I Abandoned the Male Lead Who Cheated with the Villainess - Chapter 125
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If it were Rix, he would surely recognize Ivonne’s innocence, but the Crown Prince was indeed a relentless man. There was no way he wouldn’t know that Rix had been living with her.
It was possible that he had imprisoned Rix in anticipation of Ivonne reaching out to him. If that were the case, the letter Ivonne sent to Rix would likely be in the Crown Prince’s hands.
As she walked home with Isaac, a chill ran down her spine. However, Ivonne quickly shook her head inside.
‘No, if that were the case, things wouldn’t have remained quiet for so long. He would have used Rix as a hostage to lure me in by publishing something in the newspaper. So for now, it’s fine.’
Ivonne aimed to make the most of her strengths. Beyond quickly pulling herself out of despair and fear to think about the future, there was one more thing.
‘If worse comes to worst… I can fight.’
That was the ability of an ancient wizard that rivaled that of the gods. She had not only turned back time to erase events but had also created a set and even dabbled in forbidden magic to subdue Celestia.
‘It honestly doesn’t feel right to hide and run when I’ve done nothing wrong. Perhaps this could be resolved through conversation.’
This was a resolute thought, as if she had never trembled in fear. While she had the confidence to confront the unjust treatment directly, her nature also pushed her to try to resolve things as amicably as possible.
Of course, she wanted to avoid a direct confrontation with the Crown Prince as much as possible; it wouldn’t be a personal conflict, but rather a battle between nations.
‘Fighting a war against a country by myself is a daunting challenge.’
If the moment came when she had to clash with the Crown Prince, she would do her best to negotiate.
As Ivonne made that determination, she headed toward the small house where she stayed with Isaac. There, she watched Isaac bounce off the window and found herself lost in thought.
‘No matter how much… I just made that resolve… it wasn’t supposed to mean to meet so quickly.’
Crash! The sharp sound of breaking glass echoed in her ears. However, she had no time to be distracted by such things.
“I found you.”
What truly startled Ivonne was something entirely different.
“…You promised me.”
The man Ivonne had been thinking about just moments ago, Rix, was standing right in front of her.
“I won’t leave.”
The thick glasses Rix threw aside revealed his purple eyes gleaming ominously. At the same time, they were filled with longing and pity.
His voice, thick with tension, trembled slightly. Ivonne unconsciously worried about what had happened to Rix during the past week.
“I decided to stay at the Tens Mansion. You told me to come back there because you were happy there.”
“…….”
“You liar.”
But the moment he blamed Ivonne, she felt as if she was standing in front of a beast.
A completely different level of tension gripped her, as if she could be torn apart at any moment. Even though she knew she might die, she had an overwhelming impulse to run forward and embrace that pitiful man.
She squeezed her eyes shut to endure it.
Perhaps it was because of that? As she closed her white eyelids, Rix’s purple eyes blinked in shock at the disappearance of her green irises.
The chilling words that followed from his twisted lips felt eerily familiar to Ivonne.
“Why do you have to make me want to be so tame… my master?”
—If I behave, will you really tame me?
Ah, when had she heard such masochistic words from Rix? No, it didn’t matter right now.
Even with her eyelids closed like a black curtain, the haunting image of his glistening purple eyes remained as an afterimage in her retina.
‘Ah, now that I think about it, the original story mentioned it. The Crown Prince, starved for blood and driven mad by it, had eyes just like that.’
Foolish Ivonne, she realized it now.
‘Rix was… Herix.’
The duality that every human possesses was no exception for Rix.
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- A Heaven That Could Not Become Hell, Thus a Paradise.
The empty pieces of the puzzle began to fit together one by one.
Reasons why Rix could have been a parachute hire for the Crown Prince’s direct division, why he hid his family background, why glimpses of arrogance and intimidation occasionally shone through that innocent nerd, why Johann, the Crown Prince’s aide, casually dismissed the breach of the Crown Prince’s private property on Kirild Island, and why the Crown Prince had been particularly kind to her.
‘The reason the Crown Prince laughed when I refused to dance because of Rix.’
Everything stemmed from the fact that Rix and Herix were the same person. It was such a disheartening and empty realization. There were so many things she wanted to say, but first, Ivonne felt anger rising within her.
“Rix, you hid your identity from me?”
In response, Rix—no, the man who had now completely become Herix—faced her.
“Why did you lie to me? You liar.”
“Rix, answer my question first.”
“No. Ivonne, you answer my question. Why did you abandon me?”
“Rix!”
“I came looking for you!”
Ivonne was taken aback by Herix’s shout, which sounded like he was about to spit blood.
It was the first time he had shown such intense anger toward her. Even more surprising, Herix didn’t quickly apologize as he usually would, even though Ivonne had flinched in shock, tensing up.
This was someone who would apologize even for accidentally brushing against the armrest of a sofa while sweeping.
