I Am the 5-Year-Old Spy Who Kidnapped the Villain - Chapter 44

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【Chapter 44】

At that moment.

Near the End of the World.

A knight rubbed his eyes as the swirling snowfall made it difficult to secure visibility.

“A talking monster? Such a thing exists?”

The Croste Ducal Family had knights patrol beyond the end of the world once a day.

During that time, the topic of the talking monster they had supposedly discovered came up.

“I really heard it, I tell you!”

“Right. It would have been big trouble if it was a false report. That’s why we came back here now.”

Thanks to his colleague who stubbornly reported what sounded like bragging, he had to come to this snowfield once again.

This place was the habitat of the Allosini.

These creatures, similar to four-legged beasts, were as large as lions, but they didn’t live in groups, making them manageable to deal with.

Sweat began to form in the leather gloves gripping his sword.

It was about time for an Allosini to appear.

“If there really is a talking monster like you said, we’ll try having a conversation with it.”

That’s when it happened.

Beyond the snowfall blocking their vision, a massive object began to wander around.

‘Allosini.’

The knights exchanged glances and spread out in a fan formation, quietly walking toward it.

“Kyaaak!”

The Allosini that had been wandering normally suddenly staggered as it was hit by something.

It looked like a small syringe was stuck in it.

From where exactly?

When one of the confused knights looked around, whoever had shot the dart quickly ran and jumped off the cliff.

From the silhouette, it wasn’t a knight from Croste.

But that wasn’t the problem.

Kaaaaaaak—!

With an eardrum-piercing sound, the Allosini suddenly attacked the knight.

A moment later.

Callipus pulled out a syringe embedded in the damp fur of the Allosini, which was covered in bloodstains.

“…It appears to be the madness amplifier discovered during the last heir examination.”

At the knight’s report, he recalled Aisha’s words.

‘I know this. This is a madness amplifier made by the Pose Duke’s Family.’

A drug manufactured by the Pose Duke’s Family.

‘Could it be that these bastards…’

He knew that the Pose Duke’s Family had been conducting various experiments with poison abilities from long ago.

But that was for the purpose of wars between kingdoms, not for killing monsters.

Moreover, even that plan had been thwarted because of the monsters.

When the Crosht Ducal Family erected the ice wall and saved humanity from the monsters, the Kingdom of Odtia tacitly stopped the war.

So creating drugs targeting monsters was something he couldn’t even imagine.

Callipus frowned and stood up from his position.

“How is the Marquis of Frisia coming along?”

“We’re trying to induce answers through interrogation, but he won’t talk to the end.”

“Increase the intensity. Dunk his face in hot water or something. If that doesn’t work, pull out his fingernails. Just don’t kill him so he can’t speak.”

“Understood.”

What could be the Pose Duke’s Family’s intention?

What benefit do they gain from driving monsters into a state of madness?

That’s when it happened.

“Allosini!”

The knights around them shouted warnings and took attack positions.

Callipus also leisurely walked forward and drew his sword from its sheath.

Thunk—!

From the front.

Thunk.

No, from behind.

“Kiyayaya!”

Suddenly, Allosini that had been hit by something and fallen began to emit thunderous roars.

“They’ve been hit with the madness amplifier!”

“Everyone stay alert and defend!”

“But there’s more than just one or two Allosini!”

Chilling roars from all around began to approach, forming a cruel harmony.

‘What the hell are you doing, Pose Duke?’

Callipus’s gaze narrowed ominously as he drew his sword.

* * *

At that moment.

Garden of the Frozen Queen’s Palace.

‘Hmm.’

I glanced at the terrace not far away.

They were still sitting closely together at the tea table, having been talking nonstop for an hour about something serious.

Especially Nox’s expression as he stroked his chin with a dark look was quite concerning.

‘What’s going on?’

They probably judged it was a dangerous topic for a young child like me to hear and sent me away.

“Baby. What could it be? Should we secretly eavesdrop?”

At my words, the baby who had been rolling on the lawn tilted its head.

“Nyo-?”

