About Becoming My Ex-Husband's Mistress - Chapter 185

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Chapter 185. Follow Your Lord’s Command!
My answer was simple.
“I am Priscilla, Margrave of Eurasia.”
Eclite’s subordinates in black garments widened their eyes in shock.
They immediately lowered their weapons that had been aimed at me.
A man in his mid-forties with a square jaw covered in thick beard spoke respectfully.
“It is our honor to meet you for the first time, my lord. We are the Eurasia Elite Knights, and I am Commander Henry Raut. We have been summoned by order of Prince Eclite.”
Standing nearly six feet tall with broad shoulders, his muscular frame appeared solid as stone.
He glanced at Eclite, who was locked in combat with Luderne.
“However, since Eurasia is a border region, your command takes precedence above all else. This is also the Emperor’s will.”
Good heavens.
I had instructed Bernard to deliver a letter to the person in charge if any unusual activity appeared at the harbor.
The letter instructed them to find me discreetly should I board Zerox’s ship.
Yet I never imagined the recipient would be the Knight Order.
When I had briefly visited my fiefdom to protect the Princess of Arde, the instructions I conveyed through the Chief Attendant to the Knights were straightforward.
Should external conflicts arise, do not engage in battle until I make contact. Instead, defend the castle and prioritize the protection of the territory’s people.
I had assumed the letter would reach only guild mercenaries, imperial messengers, or merchants gathering military forces.
“Now that we finally meet, please give us your orders.”
At that moment, Luderne, who had not heard our hushed conversation, discarded his sword with a bitter expression. He steadied his breathing and swept back his black hair, damp with sweat.
Eclite laughed like a madman.
“Kekeke! Yes, stand still right there! You should die, Luderne!”
The instant Eclite’s blade moved toward Luderne, every hair on my body stood on end.
There was no time to hesitate.
“Protect Prince Wintem and his companions!”
“We obey your command!”
At the sharpness of my voice, those who had surrounded me immediately responded and moved into action.
But Luderne moved even faster than they did.
He evaded the attack coming toward me and spun around, striking the back of Eclite’s head with tremendous force.
“Ugh!”
With a heavy thud, Eclite lost his balance and crashed forward ungracefully.
The sword he had dropped spun through the air before embedding itself in the deck.
Luderne walked forward and pressed his foot down on Eclite’s chest as he tried to rise.
“Eeek!”
Eclite, startled in panic, barked orders at the Eurasia Knights.
“What are you doing! Kill him! Kill Luderne Wintem!”
I grasped the hilt of Eclite’s sword, which was embedded in the deck.
I intended to pull it free in one swift motion and raise it high to demonstrate that the tide had completely turned.
“….”
But it seemed beyond my strength.
“Commander Raut, would you pull this sword out for me?”
As I looked up after failing several times to draw the sword, Walter’s lips, which had been twitching, froze into a firm line.
He strode forward and drew Eclite’s sword with one hand. Then, lowering his body, he presented the blade to me with both hands.
“Thank you.”
Was it the tone of my voice, or the gesture itself?
“You are most welcome, my lady.”
Walter’s lips trembled as he spoke, then rose toward his cheekbones in a broad smile.
He seemed to be in excellent spirits.
In any case, the theatrical display of a weak ruler dramatically hoisting the blade aloft would have been embarrassing.
I simply pointed the tip of the sword I held toward Eclite.
Eclite’s eyes widened at the blade aimed at his throat as if to pierce it.
“W-what is the meaning of this?”
He reflexively thrashed about.
His face showed he wanted to retreat further, but Luderne already had him pinned down firmly, making it impossible.
“You fools, why do you defy my orders and obey this woman?”
Eclite, speaking loudly in protest, glared at me, Walter, and the knights.
“This is treason! Treason, I say! Or has some delusion become reality? Why are you all looking at me with those expressions?”
In response to Eclite’s fury, Walter declared in a resonant voice.
“From this moment forward, the Eurasia Elite Knights of the Doerban Empire shall fall under the command of Priscilla Bilsty, Margrave of Eurasia!”
In that instant, the commotion among Zerox’s knights ceased. All wore expressions of disbelief.
Zerox, who had been kicked by Luderne moments before and was only now staggering to his feet, had his eyes wide open.
Taking advantage of the moment, Brissel Mohr and Walter slipped back from the chaos.
“I am the Margrave of Eurasia, granted my title directly by His Imperial Majesty! I am Priscilla Bilsty of Eurasia!”
I handed the sword I had been pointing at Eclite to Luderne. Then, with a voice like thunder, I commanded those watching me.
“Knights of Eurasia! Subdue the knights of Arde and capture Zerox alive—the Doerban Empire’s greatest enemy and the traitor to the Arde Kingdom!”
Walter cried out as if he had been waiting for this moment.
“Obey your sovereign’s command!”
The knights in black uniforms raised their swords in unison and shouted.
“We hear and obey!”
