I Am the 5-Year-Old Spy Who Kidnapped the Villain - Chapter 30

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【Chapter 30】

“Ahem!”

Lucas, who was the first to open the dining room door, looked around and sat down.

In his hands was a gift box as big as his own body.

“Dandelion will absolutely love this, right?”

That’s when it happened.

“…What’s that?”

Callipus, who entered the dining room second, frowned when he saw his son’s gift bundle.

“It’s a gift for Dandelion. What about you, Dad?”

But Callipus wasn’t the only one frowning.

Lucas eyed the small box in his father’s hands warily and sneakily placed his gift box on the table.

In terms of size, his gift was the clear winner.

Just as the tension between the two men was escalating.

“Whose birthday is it today?”

Nox, who had finished handling Callipus’s work and followed him belatedly, asked.

“No.”

“It’s not.”

At the two men’s answers, Nox quietly stood beside Callipus.

“…”

Then a gift box that had been hidden behind his back sneakily appeared on the table.

Seeing this, Callipus looked disgusted.

“What’s with you too?”

“It means I’m entering the war.”

Bang-

Lucas hit the dining table with his fist as a warning.

“Why are you doing this too, Nox? This will scatter Dandelion’s reaction!”

“Each person can earn their own reaction through their own skills. Don’t tell me you lack confidence, Young Master?”

At Nox’s question, Lucas, who had been crossing his arms, made a “hmph” sound and turned his head.

“What could you possibly give her? Probably just a coloring book with magical beasts drawn on it.”

“Ah, there’s that too.”

Nox adjusted his monocle.

“I prepared it as a bonus.”

“!”

A bonus.

They hadn’t thought that far.

“…”

At the advisor’s unexpected tactic, both men fell silent with shocked expressions.

And so, before Aisha arrived, a cold wind began to blow through the dining room that had fallen into silence.

A moment later.

“So what is all this?”

Aisha, who had entered the dining room, asked while gulping.

“Open them.”

“Dandelion, you can take off that scarf now, can’t you?”

“They’re gifts, Princess.”

The three men, who answered competitively without exception, pushed their gifts toward the table where Aisha sat.

Aisha, who had been blinking her big eyes, carefully started to unwrap a box but stopped and asked.

“…You do know that tomorrow is the candidate exam day, right?”

At that, Callipus and Lucas, who had been staring at her blankly, opened their mouths slightly.

Only Nox, whose monocle glinted, nodded his head.

* * *

And so now, we had finished the sudden gift party.

“Tomorrow is the candidate exam, don’t you have anything to prepare?”

Mumble mumble.

I asked just in case, but Lucas and the Guard were surprisingly carefree.

“I’ve been dealing with magical beasts day and night for 5 years. Whatever magical beast comes, I’ll pass the exam.”

Lucas, who stabbed his steak with a poke, chewed his meat leisurely.

‘Come to think of it, that’s true.’

His words had credibility.

The ability Lucas had shown at Ahili’s Circus was real combat skill that couldn’t be acquired through training alone.

“Well, you’ll definitely pass, brother.”

“A-ahem! Of course!”

At my words, Lucas’s face turned red in gradation as he puffed up with pride.

“And I’ve known since I could talk that I’d have to take the successor exam! Right now it’s meaningless since I don’t have a brother, but…”

“What do you mean by that?”

Then Callipus, who had been eating quietly, wiped his mouth with a napkin.

“Since I don’t have a brother, I’m taking the successor exam alone, aren’t I?”

At Lucas’s question, question marks appeared above the other people’s faces.

Nox’s eyes narrowed as he assessed the situation.

“Don’t tell me you didn’t tell him?”

“Ah. I’ve been busy lately. My mind has been completely scattered.”

At Nox’s reproach, the Guard, who had been frowning with one eyebrow, sighed.

‘You had time to buy my gift but no time to discuss such important matters, Guard.’

I narrowed my eyes following Nox’s example, but didn’t voice my inner thoughts.

Because it was true that the Guard had been busy.

After finding Lucas at Ahili’s Circus.

