I Am the 5-Year-Old Spy Who Kidnapped the Villain - Chapter 210

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【Chapter 210】

In other words, it would be pointless for me to go looking for them.

But I couldn’t completely trust the man’s words.

What he said roughly matched the characteristics of the dwarves written in the journal.

But this appearance is clearly human, isn’t it?

A stranger I met in the middle of the snowy plains.

I needed to be cautious for now.

“But you’re not a dwarf, are you?”

“What? Dwarf? That’s harsh!”

The man got angry at my words and suddenly struck the staff he was holding on the ground with a thud.

Then-

Pop-!

Starting from his pink hair, the man’s body melted like candle wax.

And soon, he transformed into the dwarf I had seen in the journal.

With his eyebrows raised, he puffed out his chest and protested.

“I’ll have you know I’m considered tall among our kind!”

“Ah… is that so?”

“Yes!”

“I see.”

Even so, my gaze had to drop quite a bit to look at him…

“I’d appreciate it if you’d refrain from insulting remarks about dwarves or height.”

As if he noticed my thoughts, he glared at me and said that.

Fierce, this dwarf.

Anyway, now that his identity was revealed, I had to believe his words.

So there’s no way to save Kail?

“Actually, this isn’t the first time I’ve come looking for you.”

While I was wondering what to do, the man, Asbon, spoke.

He hesitated for a moment and scratched the back of his neck.

“I’ve secretly watched you near the Ice Wall two or three times. But…”

Then he closed his mouth again and stalled for time.

‘What is he trying to say that he’s hesitating so much?’

Frustrated, I crossed my arms and asked.

“But why?”

“Each time, you were crying in front of Kail’s tombstone.”

“…”

“Seeing that changed my mind… You want to bring Kail back to life too, don’t you?”

At the man’s question, my eyes, which had been filled with sadness, slowly widened.

You too?

“The adults on our side say it doesn’t matter whether Kail lives or dies since we have you. But I feel… uneasy and sad about it. I want to save Kail.”

As he said this, he was slowly returning to his pink-haired human form.

“So, if we’re of the same mind, would you help me?”

“Help you? How?”

I glared at him and asked.

Even if he said that, he was the one who had betrayed Kail once before.

He might be lying to take me away and imprison me.

But I couldn’t help but be shocked by what he said next.

“I’ll guide you to where our kind lives, so please command them to turn back time. They’ll listen if it’s your words.”

“…!”

My eyes widened involuntarily at the unexpected proposal.

Seeing my expression, he grinned as if he had already received a positive answer.

And he lightly leaped into the air and shouted.

“Follow me! If you’re a Maein, you can keep up with this much, right?”

No.

Even for a Maein, that would be difficult.

I silently shook my head, but his smile only grew deeper.

…Is this revenge for the dwarf comment?

Looking at him getting farther away, I whistled.

‘If I can’t follow directly, I can ride a dragon.’

Then a gust of wind blew from not far away, and a dragon with pure white wings appeared.

“Kuaang! (Did you call me?)”

The dragon that had grown rapidly after the Monster Wave had already become an adult.

With its long, pointed snout twitching, it landed in front of me.

I climbed on top of it, and soon the giant white dragon soared into the sky.

“I’ll follow you riding this one.”

I said nonchalantly to Asbon, who was running at high speed.

He glanced back with a dumbfounded expression, and after that, he didn’t play any mischievous tricks on me.

Not only that-

“H-here it is, Lady Maein.”

He stopped in front of a giant tree located deep in the snowy plains and said this to me.

Lady Maein? His attitude has changed too much, hasn’t it?

“Didn’t you address me casually earlier?”

“Th-that was… because I didn’t know Lady Maein’s true power…”

Glance.

Looking at the dragon, he cowered again and closed his mouth.

Then he struck the ground with his staff, and black roots rose from the white ground, forming a gate.

While I was staring blankly at the scene, he turned to me and said.

“If you pass through this gate, you’ll reach the castle.”

“Like how you changed your appearance earlier, how did you do this? Don’t tell me it’s magic?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“How did you learn magic?”

