I Abandoned the Male Lead Who Cheated with the Villainess - Chapter 81
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Not long after, news that a transparent magic crystal vein, sufficient for about 20 years of extraction, had been discovered at the Azolt Copper Mine spread throughout the empire.
People clutched their newspapers in astonishment.
“Transparent magic crystals!”
“Is it owned by the Ulfest family again? Strangely, wherever the Ulfest family owns wastelands, magic crystal veins are found.”
“Uh… yes, the Azolt region belongs to the Ulfest family, but the copper mine there has changed owners.”
“Right, the Southern Magic Tower Master took it with her when she broke off her engagement with Count Ulfest!”
“Wow, everyone thought she was crazy to take a nearly depleted copper mine. Did she know about the magic crystal vein and take it on purpose?”
“I don’t know how she knew, but that was a masterstroke!”
People everywhere praised Ivonne’s wisdom. Naturally, this talk reached the ears of those who resented her.
“Damn it, no wonder she asked for that junk!”
“What should we do, Count?”
“What can we do? Find a way to take back the mine, no, the Transparent Magic Crystal Mine, immediately!”
Blitzen, losing his temper, swept the objects off his desk in a rage.
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“Now, the Southern Magic Tower Master owns the Transparent Magic Crystal Mine too, huh… Celestia, stay away from that woman. She’s out of your league.”
“Father! How can you say that?”
“Listen to me. The Crown Prince is involved with that commoner, and now he controls the Magic Towers too.”
“No, I can’t! As long as Ivonne exists, I can never be happy!”
Celestia stormed out, crying, as she left.
“Celestia!”
German called after her, but Celestia did not look back. With a somewhat empty look, German stared at the wide-open office door, sighed deeply, and rubbed his face.
‘Although Celestia has a talent for magic, the other party is an ancient wizard who has the crazy crown prince on her side. Ivonne might come from humble origins, but she’s the first commoner to score perfectly on the maid’s exam and now she owns ‘that Southern Magic Tower.’’
Ivonne’s power and influence were incomparable to an ordinary commoner. Perhaps even more valuable than the ‘magically adept Lady Cyand.’
‘There’s a real risk Celestia might get hurt.’
Whether Celestia ignited her own trouble, fell into someone else’s trap, or directly provoked Ivonne. Celestia was in danger. German knew that Celestia had shown increasingly erratic behavior in her animosity towards Ivonne over the past few months.
Of course, he was unaware that Celestia had physically attacked Ivonne at Yucoralini Island.
Yet, knowing all this, why couldn’t Celestia see the danger she was in?
As he brooded deeply, German’s dark eyes reflected a hidden depth of paternal love that no one could see.
Finally, he made a decision.
“Butler.”
“Yes, Duke?”
“Lock Celestia up immediately.”
“…Excuse me?”
“Do not open her door until she can objectively understand her obsession with the Southern Magic Tower Master and her own abilities. The same goes if Count Ulfest comes looking. Especially keep that serpent away from her.”
To German, Blitzen was a rat trying to dine on the prestige of the Cyanide family with nothing but his decent sword skills and handsome face to charm Celestia. Facts that the lovestruck Celestia would never understand about the man she was infatuated with.
‘Or…. maybe it’s just Celestia’s inferiority complex.’
Blitzen was originally Ivonne’s man. And Ivonne had often been compared to Celestia even before her talents became prominent.
Celestia, with her aristocratic beauty and a chilly demeanor, was starkly different from Ivonne, whose warmth and kindness radiated like sunshine. Whenever Ivonne appeared alongside Blitzen at banquets as his partner, many would openly appraise the two.
These comparisons likely fed into Celestia’s pride.
‘People grow by confronting their feelings of inferiority.’
Acknowledging the negative, the embarrassing, the aspects of oneself that one wishes to deny or turn away from—these are the moments that spur growth. And that was the crux of the matter.
In such moments, the question was whether one would endure and overcome or…
‘Break under the pressure.’
German hoped fervently that Celestia would follow the former path.
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Despite the relentless demands of being a Tower Master, there were perks. For instance, Ivonne could take half-days off to visit the bank without much fuss.
Being the one who approved her own leaves made it even more straightforward. Currently, Ivonne was at the bank organizing her account, which she had opened as soon as she acquired the title of Southern Magic Tower Master.
“Please place the documents related to the Azolt Transparent Magic Crystal mine and the Yucoralini Island resort timeshare in the safe.”
The Yucoralini Island resort timeshare was a gracious gift from the crown prince when she became the Tower Master, a token of appreciation for her services.
