I Am the 5-Year-Old Spy Who Kidnapped the Villain - Chapter 20

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【Chapter 20】

Meanwhile.

“The meeting place is the employee warehouse? Where is that located?”

Waaaaaaah—!

Nox’s question was drowned out by the people’s shouting.

“Now— this is the very Giant Orc that the ruler of the North, Duke Croste, once faced!”

“Eek! It, it looks disgusting!”

“It looks over 3 meters tall… How did Duke Callipus deal with that monster?”

Grooooar.

The orc, angry because of the shackles binding it, went on a rampage. The circus interior shook as if an earthquake had struck.

“Damn it… Let’s… get through!”

The audience, excited by the orc’s appearance, began pushing us back and forth.

There were no rules in this place.

Therefore, no one formed lines, and people whose eyes had gone wild watching the monsters showed no consideration for children.

“Ugh!”

That’s when it happened.

A man with a massive build separated Nox and me.

Dropped to the floor like a discarded toy, I—

“Eek!”

Used my hamster rolling technique to tumble around, dodging people’s legs.

“…Phew. Crazy bastards.”

When I finally escaped the audience seating, my legs were trembling.

Well, I had successfully escaped from among those orc perverts.

‘It’ll be hard to meet up with Nox, won’t it?’

I stared at the dark audience seating tangled with people.

My best-case scenario had been to find Lucas together with Nox.

But it seemed like finding Lucas first would be better in the current situation.

‘Well then, shall I go look for Lucas.’

I began exploring my surroundings in earnest.

Lucas was probably somewhere difficult for me to find on my own.

From Ahili’s Circus’s perspective, Lucas was an S-grade product. So they must have hidden him in the darkest, deepest warehouse…

“Hey there, kid.”

That’s when it happened.

As I was trying to sneak into what looked like a warehouse door, flashy patterned suit pants blocked my view.

It was an employee of Ahili’s Circus.

“This isn’t a place for children to enter carelessly. Are you lost?”

A black and purple striped suit.

A creepy smile that matched his rather bizarre fashion sense loomed over my head.

“I’m not lost. I came here with my mom and dad.”

I lifted my head as high as possible to answer.

Unlike the people of the Croste family, he didn’t bend his knees to meet a child’s eye level.

At Ahili’s Circus, everything was classified into two categories.

Customers.

Or merchandise.

“Is that so? What kind of work do your mom and dad do?”

Was I a customer or merchandise?

Well, that would depend on what kind of answer I gave.

“Business! They do big business! Our family is rich!”

Stretching my arms and even standing on tiptoes, I expressed the biggest “big” I could manage.

“What?”

“What?”

Then another employee nearby approached.

The man dealing with me whispered to him.

“Seems like he’s lost. His parents are apparently rich.”

“…Well, you can tell just by looking at his clothes.”

“But he says he’s a commoner.”

“A commoner?”

At those words, the man who had been indifferent changed his expression.

Focusing on their quiet conversation, I didn’t miss the opportunity to jump in.

“Yes! We’re commoners but our family is super rich!”

At my words, the two employees exchanged glances and their lips curved up ominously.

“…What should we do?”

“What do you mean what should we do. It’s the parents’ fault for losing their child in such a shady place.”

“Right?”

“If the parents are rich, they might spend thousands of gold to find their kid.”

“…That would be profitable.”

Only then did they seem interested in me, bending their knees to meet my eyes.

“Hey kid.”

I answered brightly with eyes that showed I knew nothing.

“Yes?”

“We’ll help you find your parents, so how about resting in a comfortable place for a while? Will you come with us?”

“Okay!”

That’s how I was naturally able to enter the warehouse, led by the unfamiliar employees.

Following them, I acted like an innocent rich kid.

“Wow, what’s that?”

My chubby finger pointed at a white fox trapped in an iron cage.

It could only be seen in the northern regions, but it was a relatively common animal.

“That’s… not as expensive as you.”

Not as expensive?

My hands trembled at the words treating life like merchandise, but I had to endure this much to find Lucas.

That’s when it happened.

“Kyaaaaaaak!”

An employee who had gone deeper opened the door to an inner warehouse, and suddenly an ear-splitting scream was heard.

“Kid, cover your ears if it’s too loud.”

Warning me nonchalantly, they walked among the animals trapped in iron cages.

“Woof—! Woof, woof!”

Wary wild dogs. Small deer that cowered and hid in corners when the employees appeared.

“Tch, so noisy!”

As if accustomed to the animals’ screams, an employee kicked an iron cage, causing the hedgehogs inside to scream and collapse.

‘Crazy bastards.’

They hadn’t just captured monsters.

To maintain the lives of the monsters, their top-grade merchandise, they had also indiscriminately captured the animals that served as their prey.

‘If I hadn’t come here to rescue Lucas…’

I closed my eyes at the thought of the future catastrophe that suddenly came to mind.

‘Once this is resolved, I’ll have to free all those animals too.’

Seeing the animals trapped behind iron bars, I suddenly remembered a forgotten past.

Born as a spy, days of suffering for reasons I didn’t understand.

