I Abandoned the Male Lead Who Cheated with the Villainess - Chapter 148
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‘If I were the wizard, I’d be dead by now.’
Johann genuinely thought that.
‘But why is that such a difficult thing?’
The sound of papers rustling filled the room as Herix flipped through them roughly. Perhaps Herix was thinking the same thing as Johann. Johann involuntarily stiffened his shoulders as he felt the suffocating tension, then continued with his thoughts.
‘Why is that not happening?’
Herix’s special order to the wizard had been simple: to limit the ability to remove Ivonne’s shackles to only Herix. It wasn’t a difficult task at all. All they needed to do was apply one or two more spells to the shackles Ivonne wore.
‘I thought we could just do it without needing a wizard.’
Even Johann knew how to perform that level of magic. So, Johann and the other wizards believed that this was just a minor, insignificant order from Herix, probably because he didn’t want to bother.
‘But the Crown Prince’s actions always have a reason. It wasn’t that he didn’t do it; he couldn’t do it.’
The wizards had taken a small amount of Herix’s magic. This magic was needed to create a barrier spell that could only be undone with Herix’s power. That part had gone smoothly, but the problem arose after that.
‘This is really strange. The moment the Miss put on the shackles, the magic was nullified.’
The experiment had gone smoothly, without issue. They’d tested it dozens of times, and it always worked as expected. But the moment the shackles were placed on Ivonne’s ankle, the magic broke.
More specifically, the magic that Herix had embedded between the spells to make her remember him was absorbed by Ivonne, almost like the magic was returning to its original source.
The wizard had been horrified and said,
― This is unbelievable! Absorbing another’s magic, that’s forbidden magic!
It was a forbidden magic similar to the ‘Magic Absorption’ used by Celestia. Of course, everyone knew Ivonne wasn’t using the forbidden magic.
‘If she had been, the shackles would’ve shattered right then, like they did with the daughter of Marquis Cyand.’
Since then, the wizard had kept trying to find a solution, but sadly, even after a month and a half of Ivonne wearing the shackles, he still hadn’t found an answer.
Just earlier, Herix had heard the 23rd “I don’t know” from him, so it was no surprise that his mood had soured.
“Ha…”
Herix let out a quiet sigh after finishing his paperwork. Despite it being a small action, Johann felt a shiver run down his neck and instinctively shrink his shoulders. Herix briefly looked at him, and Johann couldn’t shake the feeling that he had just dug his own grave.
He forced a bright smile and spoke up.
“Are you finished?”
A nod.
“Ah, as expected of Your Highness. When you set your mind to something, you do it right away, like lightning!”
“….”
A quiet gaze followed. It was a look that seemed to threaten: stop talking and just get to the point. There was also a sharp sarcasm mixed in, as if saying, “Does the aide not know what the wizard just reported?” Johann felt his composure slipping.
‘At this rate, I might actually end up coughing up blood.’
He spoke with a pale face.
“Well then, I’ll take care of the rest. You should return to the Miss.”
At that moment, Herix’s expression brightened dramatically, like sunlight breaking through a gap in the stormy clouds.
“Alright.”
Johann would go so far as to say that was the brightest tone he’d heard from Herix today. Johann welcomed it. Once Herix was back at the Tens mansion, the murderous atmosphere in the office would disappear.
“I’ll go ahead.”
“Yes, thank you for your hard work. Please, go in.”
Herix stood up. Johann felt like the oppressive atmosphere in the room had slightly lifted, allowing him to breathe again, but then…
Knock, knock, knock!
The urgent knocking sound rang out. Whoever dared to knock on the Crown Prince’s office like this must have had an extraordinary amount of courage.
‘Or… it’s a matter so serious that they couldn’t wait for proper procedure.’
Ah, what had someone said? Instinct was the last remaining wildness in humans. Johann was struck with a feeling of impending doom, but the knocking continued.
“Enter.”
Johann almost stopped Herix from speaking. If that door opened, it felt like a hellish atmosphere would unfold in the room, even though it was still in the realm of the living.
But Johann’s reason suppressed his instincts, and in the end…
“Miss… Ivonne… she has… escaped!”
Johann had no choice but to face hell breaking loose.
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A strong wind howled. The clothes she wore were enchanted with warmth magic, so she wasn’t cold even in the air above, but her pink hair was flying around wildly, blocking her view.
“Ugh.”
She’d probably eaten her hair more times than she could count, thanks to the snowstorm and the howling wind. Blocking the flow of wind with magic was a piece of cake for Ivonne, but she knew she couldn’t rely on that. She had to fly through the skies with her white wings fluttering behind her.
“Ugh, where could she have gone?”
Ivonne fluttered her wings slowly and looked down. Her green eyes scanned the area frantically.