“I learned it naturally when I was young. Magic was originally created by our kind, after all.”

“Huh?”

Surprised by this new information, I opened my eyes wide, and he shrugged his shoulders as if asking ‘now you know’ and passed through the gate.

Hey, he’s going ahead.

I should hurry and follow him.

“Oh my, baby. I’ll go and come back quickly. You stay here.”

“Kraang. (Got it.)”

Following Asbon, I hurriedly passed through the gate, and the atmosphere around me changed instantly.

Bookshelves reaching to the ceiling and wooden floors.

The snowy plains where I had been just moments ago were only faintly visible through the window.

I had somehow entered a warm room.

And there were beings gathered who looked exactly like the dwarf monsters drawn in the journal.

‘…Dwarves…’

If I say that, will they get angry like that kid earlier?

“Welcome, Maein. You have finally come.”

Then one of them spoke to me first.

From the solemn and experienced voice, I could sense that they had been waiting for me.

I swallowed my dry saliva and opened my mouth.

“I came because I heard you could grant what I want.”

“We are those who serve the Maein. If the Maein desires it, we will assist you to the best of our abilities.”

‘Our side’s adults say they don’t care whether Kail lives or dies since they have you.’

Indeed, just as Asbon had said earlier, they bowed their heads in reverence as soon as they saw me.

“Then please turn back time and save Kail.”

“…Pardon?”

“You can turn back time, can’t you? I need to turn back time and save Kail, who was originally a Maein.”

The dwarves’ expressions, which seemed ready to nod at any moment, stiffened slightly at my words.

“Pl-please wait a moment, Maein.”

The dwarves, who had politely bowed their heads, turned away from me and began whispering among themselves.

With their hands, they were busily writing something on paper.

It was like they were holding an emergency meeting.

“…”

The problem was that the drawing they thought they were hiding was clearly visible to me.

‘If I just lift my heels slightly, I could see everything.’

“Maein!”

“Ah, yes!”

Just then, a dwarf suddenly turned his head.

I, who had been lifting my heels to sneak a peek at the drawing they were treating like top secret, quickly pretended to know nothing.

“W-we can do anything if it’s the Maein’s command, but… the ability to turn back time doesn’t just manifest with a snap.”

“Then what should I do?”

“…Must you really do this?”

The dwarves’ faces darkened.

“We have already used our ability once before.”

Another dwarf beside him chimed in.

“That’s right. In the previous life, the Maein died before even growing up, so we turned back time. Even that nearly failed… but fortunately, a new Maein appeared and we were quite satisfied with that.”

The dwarves seemed reluctant to take a big gamble and tried to persuade me.

But why had I come all this way?

I couldn’t give up over such words.

“…I’m only a Maein on the outside; my thoughts are human. Wouldn’t it be better for you too if Kail, who is a real Maein, came back to life?”

A tense standoff ensued for a moment.

When I stubbornly held my ground, the dwarf who appeared to be the leader finally let out a deep sigh.

“…Turning back time doesn’t mean we can save Lord Kail. Let us explain.”

Then he took out a large blank sheet of paper onto the desk and drew a straight line with a quill pen.

“This is the flow of time. The left is the past, and the right is the present.”

“Yes.”

“Our ability doesn’t turn back time that has already passed to how it was before.”

The dwarf who had spoken up to that point colored only a portion of the straight line labeled ‘past’ with red ink from his quill pen.

“Just this part. We can only return to one desired situation in the past. The limit is one week, and after that time passes, you return to the original present.”

That means…

“So, turning back time is a secondary issue? To save Kail…”

“Yes. The Maein must personally go back to the past and save Lord Kail.”

“The Maein became a new Maein by receiving Lord Kail’s energy, so that situation itself must be prevented. But it’s not as easy as it sounds.”

Another dwarf continued the explanation.

“With just one moment’s choice, you must not only save Lord Kail but also take good care of him so that he doesn’t die until today. Would that be possible?”

He looked at me sharply as if asking whether I could do it.

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