I Am the 5-Year-Old Spy Who Kidnapped the Villain - Chapter 207

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【Chapter 207】

The day of the territory granting ceremony.

Three months since the Frozen Kingdom became an empire.

Before deciding the owners of the newly conquered lands, the Frozen Royal Palace spent those three months eliminating all the nobles who had remained in Doctia.

A place that was warm all year round where butterflies flew endlessly.

Most of the Doctia territory, which had been famous as a tourist destination, was to be granted to Grand Duke Callipus.

The remaining territories would be given to the knights who were recognized for their war contributions after Callipus, creating new nobles.

“We’ll finally be able to see His Grace’s face after so long. I thought he would show himself in social circles now that the war is over, but he’s been consistently staying only in the North, so I’ve been waiting just for this day.”

“I feel the same way. But you know.”

A duchess whispered in response to a noble who attended the banquet.

“Are Young Master Lucas and Lady Aisha still unmarried?”

That was a topic that brought back a conversation that had been temporarily forgotten due to recent turmoil.

Instantly, the eyes of the ladies around them lit up with fire.

“There’s still a chance then.”

“Of course there is. Though they say Young Master Lucas has some kind of relationship with Lady Leila… what’s important is that he’s still unmarried.”

“Let’s all have a fair war. I mean let’s play fair without doing anything strange.”

“…Hmph. Fine, then.”

While people were making promises they couldn’t trust each other to keep, their eyes gleaming.

“…I can’t go in.”

Sedric’s face turned pale as he watched everything through the crack in the door from the waiting room.

A few days ago.

He had suddenly been made to take a portal on Callipus’s orders, and when he came to his senses, he found himself at the Frozen Palace.

From the neat formal wear that nobles wore to the neatly styled hair.

Though he was used to disguising himself as a noble, doing this with his real appearance was awkward since it was his first time.

“Your Highness, you haven’t answered no matter how many times I’ve asked, so please tell me now.”

“What?”

“…How are you planning to introduce me?”

Until now, standing in front of the banquet hall after getting dressed up, Callipus hadn’t given Sedric any explanation.

He had only figured it out himself because he knew today was the territory granting ceremony.

“I’ll introduce you as my son who went missing long ago.”

“But I’m a spy…”

Sigh.

Callipus cut off Sedric’s words with a sigh.

“Sedric. I’ve told you repeatedly, but since you still seem unable to let go of your attachment, let me say it again…”

With his hands on his hips, he frowned as if thinking.

Then he whispered quietly so others wouldn’t hear.

“If you can’t let go of your guilt, only feel it toward our family.”

“Pardon?”

“I mean don’t feel sorry to people who have nothing to do with us. You did nothing wrong.”

“…”

“And as long as you’re my son, those people will have no reason to insult you. I’ll make sure of that.”

Sedric stared blankly at Callipus at his confident declaration.

“So relax your expression and go in. Look at your siblings. They’re all excited about introducing you.”

Where Callipus pointed, Aisha and Lucas were whispering something with gleaming eyes.

“Brother Lucas. Did you see how Brother Sedric was dressed up today?”

“Yeah. He looked annoyingly handsome, didn’t he?”

“What? I thought he looked exactly like Father in his twenties, so I was wondering if the young ladies might have a bloodbath…”

“He just looked annoyingly handsome, I tell you.”

“I’m still worried. Should I bring some poison needles with sleeping medicine when we enter the hall? Since Brother Sedric is so handsome, the young ladies will definitely cause a commotion…”

Hmm, Aisha pondered seriously and hid poison needles between the pockets of her fancy dress.

“If anyone tries to pounce on Brother, I should go ‘thwack!’ and shoot poison needles…”

“Aisha. Put away the poison needles.”

Callipus sighed and turned his head toward Sedric again.

“They’re so excited about introducing you, and you won’t enter?”

Aisha was a bit menacing, and Lucas pretended not to care, but both definitely looked happy.

‘Especially Aisha seemed to be having a hard time because of Kail.’

She who always wandered the snowy plains with a dying expression seemed to have regained some energy today.

‘…Just entering is, well…’

He could just enter and stand there like a shadow.

And it wasn’t something that could be canceled just because he disliked it.

“…I understand.”

When Sedric nodded, Callipus patted his shoulder a couple of times and signaled to the gatekeeper.

