I Am the 5-Year-Old Spy Who Kidnapped the Villain - Chapter 89

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————

【Chapter 89】

“Coo…”

Peri was staring at the crying boy while touching the iron bars with her cute pink hands.

Seeing how restless she was at the child’s crying, I could definitely feel that their relationship wasn’t bad.

A monster trapped in a cage. A boy worrying about such a monster.

Watching them reminded me of Kail, who had been imprisoned for so long, and myself, who had wanted to save him.

“…Since they like each other so much, wouldn’t it be fine to just leave them alone?”

So I just said it casually, but—

“Pardon? Did you just say to leave the monster alone? You, Lady?”

“Oh…”

“The Lady of Croste, who protects people from monsters, says to leave a monster alone?”

There was a problem.

“No matter how docile that thing looks, a monster is still a monster. A beast that attacks and devours people, worse than wild animals! You never know when or how it might attack!”

I had overlooked the fact that people’s perception of monsters wasn’t good.

People like Nox and Grace were unusual; in this world, monsters were essentially considered evil.

That’s why the Croste family, who built the ice wall to stop them, was respected.

So it was natural for them to react like this when I, a princess of such a family, suggested just leaving a monster alone.

Well, I would have said the same thing before meeting Kail.

Hmm. What to do about this.

I continued pondering while looking at the boy.

“L-Lady…”

Then I saw the boy sending me desperate, sparkling beams with his eyes.

Ugh.

Feeling burdened by that, I quickly turned my head away again.

“Lady.”

This time I saw adults nodding with resolute eyes as if they trusted me.

No, these people are really putting pressure on me.

‘What do you want me to do?’

Cold sweat exploded like a fountain from the top of my head.

I could understand the boy’s feelings, and I could understand the people’s feelings too, so I didn’t know whose side to take.

‘Let me at least ask for his name.’

I sighed deeply and asked casually.

“By the way, what’s your name?”

“I-I’m called G-Guide…”

And the solution to this situation popped up from an unexpected place.

“…Guide?”

My eyes widened at the familiar name I seemed to have heard somewhere.

Swish swish swish. Soon the contents of the original story unfolded in my mind.

‘Right. Guide. There was such a character, wasn’t there?’

The description of Guide from the novel quickly formed and overlapped with the boy before my eyes.

‘Wow. When he was young, he looked like this… like a little booger.’

Even though he looks like that now, that kid is formidable.

Moreover, with the situation having changed so much, now that I have Kail with me.

Perhaps that kid…

‘Could change the world similarly to Kail. And in a way that’s favorable to the Croste family.’

Once I made up my mind, my thoughts became clear.

“Now then, Guide.”

“Y-yes?”

I stood up from my chair and looked at the trembling little booger boy.

And.

“You. Let’s go to the ducal palace.”

I extended my hand to him.

* * *

A little later, the shaggy-haired boy Guide stood in front of the butcher shop with his few belongings packed.

The butcher approached him as he tightly hugged the portable iron cage containing Bibi.

“Guide. You…!”

“Y-yes?”

Faced with the owner trembling with an angry face, the boy was startled and stepped back.

Soon the owner’s hands grabbed the child’s small shoulders.

“Why did you bring that monster brat and make such a big fuss! If you end up in prison because of that thing…!”

The owner, unable to continue speaking, made a whimpering sound—

“Fine. Just go to prison!”

“Whaat?!”

He couldn’t even bear to look at Guide and squeezed his eyes shut.

The owner’s mind flashed back to the infant abandoned on the roadside a few years ago.

He had raised a homeless orphan, only for the kid to cause strange troubles and constantly worry him.

There wasn’t a single day of peace while raising him.

Today he picked up some monster and insisted it was his friend, refusing to let go…!

“I’ve suffered all kinds of hardships because I picked up a kid like you, and when I told you to get rid of that monster brat, you just cried. If you’re going to be so stubborn, you should learn what it’s like to go to prison!”

“!”

Guide’s spiky hair stood up in surprise, and dimples formed on his small chin.

He knew that despite talking like that, the owner was a kind person.

He also knew that all those words came from worry about him.

But his tone was so rough—

“What kind of way is that to talk to a child!”

Sometimes, like this, people like Lady Croste would misunderstand the man.

“Oh my, I spoke quietly, but you heard that?”

“Of course. I’m not a princess for nothing!”

“I’m sorry.”

The butcher chuckled and bowed his head, then whispered to the boy.

“The Lady has quite a personality. Will you be able to get along well if you follow her?”

“I can hear everything!”

“Hehe. You heard that too?”

“…”

Guide, who somehow ended up watching the two people bicker, muttered to himself.

‘Both of you have unusual personalities…’

But that wasn’t the problem right now.

‘Why is the Lady suddenly taking me to Crost Ducal Castle?’

He didn’t know the details, but the Croste Ducal Family was the house that guarded The Edge of the World, which was crawling with monsters.

Therefore, that place was.

‘A place where only people strong and scary enough to kill monsters gather.’

Duke Calips Crosht, the ruler of the North.

Assistant Nox, who was said to be obsessed with monster research and always wore gleaming monocles.

And.

‘Hiccup.’

Even the Lady, who despite being 5 years old, carried poison needles and had enough presence to intimidate the owner.

Just imagining it was so scary that Guide felt like fainting, so he shook his head vigorously.

He had to stay alert.

“…Bibi. It’s okay. If people try to k-kill you, I’ll protect you.”

He didn’t know why the Lady wanted to take him along, but he was determined to protect his Bibi no matter what.

However, a moment later.

‘Haaah…’

The guide’s resolve crumbled to pieces upon arriving at Croste Ducal Castle.

“Lady, good day to you! By the way, who is that child?”

“My friend!”

“Lady! Good day to… what is that monster the child is holding? Should we dispose of it right away?”

“No! I want to observe it for now!”

‘Hiiik. Hiiik-!’

Scary people were wandering around everywhere.

His body trembling involuntarily, the guide hunched his shoulders and tried his best to hide the transport cage.

The escort knight protecting Lady Aisha was the same, but from the moment they entered the castle, everyone they encountered was uniformly enormous.

It felt as if his own body had shrunk like he’d entered a land of giants.

After passing through the massive castle and people—

“Guide. How close are you with Bibi?”

Lady Aisha, who had arrived at the outdoor training grounds, suddenly turned around and asked.

‘If I say we’re very close… will I also get banished beyond the Edge of the World?’

Tingle tingle.

Though it looked utterly insignificant to others, the guide was currently glaring at Lady Aisha with what was, for him, a sharp gaze.

Bibi was his irreplaceable friend.

They had met by chance while walking in the mountains not long ago.

At first, he was busy running away because of Bibi’s sharp claws and swift body.

‘Thud.’

When Bibi first pounced on his face, he felt the warm, soft belly against his forehead.

‘Kyuut?’

When he turned his head, he saw those pure, black bean-like eyes.

The moment the guide saw Bibi’s face, he instinctively realized that the creature wanted to greet him.

After that, the guide spent enjoyable times with Bibi as friends.

Usually they played in the mountains, but he often brought Bibi to the butcher shop to give him food.

Then this whole situation happened when an excited Bibi got caught stealing meat from the storehouse.

‘…’

Bibi did do wrong, but his crime wasn’t serious enough to warrant death.

With that sense of injustice filling his heart, he glared at the Lady.

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————