About Becoming My Ex-Husband's Mistress - Chapter 186

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Chapter 186. How Many Has Your Majesty Destroyed?
“Kyaaaaaaah!”
Melissa shrieked, and the startled Count Veloda Genoma hurriedly peered over the railing.
“Melissa!”
With a splash, Melissa plunged into the sea and thrashed about desperately.
“S-save me! Save me! Ahhh!”
I stood with my arms crossed, chin resting on my hand, gazing down below the railing.
The dark night sea stretched before me, yet somehow it felt like I was peacefully admiring a beautiful landscape through a window on a brilliantly sunlit afternoon.
“When it was my turn, no one came. But you have quite a few people looking out for you, don’t you?”
That was when it happened.
“Was this revenge from the beginning? Including both before and after the regression?”
Count Veloda Genoma stepped toward me and roughly extended his hand.
“Doing the same thing you suffered isn’t—ugh!”
But Count Veloda Genoma’s words never finished. Luderne’s fist arrived faster, cutting him off.
“How dare you reach out that filthy hand.”
Then Luderne seized Count Veloda Genoma by the collar.
“Priscilla, I’m going to have a private word with this bastard. I have quite a few personal debts to settle with him.”
He conveyed the rest with a subtle tilt of his chin.
Presumably meaning he’d drag him off and beat him until dust flew in the rain.
Though it was a past that no longer existed, it had still happened.
The sight of his face when he found me dead in the swamp, the anguish he suffered afterward—these memories flickered before me with terrifying vividness.
“Do as you wish. You may kill him if you like.”
At my composed words, Count Veloda Genoma’s complexion drained entirely.
“W-wait! Priscilla!”
As he met my frigid gaze, Count Veloda Genoma’s voice grew frantic.
“Miss Priscilla! Count Bilsty! No, you, the Marquis of Eurasia! I-I’m still a nobleman…! Ugh!”
Count Veloda Genoma’s words failed to reach their end once more.
“Don’t you dare speak noble names with that filthy mouth. Your title will naturally be stripped, of course.”
Luderne cut off his words with a blow to the back of his head, then yanked him forward by the collar, and he was dragged away kicking and screaming.
Moments later, Count Veloda Genoma’s screams echoed from the darkness some distance away.
Master, Your Majesty, please save me, my teeth fell out again, I was wrong, please have mercy, if you give me a chance I’ll become a new person, and so on and so forth.
Tearful pleas mingled with the sound of impacts.
And below the railing in the sea, Melissa was desperately thrashing about, begging for her life.
“Gasp! Gasp! Save me! Please save me! I was wrong! I was wrong!”
Her voice sounded sincere.
“There’s only one way to break the curse, yet now she begs for her life.”
I gave orders to the Knight Order. Rescue Melissa from the water.
The Knight Order moved swiftly. One of them even dove directly into the sea.
Melissa tried to frantically embrace the knight who came down to retrieve her. The knight immediately subdued her and grabbed her by the hair.
It looked brutal, but it was the proper rescue technique.
A small boat soon descended and pulled the Knight and Melissa back aboard.
Madame Laber, who had been observing the situation from a distance, approached with her characteristic wicked smile.
“When I first saw you, you seemed so docile and meek. Has being with me changed you? An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. You’re quite skilled now.”
I studied Madame Laber’s expression.
“But this won’t be the end, will it? If your revenge ends here, our Salon’s reputation—being so closely connected to the underworld—would be shameful.”
She seemed satisfied, yet something predatory gleamed in her eyes as she licked her lips. It felt like she was taking far more pleasure in this than my revenge alone warranted.
I paused, rolling my eyes, and realized that the light emanating from my Eyes of Truth and Insight had also reached Madame Laber.
I wondered if perhaps something in her life before my regression was connected to all of this.
“Wouldn’t the price of their sins be too cheap if we ended it here? I doubt they only did such things to me.”
After a moment of consideration, I asked.
“Would you need custody of the prisoners?”
Madame Laber laughed widely.
“You’re clever, which is why I like you. You catch on instantly.”
She then glared at Melissa as she was being pulled up onto the small boat.
“That woman who became Queen did terrible things to me. I’ll repay her with interest.”
Before my regression, it seemed Melissa had done something truly awful to Madame Laber.
