I Am the 5-Year-Old Spy Who Kidnapped the Villain - Chapter 77

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【Chapter 77】

Perhaps Pose Duke was satisfied that Callipus had been stabbed with the sword. The voice ringing in my head disappeared and I was able to move my body.

“Father!”

I desperately crawled into his embrace, trying to stop the bleeding from his wound.

“Father, don’t move. If you move, it’ll hurt more.”

Kneeling and wriggling into his arms, I hurriedly pressed both hands against his blood-soaked abdomen.

But the hands of a mere 5-year-old were far too small.

I always felt this way, but no matter how smart I was inside, I became powerless in front of truly strong adults.

“…Sob, huu-uk. Sob.”

Hot tears streamed down. I was working hard to stop the bleeding. I was pressing firmly on the wound area just like I learned during training.

If only my hands were a little bigger, if only I were a little stronger, I could have saved Father.

The wound that precisely targeted his abdomen wasn’t immediately fatal, but at this rate, he would surely die from excessive blood loss.

“…Aisha. Go outside.”

In the midst of all this, that foolish father was worrying about me.

“Father. You’re bleeding!”

“Hurry. Father won’t die from something like this.”

That’s when it happened.

“How unsightly. Your own daughter is a spy for the Pose Duke’s family, yet you still make fatherly sounds.”

Ariena, who had been wiping the blood-stained dagger, threw her handkerchief to the floor.

“Luring you here, suggesting we go to the 2nd floor VIP room – that was all your daughter’s doing. And you still want to play father?”

“…Don’t mind it. She’s my daughter.”

“Callipus. Your daughter and your ex-wife are both spies.”

At those words.

“…We haven’t divorced yet.”

Callipus muttered while breathing roughly.

At this unexpected answer, Ariena’s eyes slowly widened.

“Ex-wife… Even if your actions might have been an act, to me you were a beloved wife.”

The corners of his mouth, barely lifted as he raised his head, turned up.

“Though you’re a damn annoying wife now.”

Even while saying this, Callipus didn’t hide his feelings toward Ariena.

Though slightly twisted, his gaze that held his wife while desperately clinging to his fading consciousness still contained affection.

Ariena, who had been looking at him as if fed up, finally pressed her lips into a straight line.

“…You’re dying because you’re stupid.”

“I don’t want to die by my wife’s hand.”

“Then kill me.”

“I’m not really a violent man.”

“…Damn it! Why are you so stupid!”

Finally, as if emotions were surging up, Ariena threw the dagger she was holding to the floor.

-Oh my.

Pose Duke, who had been silent until then, sighed.

Only then did I realize he had deliberately watched the three of us without giving commands.

The duke clicked his tongue as if displeased.

-Tsk. I should have disposed of her back then. She can’t hide her emotions when talking to her husband. Aisha. You’ll have to step up.

No. I can’t hear it, I can’t hear it.

I frantically covered my ears with the hands that had been stopping the bleeding.

-Since your mother can’t do the job, the daughter will have to step up instead, right?

The damp, clammy voice continued buzzing like a bug crawling around in my head even with my ears covered.

-It’s an order, Aisha.

Please, please.

-Take the sword Ariena dropped and your father…

-Protect Aisha.

That’s when it happened.

“…?”

Along with Kail’s voice that suddenly rang out, my head cleared as if I had drunk cool water.

The black magic had been dispelled.

There was no time to be confused. I had to do something while I had this chance.

I quickly pulled out a poison needle from my pocket, and Ariena looked at me with startled eyes.

However, I was much faster at blowing the needle.

Pft.

Ariena, hit by the poison needle in the back of her neck, collapsed immediately.

She wasn’t dead. Since the poison needle was for defense rather than killing, she had just fallen asleep.

-What? Why can’t I sense Aisha’s presence? Aisha. Can you hear me?

Damn it. I can hear Pose Duke’s voice again.

There was no time.

While continuing to stop Callipus’s bleeding, I lifted my head to look at him.

“Father. There’s no time. Run away quickly!”

At my words, Callipus slowly lowered his gaze and frowned.

“…Your mother is, no never mind. But is Pose Duke nearby? What’s going on…”

“Pose Duke is nearby, and I was being controlled by black magic. The effect will appear again soon!”

“Black magic? Illegal magic? That bastard used illegal magic on you?”

“That’s not what’s important right now!”

