I Abandoned the Male Lead Who Cheated with the Villainess - Chapter 119
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If that were the case, then Blitzen would have been the first to be questioned. After all, he’d stirred up quite the commotion, going so far as to disrupt the local townsfolk. No matter how close Blitzen was with the authorities due to his noble status, they couldn’t have ignored a formal missing person report without at least investigating it.
‘He must be in a real bind.’
It’s possible that the very gossip magazines Blitzen was so obsessed with might have already splashed his name across their front pages. That thought was mildly satisfying, but the idea of Rix waiting alone at the Tens mansion, likely worrying about her, filled Ivonne with guilt.
“I should go back and sort this out before it escalates further.”
Just as Ivonne was about to stand, Isaac blocked her path.
“Senior?”
When Ivonne looked up at him, his face was twisted in an expression of distress.
“Uh, well… the thing is…”
Isaac hesitated, as if the words he was about to say were too difficult or painful to deliver, leaving Ivonne feeling a creeping sense of unease.
“Maybe you should sit down for a moment.”
“….”
“And, uh, perhaps first, it’s best to eat something first. First, you’ve had some water, so…”
Isaac seemed more uncertain than Ivonne had ever seen him, repeating the word ‘first’ three times. Reluctantly, she decided to go along with his suggestion, though she wasn’t in the mood to eat. She settled for another glass of water.
Once Ivonne gave him a look signaling she was ready, Isaac returned with a newspaper in hand.
‘It’s an international newspaper?’
It was a paper from six days ago, filled with news from the Sortenic Empire. Isaac handed it over with an expression as if he was sending her to her doom. The rustling sound of the paper resembled the sharpening of a blade. Ivonne accepted it cautiously.
Unlike Isaac’s reluctance, the bold headline was immediately clear:
[The Most Wanted Fugitive: Ivonne.]
It was an announcement that Herix had issued a nationwide warrant for her arrest.
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“Are you feeling a little calmer now?”
“Yes… Thanks to you, Senior.”
Ivonne’s red, swollen eyes were evidence that she had been crying. The ice wrapped in a cloth, which she gently pressed to her face, showed that she had resolved not to cry anymore.
A little while ago, Ivonne had read the newspaper article announcing that she was a fugitive. Some might say she overreacted by bursting into tears over something so trivial, but the reality of being in that situation is something you have to experience to understand.
Her heart pounded with shock, and for a moment, it felt like she couldn’t breathe.
Deep inside, a sense of injustice simmered, but alongside it came the overwhelming fear that she might be caught and dragged away with no way out. Her hands and feet turned cold, trembling, and she couldn’t help but think of the fates that had befallen other criminals.
Her thoughts spiraled to the worst possible scenarios, and at the center of it all was the Crown Prince, Herix.
“I told you, didn’t I? That Crown Prince is not someone you can trust!”
Isaac grumbled as if he was more upset and angry than Ivonne herself.
“You know, maybe this entire war… is happening because of you, Junior.”
“…What?”
“Think about it. Why would the Kingdom of Osbloom suddenly start a rebellion? And doesn’t that ‘Dark Green Wizard’ the king supposedly trusts seem suspicious to you? Here’s my theory: that wizard doesn’t actually exist.”
“What do you mean, doesn’t exist? But according to the articles…”
“What if that’s all part of Herix’s scheme? Doesn’t it seem strange that he could crush a rebellion overnight? But if Herix had secretly struck a deal or blackmailed the Osbloom king into staging this rebellion, and invented this ‘Dark Green WIzard’ as part of the ruse, then everything makes sense. Since the war wasn’t real, it was easy to end.”
“…”
“Wow, now it’s all coming together. The Crown Prince probably predicted you’d disappear during the week the war broke out. After all, wasn’t Count Ulfest humiliated by Herix because of you?”
“…”
“There must’ve been some sort of deal between them. That’s why Herix sent that man you live with off to the frontlines for military duty, giving the Count the chance to harass you. And the ‘Dark Green WIzard’ on the Osbloom side? Just another part of Herix’s contingency plan in case things didn’t go as expected.”
Ivonne didn’t want to believe it. But it was painful how easily she could understand what Isaac was getting at. The green eyes—Ivonne herself had those same eyes.
“This is it, this is the key!”
Isaac huffed, talking without pausing for breath. He rambled on, seemingly unconcerned with how Ivonne might react or if she reacted at all.
She sat quietly, pressing the cold compress against her burning eyes, listening to Isaac’s theory.
Strangely enough, everything he said seemed to fit together, as if it made perfect sense. Even though the article that declared her a fugitive hadn’t mentioned anything about her being the ‘Dark Green Wizard,’ Isaac’s words still carried weight.
But if what he was saying was true, then did the soldiers on the battlefield only imagine seeing the wizard? Sadly, Ivonne couldn’t dwell on such a question. Instead, another doubt nagged at her mind.
“But… if that’s the case, why was the Crown Prince kind to me?”