Soon, Melissa collapsed onto the deck, drenched and dripping, and immediately bowed her head to me.
“I-I was wrong about everything! I’ve committed sins worthy of death! I’ll do whatever you command—please, I beg you to forgive me!”
I did not answer.
After crying and pleading for some time, Melissa cautiously raised her head when I gave no response, then froze in shock and held her breath.
“Hello there, you wretched thing.”
The person greeting her with a smile right before Melissa’s face was Madame Laber.
“Your appearance is so pitiful it’s almost painful to look at. I would have preferred if it ended here, but this is only the beginning. How could I forget? I remember everything now.”
Melissa’s eyes bulged wide with terror.
“So I intend to repay you as you deserve. My beloved has kindly agreed to hand your custody over to me as well, so do look forward to it.”
At those words, Melissa trembled violently and bowed her head to me again.
“I-I was wrong, my lord! If you would only forgive me this once, I swear I’ll become a new person and spend my entire life atoning!”
“It’s far too late to undo what’s been done.”
I ordered the Knight Order to detain Melissa and all those they had subdued. Once we returned to Eurasia, they would face punishment according to both Imperial and Kingdom law.
The Knight Order moved swiftly at my command.
Count Veloda Genoma, battered and torn, was soon dragged away by Luderne.
Brissel Mohr offered Luderne a basin of water to wash his hands.
As Luderne washed, Walter asked.
“I knocked out two teeth with one blow. How many did you lose, my lord?”
He was referring to teeth.
“I’m not sure.”
Luderne shrugged and looked toward Baron Ugly, who had just approached.
He too seemed to have been hiding like Madame Laber and had only now emerged.
Baron Ugly presented a towel to Luderne and bowed respectfully.
“For the glory of the Arde Kingdom. The Ugly family will do our utmost to address any future scandals and will accept punishment with grace.”
I understood why Baron Ugly was saying this.
When Hilda Arde died, Baron Ugly had been implicated as well.
If Luderne raised the issue, it would constitute treason. And treason was a grave crime that brought ruin upon three generations of a family.
“However, as Your Majesty well knows, I have long served as an advisor to Zerox Arde, carrying out intelligence and stratagems at his command. Thus, it would be difficult to find another who understands the late King’s affairs as thoroughly as I do.”
“I am aware.”
“Moreover, this time I betrayed my lord and aided Your Majesty. It was because my daughter, who grew up without my knowledge, has been under the protection of Count Bilsty. And I have no doubt that this shall be counted as her merit.”
“What is it you wish to say?”
At Luderne’s question, Baron Ugly bowed even more deeply.
“My fate matters not. Please protect my daughter. She is a pitiful child who suffered growing up without a father’s care.”
Luderne looked at me, then at Walter.
“There are no teeth left, so I cannot tell how many I knocked out.”
Having answered Walter, Luderne took the handkerchief from Baron Ugly’s hands and wiped the moisture from his own.
“Your crime is grave, but it seems Priscilla and her maid Jeanne have extracted everything, leaving nothing behind. At most, I shall strip you of your title and confiscate your estates.”
He returned the soiled handkerchief to Baron Ugly.
“However, I shall grant Jeanne a title in recognition of her merit, and bestow upon you a new position. I would appreciate it if you and your daughter would faithfully help restore order to the kingdom during the turmoil to come.”
Baron Ugly’s head snapped up.
Tears began to flow from his swollen eyes.
“Thank you! Thank you, Your Majesty!”
“Now go and rest.”
After patting his shoulder once, Luderne stood before me.
“Priscilla.”
A gentle curve formed at the corners of Luderne’s mouth.
His smile seemed to wash away all the exhaustion that had accumulated through the night.
A smile bloomed on my face as well.
“Luderne.”
At my response, a radiant warmth kindled in his eyes.
Luderne’s hand touched my cheek. Then he lowered his head and pressed his lips to mine.
As our lips met, I wrapped my arms around him and closed my eyes.
He must have been drenched in sweat and exhaustion.
Yet his breath, his scent, was unutterably sweet.
My vision seemed to brighten.
When I opened my eyes, the sea had turned progressively blue. The sky around us was growing luminous as well.
Dawn was breaking.

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