I Am the 5-Year-Old Spy Who Kidnapped the Villain - Chapter 53

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【Chapter 53】

As soon as Callipus heard Nox’s words, he quietly opened the door to Aisha’s bedroom.

‘I judged there wouldn’t be any trouble. Actually, the Princess has been secretly raising a cat for the past two weeks.’

He remembered Nox’s confession as he rolled his eyes to avoid his gaze.

‘Actually, she told me first, but since I also pretended not to know while knowing, it’s not the Princess’s fault. If you’re going to be angry, be angry at me. The Princess doesn’t even know what that cat’s true identity is.’

Making secrets with my daughter behind my back.

Rather than being angry, he felt a bit of childish jealousy, but he decided to postpone judging Nox’s crime for later.

First, it was important to confirm that Aisha was safe.

When he opened the door, the light from the corridor entered the bedroom and illuminated sleeping Aisha.

Contrary to his worries, it was peaceful.

Seeing the child sleeping while making soft breathing sounds, he suddenly thought that if an angel were to descend, wouldn’t it resemble Aisha?

But next to her.

“….”

Beside sleeping Aisha, ominous purple eyes reflected the moonlight and glowed.

The cat that had been sitting with its eyes wide open slowly stood up.

“Meow-“

That’s the Maein.

When he only heard the explanation, he thought it would look incredibly fierce.

“It’s just a kitten.”

I can see why Aisha keeps it around. She’s at the age where she likes cute things.

‘I should separate them for now.’

As he sighed and tried to sit on the edge of the bed-

“Kyaak!”

Suddenly, the fluffball that had puffed up its body lunged at Callipus.

Of course, it ended up dangling from his hand that had grabbed it by the scruff of its neck.

“What?”

“Kyaak, kyaak!”

Even though it was grabbed by the scruff, it was definitely not an ordinary cat as it flailed around with its claws extended.

Callipus quietly left Aisha’s bedroom with an expressionless face, still holding the cat by the scruff of its neck.

And-

“Lock this thing in prison. It’s a baby so it might be cold, so cover it with a blanket. What was it, give it some water and boiled chicken.”

Callipus, who had entrusted the cat to a knight, finally fell asleep with a much lighter heart.

But the next day-

“Baby disappeared. Where did our baby go!”

“Dandelion, what’s wrong?”

“Our baby… I was shocked when it disappeared before too, but our baby…”

“Baby? What baby?”

“Baby… well…”

Aisha, who had hidden the fact that she was raising a cat, couldn’t bring herself to answer and mumbled.

Then she ran to Nox.

“B-baby… baby disappeared… what should I do? Our baby… it’s so small, if it went outside…”

Aisha, who had fallen into a panic state, was unusually stuttering and pulling at her hair.

Seeing her like that, Nox ran to Callipus.

“Your Highness. What did you do with that cat?”

When the flustered Nox hurriedly opened the study door and asked-

“In prison.”

“Pardon?”

“I also gave it a blanket, water, and boiled chicken.”

Ahem.

Callipus cleared his throat and subtly appealed that he had kept his conscience.

But it was useless. Aisha wouldn’t know that he had made an effort.

“…For now.”

“Yes.”

The two men who made eye contact huddled together and slightly opened the study door.

In the corridor, Aisha was still restless, and they could see Lucas hurriedly bringing her a handkerchief, surprised by the child’s state.

Nox, who had closed the door, sighed.

“The Princess cherishes that cat so much, how could you suddenly separate them?”

“It’s dangerous.”

“It is dangerous, but that cat hasn’t hissed at the Princess even once in two weeks. It was very well-behaved.”

“It was wary of me though.”

“Pardon?”

“No, that’s not important.”

Aisha cherishes it?

That cat?

The flustered Callipus closed his mouth.

“Nox.”

“Yes.”

“…If we bring another cat,”

“Don’t say such nonsense. Are animals replaceable objects?”

As expected of the president of the Masamo Association.

Nox pushed up his monocle.

