I Am the 5-Year-Old Spy Who Kidnapped the Villain - Chapter 86

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【Chapter 86】

‘Lucas oppa was no joke during the last lesson too, wasn’t he?’

By now, he might have received about 100 penalty stickers from his tutor.

Arriving in front of the classroom door, I stood on my tiptoes toward the window where I could see inside.

Pop.

As I barely managed to peek my eyes over the window—

I saw Lucas unexpectedly listening to his lesson diligently.

“For last time’s assignment, you were supposed to memorize the names of all the successive heads of the Croste Ducal Family. Could you recite them once?”

“Yes! First head Amstrai. Second head Lislitan. Third head Raon. Fourth head Oriosha. Fifth head…”

Surprisingly, Lucas recited the names of the heads fluently without looking at a single cheat sheet.

‘What’s gotten into that oppa?!’

I was so shocked I almost fell over.

But thinking about it, Lucas had always shown passion when it came to matters of the Croste Ducal Family.

‘Lucas oppa. Once he sets his mind to something, he really does it properly.’

He was quite a formidable person.

As I was watching oppa while putting strength into my trembling tiptoes.

“What are you doing?”

“Gyaak!”

I twisted my foot in surprise at the unexpectedly blunt question that popped out.

When I turned my head, Nox was looking at me with sharply narrowed eyes.

“I, I was watching oppa’s lesson! Why?!”

They say a thief’s feet tingle first.

Was it because spy life had become ingrained in my body?

Even though I hadn’t done anything wrong, I raised my twin tails high and was wary of him for no reason.

“Ahem. Did I look a bit suspicious?”

“No. Not suspicious, but…”

When I cleared my voice again and asked, trying to maintain my dignity as a princess, he shrugged his shoulders.

“You looked a bit bored.”

“Huh?”

“Aren’t you wandering around here and there because you’re bored?”

Oh.

At Nox’s words, my twin tails gradually drooped down.

Come to think of it, that was true.

Callipus was busy with ducal work, Kail was busy with sword training at the Croste Knight Order, and Lucas was busy attending successor lessons.

Not just them, but Nox, Mai, and Brad were all busy with their respective duties.

“…”

Only then did I realize.

That I was the only idle person with nothing to do.

* * *

And so, in the bedroom.

“Munch munch.”

Roll—

Lying spread-eagle on the bed, I crunched on the cookies Mai had brought me.

“Thinking about it, I didn’t plan to just play around from the beginning, did I?”

The beginning of my life of leisure. Searching for that origin.

“Hmm…”

Seriously lost in thought, I traced back through the past.

First, when I returned to the Croste Ducal Palace as the real princess.

Delta, who welcomed me warmly, immediately shouted after hearing about everything that happened in the capital.

‘You must rest and recover. To think you were kidnapped at such a young age, you absolutely must rest well and soothe your mind and body!’

Delta cursed Pose Duke and was seriously worried that I might have suffered great psychological shock from being kidnapped and mistreated by him.

She gave me water boiled with precious medicinal herbs, and constantly gave me sweet candies that were supposed to help me sleep well.

‘It wasn’t bad.’

At first, I felt anxious about doing nothing and staying still, wanting to do something.

But.

‘Since I possessed Aisha, honestly, I’d never had a day to rest like this, had I?’

With that thought, I used Delta’s recommendation as an excuse to repeat eating, playing, and sleeping.

And since I had achieved the important goal of completely escaping from the Pose Duke’s family, perhaps now could be a turning point.

Namely, the opportunity to seriously achieve my bucket list that I hadn’t completed yet!

‘…But…’

Since I’ve really been playing around continuously, now something feels unsettling.

The words Pose Duke was trying to say before he died kept circling in my head too.

‘If you knew who else besides me is targeting you, you’d be shocked. It’s Ar…’

King Arzen cut him off in the middle so I couldn’t hear, but Pose Duke was definitely trying to point him out as Callipus’s next enemy.

