I Abandoned the Male Lead Who Cheated with the Villainess - Chapter 156
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However, Berthe’s father said that it didn’t seem like Ivonne had met with anyone else after she left the house. So now, Herix was personally running to find the place where Ivonne might have gone.
‘I know that she didn’t use magic, but is there really a need for us not to use magic and run on foot too? At least have someone help, so stubborn.’
Johann felt desperate for magic. Herix had not relied on magic, but he hadn’t even tended to his own injuries caused by the wounds Ivonne inflicted, nor did he treat the damage caused by the collapse of Tens Mansion.
‘His specialty is healing magic, so why isn’t he healing his own wounds?!’
Normally, he would have healed any cuts on his neck from stress right away. Johann was genuinely puzzled.
‘What kind of relationship do they have that causes His Highness to lose his mind whenever it involves Isaac and Ivonne?’
A little while ago, Johann had used Ivonne to wake Herix from his attempt to suffocate. It worked, but that also meant that Herix’s feelings toward Ivonne were far from ‘ordinary love.’
‘Okay, let’s concede that His Highness’s love for Ivonne is crazy and immense.’
But then, what about Isaac?
‘Why is he so obsessed with letting Isaac die?’
At first, Johann thought Herix was trying to remove Isaac just because he hated Ivonne being close to him. The idea that he’d falsely accuse him of being a foreign agent was a bit strange, but Johann had long since stopped trying to understand Herix.
There are things in this world that the brain of an average person can never comprehend.
But what about Isaac?
‘How does he manage to slip out of His Highness’s grip every time? If he escapes, why doesn’t he just lie low and stop getting in His Highness’s face?’
What was Isaac after?
Johann was deeply curious about it. If possible, he wanted to sit them all—Herix, Isaac, and Ivonne—down and interrogate them. As he thought this, Johann suddenly stopped walking.
‘Wait… I can do that?’
In this urgent situation, there was a decision to be made, even if it didn’t quite match the gravity of the moment. Besides, Johann couldn’t shake the feeling that every time he thought of Isaac, another person came to mind.
‘Should I check it out?’
The hesitation didn’t last long.
“Your Highness!”
Johann stopped in his tracks and called out to Herix, who was running in the distance, without turning around. He cupped his mouth and shouted, causing Herix to stop for a moment.
He turned to look at Johann with a face filled with irritation. They were in a quiet square, a little distance from the capital’s residential area. Johann knew this, yet he shouted loud enough to make the square echo.
“Is Isaac the former Crown Prince Aiden?!”
At that moment, Herix’s eyes widened. His usual languid and apathetic purple eyes were now sharp, almost unrecognizable. It reminded Johann of a fox startled by a sudden burst of light in the pitch-black night.
Johann knew for sure now.
“Right?!”
He had hooked a big catch, something completely unexpected.
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Aiden Nishuel Questiago.
Aiden’s name, derived from ‘paradise, eden,’ mirrored his path toward the throne, which he walked with ease as the next Crown Prince, resembling Arnold in many ways.
He was once the Crown Prince, but his life had been tragically cut short by his own younger brother, who had killed him, who was born with the name meaning ‘hell,’ and was destined to push Arnold into the abyss.
“I know that story well. It’s before I met you, isn’t it? The story where… Your Highness tried to seize the throne and killed him, wasn’t it?”
At Johann’s pointed question, Herix neither denied nor confirmed it. Instead, he sat silently in the office, staring at his now-cold teacup.
Just earlier, Johann had dropped the bomb about Isaac possibly being Aiden and rushed back to the office to talk with Herix. He had convinced him with the old saying, “Know your enemy and yourself, and you will win every battle.”
‘I honestly didn’t expect it to work…’
Perhaps it was because Ivonne had completely left him? Herix was following Johann’s words without resistance.
Herix, who had weakened in many ways, might have been wanting to escape the pressure of his secret alone. Johann’s heart raced a little. Even though he followed and trusted Herix, he remained a mystery to Johann.
‘I might get to know His Highness better.’
And perhaps, he would also understand his relationship with Ivonne, which had always been unclear to him. Johann barely managed to contain his excitement, but just as he was about to ask more, Herix slowly spoke.
“That’s how….the people of this world see it.”
Herix’s story, which no one had ever heard before, was about to begin.
Herix’s long fingers traced the surface of the teacup, feeling the heat of the pottery. His thoughts were in turmoil, unsure of where or how to start.
‘Where do I even begin…?’
Herix was thinking about it.
He had never thought he would tell someone else this story. Even after all the repeats of his life, this situation was the first time.
Perhaps it was because Ivonne had returned, causing these changes.
