I Am the 5-Year-Old Spy Who Kidnapped the Villain - Chapter 75

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【Chapter 75】

“Cancel the order? What do you mean by that…?”

Grace trailed off, startled.

She had never once been told to cancel her orders by anyone.

Unless it was an official statement in a meeting, refusing a royal’s command was a serious crime.

But Callipus, who had committed this serious crime, wasn’t looking at her.

He was staring directly at the window. His gaze fixed on something was unsettling.

“…I’m sure Aisha took Kail with her…”

And he was even muttering to himself.

“Duke Callipus.”

Grace momentarily thought Callipus had gone mad.

“If Kail knew about this situation…”

“Callipus.”

“The monsters suddenly moving might be Kail’s fault…”

“Duke Callipus! What are you talking about!”

Finally, unable to bear it any longer, Grace raised her voice—

“Your Majesty. In any case, please evacuate the nobles and cancel the order to attack the monsters. I will take responsibility for everything.”

Once again, Callipus cut off her words without fail and rushed off somewhere.

Grace stared at him in bewilderment.

“What.”

That bastard?

She was dumbfounded, but seeing him say such things, he didn’t seem to have gone mad.

There must be some reason.

‘But why on earth? He’s a man who acted like he’d slice monsters to death immediately.’

That’s when it happened.

A knight who had been watching cautiously spoke up.

“Your Majesty. For now, shall we eliminate the monsters…”

“Didn’t you hear? Duke Callipus himself said he’d take responsibility for everything.”

“Pardon?”

“Focus only on protecting people. And issue a lockdown order for the city. Don’t lift the lockdown until we find the culprit who caused this commotion. Don’t let a single person escape.”

Grace, who had changed her orders with a stern face, rushed to the banquet hall.

“Yes, yes!”

As the knight who had been dawdling also chased after Grace—

“…”

Only King Arzen remained in the corridor.

“Damn it. What’s suddenly happening…”

Arzen, who had been holding his waist, gritted his teeth and kicked an innocent pillar.

“No, why did the monsters that had been quiet for years suddenly escape today, why?!”

This wasn’t the only thing.

Earlier, he was bitten by a strange beast that transformed into a human. The knight who had been reporting to him suddenly started following Grace instead.

Everything was strange and displeasing.

“If even Pose Duke’s matter goes wrong…”

Crack, crack.

Becoming anxious, he unconsciously bit his nails as he walked in circles.

If that happened, he too would have no way to escape.

‘I need to create an escape route first.’

Having reached a conclusion, Arzen rushed toward the banquet hall.

* * *

Meanwhile, at that moment.

“What? The monsters suddenly escaped?”

“Yes. In the three years since bringing the monsters, this has never happened once… It is a bit strange.”

“Of all days, on such an important day like today, what bad luck… Tsk.”

Pose Duke, sitting in the carriage, clicked his tongue. But the real unlucky event was something else.

Creak—

The carriage that had been moving well suddenly stopped. And with a polite knock, the door opened.

It was the coachman.

“Your Highness. There’s a problem. All the gates leading out of the city have been blocked.”

“What?”

“They say monsters appeared at the royal palace, and the lockdown won’t be lifted until they find the real culprit who brought the monsters.”

Good heavens.

“Damn it!”

Pose Duke unconsciously spat out profanity.

He had no choice. He wanted to return to his home as quickly as possible.

Since he had captured Aisha, Callipus would go anywhere to save the child.

Pose Duke hoped that place would be Pose Duke’s Castle.

‘Since I’m going to eliminate him anyway, I wanted to see him die in my castle…’

To him, Duke Callipus was an eternal nemesis.

During the war that broke out over territorial disputes, the sudden danger of monsters appeared.

Because the family that stood against that danger was the Crosht Ducal Family of the Frozen Kingdom, the Kingdom of Odtia declared a ceasefire.

At the same time, they had to send regular support funds to the Frozen Kingdom side.