However, though neither of them knew, we already knew that fact.

After all, we knew that the monster madness amplifier incident was a collaboration between King Arzen and Pose Duke.

Moreover, I was a crucial witness who had directly seen the King using black magic.

He seemed to think I was still young and had forgotten out of fear at the time, so he let it pass.

But if he’s that vicious, he’ll definitely pick a fight with Father again before long.

“The problem is there’s no evidence to catch King Arzen right now…”

King Arzen had already pinned his crimes on Pose Duke. Unfortunately, there was nothing I could do for now.

“That’s why I’m playing around, isn’t it? Hmm. No. I should also do something as Croste’s princess.”

Pop.

Contrary to my words, my baby belly, plump from all the cookies I’d been eating, popped out.

‘Ah. Is this the Korean sentiment I couldn’t forget even after reincarnation?’

I turned my head with hazy eyes and stared out the window where snow was falling.

‘Feeling guilty even when resting. I need to give myself some comfort.’

With the mindset of “I’ll move tomorrow,” I let out a big yawn.

The swirling snow suddenly caught my eye.

Snow falling from the sky. When the weather gets cold, snow turns to ice…

“…!”

A flash suddenly struck in my head.

“That’s right, ice!”

It was such an obvious fact, but I hadn’t really thought about it until now.

No. Actually, I had completely forgotten.

“If I’m Father’s real daughter, I’m an ice ability user!”

I found something to do!

I sprang up, stuffing my protruding belly like baby cheeks into my pants.

‘If I have Father’s bloodline, that means I can do it too, right?’

If I had abilities, I could sufficiently keep King Arzen in check too.

Even if I get kidnapped by adults, I won’t have to be helplessly victimized!

“…But how do I do it?”

The problem was I didn’t know the method.

Looking at Callipus and Lucas, it seemed like they manifested it from the moment they were born and used it instinctively.

There were mentions like that in the original work too.

“Hmm…”

After pondering, snap.

I first raised my palm toward the air. Then I put strength in my bottom and scrunched up my face.

“Eeek!”

Maybe ice crystals would pop out above my palm like this.

“Eeek!”

Icicles crackling up from the floor…!

That’s not happening.

This won’t do.

“I need to ask Father!”

Slam-

“Father! This golden seed has finished resting and is ready to grow again!”

Running through the corridor like that, I burst open the study door.

As I looked at Callipus with sparkling eyes-

“Huh? Oh, yes. Well, grow to your heart’s content.”

Father, who had been quietly working, left me with those kind words and focused on his work again.

As expected, everyone except me is living their best life. So unfair!

I ran over to Father and placed my hands on his knees.

“Father! Why don’t I have it?”

“Have what?”

“Ice abilities! If I’m really your child, shouldn’t I have ice abilities too?”

Callipus paused for a moment, then looked at me with round eyes.

“That’s true, isn’t it?”

From his response, it seemed he had never thought about it either.

I suppose things have been too hectic since we returned.

For everyone except me.

“This conversation looks interesting. May I join in?”

Just then, Nox, who was sitting at a small desk, interjected.

I immediately held up my hand and answered.

“No. No talking allowed for non-ability users!”

“What do you mean forbidden? Nox, you come here too and think about this. Why hasn’t this kid’s abilities manifested?”

“Tsk.”

Callipus responded to my joke by roughly ruffling my hair and gestured for Nox to come over.

Nox adjusted his gleaming white monocle and answered.

“Hmm. Let me think about this theoretically. People of the Croste Ducal Family enter an ice warehouse made with ice abilities right after birth to develop bodies accustomed to ice generation. They spend several months there getting used to the abilities.”

“That’s right.”

“But Lady Aisha couldn’t go through that process due to exceptional circumstances. So in my personal opinion, perhaps your body isn’t accustomed to temperatures low enough to create ice, making it difficult for your abilities to manifest…”

I was dismayed after hearing Nox’s words.

“Gasp. Then I can never use abilities for the rest of my life?”

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