“We’ll enter.”

“Yes.”

The gatekeeper who received Callipus’s command first opened the door to draw people’s attention.

“Ruler of the North and Grand Duke of the Crosht Duchy, Callipus Crosht. Lucas Crosht, Aisha Crosht. And Prince Sedric Crosht are entering!”

The bustling hall quieted at the gatekeeper’s announcement.

As Sedric entered the grand hall with a tense expression hidden, he could feel everyone’s gazes piercing him.

Surprise. Bewilderment. And even admiration.

“…Sedric? The Prince Sedric who went missing long ago?”

“Is that the First Prince entering now?”

“My, his face is exactly like His Grace the Grand Duke’s!”

Though surprised, everyone’s gazes were favorable.

‘…That’s a relief.’

Just when he was breathing a sigh of relief that his feared situation hadn’t occurred.

“Wait a minute. Then is that person the son of His Grace the Grand Duke who was said to be from Doctia…?”

One noble’s comment stuck in his ears like a thorn.

But it wasn’t just Sedric who heard it.

Though it was a small murmur, the nobles immediately pounced on that topic as if they had radars for finding stimulating information.

“I’ve heard that rumor too. That His Grace killed his son because he was from Doctia…”

“Since Young Master Lucas is alive and well, I naturally thought it was a false rumor, but could it have been about the first son?”

“Then what? Does that mean he’s from a traitor’s background?”

The hall became genuinely noisy at a thoughtless question thrown by one noble.

‘…Of course.’

The feeling of his heart plummeting.

Though he showed no sign of it outwardly, his heart began pounding and Sedric bit the inside of his mouth.

He had heard from Aebin that strange rumors were circulating within the Kingdom of Doctia.

‘About Callipus hating Doctia and killing his own son.’

This was a false rumor spread by King Burey to increase the kingdom’s people’s wariness toward Callipus.

He thought it had only spread within Doctia and didn’t pay much attention to it.

But as expected, rumors spread like smoke everywhere.

He should have considered that some people from Frozen had also heard that rumor.

‘…I’ll only cause trouble for the Crosht Family. I should leave the hall quickly.’

When he raised his head, he met several gazes that were slightly frightened.

Gritting his teeth at the guilt that came with panic, he tried to leave through the door.

“So what if our brother is from Doctia?”

Someone suddenly grabbed his hand.

Aisha, who had pulled his hand with her much smaller hands, tilted her head defiantly with gleaming eyes.

“What’s wrong with being kidnapped as a child and living like an exploited foreign worker?! What are you all staring at!”

“Oh, no. That’s not what I meant, I just heard such rumors…”

Aisha charged toward the nobleman who had first spoken like an enraged bull.

The moment he panicked and broke out in a cold sweat.

“Then let me officially inform you now. Our brother risked his life fighting monsters in the north to protect you all. That’s who Sedric is.”

Lucas suddenly put his arm around my shoulder and joined the fight with a deliberately low voice.

“You should be bowing in gratitude countless times, yet what are you bringing up now? Who called Brother Sedric a traitor’s descendant? Who was it?”

“….”

When Lucas, notorious for his dog-like temperament, asked with an angry expression, the hall fell silent as a tomb.

Naturally, no one answered.

Croste was now a family that had gained territory and honor on the scale of a kingdom.

The moment they fell out of favor, not only would they be unable to set foot in high society, but their entire families could be shaken.

Aisha seemed to have expected this reaction and didn’t even hope for an answer.

Making a “hmph” sound, she deliberately grabbed Sedric’s hand tightly and turned her head.

“I don’t understand people who dampen the mood at such a pleasant occasion.”

“Count Rulai, was it? I’ll remember that for the rest of my life.”

Lucas spoke as if driving in a nail, then tried to return to their original seats with her.

Just when the situation seemed to be wrapping up—

“Who?”

A calm but commanding bass voice echoed through the hall.

“Who was it that said traitor?”

Callipus, who had been watching this scene from afar, moved his legs and stood beside Sedric.

A chilling anger swirled in his red eyes.

And.

“…Hic.”

In the quiet, someone’s hiccup could be heard.

The young marquis who had thoughtlessly muttered earlier quickly covered his mouth with his palm, but Callipus’s gaze had already turned toward him.

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