I Am the 5-Year-Old Spy Who Kidnapped the Villain - Chapter 67

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【Chapter 67】

Slap!

“Lady Aisha! Are you alright?”

When I slapped my plump cheeks to regain my senses, Mai was startled and worried about me.

“Yes. I just realized something.”

“What?”

“How terrible the price is for comparing myself to a goddess-like existence.”

I lifted my head toward Mai. My proudly reddened cheeks were displayed as punishment.

“Ah, yes, I see… By the way.”

But contrary to my repentance.

“As expected, the Duchess and Lady Aisha look so alike!”

Mai was smiling happily and pointing at the portrait with her finger.

“Th-that’s rude to the Duchess!”

Boing!

I was so surprised that my twin tails shot up to the ceiling.

“Ah, sorry. But when I went to escort you earlier, I thought you looked too much like the Duchess.”

“That’s right. Actually, we thought so too! The Duchess loved white dresses, and Lady Aisha looks even more similar wearing a white dress.”

“St-stop saying that!”

Now even the maid sisters joined in. When I shouted in embarrassment-

“You say stop, but why do the corners of your mouth keep going up?”

Oops.

I pressed down the corners of my mouth with my finger.

“Originally, human greed has no end, so we repeat the same mistakes.”

“Oh my.”

So I should make the mistake again.

I twisted my body and asked as if muttering.

“…But, do I really look that similar? Actually, from a purely 100% objective perspective, I thought I looked a tiny bit similar…”

“You look alike!”

“You do look similar.”

Gasp.

“…Heh…”

My body gradually-

“Hihi… Hit…”

Is turning into a squid.

“I guess so, right?!”

To think I look like such a beautiful person. Eventually my mouth stretched into a goofy grin.

Then.

“…Aisha?”

A cautious voice from behind me.

Startled, I turned around to see Lucas standing there.

He too seemed to have finished preparing for the banquet, dressed in a well-pressed tailcoat.

His golden eyes, visible between the calm black hair covering his forehead, were wide like a rabbit’s.

“Why are you… here…”

My body froze stiff at his somehow lukewarm reaction.

Shouldn’t I have come here?

‘Ah, that’s right… I’m adopted.’

No matter how much closer we’d become lately, I wasn’t their blood relative.

‘Why can’t you go on the family trip? Well, it’s an overseas trip so it costs too much money. We’re only taking immediate family, not relatives.’

It was the same in my previous life.

No matter how much we lived together, there was always a line drawn between the relatives and me because I wasn’t blood-related.

And that was right. I had no intention of trying to intrude.

I should be grateful just for being accepted. That was exactly my place.

So, looking at the Duchess’s portrait like this could also be rude.

“Sorry for looking without permission.”

My heart was pounding.

Being happy about resembling the Duchess just moments ago seemed like a distant memory. I tried to hurriedly leave this place.

“Aisha. Where are you going?”

Suddenly my wrist was grabbed.

“Why are you trying to run away when your brother comes? Do you hate me?”

And when I looked up, I saw Lucas’s duck lips pouting with his eyebrows raised.

“…Huh?”

I expected Lucas to be angry, but I didn’t expect him to sulk like this.

I rolled my eyes around.

“Well, I thought you’d hate it…”

“What?”

“Me coming to see the Duchess…”

“Why?”

“…We’re…”

Glance.

“…not the same blood…”

“?”

As I muttered while fidgeting with my small fingers like hamster paws, Lucas and the surrounding maids’ mouths fell open.

And then.

“Ah… Dad-! Emergency-!”

Lucas let out a lion’s roar and called for Callipus.

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3 hours before the banquet started. Duke Calips Crosht’s dressing room.

“Is everything ready?”

“Yes. The informants are already on standby at the Royal Palace. We’ve arranged for the nobles to discover them immediately upon your word.”

White banquet attire symbolizing the North.

The glittering medals on Callipus’s left chest reflected his life as the hero called Frozen.

