I Am the 5-Year-Old Spy Who Kidnapped the Villain - Chapter 80

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【Chapter 80】

“Now, here’s a freshly caught slave! He’s tall with broad shoulders. His face is quite handsome too, so he could be useful in many different ways!”

The frivolous commentary echoed through the space via speakers.

When Callipus, who had been frowning from a headache, lifted his eyelids, he met greedy gazes staring up at him.

He was trapped in a cage on stage.

Seeing that he was forcibly seated in a chair with both wrists tied behind his back, he could roughly sense how the situation was unfolding.

‘I was looking for a quiet path because I found the crowds uncomfortable, but I got into trouble for nothing.’

Twenty-two-year-old Callipus had attended a friendship banquet to promote goodwill between the Kingdom of Doctia and the Frozen Kingdom.

However, he had been distant from socializing since childhood.

As a member of the Croste ducal family, his only duty was to subjugate monsters.

He always guarded the edge of the world to prevent monsters from crossing over, and occasionally repaired the ice wall with his ice abilities when it broke.

His role was sufficient with just that, so he judged that he didn’t need to be at such friendship gatherings and escaped.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he realized.

That he had been kidnapped on that path.

‘Sigh.’

Perhaps it was a mistake to drink the alcohol that the two kings offered, unable to refuse it.

However, it had been strange that he, who usually had a strong tolerance for alcohol, felt dizzy so quickly today.

Someone unknown had prepared this kind of thing.

The Croste ducal family had always been a target of checks due to their strong abilities and power, so they had often received assassination threats.

This type of attempt was the first, so it felt refreshing, but it wasn’t particularly surprising.

“100 gold! We have 100 gold. Oh my, the gentleman in the red mask bids 150 gold.”

Meanwhile, Callipus’s auction price was soaring beyond imagination, regardless of his own will.

‘Once the final price is set, they’ll open the door, so I’ll have to escape through that gap.’

He could easily break the cage and escape using his ice abilities, but he decided to endure it since he didn’t know who the auction participants were.

If a noble happened to die in the process, it would become troublesome.

Instead, he searched for where the exit was.

Once he got out of here, he planned to freeze all the escort knights.

“We have 300 gold. Now, 300 gold. It’s quite fierce as expected, and the lady over there bids 350 gold!”

During the boring time, he decided to watch how high his price would go.

Callipus leaned against the chair’s backrest and cracked his neck left and right with snapping sounds. The firm neckline and indifferent gaze that were revealed—

“…!”

The agitated people began raising their signs one after another.

“400 gold, 450, 500, 550, 600, oh my, the gentleman over there has called 1,000 gold. Now, we’ve broken through 1,000 gold! We have 1,100 gold, 1,200 gold!”

The excited auctioneer was turning his head this way and that when he looked at one particular spot and gaped.

“5,000 gold!”

At the auctioneer’s shout, everyone gaped and turned their heads.

5,000 gold was a burdensome amount even for nobles.

Even high-ranking noble Callipus slowly raised his half-closed gaze at the mention of 5,000 gold.

Looking toward a secluded spot, his gaze met golden eyes that were quietly staring at him while wearing a white mask.

“…”

The woman’s gaze was straightforward.

Usually, people who made eye contact with Callipus looked away within 3 seconds, but she looked at Callipus for longer than that.

So Callipus carefully examined the woman’s appearance.

A long, slender neck revealed below the mask covering half her face, fair and smooth skin.

Lips that drew a quiet curve and brilliant golden eyes reminiscent of the sun.

Even with the mask on, he could tell.

The woman was beautiful.

Among all of it, the most beautiful thing was her gaze that wouldn’t leave him.

“5,000 gold. Is there no more? 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Now, sold to the lovely lady for 5,000 gold!”

However, the intense eye contact ended when Callipus lowered his gaze.

Anyway, that woman treated people like objects. Even if he had received a different impression, she wasn’t the type he wanted to deal with.

So let’s freeze them.

As soon as the auction ended, the mercenaries guarding both sides opened the cage.

The moment he slowly rose from his seat and tried to tear off the rope tied to his wrists.

“This is an illegal crackdown!”

The woman who bought him threw off her mask and shouted, and simultaneously armed people rushed in from everywhere.

They were knights who had been lying in ambush.

