I Am the 5-Year-Old Spy Who Kidnapped the Villain - Chapter 29

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【Chapter 29】

An incredibly, incredibly busy afternoon.

“I’m dying from being so busy, so why do I have to write this?”

Sigh.

I let out a sigh, but didn’t mind that my fingertips had turned slightly red as I diligently moved the crayon.

I may look like this, but in my previous life I was from the accounting department of a vocational high school.

As they say, PowerPoints should have blue seals to make them eye-catching and pretty!

“Sigh. I’m busy, really. Suddenly asking me to write a bucket list…”

Grumble grumble.

Complaining sounds like babbling quietly echoed through the quiet study.

“I told you that you don’t have to do it if you don’t want to.”

“No way. You told me to do it, so I should do it. But why did you ask me to write a bucket list?”

I deliberately lifted my head with a prim expression.

“It’s going up.”

“Mm-hmm.”

“It’s going up, that thing is going up.”

The Guard stopped his work, narrowed his eyes, and pointed at the corners of my mouth.

“Gasp!”

When I was startled and clamped my mouth shut, my cheeks that had been behaving well puffed up softly.

Then a long finger poked my cheek.

“That surprised me!”

I had been lying down to write the bucket list, and at the unexpected attack, I tumbled over completely.

“Oops, my mistake.”

The Guard, who seemed to be holding back laughter by biting his lip at that sight, quickly turned his head and pretended to focus on his work.

Is he really the ruler of the North? Is that Guard who pokes a 5-year-old’s cheek and runs away really the hero of the Frozen Kingdom?

“Snicker… Puhaha!”

“…What?”

In the end, my laughter burst out and I laughed “Wahaha!” while kicking my legs.

“Hahaha! No way~ Why do you want me to write a bucket list~ For whose benefit~ It’s not like you’re going to do anything for me~”

I was laughing so hard that my pronunciation got completely messed up.

The Guard, who sighed softly while looking at me, turned a page and muttered as if talking to himself.

“That’s exactly why. First you have to write it all for me to do anything… If you dawdle like this, well. Even if I want to give you something, I can’t.”

“Huh.”

My guardian, my financial backer, my bread, my water, my bed, the god of my food, clothing, and shelter had spoken.

If I write a bucket list. He’ll make it all come true.

“I’ll write it right away!”

Alright.

I immediately got up, rolled up my sleeves, and entered work mode again.

‘Hmm. First of all…’

I picked up a red crayon and started writing.

Going to… the shopping district…

Shopping… alone…

And.

‘Surprise… gift…’

Done!

These were all the bucket list items I could think of so far.

[Going to the shopping district]

[Shopping alone]

[Receiving a surprise gift]

…

There were about 101 more items after this, but since there are too many, I’ll skip them.

“Guard! I’m done!”

“Then take that and let’s go out. I’m going to put it up in front of your bedroom door.”

“What?”

I blinked, wondering what he was talking about.

Why would he embarrassingly put this up?

“The servants and Nox asked. They said they want to fulfill your bucket list.”

“…!”

At his answer full of laughter, my eyes shook cheerfully like bells.

Wait a minute.

I hurriedly rolled up the paper. Then I took out another new sheet of paper.

“Then I’ll make one more for public use!”

“What’s the one you just finished?”

“It’s for private use! I’ll only show it to you, Guard.”

It was a bit embarrassing to reveal my 101 bucket list items to the people at the ducal palace.

The Guard, well, he’s my guardian and financial backer and bread and whatnot.

So when the public version of the bucket list was completed again-

“Hehe. I’ll go put it up in front of my bedroom door!”

Grinning broadly, I stood on my tiptoes, opened the study door, and rolled up the large paper with my small hands.

The paper itself was light, but since it was longer than my body, I had to carry it on my shoulders.

Normally at this timing in a childcare story, the doting father would directly carry the paper for me.

But this wasn’t a childcare story.

The Guard glanced at me briefly and then focused on his work again. It meant that if it was something I could handle sufficiently, he wouldn’t worry about it unnecessarily and would focus on his work.

‘A real father.’

Very straightforward. That’s my style.

So I was walking down the corridor with the light paper on my shoulders when.

“Princess Aisha.”

Someone called me from behind.

When I turned around, Mai was running over with quick steps, wearing a pleased expression.

