I Abandoned the Male Lead Who Cheated with the Villainess - Chapter 47
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It’s not that I can’t go, it’s that I choose not to. I’m not like them, unable to go.
‘But how, knowing all about me, how could you have gone there!’
Blitzen felt a sense of betrayal towards Ivonne. Regardless, Ivonne stood silently, not offering a response.
‘As I thought, Blitzen wasn’t the one who attacked me.’
Ivonne reaffirmed her own suspicion. However, Celestia, unaware of Blitzen’s trauma, was somewhat perplexed.
‘Why is going to Yucoralini Island such a big deal?’
While it was unusual for a commoner to have visited, it shouldn’t have caused such a disturbance. In fact, Celestia should have been the one unsettled.
‘As expected… my theory is correct. No ordinary person could survive that poison.’
It was a lethal poison, known to kill even those with resistance to a thousand toxins. She had exposed Ivonne to the poison’s scent and thrown her into the sea, yet Ivonne was still alive.
Now, Celestia, who subtly led Blitzen here, confirmed that this was the passageway used by the servants. She had come here specifically to verify Ivonne’s life or death.
Celestia was convinced.
‘Ivonne is… an ancient wizard.’
Some might call it a ludicrous thought, but Celestia had her reasons. She kept having the same dream periodically. It was about the time she and Blitzen visited a bakery often frequented by commoners, run by a former imperial pastry chef.
‘Ivonne always appeared in that dream.’
And she claimed that the transparent magic crystal necklace Celestia was wearing was fake, causing friction with Blitzen. And Ivonne, without a wand, summoned a towering pillar of light that split the sky.
But there was a disconnect between the dream and reality, so initially, she dismissed it as a daydream. Then one day, after repeatedly having the same dream, Celestia recalled the intense déjà vu she felt in front of the bakery.
‘Déjà vu is often said to be a sign of having actually experienced something.’
After that, Celestia checked a book in her magically gifted father’s library, about déjà vu making one feel as though they’ve experienced something they haven’t. And one page of the book stated:
‘When an ancient wizard used a spell to reverse time briefly for research purposes, most experiment participants reported feeling déjà vu. Moreover, they dreamt of events from the reversed time frame as if the spell was gradually unraveling… But they all testified it was merely a dream.’
She did use the disguise spell to appear as Blitzen. It made more sense for Blitzen, who paid compensation to a commoner, to harm Ivonne than for Celestia, who was engaged to him.
It also served as a precaution, in case Ivonne, being an ancient wizard, wasn’t affected by the poison, to avoid suspicions and deductions directed at Celestia.
‘But why is Blitzen reacting like that? As if he has some restrictions regarding Yucoralini Island…’
Her mind was cluttered, but now was not the time for pondering.
‘Before establishing my position as a great wizard, I need to eliminate this threat.’
Celestia hastily stepped forward. There were plenty of ways for nobles to look down on someone like Ivonne.
“How preposterous. Do you realize how serious a crime it is to diminish the stature of the nobility of the Sortenic Empire? Of course, you wouldn’t know. What could someone insignificant like you understand? How dare a commoner speak informally to a noble, and that too within this imperial palace where the Emperor resides!”
As she spoke, the corridor echoed with the sharp click of her heels, making people passing by pressed their mouths together. It emanated the authority of a guillotine blade, always ready to strike. It was clear that she wasn’t just any noblewoman.
But Ivonne was not one to blink.
“Oh, I see. I apologize for my rudeness. Indeed, I am but a commoner, easily disposable at any time just with swallowing poisoning. And you, a high noble, can flaunt your power even in front of someone who recently survived poisoning.”
Ivonne’s mere statement of facts made Celestia’s face burn with embarrassment. There was no need to even mention that Celestia had stolen Ivonne’s fiance.
Ivonne mouthed something to a speechless Celestia.
‘I didn’t know you were so physical.’
Implying that she knew Celestia had attacked her disguised as Blitzen on Yucoralini Island. Now it was Celestia’s turn to turn pale. She couldn’t let her blabber any further.
“The audacity of a mere commoner!”
Just as Celestia was about to lash out at Ivonne and raise her hand..
“Ah…!”
Someone wrapped their arm around Ivonne’s shoulder, pulling her back swiftly.
Startled, Ivonne turned to see a familiar yet unfamiliar man reflected in her green eyes.
His hair, black as if swallowing light, deep eyebrows, long eyes with an ominous vibe, pupils slit vertically, and eyes lacking light….. And those icy purple eyes. The mark of the emperor.
If he wore thick, old-fashioned glasses, he would have looked remarkably similar to ‘someone’ yet entirely different. Ivonne faintly visualized him, but the afterimage quickly vanished.
“I, I greet the Crown Prince!”
“I greet the Crown Prince!”
Hearing Blitzen and Celestia hurriedly bowing, Ivonne suddenly realized.
‘This man… is the Crown Prince?’