The knights of Arde, who had been holding back against Luderne, Brissel Mohr, and Walter, and the knights of Eurasia, who had remained on the sidelines observing the situation until now.
When the two orders of knights clashed, it was clear which side had more strength remaining and who held the advantage.
My knights subdued all enemies, bound them, and forced them to kneel in succession. Then, following my orders, they took control of the sailors and turned the ship’s bow toward Eurasia.
After that, Madame Laber poked her head out from beneath a nearby table.
“Is… is it over?”
Her hair and clothes were disheveled, but she appeared unharmed.
Soon her lips curled upward.
“My, we won? You captured them all?”
Zerox, whose eyes met Madame Laber’s, ground his teeth. But she seemed utterly indifferent to his reaction.
“Wow! Magnificent!”
Then Madame Laber clapped her hands as if remembering something.
“Where are those two?”
Only then did I remember something I’d briefly forgotten.
Melissa Bilsty and Count Veloda Genoma were still waiting—they’d been told to come to the stern once the night grew deeper.
Since matters here were concluded, there seemed no reason to wait for them to arrive on their own.
I ordered the knights to corral the bound Eclite and Zerox into a corner, then instructed them to fetch Melissa Bilsty and Count Veloda Genoma.
Shortly after, Melissa Bilsty and Count Veloda Genoma arrived with the knights, both trembling violently.
Yet our knights’ expressions looked decidedly grim—almost reluctant.
I immediately covered my mouth with one hand in shock at Melissa Bilsty’s appearance, and in that same moment, I understood why the knights looked so disturbed.
Her facial skin was collapsing like thin mud flowing downward.
The sight was grotesque.
It wasn’t just her face. All exposed skin beneath her dress bore the same horrifying condition.
“This cursed affliction! It’s absolutely hideous! And you—did you regress?”
The commanding tone of voice, coupled with her clothing and the way she strode forward, was unmistakably Melissa Bilsty.
Now that I thought about it, that beam of light had indeed extended toward Melissa Bilsty’s cabin earlier.
“Did you witness the truth as well?”
Melissa Bilsty stomped her feet indignantly.
“Apologize! Say you’re sorry! That mad mage’s pointless interference ruined my life! I was a queen!”
I crossed my arms and asked.
“That was before the regression. Why are you acting so high-handed now?”
“It looks like it’s over, doesn’t it? You and Prince Wintem are both surrounded by Prince Eclite’s subordinates—you can’t move an inch.”
Melissa Bilsty let out a scornful laugh at her own deduction.
“So much for your swagger. How pathetic you look now.”
“Do you know these are Eclite’s subordinates?”
“Of course. I saw them earlier.”
She’d apparently mistaken the Eurasia Elite Knights lined up behind me for those holding me captive.
I pointed to one side with my finger.
“What if I told you? These aren’t Eclite’s subordinates. And you haven’t noticed that side yet?”
Melissa Bilsty froze like stone upon seeing Zerox and Eclite bound where I’d pointed.
“W-what happened? Why is Zerox like that?”
“Because we won, obviously?”
I shrugged.
“And these are my knights, while your side is, as you can see….”
That was when it happened.
“Aaah! Again!”
Melissa Bilsty, who had been trembling in panic at my words, suddenly screamed and clawed at her face.
Skin caught beneath her fingernails peeled away entirely.
What followed was a cry of agony.
“It hurts! It hurts!”
Though blood glistened and her cries sounded genuinely agonized, the dermis beneath remained invisible. Her skin continued to regenerate, only to slough away again.
“Kyaaah! Worms! These wretched worms! They’re back!”
Melissa Bilsty, abandoning all dignity, bounced frantically, then caught sight of her own hands and shrieked, hastily shaking them off.
We saw nothing with our own eyes. Yet Melissa leaped about, shrieking in a torrent of curses as though witnessing something truly horrific.
“Lift this curse at once! If you want to live even one more day, dispel it now!”
Melissa staggered as she brushed frantically at herself, her back pressing against the railing.
Seeing that, it came back to me.
“Fine. I’ll lift the curse for you.”
Melissa looked at me.
“If you have the will to resist magic, dispelling spells won’t work well. Take a deep breath and drain all the tension from your body. You need to relax completely.”
Melissa’s brow furrowed.
“Are you mocking me? Those were your exact words.”
She was right.
When I had been cursed, Melissa had said those very words to me before lifting it.
“Your memory is impressive.”
I continued without blinking an eye.
“If you want the curse lifted, do it quickly.”
“….”
“Or don’t, if you’d rather not.”
Melissa finally took a deep breath and released the tension from her body. Apparently she had no other solution, for she even urged me on.
“Hurry…. The insects are coming again….”
“I know. Just bear with it a moment longer.”
I pretended to search through my belongings.
“Ah, here it is. The dispelling grimoire. To lift the curse….”
I opened both my empty hands wide. Melissa’s eyes went round as saucers.
“You know as well as I do. There’s only one way—death.”
Melissa tumbled backward over the railing.

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