“Hello!”

“Hello.”

Mai had noticeably more smiles since the apology.

Her first impression was blunt and like a woman with many stories, so it was a bit awkward.

Her quiet personality was the same, but every time our eyes met, she would show a gentle smile or give a friendly greeting.

Like this, she had become friendly enough to call out to me first just from seeing my back in the corridor.

“What’s that paper?”

“This? This is my bucket list! I’m going to put it up on my bedroom door… Oh, it’s not because I want to, but because His Grace ordered me to put it up.”

“Ah, you’ve completed your bucket list. I was waiting for it too.”

Mai nodded as if she already knew and naturally took the paper. It seemed she was going to carry it for me.

“Shall we go put it up together then?”

“Hehe. Thank you.”

“Before that, I have something to give you.”

Mai, who had been hesitating, somehow smiled shyly.

Come to think of it, her right hand was hidden behind her back as if clasped behind her.

“Compared to the dresses and accessories you’ll be wearing in the future, this is very simple and nothing special, but.”

And suddenly a blue box appeared.

“Would you open it?”

“…?”

When I received the box in bewilderment, my heart started beating rapidly like a drum in my small body.

The box was beautifully tied with a blue ribbon.

I carefully set the box down on the floor, untied the ribbon, and opened it—

“!”

When I checked inside, I unconsciously opened my mouth wide.

Inside the box was a beautifully folded scarf.

Deep ocean blue and light sky blue threads were mixed together, creating a colorful rather than monotonous pattern.

In the center of the tightly woven scarf was an embroidered wolf symbolizing Crost.

A gift?

It seems like a gift based on the circumstances. But why would Mai give me this?

“You mentioned that you liked blue back then.”

Mai, who had been watching my expression, spoke up carefully.

“The weather in the North is always cold. I made this scarf myself. How do you like it?”

“…A scarf you made yourself?”

Oh my.

“Yes.”

My voice trembled slightly as I asked in disbelief.

“Because I like blue, you made this blue one yourself? Then it’s mine?”

“Of course. Do you like it?”

Mai was anxiously watching my expression, wondering if I might be disappointed.

This is serious.

Mai knitted a scarf while thinking of me.

A scarf that must have taken days to make!

“Th, thank you…”

I was so overwhelmed that I naturally bowed my head, and Mai, startled, corrected me saying, “Princess, you shouldn’t bow your head to a subordinate.”

Oops. Sorry about that.

“…”

I took out the scarf and immediately tried it on right there.

My gift.

A scarf that Mai made herself while thinking of me.

Thump thump.

Less than a minute after writing my bucket list, I had already accomplished one item.

* * *

A few days later.

“Princess. Did you catch a cold?”

Nox asked a nearby maid while watching Aisha running off somewhere.

“No. She just likes wearing it around. Mai gave her a scarf she made herself as a gift, and she seems to really like it.”

“Hmm.”

Nox silently watched the princess’s retreating figure as she bounced away.

Nox wasn’t the only one watching Aisha like that.

“Dandelion. Wouldn’t it be better to take off the scarf? It’s inconvenient for eating cake.”

During dessert time. At Lucas’s words, Aisha, who was sitting across from him, stopped moving her fork.

“Oh, this?”

Her small face was covered by the wrapped scarf, showing only her large eyes.

“I can eat just fine.”

But with the determination to never take off the scarf, she tilted her head toward the ceiling.

Then she opened her mouth wide and stabbed the cake, dropping it straight down.

“…”

Lucas watched that bizarre sight with a bewildered expression and whispered to a maid.

“Why is Dandelion acting like that?”

“Well…”

Whisper whisper.

And so the rumor that Aisha had received a gift from Mai quickly spread throughout the ducal palace.

By the way, rumors tend to become exaggerated as they spread.

“Well, I heard that Aisha was so moved by Mai’s gift that she shed tears.”

“I heard that Aisha likes that scarf so much that she even sleeps with it on?”

“I heard that Mai researched Aisha’s preferences to make that scarf.”

When walking in the corridor.

When eating meals.

When changing clothes.

Callipus, Lucas, and Nox, who each heard the stories in their respective situations, thought:

‘She’s that happy just from receiving one scarf as a gift?’

And the next day.

At the dinner table where the whole family gathered.

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