I Am the 5-Year-Old Spy Who Kidnapped the Villain - Chapter 65

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【Chapter 65】

So, he had realized that I wasn’t a bad child.

After that, my brother didn’t shoulder-check Kail or glare at him anymore.

‘Lucas hyung. Hello.’

Whenever Kail greeted him during class time, he would scratch the back of his neck with an awkward expression.

‘Oh. Hello. Hello to you too, Dandelion.’

He would mutter this and quietly listen to the lesson.

There was another change besides this.

Namely, the duration of Kail’s humanization had increased.

His humanization, which originally lasted about 1 to 2 hours, gradually extended to half a day, then a full day, then a week.

So, one day. When I opened my bedroom door to go to sleep.

‘I want to sleep too. I’m going to sleep in Aisha’s arms.’

Kail, who had transformed into human form, was following me around when Father caught him.

‘Beast bird, no. Kail. Come here for a moment, let uncle talk to you.’

Father, who had grabbed Kail by the scruff of his neck, fell into thought for a moment.

And then.

‘From now on, you’ll live with Nox. You’ll sleep in the room next to Nox.’

‘I don’t want to! Nox is boring! I like Aisha!’

‘Still, no. You’re going to the room next to Nox.’

‘Um, aren’t you going to ask for my opinion?’

In the end, Callipus dragged the vehemently protesting Kail away and threw him into the dormitory where Nox lived.

Of course, no one answered Nox’s final question.

And so the peaceful daily life continued.

‘Aisha, see you later.’

Taking Kail to class according to the schedule.

Some days, watching Lucas brother clumsily imitate the noble dining etiquette he learned in class and clapping for him.

‘Wow- clap clap clap!’

‘Dandelion! Now I’ve mastered dining etiquette just like you!’

Some days, I sat next to Father in his study while he wrote reports, drawing pictures in my sketchbook.

Especially on days like today, when neither Kail nor Lucas brother were around, I spent all day thinking about the Pose Duchy.

Naturally, the questions I had been putting off came to mind.

‘How exactly are they planning to use the magic amplifier?’

The more I thought about it, the more curious I became.

Just a few days ago, there had been chaos due to the monsters’ rampage, but Father hadn’t taken any action against Pose Duke.

At first, he seemed like he would immediately crush Pose Duke, but surprisingly, he remained quiet.

He didn’t do anything with potions, nor did he send any messages to Pose Duke.

‘Come to think of it, there’s been no contact from Pose Duke either?’

There had been no news since that day I saw him at the Royal Palace.

I wondered if he had given up on me, but… that didn’t seem likely.

‘Thanks to that girl, you’ve become an interesting toy that must never be discarded, no matter what happens.’

There was definitely something there.

There was a secret about Aisha that wasn’t revealed in the original story.

‘And it seems like some woman is involved too.’

Dolly had definitely said that thanks to ‘that woman,’ I had become an interesting toy.

‘Who could that woman be? Dorothy?’

I was curious, but on the other hand, I didn’t want to actively investigate it.

If my secret, which didn’t exist in the original story, were revealed.

‘The closer you get to the Ice Duke, the more the Duke will crumble in the end.’

At Dolly’s words that came to mind like a warning, my hand holding the crayon while drawing shrank back.

If that really happened.

It felt like something irreversible would happen between Father and me.

…Just.

‘Let’s just bury it.’

I decided to ignore the ominous feeling that kept arising and focus on my peaceful daily life.

Then one day.

“Lucas. Aisha.”

“Yes?”

“What is it, Father?”

Father called both of us to his study.

He held out an invitation to us, who were looking puzzled. The seal, made from actual melted gold, was shaped like a lion.

“This is…”

Lucas, who had apparently learned about this in noble lessons, widened his eyes and looked at Father.

Callipus nodded.

“It’s an invitation from the Royal Palace. The three of us will attend the annual regular banquet. And.”

After closing his mouth for a moment and staring at me, he quietly continued.

“Pose Duke will also be there.”

A moment of silence passed.

There was an unfamiliar determination in Callipus’s gaze as he looked specifically at me while speaking.

“…Pose Duke?”

Lucas, who had learned about my situation from the incident with Marquis of Frisia, interjected between us with a flustered expression.

“That duke is a complete villain and he’s a duke from another kingdom. But why is he coming to the Frozen Kingdom’s banquet?”

“It’s not officially announced yet, but His Majesty the King will invite high-ranking nobles from the Kingdom of Odtia. The intention is to strengthen the awkward relationship between the kingdoms.”

“But then Aisha will…”

“I know.”

Father’s gaze looking at me didn’t waver.

“That’s why I’m definitely taking Aisha with me.”

Lucas still looked like he didn’t understand. So he held my hand tightly with slightly wary eyes toward Father.

The clasped hand was warm.

This is what family is.

And-

“Aisha. Listen carefully without misunderstanding what Father says.”

Callipus, who was trying to explain this situation in a firm low voice, was also an irreplaceable family member to me.

“…Yes.”

I nodded carefully.

“Taking you to where Pose Duke will be absolutely doesn’t mean I’m going to let the duke take you away.”

Of course. I trusted Callipus.

“I plan to separate you from that duke as quickly as possible.”

“How?”

“I’m going to bring down the duchy at this banquet. So, can you make one promise with Father this time?”

He walked up to me, knelt down, and met my eyes.

“During this banquet, no matter how good an idea you come up with, trust Father and wait.”

And his long pinky finger extended into the air.

“I’m telling you not to cause any trouble, please.”

Father, who had been looking at my frightened expression, smiled and extended his finger as if trying to lighten the mood.

“…”

Come to think of it, from Callipus’s perspective, there had been quite a lot of heart-stopping incidents while raising me.

Suddenly disappearing from the Royal Palace.

Appearing at a monster subjugation site.

Even this time, I had cried and wailed about Kail disappearing and ran off to the ends of the world.

‘…I caused a lot of trouble.’

That was true. I had nothing to say.

‘Still, I’m a former spy in name at least. Even if I couldn’t become a perfect daughter, all I did was make Father worry.’

At the mention of going to the royal palace, several ideas I wanted to try immediately came to mind—

“Okay. Promise!”

I deliberately shook my head vigorously and grabbed his pinky finger.

* * *

At the same time, at Pose Duke’s Castle.

A pawn that had been placed on the chessboard toppled over with a flick of a long finger.

Pose Duke looked at the pieces that had fallen one after another and asked the person beside him.

“Another failure?”

“Yes. That’s correct.”

At his question, the knight standing like a shadow nodded his head.

“This makes it the 9th one already.”

Since becoming the head of the Pose Duke’s Family, this was the first incident where manpower had been consumed like this.

‘What the hell is that Aisha doing that every person I send ends up dead?’

When the spy Dorothy’s identity was first revealed, he had simply thought it was just that spy’s fate.

At that time, the Duke had only found it admirable that Aisha said a direct princess was at an orphanage in the Kingdom of Odtia for her own sake.

But one by one, two by two.

Every time he sent a spy, they died helplessly.

Ever since a spy suddenly died at the Royal Palace, the pace had accelerated even more.

Spies who used to die once a month were now dying once every three days.

There was definitely something about Aisha.

No, it would be stranger if Aisha hadn’t betrayed them at this point.

“I told her to play the role of a cute daughter, but did she really decide to become Duke Callipus’s daughter?”

“It’s difficult to grasp the exact situation, but it seems she’s probably decided to attach herself to the Crosht Family.”

“Tsk.”

The situation had become troublesome.

Pose Duke sighed and rubbed his face with his hand.

“Then what shall we do? Should I personally kidnap Aisha at this banquet?”

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