He had been simultaneously handling the circus cleanup, Lucas’s room assignment, and various tasks related to the successor exam.

If there had been a duchess, she would have handled Lucas’s room assignment and setting up the training ground for the successor exam.

‘But since there’s no duchess, the Guard has to do everything alone.’

Moreover, Callipus, who had lived alone for 5 years, suddenly had to take in both me and Lucas.

It would certainly be hectic in many ways.

“Lucas.”

The Guard, who had taken a sip of water, opened his mouth.

“You’ll take the successor exam as scheduled. Of course, you’re practically the only candidate. Aisha is direct lineage but has no abilities.”

“Then what’s the problem?”

“An ability user emerged from the branch family.”

“…What?”

Lucas’s eyes widened as he was eating his steak.

It was a reaction like he’d never heard such a thing in his life.

Since the Guard hadn’t told him, of course it would be the first time he’d heard it.

Unlike Lucas, the Guard had an expression of no particular interest.

“No matter what anyone says, you’re the only direct heir, and you’re also the only successor candidate. That’s why I didn’t bother mentioning it. But we can’t let an ability user go to waste, so we’ll hold a ceremonial exam.”

“Ah, hmm. I see, well.”

Lucas shrugged his shoulders.

“Still, since another ability user appeared, it’ll be a big help when defending the ice wall. By the way, which family did they come from?”

“House of Marquis of Frisia.”

“…”

The conversation that had been flowing smoothly stopped from that moment.

Because Lucas, who seemed like he would continue speaking any moment, closed his mouth.

“…Brother?”

When I, who had been listening to the conversation, turned my head, Lucas had even stopped using his fork and was just staring at his steak as if lost in thought.

I leaned forward slightly to get a better look at him.

Lucas’s complexion looked a bit poor up close.

He seemed like someone who couldn’t breathe properly.

“Well,”

Lucas’s voice, which had been slightly stammering, dropped lower.

“About the successor exam. Isn’t it a bit awkward to take it on the same day at the same place as someone from the branch family?”

When he finally spoke up, he said something unexpected.

Suddenly changing the topic like this?

I was a bit puzzled and listened to their conversation with my mouth closed.

“Since you’re both ability users anyway, you’ll probably meet often. It would be good to get acquainted tomorrow while you’re at it.”

“Uh, um… Then, since I’m just taking the exam anyway, I can leave right after my test is over, right?”

“That’s fine. If you’re not curious about the branch family’s face, you can see them later.”

“Great!”

Lucas’s face brightened a little at those words.

“But the House of Frisia will probably want to watch your exam.”

Though he darkened again at the guard’s words.

“Dad.”

“What.”

“Then how about postponing the successor exam instead?”

At that question, both Nox’s and my eyes widened slightly.

That was nonsense. The Croste Family, having lost all their children, had already been postponing the successor exam for years.

Callipus frowned and asked back, raising his voice slightly.

“What are you talking about?”

“Well, I’m the only successor candidate now anyway. There’s no one else to take the exam, so it wouldn’t matter if we postponed it a little, right?”

“This exam has been postponed for years already. If we delay it any further, the family heads’ opposition will grow stronger.”

Lucas, who had seemed choked up and stopped speaking, blurted out.

“Dad, you’re a Duke.”

“So what.”

“If you just order them to postpone the exam, shouldn’t the family heads automatically say yes?”

At his increasingly unreasonable words, Callipus sent him a warning look.

“Lucas.”

“What?”

“You know that’s nonsense too. Stop throwing tantrums.”

“I’m the only successor candidate anyway, so if I want to postpone the date, why can’t I?”

Callipus sighed and muttered.

“…If your dream is to be a tyrant, it would be better to postpone the successor exam forever.”

“A tyrant?”

At those words, Lucas let out a hollow laugh as if he couldn’t believe it.

And then.

“I was locked up in a cage until just a few days ago! I want to rest a little, but a Duke can’t even do that much for me?!”

Crash-!

He flipped over the steak plate he was eating from and ran out of the dining room before Callipus could even get up from his seat.

“…?”

Wait a minute.

What just happened.

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