Cedric Evron

## Cedric Ebron

### Allies

Grand Duchy of Ebron, Artizea Rosan, Frei, Hazel, Lysia Morten, Count and Countess Jordyn, Priest Colton, Aubrey Jordin (formally)

### Enemies

Emperor Gregor, Cadriol, Miraila Rosan, Lawrence Rosan, Priest Akim, Marchioness Camelia, Duke Roygard

## First Appearance

### Manhwa debut

Chapter 6

**Cedric Ebron** is the secondary protagonist and male lead in *The Villainess Lives Twice*. He is the Grand Duke of Ebron and a war hero. His mother was of imperial bloodline until she and her husband were killed under Emperor Gregor's orders. He leads the Western Army and is married to Artezia after she proposed to him in the second timeline of the story.

## About

Cedric is the leader of the Western Army who has fended off monsters from entering the Empire. He is the son of the former Grand Duke and Grand Duchess Evron, Leofric and Floella, who were wrongly executed for treason. He has a good relationship with his people in the Evron estate, considering them all his family.

## Appearance

Cedric is a handsome tall man with dark hair and eyes. He was a muscular build and broad shoulders thanks to his years in the army.

## History

Cedric grew up in a very loving home. His parents were executed when he was less than 5 years old. This resulted in everyone from the Grand Duchy estate treating him like their own child or family.

He went to the Western Army around his late teens, later becoming a war hero and trusted commander from an impossible mission ordered by the emperor. The resulting and unexpected success gave Cedric a lot of military power and popularity.

In the first time line, Artizea created situations that forced Cedric to make choices in favor of the people but against Gregor's interests. That increased Emperor Gregor's paranoia and with that, it was very easy to accuse Cedric of rebellion.

In the second time line, he had met Artizea when he returned from a military campaign in the West. Their first meeting was in a temple and it ended with a proposal by Artizea to make an alliance, hidden by a marriage proposal. Artizea requested him to find the Saintess Olga's heart as a proposal gift. In the process he discovered a web of human trafficking, connected to Baron Yet, Lawrence and the Marchioness Camelia. Added to that, Cedric saved Artizea from Miraila's beating. Their marriage became very popular, even among the nobles and the emperor. Gregor advised Lawrence to win over Cedric and attract him to his faction. Cedric went with Artizea to meet with the Empress and get her support. After that, Cedric pass the time working and preparing for the wedding,

In the celebration, Gregor and Katherine appeared and acted like the father and mother of the bride and groom. After the wedding, they travelled to Evron for the honeymoon. Cedric guided Artizea to visit his parents' tomb and offer flowers. He showed her around and introduced her to the situation in the North. Artizea advised him on the sensitive issue of a "demon plant" which could grow in the North, further their businesses with leather and fur from the animals they hunt, all to improve the situation in Ebron. He sees that Aubrey had became the first lady-in-waiting of Artizea and asked her to take care of Artizea.

During the New Year's Party, he encountered with Lysia, who finally decided to leave the Rebel Village. After that, while he was away, the fortress was attacked by South Pirates and Artizea was kidnapped by their leader, Prince Cadriol. Upon investigation, Cedric discovered that Aubrey had betrayed all of them and Cedric ordered her execution, as well as punishment for all of the Jordyn family.

## Personality

He is a very selfless person, always putting his people first, especially Artizea. He may be a generous and kind man, but he will not hesitate to eliminate anyone who poses a threat to his family, even if that someone is someone close to him. Cedric is described to be a very honest, righteous, and brave person, never wavering in front of danger or pressure.

## Relationships

### Artizea Rosan

In their previous life, they were enemies. Artizea plotted against Evron and placed him through a lot of suffering in her bid to place Lawrence onto the throne, as Cedric was a potential threat to Lawrence's position. He was finally exiled and Evron fell after an attack from the Karam beyond the wall. The enmity had become more personal when Lysia was forced to dishonour her engagement with Cedric and marry Lawrence, a ploy to create Lawrence's legitimacy as Crown Prince.

However, Cedric confessed in the second life that he always felt some kind of connection to Artizea in their first life but kept his feelings hidden as they stood on opposite sides and she caused the fall of Evron. When Lawrence became the emperor and destroyed the Empire, Cedric organised Artizea's rescue and begged for her help. In his second life, his memories turned relatively early but he decided to keep quiet for some time as he gathers his thoughts and come up with a way to open up to Artizea without scaring her off. He was aware that she wanted to push him away at some point as she couldn't forgive herself for being the villain who pushed Ebron into suffering.

Artizea approaches him in second lifetime with the offer to make him the king with the condition of protecting her from her family. Cedric didn't want anything to do with the throne but she convinced him that there's no one else who could take on the role of the Emperor without resulting in the suffering of the people.

Through most of their relationship, Artizea considers Cedric nothing but her lord until she falls for him eventually.

### Lawrence Rosan

They were enemies in both lives. Cedric resents Lawrence for ignoring his sister's plight and using her for his own goals, and Lawrence despises Cedric for his no servile attitude to him, as well as his inferior complex towards Cedric. Also in the second life, the tension that broke the bridge between two was when Lawrence didn't ask about Artizea's health when she passed out in church while trying to mediate for the affairs of Marquisate Rosan despite knowing the news. That was the moment Cedric became sure that Artizea had wasted her first life for a trashy man.

### Miraila Rosan

Cedric despises Mirailia in both lives. This dislike increased in the second life when Cedric discovers her abuse towards Artizea. Miraile, on the other hand, doesn't approve of the relationship between Cedric and Artizea. In the trial, Cedric told her that she should have better appreciated Artizea's love.

### Emperor Gregor

Gregor is responsible for Cedric's father's death. They have a tense relationship, with Gregor always keeping an eye on Cedric's actions. Gregor supports Lawrence as the Crown Prince, and is attentive of Cedric's actions as he would be Lawrence's strongest rival if he wanted to sit on the throne. He also despises the way both Cedric and his father "acted all high and mighty" in putting distance between Evron and their imperial blood. That's why, when Cedric decides to protect Artizea by acknowledging that he indeed has imperial blood, Empreror Gregor feels a strange satisfaction. It was as if Cedric was becoming what he despised his uncle for because the road to the throne is anything but righteous and fair- which are qualities Cedric always poses as. Cedric doesn't have any good feelings for Gregor either as the emperor often puts Evron in a disadvantage, paranoid with the idea of Cedric's rebellion. Despite all this, they acknowledge each other's talents, and their feelings don't impede their work with each other whenever necessary.

### Duke Roygard

His maternal uncle. In both lives, his enmity is more political than personal. Roygard knew that Cedric was an honourable person. In the second timeline, Cedric threatened Roygard when he placed Artizea and their daughter in danger. But when Roygard committed suicide, Cedric protected Roygard's family without resentment, respecting Roygard's devotion towards his family.

### Duchy Evron

All the people in the Duchy Evron is very loyal to Cedric, and he believes in all of them. Their relationship was more like family than that of a master/servant. He's particularly close to his retainers like freil, count and countess jordyn, to the point where he treats Aubrey and Lysia like his sisters. Their relationship was so closely-knitted that even Emperor Gregor couldn't place a spy in.