As payment for Callipus blocking the monsters.

‘If the Kingdom of Odtia had occupied the North… our Pose Duke’s Family would have received the support funds.’

It was natural.

The reason the Crosht Ducal Family could subjugate monsters was their ice abilities.

But abilities existed on Pose Duke’s side too, didn’t they?

‘Damn it. I need to crush that proud nose quickly…’

Suddenly having all sorts of thoughts, he pressed his hand to his forehead.

But he needed to calm down. If he only got angry because the situation wasn’t favorable, nothing would progress.

‘Anyway, if Duke Callipus is killed and the Pose Duke’s Family takes over monster subjugation, the two kingdoms can be unified.’

He quickly used his head and gave orders.

“It can’t be helped. Then head straight to Ritaisha’s Jewelry Shop.”

“Yes.”

‘Ritaisha’s Jewelry Shop’ was one of the Pose Duke’s Family’s secret bases in the central city.

It was like ‘Fergus’ Bookshop’ in the North.

Clatter—

At Pose Duke’s command, the carriage returned to the city.

Passing through the town square and entering an alley, expensive luxury shops lined up in a row.

“Ariena.”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

“Go into the jewelry shop first and tell the employee to close the store. If there happen to be customers when we bring in the sleeping Princess Aisha, they might find it strange.”

“Understood.”

When the carriage arrived, Ariena bowed and disappeared. And shortly after.

“I’ve cleared the shop. Because of this regular banquet, there are no noble customers, so there shouldn’t be any particular problems.”

Ariena returned quickly as if meeting his expectations.

“Good work. Then let’s go.”

Though there had been some confusion, he finally smiled slyly.

Because Callipus’s grave would be built here.

* * *

Having lost consciousness, I had a dream.

“You went to the ducal family and came back with something very interesting.”

It was the dream that had been tormenting me ever since I woke up at Ahili’s Circus.

A conversation I could barely hear in the darkness. But this time was different.

When I opened my eyes, what I saw was the study of Pose Duke’s Castle. Pose Duke sat on the sofa, resting his chin on his interlocked hands.

He was gazing at the blonde woman with an interested look.

“There were exactly two missions. One seemed insufficient, but two would have been enough to bring down Duke Callipus.”

“….”

“But what’s with that infant?”

“I apologize.”

She didn’t add any other words. She was admitting her mistake.

“Should I dispose of it immediately?”

Despite her expressionless question, the infant cradled in her arms was smiling brightly.

“Kyahahaha!”

The child, who was wiggling her tiny fingers and hadn’t even grown teeth yet, burst into laughter.

Blonde hair with red eyes.

Though the eye color was different, that child was me. It was Aisha.

“Don’t dispose of her.”

“Pardon?”

“It’ll become quite entertaining later.”

Pose Duke shook his head and leaned back on the sofa.

“You’ve worked hard for four years. I’ll give you another mission in a few years, so rest well until then.”

“Thank you.”

“Right.”

It was when Pose Duke gestured for her to leave and turned his attention to the documents on his desk.

Ariena had finished bowing, but for some reason, she didn’t leave her spot.

“What is it?”

“This is an impertinent question, but…”

She who had been trailing off carefully opened her mouth.

“How will you handle this baby?”

Her voice, which sounded businesslike as always, carried a slight tremor.

Seeing this, Pose Duke thought.

‘She still hasn’t escaped from her role.’

He could tell at a glance.

Especially among spies who had returned from long-term missions spanning several years, there were occasionally spies who became so immersed in their roles that they missed the time when they were carrying out their missions.

He usually disposed of such spies.

‘Should I dispose of Ariena too?’

After pondering inwardly for a moment, Pose Duke soon shook his head.

Duke Callipus loves Ariena. Since Ariena, who even had a daughter at this point, had disappeared, he would be going crazy with rage by now.

Ariena still had useful value.

So Pose Duke smiled warmly and opened his mouth.

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