About Becoming My Ex-Husband's Mistress - Chapter 180

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Chapter 180. Merely Two Teeth Lost
Count Veloda Genoma froze like a stone monument to a waiting wife.
It was the moment he turned back around.
“Hey, hey, hey! You madman!”
The moment a shriek bordering on a death cry pierced the air, Walter moved instantly.
With a dull impact, Melissa screamed.
Count Veloda Genoma tumbled across the deck.
“Ughhhh! Ugh….”
Count Veloda Genoma, clutching his face, writhed in agony across the floor. Blood dripped steadily—his nose had burst or the inside of his mouth had split open.
As he rolled for a moment, he suddenly noticed something on the deck and flinched in horror.
Lying face-down, he hastily picked up what he found: two teeth.
“My, my teeth again!”
Count Veloda Genoma’s palms trembled violently.
Walter clenched his solid right fist once more.
“Stop whining over a mere two teeth knocked loose.”
It was a voice I had never heard before—utterly chilling and merciless.
As Walter gestured with his fingers as if to strike again, Count Veloda Genoma, who had been lifting himself slightly, collapsed back onto the deck.
“Ow, I’m dizzy. Ow, I’m dying.”
Then suddenly he wiped his nosebleed with his sleeve and stretched out flat.
Eyes shut tight, as if dead.
Count Veloda Genoma’s furrowed brow trembled slightly.
A small laugh escaped me at his pathetic attempt at feigning unconsciousness.
“His appearance is absolutely vicious, but his acting is terrible.”
At my murmur, Walter’s expression brightened.
As if he had never worn that grim face, he extended his hand politely toward where Luderne Sellen was and spoke kindly.
“It brings me joy to see you smile. Allow me to escort you. Shall we go?”
“Thank you, Walter.”
“Not at all.”
I was moving my steps according to Walter’s guidance.
“Hey! You think I’ll let you get away with this?”
Melissa’s furious voice rang out.
I turned to see Melissa, dropping her act, bolt upright and grind her teeth with a snarl.
“You’re going to be executed! I’ll tell Zerox and Prince Eclite everything you’ve done!”
“Go ahead. But you know what happened tonight disappears, right?”
At my unbothered response, Melissa was instead greatly flustered.
“A-are you blackmailing me right now?”
I turned my body back around to face Melissa directly.
Since I had already taken several steps, there was some distance between us, but that alone was enough to make the frightened Melissa flinch.
“Yeah. That’s right.”
“What? Are you in your right mind?”
“Why? Do I look out of my mind?”
Melissa gripped the hem of her dress tightly.
“That doesn’t suit you. You were always gentle and kind. You weren’t the type to threaten anyone. Especially not while smiling like that!”
“Ha, what a delusion.”
It seemed Melissa would continue spouting nonsense to the very end.
“I know how to threaten too. The smile comes naturally. Is it because I can see your downfall happening in real time? It must be enjoyable.”
“What? E-enjoyable?”
Melissa’s gaze darted toward Count Veloda Genoma, sprawled helplessly on the ground.
“After reducing a person to that state?”
“Yes. It suits him perfectly.”
I had no intention of showing the weakness Melissa desired—hesitation or concern.
“An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. I don’t know who said revenge was futile. If I’d known it felt this satisfying, I would have taken it long ago.”
Melissa’s mouth opened and closed soundlessly, at a loss for words.
“Now let’s stop this tedious conversation. Go wherever you wish, keep your mouth shut, and if you want the curse lifted, come find me later.”
“….”
“And what if my curse isn’t just one?”
At my counter-question, Melissa’s face drained of color and she collapsed to the floor again.
“I surrender! I was wrong! Priscilla, please! Forgive me! No, Count Bilsty! Please forgive me! I’ll do whatever you ask and live virtuously!”
Her informal speech shifted back to formal language.
Melissa threw herself down, weeping as if the world had crumbled beneath her.
“If you lift the curse, I’ll spend my entire life as Queen repenting! Please, please! Give me a chance!”
Her apology was obviously false.
She was simply terrified of the curse.
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The curse Melissa had placed on Priscilla was, by her own admission, vicious.
If the curse placed on her came from the same mage, its horror would be equally terrible.
Melissa found this unsettling and anxiety-inducing, so she had knelt in submission.
But since nothing happened immediately, reality seemed to slip away, and her voice grew louder again.
Only when the escort knight and Priscilla turned back to meet her eyes directly did genuine fear strike her.
Her legs gave out beneath her, and she couldn’t stand. This time, the tears were real.
As Melissa pondered why, she quickly found the answer.
‘What if Priscilla tells Zerox about the copy first?’
That would be the problem.
I would surely be cornered. That’s why I tried to beg for forgiveness.
Somehow, I needed to hear forgiveness from Priscilla’s lips. Once those words came, I could manipulate her however I wanted afterward.
