I Am the 5-Year-Old Spy Who Kidnapped the Villain - Chapter 217

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【Side Story 3】

Callipus sighed and shook his head slightly.

“How can all three of them be equally noisy…”

I raised my hand at those words and added a slight opinion.

“I’d like to say it got noisy because Father issued an emergency assembly order, but as a dutiful child, I’ll stay quiet.”

“Thank you. I’d be even more grateful if you could shut up your inner thoughts later too, Aisha.”

“Hmph.”

Calling an emergency assembly because of marriage, what nonsense.

“Anyway, we had a meeting among ourselves before you came. And we set the minimum conditions for you to marry the Croste Princess.”

Minimum conditions?

That meant they wouldn’t completely oppose the marriage.

My ears perked up without me realizing it.

“…What are they?”

“Men are all trash except for family, naturally.”

That’s limited to our family.

Some men are worse than trash even if they’re family.

“Therefore, as long as it’s not a human male, it’s fine.”

Father stood up from his seat again and declared this, looking at his two sons with a proud expression.

Clap clap clap-.

Lucas and Sedric were applauding, apparently satisfied with Father’s minimum condition.

As if it was confirmed that I wouldn’t be able to marry.

However.

“Then I can bring someone as long as they’re not human?”

Oh what? This is actually better?

* * *

The emergency assembly that should have ended as a small commotion continued even after Aisha left.

It was because Aisha had said she would bring a ‘non-human’ male.

“If not human, then that means a beast… surely she doesn’t mean to marry a beast?”

Sedric asked seriously.

“Lucas. You’ve watched Aisha since childhood, so you’d know well. Did that girl have any unusual preferences…”

“No! Our Dandelion had no interest in even the letter ‘M’ in ‘Man’. Same with beasts!”

“Then surely she doesn’t mean to bring a woman?”

“Brother, please shut up instead of making me anxious.”

But among them, the most anxious was Callipus.

He still couldn’t believe Aisha’s statement and covered his mouth with his large hand.

And two steps to the right.

Three steps to the left.

After spinning around aimlessly in circles, when he finally stopped.

“Anyway, we’re going to see that guy tomorrow, right?”

He regained his reason as he always did.

Though this time it seemed quite difficult.

“Lucas. Sedric. Get your heads together and prepare for tomorrow. No one knows whether the guy Aisha brings will be a beast or a woman… but anyway, in terms of numbers, we have the advantage.”

At their stern father’s words, the two brothers’ expressions became seriously grave.

When the three men of the Croste family united, there was nothing to fear.

Of course, that was only if the opponent wasn’t Aisha.

* * *

The next day.

Unaware that Father and my brothers were burning with fighting spirit, I brought Kail to the Duke’s Castle.

“So I’m talking directly with the Duke. It’s been really long. Am I seeing Brother Lucas too?”

Unlike me who was nervous, Kail seemed quite excited.

“Kail. It might be a long time for you, but Father and my brothers don’t know you now. They just think you’re the King of the Monster Kingdom.”

“I know. Still…”

“Still?”

“I remember.”

Kail smiled faintly.

Lately I’d only seen him working from afar, so I’d gotten used to his rigid expression.

His smile after so long reminded me of Kail when he was a baby cat.

Actually, his low voice continuing the conversation seemed to be reminiscing about the old days.

“Even when I couldn’t remember the past, I thought I had no family. The dwarves revered me, but since they made me king, I didn’t feel a sense of belonging.”

Hmm.

“But when you came to mind, and then the Duke and the Croste people came to mind, I thought that I had family too.”

“Umm…”

It’s a good story, but why am I breaking out in cold sweat.

Kail, that’s not it. How pitiful, what should I do.

I groaned softly.

It was natural for Kail, who had regained his memories, to have special affection for his family.

But the reality was that my family was extremely wary of Kail.

I took Kail’s hands and pleaded with him.

“Kail. Anyway, since the family doesn’t know you, don’t get hurt no matter what. Okay? We can become close again from now on.”

“Yeah. Then.”

He was grinning so widely it was worrying, then bent his upper body to meet my eyes.

