the way, don’t you have tea or refreshments?”

“No!”

“Then what about that?”

When I replied irritably, Aebin pointed somewhere with his finger.

It was leftover cookies on the bedside table.

‘Damn it. Why is that there?’

“I don’t have cookies or anything to give you, so just tell me your purpose quickly!”

When I glared at him in embarrassment, Aebin’s face became dejected.

Of course, he soon returned to his characteristic mischievous expression.

“Aisha.”

“What!”

I grabbed my throbbing head and swallowed curses internally.

Whenever this bastard called my name so seriously, he always said something strange.

‘If he says more crazy things like asking me to be his master, or live together, or that he’ll become a useful tool, I’ll just use this poison needle to…’

“Could you tell me a reason I should live?”

“…?”

But what he threw at me was an unexpected question.

The wariness I had been building up inside crumbled in an instant.

‘What kind of philosophical question is this…’

Did he eat something wrong?

Wondering if he had consumed some strange drug manufactured in Doctia, I rubbed my eyes and checked him again.

But Aebin had the same face as usual.

…Don’t tell me.

“Did you really quit being a spy and come here?”

“Yeah!”

“Why? Did you realize that what you’ve been doing goes against ethics and feel regret…”

When I asked with a glimmer of hope—

“No. King Burey is just fucking annoying. You were right that being a tool isn’t a good choice.”

A smile that mercilessly crushed my hopes shone brighter than the moon.

Well, of course.

He had already grown up in that kind of environment, so there was no way he would have changed his thinking now.

‘…Sigh, then what should I do?’

The person in front of me was crazy, but he was generally obedient to me.

So…

“Aebin, that thing.”

“Hm?”

I let out a deep sigh and pointed at the cookies with my finger.

“It looks like our conversation will be long, so eat that first. You said you wanted refreshments.”

I didn’t know if it was possible, but I should try to reform him.

I could use him for something somewhere.

* * *

At that moment.

A chilling wind sound echoed through the side path of the ice wall that separated the snowy plains from Croste Duke’s territory.

Conversation mixed in between.

“We still don’t see any life forms presumed to be monsters.”

“Right, good work.”

Lucas patted the shoulder of the knight who finished his report, left the temporary tent, and walked on top of the ice wall.

It was now 5 AM.

Dawn would break soon.

The knights who had been extremely tense about the monster wave until just a few hours ago were gradually relaxing their postures one by one.

They had been maintaining battle readiness continuously since midnight, but their strength was draining since not a single monster was visible.

“Time’s up, go rest!”

At times like this, rotating the knights was the answer.

“Yes!”

The knights snapped to attention at Lucas’s words, saluted, and went down below the ice wall.

While other knights immediately filled their positions, only Lucas silently guarded the ice wall.

‘Kail did his job properly.’

Actually, the knight order had predicted that large-scale monster subjugation would be needed as soon as midnight came.

According to records of monster waves from decades ago, monsters had climbed over the ice wall within 10 minutes of the incident starting.

‘…That bastard. Just do enough to come back alive. Just how far did he go?’

Feeling grateful yet sorry for Kail, he frowned.

Was it three hours ago?

While staring at the pitch-black sky, he suddenly thought that Kail, who had left alone leading the monsters, might be lonely.

So he considered going out alone to rescue him, but without him, there would be no one to guard this position.

‘…Then that bastard really won’t come back and…’

Will he die?

Lucas closed his eyes and pressed his throbbing temples firmly.

He had only thought of him as a stupid fool who only looked at Aisha, never once looking at him with affection.

He had unknowingly grown attached to the guy he’d lived with since childhood.

He only realized this just before he left.

‘…Rather, even if he failed to stop the monsters and is on his way here, as long as he’s alive…’

Lucas was having thoughts he shouldn’t have if he was thinking about the duchy, and just as he widened his eyes to snap himself out of it.

“…Y-Young master.”

Suddenly, a knight who had been looking through a telescope came running over in a hurry.

“What.”

“Monsters have been spotted.”

“…?”

Had his imagination become reality?

It would have been better if it had just remained imagination.

“How many do you see?”

“Based on current observations…”

“Wait. Let me see.”

Lucas snatched the telescope from the knight and observed the snowy plains with an anxious expression.

Above the horizon where the white ground contrasted with the black sky, he could see smoke-like sandstorms rising up.

‘Damn. It doesn’t look like just one or two.’

That’s when it happened.

“Y-Young master! Monsters are also being observed in western sector A!”

“Eastern sector B as well!”

Warnings about monster sightings came simultaneously from both sides.

‘Damn.’

Lucas shouted without even having time to panic.

“Archers, prepare for battle, and 50 knights assemble in front of the Ice Wall Gate! And wake up everyone who’s sleeping!”

The emergency bell of the ducal palace rang out.

* * *

“Hmm. So, you see. Why you should live is because…”

“Yeah, keep talking.”

Aebin, who had been crunching on a cookie in his mouth, smiled brightly.

Right. What should I say?

Good grief.

I never imagined I’d end up giving counseling to this blonde child.

A reason to live.

I’m not great enough to design some grand goal for him…?

But since I’d gotten a promise that he’d leave after hearing an answer, I couldn’t just brush it off.

If I could keep Aebin, Doctia’s only ability user, here and then send him elsewhere, it would be a great help to the Frozen Kingdom’s military strength.

“Umm…”

I thought carefully.

What’s my reason for living?

That would be…

‘At first, it was simply because I was scared of dying.’

Ten years ago, 5-year-old me was a child who said she wanted to live out of vague fear.

But after Father really saved me and I came to feel affection for him.

I started breaking from the original story to save Callipus, who was destined to die.

So, I…

“I live to protect someone.”

That was the case for me.

“Everyone would be like that. Is that enough now?”

But Aebin rested his chin on his hand and tilted his head as if he didn’t understand.

“But I don’t have anyone to protect?”

Geez. I agonized over giving him an answer and this is what I get back.

“Then make someone to protect.”

At my offhand remark, Aebin smiled slightly.

And then-

“Alright. Then I’ll protect you.”

He said something completely unexpected.

“I’m fine! Go off to some free country and find someone else you get along with!”

“Aw, but I’m getting up there in age for that.”

“What? You’re not even 20 and you’re complaining about age!”

I shouted in disbelief and then realized.

This guy won’t work.

Reforming the blonde child has failed.

“Anyway, I answered you, so hurry up and leave.”

Whatever the case, I’d done what I could.

And I didn’t have time.

Because I needed to hurry and go save Kail.

Just as I got up from my seat and was about to grab his shoulder to forcibly make him get up.

Clang-! Clang-!

Suddenly, bell sounds loud enough to shake the vicinity began piercing my ears.

This is the bell that’s only used when there’s an emergency at the ducal palace.

‘Don’t tell me they found out that Aebin came?’

That’s when it happened.

“Monsters are charging in from the snowy plains! You need to evacuate south for now…”

Sedric burst through the door and shouted toward the bed, then realized I wasn’t there and whipped his head around.

“Hello, Sedric. It’s been a while, hasn’t it?”

Aebin, whose eyes met his, smiled broadly.

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