He sighed and put his hand in his pants pocket.

‘What good are these medals.’

What he needed wasn’t past glory. It was the current safety of his children.

He had said not to attach them since they were bothersome.

The servants who insisted on attaching even the last medal bowed their heads and left.

Nox, who had paused his words, finally opened his mouth.

“Thanks to Queen Grace’s help, the intelligence department should be able to stand by without any problems. Now the important thing is Lady Aisha’s safety.”

Behind Callipus standing in front of the full-length mirror.

Nox, who had been looking down at the report, raised his gaze to meet his eyes.

“Must you take Lady Aisha? Actually, Lady Aisha hasn’t had her debutante yet, so it would be fine if she didn’t go.”

It was a valid point. However.

“They need to know their place.”

Callipus’s gaze tilted strangely as he muttered lowly.

As his movement revealed the eerie gaze that had been hidden in shadow, Nox, who had carelessly met his eyes, quietly swallowed.

“Just the spies sent to the ducal palace to kidnap Aisha make it the ninth time. Those bastards have crossed the line too far since the monster rampage.”

Callipus took a step forward and put on the white gloves placed on the side table.

“We’ll see the end at tonight’s banquet.”

“…”

“Whether we set an execution date, or carry out the execution on the spot.”

Callipus had been steadily accumulating evidence for this day.

In fact, he could have made this matter public from the time the monster rampage incident broke out. But if he had done so, this incident would have ended as something that happened in the North.

Setting a lukewarm trial date like that and creating an excuse for Pose Duke to escape was something Callipus could not allow.

He wanted something definitive.

As of today, Pose Duke would commit an unthinkable crime.

A crime so terrible that it couldn’t even be brought to trial.

“And currently, there are too many rumors about Aisha. From now on, we need to make her presence known in high society so she can become an undisputed Princess of Croste.”

“…I see. Understood.”

At the sharp reaction from the head of the family, Nox simply nodded without adding any more words.

Callipus was certainly sensitive when it came to family matters.

Looking at it positively, serving a family-oriented master was better than those trash who ran around every night. However.

‘I hope he doesn’t get emotional and make things worse.’

Though he felt slightly worried, Nox soon concluded that things would be fine.

This time it wasn’t Callipus acting alone, but something everyone had planned. As long as things went according to plan, there would be no chance of failure.

That’s when it happened.

“Your Highness. There’s something I need… to report. They said it was an emergency situation…”

A knight hesitantly bowed his head.

However, Callipus shook his head while loosening his frustratingly tight necktie a bit.

Pose Duke’s life and death hung in the balance at this banquet.

“The banquet is more important. If it’s just any ordinary matter, have the Captain of the Guards handle it.”

“But, that’s… not…”

“What.”

The knight who had been hesitating swallowed and opened his mouth again.

“Princess Aisha was looking at the Duchess’s portrait in the Grand Hall, and when Young Master Lucas caught her, she apologized. She said she was sorry for looking at the photo when they weren’t of the same blood…”

“…?”

Callipus’s actions of adjusting his attire came to an abrupt halt.

The same was true for Nox. This really was an emergency.

“Nox. Emergency status.”

“Yes. Please give your orders.”

“Right now, place a plush sofa and cushions in front of the portrait frame, and tell the chefs to prepare a basket of desserts. The target is Aisha.”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

Chiring.

Nox’s monocle emitted a white light filled with loyalty before disappearing.

And after he left

“You guide me to where the children are.”

“Yes, yes sir!”

Callipus turned his head sharply and glared at the knight as he commanded. The severely nervous knight stammered and threw an unnecessary salute.

“Hurry up.”

“…Yes sir!”

The knight glanced back at Callipus following behind him with long strides and gulped nervously.

‘He never showed such a scary face even during monster subjugation.’

“Here it is, Your Highness!”

And when they arrived at the Grand Hall. The knight opened the door with the mindset of going to war.

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