I still felt no genuine remorse for wronging Priscilla.
‘Why would I apologize to and beg forgiveness from the thief who stole my copy through Anne?’
But I had to get through this crisis first.
So until Priscilla and the escort knight disappeared from sight entirely, Melissa continued begging and pleading.
“Ha, you can stop now. They’re completely gone.”
I realized that Count Veloda Genoma’s voice, now that he had managed to rise, was utterly useless.
“How much venom does she harbor? Nothing gets through to her at all.”
Melissa Bilsty stopped crying and glared at Count Veloda Genoma.
Count Veloda Genoma remained seated on the ground, staring in the direction Priscilla had disappeared, and shrugged his shoulders.
“Why are you looking at me like that?”
“Even so, we’re both men—how does a single punch from a bodyguard send someone flying as lightly as a sheet of paper?”
It was pathetic and utterly shameful.
The ferocity with which he had rushed at Priscilla as if to beat her to death had dissipated so completely.
At Melissa Bilsty’s rebuke, Count Veloda Genoma touched his jaw and groaned.
“It’s not that I’m weak—it’s that he’s strong. He’s no ordinary brute; his fist feels like it’s made of stone.”
Count Veloda Genoma sighed and pointed toward Melissa Bilsty’s Guest Room.
“If not for the curse, I would have put up more of a fight. But for now, let’s go inside and calm ourselves.”
Melissa Bilsty tried to enter the Guest Room as Count Veloda Genoma suggested.
But her energy had drained away, and her legs refused to obey.
She glanced at Count Veloda Genoma, wondering if his support might help.
But the moment she looked, she abandoned the thought.
Count Veloda Genoma too could barely support his own weight, crawling along the floor awkwardly.
With no other choice, Melissa Bilsty also crawled across the floor into her Guest Room.
She was deeply mortified by her pathetic appearance. At least there was no one around to witness it.
Once inside with the door closed, she sat for a moment to rest, and gradually strength returned to her legs.
Count Veloda Genoma experienced the same recovery.
He managed to stand and leaned back onto the Sofa, then asked Melissa Bilsty a question.
“What was that talk about a copy? I understand you said those things about me being a villain and demanding Castle tributes to escape the situation, but what exactly is this copy?”
Though the situation at the time had been unclear, in retrospect, he wished Priscilla had fallen for Melissa Bilsty’s words.
If she had, perhaps he could have navigated what came next.
That was Count Veloda Genoma’s thought.
“It didn’t work, unfortunately. But I’ve never heard of this copy before.”
“Actually….”
Melissa Bilsty explained about the copy.
After hearing the full story, Count Veloda Genoma exhaled heavily.
“Good heavens, such a thing existed? I thought it was because of the King’s favor.”
“I wish everyone had thought that way.”
Melissa Bilsty pouted her lips, and Count Veloda Genoma sighed.
“In such circumstances, there’s no helping it. For now, let’s appease Priscilla and somehow lift the curse, then we can plan our next move.”
“…What?”
“She’s naturally a gentle woman, isn’t she? Tonight, we’ll coax her into it somehow.”
“….”
“You lift the curse first, and I’ll escape this wretched nightmare too. Then we tell Eclite. That it was Priscilla who cast the curse. Everything will be resolved then.”
“….”
“Besides, doesn’t he already suffer from madness because of the curse? He’ll blame the curse for any accident that occurs.”
Melissa nodded in agreement.
“Indeed, if the Prince learned of that, he would be desperate to kill Priscilla.”
“Yes. And if both of them die, we profit.”
Count Veloda Genoma, having devised his scheme, took a sip of water to catch his breath, then closed his eyes for a moment.
About five minutes passed like that.
Count Veloda Genoma’s body began to tremble violently.
He let out a scream and even convulsed.
“Aaaahhhhh! Ugh!”
Count Veloda Genoma’s eyes snapped open, his entire body drenched in cold sweat.
“Huff… damn it.”
He muttered a crude curse and gasped for breath as though expelling something that had been suffocating him.
“Another nightmare? What was this one about?”
At Melissa’s question, Count Veloda Genoma wiped his sweat-soaked forehead with his hand.
“That man appeared as an interrogator. He kept asking how many people I’ve drowned in the Swamp, and he flayed my skin as thin as ash.”
“You said those nightmares have all five senses fully alive?”
Count Veloda Genoma rolled up his sleeve and examined his arm, shuddering.
“Yes. Do you know how agonizing it is?”
“I’d rather not find out.”
That was when it happened.
Melissa felt a chill run through her. Or rather, she suddenly felt a burning sensation.
Her skin began to sting in response.
“Just hearing about it makes me hurt.”
Melissa frowned and reflexively touched her cheek once.
In that moment, Melissa noticed something strange in Count Veloda Genoma’s expression as he looked at her.
“What is it?”

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