These animals must have been brought here without knowing anything either. To become prey.

That’s when it happened.

“Now, from here on, our little one needs to take a little nap.”

“Kek-.”

Suddenly, a heavy pain struck the back of my neck.

I let out a short death rattle and collapsed with a thud.

* * *

How much time had passed since I fainted?

I was in a deep sleep when I felt a chill and frowned.

“…So… cold….”

Feeling the cold, hard floor, I instinctively curled up my body.

Why is it so cold?

Sleeping on such a cold floor was supposed to end after uncle adopted me, wasn’t it?

In my hazy state between dream and reality, I heard someone’s voice.

‘He went to the duke’s house and brought back something quite interesting.’

It was a voice I didn’t recognize.

‘Don’t dispose of it. It’ll be quite entertaining later.’

I tried to struggle to escape from this unfamiliar scene, but my body wouldn’t move as my mind wanted.

Where is this place? Who is that voice?

Don’t tell me Callipus died just like in the original story?

Just like how my parents died in a car accident in my previous life?

Then, then what happens to me?

The anxiety that had been quiet for a while overwhelmed me.

Do I have to go back to the Pose Duchy again?

No. I don’t want to.

I’d rather die.

Hot tears welled up in my eyes.

“….”

If this was going to happen, I shouldn’t have met Callipus in the first place.

If I was going to be left alone again like this, it would have been better when I didn’t know what it felt like to be loved.

It felt like I had fallen into the middle of a dark ocean.

That’s when it happened.

I was shivering in the cold and loneliness when suddenly something covered my body.

“…?”

It was too thin to withstand the cold air, but it was warm. Soon, a palm with body temperature gently patted my back.

As I slowly opened my eyes-

“…?”

The sun spread out before me.

A deepening red iris centered around golden eyes.

The boy who made eye contact with me like that.

“Oh, you surprised me.”

He dropped the hand that was stroking my back and stepped away.

He looked flustered, as if he hadn’t expected me to suddenly wake up.

The young boy seemed to be around my age, but looked older than me.

This boy, could he be….

‘In the original novel, Lucas was about 8 years old around this time, right?’

I sat up and looked at the boy.

Crouched in a corner, he looked more like a frightened beast than a human.

His matted hair, as if he had been trapped here for a long time. The ability restraints binding both his wrists.

His worn and tattered clothes. Even his eerie gaze that was wary of people.

There was nothing about him that could be called noble.

But the moment I met those mysterious eyes shining through his disheveled hair, I realized.

That he was Lucas Crosht.

‘Right. I came to rescue Lucas.’

Finally returning to reality, I wiped my wet eyes with the back of my hand.

Then I crawled on my knees toward him.

“Don’t worry, Young Master Lucas.”

“What? How do you know me?”

“There’s no time to explain. Just a moment.”

Leaving him surprised, I fiddled with the keyhole of the ability restraint with the tweezers I had prepared in advance.

Then with a clunk, the restraint came loose.

“…Whoa, it worked.”

This was my first time doing it in practice.

They say even dog poop has its uses, and five years of training like a dog paid off.

Phew-.

“Don’t worry now. I came to rescue you,”

After finishing the task, I extended my small hand to him.

Slap-

My extended hand was swatted away.

“I have no reason to hold your hand, so get lost quickly.”

“…What?”

When I looked up in confusion, a chilling gaze that made my spine tingle was facing me.

“First they sent adults, but when I didn’t trust them, now they’re sending a brat like you. You came to backstab me too, didn’t you? I know it all!”

“Wh-what do you mean…”

“You’re a spy from the Pose Duke’s Family! Who do you think you’re fooling!”

Blatant hostility echoed through the storehouse.

“…Uh, that’s….”

“Isn’t that right?”

“….”

It wasn’t, but I couldn’t argue that it wasn’t. I was indeed a spy from the Pose Duchy.

‘Greetings, fake princess.’

Suddenly, Nox’s first greeting to me came to mind.

‘But a ‘former’ spy who’s 5 years old would be different, right?’

Words spoken without malice also began to come back to me one after another.

He was right.

Regardless of Duke Calips Crosht adopting me, I was still a spy for Pose Duke.

A spy is a spy until death.

Without a name, without status.

The kind of existence only depicted as villains in fairy tales.

“….”

As I remained silent, lost in thought, he stood up.

“Well, thanks for removing the restraint. After persistently trying to drag me away for 5 years, the service has improved now. Or is this spy just stupid?”

Thud, thud-.

“I won’t kill you, so get lost.”

He threw off the ability restraint and passed by me with light movements.

“You look so stupid that you probably can’t do anything to our family anyway.”

Even then, I couldn’t say anything.

‘A spy?’

To think that was the only response to actions offered with goodwill.

To think that’s what I am.

“…I’m not a spy. Sit back down.”

I grabbed the ankle of him who was trying to leave.

“What?”

That attitude is unforgivable.

“If you’re going to treat me like a spy, I’ll lock the control collar again, so sit back dowwwwn!”

“Ahhh!”

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