“Even if I say this, I only need you.”

His mysterious purple eyes gazed at me with affection.

“So, Aisha. I love you.”

“…”

At the sudden display of affection, the maid sisters who had been following us stopped walking.

I too stiffened, feeling like my face was about to explode.

“Uh-ung. Uh. Uung.”

It’s certain that we both have feelings for each other and like each other, but…

Actually, I still haven’t gotten used to Kail’s straightforward style.

‘…Because it was always me who naturally said things like liking someone or asking to be accepted.’

‘Ah, Uncle. Would you be satisfied if I became not an S-rank mercenary but a mercenary king?’

‘Please see my potential, Father!’

Suddenly, the nonsense I had said to Father in childhood came to mind.

Back then I was desperate so I said anything. Being on the receiving end is quite embarrassing.

Our Father suffered a lot too.

“U, uung. Me too. Me too-.”

As I walked while trying to ignore his sparkling gaze, grumbling sounds followed from behind.

“Why won’t you say you love me?”

“…”

“It’s not to that extent yet?”

“Ah, I also lo,”

“?”

“-ve you.”

Ugh. Let’s just open the door.

After finishing my words in an ant-like voice, I quickly opened the dining room door.

Then the gazes of three men who had been waiting turned toward us.

Callipus, Lucas, Sedric.

“Aisha.”

“You’re here?”

“….”

Everyone seemed to have conspired to intimidate their opponents, applying hair mousse and wearing much more expensive clothes than usual.

Meanwhile, our Kail.

“Duke, no, Grand Duke. How are you?”

He performed the strange act of mixing informal and formal speech.

“…Not the human man you said you’d bring, but someone else… His Majesty King Kail, was it.”

Father’s eyebrows slowly rose, flustered by the unexpected situation.

Lucas and Sedric were the same.

Lucas hastily stood up and quickly showed proper etiquette as he stood before Kail.

“Greetings, His Majesty King Kail of Mein.”

“Brother Lucas, no, Prince Lucas. It’s been a while.”

Both seemed awkward with their forms of address, creating tension.

It was Lucas who sensed something strange there.

“I’m honored that you know my name… but did you just call me brother…?”

“Huh? Uh… yeah.”

“Pardon?”

“No. Not brother, but Prince. And I received your name from Aisha beforehand.”

Good heavens.

Standing beside Kail, I let out an inconspicuous sigh.

As expected, Kail was terrible at acting.

“…Something’s suspicious.”

Even Sedric, who had been watching this situation, stood up from his seat.

I quickly stepped in front of Kail and smiled brightly.

“No, I told His Majesty Kail about our family stories beforehand. That’s probably why His Majesty Kail thinks of Father and Brother almost like family, right?”

Please, let this slide. Let it slide.

He’s still the king of a kingdom, so please just let it pass!

As I broke out in cold sweat and forced a smile.

“…Not quite family, not yet.”

A blunt low voice came from across the table.

Father drew a firm line at the word ‘family,’ but it seemed he decided to overlook Kail’s strange behavior.

What a relief.

But Kail got emotional at his words.

“…That’s disappointing. You even appointed me as Aisha’s guard when we were young.”

It really wasn’t a relief at all.

* * *

I hadn’t expected much to begin with, but the man Aisha brought was somehow strange.

‘I thought King Kail was a very thorough and meticulous man.’

He wasn’t.

Rather, I became curious enough to wonder what his real identity was.

When discussing work during the meal, he led conversations with the cold expression befitting the King of Mein, as I originally knew him.

But when it flowed into private conversation?

Then Aisha would subtly cover Kail’s mouth and lead the conversation.

King Kail, unable to join the conversation, watched them with a slightly sullen expression.

That look was somewhat like a kitten whose toy had been taken away.

In any case, he was definitely hiding something.

“…I said no human men, so what’s she doing bringing some big cat….”

It was the moment when Callipus, who had washed his hands in the rest area, was about to re-enter the dining room.

“…Right now, the family doesn’t know that you spent your childhood with them, so you need to just be the King himself. Got it?”

Aisha’s voice could be heard from around the corner.

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