“And would the Princess really be happy if she received another cat? That intelligent Princess?”

“….”

It was because he was worried his daughter might be in danger.

But since Nox’s words were also correct, Callipus, who couldn’t make a peep, closed the study door for now.

“I’ll talk to Aisha in a little while.”

“About what?”

“I should honestly tell her that I secretly… isolated it to a safe place at dawn because it was dangerous due to that cat’s identity.”

Sigh.

If it hadn’t been related to Aisha, he would have killed it without anyone knowing.

Baby or not, that cat was a dangerous creature that could determine the fate of the Frozen Kingdom.

But it couldn’t be helped.

Listening to the child’s pitiful voice coming from outside the closed door-

“At, at Ahili’s Circus, they were all, all dying, really ti, tiny, I, I saved them all, but they’re still, still babies, so if they wa, wander outside, wo, wolves might gob, gobble them up.”

“Baby meant that cat? Big brother will help you find it. Don’t cry. That’s right.”

His heart became turbulent like a storm.

Callipus, who tried to pretend he didn’t hear that conversation, sat down in his chair to focus on work again.

When it’s all over. When the child seems to have calmed down a bit, I should talk to her.

Childcare was too difficult.

Especially, hearing his beloved child in distress, he couldn’t quite focus on his work.

* * *

Meanwhile, at that time.

In the kingdom that Aisha had swept through, a major investigation was taking place.

It was about the identity of the man killed by the mysterious young boy.

“He didn’t damage the face and precisely targeted the back of the neck. At first we thought that young boy killed him, but there were beast bite marks on the back of the corpse’s neck.”

“…Were there any beasts in the Royal Palace?”

“There aren’t any in the castle, but this forest is where hunting competitions were held or His Majesty the King occasionally hunted. There are rabbits and deer… well, sometimes weasels exist too…”

“….”

“Maybe it was bitten by a weasel…”

Even he thought it was nonsense. The voice of the knight reporting about the corpse shrank like an ant.

But the bite mark remaining on the back of the man’s neck was really small, like what a weasel or carnivorous animal would leave.

If not a weasel, it might be a kitten.

But this sturdy man was taken down by a weasel or kitten?

“For now, it seems he died from an animal bite, so we’ll process it as an accidental death, and identify the corpse…”

It was when the flustered Captain of the Guards was sighing.

“The sun of the world shines upon the Kingdom of Frozen!”

The Captain of the Guards, who turned around at the salute of several knights, also reflexively saluted.

“The sun of the world shines upon the Kingdom of Frozen. Your Majesty, greetings.”

“Yes. How are things, progressing?”

The King, who had been walking slowly, glanced sideways at the Captain of the Guards’ notebook.

The Captain of the Guards showed him the notebook without much suspicion.

“According to our investigation, it appears he died from being bitten by an animal, not a person. However, since he seems to have secretly infiltrated the Royal Palace without permission, we need to examine the corpse to identify…”

“Put it off for later.”

“Pardon?”

“I said put it off for later. Do I need to say it twice for you to understand?”

The Captain of the Guards hesitated at the slightly irritated tone and quickly answered.

“I apologize! Then we will halt all investigation until Your Majesty gives orders again.”

“Good. Since that’s settled, everyone go attend to other matters. You’ve done well.”

Only then did the King smile faintly and return with slightly quick steps.

‘…Did he come personally just to tell us this?’

Usually, orders would be relayed through an aide, or if it was an important matter, they would dig deeper into the case and ask about everything one by one.

‘Why did he halt the investigation?’

Though it felt somewhat unsettling, for a Royal Palace knight, the King’s command was absolute law.

“We’ll investigate the corpse later. For now, store it so it won’t be damaged.”

“Yes!”

The Captain of the Guards, having changed his orders, returned to his post unable to shake off his uneasiness.

The next day.

“Th-the corpse has disappeared.”

“…What did you say?”

Less than a day after the King had ordered the investigation to be halted, the corpse had completely vanished.

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