The baby’s eyes sparkled brilliantly in the warm sunlight of the capital.

Though it looked like an ordinary cat after taking the eye transformation potion, I could tell.

The baby’s eyes up close were definitely not ordinary.

Not just the eyes. It felt like I was facing something with an intellectual level similar to mine.

Come to think of it, it’s strange.

The baby listens to me too well.

Normally, wouldn’t a cat sit on a table and knock things off?

Or sit on a bed and knock things off?

Or sit on a cat tower and knock things off…?

That’s when it happened.

“…?”

I felt an intense gaze as if a hole would be drilled in the back of my head.

“Who’s there?”

I quickly turned my head, but all I could see were pretty flowers and trees.

However.

Sparkle sparkle—

I definitely felt it.

‘This is the sparkling beam I send whenever I’m desperate…?’

As I looked around at the somehow familiar light beam—

“…Squeak-?”

Under the bench.

A mouse peeking its face out between the blooming rose stems was emitting a desperate sparkling beam.

It was a messenger mouse.

“Gasp, Squeaky!”

I quickly hugged the baby.

“Baby. You can’t eat that Chichichi, okay?”

“Nya?”

Suddenly, the baby trapped in my arms narrowed its eyes into thin lines.

The baby looked at the frightened Chichichi with an expression of complete disinterest, then wrinkled its nose.

“Ptui-“

“…Did you just go ‘ptui ptui’?”

It looked like it wouldn’t eat it even if offered. What a truly unique cat.

Anyway, this messenger mouse Chichichi would follow me around until I received the telegram.

It was better to check quickly and send it away rather than pretend not to know.

“Chichichi, shh.”

When I made a shushing sound toward the mouse, Chichichi, who had been emitting sparkling beams, hid its face behind a rose.

“Mai.”

“Yes, Princess.”

When I called for Mai, she smiled and responded while chatting with a servant.

“I’m going to play hide-and-seek with Baby. Can I run around from here to over there?”

Over there meant inside the white fence surrounding the garden.

Mai stood up slightly from her chair to gauge the distance.

She seemed to be considering whether it was a distance where she could watch over me while sitting.

“It wouldn’t be dangerous, would it?”

Mai asked the royal servant.

The servant burst into hearty laughter as if such worries were trivial.

“Whether here or there, it’s all Queen’s Palace Grounds. Royal knights are guarding the area, and the Queen’s Palace knights know the Princess has come. It’ll be safe.”

“Hmm. Then….”

Mai nodded at the servant’s words and gave her instructions.

“Princess. Still, you must be careful. Just to be safe, how about playing hide-and-seek just once and then coming back?”

Since I was just going to check the telegram and return, I nodded.

“Yes! I’ll play just once and come right back!”

When I hugged Baby once more with an “Itcha” and lowered my gaze to gesture at Chichichi-

‘Chichichi, follow me.’

‘Chik!’

Chichichi, who somehow learned to salute with its rice grain-sized front paws, chased after me.

After walking along the pretty garden path for a while, I finally bent my knees and settled down.

“This should be far enough that they won’t notice what I’m doing. Chichichi, come out.”

“Chweek… chweek….”

Chichichi, who had been trembling its front legs as if watching Baby’s reaction, approached me.

It looked excessively novice-like.

“Chichichi. This is your first time working as a messenger mouse, isn’t it.”

I feel sorry for it.

Last time when I was with Dad, you got caught by Nox and got in trouble.

You got scared again today, didn’t you?

Feeling sympathetic, I encouraged Chichichi.

“I’ve washed my hands of it now… but I rolled around in that world for several years, so I know. If you want to survive as a messenger mouse, you can’t be afraid of things like cats.”

I might sound like a know-it-all, but advice is the only encouragement I can offer.

“Since it’s dirt ground, you won’t need paper. Here, I’ll give you a twig.”

When I placed a twig in Chichichi’s front paws-

“Cheek… cheek….”

Chichichi, who took my advice to heart, wrinkled its tiny nose and began writing something down.

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