I Abandoned the Male Lead Who Cheated with the Villainess - Chapter 11
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‘Hah.’
It was the transparent magic crystal necklace that Ivonne treasured so dearly, which she had made sure no one could touch. Of course, it was the “Ivonne from the original story.”
‘Why on earth would you put your ex-fiancé’s necklace on your current girlfriend’s neck?’
The reader who had enjoyed the original story so much felt as if her heart was shattering into pieces. As if that weren’t enough, the reason the “possessed Ivonne” let out a bitter laugh was something.
“Blitzen? What are you so intently pondering? Especially with me right in front of you.”
“Oh, it’s not that, Celestia. The necklace just suits you so well that I can’t take my eyes off of it.”
“Oh, I see. I like it too. Isn’t the transparent magic crystal the most expensive among ordinary magic crystals? Oh, please don’t think of me as materialistic. I just…”
“That’s okay, Celestia. I feel the same way. I finally met the right owner, someone worthy of it.”
“Heey. I don’t know, Blitzen.”
The two of them, smiling as if they were about to die from joy, were clearly mocking the former owner of the transparent magic crystal necklace, Ivonne.
Magic crystal was a gemstone imbued with magical powers, and its mere existence made it a very precious stone. Among them, the transparent magic crystal that Celestia was wearing around her neck contained nearly four times the magical power and was valuable due to its rarity.
The fact that such a precious magic crystal had been around the neck of the commoner Ivonne all this time was being gossiped about as something incredulous.
It seemed they had yet seen Ivonne.
‘They must have been badmouthing me all this time, constantly, in places where I couldn’t hear.’
Aren’t they tired of this? How can they be so petty? While she was angry, they also seemed pitiful in a way.
Over the past three months, Ivonne hadn’t thought of them for even a single moment. Focusing on herself had been more than enough to keep her busy. Yet they had thought of Ivonne constantly. Blitzen’s words the day Ivonne left Ulfest Manor resurfaced in her mind.
You’ll end up living in my shadow, after all.
Blitzen had bitterly resented Ivonne, who had become a maid in the palace without a word to him and had taken the alimony of a generous amount. So he said such a curse.
The sneer appeared at the corner of Ivonne’s mouth as she recalled the curse she had heard with one ear and let it out with the other, meant to say that it would be useless even if she longed and wept for him.
‘What will you do, Blitzen? It seems like the one living in the shadow is you, not me.’
The more you envy and curse others, the more you fall into your own pit. Living days where he couldn’t concentrate on himself as he kept thinking about someone he disliked, if that wasn’t hell, then what was?
Each day had been so enjoyable that she had forgotten, but he had wronged Ivonne. He had cheated on her, his lover poisoned her, and he neglected her.
‘Even if it’s for the sake of my own feelings, it’s unreasonable for the victim, which is me, to avoid it.’
So Ivonne decided to bravely leap over instead of avoiding the dung and go her own way.
‘Even if I step on it, I’ll just wipe it off.’
Perhaps the dung abandoned on the street was so foolish that everyone might be avoiding it out of fear and misconception.
The time for wondering how to break off the engagement is now over. Come to think of it, there seemed to be limits even to avoiding and being cautious.
‘Well, then eradicating the cause entirely could be one way.’
As Ivonne thought that way, her face was radiating a healthy energy, like someone who had peacefully and happily spent the past three months. After all, there was no reason for Ivonne not to be healthy. Now that ‘Ivonne’ was complete as ‘Ivonne.’
“Hello, what a surprise to meet here like this.”
Confidently, Ivonne approached Blitzen and Celestia and greeted them.
“I-Ivonne…!”
“Oh my!”
The two of them were so startled as if they had come across a ghost that they couldn’t even properly speak. Regardless, Ivonne smiled smoothly as if she had just met an old friend.
“Oh, look over there. It’s Count Ulfest and Ivonne.”
“Well, this is quite a sight, isn’t it?”
The childhood love story between Blitzen and Ivonne and the tale of their broken engagement were already so famous that onlookers had gathered around. As the rumors were expected to spread in no time, Ivonne’s eyes widened as if she had just noticed the transparent magic crystal sparkling on Celestia’s neck.
“That’s the one I cherished… No, it’s my transparent magic crystal, isn’t it?”
“Uh, uh…”
Ivonne deliberately began to say, “That’s the one I cherished…” before abruptly changing the subject.
Because of this, the onlookers’ eyes twinkled even more, and their ears perked up.
Celestia, too flustered to finish her sentence, looked up at Blitzen, who was also frozen in bewilderment. Ivonne didn’t spare a glance for Blitzen, who was frozen with a contorted face, unable to say a word due to the shock. Instead only looked at Celestia.
Confronted with the face of the woman who had poisoned her, a surge of discomfort and anger that she had thought nonexistent shot through Ivonne.
‘That’s right. People are going to make rumors one way or another. So it might not be a bad idea to create favorable rumors for myself from the start.’
If the commoner Ivonne were to confront the two nobles more confidently here, it might even highlight the ‘fairness,’ the top virtue that a staff member of the internal affairs should possess.
It would appear as though she had an unwavering determination to face not only her former fiancé but also a noble. Moreover, this kind of resilience could serve as a defense, preventing the scheming black hands from easily reaching Ivonne.
