I Am the 5-Year-Old Spy Who Kidnapped the Villain - Chapter 226

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【Special Side Story 4】

“But then… you’d also be like the Queen…”

“What?”

“…Never mind.”

Still pouting with duck lips, he turned his head away sharply.

Why is he acting like this all of a sudden?

It’s like he’s reverted to being 5 years old.

But we didn’t have time to argue.

As soon as we left the audience chamber, servants were waiting for us.

“Greetings, King Kail. Queen Aisha. We’ve prepared quarters for you first, so we’ll guide you there.”

“Ah, understood.”

Good. A truce for now.

We exchanged glances and obediently followed them.

After touring our quarters like that.

The servants immediately guided us to the dressing room.

Though we had both dressed fairly lightly, we were drenched in sweat due to Lepta’s humid air.

“Do I really have to wear that?”

Kail asked in a grumpy voice until the very end.

“Ugh, we need to be polite. Ugh!”

“…”

“Come out properly dressed. Got it?”

I waved my hand at Kail who was still being stubborn, and followed the servants into the dressing room.

‘Geez. I don’t know why Kail is acting like that.’

It was fortunate that the royal couple of Lepta accepted us readily, but if we had done this in another country, we couldn’t complain even if war broke out.

Of course, anyone who would pick a fight with Kail, who’s a Maein, wouldn’t be normal either…

Then a hesitant maid asked.

“Lady Aisha. Our Kingdom of Lepta has clothing with high exposure due to the humid and hot climate, would that be alright?”

“Yeah. I’m so hot I’m dripping with sweat. I want to change quickly.”

I smiled triumphantly and fanned myself with my hand.

Seeing Kail’s attitude earlier seemed to have scared them, but I can’t become a troublemaker too and tarnish the image of the Mein Kingdom.

“If you have clothes that would suit me, could you recommend some?”

When I asked with an expression that I could accept anything, the maids finally looked relieved and began moving busily.

That’s right. I didn’t know.

Queen Neperia wore revealing clothes but covered herself with a thin blanket so her figure wasn’t clearly visible, and I thought the light clothing of the maids around me was because they were commoners.

Originally, nobles tend to add something to their clothes to show their status, so I figured they’d have more fabric area than them.

At most, I thought I’d wear a sleeveless dress.

But.

“Underwear…?”

“No!”

Seeing the bras hanging in a row on the rack, I ended up committing a breach of etiquette due to cultural differences.

To put it nicely, you could call it a bikini…

Nobles wear this too?

Surprised and just blinking, I explained to clear up this misunderstanding.

“…Theory and practice are always different, but when I read about it in books, it looked like sleeveless dresses.”

The books only had text descriptions without pictures.

So naturally I had imagined sleeveless dresses.

“Ah, you must have seen descriptions of clothing worn by Leptans before their coming-of-age ceremony.”

“Before coming-of-age…?”

“Yes. Children usually dress like that. I had to wear dresses until last year too, and I remember it being difficult when the fabric stuck to me on hot and humid days.”

The maid saying this shook her head as if sleeveless dresses were terrible.

So that means everyone is wearing those by their own choice?

My eyes rolled around.

Though I was flustered, I was already drenched in sweat with my hair wet, wearing a short-sleeved puff dress.

That’s how humid it was.

“If I could wear it as a child, is it free to wear as an adult too?”

When I asked just in case, the maids explained step by step like someone teaching the common sense that you don’t throw trash next to trees.

“Usually not.”

“Yes. Adults don’t imitate children.”

“R-right…”

So it means you can wear it if you want to become a very childish and senseless person.

There was no choice.

In the end, I had to wear the ‘traditional Leptan outfit resembling your sun-like golden hair’ that the servants recommended.

“…”

My appearance reflected in the full-length mirror looked foreign even to me.

The pants were relatively okay. Except that they were so thin that the silhouette showed through.

The baggy fabric that hung down was tied at the ankles so it wouldn’t drag.

On top, an outfit that coolly revealed my white belly as if I was just wearing a bikini top.

My hair was also tied up in a style that fully exposed the back of my neck.

Sapphire accessories inserted gorgeously between them were shining along with my blue eyes.

It is cool.

Most importantly, it’s pretty!

It’s like the historically inaccurate mysterious Egyptian-style clothing I saw in my past life.

But.

“…I feel like I tried to make Kail wear punishment clothes but got played instead…”

I laughed weakly.

* * *

At that moment.

Kail was also in a confused state after changing clothes.

But having seen King Laser’s cool outfit, he had somewhat anticipated the ordeal coming his way, so he could rather silently stare at the mirror.

‘Your bare upper body… ugh!’

Looking at his own cool outfit, he suddenly remembered the earnest wish Aisha had cried out while seasick.

‘I can fulfill Aisha’s wish.’

Of course, he couldn’t understand what was good about this kind of thing.

Aisha even encouraged him to go on a foreign trip saying she wanted to see this kind of thing.

He turned his upper body and glared at his broad back and shoulder line in the mirror, then sighed.

But when Kail left the dressing room, he realized how foolish his complaints and doubts had been.

A woman with golden hair tied up was approaching from far away.

Aisha’s profile and neckline as she chatted pleasantly with the maids without looking ahead appeared both fragile like a deer and beautiful at the same time.

Even the outfit that revealed her belly was…

‘Wait. There are servants around me.’

Kail, who had been gaping in a daze, quickly came to his senses.

The servants were just politely bowing their heads as if they had no particular thoughts, but among the sun-tanned Leptans, Aisha stood out too much.

Having come from the north, she was as white as snowflakes.

That meant among all those people, Aisha was the most eye-catching, and the gazes of men passing by her would be directed at Aisha first.

As unpleasant imaginations came one after another, an uncomfortable muscle slowly bulged above his previously calm forehead.

“Wait. My wife has a sun allergy, did you perhaps not know?”

Eventually, a lie spilled out of his mouth on its own.

“…Kail?”

Only then noticing Kail, Aisha’s eyes grew as big as plates.

In the midst of that, her gaze scanning his body was quite extraordinary.

“S-sorry! We didn’t check properly!”

“We’re truly sorry. Lady Aisha, we’ll immediately get you a robe to block the sunlight.”

The startled maids rushed back to the dressing room and brought a thin, slender cloak.

Kail’s gaze was colder and sharper than ever before.

“You think this can block the sunlight?”

“Yes…! It’s made from a material that covers the skin to block sunlight while still allowing air to pass through, so it will be cool.”

The maids, seeking Aisha’s consent, hurriedly wrapped the cloak around her body.

‘At least it’s better.’

Only then did Kail’s sharp gaze soften slightly.

Aisha, who didn’t actually have a sunlight allergy either, also seemed to feel a bit more at ease.

“Haha, thank you, Kail. I was a little embarrassed.”

“Why didn’t you tell the maids beforehand?”

In other words, why didn’t she use her head and at least make up a lie in advance?

“Yeah. But the clothes the maids showed me were so pretty and sparkly. I got so absorbed in looking at them that I forgot to mention it.”

Aisha was indirectly saying that she was too shocked by the revealing clothes to have time to think.

He chuckled softly as he looked down.

Looking at her again, the chick-like golden head frantically making excuses was somewhat cute.

‘Anyway, now I have an excuse to cover my body too. I can say I need a cloak because of allergies as well.’

Because of Aisha’s shocking appearance, Kail’s mind was working sharply for the first time in a while.

He was about to move to ask the servants to bring him a cloak.

“…?”

As he moved to the right, blue eyes followed him.

As if enchanted by something.

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