What a foolish person.

I burst into tears as I shouted.

“I was created to mock you, Father!”

At those words, Callipus’s eyes slowly widened.

I didn’t want to say this. But somehow I had to get Father out of here.

“Pose Duke wanted to destroy you, that’s why he didn’t kill me and kept me alive. Please come to your senses! I’m not worth being precious to Father! I’m just a tool!”

-Aisha. Yes. Now you finally know your place.

I could feel Pose Duke laughing with satisfaction.

And.

-Now stab your father’s abdomen with the dagger. Just like your mother did.

At the clearly audible command, I automatically gripped the dagger.

And the moment I stabbed Callipus’s stomach with that sword.

I couldn’t bear to look at him and squeezed my eyes shut.

“…Kuk.”

A short death rattle. This time it really seemed to hurt as his upper body bent down enough to touch the top of my head.

I burst into tears like a baby and wailed. Like that, mother, father, and I left in the VIP room quietly closed our eyes.

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“It’s okay, baby.”

No.

“Father told you, didn’t he.”

Not everyone had fallen asleep yet.

“…The fault lies with the adults.”

The child who had stabbed a dagger into his own stomach collapsed while crying loudly.

Callipus comforted the child while gasping for breath.

‘I promised to protect her. But I showed her something she shouldn’t have seen.’

This wasn’t an experience a 5-year-old child should go through.

Aisha had always feared Pose Duke’s retaliation. Even though I knew everything, I couldn’t properly save her.

Callipus barely exhaled and slowly opened his eyes. Now that he had reunited with his family, it was time to finish things.

* * *

At that moment. 3rd floor of Ritaisha’s Jewelry Shop.

“Aisha. Aisha?”

Pose Duke, who had been leaning back in his chair with an arrogant posture, straightened his upper body.

He could no longer sense any reaction from Aisha.

“…Did she collapse? Anyway, since Aisha attacked Callipus, she must be psychologically devastated.”

The goal had been achieved.

Even if Callipus didn’t die right now, by tomorrow he would be found as a corpse in the jewelry store’s VIP room.

The cause of death?

Ridiculously, the news would report that his daughter and wife had murdered Callipus.

Aisha lost consciousness right after stabbing Callipus. Callipus wouldn’t be able to push Aisha away in his current physical condition either.

So Aisha would become the terrible daughter who stabbed her father with a dagger. The same would go for Ariena.

“Haha… hahahahahaha!”

Pose Duke leaned back in his chair, laughing like a madman.

‘Callipus killed by his trusted wife and daughter… What a foolish and meaningless death!’

He couldn’t be happier that Callipus died exactly as planned.

“Hahahahahaha!”

Madness filled his laughter. His white eyes were completely bloodshot.

How many years had he waited to kill Callipus? It was 9 years ago when Ariena deliberately approached Callipus…

“It’s been almost 10 years! Really, such a long time has passed!”

He felt like drinking some strong whiskey.

It was a habit he always felt when a long project came to an end.

This incident had cost him numerous spies as well as rare personnel like Ariena and Aisha, but he was satisfied because he had accomplished his goal of Callipus’s death.

“Since the situation is over, how about we move locations.”

That’s when it happened.

Just as he was feeling satisfied, the knight who had been standing like a shadow spoke up.

“If someone who came to the shop discovers us along with Callipus, it could put us in an awkward position.”

“Forget it. Awkward my ass. I already gave the employees a heads up so no one will come in. I even put up a sign in front of the shop saying ‘Closed for business.'”

To kill the mood at a time like this.

Pose Duke waved his hand dismissively and shook his head roughly.

“Whatever, go down to the 2nd floor and check the VIP room. If he’s not dead by any chance, finish him off cleanly and come back.”

“Yes. Understood.”

With that, the knight left.

“Phew. There’s not much time left until the Kingdom of Dottia becomes an empire.”

Pose Duke gulped down water instead of alcohol and roughly wiped his wet mouth with the back of his hand.

Soon after.

Click-

The sound of the doorknob turning was heard as the door creaked open slowly.

“Back already? So, is Callipus completely dead…”

Pose Duke turned his head to check who it was, and his mouth fell silent.

“Ah. The knight.”

A man much larger than the knight who had just left was standing there, holding an unconscious child.

“If you’re talking about the knight I just encountered, he’s completely dead.”

It was Callipus.

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