“Oh no, damn it! Run! Everyone run! Take that item quickly too! He’s worth money!”

The surprised auctioneer pointed at Callipus who was standing tall, but naturally Callipus had no intention of moving.

“Move! Move a little, slave… Urgh!”

“Shut up.”

When he ignored the knights trying to drag him from both sides, even the auctioneer ran over and struggled to pull him.

Finally, when he grabbed the man’s throat with his large hand, the man gasped and immediately fainted.

‘First, since the auctioneer is probably the main axis of this auction, I should capture him.’

Callipus quickly subdued the other companions around as well. Then, while holding the auctioneer’s throat and turning around, he made eye contact with the woman from earlier.

“He’s really useful, isn’t he? If I had really bought him, I would have put him to good use.”

The face behind the mask smiled brightly as she approached.

That face, Callipus still remembered vividly to this day.

“I’m Ariena Crystal. The eldest daughter of the Crystal Marquis family. I greeted you briefly at the banquet earlier, do you remember?”

He also remembered the fair, smooth hand she boldly extended to him.

Ariena captivated him instantly.

So Callipus unknowingly opened his mouth.

“Useful.”

“Pardon?”

“Like you said, I’m really useful.”

The way she opened her rabbit-like eyes at his clumsy attempt to show interest was quite cute.

Ariena, you were like that.

Strong, yet at the same time, someone I wanted to protect.

Your beliefs and actions were sometimes bothersome, but I still wanted to willingly participate.

‘I raised my daughter really well, didn’t I? To complete her mission so splendidly.’

Until I learned that you were a spy.

‘To think both mother and daughter were spies. Your life is really unfortunate too, Callipus. It was just because of the mission, there were no bad feelings.’

Until you stabbed my heart with those sharp, cruel words.

I loved you very much.

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“Your Highness?”

“…Yeah.”

At Nox’s question, Callipus finally emerged from his reverie.

“You look tired, are you alright?”

“I’m fine.”

Callipus quickly shook off his idle thoughts and organized his thinking.

Nox, who had been looking bitterly at the expressionless face whose thoughts couldn’t be read, continued speaking.

“Fortunately, His Majesty Grace says he can undo Aisha’s black magic.”

“That’s fortunate.”

According to Nox’s report, many things had happened right after Callipus collapsed.

First, corpses were discovered throughout the royal palace. They were all spies sent by the Pose ducal family to kidnap Aisha, killed by Kail.

This was something Callipus had prepared in advance.

He had not cremated the corpses of the spies Kail had killed during this time, but kept them frozen to prevent decay.

It might have been a bit grotesque, but he wanted certainty.

As expected, the royal side discovered the madness amplification potion and the snake emblem symbolizing the Pose ducal family that had been placed in the corpses beforehand.

It served as evidence to the royalty and nobles that Duke Pose had tried to harm them under the pretext of a banquet.

King Arzen’s reaction after hearing the entire story was said to be like this.

‘I invited you to a sacred royal banquet, and you dare try to kill royalty?! I sentence Duke Pose to death for attempted regicide and fraud!’

It was natural.

King Arzen had always disliked even having knights from other noble families come to his royal palace.

But if spies had been planted there?

Nine of them, no less?

The charge of attempted regicide was the only crime that could result in an immediate death sentence without trial.

Callipus had aimed for exactly that.

The nobles also knew they had been put in danger because of this, so their backlash against Duke Pose was said to be tremendous.

‘It’s over.’

Crossing his arms, he stared at the closed door.

Beyond the door was Aisha, receiving treatment from Grace.

‘Everything is finished.’

That’s when it happened.

He had expected to wait quite a while, but the door opened carefully and Grace appeared.

“Duke Callipus.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

Wondering if Aisha’s treatment was finished, Callipus strode toward the door.

Grace, who had been hesitating, slowly opened her mouth.

“I’ve undone the black magic that followed Duke Pose’s orders. But…”

Her expression was troubling.

“There’s another black magic spell on her.”

“…Excuse me?”

“And it’s quite old. It seems like it was cast right after she was born.”

Callipus’s face hardened like stone.

To cast black magic on an infant. Just how vicious was Duke Pose…!

“It seems to be related to you?”

“…?”

Though he immediately frowned at the words that followed.

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